Aaron Watson - 3rd Gear & 17

I held the keys to that Chevrolet
and you held the keys to my heart
I'd throw a fit, hit the dash,
get out and kick the tire
when that old piece of junk wouldn't start
It'd be smoking good I'm slam down the hood
Just to see you laughing at me
On the other side of a dirty windshield,
lookin' as pretty as could be

(chorus)
We sure saw a lot of miles,
never even crossed that county line
I would've bet the farm, given my right arm
so you'd always be mine
Did we crash and burn or make a wrong turn
or run out of gasoline?
I lost you around 3rd gear and 17

In the blink of an eye high school flew by
you went your way and I went mine
But we swore we'd make it,
our love could take it
400 miles could stand the test of time

Well I left that fall to play college ball,
but my dreams would all come to an end
'Cause you know the big leagues never called,
and you went and fell in love with him

(chorus)
We sure saw a lot of miles,
never even crossed that county line
I would've bet the farm, given my right arm
so you'd always be mine
Did we crash and burn or make a wrong turn
or run out of gasoline?
I lost you around 3rd gear and 17

Memories flash through my mind like old faded photographs
I still think about you in that red Malibu
and I just can't help but laugh

We sure saw a lot of miles,
never even crossed that county line
I would've bet the farm, given my right arm
so you'd always be mine
Did we crash and burn or make a wrong turn
or run out of gasoline?
I lost you around 3rd gear and 17

Love broke down around 3rd gear and 17
I lost you around 3rd gear and 17

Aaron Watson - The Honky Tonk Kid

(Duet w/ Willie Nelson)

He’s wrinkled and gray but he’s still got the fire
And he sings on the stage like a bird on a wire
He’ll pack ‘em in just like he always did
Everybody loves The Honky Tonk Kid

He got his first guitar when he was fifteen
Thirstin’ for knowledge, all hungry and green
Strummin’ that six string just like Lefty did
Everybody loves The Honky Tonk Kid

(Chorus)
Well the Honky Tonk Kid loves a honky tonk crowd
He picks them up when this world gets them down
All the smoke and the neon keep his pain here
Nobody knows The Honky Tonk Kid

Ten million fans and a hand full of friends
He’ll go home alone when each night ends
He’ll think about her and he’ll twist off the lid
Cause nobody loves The Honky Tonk Kid

Chorus (x2)

It won’t be long the lord will take him away
He’d sung his last song, they’ll place a reef on his grave
But he’ll draw a crowd just like he always did
One last goodbye for The Honky Tonk Kid

Aaron Watson - The Right Place

(Chorus)
Lord don’t you walk with a little
Sawin’ on a fiddle and the crying of a steel guitar
Coming from the heart and soul
Born and bred in the ole Lone Star
Get them honky tonkin’ blues
Let them be your saving grace
If you want to hear some country
Then you’ve come to the right place

You miss Waylon, if it don’t make you smile
Like Willie and George Jones
You better stick around a while
You like Merle, Buck and Johnny
We might just get along
But if you don’t, go slap your mommy
Cause your momma raised you wrong

Chorus

I like gravy on my biscuit, I like my chicken fried
I drink my coffee black, I sure like my Charlie Pride
Well I still solute ole Glory and I give glory to the lord
I tip my hat to ole E.T. and his Texas Troubadours

Chorus

Aaron Watson - What She Don't Know

She said she was not the one for me
There was nothing I could do to change her mind
She said she was sorry but some things aren’t meant to be
She was unaware that she was robbing her heart blind

(Chorus)
What she don’t know is I’ll always love her forever
What she don’t know is that I’ve never done her wrong
Underestimation will break her heart for sure
What she can’t see, what she don’t know
Won’t hurt her but it’s killing me

Deep in the shadows of the smokey neon lights
I play myself in a lonely game of pool
I chalk it up as he sits down by her side
I take another shot, swallow my pride and I play a fool

Chorus

Watching her dance with him
Around that empty hardwood floor
Is like putting sawdust in the wound
And I cry a little more

Chorus

Aaron Watson - Diesel Driving Daddy

Well my truck’s wound up and it’s ready to roll
I got a good buddy workin’ for the Highway Patrol
So if I get a ticket or two, It’s gonna be alright
But the sheriff and his boys they’re in Estilline
Unless they’re out to lunch at the Dairy Queen
They’ll be itchin’ to turn on those red, white, and blue
lights

Well just like my daddy I was born a drifter
I got a rebel heart and eight - ball shifter
Horns on the hood and forty channel CB

Well some things you never leave home without
Like your Bible, log book, and your drivin’ route
And your Best Of Dale Watson on CD


Chorus:

Cause I’m a diesel drivin’ daddy
Don’t you get in my lane
Puttin’ the pedal to the medal
Bringin’ eighteen wheels of pain
I’ve been in love
Broke some hearts
Settled down long enough to replace the parts
Kicked a little
Asphalt along the way


There’s a lonely life livin’ on the road
When the only friend you’ve got is the radio
And even he fades in and out every now and then
But maybe someday you’ll find the right one
That'll shift the gears and let ya ride shotgun
Knows how to get that big ole rig to spin


Chorus

I’m a panhandlin’ manhandlin’
Post holin’ high rollin’ dust bowlin’ daddy
I ain’t got no blood in my veins
I just got them four lanes
Of hard Amarillo highway

Chorus

Up and down that honky tonkin’ highway

Aaron Watson - Fool's Paradise

I've got this Caribbean queen
Rubbin' in my coconut sunscreen
You'd think you'd be the last thing on my mind
I've got a beautiful ocean view
Ten thousand miles from you
So Why couldn't I leave this broken heart behind


(Chorus)

Oh The sunshine is dancin' on the water
Pretty girls couldn't get any hotter
If I keep tellin' myself
I'm havin' the time of my life
Maybe it'll come true and I won't miss you
Welcome to a fool's paradise


Well I keep on tellin' me
There's other fish in the sea
But your memory keeps reminding me I'm wrong
There's a party 'bout every night
And I should be out doin' it up right
Instead of watchin' re-runs of Gilligan's Island all alone (all night long)


(Chorus)

Oh the moonlight is dancin' on the water
Pretty girls couldn't get any hotter
If I keep tellin' myself
I'm havin' the time of my life
Maybe it'll come true and I won't miss you
Welcome to a fool's paradise


This time next week I'll be headed to Texas On a big jet airplane
Oh when I get home you know this broken heart is gonna hit
me like a hurricane


(Chorus)

Oh The sunshine is dancin' on the water
Pretty girls couldn't get any hotter
If I keep tellin' myself
I'm havin' the time of my life
Maybe it'll come true and I won't miss you
Welcome to a fool's paradise

Aaron Watson - If You're Not in Love

Well I'm trying not to panic
But I'm gettin' all romantic
Gettin' soft with everything I say and do
I'm talkin' hours on the phone
Puttin' on that sweet cologne
I'm even putting down the toilet seat for you


Oh wait a minute it gets worse
I found myself holding your purse
Waiting outside that bra and pantie store
My boss' wife walked by
She spotted me and told me hi
And I knew then
I was in for it for sure

Now all the boys down at the shop know
And they sure do find it funny
They say you've changed my ways
And that you're spending all my money

(Chorus)

Honey if you're not in love
If you're not in love
If you're not in love
Oh if you're not in love...
Well I'm in a whole lot of trouble


I get this lump in my throat
I think I sold my boat
So I could buy that diamond ring for you
Now I'm hopin' and I'm wishin'
That since I can't go fishin'
You don't make me sell my golf clubs too


Now all the boys down at the shop know
And they laughed until I cried
I told them If I mess this up
My mamma's gonna tear my hide

(Chorus)

I gave up that can of snuff
No more NASCAR on TV
Honey If that ain't enough
This may be the death of me

Aaron Watson - Mackenzie Park

Well once upon a time
When I held you in my arms
On a blanket in the grass
Where we'd watch the falling stars
Under that old maple tree
We'd share secrets in the dark
Now I sit here all alone
Watching children play
In Mackenzie Park


(Chorus)

And we lived, laughed, and loved as if
There were no tomorrow
Up until the day you went away
Leaving only sorrow


Now the stars don't shine
The way they used to do
Like they did when you were mine
Perhaps they're lonely too
You can barely read the names
That I carved inside a heart
Now I sit here all alone
Watching children play
In Mackenzie Park

(Chorus)

Sometimes I think of you
And I just have to smile
Though forever never was
At least we had a little while
How time flies when you're young
Just like the flicker of a spark
Now I sit here all alone
Watching children play
In Mackenzie Park
Aaron Watson

Aaron Watson - Next to Heaven

Pinch me I must be dreaming waking up with you and feeling
The tender touch of your good morning kiss
No where else on earth is better than being next to you
Next to heaven, it doesn’t get any better than this

(Chorus)
Next to heaven lies my fate, my best friend and my sole mate
God knows this kind of love only comes from up above
You’re the answer to my prayers, nothing else compare
I’m next to heaven when I am next to you

You look just like an angel tangled in white satin sheets
Lying there with your hair all in a mess
I swear you look your best all dressed up next to nothing
Next to heaven, it doesn’t get any better than this

Chorus (x3)

Aaron Watson - Reckless

i still think about us
in the rush that we felt
with the rag top down and the radio blasting
you were riding shot gun
in nothing but a bikini and a seat belt
looking better than the law should have been allowing

(chorus)
we hit the corners going 90
love had blindly fallen
head over heels over you
every feeling that we felt
was a feeling that felt brand new
and you looked just like an angel
with that cross on your necklace
you were young, i was wild, we were reckless

we'd drive on down to the river
burnin up those hot summer nights
laughing at the cowboys getting crazy
picking fights
it wasn't funny
when that deputy, caught you and me
steaming up those windows
and how your daddy never found out about it
honey, heaven only knows

Chorus

Young, wild, and recklace

Aaron Watson - Blame It On Me

Your standing there, that look in your eye
Your looking for good ways to tell me goodbye
Something about people how they never know
They’re loving somebody then letting them go
Your looking for reasons there ain’t no need
You can blame it on me.

Chorus:
You can blame it on me. I was the one
Acting like real life was some old love song
I held you too close; I couldn’t let go
You can’t loose your cool these days I know
So I’ll go on home and you can feel free
You can blame it on me

Well I am too rough; I work too hard
I’ve got no cool friends, driving ol’ cars
I’m not the picture of anyone’s dreams
I’m full of bluebonnets, boots and old Jeans
Your looking for reasons -
There ain’t no need; you can blame it on me.

Chorus

When you start looking
For ways outta love
Then I’ve been making mistakes by the dozen
So if you wanna leave
You can blame it on me

I held you too close; I couldn’t let go
You can’t loose your cool these days I know
So I’ll go on home and you can feel free
To blame it on me.

All on Me

You can blame it on me