Just Across the Line - Billy Vera & Judy Clay

I love myself with you I live my life for you I love you and I hate you

There's so many reasons A man will commit a crime Frustration's gnawin' at him Twisting up his mind He's tickin' like a bomb That may go off at any time I'm not here to make excuses I didn't walk into it blind It was plain old greed Took something that wasn't mine It was the weakness for a woman That made me step across the line What made it so bad Was that I had a woman of my own And she never did wrong to me Almost did her best to make our home From these cheatin' seeds I planted Some big-time grief has grown There's never been a man who's lived a perfect life I cut three hearts to pieces Didn't even use a knife I didn't have the common decency To lay off my brother's wife (Saxophone solo) (Guitar solo) No they won't put me in prison I'll be doing some hard time Child supporting alimony Taking my very last dime I didn't think about the damage When I stepped across the line

In this desert, in darkness Lying with the gun across his chest Pretending he's heartless As the fire flashes in the sky He was fragile and frozen When the bullet took away his friend And now he's somehow more broken He's pulling his weapon to his side Loading it full of his goodbyes Holding an enemy across the line He's pulling his weapon to his side Loading it full of his goodbyes Holding an enemy across the line Sweating and shaking Lying with her hands across her chest She wakes with her cravings As the fire flashes in her eye She was fragile and frozen When the needle took away her friend And now she's somehow more broken She's pulling her weapon to her side Loading it full of her goodbyes Holding an enemy across the line She's pulling her weapon to her side Loading it full of her goodbyes Holding an enemy across the line With every battle he's chosing With every fight he's losing His enemy's not far behind With every promise she's broken With every lie she's spoken Her enemy's not far behind It's your time It's your time It's your time It's your time He's pulling his weapon to his side Loading it full of his goodbyes Holding an enemy across the line She's pulling her weapon to her side Loading it full of her goodbyes Holding an enemy across the line With every battle he's chosing With every fight he's losing His enemy's not far behind With every promise she's broken With every lie she's spoken Her enemy's not far behind

You've got your world And I've got mine And it's a shame Two grown up worlds That will never be the same Why can't we be Like storybook children Running through the rain Hand in hand Across the meadow Why can't we be Like storybook children In a wonderland Where nothing's planned for tomorrow You've got his ring You've got his heart You've got his baby And Billy it's too late To turn away And start all over again Oh no, don't tell me it's too late baby Why can't we be Like storybook children Running through the rain Hand in hand Across the meadow Oh, why, one more time Why can't we be Like storybook children In a wonderland In a wonderland Where nothing's planned for tomorrow Ooh, how happy we would be If only we Were storybook children

I bless the day I found you I want to stay around you And so I beg you Let it be me Don't take this heaven from one If you must cling to someone Now and forever Let it be me Each time we meet love I find complete love Without your sweet love What would life be So never ever leave me lonely Tell me you love me only And that you'll always Let it be me To you I'm praying Hear what I'm saying Please let your heart beat For me, for me, just for me Don't take this heaven If you must cling to someone Now and forever Let it, let it, let it, let it be me