song.journal.november.december.2011.

11.04.11. Stompin' The Roses.
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When you were younger, did it occur to you
10 years from then, you'd act the same age?
I cannot carry on this way
Although I've carried all your every little thing
Carry me away
Did you feel like Stomping The Roses?
Smashing out all the feeling inside of them
It's bad business
The way you're Stomping The Roses
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I was flipping channels on my television
And it made me feel unwell
One of those complicated soap operas
I almost felt like I was watching myself
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11.08.11. Heartland Heartbreak.
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She walked in she saw a western star
I saw my chance to have a good March
Well that month turned into a year
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See she wanted me to sell it all
Move to the city and get a real job
Well I told her I would rather go to hell
She told me she rather I go by myself
She was my Heartland Heartbreak
My pretty little mistake
She left me down by the cold lake
Now she's driving my truck away
My sweet little '58
I tried to stop her but was too late
She left me holding my tail gate
Sometimes I don't know my own strength
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11.21.11. Dear John.
Long were the nights when
My days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps
Praying the floor won’t fall through, again
My mother accused me of losing my mind

But I swore I was fine
You paint me a blue sky
And go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game
But you changed the rules everyday
Wonderin’ which version of you I might get on the phone, tonight
Well I stopped pickin’ up and this song is to let you know why
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone

Don't you think I was too young

To be messed with?
The girl in the dress

Cried the whole way home
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11.22.11. Don't You Break My Heart Slow.
I liked the way you wanted me
Every night for so long baby
I like the way you needed me
Every time things got rocky
I was believing in you
Was I mistaken?
Do you mean,
Do you mean what you say?
When you say our love could last forever?
But I'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow, at least then I would know
But Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow
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You would run around and lead me on forever
While I stay at home still thinking we're together
I wanted our love to last forever...

11.23.11. A Perfectly Good Heart.
Why would you wanna break A Perfectly Good Heart?
Why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart,now?
Why would you wanna make the very first scar?
Why would you wanna break A Perfectly Good Heart?
Maybe I should've seen the signs, should've read the writing on the wall.
And realized by the distance in your eyes that I would be the one to fall.
No matter what you say, I still can't believe
That you would walk away.
It don't make sense to me,
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12.05.11. Country Boy for Christmas.
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The only present that I really want this year
Should have eyes like Keith Urban, be strong like Tim McGraw 
Have hair like Dierks Bently and sing like them all
He should love my momma and take good care of me
I want a Country Boy under my Christmas tree
I don't mind a farmers tan,
A real cute smile and rugged hands
That go to work all day until the sun goes down
He'll ask my dad if it'll be okay
If he could take me out for our first date
Cruising in an old ford truck I can see us now
The only present that I really want this year
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12.07.11.  Do It Right.

Usually, I have two left feet on the dance floor
The last guy to steal a kiss on the front porch.
But this time, it’s gonna be different
This time, I'm gunna walk right up, take your hand,
And tell you how I feel
I just wanna do it right,
‘Cause I don’t wanna lose ya.
Say something tonight that might scare you away.
‘Cause I’ve been known to stumble,
And if you see me, fall flat on my face,
It’s ‘cause you take my breath away.
Ohh and if I’m gonna take that chance tonight,
Ohh I, just wanna Do It Right.
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12.08.11. Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You.
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Left me all alone
You couldn't be more gone
From falling apart to fighting mad
From wanting you back to not giving a damn
I've felt it all
I've been to the wall
Didn't you know how much I loved you
Didn't you know how much I loved you, baby
I gave you everything, every part of me
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12.12.11.Wait.
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Even though you're gone I can hear your heart
It's calling out my name like a flash in the dark
If this is just a dream
I won't give it back
I'll find a way to make it last
One more minute, Wait, Wait, Wait, don't go
Just one more minute, Wait, Wait, Wait, don't go
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12.15.11. I Wanna Hippopotamous for Christmas.
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I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too
Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian
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12.16.11. Christmases When You Were Mine.

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I've been doing fine without you, really
Up until the nights got cold
And everybody's here, except you, baby
Seems like everyone's got someone to hold
But for me it's just a lonely time
Cause there were Christmases when you were mine
Merry Christmas everybody
That'll have to be something I just say this year
I'll bet you got your mom another sweater
And were your cousins late again
When you were putting up the lights this year
Did you notice one less pair of hands
I know this shouldn't be a lonely time
But there were Christmases when I didn't wonder how you are tonight
Cause there were Christmases when you were mine
You were mine.
12.17.11. Christmas Must Be Something More.
What if ribbons and bows didn't mean a thing
Would the song still survive without five golden rings
Would you still wanna kiss without misletoe
What would happen if God never let it snow
What would happen if Christmas carols told a lie
Tell me what would you find
You'd see that today holds something special
Something holy, not superficial
So here's to the birthday boy who saved our lives
It's something we all try to ignore
And put a wreath up on your door
So here's something you should know that is for sure
Christmas must be something more
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12.20.11. Santa Baby.
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Think of all the fun I've missed
Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed
Next year I could be oh so good
If you'd check off my Christmas list
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Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany's
I really do believe in you
Let's see if you believe in me
Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring
I don't mean a phone
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
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12.22.11. Penguin, James, Penguin.
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He's Penguin, James Penguin
That dapper little guy
Like a well dressed duck in a three piece tux
He's Santa's secret spy
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12.27.11. Must Be Doing Something Right.
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Must be doin' something right
I just heard you sigh
You leaned into my kiss
And closed those deep blue need you eyes
Don't know what I did
To earn a love like this, but baby, I
Must be doin' something right
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Girl, I hope I'm on the right road
And judging by the smile on your face
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I don't know what I did
To earn a love like this, but baby, I
Must be doin' something right