Learn To Live (2008)

Written by Darius Rucker, Frank Rogers and Chris Stapleton

I heard every word you said
I'm tryin' hard to understand
Exactly what it is you need from me

Baby I apologize I never meant to make you cry
But there ain't no doubt, we can work it out, yeah
'Cause I'm gonna be around

Chorus:
Don't worry baby, I ain't no maybe
Rain or shine this love of mine is for you
Let my arms remind you I'll always be beside you
Holdin' on until this ride is through
So away we go down that forever road

Baby as our lives unfold there's no tellin' where we'll go
But as far as I can see it'll be you and me
Just the way it's supposed to be

Chorus:
Now don't worry baby, I ain't no maybe
Rain or shine this love of mine is for you
Yeah, let my arms remind you I'll always be beside you
Holdin' on until this ride is through
So away we go down that forever road

It ain't gonna be easy, we'll both make big mistakes
But if you love me, trust me, we've got what it takes

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Down that forever road, away we go

Written by Darius Rucker and Frank Rogers

Don't act surprised, it ain't like you didn't know
It's been a long long time coming and it's time for me to go
Tryin' to split things up could drive us crazy
So I'm gonna make this easy, baby

Chorus:
You can have the money, you can have the house
Take the Cadillac and that boat out back
And your mother's pink and yellow couch
You can have every penny that I'll make from this here song
Girl all I want you to leave me is alone

Don't get me wrong I will always love you, girl
You were my life you were my heart, you were my world
But we both know it's over, there's no need to fight it
Girl I just need some peace and quiet

Chorus:
So you can have the money, you can have the house
Take the Cadillac and that boat out back
And that ugly pink and yellow couch
You can have every penny that I will make from this here song
Girl all I want you to leave me is alone

You can have the money, you can have the house
Take the big screen and your diamond ring
And those shoes that you swore you couldn't live without
You can have every penny that I will make from this here song
Girl all I want you to leave me is alone
Girl all I need you to leave me is alone

Written by Darius Rucker and Clay Mills

I left out in a cloud of taillights and dust
Swore I wasn't coming back, said I'd had enough
Saw you in the rear view standing, fading from my life
But I wasn't turnin' 'round
No not this time

Chorus:
But don't think I don't think about it
Don't think I don't have regrets
Don't think it don't get to me
Between the work and the hurt and the whiskey
Don't think I don't wonder 'bout
Could've been, should've been all worked out
I know what I felt, and I know what I said
But don't think I don't think about it

When we make choices, we gotta live with them
Heard you found a real good man and you married him
I wonder if sometimes I cross your mind
Where would we be today
If I never drove that car away?

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But don't think I don't think about it

Repeat Chorus

No, no
Don't think I don't
Don't think I don't

Written by Darius Rucker and Frank Rogers

Grandpa Campbell would sit upon his front porch
And I'd be right there just sittin' on his knee
He'd tell stories of love and feast and famine
And I'd hang onto every word that he would breathe
He'd say, "Boy as you walk through this life
Here's a little wisdom that'll help you get by"

Chorus:
You gotta live and learn, you gotta crash and burn
You gotta take some stances and take some chances
You gotta laugh and love and take all life has to give
You gotta live and learn so you can learn to live

Though I left home and I went to Carolina
I then set off just to see what I could see
I did some things that I wasn't really proud of
And sometimes life just got the best of me
But I'd always think back to those days
And I know what Grandpa Campbell would say
He'd say

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Yeah, oh oh

After years of runnin' 'round and searchin'
I found me a woman who loves me just for me
All those mistakes I thought that I was makin'
Led me right here to ya sittin' on my knees
Son as you walk through this life
Here's a little wisdom that'll help you get by

Repeat Chorus

So you can learn to live, learn to live

Written by Darius Rucker, Frank Rogers and Rivers Rutherford

Why do we hate? Why do we suffer?
Why do we make our mistakes and constantly blame one another?
Why is there war and why is there killing?
Have we forgotten some secret we knew back when we were just children?

Chorus:
If I had wings I'd fly up to heaven
I'd look down from the clouds on everything
Then I could find all the things we've been missing
I would have all the answers if I had wings

Like "Why am I here?" and "Where did I come from?"
And "Where will I go when my time here on this earth is done?"
And "What will I leave that will go on forever?" Oh no
And "What can I do while I'm here to make someone's life better?"

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Oh now, if I had wings I would fly up to heaven
I would have all the answers if I had wings

Written by Darius Rucker, Clay Mills and Frank Rogers

Don't move, baby don't move
Aw look at you, I just want to take this in
The moonlight dancin' off your skin
Our time, let's take our time
I just want to look in your eyes
And catch my breath
'Cause I got a feelin'

Chorus:
This could be one of those memories
We wanna hold on to, cling to
The one we can't forget
Baby, this could be our last first kiss
The thought of forever
What if this was that moment
That chance worth takin'
History in the makin'

Inside, baby, inside
Can you feel the butterflies
Floatin' all around
'Cause I can sure feel 'em now
Tonight, maybe tonight
Is the start of a beautiful ride
That'll never end
And baby I got a feelin'

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Right here, right now
Holdin' you in my arms
Ah-ah-ah-ah

Repeat Chorus

Ah yeah
History in the makin'
Ah ah
This is a chance worth takin’
Ah ah

Written by Darius Rucker and Frank Rogers

Alright, alright
Yeah, its alright, alright

I don’t need five star reservations
I got spaghetti and a cheap bottle of wine
I don’t need no concert in the city
I got a stereo and the Best Of Patsy Cline

Ain’t got no caviar, no Dom Perignon
But as far as I can see I got everything I want

Chorus:
‘Cause I got a roof over my head
The woman I love layin’ in my bed
And it’s alright, alright
I got shoes under my feet
Forever in the eyes staring back at me
And it’s alright, alright
Yeah, I got all I need
And it’s alright by me

Maybe later on we’ll walk down to the river
Lay on a blanket and stare up at the moon
It may not be no French Riviera
But it’s all the same to me as long as I’m with you

May be a simple life but that’s okay, yeah
If you ask me baby I think I got it made

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Yeah, yeah
When I lay down at night I thank the Lord above
For giving me everything I ever could dream of

‘Cause I got a roof over my head
The woman I love layin’ in my bed
And it’s alright, alright, alright, alright
I got shoes under my feet
Forever in the eyes staring back at me
And it’s alright, alright, alright

Yeah, I got all I need, yeah, I got all I need
And it’s alright by me, oh yeah
It’s alright by me, yeah, yeah, yeah

Written by Darius Rucker, Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley

He didn't have to wake up, he'd been up all night
Lying there in bed and listening to his newborn baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee, he splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says it's gonna be okay

It won't be like this for long
One day we'll look back laughing at the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by, so baby just hold on
It won't be like this for long

Four years later 'bout 4:30, she's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at pre-school she's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him, he says, "What can I do?"
She says, "Now don't you worry, this'll only last a week or two"

It won't be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off and she won't even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by if you can just hold on
It won't be like this for long

Someday soon she'll be a teenager and at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle and raise her veil
But right now she's up and crying and the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her goodnight and she says her prayers

He lays down there beside her till her eyes are finally closed
And just watching her it breaks his heart 'cause he already knows

It won't be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be all grown up and gone
And this phase is gonna fly by, so he's trying to hold on
'Cause it won't be like this for long
It won't be like this for long

Written by Darius Rucker, Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley

Last thing I remember, I met the boys down at The Jammer
We had a few beers and a few shots
I woke up the next day with cotton mouth and a headache
Trying to connect all the dots

Staring up at the ceiling, I got that funny feeling
Looked over and I, I saw my ex-girlfriend
I felt like a fool and that's when I knew
I'd been drinkin' and dialin' again

So the next time you think I've had too much to drink
And you tell me I shouldn't drive home
When you take my keys, oh I'm beggin' you please
Go on, take my cellphone

'Cause I have been known after tying one on
To call up a couple old friends
Tell 'em that I love 'em or maybe dog cuss 'em
When I'm drinkin' and dialin' again

So the next time you think I've had too much to drink
And you tell me I should not drive home
Oh, when you take my keys, oh I'm beggin' you please
Go on and take my cellphone

If you've ever heard me slurring my words
On your voicemail around 4 a.m.
You'll have to forgive me and blame it on the whiskey
I was drinkin' and dialin' again
I been drinkin' and dialin' again

Written by Monty Criswell and Wade Kirby

I'm eight years old
Daddy's cuttin' my hair
Aqua Velva on his hands
Momma's in the kitchen
Got fried green tomatoes
Poppin' in the pan
I see a home run, a goal line
Holding my friend gettin' baptized
I see her beautiful face under that veil
As she's walking down the aisle

Chorus:
I can hear the sirens comin'
Smell the gasoline and smoke
I'm pinned against this steering wheel
Pretty sure my arm is broke
I can see the flames and my life
Flashing right before my eyes
I hope they get to me in time

I could see the headlights swerve
So I cut the wheel to the right
Last thing I saw was that bottle turned up
As he crossed that center line
I see tiny hands, brown eyes
Fallin' to sleep to that lullaby
And you slide over next to me
As I turn out the lights

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Please Lord, I'm beggin' you
Don't let me go like this
There's so much left that I want to do
So much I don't want to miss

I can see the flames and my life
Flashing right before my eyes
I hope they get to me in time
Just get to me in time
Please get to me in, in time

Written by Darius Rucker, Frank Rogers and Rivers Rutherford

Thirty-nine candles burn out on a cake
Each representing a million mistakes
The last one still burns, there's a wish I can make
This time I'm gettin' it right

So I close my eyes and I take a deep breath
And I promise myself in the time I have left

Chorus:
I'm gonna work like I don't need the money
I'm gonna laugh like I'm not afraid to cry
I'm gonna dance like nobody's watching
I'm gonna love while I still got the time

Lovin' me hasn't been easy on you
I don't know why but I know you still do
It may be my day but here's a present for you
You're lookin' at your new man

He's sincere and sober and faithful and kind
And he's home when you need girl and startin' tonight

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No more excuses and no more me doin' things wrong
Life is too short baby, I've wasted ours for too long
And baby from now on

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I'm gonna love while I still got the time
While I still got the time, Lord, Lord

Written by Darius Rucker, Dave Berg and Patrick Davis

If you're a man like me who is good at leavin'
If you like your space and you love your freedom
Don't see yourself as ever settlin' down
Or your whole world bein' tossed around

Chorus:
Be wary of a woman, a woman so fine
Don't wanna change you, loves you just right
Makes you feel like a man inside
Sometimes she'll make you cry
'Til you don't know what you're doin', you're outta control
Forget about leavin', your heart won't go
If you don't like that you better run and hide
And be wary of a woman like mine

She'll make you laugh when you feel like cryin'
Make you wanna live when you feel like dyin'
So if you like livin' in the dark
Just walk away, you're gonna lose your heart

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A woman like mine
Man, you don't stand a chance, don't even try
Be wary of a woman like mine

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Be wary of a woman like mine
A woman like mine

Written by Darius Rucker

I remember when I was five
Runnin' round, happy just to be alive
I'd cry whenever you left
Thought you weren't coming back
See, Daddy wasn't there

I remember when I was ten
Hiding in the kitchen just to hear you sing
You'd smile when I sang along
Belting out the brand new Al Green song

Chorus:
I'm so thankful God sent me to you
Times were tough but you pulled us right through
And I think about you every day, every day
And Momma straight from my heart
I wanna thank you

I remember when I was sixteen
Dodging trouble, chasing dreams
You were there to cheer me on
Pick me up when everything went wrong

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Here I am, a man all grown
Settled down, got some kids of my own
Sometimes I remind me of you
Puts a smile on my face when I do

Repeat Chorus

And, Momma, straight from my heart
I wanna thank you
Thank you, thank you, Momma