"Trying To Stop Your Leaving" by Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers/Jim Beavers/Dierks Bentley)

1st Verse

Got a guitar
Got a guitar on my back
And I'm standin' on this lonesome railroad track
Train's a'comin'
It'll be here 'fore too long
But I don't think I can stop it with a song

Chorus

Girl, that's kind of the way I'm feelin'
Tryin' to stop your leavin'

2nd Verse

Got a pebble
Got a pebble in my hand
And I toss it out into the middle of the Rio Grande
But the river keeps a'runnin'
Don't even know that I'm around
I could throw in a million more and not slow it down

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

There's nothin' I wouldn't try
If I thought it would change your mind

3rd Verse

But you don't love me
No, you don't love me anymore
And I know as soon as you walk out that door
Train's a'comin'
River's runnin'
Train's a'comin'
River's runnin'
Pain's a'comin'
Tears are runnin'

Tag Chorus

And that's kind of the way I'm feelin'
Knowin' I couldn't stop your leavin'



   "Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go)" by Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers/Robbie Harrington/Dierks Bentley/Rodney Janzen)

1st Verse

A pair of boots and a sack of clothes
Free and easy, down the road I go
Hangin' mem'ries on the high line poles
Free and easy, down the road I go
Free and easy, down the road I go, hup

2nd Verse

Ragweed's rockin' on the radio
Free and easy, down the road I go
'Cause I keep rollin' like an ol' banjo
Free and easy, down the road I go

1st Bridge

Got the sun shinin' on me like a big spotlight
So I know everything is gonna be all right

3rd Verse

Ain't no tellin' where the wind might blow
Free and easy, down the road I go
Livin' life like a Sunday stroll
Free and easy, down the road I go
Free and easy, down the road I go

2nd Bridge

If you only get to go around one time
I'm gonna sit back and try to enjoy the ride

4th Verse

I could make a million or wind up broke
Free and easy, down the road I go
Can't take it with you when you go so
Free and easy, down the road I go

Tag

Someday I know it's gonna take me home
So, free and easy, down the road I go
Free and easy, down the road I go, yeah



   "Long Trip Alone" by Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers/Stephen Bogard/Dierks Bentley)

1st Verse

It's a long trip alone
Over sand and stones
That lie along the road
That we all must travel down

1st Chorus

So maybe you could walk with me a while
And maybe I could rest beneath your smile
Everybody stumbles sometimes
And needs a hand to hold
'Cause it's a long trip alone

2nd Verse

It's a short piece of time
But just enough to find
A little piece of mind
Under the sun somewhere

2nd Chorus

So maybe you could walk with me a while
And maybe I could rest beneath your smile
You know we can't afford
To let one moment pass us by
'Cause it's a short piece of time

Bridge

And I don't know where I'd be
Without ya here
'Cause I'm not really, really me
Without you there
Yeah, woah
Yeah, oh

Tag Chorus

So maybe you could walk with me a while
And maybe I could rest beneath your smile
Everybody stumbles sometimes
And needs a hand to hold
So maybe you could walk with me a while
And maybe I could rest beneath your smile
Maybe I could feel you right beside me 'til I'm home
'Cause it's a long trip alone
A long trip alone



   "Every Mile A Memory" by Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers/Stephen Bogard/Dierks Bentley)

1st Verse

Country roads
Old theatre marquee signs
Parkin' lots
And billboards flyin' by
Spanish moss
Little hicktown squares
Wild roses on a riverbank
Girl, it's almost like you're there, oh

Chorus

Every mile a memory
Every song another scene
From some old movie
Goin' back in time (for you and me)
Every day a page turned down
Every night a lonesome sound
Like a freight train rollin' through my dreams
(And) Every mile a memory

2nd Verse

Red sundown
Out across the western sky
Takes me back
To the fire in your eyes
Texas stars in a purple night
Not seein' 'um with you, baby
Oh, they never do look right, no

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

Funny how no matter where I run
'Round every bend I only see
Just how far I haven't come

(Chorus Out)



   "Settle For A Slowdown" by Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley/Tony Martin)

1st Verse

I must look just like a fool
Here in the middle of the road
Standin' there in your rearview
And gettin' soaked to the bone

2nd Verse

This land is flat as it is mean
A man can see for a hundred miles
So I'm still prayin' I might see
The glow of a brake light

Chorus

But your wheels just turned
Down the road ahead
If it hurts at all
You ain't showed it yet
I keep a'lookin' for
The slightest sign
That you might miss
What you left behind
I know there's nothin' stoppin' you now
But I'd settle for a slowdown

3rd Verse

I held on longer than I should
Leavin' you might change your mind
And those bright lights of Hollywood
Would fade in time

(Repeat Chorus)

Tag Chorus

But your wheels just turned
Down the road ahead
If it hurts at all
You ain't showed it yet
You're just a tiny dot
On that horizon line
C'mon, tap those brakes
Baby, just one time
I'm not askin' you to turn back around
But I'd settle for a slowdown
C'mon, just slow down
I'd settle for a slowdown



   "Come A Little Closer" by Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley)

1st Verse

Come a little closer, baby
I feel like layin' you down
On a bed of sweet surrender
Where we can work it all out
There ain't nothin' that love can't fix
Girl, it's right here at our fingertips
So come a little closer, baby
I feel like layin' you down

2nd Verse

Come a little closer, baby
I feel like lettin' go
Of everything that stands between us
And the love we used to know
I wanna touch you like a cleansin' rain
And let it wash all the hurt away
So come a little closer, baby
I feel like lettin' go

Bridge

If there's still a chance
Then take my hand
And we'll steal away
Off into the night
Until we make things right
The sun's gonna rise on a better day

3rd Verse

Come a little closer, baby
I feel like strippin' it down
Back to the basics of you and me
And what makes the world go 'round
Every inch of you against my skin
I wanna be stronger than we've ever been
So come a little closer, baby
I feel like strippin' it down

Tag

Come a little closer, baby
Just a little bit closer, baby
Come a little closer, baby
I feel like layin' you down



  "What Was I Thinkin'" by Dierks Bentley (Deric Ruttan/Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley)

1st Verse

Becky was a beauty from south Alabama
Her daddy had a heart like a nine-pound hammer
Think he even did a little time in the slammer
What was I thinkin'
She snuck out one night and met me by the front gate
Her daddy came out a-wavin' that 12-gauge
We tore out the drive, he peppered my tailgate
What was I thinkin'

1st Pre-Chorus

Oh, I knew there'd be hell to pay
But that crossed my mind a little too late
'Cause I was

Chorus

Thinkin' 'bout a little white tank top
Sittin' right there in the middle by me
I was thinkin' 'bout a long kiss
Man, just gotta get goin'
Where the night might lead
I know what I was feelin'
(Yeah, I know what I was feelin')
But what was I thinkin'
(What was I thinkin')

2nd Verse

By the county line, the cops were nippin' on our heels
Pulled off the road and kicked it in four-wheel
Shut off the lights and tore through a corn field
What was I thinkin'
Out the other side, she was hollerin' 'faster'
Took a dirt road, had the radio blastin'
Hit the honky-tonk for a little close dancin'
What was I thinkin'

(Repeat Pre-Chorus)

(Repeat Chorus)

3rd Verse

When a mountain of a man with a 'born to kill' tattoo
Tried to cut in, I knocked out his front tooth
We ran outside, hood-slidin' like Bo Duke
What was I thinkin'
I finally got her home at a-half past too late
Her daddy's in a lawn chair sittin' on the driveway
Put it in park as he started my way
What was I thinkin'
Oh, what was I thinkin'
Oh, what was I thinkin'

Bridge

Then she gave a 'come and get me' grin
And like a bullet we were gone again
'Cause I was

(Repeat Chorus)

Spoken

I know what I was feelin'
But what was I thinkin'
Guess I was thinkin' 'bout that tank top
Cut off, ha ha ha



  "Is Anybody Loving You These Days" by Dierks Bentley (Steve Bogard/Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley)

1st Verse

Midnight stoplight
Happens every time
Pretty girl in a car
No resemblance whatsoever
I wonder how you are
Constant question poundin' in my brain
Is anybody lovin' you these days

2nd Verse

Lonesome pillow, sun comes yellow
I reach across the bed
Should be hurried, workin' worries
I lie there instead
With the thought that's drivin' me insane
Is anybody lovin' you these days

Chorus

Damn this small town
Every place that I go
I drive by your house
I see his car, and I know
He's there with you
But when he kisses you
Think about the memories we made
And tell me
Is anybody lovin' you (these days)
(I mean really lovin' you)
(Is anybody lovin' you these days)

3rd Verse

Second chances
Backward glances
Most people just say no
World keeps turnin'
Heart keeps yearnin'
I'll keep holdin' the hope
One day you might answer with my name
Is anybody lovin' you these days

(Repeat Chorus)

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