(steve seskin, tom douglas). . I pulled into the shopping center. And saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother. Like ice cream melting they embraced.
He was 25. She was 28. He was home-grown country. She'd just pulled off the interstate. . She bought a Dr. Pepper. Ten dollars worth of gas. She was obviously lost.
(John Scott Sherrill/Steve Seskin). . Just like every lock's got to have a key. Every river flows looking for the sea. And when you plant a seed, it reaches for the sky.
It seems like all my life. I've never been satisfied. Ain't nothin' I ain't tried. Takin' every kind of line. Tryin' to find my home on the range. . Been close a time or two.
I'm always looking for a minute that we can steal. Cause I need more of how you make me feel. I used to be the king of wasted time. Cause it made no difference till I made you mine.
Can't concentrate on the preacher preaching. My attention span done turned off. I'm honed in on that angel singing. Up there in the choir loft. . She's got her daddy's money, her mama's good looks.
Going out every night. Doing all the wrong things to feel alright. Waking up all alone. Dying to call you on the telephone. I moved way across town. And you've got someone new hanging round.
That house on the hill is long gone. Now she's living in a trailer with an Astroturf lawn. Got three little kids and no one to help. Trying to be momma and daddy all by herself.