Hooked On An 8 Second Ride - Chris LeDoux

A sky full of fireworks and summer goodbyes Lit the path for an accident too hard to hide A group of kids with no clue how to behave are stuck with a lie They'll have to take to their grave (TAKE TO THEIR GRAVE) What are you waiting for? A night left unsaid left a man for dead A secret to make your skin crawl We'll fry no matter who takes the fall Although one year has passed, there's still an overcast Ben is out for revenge with a death to avenge Sprinting across the dock with no time left on the clock A murder on the balcony makes Helen shiver rapidly I KNOW! When you leave a man for dead, make sure he's really dead What are you waiting for? A night left unsaid left a man for dead A secret to make your skin crawl We'll fry no matter who takes the fall "Happy 4th of July, Julie" "Please, it was just an accident" "I know all about accidents, Julie But let me give you some advice When you leave a man for dead, make sure he's really..." DEAD! "What are you waiting for"? WE'RE SORRY But that ship has SAILED! I KNOW! What are you waiting for? A secret to make your skin crawl When you leave a man for dead, make sure he's really dead I KNOW! WE'RE SORRY! WE'RE SORRY!

I can't explain what I'm going through Wish I could find my right words to say Losing control and it's over you Nobody else could make me feel this way Could it just be that I? m curious And I wanna make you play my game? But something tells me that it's serious Because I go insane when I hear your name I'm hooked on you Oh, oh, oh, oh I'm hooked on you What can I do? It's over you I try to hide it but I know it's true My body trembles when I look in your eyes I'm so turned on, I don't know what to do It seems a touch can make my temperature rise Could it just be that I'm curious And I want to make you play my game? But something tells me that it's serious Because I go insane when I hear your name I'm hooked on you Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah I'm hooked on you You make me feel so good What can I do? It's over you I'm hooked on you I'm needing you, baby Oh, oh, oh, oh I'm hooked on you I'm needing you, baby What can I do? Won't you say you love me? What can I do? It's over you Days go warm, and nights go cold You are the one I need to hold Try decide, this love is made Loving you can set me free I'm hooked on you, oh, can't you see? Hearts on fire Higher, higher Nobody else can make me feel The way that you do Could it be that this time Love has taken all control? You're the one who's touch I need The one I need to hold Could it be that this time Love has taken all control? Oh, oh, oh, oh I'm hooked on you You're the one I need to hold What can I do? It's over you

Come on I said hey girl, what's your name? Haven't I seen you before? I recognize them dark green eyes When you dosey-doed across the floor Are you alone, or are you with someone? She said, a matter of fact I'm not So I took her hand, that's when it all began And we headed towards the parking lot And she said hey boy, do you mind Takin' me home tonight? 'Cause I ain't never seen a country boy With tires on his truck this high I said climb on up, but honey, watch the cup That I'm spitttin' my dip inside And hold on tight 'cause it's gonna be wilder Than any eight second ride We went ridin' around rockin' to the sound Of "A Country Boy Can Survive" And I knew then, she was my kinda girl 'Cause she was singin' every single line Then she slid on over, put my hand on her shoulder And I asked her what she wanted to do She said, "It really don't matter where we go Just as long as I'm ridin' with you" She said, hey boy, do you mind Takin' me home tonight? 'Cause I ain't never seen a country boy With tires on his truck this high I said climb on up, but honey, watch the cup That I'm spitttin' my dip inside And hold on tight 'cause it's gonna be wilder Than any eight second ride So we headed out to old Tobacco Road Put the tailgate down, and we made love She said, "A true country boy is hard to find But I found one wilder then any eight second ride" She said hey boy, do you mind Takin' me home tonight? 'Cause I ain't never seen a country boy With tires on his truck this high I said climb on up, but honey, watch the cup That I'm spitttin' my dip inside And hold on tight 'cause it's gonna be wilder Than any eight second ride Yeah, hold on tight 'cause it's gonna be wilder Than any eight second ride

* Everybody's out there crying trying for the maximum Everybody's out there searching taknig turns of making Thrills of life Everybody's running from it looking for the maximum Everybody's out there hunting for something the minute That you... Don't need no no grass or cocaine I'm hooked on you Don't need no pills or champagne I'm hooked on you You bring that fresh old feeling From now on you're all I'm needing I'm hooked on you, yeah Now that my sad days are over Crying over my shoulder I'm hooked on your love Don't need no no grass or cocaine Don't need no pills or champagne I've got you I'm so hooked on you Very hooked on you* *~* Repeat

We made camp along Red River Watch the cattle as they bedded down Back at the wagons right after supper Spreaded bed rolls on the ground Me and Willie, we took the night guard And the sage never smelled so sweet The prairie moon was blazing silver No chance tonight for a stampede We rode Yonder off in the distance Towards the mountains there in the west Then I see lightening and I hear thunder My mind is weary, I could use some rest Then all at once the wind shifts directions The clouds roll in behind the tumble weeds These longhorn cattle are getting restless God help us all if they stampede Smell the rain and hear the thunder The midnight sky turns black as death Lightening crashes, smell the sulfur It's rank and strong as Satan's breath The cattle rise up and go runnin' I spur my pony on to take a lead And across the heard I can hear Willie yelling "Hey stampede" Dust clouds rise as the rain falls They mix together, turn the air to mud I feel the long horns brush against me And I can feel the demons racing through my blood Then all at once, my pony stumbles We hit the ground, I rise up to my knees In a flash a light I can see the cattle coming Lord I know I'm gonna die in this stampede Then I wait and I look around me I'm in my bed roll and I'm laying on the ground Over there's a wagon and there's the campfire I was only dreaming but what's that sound? Then I feel the earth tremble underneath me As the midnight sky begins to bleed And from the blackness I can hear Willie yelling "Hey stampede"

I was born in a hurry but there wasn't any place to go Nowhere fast seemed better than nowhere slow I never really got the hang of hanging around Oh when you get down to it I guess I always knew it What it is that makes my world go round It's a matter of horsepower For eight seconds or miles per hour That's the way I am and that's a fact I can't ignore Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected Running wild, radar detected Man can always stand a little bit more Horsepower Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind I've got a need to speed and I don't mean the drugs-store kind Some people like a life that barely moves at all I say more power to them Then I fly right through 'em 'Til it slows down to a crawl It's a matter of horsepower For eight seconds or miles per hour That's the way I am and that's a fact I can't ignore Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected Running wild, radar detected Man can always stand a little bit more Horsepower Then I think about horsepower For eight seconds or miles per hour It's the way I am and it's a fact I can't ignore Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected Running wild, radar detected Man can always stand a little bit more Horsepower I've been thinkin' about horsepower For eight seconds or miles per hour It's the way I am and it's a fact I can't ignore Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected Running wild, radar detected Man can always stand a little bit more Horsepower

I was a new kid on the circuit, gold buckles in my eyes But the horse I drew was plenty rank, much to my surprise I did a double backflip, and landed on my head This old cowboy limped out in the arena, leaned over me, and said "You gotta cowboy up when you get throwed down Get right back in the saddle as soon as you hit the ground You've heard that the tough get going when the going gets tough Around here, what we say is, boy, you better cowboy up" By the end of my last season, they said I was among the best So I proudly called a girl back home, hopin' she would be impressed But her mama said she married a guy that I used to call my friend But before the first tear could fall, these words came back again You gotta cowboy up when you get throwed down Get right back in the saddle as soon as you hit the ground You've heard that the tough get going when the going gets tough Around here, what we say is, boy, you better cowboy up Well, it's not an easy lesson to learn in life and love But it's the only way to go whenever you bite the dust You gotta cowboy up when you get throwed down Get right back in the saddle as soon as you hit the ground You've heard that the tough get going when the going gets tough Around here, what we say is, boy, you better cowboy up Around here, what we say is, boy, you better cowboy up