Heart With Four-Wheel Drive Driving down a dark road Can't see my hand in front of my face I'm just spinning my wheels again Stuck in this same old place Well the bridge is out up ahead And the river is on the rise I'm too far gone to turn around I need a heart with four-wheel drive I can't get no traction When I look into your eyes When you kiss me tenderly My wheels get paralyzed Somewhere down the highway I'm gonna' find that exit sign But I can't get these wheels turning I need a heart with four-wheel drive Yeah I need a heart With four-wheel drive Every time you crank me up You take me down a dead end street You hitch a ride just long enough To watch me overheat Well I've got tears All over my windshield And rain pouring out of my eyes There's only one way out of here I need a heart with four-wheel drive I can't get no traction When I look into your eyes When you kiss me tenderly My wheels get paralyzed Somewhere down the highway I'm gonna' find that exit sign But I can't get these wheels turning I need a heart with four-wheel drive Yeah I need a heart With four-wheel drive 800 Pound Jesus I saw a garage sale Pulled up in the yard Found a statue of Jesus That was eight feet tall He held out his arms And he seemed all alone So I loaded him up And I drove him home Out by my driveway He looks down the street Long hair and sandals Made of rebar and concrete I painted him white With a long purple robe He's the rock of ages On a gravel road He's an 800 pound Jesus Standing taller than a tree He's an 800 pound Jesus A bigger man than you or me I felt losing my job Was the end of the world Till my best pal Ran off with my best girl I felt suicidal With no real friends So I walked outside With a rope in my hands Out by that statue There's a big oak tree So I stood on his shoulders And I counted to three I had every intention Of buying the farm But when I jumped off He caught me in his arms He's an 800 pound Jesus Standing taller than a tree He's an 800 pound Jesus A bigger man than you or me I wanted to return The favor to him Cause I've never had A more solid friend So I planted some flowers All around his feet And I bought him a flock Of ceramic sheep He's an 800 pound Jesus Standing taller than a tree He's an 800 pound Jesus A bigger man than you or me He's a bigger man than you or me I Bet He Knows He wouldn't know me if he saw me And you'd turn your head if you did He'll never know How much you loved me Or what kind of love we had Or what kind of love we had You threw away all our pictures But the memories won't go away He's asking questions That you don't have to answer It's written all over your face Yeah, it's written all over your face I bet he knows when I'm on your mind I bet he sees it in your eyes What's in your heart you cannot hide I bet he knows when I'm on your mind I bet he knows when I'm on your mind Late in the midnight hour When you're doing what lovers do There's still a desire Deep down inside That's just between me and you Yeah it's just between me and you Now don't you ever feel guilty Giving just half of your heart Holding on to your foolish pride Is just keeping us apart Yeah it's just keeping us apart I bet he knows when I'm on your mind I bet he sees it in your eyes What's in your heart you cannot hide I bet he knows when I'm on your mind I bet he knows when I'm on your mind In the cool of the night When the howling wind calls my name You can run to his arms But it's not the same It's just not the same girl I bet he sees it in your eyes What's in your heart you cannot hide I bet he knows when I'm on your mind I bet he knows when I'm on your mind Double Wide Paradise I don't wanna' cry I don't wanna' walk the floor This mobile home Don't feel like home no more But since you left Tell me what else can I do? Just come back home Forgive me and forget it This bed I made I'm tired of sleeping in it It's freezing cold And baby that ain't cool I'm waiting on you Here at the Ponderosa trailer park There wasn't nothing That could tear us apart But then I broke your heart In our Double wide, double wide Double wide paradise Come on back to our Double wide paradise Double wide, double wide Double wide paradise I bought a swimming pool From the man at Sears He put it together I filled it up with tears Can't find no happiness No matter what I do Just cause I've got The treasures of the world They don't mean nothing If I ain't got you girl Inside my castle I got the king sized blues I'm waiting on you So baby when you get To feeling alone You know I always leave My porch light on So you can come back home To our Double wide, double wide Double wide paradise Come on back to our Double wide paradise Double wide, double wide Double wide paradise We can have a second honeymoon We'll throw some ribs on the barbeque Just like we used to do In our Double wide, double wide Double wide paradise Come on back to our Double wide paradise Double wide, double wide Double wide paradise Sure Sign If she don't cruise By your house anymore And your telephone Don't ring like before If she stops crying Over how you did her wrong That's a sure sign That she's gone If you wake up In the middle of the night And wish her arms were Wrapped around you tight If you've never ever felt So all alone That's a sure sign That she's gone You're sleeping with a Demon in your bed You're talking to a ghost Inside your head Every day here comes another Sure sign that she's gone If there's a hole Where your heart used to be And the doctor says "There ain't no remedy" If you stay out all night Just to keep from going home That's a sure sign That she's gone If you cruise by her place Late one night And your best friend's Chevrolet Is parked in her drive Well you better just leave Well enough alone Cause that's a sure sign That she's gone You're sleeping with a Demon in your bed You're talking to a ghost Inside your head Every day here comes another Sure sign that she's gone Every Little Bit Hurts I soaked all your pictures In gasoline I prayed for a miracle But the phone never rang I cried on the front porch And I cursed your name I waited 'till sundown And then I lit the flame I'm trying to get over you But the further The further away I move Every little bit hurts, oh yeah Every little bit hurts Aww, yes it does I turned on my TV I saw John Wayne Kiss his girl goodbye And ride off into the rain He must not have needed her Cause if he did He would have stayed He made leaving look easy But for me it's not that way No, I'm trying to get over you But the further The further away I move Every little bit hurts, oh yeah Every little bit hurts Aww, yes it does (Barry White type recital): Now darling If you're out there listening tonight I want to let you know one thing Someday I'll be strong again And won't worship The ground you walk on But baby until then Every little bit hurts, oh yeah Every little bit hurts Ohh, yes it does Every little bit hurts, oh yeah Every little bit hurts Every little bit hurts A Heart Like Mine You say that love Has cut you like a knife baby You've had enough And your hurting inside maybe You think falling in love Is just wasting your time But all those other Joes You've been talking to They all left you cold That's something I won't do Just take a chance On a heart like mine Baby baby Heart like mine It's what you've been looking for Heart like mine You ain't got to look no more Heart like mine For a heart like mine A heart like mine A heart like mine What you gonna' do With a heart like mine? I told you once I told you twice All you need Is a heart like mine Now now now now Baby baby Lord have mercy I ain't the type To just give up on you I'll make you mine And I won't take "No" from you It ain't a matter of doubt It's just a matter of time Just take my hand baby I won't let you go I'll be your man And I'll never forget you so How could you lose With a heart like mine? Baby baby Heart like mine Is what you've been looking for Heart like mine You ain't gotta' look no more Heart like mine For a heart like mine Yeah yeah yeah A heart like mine What you gonna' do With a heart like mine? I told you once I told you twice All you need Is a heart like mine A heart like mine A heart like mine What you gonna' do With a heart like mine? I told you once I told you twice All you need Is a heart like mine Temporarily Forever Mine The door on the mailbox Is rusted shut The grass in the yard Sure has grown up One of the chains is broken On the front porch swing I don't know why I came I guess I had to see it One more time This little trailer We shared in better times Way out yonder See those big old Black clouds moving I wish the wind Could blow me back in time Those were the days I had it made When you were Temporarily forever mine Did you know Your mother still calls me? She's got a special place In her heart for me I'll always be her favorite son-in-law She wonders what went wrong I know time can take this pain away But time can't take me back to yesterday Way out yonder See those big old Black clouds moving I wish the wind Could blow me back in time Those were the days I had it made When you were Temporarily forever mine You were just Temporarily forever mine Hammer and Nail My boss man said You better get to work Before I have to let you go He just walks around And he pays no mind To the sweat Dripping off of my nose But after ten long years Of him dogging me out There's one thing I've learned well I'd rather be a hammer Than a nail My girlfriend she went out on me A hundred and fifty-one times At least she was Honest enough to admit it When she wasn't too busy lying But I came to a realization The last time she kicked my tail I'd rather be a hammer Than a nail If you've ever been On the receiving end Then you know What it's like A losing situation Has been the story of my life But I ain't gonna' let it Beat me down And someday I'll prevail Yes I will I'd rather be a hammer Than a nail I climbed in the ring With Roberto Duran And the punches began To rain down He hit me with a dozen Hard upper cuts And my corner Threw in the towel I asked him why He had to knock me out And he summed it up real well He said, "I'd rather be a hammer Than a nail" If you've ever been On the receiving end Then you know What it's like A losing situation Has been the story of my life But I ain't gonna' let it Beat me down And someday I'll prevail Yes I will I'd rather be a hammer Than a nail I'd rather be a hammer Than a nail Resurrection Day There's a black crow By my window With a teardrop in her eye When the wind blows Weeping willows They seem to hang their Heads and cry I used to hold you Under this tin roof And we'd make love to the rain Now there's no lightning And there's no thunder Just a pillow Where you used to lay One day I'll be free And all these memories Won't bind me Like a ball and a chain I won't dream of you No I won't love you Yes I know someday I'll roll the stone away On resurrection day There's a better world awaiting I've always been told But is it out there In the great beyond? Or is it somewhere Down the road? One day I'll be free And all these memories Won't bind me Like a ball and a chain I won't dream of you No I won't love you Yes I know someday I'll roll the stone away On resurrection day I'll roll the stone away On resurrection day Joanie The Jehovah's Witness Stripper (This is a hidden track on this CD and is appended to the song, Resurrection Day) She drives a new car Wears expensive blouses She tells her mama She's cleaning houses She goes out witnessing Doing the lord's work all week But on the weekend She's making ends meet Joanie the Jehovah Witness stripper Put a dollar in her g-string And she'll deliver If her daddy only knew He'd prob-ly kill her Joanie the Jehovah Witness stripper One night down at the club Her daddy walked in He didn't recognize His daughter dancing She wore a blonde wig He had sunglass When she got naked He started clapping Joanie the Jehovah Witness stripper Put a dollar in her g-string And she'll deliver If her daddy only knew He'd prob-ly kill her Joanie the Jehovah's Witness stripper If you ask her why she does it She looks at it this way She says I'm counting my blessings Every night when I get paid She once lived in poverty And now everything's alright The lord showed her how make A thousand dollar a night Joanie the Jehovah Witness stripper Put a dollar in her g-string And she'll deliver If her daddy only knew He'd prob-ly kill her Joanie the Jehovah Witness stripper |
Heart With Four-Wheel Drive 800 Pound Jesus I Bet He Knows Double Wide Paradise Sure Sign Every Little Bit Hurts A Heart Like Mine Temporarily Forever Mine Hammer and Nail Resurrection Day |
Songs from Paul Thorn's Hammer And Nail CD - 1997 |
