Playlist Mark Wills

mark wills - 19 something

I saw Star Wars at least 8 times
Had the pac-man pattern memorized
And I've seen the stuff they put inside
Stretch Armstrong

I was Roger Stauback back in my back yard
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
And a couple of Evil Kinevil scars
On my right arm
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died
And my mama cried

Chorus:
It was 1970- something
In the world that I grew up in
Farrah Faucett hair-do days
Bell bottoms and 8-track tapes
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1970-something

It was the dawning of a new decade
When we got our first microwave
And Dad broke down and finally shaved
Those sideburns off
I took the stickers off of my Rubix cube
Watched MTV all afternoon
My first love was Daisy Duke
In them cut off jeans
A Space Shuttle fell out of the sky
And the whole world cried

Chorus:
It was 1980-something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1980-something

Now I got a mortgage and an SUV
But all this responsibility
Makes me wish sometimes
Sometimes....

chorus:
It was 1980-something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1980-something

1970-something

mark wills - ace of hearts

Love's a gamble every heart will take
You roll the dice in hopes that it won't break
One night i bet on your blue eyes and took a chance
And i won a whole lot more than one night of romance

I held the ace of hearts, that night in the dark
How lucky can one man be
And i hold the winning hand anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose, 'cause, i've got you my ace of hearts

Love's a numbered wheel you have to spin
There's no need for me to spin again
Because lovin' you is paying off more than i knew
I took a little risk, lord, and hit it big with you

I held the ace of hearts, that night in the dark
How lucky can one man be
And i hold the winning hand anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose, 'cause, i've got you my ace of hearts

I held the ace of hearts, that night in the dark
How lucky can one man be
And i hold the winning hand anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose, 'cause, i've got you my ace of hearts

Oh, now i've got you, my ace of hearts

mark wills - almost doesn 039 t count

Almost made you love me
Almost made you cry
Almost made you happy, baby
Didn't i, didn't i
You almost had me thinkin'
You were turned around
Everybody knows
Almost doesn't count

Almost heard you saying
You were finally free
What was always missing for you, baby
You'd found it in me
But you can't get to heaven
Half off the ground
Everybody knows
Almost doesn't count

I can't keep lovin' you
One foot outside the door
I hear a funny hesitation
Of a heart that's never really sure
Can't keep on tryin'
If you're looking for more
Than all that i could give you
Than what you came here for

Gotta find somebody
Not afraid to let go
Want a no-doubt to be-there kind of girl
You came real close
But every time you built me up
You only let me down
And everybody knows
Almost doesn't count

I can't keep lovin' you
One foot outside the door
I hear a funny hesitation
Of a heart that's never really sure
Can't keep on tryin'
If you're looking for more
Than all that i could give you
Than what you came here for

Maybe you'll be sorry
Maybe you'll be cold
Maybe you'll come runnin' back
From the cruel, cruel world
Almost convince me
You're gonna stick around
But everybody knows
Almost doesn't count

Maybe i'll be here
Maybe i'll see ya 'round
That's the way it goes
Almost doesn't count

mark wills - any fool can say goodbye

We finally got it out all in the open
We agreed it's time this chapter closed
Soon you'll be on an airplane to your momma's
Where that leaves me i don't really know
But standing here i just got to thinkin'
You know this airport's open every day
So where's the fire darlin' what's the hurry
Don't you think goodbye can wait

Before we take this leaving any farther
Let's reach a little deeper inside
Maybe we could try a little harder
Roll up our sleeves and keep this love alive
Any fool can say goodbye

Remember when our love was all that mattered
Back when all we had was love and dreams
Before we knew it baby something happened
Dreams got put aside to make ends meet
Don't you think we owe it to the good times
Not to let the hard times win
We can walk away tomorow
Tonight let's try again

Before we take this leaving any farther
Let's reach a little deeper inside
Maybe we could try a little harder
Roll up our sleeves and keep this love alive
Any fool can say goodbye

Any fool can say goodbye

mark wills - anywhere but memphis

Called her from a pay phone down on beale street
On my way to birmingham
Said she was tired of never seein' me
She needed more than a guitar man
As the lonesome notes filled the midnight sky
I wipe my tears and wish that i was

Anywhere but memphis
Any other place would have made a difference
The way the blues pour out of the dives and bars
Ain't no place for a broken heart
She could've told me in baton rouge or dallas
Anywhere but memphis

Wish she could have worked up her courage
And let me down in little rock
Or even as far back as phoenix
When i stop to call from that truck stop
And if telling me sooner was just too hard
She could've waited later to break my heart

Anywhere but memphis
Any other place would have made a difference
The way the blues pour out of the dives and bars
Ain't no place for a broken heart
She could've told me in baton rouge or dallas
Anywhere but memphis

Where the blues pour out of the dives and bars
It ain't no place for a broken heart
She could've told me in baton rouge or dallas
Anywhere but memphis

mark wills - back at one

(Brian McKnight)

It's undeniable, that we should be together
It's unbelievable, how I used to say that I'd fall never
It's basis you need to know you know just how I feel
And let me show you now that I'm for real
If all things in time, time will reveal

One: you're like a dream come true
Two: just wanna be with you
Three: girl, it's plain to see that you're the only one for me and
Four: repeat steps 1 thru 3
Five: make you fall in love with me
If ever I believe my work is done
Then I start back at one

It's so incredible the way things work themselves out
And unemotional once you know what it's all about
And undesirable for us to be apart
I never would have made it very far
'Cause you know you hold the keys to me heart 'cause

One: you're like a dream come true
Two: just wanna be with you
Three: girl, it's plain to see that you're the only one for me and
Four: repeat steps 1 thru 3
Five: make you fall in love with me
If ever I believe my work is done
Then I start back at one

Say farewell to the darkened night
I see the coming of the sun
I feel like a little child whose life has just begun
You came and breathed new life
Into this lonely heart of mine
You threw out the lifeline just in the nick of time

One: you're like a dream come true
Two: just wanna be with you
Three: girl, it's plain to see that you're the only one for me and
Four: repeat steps 1 thru 3
Five: make you fall in love with me
If ever I believe my work is done
Then I start back at one

One: you're like a dream come true
Two: just wanna be with you
Three: girl, it's plain to see that you're the only one for me and
Four: repeat steps 1 thru 3
Five: make you fall in love with me
If ever I believe my work is done
Then I start back at one

mark wills - back on earth

Well i hit the charts and i took a trip
On this silver eagle rocket ship
Hey now look at me i'm hanging with the stars
And i've tried my hardest not to change
But everyone around keeps acting strange
People look at me like i'm a man from mars
That's what i told her through the sound check noise in kansas
And the satellite relayed me this reply

Back on earth
There's a woman who's wishing
An ordinary man was sitting in the kitchen
Drinking her coffee after loving her all night long
Back on earth
There's a brown-eyed baby
Who's old enough now to tell me all the ways
She's needing her daddy
And wondering when he's coming home
Now i'm out in space here wondering if it's worth
Everything i'm missing
Back on earth

But i played the show and the crowd went wild
Shared my heart and the good lord smiled
And i thanked them all for being kind to me
In the morning there's another town
With a hotel room where we touch down
Where i'll face the situation's gravity
As i navigate the milky way i contemplate the dues i pay
Could there be another way, god, i love to sing and play

Back on earth
There's a woman who's wishing
An ordinary man was sitting in the kitchen
Drinking her coffee after loving her all night long
Back on earth
There's a brown-eyed baby
Who's old enough now to tell me all the ways
She's needing her daddy
And wondering when he's coming home
Now i'm out in space here wondering if it's worth
Everything i'm missing
Back on earth

I'm up in space here wondering if it's worth
Everything i'm missing
Back on earth

mark wills - don 039 t laugh at me

(Allen Shamblin/Steve Seskin)

I'm a little boy with glasses
The one they call the geek
A little girl who never smiles
'Cause I've got braces on my teeth
And I know how it feels
To cry myself to sleep

I'm that kid on every playground
Who's always chosen last
A single teenage mother
Tryin' to overcome my past
You don't have to be my friend
But is it too much to ask

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

I'm the cripple on the corner
You've passed me on the street
And I wouldn't be out here beggin'
If I had enough to eat
And don't think I don't notice
That our eyes never meet

I lost my wife and little boy when
Someone cross that yellow line
The day we laid them in the ground
Is the day I lost my mind
And right now I'm down to holdin'
This little cardboard sign...so

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm short, I'm tall
I'm deaf, I'm blind, hey, aren't we all

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

mark wills - don 039 t think i won 039 t

(Ted Hewitt/Rodney Atkins/Max T. Barnes)

If you need someone who will promise you blue skies
If you think old-fashioned love's out of style
You've probably got the wrong guy
But if you need someone to walk through the fire for you

I'm just the man to do it, don't think I won't
I mean what I say and I say what I feel
I'll love you 'til my name is carved in stone
Baby don't think I won't, 'cause I will

Your heart's been left to hurt by lovers runnin' scared
But whenever you reach out for me, I'm gonna be there
And if you need someone to spend his life lovin' you

I'm just the man to do it, don't think I won't
I mean what I say and I say what I feel
I'll love you 'til my name is carved in stone
Baby don't think I won't, 'cause I will

I'll love you 'til my name is carved in stone
Baby don't think I won't

mark wills - emily harper

Emily sat right next to me
Five days a week in the same bus seat
For a girl she was pretty cool
She wore an old ball cap, hated lace
Played a mean shortstop and second base
Never missed a day of sunday school
And i never told a soul back then
But emily harper was my best friend

We carved our names on an old oak limb
On the bank of the creek where we used to swim
A farmer's son and a preacher's only daughter
We ran barefoot through the garden gate
All afternoon we'd laugh and play
'til the sun went down on me
And emily harper

About the time i turned sixteen
I noticed emily's eyes were green
And how they shined when i made her laugh
I liked it when her hair was down
I hated other guys around
I played it cool but i had it bad
Lord, her daddy had a fit
When he caught me stealing my first kiss

We carved a heart on that old oak limb
On the bank of the creek where we used to swim
A farmer's son and a preacher's only daughter
We used to sneak off in my daddy's car
Sit on the hood and count the stars
'til the sun came up on me
And emily harper

It all seems just like yesterday
We grew up but some things never change

We still hold hands by that old oak limb
On the bank of the creek where we used to swim
A farmer's son and a preacher's only daughter
She sure did make a lovely bride
We vowed to grow old side by side
'til the sun goes down on me
And emily harper
Emily harper
Me and emily harper

mark wills - everything there is to know about you

What stations are the buttons on your radio on
Do you sleep late Saturdays or get up at dawn
Do you prefer fiddles or violins
And have you given any thoughts to how a lifetime of love begins

I want to know everything there is to know
About what turns you on what you like and what you don't
Tell me all your secrets, all your hopes and wishes too
I want to be everything you ever want
So I'm gonna need something to go on
I mean to make your every dream come true
So I want to know everything there is to know about you

Do you like walking underneath the moonlight
Is there some kind of magic that'll make the mood right
How many kisses, how many stars
I'm determined to keep trying 'til I find the way to your heart

I want to know everything there is to know
About what turns you on what you like and what you don't
Tell me all your secrets, all your hopes and wishes too
I want to be everything you ever want
So I'm gonna need something to go on
I mean to make your every dream come true
So I want to know everything there is to know about you

The serious stuff and the light-hearted
I look in your eyes and I'm just getting started

I want to know everything there is to know
About what turns you on what you like and what you don't
Tell me all your secrets, all your hopes and wishes too
I want to be everything you ever want
So I'm gonna need something to go on
I mean to make your every dream come true
So I want to know everything there is to know about you

Well, I want to know everything there is to know about you

mark wills - forget about love

He said goodbye - you watched him turn and walk away
Before your eyes - there went the plans you made
His memory rolls down your cheek
In the shadows all alone
Girl take my hand, take one more chance
Let me turn the light back on('cause)

Nothing makes you forget about love like love
Makes you forget about, the one who let you down
It's over now, you've cried enough
Give me a little time
And in my arms you'll find
Nothing makes you forget about love like love

A human heart - sometimes can only take so much
Girl let me start - to pick the pieces up
Let's strike a match to the past
And we'll dance inside the flame
Once you feel a love this real
You won't recall his name ('cause)

Nothing makes you forget about love like love
Makes you forget about, the one who let you down
It's over now, you've cried enough
Give me a little time
And in my arms you'll find
Nothing makes you forget about love like love

I know it's hard to reach for someone else
But please close your eyes and trust your heart
And let love do the rest

Nothing makes you forget about love like love
Makes you forget about, the one who let you down
It's over now, you've cried enough
Give me a little time
And in my arms you'll find
Nothing makes you forget about love like love

Nothing makes you forget about love like love

mark wills - hank

Well, my old Uncle Joe, he's a proud Democrat
He's got FDR on his baseball cap
An' thinks the whole country's on a one-way track to hell
He says there's only one truck an' that's a Chevrolet
Everything else is money gone to waste
An' a lot more people oughtta learn to do for themselves
Well, I love how we can disagree
An' we can still be family.

Makes me think about Hank
How he played his songs
Made a long-haired pot-smokin' hippy wanna sing along
Makes me think about life an' all it's different roads
There's a million you can pick
But they're all gonna lead you back home
Yeah, we're livin' in some crazy days
We're all crazy in our diff'rent ways
But we can all get along
Without everybody thinkin' the same.

We got a big hair preacher on channel nineteen
A Maharaji on sixty-three
An' the good Lord's upstairs, tryin' to get them both on the phone
We got country boy's sayin' that rap just sucks
An' rappers sayin'country's all outta touch
But there's plenty of room for both on my radio
'Cause music ain't right or wrong
So tonight, let's just rock on an' on.

Makes me think about Hank
How he played his songs
Made a long-haired pot-smokin' hippy wanna sing along
Makes me think about life an' all it's different roads
There's a million you can pick
But they're all gonna lead you back home
Yeah, we're livin' in some crazy days
We're all crazy in our diff'rent ways
But we can all get along
Without everybody thinkin' the same.

(Aw, c'mon, yeah boy.)

Makes me think about life an' all it's different roads
There's a million you can pick
But they're all gonna lead you back home
Yeah, we're livin' in some crazy days
We're all crazy in our diff'rent ways
But we can all get along
Without everybody thinkin' the same
Yeah, the more things change
The more they stay the same
Makes me think about ol' Hank...

mark wills - he 039 s a cowboy

Jennyââ?¬â?¢s daddy was five years gone
by the time that Jenny was 6 years old
It was her and her mom and her parakeet Pete
in a little blue house at the end of the street
Her friends ask her what her daddy did
and you know how it is when youââ?¬â?¢re just a kid
she couldnââ?¬â?¢t tell em that she didnââ?¬â?¢t know so Jenny just lights on

heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy
riding the reigns
heââ?¬â?¢s got a painted pony with a flowing mane
and heââ?¬â?¢s chasin the sun
dodgin the rain
and he donââ?¬â?¢t go running away
when it gets tough
heââ?¬â?¢s made of that stuff that donââ?¬â?¢t let you down, boy
no, heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy
heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy

10 years later after a pillow fight
well Jenny and her friends got to talking bout life
What theyââ?¬â?¢re gonna do when they graduate
What kind of guy theyââ?¬â?¢re gonna marry one day
And All of her friends said the usual stuff
You know, Doctors and lawyers and bankers and such
but jenny didnââ?¬â?¢t even to lie when
she started talking about her dream guy

heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy
riding the reigns
heââ?¬â?¢s got a painted pony with a flowing mane
and heââ?¬â?¢s chasin the sun
dodgin the rain
and he donââ?¬â?¢t go running away
when it gets tough
heââ?¬â?¢s made of that stuff that donââ?¬â?¢t let you down, boy
no, heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy
heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy

Jenny married a guy named Mike
And they had a little boy and started a life
Mike ran off 4 yrs ago
And now her little boy is five years old
And Jenny looks out the window with a smile
At the way life works when you give it a while
Little man running round out back
With a stick horse and a little red hat

heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy
riding the reigns
heââ?¬â?¢s got a painted pony with a flowing mane
and heââ?¬â?¢s chasin the sun
dodgin the rain
and he donââ?¬â?¢t go running away
when it gets tough
heââ?¬â?¢s made of that stuff that donââ?¬â?¢t let you down, boy
no, heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy
yeah heââ?¬â?¢s a cowboy

mark wills - help me fall

I've been trying not to love you
I've been putting up a fight
I've been barely holding on
And letting go with all my might
There's a part of me that's empty
I know only love can fill
I'm afraid i'll never find it
And i'm scared to death i will

Help me fall
Help me fall
If you care for me at all
Help me fall
Help me fall

I've been holding conversations
When i haven't said a word
I've been speaking with my silence
And praying that you heard

I'm a walking contradiction
I'd hate to be my heart
It keeps trying not to love you
But it don't know where to start

Help me fall
Help me fall
If you care for me at all
Help me fall
Help me fall

I've got to learn to re-trust
To turn me into us
And i really don't know if i can again

Help me fall
Help me fall
If you care for me at all
Help me fall
Help me fall

I've been trying not to love you
I've been putting up a fight
I've been barely holding on
Letting go with all my might

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