LYRICS

ALL KINDS OF TOUGH - McAlister/Kemp



Verse 1

I learnt tough was just how hard a man could hit a man

You don’t back down from a fight, and that was understood

I learnt tough was drinking hard and laying rubber down

Driving fast and living large that V8 growling under the hood

Chorus

Now it’s working over time when you got mouths to feed

It’s paying off that mortgage yeah it’s owning the deed

It’s every soldier fighting that may never come home

It’s sticking to your guns when you’re going it alone

It’s living when we lose the ones we love

There’s all kinds of tough

Verse 2

I learnt tough meant man enough to never show your fear

That men don’t cry you don’t complain, and that was understood

Yeah I learnt tough meant getting up and never staying down

Yeah Steve McQueen and Jimmy Dean, John Wayne

Made tough look good

Chorus

Solo

Half verse

I’ve learnt tough’s the kinda stuff that lives in every man

Yeah I’ve learnt tough is more than just what I knew back then

Chorus x 2



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WOMEN AND MEN - McAlister/Kemp



Verse 1

It’s an age-old question it’s bound to keep you guessing

Been going since the dawn of time

When are women and men ever gonna understand

They’re as different s water and wine

She like restaurants, nice long foot rubs

On romantic weekends

He’s more hardcore, cold beer football

Laying down a bet with his friends

Pre

They may be different but they’re better together

They need each other like a bird needs a feather

Chorus

Oh like the river needs the rain

Like a newborn baby needs to have a name.

Oh like the night needs the day

You’re in the middle of a story and you don’t know how it ends

That’s just Women and Men

Verse 2

She could spend all day sitting in a café

Or shopping for brand new shoes

He’d rather be sitting in boat going fishing

Or cooking up a BBQ

Pre

Chorus

Middle

Since Adam and Eve ate the apple from the tree

Well it’s always been this way

It’s history and I believe it aint ever gonna change, never gonna change

Never gonna change



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BABY LET'S DANCE - McAlister/Kemp

Verse 1

Yeah we’ve come a long way I stand before you now

Friends and family all gathering around

I’ve never seen you look as beautiful as you do tonight

Baby welcome to the first day of the rest of lives

And now for the first time as my wife

Chorus

Baby let’s dance, get lost in the song

Think about all those good years to come

Baby let’s dance like no one’s around, treasure this moment

And the love that we’ve found

Baby let’s dance here hand in hand like bare foot children in the sand

Cause we’ll never have this time again

Baby let’s dance

Verse 2

You and I we don’t know what tomorrow brings

It’s part of the mystery of wearing these rings

But it’s bound to be amazing and baby I can’t wait

To wake up there beside you for the rest of my days

So here and now let’s celebrate

Chorus

Middle

There’ll be some good times there’ll some bad times

I know we’ll be fine, this much I know is true

There’s nothing that we can’t do

Chorus





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I'M SURE OF THAT- McAlister/Kemp

Verse 1

I'm not sure of a lot of things

Yeah it's hard to know these days

Fuel goes up stocks come down

And savings slip away

And who knows come next Monday

I may not have a job

Yeah I’m not sure of a lotta things

But there's a few I am sure off

Chorus

I know who my friends are, can’t put a price on that

Know if I give you my word and I shake your hand

It's better than any contract

I aint afraid to work hard, I know where I hang my hat

Know if trouble comes knocking at my front door

I know who’s got my back

Yeah I'm not sure of a lotta things but I’m sure of that

Verse 2

It seems like every day you wake up

Yeah there’s one more hill to climb

Another bill to pay, and the headlines say

We’re heading for hard times

I don’t know what’s coming

But I know where I come from

Yeah I'm not sure of a lotta things

But I know the battles won

Chorus

Solo

Middle

I don’t have all the answers, but when it’s all said and done

Break down half chorus



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HARD WORK - McAlister/Carr

Verse 1

When I was a boy my dad said

You gotta work hard if you wanna get ahead in life

Don’t stand around times are tough

Put on that shirt and roll them sleeves up high

Pre

He said in life just remember one thing

You get more out of it the more you put in

Chorus

Talking ‘bout hard work, is all it takes

To get the job done work a full day

Hard work, sweat on your brow

Take those hands and gett’m on down in the dirt

He said a little hard work don’t hurt

Verse 2

Saw that truck up for sale

Black and chrome and it had my name on it

Took a second job pullin’ beers

Working nights within a year I got it

Pre

You know how proud it made me feel

Every time I got behind that wheel

Chorus

Solo

Half verse

When I was a boy my dad said

You gotta work hard if you wanna get ahead in life

Break down Hard work



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IT DON'T BUY YOU LOVE - McAlister/Carr

Verse 1

Met a man sitting in a bar

Bought him a beer, said you seen that car

Parked out the back, said yeah that’s my Cadillac

Said he’d worked hard all his life

Raised two kids, still loved his wife

Maryanne I thought what a lucky man

Pre

I said if I work hard like you, do you think I got a shot

He said if you do make sure don’t end up with what I got

Chorus

I got friends I never see

I got two kids that never talk to me

I got a wife sleeping in a separate bed

And a birthday coming up, I know they’ll all forget

And as for money, I got more than enough

But let me tell you son, it don’t buy you love

Verse 2

The things in life a father shouldn’t miss

The day his kids take their first steps

Well I did and I regret

Graduations anniversaries

Hanging tinsel on the Christmas tree

They did alone ‘cause I was never home

Pre

Said if you work hard like me yeah I think you got a shot

But if you do make sure don’t end up with what I got

Chorus

Middle

Well I worked real hard to get where I am

At times I cant thinking what lucky man

Chorus 2

I got friends I often see

Got two kids love hanging out with me

And my wife sleeping there by my side

And a birthday coming up, yeah I love my life

And as for money, well we don’t have much

Like that man said it don’t buy you love

Yeah like that man said it don’t buy you love



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SING ME HOME - Wayne Kirkpatrick/Gordon Kennedy

Verse 1

I fell by the wayside, I fell on my knees

Crying, why was I so hard to please?

I stood at the crossroads, took a long look at me

Sometimes you don't know where you're from till you leave

Chorus

And I've been out there searching

For a place where I belong

And on my way I heard my song

Let it sing me home

Verse 1

Sun on my shoulders and the wind at my back

Bound and determined to get back on track

To where the heart is, where it's been all along

Sometimes you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

gone gone gone

CHORUS

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

CHORUS



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BILLY - McAlister/Kemp

Verse 1

The story goes young Billy was a farm boy sitting in a city bar

Minding his business when a fight broke out it was one that he didn’t start

From out of nowhere a mountain of a man stuck a bottle in Billy’s face

So Billy took a knife he was fighting for his life he wasn’t gonna die that day

With every ounce of strength had he swung that blade around

He left that big man lying in a pool of blood face down

Verse 2

His lawyers claimed that it was self-defense but it fell upon deaf ears

The jury found him guilty and they gave him twenty years

Somewhere between the court house and those rusty prison gates

That jail bus crashed into a river he made his great escape

He crawled from the water and he ran towards the hills

Knowing they’d be after him with orders shoot to kill

Verse 3

He was slowing down with every step, chains heavy on his skin

Night sky bright with chopper lights and hound dogs closing in

The hunt led to a canyon and with nowhere left to go

Billy’s choice was prison or the water far below

He yelled I’m not going back and turned himself around

And threw himself right off that ledge never to be found

Verse 4

How the story ended only one man really knows

Until this very day he wears the scars

And I can tell you every detail of how that legend goes

Cause I was that farm boy, sittin in that city bar



My name is Billy x 4





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WHITE LINE - McAlister

Verse 1

We’re out here on the road we know there'll no going back

And all we see are miles ahead, but we’re right on track yeah

Come from the south we’re heading north been going day and night

Going down that highway, heading out of sight yeah

Pre

Doing all right got the wind at our back

Having such a good time following that white line

Chorus

Oh there’s an answer waiting for us down that road

Yeah that freeway that’s the only home we know

No time for slowing down no there’s just another town to find

Following that white line

Verse 2

Gotta a long long way to go to get to where we need to be

Just like a band of gypsies yeah we’re wild and free

Break off the chains that hold us down gonna find a better way

We only live this one life, live for today

Pre

Chorus

Solo

Verse 3 half

On down the road we go how much you wanna bet

A better day a coming we see it up ahead.



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LAST THING I WANNA DO - McAlister/Kemp/Meadows

Verse 1

Comfortable in my own skin I’m the best me that I’ve ever been

But it took a while

It aint every day you get a second chance the truth be told I tell you man

I’m a lucky guy

Pre

I wanna be happy with what I have to show, but before I go

Chorus

I wanna live

I wanna laugh

I wanna give more than I ever gave , even if I don’t get nothing back

I wanna love

Real hard

I wanna feel what I never felt, even all the hurting parts I wanna try

The last thing I wanna do is die

Verse 2

You can spend your whole life looking for the key that opens every door

Or you can kick it in

You can spend your whole life running from the things the old you might have done

And never will again

All I know for me this time around, this time around

Chorus

Solo

Chorus 2

I wanna live

I wanna laugh

I wanna give more than I ever gave, even if I don’t get nothing back

That’s OK

I don’t mind

As long as I got air to breath, yeah I still got time

I wanna love

Real hard

I wanna feel what I never felt, even all the hurting parts I wanna try

The last thing I wanna do is die

Oh this time

The last thing I wanna do is die



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BLUE COLLAR NIGHTS - J. Steele/B. Allmand

Verse 1

If you don't count the overtime it's a 40-hour grind

The Ozzy dream aint easy when your barley getting by

GST confuses me and what the hell is BAS

The only thing it’s good for is setting a man back

Verse 2

But I've got a 20 in my pocket and I'm getting' the first round

And there's a band in the corner and they're gonna rock the house

And we’re gonna play some poker be laying down some bets

There’s lots of pretty woman beach blonds and hot brunettes

And we might get lucky, if we play our cards right

Chances are we’ll just get drunk and end up in a fight

Chorus

Singing Whoa all the way home.. Yeah we'll shoot out the lights

It’s a Blue Collar Night.

Verse 3

Still live in that red brick flat me and Kelly found

Fridge covered in stickers and patched up vinyl couch

Been two years since i seen her leave in that XF.

When I look around this dump yeah I see why she left.

Verse 4

But I've been savin' up my money, started goin' back to school

and I'm learning them computers and maybe in a year or two.

I can start a little buisness and if I get it off the ground.

I can talk the bank into a loan for that place we dreamed about.

And I bet she'll come crawling back, I'll be sittin' here till then

Drinkin' beer and throwin' darts and laughing with my friends.

Chorus

Verse 5

I came home to Kelly’s voice coming out of my machine

Said that Queensland sunshine’s even better than I dreamed

I played that message 3 more times, called my buddy Steve

I said lets go, he said I'm broke; I said grab your keys

Verse 2 repeat

Chorus

Whooo all the way home Yeah we'll shoot out the lights

Its a blue collar.....its a blue collar night



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WHERE HEAVEN ENDS - McAlister/Kemp

Verse 1

Standing here I’m seeing you, lighting up another crowded room

You’re as beautiful to me as you’ve ever been

And I’m in a conversation that ain’t holding my attention

I get that way when I see you smiling

Pre

For all the ways you keep me guessing

Every day I count my blessings

Chorus

For the friend I have in you, for loving me the way you do

For all those little things we share

And every moment I’m amazed, I get to hold you everyday

It’s so good knowing that you’re there

You’re as beautiful to me as you’ve ever been

Sometimes I’m not sure where heaven ends, and you begin

Verse 2

It’s been a long long time getting here, and as the days roll into years

I never tire of waking up with you

Now we’re raising up this family, trying to give the best of you and me

And I hope that it’s enough to get them through

Pre

For all the storms that we weather

I’m so thankful we’re together

Chorus

Middle

So many memories hanging up there on our wall.

Reminds me every day that I have it all

Chorus

Half first verse

Standing here I’m seeing you, lighting up another crowded room

You’re as beautiful to me as you’ve ever been



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HELL YEAH - McAlister/Kemp

Verse 1

I just got the call I jump in my car; no I won’t be staying in tonight

There’s a party going on down by the river we’ll be hanging by firelight

Yeah we’re gonna crank those speakers up and dance till we fall down

Cause we can make as much noise as we like yeah out beyond the lights of town

Pre

We might do a little moonlight fishing

We might get nude and go skinny-dippin

Chorus

Singing hell yeah and we get a little crazy

We sing hell yeah oh slide on over baby

Singing hell yeah drinking ice cold beer and Bundy

We sing hell yeah, and we say, hey hey hey hey hey hey

Verse 2

No you wont find me in a pin stripped suit in an office on the 7th floor

Big bad city well it’s hard breathe, when you’re country to the core

I’d rather be out where I can see for miles, with my friends yeah swinging on a rope

There aint nothing better when we all get together, singing hell yeah here we go.

Pre

Find a little mud and spin our tires

Find me a girl and get a little wild

Chorus

Solo

We might do a little moonlight fishing

We might get nude and go skinny-dippin

Find a little mud and spin our tires

Find me a girl and let’s get wild