Montgomery/Finlin

grew up in the same town
it was like she was born for me
i was turnin' seventeen years old
when she was just turnin' sixteen
our parents said we went to the same church
i probably kissed her in the nursery
but when you ask me what she's doin' now
i say, "man, it's just another long story."

drivin' out of nashville
i was bright-lighted by all the big trucks
so i got on the cb to explain,
"it's just that i'm loaded down with all my stuff."
made friends with some dude from arkansas
pulled over at a truckstop to have some coffee
and when he asked me what i was runnin' from
i said, "man, it's just another long story."

he said, "man, i know just what you're talkin' about
the words comin' out of your mouth,
you've heard too many times before,
so don't waste your words on a stranger
you better conserve your energy,
'cause it sounds like you're gonna need it,
besides, it's probably just another long story."

drivin' out of l.a.
i'd decided to make a clean break
go where the girls talk with a drawl
and the real men still eat steak
got a letter from some dude somewhere in america
he said, "hey man, i love your music, it's a little rock
and a little country, and how come the bigwigs don't
pusha you betta."
and i said, "it's just another long story"
long story
long story

© 1995 WB Music Corp./Gone Music (ASCAP)/Nancy Court Music (ASCAP)

Montgomery/Gottlieb See you dancin' in the corner with
All your best girlfriends
Laughin' and singin' these are the days of Your innocence

All us boys want in your circle but we
Don't dare break in
I'm leanin' against the wall thinkin

© 1992 Cross Keys Publishing Co., Inc./Miss Dot Music, Inc./Nancy Court Music (ASCAP)

Raul Malo/Robert Reynolds/Jerry Dale McFadden/Nick Kane/Paul Deakin Everytime you pass me by I sit alone and wonder why
I try so hard to catch your eye
When I don't even know your name

With my eyes I've seen the world
But never has there been a girl
To make me fall in love this way
And I don't even know your name

In my mind a thousand times
I played the part and read my lines
You and I would be the stars
And I don't even know your name

© 

Montgomery/Neigher

Saw her walking down sunset blvd.
Pushin' her sleepin' hungry kids in a grocery cart
Put a band-aid on it with my five dollars
But those kids are growin' up so hard

But i fight to keep the passion
But i can feel myself growin' numb
I guess you call it self-protection
Lookin' out for #1

There's an old man with alzheimer's
He's got a hard time acceptin' it so he goes out on
These long walks
And he falls down in the middle of the street
And he just lays there, and no one
Helps him

And i fight to keep the passion
But i can feel myself growin' numb
I guess they call it self-protection
Lookin' out for #1

Five years later i think back to that night on sunset blvd.
Even drove past the place where i saw that woman
Her kids must be going to school now, or somewhere
Causin' trouble
But what do i care? what can i do about it, anyway?

But i fight to keep the passion
But i can feel myself growin' numb
I guess you call it self-protection
Lookin' out for #1
Lookin' out for #1
Lookin' out for #1
It's killing me
It's killing me
It's killing me

© 1995 WB Music Corp./Gone Music (ASCAP)/Warner-Tamerlane/Xanjamino Music (BMI)

Montgomery/Neigher

i was lookin' at us
in a photograph i'd stuck in a book
at the same time it hurt
for a moment it felt so good
you were standing close
your head was cradled to my chest
and at that moment we were at our best
at our best

we were on our way home
from a show in monterey
drivin' south
down a breathtaking pch
you were standin' on a rock
so tall and picturesque
and at that moment you were at your best
at your best

you were standing close
your head was cradled to my chest
and at that moment we were at our best
at our best

i was thinkin' 'bout paper
and color and images
i was thinkin' this is my substitutes for you in the flesh
i was thinkin' baby
as long as these photographs exist
are in my possession
we'll go on and on
on and on
on and on
on and on

© 1995 WB Music Corp./Gone Music (ASCAP)/Warner-Tamerlane/Xanjamino Music (BMI)

Montgomery

My Tennessee Girl
I'm comin' home to you
I'm speeding through Texas
trying to outsmart the blues

And I just can't wait
to be touched by you
look into your eyes
drink in your perfume

Been flat-busted out of California
had all 'hey dude' that I can stand
tired getting flipped off on the freeway
staring down the big barrel of a little man

My Tennessee Girl
I'm comin' home to you
I'm speeding through Texas
trying to outsmart the blues

Been flat-busted out of California
had all 'hey dude' that I could stand
tired getting flipped off on the freeway
staring down the big barrel of a little man
My Tennessee Girl
I'm comin' home to you
I'm speeding through Texas
trying to outrun the blues

And I just can't wait
to be touched by you
look into your eyes
under a Southern Moon

My Tennessee Girl
My Tennessee Girl
My Tennessee Girl
My Tennessee Girl 

© Sony Music/Miss Dot Publishing (ASCAP)

Montgomery/Jon Randall/Rodney Crowell

This old road goes on forever
just like the sound of goodbye
I'm watching the rain dance in the headlights
wishing this old Mustang could fly

I still hear the screen door slammin'
sounds like thunder in my mind
I still see your ring spinning on the floor
just like these wheels roll through the night

The rear view mirror casts reflections
of a life I left behind
Though these wheels keep spinning round and round and round
I can't drive you from my mind

I saw the lights of Albuquerque
they're so pretty from the west
Yet on the other side of that mountain
It's a forest at best
I know I could have done things different
I'm not saying I didn't try
But I was blind to your struggles
I see things clearer in hindsight

The rear view mirror casts reflections
of a life I left behind
Though these wheels keep spinning round and round and round
I can't drive you from my mind

Though these wheels keep spinning round and round and round
I can't drive you from my mind

© 

Montgomery/Finlin

i had a girl
lost her at the flying j
she stole my wallet
this is what she used to say

let's all go to california
let's all go to california
this town ain't got nothin' for ya'
let's all go to california

we'll walk the beaches
make love on the waves
find a guru to teach us
stay out all night and sleep all day
let's all go to california
let's all go to california
this town ain't got nothin' for ya'
let's all go to california

but she didn't quite make it
she didn't quite make it

i had a dream
lost her along the way
she dances with angels
this is what i hear her say

let's all go to california
let's all go to california
this town ain't got nothin' for ya'
let's all go to california
she didn't quite make it
she didn't quite make it

© 1999 Winona Blvd. Publishing (ASCAP)/Bent Wheel Songs (BMI)

Montgomery/Gottlieb

I don't wanna think that you could be runnin' around 
After all the love that I have shown you 
I won't knock on your door 
I won't call to see if you're home 
But I won't close my eyes 

Love is a matter of trust 
And I just want to believe in us 
But last night in your kiss I felt a lie on your lips 

But I won't knock on your door 
I won't call to see if you're home 
But I won't close my eyes 

There are two kinds of love 
Those who are true and those untrue 
I see black and white 
Are you somewhere lost between the two?

I won't knock on your door 
I won't call to see if you're home 
But I won't close my eyes 
No I won't close my eyes

© 1989 Cross Keys Publishing Co., Inc./Miss Dot Music, Inc./Nancy Court Music (ASCAP)

Montgomery/Finlin

i love to see the cotton wood blossom in the early spring
i love to see the message of love that the bluebird brings
but when i see you walkin' within down along the strand
i wish i were blind when i see you with your man

i love to to see your hair shinin' in a long summers light
i love to watch the stars fill the sky on a summers night
music plays, take his hand, i watch how you touch
him as you start to dance and
i wish i were blind when i see you with your man

we struggle here, but all our loves in vain
and these eyes that once filled me with your beauty
now fill me with pain and the light that once entered
here is banished from me
and this darkness is all baby that my heart sees
and though this world is filled with the grace and
beauty of god's hand
i wish i were blind when i see you with your man

© 1992 Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP)

Montgomery/Gottlieb

wanna ride through town with the windows wide open
forget about your hair i'm just gonna mess it up anyway
wanna pull you up close to my side of the truck
wanna lay you on down under a blanket of stars above

yeah, yes you are something
fear nothing
yeah, yes you are something
fear nothing
let's stop here awhile
stolen in time
think of only tonight
and fear nothing

the lights distort from the distance and heat
we are let down by the people we believe
yes it is true sometimes life can be tough
but i still believe you can pull me through with your love

yeah, yes you are something
fear nothing
yeah, yes you are something
fear nothing

wanna drive you around, wanna stay out all night
and when the dawn wind blows it'll dry your tears by the morning light
the lights of the street grow dim as we speak
everything else just fades away into the night as we speak

yeah, yes you are something
fear nothing
yeah, yes you are something
fear nothing

© 1992 Cross Keys Publishing Co., Inc./Miss Dot Music, Inc./Nancy Court Music (ASCAP)

Montgomery

Let's go down to Melrose
Gonna buy you some vintage clothes
Let's go out in Hollywood
I'll be bad, you be good

© Sony Music/Miss Dot Publishing/Jules Ann Music (ASCAP)