1. AGAINST THE WIND (4:05)
( Words / music by Dave West )
There’s a lonely stretch of blacktop
Running right through this town
As another Texas sun is going down
And there’s twelve hundred miles behind me
That separate my home
Four days on the road and all alone
Chorus
It’s been too long on this highway
On a road that just don’t end
It’s an uphill climb in this cab in riding in
Don’t always know just where I’m going
But I know where I’ve been
I keep eighteen wheels a rollin’ - against the wind
It’s a strange kind of freedom most don’t know
And a life that’s hard to understand
The things I do and the way I am
With the long white lines and the city limit signs
Lord knows I’ll never be alone
In three more days I’ll be home
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2. WHAT WAS I THINKING (5:00)
( Words / music by Dave West )
Call me a dreamer, thought the grass would be greener
So many nights I left you all alone
Thought that I could deceive her
Couldn’t find a girl sweeter
Always there when I’d finally get home
I took you for granted wasn’t love like you planned it
You tried to tell me just where I went wrong
You gave me all of the right signs
Guess it never crossed my mind that you’d be just fine on your own
Chorus
What was I thinkin’ - I started believin’ that I’d hardly miss you were gone
I thought I’d be just fine without you and I’d find someone new
I guess I found out I was wrong
Cause I still miss the way that you loved me
And that’s a feeling that still burns so strong
So what was I thinkin’ when I started believin’ that I’d hardly miss you were gone
The first night without you would be easy I knew
Cause I thought you’d call me by dawn
And say you’d been up all night crying
There’s just no denying that even one night without me’s too long
You’d tried not to need me, even started to leave me but each time you came back somehow
Now it’s three months, five days and nine hours without you
I should have heard something by now
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3. McKENZIE’S SONG (4:22)
( Words / music by Dave West )
Nineteen inches and eyes of blue
Born on April twenty two
At six a.m. gave my last name to you
A new beginning starts with her cry
But the tears are falling from my eyes
She couldn’t be more perfect if she tried
I can’t believe what God has given me
Forever bound together faithfully
Chorus
Reflections of the child I used to be
An innocence that now depends on me
So don’t you ever wonder how strong a
Daddy’s love can be McKenzie
I’ll be there beside you
You can always count on me
Her Daddy’s eyes and her Mama’s nose
And auburn hair turned up in bows
An angel in my heart and in my soul
A rocking chair helps her drift to sleep
She fights the tears as she looks at me
There’s no where else on earth I’d rather be
As long as there’s a breath in me I swear
Count on me anytime and anywhere
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| 4. LEARN TO LET YOU GO (3:51)
( Words / music by Dave West )
It’s amazing what you can do to me
You can’t imagine the way you make me feel
And it sure ain’t easy giving back the key to your front door
And leave me holding just your memory
And you won’t see it, these tears coming down
On a lonely flight from Dallas headin’ back to our hometown
Chorus
And girl I still don’t understand it, I thought this love would never end
And now you’re talking like old lovers could learn to be good friends
Before you leave me there’s something you should know
That I’ll miss the times together
I gotta find a way to learn to let you go
Our love just slipped away but your memory came to stay
I’ll learn to love again I know it just takes time
But for now I’m lonely as I slowly lose my mind
I’m letting go a little more and more each day
You won’t see it these tears down my face
I miss everything about you
No one can take your place.
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Sometimes love gets lost and it’s never found
I liked it best, girl, when you were still around.
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5. LEAVIN LUBBOCK (3:23)
( Words / music by Dave West )
Was headin’ back to Lubbock - on my way from San Antoine
Drivin’ fast, it’s so damn late
this endless Lone Star Interstate
She always tried to hide it
but she hated me away
She’s waited long enough I know,
and she’s finally got the nerve to tell me
Chorus
Boy I’m leavin Lubbock that’s all she told me on the phone
Your little boys packed all his toys, we’ll both be gone before you’re home and
There’s nothing left between us, don’t want to live my life this way
and movin’ on she’s got that right
She’s leavin’ Lubbock Texas tonight
I should’ve seen it coming, guess it hit me by surprise
It’s hard to say when she let go - She never cared much for this rodeo
I believe I was foolish, I left her home alone too long
I swear this time I’d walk away
If I could find a way to change her mind
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6. MEET ME IN MONTANA (4:06)
( Words / music by Paul Davis )
7. MISSING YOU ( SONG FOR MAX ) (4:07)
( Words / music by Dave West )
Four in the morning I couldn’t sleep at all last night
It’s been a year since you passed on
Was thinkin’ about you and all the ways you changed my life
Wish I was there when things went wrong
Chorus
Cause I got so much to tell you
Things I never got to say before you left me and spread your wings to fly
And I hear there’s angels high above us - So I know you’ll be all right
Cause Dad I’m really missing you tonight, Dad I’m really missing you tonight
You lived your life your own way - never could take my advice
Never heard a word I’d say
But you always stood beside me, gave so much in many ways
and you gave a gift I know I can’t repay
Repeat Chorus
Somewhere down the road we’ll meet again
It’s great to see a long lost friend |
