Mark W. Curran
From The Heart
LYRICS
Getting Too Close To The Flame
Started out cool as the river
I was the taker, you were the giver
Then the water's way it began to turn
Temperature, it's getting warmer
What was the latter, became the former
Now the heat is on I can feel the burn
Oh babe when-ever you call my name
I'm knowing it's all a game
Cause I'm getting too close to the flame
Too late the fire is burning bright
I'm gettin no sleep tonight
In the morning I'll see the light
Then came the lies, then came the cheatin
Another man, that you've been meetin'
Love may be blind but I got eyes to see
Those lonely nights I got to thinking
That maybe love, is just like drinking
Oh maybe when you're thirsty honey
You're not really free
Oh I've got too close to the flame
I just can't see desire for the trees
Down here on my knees
I think I'm gonna know the next time
All that smiles isn't gold
In the end, the heart is cold
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Queen Of Diamonds
She reaches for the diamond
As it's laying on the table
Remnants of a love
That once upon a time was stable
She throws that diamond to the stars
Exploding in the heavens
Then she dives from Dante's Peak
Did you check out where she landed?
Though it don't seem fair
Not anywhere, not anywhere for you
The queen of diamonds in the rough
In a lighter shade of blue
Love it is all, it is all, it is all
That you have left in your heart
After all it is all, it is all
Let us find a way to start
Venus was on fire
Though I hear she was a lady
With all her philosophy
Well I think that she was shady
Ain't it funny how it all comes down
To all you have today
The best laid plans of mice and men
May too soon go astray
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Bright Lights Small Town Saturday Nights
Bright lights small town Saturday night
Driving with my honey and we feel alright
Radio playing all the songs that we know
Feeling you holding me tight
The neon is flashing from the drive in show
The bowling alley filled with friends that we know
There's bar-b-q filling up the summer air
Man I guess we'll be meeting you there
Bright lights small town Saturday nights
Underneath that silvery old moonlight
Oh and your eyes yeah they look so fine
Heading down this highway on Route 66
Never knew love could feel like this
Bright lights small town... Saturday nights
Now I don't care about the city lights
I like the clean air here in Liberty Heights
The people are friendly and the message is clear
And we know that our kids are alright
Now we're heading on over to the Fosters Freeze
Where the girls that serve you make you weak in the knees
I'm never gonna leave here till the day that I die
My spirit will be singing in the breeze
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Route 66 Rock
Now we're rocking and rolling on Route sixty six
In a pink Cadillac made for highways like this
Heading for adventure and the open sky
Don't give me no problem baby don't ask why
My motor's hot and my radio kicks
I'm rocking and rolling on Route sixty six
Cruisin' with the top down on Saturday nights
Passing by the motels and neon lights
Folks along the highway will give you a smile
Tell you jokes and stories if you stay for awhile
Not just a highway, not another road
It's the place of dreams and the motherlode
Don't try to get me on no interstate
We gotta save the old road before its too late
Honey let me tell you all about the towns
They're still out there, waiting to be found
Where you'll find the heart of the American Dream
You gotta run the road to know what I mean
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Whiskey River
There was a river south as she flew
A lady clever and true
Somewhere in Utah just north of no place
She claimed a man that I knew
He was a good soul yes it was said
Kindness to strangers and foes
But then one day he challenged the river
Onward the way that it flows
Oh while you are young
Remember the ghosts of the hung
When the river she makes her demand
Drowning you on dry land (Roll on, roll on, roll on)
Roll on roll on Whiskey River
Taking the sun with the rain
Flow on flow on Whiskey River
Numbing the lies and the pain
You know the water claims every soul
So don't you think of escape
And should you try to outrun the river
You're gonna find its too late
And so I leave you with a fair warning
You may not hear it as true
For now the river calls for its answer
You hear it calling for you
Now while you are still young
You can see all the ghosts of the hung
When the river it makes its demand
Will you be there to reach out your hand? Roll on, roll on, roll on!)
So roll on roll on Whiskey River
Taking the sun with the rain
Flow on flow on Whiskey River
Taking the proud and the vain
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She Will Fly
She's always thinking forward
But her thoughts are not on me
Now she's somewhere over Texas
And our love is out to sea
Ain't it funny how tomorrow
Don't agree with yesterday
I remember then her laughter
Thats before it went away
I could never second guess her ways
And all the things I tried to say
She will fly on through the wind and rain
After all it was just her way again
I'm asking why -- Oh asking why
She will fly
Now she's somewhere over Utah
And I am driving East
With memories in boxes
Maybe I should stop to eat
Lights flashing on the highway
Warning signs of something wrong
I'll be there by the morning
Hear the radio's song
Her thoughts now linger in the air
How can it be that I'm not there
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Charge Card Blues
I remember the night up in San Antone
Just as clear as I'm sitting here
She sat next to me in a smoky bar
And said "You're gonna buy me a beer"
She got her hand on my wallet
She looking at me hot and loose
It was then that I knew I had
Them old CHARGE CARD BLUES
I got the CHARGE CARD BLUES
She said you better have you some credit
Before you're gonna hang with me
You'll need some credit cards and a real nice car
Cause my loving don't come for free
She got her hand in my pocket
She's looking for my revenues
That's just when she heard me say
I got the CHARGE CARD BLUES
I got the CHARGE CARD BLUES
First she victimized my Visa
When she ordered her some vintage wine
Then she maxed out my Mastercard
That's when my plastic came back declined
She's gonna drive me to drinking
But I got no money left for booze
She's gone and left me broke and busted
With the CHARGE CARD BLUES
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Keep The Flame Alive (For Elvis)
As a man your flame burned brightly
For a star your legend reigned
Though you may have left the building
Only spirit still remains
Once a hero you had fallen
In the march toward heaven's grace
There has never been an another
To ever take your place
Well keep the flame alive for you
Let the music touch our soul
And keep the magic in our hearts
Burn for the King of ....Rock and Roll
When the world heard you in Memphis
Your fame spread near and far
From the fields of Mississippi
To become a shining star
For you touched our hearts forever
Then you left your legacy
This song I'm singing to you
This is for your... memory
They said you lived a lonely life
For a man so well known
But with God there by your side
You know you'll never walk alone
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Mystic Fire
I can see the magic in your smile
I can see it in your eyes
Though the moment's come and gone
Like lightning in the skies
Seconds fire from the gun
They will never be regained
But if I spent them all with you
In my heart you will remain
When all your friends have left you dry
And then your tears are running like
Colors in the rain
I will ease your pain
Let me sit here by... the mystic fire
Many friends have blinded you with truths
But they turned out to be lies
How their promises were wrong
How they made the rivers rise
But our friendship remained strong
It endured the dark and rain
Now the sun is coming up
Let's rejoice in love again
Don't you hear the wind blow
Off in the distant dark
Can you hear it calling you
Away.... Hey ayyyyy
Harbor lights like diamonds
Shining on the distant shore
Will you still remember me
When I am here no more?
No more..... No more.....
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Midnight Train
Diamond rings... don't mean anything
When you're not here and lying ...by my side
All those nights... lying alone here in the dark
Remembering... just how hard I've tried
Pack my bags and I'm leaving my ring
Out the front door with all of my things
Take me to a place where I can be free
Put me on it, midnight train
Where there are no heartaches
Where we'll feel no pain
Take me onward, midnight train
On the railway to nowhere
In the warm sweet rain
Lonely town... is just a heartache everyday
When people ask about you... I just lie
You're with her... I can feel it in my heart
Remembering your vows to me... I cry
No more lies now, I'm on my own
Don't bother writing or picking up the phone
I'll see the world, I won't see you no more
Miles away, someone's taken my place
Yet still you're feeling lonely, with her by your side
You long for me .. only horizons away
It's time for you to leave her, find your paradise
When she's gone, you will leave tonight
It wasn't her fault, it never felt right
You can't make love to her, when I'm on your mind
So take me homeward... midnight train
To the place I remember... we can try again
Carry me home, on this midnight train
To the one I believe in, through the pouring rain
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Rocking The Country
I was born on a bus bound for Memphis
With the radio turned up high
Was delivered to this world to the rhythm of the road
Keeping perfect four-four time
My momma sang like an angel
My daddy played a mean guitar
We ruled the road in a travelling show
Playing honky tonk cowboy bars
Learned to crawl list'nin to Elvis
I learned to walk to Jerry Lee
I grew up rockin' the country
And that is where I'll always be
ROCKING the COUNTRY
Pluggin it in, play it fast and loose
ROCKING the COUNTRY
Hear the high lone whistle in that rhythm and blues
Now the years flew by, got a band of my own
We play it hard, fast and sly
I got red on steel, blue on guitar,
And a drummer sitting way up high
Now we're kicking it in St. Louis
Then we're jammin down in Tennesee
We're still here rocking the country
Thats the way it's gonna be
My daughter was born west of Gainesville
In the back of our band tour bus
She looks wild and free, just like Red and me
You know she looks a lot like us
She learned to crawl list'nin to Elvis
She learned to walk to Jerry Lee
She's growing up rockin' the country
And that is where she'll always be
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all lyrics copyright 2002 by Mark W. Curran
Mark W. Curran performs covers and originals your students will love.
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