(Phil Vassar/Julie Woods) Presented by Walmart: A song to promote literacy Also featuring Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, and Brooks and
I took a drive today Saw an old willow tree I thought about a bedroom window Thought about you and me Yeah, talk about an endless summer I'm still living
(Phil Vassar/Craig Wiseman) I was ten, I was thin, I was playing first base with a secondhand glove and dirt on my face In nowhere, Virginia Who'd
(Phil Vassar/Brett James) Well maybe lately I've been acting a little bit strange And maybe there's a few things I need to explain So what if I call
goodbye And they leave you low But that's all right here in these songs that I write Right here on these old black and whites So roll over Beethoven Cause ol' Phil
(Phil Vassar/Steve Mandile/Jerry Vandiver) If you're headin' south on Georgia one twenty-nine Straight into Athens past the Clark County line There'
We were eighteen and nineteen And paired off on Saturday nights Down in the basement, big killer stereo Dimmer switch on the lights Jane was a dancer
(Phil Vassar/Charlie Black/Rory Michael Bourke) I was lousy at math, failed historian Carlene was the valedictorian I was the quarter back in the back
(Phil Vassar/Rory Michael Bourke) Girl you sure look pretty there standin' in the doorway in the sunset light Maybe I read you wrong thinkin' I could
I rise and stumble from the bed It wakes the worries in my head And I pour myself a bowl of Cheerios I think about the good and bad The happiness outweighs
Moving on wasn't in the plan I was living in that happy-to-be-right-where-I-am space And god knows that's a hard-to-get-to kind of place But it took
(Phil Vassar, Don Sampson) Said the cloud to the sun, "Today's no time to shine" Didn't you know she's gone Said the rain to the moon, "You're not needed
So much for finishing what we started But don't take it personal if I'm not broken-hearted I've had enough, I'll sleep you off Your memory ain't so tough
I work my job all the way to the weekend Call all my buddies, ask where you been Let's get together somewhere, seven o'clock Wanna pop a top, pop a top
(Phil Vassar/Steve Mandile/Jerry Vandiver) Hot sun dancin' on the river We're sittin on the bank and watch the world go by Our feet in the water she
Joe's drinkin Tequila Sunrise Kati's sippin Sex On the Beach Maria loves those blue margaritas She likes em garnished with peach I dig these dirty martinis
(Phil Vassar/Julie Vassar) It's been three days, two hours And a minute Since she blasted off breaking every speed limit As fast and far away from me
What's become of our two hearts Lately we just play the parts We say the lines but there's no spark We never miss a cue But it's a passionless walk-through
