Good Directions - Ron Shepard

I was sittin' there sellin' turnips on a flatbed truck Crunchin' on a pork rind when she pulled up She had to be thinkin' this is where rednecks come from She had Hollywood written on her license plate She was lost and lookin' for the interstate Needin' directions, and I was the man for the job I told her way up yonder past the caution light There's a little country store with an old Coke sign You gotta stop in and ask Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea Then a left will take you to the interstate But a right will bring you right back here to me I was sittin' there thinkin' 'bout her pretty face Kickin' myself for not catchin' her name I threw my hat and thought, 'you fool, that it coulda been love. I knew my old Ford couldn't run her down She probably didn't like me anyhow So I watched her disappear in a cloud of dust I told her way up yonder past the caution light There's a little country store with an old Coke sign You gotta stop in and ask Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea Then a left will take you to the interstate But a right will bring you right back here to me Is this Georgia heat playin' tricks on me Or am I really seein' what I think I see? The woman of my dreams comin' back to me She went way up yonder past the caution light Don't know why, but somethin' felt right When she stopped in and asked Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea Mama gave her a big 'ol glass and sent her right back here to me Thank God for good directions... and turnip greens

I see doors in every direction I see them all wide open As I go near they won't close on me Won't close on me They won't close on me I look in every direction Finding my own way out As I go near they won't close on me They won't close on me They won't close on me Everything is possible Even when the sun don't shine 'Cause I know how to walk right through How to walk right through How to walk right through I walk in the rain My shoes fill up with water With every step I get more wet I get more wet I get more wet Step one, step Step two, step Step three, step Step four, step! I can howl down a marching band My voice flies above the sound Flying over the beat of the drums The beat of the drums The beat of the drums I see doors in every direction I see them all wide open As I go near I just walk right through I just walk right through Just walk right through Step one, step Steo two, step Step three, step Step four, step! Step one, step Steo two, step Step three, step Step four, step!

La la la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la... I've been thinking I've been thinking, I've been thinking too much I just want to live now for a little while And cast my dreams to the wind Don't wanna wonder Don't wanna wonder what it's all about I'm just working for a living singing with my friends As I cast my dreams to the wind Maryland, I'm coming home Never worry about what I did wrong And that I'll never be what my daddy wanted me to be And I'll never see what my mama's dreams were But I will sing La la la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la... I wanna fly I wanna fly down the highway to my home away from home This funky funky club on Fairfax Avenue to see you And I'll never give up Because what is there to give up anyway I'm just working for a living working for my pay In Maryland it's raining somewhere in some cafe Maryland, I'm coming home Never worry about what I did wrong And that I'll never be what my daddy wanted me to be And I'll never see what my mama's dreams were But I can sing La la la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la...

Less a lover, more a fighter But I'm tired of fighting to hold on Got too many scars to hide 'em So it's easier being on my own But you Shoot first, draw blood, before I know Yeah, you One shot, one touch, and I let go How did this happen? My walls were up and You moved without a sound Never imagined, like an assassin One look took me How did this happen? My walls were up and You moved without a sound Never imagined, like an assassin Yeah, one look took me down Down, down, down, down down, down Yeah, one look took me down Down, down, down, down, down, down Yeah, one look took me Yeah, one look took me Yeah, one look took me