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1. The World To Me
(T.Poppe)
2. My Best
Friend (K.Obermier)
3. Follow
Your Dreams (K.Obermier)
4. It Is The
Love (K.Obermier)
5. If The
Law Don’t Get Me (T.Poppe)
6. Back On
The Bottom (T.Poppe)
7. Work For
What You Need (T.Poppe)
8. Until The
End Of Time (T.Poppe)
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Saturday
night on your front porch swing
A
dozen roses and a diamond ring
I
was wonderin’ what you might be doin’ for the rest of your life
Down
on one knee with your hand in mine
Ain’t
it love that makes a diamond shine
Well,
I know it’s not much, but it means the world to me
A
farmer’s son in a great big world
I
fell in love with a small-town girl
I
thank God each night ‘cause you made my dreams come true
And
as I hold her hand in mine
And
make a promise for the rest of my life
Tonight
she’ll know what means the world to me
Chorus-
The
world to me is to stay together with you wrapped up in my arms
Hold
you tight as we lie together on a blanket underneath the stars
Everything
I’ve ever wanted
All
I’ll ever need
It
don’t seem like much, but it means the world to me
Saturday
night on our front porch swing
For
twenty years now she’s worn my ring
Her
eyes still shine like the girl of yesterday
Not
a moment that I’ll ever regret
‘Cause
I never want you to forget
After
all this time you still mean the world to me
/Copyright 2000 T.Poppe(ASCAP)
2. My Best Friend
(K.Obermier)
She
was a girl I always wanted, I always needed so many years ago
Blonde
hair, blue eyes so pretty, she lights up this town and city
With
her smile so sweet, and if I could see you again this is what I’d say
Chorus-
You
were my best friend the day that I left town
And
the days that I come around so many times in this life
And
if I could do it all over again, I’d never leave you my friend
Now
the years have passed, I’ve seen that girl once or twice
I’ve
seen her with some other guy, I don’t know who it is
Didn’t
write or call ‘cause I didn’t know how she felt about us
Wondering
if we were still friends- Some things I
just won’t ever know
But
if I could see you this is what I’d say
If
only I could hold you one more time, I’d never let you go
Until
you know that you were mine
/Copyright 2001 K.Obermier(ASCAP)
3. Follow Your Dreams
(K.Obermier)
When
I was a young boy my mom and daddy said
“Boy,
you follow your dream for they still lie ahead”
And
as I sit here thinking of those words they’ve given me
I
just had to smile at them for now I’m living my dreams
Chorus-
And
I live my dreams beyond the sunset
And
I live my life now for me and you
I’ll
live my life to the fullest that I know it can be
And
especially thanks to the words you’ve given me
Boy,
follow your dreams
Now
I sit on my front porch and look out to the sky
And
when I think of her, a tear falls from my eye
And
then I start to wonder why this dream was given to me
Then
I hear a voice saying some things are just meant to be
And
now I sit here singing of this song of hopes and dreams
Especially
thanks to those words you’ve given me
Boy,
follow your dreams
/Copyright 2001 K.Obermier(ASCAP)
4. It Is The Love
(K.Obermier)
Every time I look into
your eyes, I think about what we could have
But then I realize I
know I could have you the way I want it to be
So I know you will go on
with or without me
Chorus-
It’s not the love that
you have given me
It is the way that I
want it to be
‘Cause he made it clear
in the beginning someday there’ll be an end
And the love will bring
us back together again
Well, I met this girl
two years ago, she was standing in the doorway
Of a country music show,
blond hair so pretty and her eyes captured me
So I knew right then we
were meant for eternity
Standing in front of the
church how beautiful it is to me
Two little girls by her
side and now I know they’re all for me
/Copyright 2001 K.Obermier (ASCAP)
5. If The Law Don’t Get Me (T.Poppe)
Got a southern-fried
beauty, lives a mile out of town
But her daddy don’t like
me, so we gotta sneak around
Knockin’ on her window
in the middle of the night
When up came the shades
and on came the lights
I hit the ground a
runnin’ when he met me at the door
With a double-barrel
shotgun standin’ six foot four
He said the law’s on the
way, they’re gonna take you in to town
If I catch you here
again, I’m gonna stick you in the ground
Chorus-
Well, if the law don’t
get me, if the law don’t get me
I should’ve learned my
lesson, but I probably never will
‘Cause if the law don’t
get me, then her daddy sure will
One twenty down the
highway, thought I lost ‘em for a while,
But her daddy and the
sheriff, getting’ closer by the mile
His red lights are
flashin’, but he’s running out of time
‘Cause his badge is no
good if I cross the state line
My engine’s overheating
so I gotta shut her down
They threw the cuffs on
my wrists and took me into town
The judge said daddy
done made your bail
He’s awaitin’ outside
and he’s mad as hell
Her daddy wants to kill
me, but I love her still
She’s a costin’ me a
fortune in these lawyer bills
Well, the law might get
me, but her daddy never will
/Copyright 2000 T.Poppe(ASCAP)
6. Back On The Bottom (T.Poppe)
Chorus-
Called your house, let
it ring for hours, walked all night in the rain
A lovesick fool with a
dozen roses standing at your door again
I’ve walked through the
fire and back for you, now I’m standin’ in the pourin’ rain
You had me sitting at
the top of the world, now I’m back on the bottom again
Eight o’clock on Friday
I showed up, just like you told me to
With your favorite color
roses and a bottle of wine, picked out just for you
At a half past ten, I
walked home again, I guess I must’ve slipped your mind
Left a note on your door
and the flowers on the porch
And walked home in the
rain that night
Knockin’ on your window
in the middle of night, just about to go insane
Your lights turned down,
ain’t no one around, so I guess I’ll have to try again
/Copyright 2000 T.Poppe(ASCAP)
7. Work For What You Need (T.Poppe)
My daddy’s hands were
calloused, ‘cause he worked hard everyday
The overtime’s what kept
us fed, but he never once did complain
‘Cause the good Lord
loves a workin’ man, but nothin’ in life comes free
So you pray for the
things you want, but work for what you need
His blue-collar hands
earned a living on a Detroit assembly line
The work was hard, the
pay was fair, and he earned every dime
He said the things that
don’t come easy are what mean the most to me
So you pray for the
things you want, but work for what you need
Well, thank God for the
families all across this land
Who make an honest
living and work with willing hands
They gave dad a gold
watch when he went to work today
For 37 years an honest
man earned an honest wage
Some folks take the easy
road, but I’d have to disagree
You gotta pray for the
things you want, but work for what you need
/Copyright 2000 T.Poppe(ASCAP)
8. Until The End Of Time (T.Poppe)
Tonight
you’re here beside me as I lie awake in bed
My thoughts turn back
through the years to the things I left unsaid
So tonight as you lay
sleeping, I stayed up all night long
And wrote down all the
things you mean to me in this song
Chorus-
Without you here beside
me, God knows where I’d be
‘Cause darling, more
than life itself is what you mean to me
For you I’d fall on
bending knees, for you lay down my life
Yours alone ‘til my last
breath, until the end of time
And I thank God for the
angel that’s lying by my side
My heart and thoughts go
with you each night and every day
It’s just my way to say
the things I sometimes keep inside
But words alone could
never say the way I feel tonight
/Copyright 2000 T.Poppe(ASCAP)