There's a monster growing in our heads Raised up on the wicked things we've said A great divide between us now Something we should know There's something to remember And something to forget As long as we remember There's something to regret Something we should know There's a mountain higher than we knew It's high but such a bitter view A great divide between us now Something we should know There's something to remember And something to forget As long as we remember There's something to regret A great divide between us now On different sides of a great divide There's something to remember And something to forget As long as we remember There's something to regret Something we should know

In the canyons of the great divide Familiar places that we can run and hide Are filled with strangers Walking in our houses alone In the great divide Nothing to decide No one else to care for or love In the great divide You won't fit in too well On the horses of the carousel She rides alone with you and me She rides like she knows Wherever she goes, we'll be there On the carousel Life is going well Anyone can tell we're in love On the carousel You're gonna like the way you feel You and I, we got caught down there In the twisted canyons of the great divide We walked the floor Now we don't go there anymore In the great divide Nothin' to decide No one else to care for or love In the great divide I don't fit in too well In the great divide Nothin' to decide No one else to care for or love In the great divide You won't fit in too well

Ooh-ooh La-da-da-da I never knew I lost you 'till I found you (found you) And I never guessed how close you were to me (me) And now, I wanna throw my arms around you Tell a thousand tales that will astound you Everything about you tells me this was meant to be Don't you see I'm on your side, let's take this ride And together we're facing the world Doing things nobody's done before And The Great Divide, doesn't seem so wide, anymore Na-ah-ah I can't recall what life was like without you (without you) Now, it feels as though we've never been apart (apart) Tell me every tiny thing about you Anything you'll say I'll never doubt you We're meant to be together I can feel it in my heart It's just the start I'm on your side, let's take this ride And together we're facing the world Doing things nobody's done before (never done before) And The Great Divide, doesn't seem so wide And if you'll be there beside me when I falter (you'll be there beside me when I falter) Then, whatever comes I know we'll take it all in stride (we'll take it all in stride) I'm on your side The Great Divide, it doesn't seem so wide I'm on your side (on your side), let's take this ride (take this ride) And together we're facing the world Doing things nobody's done before (never done before) And The Great Divide (and The Great Divide), doesn't seem so wide, anymore

I got a job, and my name's Joe Spend my days at the Texaco Never show up late Never show up drunk 'Cause when I get half lit, I'm a loaded gun Made a couple of wrong turns, did county time I do everything I can to stay between the lines I got a couple of good buddies that all stop in Say "it's good to see you brother, man, how you been?" I can't complain, I'm doin' alright Sleepin' pretty good, staying dry Thank the Lord every mornin' with a sweet Amen For how far I've come from, where I been So here's to good days, better tomorrows And a light, at the end of the bottle Some battles are fought on foreign shores And some are fought behind closed doors Some fall from grace Some lose their wings Some find the peace, salvation brings I got a couple of good buddies that all stop in Say "it's good to see you brother, man, how you been?" I can't complain, I'm doin' alright Sleepin' pretty good, staying dry Thank the Lord every mornin' with a sweet Amen For how far I've come from, where I been So here's to good days, better tomorrows And a light, at the end of the bottle Here's to good days, here's to livin' And here's to old sins, being forgiven And a bunch of good buddies that all drop in Say "it's good to see you brother, man, how you been?" I can't complain, I'm doin' alright Sleepin' pretty good, staying dry Thank the Lord every mornin' with a sweet Amen For how far I've come from, where I been So here's to good days, better tomorrows And a light, at the end of the bottle At the end of the bottle

There are stars in the southern sky Southward as you go There is moonlight and moss in the trees Down the Seven Bridges Road Now I have loved you like a baby Like some lonesome child And I have loved you in a tame way And I have loved you wild Sometimes there's a part of me Has to turn from here and go Runnin' like a child from these warm stars Down the Seven Bridges Road There are stars in the southern sky And if e'er you decide you should go There is a taste of thyme-sweetened honey Down the Seven Bridges Road