The Greatest Hits Collection [Arista Nashville] lyrics

A lot of trucks lined up down by the lake
Drinkin' beer on the back of the tailgate
Boys from the valley wanna start a fight
Hey baby, what you wanna do tonight
The only fear a rebel heart knows
Nothin' to do and anything goes.

Looking back on those days of thunder
Shake my head and I have to wonder
How we ever made it through that
Every night you're taking me back

I thought we would always
be together
The love we shared was gonna
last forever
Once i was your
one and only
Now here i sit
mister lonely

he'll hold you tonight
but i won't
what's he got
that i don't?
the one thing i thought i'd
never lose
he's got you

Beneath this dark cloud
you left me under
Can't sort it out so i
sit and wonder
I tell myself
{spoken}:"it hurts, don't it"

at the life of the party baby since you said goodbye
just ask old joe he knows i'm here every night
and that good ol' boy in the mirror lookin' round for you
it ain't me and thats the honky tonk truth

(chours)
thats the honky tonk truth cross my broken heart
i'll put right hand here on this beer and swear on this bar
i ain't thinkin' i ain't drinkin' i ain't crying and i ain't moanin' the blues

My Maria, don't you know I have come a long, long way?
I been longing to see her;
when she's around she take my blues away.
Sweet Maria, the sunlight surely hurts my eyes.
I'm a lonely dreamer on a highway in the sky.

-Chorus-
Maria
(Oh Maria, I love you girl, oh my Maria.)
Maria
(Oh Maria, I love you girl, Maria I love you.)

My Maria, there were some blue and sorrow times.

She's dressed to kill in a dress that he bought her.
She wouldn't care if he walked in and caught her.
She's come to dance a dance or two and do
no tellin' what by the time the night is through.

She found out the hard way about him,
now she's out to find out how she'll do without him.
Her hands are shaking, her heart's pounding
and by the way she's drinkin', his memory's drowning.