1. Family

(Steve Fox/Rylee Madison)

Madison Productions Inc.(ASCAP)

Momma's in the kitchen, rollin' out dough

Pappa's in the woods, doin' what, I don't know

Brother's got a girl that I like well

I think about her but I never will tell

Sister wants to start her own nursery school

Cousin's got a thing about power tools

Some do, some don't, look a little like me

Like it or not, they're Family.

Yeah, yeah...

There's a leather bound photo album kickin' around

With pictures of my momma's momma's momma on down

Back to the very first folks that sailed

From Dover in a ship like a leaky pail

There's a deep, dark, desperate look in their eye

And it tells me that I've never known hard times

They're branches and they're roots right under me

Never got to know 'em, but they're family

Yeah, alright....

Well, I am just a combination of everyone who's gone before

And I have been so lonely, but I won't be lonely anymore

Knowin' I am part of somethin' a whole lot bigger than me

That's Family

I heard a little news on the radio

It wadn't news to me 'cause I already know

There's people in the world with nothing to eat,

No shirt on their back or shoes on their feet

I'd like to give 'em all some dinner and some hand-me-downs

Crack a little whiskey and pass it around

'Cause even though they don't look a thing like me

I've got a funny feeling they're family

yeah, reeehaaa...

Well, I can feel a strange connection to strangers I don't even know

And I have been so lonely, but I won't be lonely anymore

Knowing I am part of something a whole lot bigger than me

That's Family, That's Family...

Momma's in the kitchen, rollin' out dough....

2. She Moved

Songs (ASCAP)* / Hope 'N' Cal Publishing (BMI)

It ended on that summer night, she got hit in their last fight

And said, "That's it, I quit, I can't take any more of this"

He got wise and tried to make her stay

Full of fear, she left anyway

Took the first bus to anywhere

Knowin' she could start over there

She moved

She found work here in Tennessee

A full time job in a factory

And had her own things, her own place

No room, but plenty of space

I met her while I was washin' clothes

She smiled at me and from hello, we were in love

But she had her doubts

So I saved up, and I bought a house

And she moved

She moved me in so many ways, that I've never been moved before

And to places with no limit on love

And when I needed her, she didn't hesitate

And anything that got in our way

She moved

Then one month, she was late

We were so excited, we couldn't wait

To find out what it was

Comin' into this world to seal our love

We were told not to get upset

But her heartbeat's low, and she's not kickin' yet

And when I dropped down to my knees

Prayed to God to hear my please

She moved.

She moved me in so many ways

That I've never been moved before

And to places with no limit on love

And that rock that held back the flood gate

Of all the gifts I've got today

She moved

Is it wrong to be contented as the setting sun

Never thinking 'bout my past, goin' nowhere fast

Until she moved me in so many ways

That I've never been moved before

And to places with no limit on love

And when I needed her, she didn't hesitate

And anything that got in our way

She moved

And that rock that held back the floodgate

Of all the gifts that I've got today

She moved

3. Livin' Right

(S.Fox/Rick Beresford/Jake Matthews)

LLC. (ASCAP), Penlight Publishing (ASAP) and

Jake Mathews Music (SOCAN)

Well I've got me a front porch and a Chevrolet

Bills ain't paid but the money's on the way

Goin' down the river to get with my baby tonight

I must be livin' right

Cookin' catfish on an open grill

Reachin' for a cold one on a windowsill

Sliver moon sunset, my lucky star is on the rise

I must be livin' right

Now I'm callin' at the top of my voice

If I had my way, if I had my choice

I'd be standing on this hallowed ground

Myself and my baby just kickin' around

Me and Magnolia just lovin' 'til the mornin' light

I must be livin' right

There's a fiddle on the radio

Bringing me high, swinging me low

And it looks like she's goin' my way tonight

I must be livin' right

Well I've pounded the pavement, pannin' for gold

Yeah, I've been there, done that

Yeah, I've gone down that road

Back here the moon's so bright

Sure is good seein' the light

I must be livin' right

10. 45 Bittersweet Drive

(ASCAP)** / Village Idiot Music (BMI)

There's a pine tree by the sidewalk

I can't look at anymore

Planted Christmas morning 1994

There's still two names on the mailbox

A key under the mat

And I keep that porch light burnin'

As though she were coming back

But I force a smile and wave

As I'm walkin' to my car

Makin' small talk with my neighbour

Who lives so close and yet so far

And the sun looks down upon us

As it rolls across the sky

But even it could never see the secrets that we keep

And there's more to everything than meets the eye

And I keep mine at 45 Bittersweet Drive

It's a street like any other

On the edge of any place

Full of little matchbox houses

And every story has a face

Like the single workin' mother

Blowin' the hair from her cheek

I know her life so well

Though we rarely ever speak

There's old man Kelly on the corner

Busy workin' just because

He's gonna get that front yard perfect

If it's the last thing he does

Chorus

We all live in our own memories

Some are bitter, some are sweet

But we're really not so different on this perfect little street

Chorus

11. Two Gold Teeth

"Puttin' the killing back in country!"

(S.Fox)

Somethin' happened I won't forget, way down in Lafayette

A man with two gold teeth came through our town

Sellin' little bottles of magic stuff

That could save your life or just pick you up

Water thin and molasses brown

He took everybody's money 'til it was all gone

And figured he'd just move along

And like a dead man walkin' he hit the road

As Johnny followed him with murder on his mind

And took the whole town's money that he knew he'd find

Then he took a pair of pliers to his smile of gold

He took two gold teeth from a dead man

And made 'em into a wedding band

And dropped to his knees for the one he loved

But you can't take a life and get away

'Cause it'll double back and bite ya in the butt one day

A bit of money and a woman's hand

Don't make one good reason to kill a man

Let alone two gold teeth

Well it rained like Armaggedon on their wedding day

And nobody was the wiser that the whole town paid

For the hall, the cake and the dress she wore

Bad karma right from day one

Doctor said they'd never have a daughter or son

And they might as well not even try no more

With no legacy or money in the bank

Johnny's luck was like a leaky old gas tank

And he was one spark from the fires of hell

And that woman got bored and started runnin' round

With not a quarter nor a half but the whole town

And he'd be better off in a prison cell

For takin'...

Chorus

Johnny carried that secret like a hundred pound sack

While his true love spent her time on her back

Until he went and killed her in a jealous rage

Now he's lookin' at bars and 99 years

Time enough to think about what got him there

And to listen to the voice of his guilt and shame

When he took two gold teeth from a dead man

He put a curse on his life then

And took it out on the one he loved

But you can't take two lives and get away

'Cause it'll double back and bite you in the butt some day

A bit of money and a woman's love

Don't make one good reason to kill someone

Let alone two gold teeth

12. Earnie and Eva

(S.Fox)

The world begins at five at the eat-in diner

Eva's on the floor, pad and pencil in hand

While Earnie's fightin' traffic in a ten ton waste truck

God bless the garbage man

And time ticks slower than a Sunday driver

He can't wait to park it and wrap his arms around her

She don't think nothin' bout his Cheap Trick t-shirt

Tobacco smile and Valvoline hands

Half a missin' pinky and a little bit of knee dirt

They're just the signs of a workin' man

He doesn't mind her evil cup of coffee

He'll take a double with a kiss to go

'Cause Earnie loves Eva and vice-a-versa

And isn't love beautiful?

Earnie got off early so he went to see her

Lookin' track pant perfect servin' sugar pie

Talkin' to a snake of a man from New York City

Sayin', "Bite the apple, baby, please be mine"

She said to Earnie with the smile of a school girl

"I wouldn't leave you for all the apples in this big old world"

Chorus

I have loved and I have been loved

And isn't that all that matters on that last stretch of road

I do believe that's enough

Chorus

4. If I make 80

Songs (ASCAP)* / Hope 'N' Cal Publishing (BMI)

Everybody thinks Grampa's come unglued

'Cuz he don't say nothin' for a week or two

He just sits and rocks like he's part of that chair

But he comes to life when I'm the only one there

He been ridin' that wagon since '73

So he's told everybody -- 'xcept me

Hangin' on a rope in the swimmin' hole

There's a couple of beers getting ice cold

He jumps up and grabs his fishin' pole

And starts acting like he's 10 years old

Everybody says Grampa's lazy, And his mind is hazy

But I hope I'm half that crazy, If I make 80

He holds up traffic every once in a while

Rubber neckin' at the ladies as they go by

Sometimes there's no slowin' him down

He's run a red light on every road in this town

He says "A hesitant man is a first class fool"

Well, I don't know what that means, but it sure sounds cool

Everybody says Grampa's lazy, And his mind is hazy

But I hope I'm half that crazy, If I make 80

Everybody can kiss my heinie, If I make 90

Nobody's gonna steal my thunder

If I'm not six feet under

When I'm a hundred

5. Linda's Diner

(S.Fox/Tim Taylor)

Cavalcade of Hits (SOCAN)

I went back to my home town. It'd been a while since I walked down the Main Street , but lately I've been thinkin' about it - I thought I outta check it out. It seems like stocks can rise and fall, but no one cares in a place that small, and the clock stopped tickin' 'round '79, and Linda's Diner is still a shrine to the King of Rock 'n Roll in his Vegas years -- sideburns down past his ears -- and there's a picture of that Hawaii show that was televised all around the globe.

And there's a brass plaque at stool number 4, where old Earl Thomas don't sit no more. Where he's gone I don't have to ask; there comes a time when we all must pass. They've still got the green and chrome Troller milkshake maker. They give you the glass adn the tin container. Sixteen years later and I'm six feet tall and I'll betcha I still couldn't drink it all

It's like waves rollin' up over the sand. You can go away and come back again to a place where time crawls awful slow, and I don't know why, but that's good to know.

After dark, I took a drive and slowed down as I went by the little white house where I was raised (except it's painted grey these days). And in the blue light of the TV screen I saw a little boy who could've been me. And it reminded me of that old Twilight Zone about the man who tried to go home.

And I found myself on the old beach road and just like I did so many years agao, I put her in park and rolled the window down, and rushin' in came the familiar sound of waves rollin' up over the sand. You can go away and come back again to a place where time crawls awful slow and I don't know why, but it's good to know that as long as there's blood rushin' though my veins, I can always come back again to a place that crawls awful slow, and I don't know why, but that's good to know. I don't know why...

6. Talk Talk Talk

(ASCAP)** / Airstrip Music Publishing (SOCAN)

Well I've done my forty hours, and I've got you all alone

Swingin' on your front porch, and your momma's not at home

Well, I can't get no sugar no matter how I try

When I pucker up to kiss you, your mouth is open wide

Well, you talk, talk, talk,

Yeah, that's all you wanna do

Every time I get the chance to get close to you

Oh why, why, why do you just talk, talk talk

Well, that's a lot of words out of such a little kitten

And your lips ain't got a clue just exactly what they're missing

I'd tell you that I love you if you'd stop your flappin' jaw

But it's all yadda-yadda-yadda and blah-blah-blah

Chorus

Well, you talk all day

But I ain't heard the words "I love you"

In all that stuff you say!

You talk, talk, talk, well

Tthat's all you wanna do

Every time I get the chance to get close to you

Oh why, why, why do you just talk, talk talk?

Baby, you're all talk!

7. Follow You Down

(ASCAP)** / March Family Music (BMI)

If I had three wishes, granted to me

I swear to you, my darlin', you'd be one, two and three

But I don't have three wishes, nor a diamond ring

I only have myself to give and this song that I sing

And I would follow you down

To hell or anywhere you might go, and back around

If I had the power, I know just what I'd do

I would tie a bow around the world and hand it to you

There's such thing as too much money, or so I heard

But there's no such thing as too much love

Inside of me for you my dear

I know a bluebird will fly

If you move too fast, her love will disappear before your eyes

And I would follow you down

To hell or anywhere you might go, and back around

If I had three wishes, granted to me

I swear to you my darlin', you'd be one, two and three

8. Stone Cold Lonesome Blues

(ASCAP)** / March Family Music ( BMI)

We talked to the preacher, but he couldn't reach her

She hung her head and told him it's too late

Then she turned tail and left me, lonesome and empty

Something in that big old world out there just couldn't wait

Now I'm keepin' good company

'Cause right there in front of me

Someone's been walkin' in my shoes

B.B. King knew

Down in the valley, whistling through the pine trees

Sometimes I swear I hear her voice

But when I come to my senses, all I know is

I had to let her go, I really had no choice

Someone's been walkin' in my shoes

Earl Munro sang all about 'em, Now I've got 'em

Those Stone Cold Lonesome Blues

I sit and pick my guitar, under the night stars

Fireflies and crickets keepin' time

But those songs about forgettin'

Can't stop those tears I'm shedding

'Cause she's just like a melody forever in my mind

Robert Johnson sang about 'em, now I've got 'em

Those Stone Cold Lonesome Blues

Stevie Ray sure could play 'em

Those Stone Cold Lonesome Blues

9. Hard Boiled Love

(S.Fox/Lee Bach)

Music (BMI )

There's a chicken that lives down the road

Just about a half a mile or so

She scratches in the dirt and pecks at the ground

And when nobody's lookin', she's lookin' around

And there's a rooster on the opposite side

Wakin' everybody 'bout a quarter to five

He cock-a-doodle-doo's when the sun comes up

And it's music to the ears of a chicken in love

It's hard boiled love she can't get over easy

'Cause she's been lonely too long

And you can catch him catchin' a glimpse

'Cause that spring chicken sure looks good to him

But there's some old hens he's got to take care of

It ain't bad, but it ain't love

She looked left, and right, then made her move

She couldn't see the semi comin' from her point of view

Eighteen wheels, nine to a side

But she just kept on groovin' as it went by

She lost a couple tail feathers she won't miss at all

'Cause she's rockin' with the rooster and havin' a ball

It's the answer to the question from days of old

Love made the chicken cross the road

Now there's some jealous old hens cluckin' around all day

Watchin' that chicken and rooster at play

And there's a bunch of little chicks runnin' around

And they scratch at the dirt and they peck at the ground

It's hard boiled love she can't get over easy

She won't be lonely no more

It's the answer to the question from days of old

Love made the chicken cross the road

13. The Ballad of Big Jack Henry

(S.Fox)

Have you heard the Ballad of Big Jack Henry?

Our tale begins with Hurricane Joe

Big Jack was a mere ten years old

He saved the lives of eleven lost desperate souls

Now if that ain't somethin'

And at twelve he was workin' in real estate

Just rakin' it in at a phenomenal rate

Spendin' his money on makin' more

Just watchin' it roll in

You're just six months old, my son

And I guess I've jumped the gun

But know that you're gonna be successful in some way

And I don't wanna put the pressure on a precious little baby

I just had to write the ballad of Big Jack Henry

Not long after Jack passed the bar

He heard another calling from a distance star

And by hand he built a rocket and he rode it to Mars

And took a small step for mankind

He took a guitar, plugged it in and turned it on

Next thing I knew, my son was gone

But I was soon to see him right where he belonged

On the cover of the Rolling Stone

Chorus

Can you say "over-achiever"

Or even "born leader"

Loving and compassionate

Do what you wanna but don't forget...

I've got big plans, little man

Chorus

Have you heard the Ballad of Big Jack Henry...Legend!

14. Trail of Tears

(S.Fox)

Way back in 1815 in the revolution down in New Orleans

A southern general had his victory

'Cause he was strong and tough as Old Hickory

And the seventh President he soon became

On native lands he would stake his claim

And a brave new world would have it's way

And damn the Chrokee, the Navajo, Cheyenne and Apache

As I walk along this Trail of Tears

I think of all the steps that brought me here

And how dry my path has been, compared

And all I did not know

When you close your eyes on Jackson's land

Distant voices help you to understand

How many lives it takes to make a man a hero

And a cold wind blows, along the Trail of Tears

So many questions roll around in my mind

So many answers disappear with time

And still some say, "Jjust leave it alone

What's done is done, and what's gone is gone"

But there's a brass plaque down in my neighbourhood

You can still read one side of the story

On both sides good

But the other must have been carved in wood

And long since rot away

Chorus

15. 24' x 24'

(S.Fox)

December in Peace River, Alberta

Wraps around you like cold ghost's breath

And I'd curl in a ball on the front seat

Of an old Model T, I remember clearly

And momma would take off the chill

With a big bowl of somethin', most of which I'd spill

And we'd fit all the love in the world

Through a barn bord five foot front door

And any time you could see it, puffin' out the chimney

Of an old log cabin, 24' x 24'

There were six boots to tie and three boys mouths to feed

And just enough of everything to get us by

And when Earl Thomas needed chargin' up his battery

The good neighbour in my Pa was exactly what we saw

And through hard times, a World War and tragedy

The way we stuck together, that's what I remember

Chorus

These stories of an older friend of mine

Are like a black and white movie playin' over in my mind

You never know exactly what it is you're goin' through

Or how good you've got it 'til it's gone

And some day I hope that I might have a family too

And we'll take it day by day, in an old fashioned way

And we'll fit all the love in the world...

16. One Kentucky Summer

(S.Fox/Robin Branda/Lee Bach)

Music (BMI) (for both Lee Bach and Robin Branda)

People talk about those good old days and

Reminisce about friends and places

But I keep my momories to myself

'Cause mostly they're the kind you wanna hide

Or let fade away

But there's One Kentucky summer that I'll remember

Until the western Appalachians crumble down

Into the Cumberland River

And right here in my mind for all time

Is the best part of my past

Her green eyes, and the blue grass

Where I laid her down and let her know I loved her

One Kentucky summer

Like the lone oak, she's forever swayin'

To guitars, fiddles and mandolins playin'

These are the things that haunt me most

And sometimes I swear I see her ghost

Walkin' right out of that

One Kentucky summer that I'll remember

Until the western Appalachians crumble down

Into the Cumberland River

And right here in my mind for all time

Is the hardest part of my past

'Cause underneath the blue grass

I had to lay her down and let her go forever

One Kentucky Summer

I've walked so far since she's been gone

But if I could, I'd crawl back across the seasons to that

Chorus

17. Where Was I?

(S. Fox/Victoria Banks)

/ House of Fame (ASCAP)

The sun is risin' on my window sill

Just like any other day

I've been alone like this before but still

Somehow it doesn't seem the same

What I didn't have didn't hurt me then

But there ain't no going back

Where was I before you came along

Like a wave on still water

Then you were gone

I was better off never knowin'

How good it gets

How deep it goes

And how hard you fall

Where was I? I wanna feel that way again

'Cause bein' on my own was easy then

And no matter how I try

I can't remember where I was

Before you jumped right in

Where was I?

Well I used to take some solace in my solitude

Callin' loneliness my friend

Sometimes there's comfort in having nothing to lose

You think I'd find it again

But it's like a train of thought I had

And I can't get back on track

Chorus

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Lyrics used by permission

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