Settlin'
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush and Tim Owens
Fifteen minutes left to throw me together
For Mr. Right now, not Mr. Forever
Don't know why I even try when I know how it ends
Lookin' like another, "Maybe we can be friends."
I've been leaving it up to fate
It's my life so it's mine to make
CHORUS:
I ain't settlin'
For just getting by
I've had enough so-so
For the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low
So raise the bar high
"Just enough," ain't enough this time
I ain't settlin' for anything less than everything
With some good red wine
And my brand new shoes
Gonna dance a blue streak around my living room
Take a chance on love, and try how it feels
With my heart wide open
Yeah, you know I will
Find what it means to be the girl
Who changed her mind
And changed the world
REPEAT CHORUS
I ain't settlin'
For just getting by
I've had enough so-so
For the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low
So raise the bar high
"Just enough," ain't enough this time
I ain't settlin'
For just getting by
I've had enough so-so
For the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low
So raise the bar high
I ain't settlin'
No, no, no, no, no, no
So raise the bar high, high
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music (BMI); Songs of Bud Dog Music/Chamaland Music, admin. By Music Of Windswept (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
County Line
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Lisa Carver
There's a place I like to go
Cherry bombs and cherry wine
Just past the Texaco
Down on the county line
Beer cans and cemeteries
Spanish moss on the welcome sign
Catch a buzz we all get scary
Down on the county line
CHORUS:
Out where your troubles can't find you
Out where you leave them all behind
Out where the moon shines sweetly
Won't you meet me
Down on the county line
Kettle corn and 4H fairs
Pink slips and white walled tires
Bet you twenty, I'll beat you there
Down on the county line
It's first love and football wars
A French kiss and battle cries
Further than I've been before
Down on the county line
REPEAT CHORUS
All the church yards and white washed fences
All the widows and teenage brides
We're all searching for redemption
We're all looking for a sign
Down on the county line
The best things in life are free
It's been right here all the time
It's everything that's home to me
Down on the county line
REPEAT CHORUS
Out where your troubles can't find you
Out where we have a real good time
Out where the moon shines sweetly
Won't you meet me
Down on the county line
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music (BMI); Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing / Big Alpha Writers Group, admin. By Sony/ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
Want To
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Bobby Pinson
I packed a cooler and a change of clothes
Let's jump in, see how far it goes
You got my heart and your daddy's boat
We got all night to make it float
We could sit on the shore
We could just be friends
Or we could jump in
CHORUS:
The whole world could change in a minute
Just one kiss could stop it spinning
We could think it through
But I don't want to, if you don't want to
Or we could keep things just the same
Leave here the way we came with nothing to lose
But I don't want to, if you don't want to
I've got your ring around my neck
And a couple of nights I don't regret
You got a dream of a degree
And a shirt that smells like me
Yeah, we both got dreams we could chase alone
Or we could make our own
REPEAT CHORUS
Never waste another day
Wondering what you threw away
Holding me, holding you
I don't want to, if you don't want to
We could keep things just the same
Leave here the way we came with nothing to lose
But I don't want to, if you don't want to
But I want to
But I want you
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music (BMI); Music Of Stage Three/Bobby's Song and Salvage, admin. By Stage Three Music Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
Everyday America
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Lisa Carver
Grew up on a tightrope
Learned to smile even when I was fallin' down
Daddy had a hard hand and momma always had hope
And me and my sister couldn't wait to get out
I feel in love out of college
A good man but a bad year
Visions of sugar plums and boxes of roses
All my girlfriends cried and I was out of here
CHORUS:
Oh, everybody's dreamin' big
Oh, everybody's just getting' by
That's how it goes in everyday America
A little town and a great big life
Joey stares at a trophy
He took us all the way to state back in '85
A shining moment and a dusty reminder
He never felt so scared, he never felt so alive
But now there's toys in the back yard
Daddy's boys, yeah, you know how they like to fight
When they sleep, he swears they are angels
And he wouldn't trade a day for all those
Friday nights
REPEAT CHORUS
We can laugh, we can cry
We're all just looking for the reasons why
We face the dark 'til we see the light
Either way it'll be alright
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
A little town with a great big life
A little town and a great big life
I don't need no other life
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music (BMI); Sony/ATV Cross Keys publishing/Big Alpha Writers Group, admin. By Sony/ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
Happy Ending
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Tim Owens
Cowboys ride into sunsets
The good guy always gets the girl
Cinderella has just fit
The glass slipper that changed her world
We all know the stories
We all know the fairy tales
We all get the glory
Of making it for ourselves
CHORUS:
From the beginning
We're all looking for a happy ending
Every dream of winning
Every love we've been in
Right from the beginning
We're looking for a happy ending
We come here with nothing
And take it with us the day we leave
The first and last breath don't matter
It's all the ones that are in between
It's the reason for living
It's the reason the caged bird sings
It's why we sit in the movies
All the way to the closing scene
REPEAT CHORUS
And for all those dreamers who have
Come and gone
Who have reached for the stars
Who have overcome
You're the hope, you're the wish,
You're the truth
Baby here's the proof
Baby's born in the ghetto
Baby's born with a silver spoon
One tells his mama, "I have a dream."
One tells his mama, "I'll walk the moon."
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music (BMI); Songs of Bud Dog Music/Chamaland Music, admin. By Music Of Windswept (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
These Are The Days
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Lisa Carver
It's written on our palms and
It's written on our hearts
It's written in our songs and
It's written in the stars
Sometimes all we can do
Is stand up tall
When they're standing in line
Just to watch us fall
CHORUS:
Whoa
We can't forget, these are the days
Whoa, don't be afraid
We can't forget, these are the days
Well, we got each other and that's
All we need
From here on out it's just you and me
Two hometown hearts up against the world
That don't stand a change against
This boy and girl
We faced 'em down, fought bigger fights
And I know babe, we're gonna be alright
REPEAT CHORUS
Well, it feels like we're living from
Pay check to check
And we wake up wondering what might
Happen next
Yeah, sometimes it feels like we won't
Make it through
But the hard times pass
Like the good ones do
Baby wrap your fingers and
Hold on tight
I'll be right here beside you tonight
Baby climb up here
Watch the city glow
Let's make a wish on the fireworks below
We're making moments that we won't forget
And feeling one that haven't happened yet
REPEAT CHORUS
Woah
Don't be afraid
We can't forget these are the days
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music (BMI); Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing/Big Alpha Writers Group, admin. By Sony/ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
One Blue Sky
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Lisa Carver
Little Annie Vickers is boarding up windows
And her old dog is stranded on the Silos
Hey there Annie, don't even think it
So much water and you can't even drink it
Well, maybe by Christmas they'll dig up the roads
Take whatever you can girl
Leave the rest for the crows
Leave the rest for the crows
Been livin' in Crawford for fifteen years
Nothin' much ever happens 'round here
And no one believed the water would come
'Til the sky grew dark and it swallowed the sun
And it rained for forty-two nights and forty-two days
And everything that we loved is floatin' away
CHORUS:
How long 'til our dreams run dry
Don't know but we're stayin'
On our knees we raise our eyes
Holdin' on and prayin' to find
One blue sky
Mrs. Wilson sits with an insurance adjustor
Big city boys, she never did trust 'em
Have you been gettin' the letters I'm sendin'
'Cuz the preacher swears that the world is ending
Well, if there's a way out,
Wish someone would show us
We keep looking around here for
Some modern day Moses
REPEAT CHORUS
Now we're diggin' our heels hard as we can
But the backyard looks like the Rio Grande
And I wonder will it wash us clean or wash us away
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
One blue sky
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music (BMI); Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing/Big Alpha Writers Group, admin. By Sony/ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
April Showers
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Jeff Cohen
Looking for an angel
In these hills
Looking for a map to find
What we left behind
Knowing that we will
Always end up right where we start
'Cause I've got time on my hands
And hope in my heart
We both understand
We weren't meant to be apart
CHORUS:
April showers
Bring May flowers
I have seen rain before
Bug if Sunday morning
Lets the sun in
What are we waiting for
'Cause love leaves an open door
If I had one wish
I'd wish for two
One for me, baby
And one for you
It would find you
Right where you are
With time on your hands
And hope in your heart
We both understand
We were written in the stars
REPEAT CHORUS
It's worth all the cost
'Til I find what I lost in your eyes
And you realize
April showers
Bring May flowers
We have seen rain before
But if Sunday morning
Lets the sun in
What are we waiting for
'Cause love leaves an open
Wishing and hoping
Love leaves an open door
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music' As You Wish Music (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
Mean Girls
Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, Tim Owens
Mean girls
Well, I ain't a mean girl
But I've known a few
They'll make you cry baby
And then blame it on you
They'll hate you if you're pretty
They'll hate you if you're not
They'll hate you for what you lack baby
And they'll hate you for what you got
Mean girls, scratchin' and spittin'
Mean girls can't be forgiven
Mean girls make mean women
Mean girls
It starts on the play ground
Pulling your hair
Then in high school
It gets worse from there
You'll see 'em comin'
They travel in packs
Smile to your face baby
While stabbing your back
If they ain't out a prowlin'
Creeping down the hall
You'll find them by the lockers baby
Sharpening their claws
Mean girls, start 'em young
Mean girls, forked tongue
Mean girls, see 'em and run
Mean girls, mean girls
Sugar and spice
And everything nice
Thinks she's hot, but she's cold as ice
First comes love, then comes marriage
Then comes her mama with another little wanna-be
Mean girls, full of hate
Mean girls, just can't wait
Mean girls to take your date
Mean girls makes stuff up
Means girls just bad luck
Mean girls.. stink
Mean girls best friends forever
Mean girls almost never
Mean girls whatever
Mean girls, hey, mean girls
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP); Dirkpit Music (BMI); Songs of Bud Dog Music/Chamaland Music, admin. By Music Of Windswept (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
Stay
Jennifer Nettles
I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall
And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call
It's just another call from home
You'll get it and be gone, and I'll be crying
I'll be begging you baby
Beg you not to leave
But I'll be left here waiting with my heart on my sleeve
Oh, for the next time we'll be here
Seems like a million years, and I think I'm dying
What do I have to do to make you see
She can't love you like me?
CHORUS:
Why don't you stay?
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
Don't I give you what you need?
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay?
You keep telling me baby
There will come a time
When you will leave her arms and forever be in mine
Well, I don't think that's the truth
And I don't like being used
And I'm tired of waiting
It's too much pain to have to bare
To love a man you have to share
REPEAT CHORUS
I can't take it any longer
But my will is getting stronger
And I think I know just what I have to do
I can't waste another minute
After all I've put in it
I've given you my best
Why does she get the best of you?
So, the next time you find
You want to leave her bed for mine
Why don't you stay?
I'm up off my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
You can't give me what I need
When she begs you not to go
There is one thing you should know
I don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay?
© 2006 Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
Sugarland
Kristian Bush, Kristen Hall, Vanessa Olivarez
Warm breeze blowin'
Long dirt road
First time that I saw him was
Such a long time ago
I was sixteen, going on seventeen
A blue bonnet Texas queen
Fell in love with a rodeo king
Down in Sugarland
Drive-in movies
Hot summer nights
First time that I kissed him
Made the world seem right
I was city bound
Couldn't wait to get out of this town
Suddenly everything just changed
Something told me I just might stay
Down in Sugarland
CHORUS:
Down in Sugarland
Doing the best we can
Holding hands staying up all night
Swinging stars from satellites
Down in Sugarland
Doing the best we can
Falling in love again
Down in Sugarland
Corn fields swayin'
Clothes on the line
Tumbleweed is a-turning
Like the hands of time
When I was sixteen, going on seventeen
I didn't know much of anything
Living the American dream
Down in Sugarland
And I see the small town smile in your eyes
Shining like a diamond in the sky
Sweet skies
Under the sweet skies
Sweet skies of Sugarland
REPEAT CHORUS
Sweet skies of Sugarland
Sugarland
Warm breeze blowin', long dirt road
Sugarland
© 2003 Dirkpit Music (BMI); GreaterGood Songs (ASCAP); Gypsy Girl Music (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. International copyright secured.
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