I was three years old sitting in the seat of a Greyhound bus
My brother and me, Mama's tears falling like a Carolina rain
Cause she pulled out a gun the night before
Said he ain't gonna drink and hit me no more
She pulled the trigger on my father in a moment's rain
Thank God that gun wasn't loaded
Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive
Didn't care, anywhere but there that night
Now she held her babies tight
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
She was scared, she was broke
But all she knew was she was gonna do
What she had to
She got her a job in a trailer out west
It wasn't much but she was doing her best
Putting food on the table for her family
But then one day I came home from school
My Mama was crying alone in her room
She said, I lost my job and we're gonna lose the trailer too
And she got that volkswagon loaded
Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive
Didn't care, anywhere but there that night
She held her babies tight
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
She was scared, she was broke
But all she knew was she was gonna do
What she had to
Whenever things go wrong in my life
I just think of her, what it took that night
To get on that bus in a Carolina rain
Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive
Didn't care, anywhere but there that night
She held her babies tight
(She held her babies tight)
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
She was scared, she was broke
But all she knew was she was gonna do
What she had to
What she had to (what she had to)
Yeah, yeah, ooooh, what she had to
What she had to
What She Had To
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A Week In Juarez All My Love For Christmas All The Way Always In The Band Amazed Amie Beat (I Can Feel Your Heart) Careful Where You Kiss Me Cheater's Road Cheater's Road Class Reunion Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us) Come Cryin' to Me Come Cryin' To Me Come Crying To Me Come Home For Christmas Country Fair County Fair Cowboy Girl Crazy Nights Danny's Song Danny's Song Does Your Daddy Know About Me Doghouse Don't Let's Talk About Lisa Don't Let's Talk About Lisa Every Little Thing She Does Everything's Changed Everything's Changed (Acoustic Version) Everything's Changed From There To Here Front Porch View Gimme All Your Lovin' Gimme All Your Lovin' Goodbye Is Goodbye Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Heartbroke Every Day Heartbroke Everyday Here We Go Again Hey God How Can She Be Everywhere I Am A Man I Did It for the Girl I Just Want To Love You I Know It Was You I Love The Way You Do That I Miss When I Never Needed You I Pray I Wanna Do It For You I Want To Be The One I'll Be Home For Christmas I'll Die Tryin' I'm Already There I've Gotta Find You I'll Be Home For Christmas I'll Die Tryin' I'm Already There I've Gotta Find You I’ve Been Wrong Before If Every Day Could Be Christmas If Everyday Could Be Christmas If It Wasn T For You If It Wasn't for You im so in love with you It Was Just The Tequila Talkin' Its My Front Porch Looking In John Doe On A John Deere Just The Rain Keys To My Heart Let Me Love You Let Them Be Little Let's Be Us Again Let's Be Us Again (album version) Let's Bring It Back Let's Be Us Again Let's Bring It Back Life As We Know It Like A Good Cowboy Little Drummer Boy Little Town Live, Laugh And Love Lonely Grill Lonely Grill [*] Long Lost Smile Long Trip Alone Love Can Change Your Mind Making Memories Maybe He'll Notice Her Now Maybe He'll Notice Her Now Maybe Someday Mountains Mr. Mom Must Be Love My Front Porch Lookin In (New) My Front Porch Looking In My Front Porch Looking In [#] Never Enders No Greater Love No News Nobody Still Loves You Noise Not A Day Goes By Nothing To Prove Now O Holy Night Oh Yeah One More Day One Of Those Nights Only You Only You (And You Alone) Out Go The Lights Outside Looking In Paradise Knife And Gun Club Party All Day Lonestar Party Heard Around The World Please Come Home For Christmas Pretty Good Day Ragtop Cadillac Reason For The Season Runnin' away with My Heart Runnin' Away With My Heart Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Saturday Night Say When Shake That Thing She Said, She Said (Beatles cover) She Wants What She Wants She's Unusually Unusual Simple As That Smile Softly Somebody's Someone Somebody's Someone Summertime T. G. I. F. T.G.I.F. Tell Her Tell Her That You Love Her Tequila Talkin' Tequila Talkin' Tequila Talking Tequlia Talkin' That Gets Me The Christmas Song The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open ... The Countdown The Future This Christmas Time Thought It Was You Two Bottles Of Beer Unusually Unusual Walking In Memphis Walking in Memphis [#] What About Now What Child Is This What Child Is This? What Do We Do With The Rest Of The Night What I Miss The Most What Might Have Been What Would It Take What's Wrong With That What's Wrong With That When Cowboys Didn't Dance When Cowboys Didn't Dance When I Go Home Again Wild Winter Wonderland With Me With My Eyes Open Without You Women Rule The World You Came Waltzing In You Don't Know What Love Is You Don't Know What Love Is You Walked In You're Like Comin' Home You're Like Coming Home You're The Reason Why You're Like Coming Home You're The Reason Why
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