Midnight Train to Memphis by Chris Stapleton

Chris co-wrote this song and it was previously released but this version was released on this solo album.

Oh!

Well, judge looked down, gave me forty days

Instead of the fine that I could not pay

Said "Walk right, you'll soon be home

Cross the line, you'll be on your own"

Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences

Forty nights to sit and listen

To the midnight train to Memphis

Well now, whistle blows when the sun comes up

Hit the floor, keep your big mouth shut

Eat your breakfast on the ground

Work like hell till the sun goes down

Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences

Forty nights to sit and listen

To the midnight train to Memphis

Well now, ten for the jury, ten for the judge

Twenty more to forget my grudge

When I get to thirty-nine

That's the longest day in a prisoner's mind

Forty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences

Forty nights to sit and listen

To the midnight train to Memphis

Midnight train to Memphis

Midnight train to Memphis

Oh, midnight train to Memphis

• This is the 561st song on this blog.
• This is the 2nd song by Chris Stapleton on this blog.
• This is the 11th song released in 2017 on this blog.
• This is the 84th song listed in the Country genre on this blog.

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Parachute

Cry Pretty by Carrie Underwood

I don't know this song very well, this might be the first time I've listened to it all the way through but I listened to it enough to put it on my playlist. The album itself doesn't come out for a few more months though. It's also the first song on this blog from 2018.

I'm sorry

But I'm just a girl not usually the kind to show my heart to the world

I'm pretty good at keeping it together

I hold my composure for worse or for better

So I apologize

If you don't like what you see

But sometimes my emotions get the best of me

And falling apart is as human as it gets

You can't hide it, you can't fight what the truth is

You can pretty lie

And say it's okay

You can pretty smile

And just walk away

Pretty much fake your way through anything

But you can't cry pretty

Oh no, you can't dress it up in lace or rhinestones

Don't matter if you're in a crowd or home all alone

Yeah, it's all the same when you're looking in the mirror

A picture of pain

So let it flow like a river

You can pretty lie

And say it's okay

You can pretty smile

And just walk away

Pretty much fake your way through anything

But you can't cry pretty

You can't turn off the flood when the dam breaks

When all your mascara is going to waste

When things get ugly you just gotta face

That you can't cry pretty

Oh, no, you can't...

You can't turn off the flood when the dam breaks

When all your mascara is going to waste

When things get ugly you just gotta face

That you can't cry pretty... yeah yeah yeah yeah

No, you can't cry

No, you can't cry

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...

No no no...

You can't cry

You can't cry pretty, baby, oh yeah

No, you can't cry pretty...

• This is the 560th song on this blog.
• This is the 5th song by Carrie Underwood on this blog.
• This is the 1st song released in 2018 on this blog.
• This is the 83rd song listed in the Country genre on this blog.

 

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Just A Dream

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Smile by Uncle Kracker

I started hearing this song when my wife and I were dating so it's what I call a Virginia song, which means I heard it with her while visiting her in Virginia.

You're better than the best

I'm lucky just to linger in your light

Cooler than the flip-side of my pillow (that's right)

Completely unaware

Nothing can compare to where you send me

It lets me know that it's okay (yeah, it's okay)

And the moments when my good times start to fade

You make me smile like the sun

Fall outta bed

Sing like a bird

Dizzy in my head

Spin like a record

Crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold

Buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

Oh, you make me smile

Even when you're gone

Somehow you come along

Just like a flower poking through the sidewalk crack

And just like that

You steal away the rain

And just like that

You make me smile like the sun

Fall outta bed

Sing like a bird

Dizzy in my head

Spin like a record

Crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold

Buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

Oh, you make me smile

Don't know how I lived without you

'Cause every time that I get around you

I see the best of me inside your eyes

You make me smile

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold

Buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

You make me smile like the sun

Fall outta bed

Sing like a bird

Dizzy in my head

Spin like a record

Crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool

Forget how to breathe

Shine like gold

Buzz like a bee

Just the thought of you can drive me wild

Oh, you make me smile

(Oh, you make me smile)

Oh, you make me smile

(Oh, you make me smile)

Oh, you make me smile

• This is the 559th song on this blog.
• This is the 2nd song by Uncle Kracker on this blog.
• This is the 12th song released in 2009 on this blog.
• This is the 82nd song listed in the Country genre on this blog.

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In A Little While

Ashes of Eden by Breaking Benjamin

I don't know what the true definition of a ballad is but to me, it's anytime a rock group puts out a slow, show off your voice kind of song, which this is.

Will the faithful be rewarded

When we come to the end

Will I miss the final warning

From the lie that I have lived

Is there anybody calling

I can see the soul within

And I am not worthy

I am not worthy of this

Are you with me after all

Why can't I hear you

Are you with me through it all

Then why can't I feel you

Stay with me, don't let me go

Because there's nothing left at all

Stay with me, don't let me go

Until the Ashes of Eden fall

Will the darkness fall upon me

When the air is growing thin

Will the light begin to pull me

To its everlasting will

I can hear the voices haunting

There is nothing left to fear

And I am still calling

I am still calling to you

Are you with me after all

Why can't I hear you

Are you with me through it all

Then why can't I feel you

Stay with me, don't let me go

Because there's nothing left at all

Stay with me, don't let me go

Until the Ashes of Eden fall

Don't let go

Why can't I hear you

Stay with me, don't let me go

Because there's nothing left at all

Stay with me, don't let me go

Until the Ashes of Eden fall

Heaven above me, take my hand (Stay with me, don't let me go)

Shine until there's nothing left but you

Heaven above me, take my hand (Stay with me, don't let me go)

Shine until there's nothing left but you

• This is the 558th song on this blog.
• This is the 2nd song by Breaking Benjamin on this blog.
• This is the 19th song released in 2015 on this blog.
• This is the 155th song listed in the Rock genre on this blog.

Other Breaking Benjamin hits on this blog.

Give Me A Sign

I Try by Macy Gray

I don't know much about Macy Gray. I have a couple duets where she was on other artists albums. This might be the only one I have that's actually hers but it's a good one.

Games, changes, and fears

When will they go from here?

When will they stop?

I believe that fate has brought us here

And we should be together, babe,

But we're not

I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you

I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin.

I try to say goodbye and I choke

I try to walk away and I stumble

Though I try to hide it, it's clear

My world crumbles when you are not near

Goodbye and I choke

I try to walk away and I stumble

Though I try to hide it, it's clear

My world crumbles when you are not near

I may appear to be free,

But I'm just a prisoner of your love

I may seem alright and smile when you leave,

But my smiles are just a front, just a front

I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you

I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin

I try to say goodbye and I choke

I try to walk away and I stumble

Though I try to hide it, it's clear

My world crumbles when you are not near

Goodbye and I choke

I try to walk away and I stumble

Though I try to hide it, it's clear

My world crumbles when you are not near

Here is my confession

May I be your possession

Boy, I need your touch,

Your love kisses, and such

With all my might I try,

But this I can't deny, deny

I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you

I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin

I try to say goodbye and I choke

I try to walk away and I stumble

Though I try to hide it, it's clear

My world crumbles when you are not near

Goodbye and I choke

I try to walk away and I stumble

Though I try to hide it, it's clear

My world crumbles when you are not near

Goodbye and I choke

I try to walk away and I stumble

Though I try to hide it, it's clear

My world crumbles when you are not near

• This is the 557th song on this blog.
• This is the 1st song by Macy Gray and she is the 349th different artist to appear on this blog.
• This is the 15th song released in 1999 on this blog.
• This is the 24th song listed in the R&B genre on this blog.