Martina McBride
Independence Day
Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light Though she looked a little worried and weak She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again But daddy left the proof on her cheek And I was only eight years old that summer And I always seemed to be in the way So, I took myself down to the fair in town On Independence Day Well word gets around in a small, small town They said he was a dangerous man Mama was proud and she stood her ground She knew she was on the losin' end Some folks whispered some folks talked But everybody looked the other way When time ran out there was no one about On Independence Day Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July By the time that the firemen come They just put out the flames and took down some names And sent me to the county home Now, I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong But maybe it's the only way Talk about your revolution It's the Independence Day Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day Roll the stone away, it's Independence Day I'm Gonna Love You Through It
She dropped the phone and burst into tears The doctor just confirmed her fears Her husband held it in and held her tight Cancer don't discriminate or care if you're just 38 With three kids who need you in their lives He said, "I know that you're afraid and I am, too But you'll never be alone, I promise you" Chorus: When you're weak, I'll be strong When you let go, I'll hold on When you need to cry, I swear that I'll be there to dry your eyes When you feel lost and scared to death, Like you can't take one more step Just take my hand, together we can do it I'm gonna love you through it. She made it through the surgery fine They said they caught it just in time But they had to take more than they planned Now it's forced smiles and baggy shirts To hide what the cancer took from her But she just wants to feel like a woman again She said, "I don't think I can do this anymore" He took her in his arms and said "That's what my love is for" [Chorus:] And when this road gets too long i'll be the rock you lean on ... Just take my hand, together we can do it I'm gonna love you through it. I'm gonna love you through it Wrong Again
From the day we met You made me forget All my fears Knew just what to say And you kissed away All my tears I knew this time I had finally found Someone to build my life around Be a lover and a friend After all my heart had put me through I knew that it was safe with you And what we had would never end Wrong again Everybody swore They'd seen this before We'd be fine And you'd come to see that you still loved me In good time And they said there's nothing you can do It's something that he's going through It happens to a lot of men And I told myself that they were right That you'd wake up and see the light And I just had to wait 'til then Wrong again And it seemed to me the pain would last My chance for happiness had passed And nothing waited 'round the bend I was sure I'd never find someone To heal the damage you had done My poor heart would never mend Wrong again Wrong again Wild Angels
Between the perfect world and the bottom line Keeping love alive in these troubled times It's a miracle in itself And we know too well what that's about Still we made it through, only God knows how We must've had a little help (Must've been) CHORUS Wild Angels, Wild Angels Watching over you and me Wild Angels, Wild Angels Baby what else could it be Well it must've been hard, it must've been tough Keeping up with crazy fools like us 'Cause it's so easy to fall apart And we still break each other's heart sometimes Spend some nights on the jagged side Somehow we wake up in each other's arms (Must've been) (REPEAT CHORUS) BRIDGE There are some nights I watch you while you dream I swear I hear the sound of beating wings |
Broken Wings
She loved him like he was the last man on earth Gave him everything she ever had He'd break her spirit down, then come lovin' up on her Give a little, then take it back She'd tell him about her dreams, he'd just shoot 'em down Lord he loved to make her cry You're crazy for believin', you'll never leave the ground He said only angels know how to fly And with a broken wing she still sings She keeps an eye on the sky With a broken wing she carries her dreams Man you ought to see her fly One Sunday morning she didn't go to church He wondered why she didn't leave He went up to the bedroom, found a note by the window With the curtains blowin' in the breeze And with a broken wing she still sings She keeps an eye on the sky With a broken wing she carries her dreams Man you ought to see her fly With a broken wing she carries her dreams Man you ought to see her fly I Just Call You Mine
I pinch myself sometimes to make sure I'm not in a dream, that's how it seems I close my eyes and breathe in the sweetest moments I've ever known, it feels like home And here I am, I wanna be your everything There you are turning winter into spring And everyone that sees you always wants to know you And everyone that knows you always has a smile You're a standing ovation after years of waiting For a chance to fall and shine Everyone calls you amazing yeah, I just call you mine I fall apart and just a word from you somehow seems to fix Whatever's wrong, oh, you reach into the weakest moments And remind me that I'm strong, you've gotta know I'd be a fool not to see or even worse To forget that you're more than I deserved 'Cause everyone that sees you always wants to know you And everyone that knows you always has a smile You're a standing ovation after years of waiting For a chance to fall and shine Everyone calls you amazing, I just call you mine Nothing makes sense when you're not here As it my whole world disappears Without you what's the point of anything? 'Cause everyone that sees you always wants to know you And everyone that knows you always has a smile You're the dream that I've been chasing after years of waiting For a chance to fall and shine Everyone calls you amazing, I just call you mine Everyone calls you amazing, yeah, yeah, I just call you mine When God Fearing Women Get the Blues
Lock up your husbands Lock up your sons Lock up your whiskey cabinets Girls lock up your guns And Lock up the beauty shop No tellin if they've heard the news Call the boys downtown and Neiman Marcus Tell Em' lock them high heeled shoes Chorus: When God fearin' women get the blues There ain't no slap down a tellin what they're gonna do Run around yellin I've got a mustang it'll do 80 You don't have to be my baby I stirred my last batch of gravy You don't have to be my, be my, be my baby Call all the decons Call the ladies aid Call all the altos, sopranos Tenors call every bass Well call all the pentacostals And bring all the annointing oil too Well call the preacher He's the only one who can reach her And there ain't no time to lose Chorus: When God fearin' women get the blues There ain't no slap down a tellin what they're gonna do Run around yellin I've got a mustang it'll do 80 You don't have to be my baby I stirred my last batch of gravy You don't have to be my, be my, be my baby She's on all our prayer lists She's on all our hearts As for the easter cantada We don't know who'll sing her part When God fearin' women get the blues There ain't no slap down or tellin what they're gonna do Run around yellin I've got a mustang it'll do 80 You don't have to be my baby I stirred my last batch of gravy You don't have to be my, be my, be my baby |