"Don't Hate Me For Lovin' You" by Jeff Bates (Jeff Bates/Kim Williams/Lonnie Wilson/Jimmy Yeary)

1st Verse

I can't help myself
Baby, I've tried and I've tried
But I just don't want nobody else
It's you did this to me
You lit a fire that's still burnin'
Down deep in my soul
And now you expect me to just let you go

Chorus

Don't hate me for lovin' you
It's all that I know to do
You're my everything
Oh, don't ask me to give you up
I live for your tender touch
Oh, don't be so mean
Don't hate me for lovin' you
Don't hate me for lovin' you
Don't hate me for love, lovin' you
(Don't hate me for love, lovin' you)

2nd Verse

Dreams, you're still in my dreams
Sometimes so real that I still feel
You lyin' right here next to me
I'm so sorry I called
I know it's late and the last thing
You want me to say is
I miss you a little bit more every day

(Repeat Chorus)




  "One Second Chance" by Jeff Bates (Arlis Albritton/Chris DuBois/Dave Turnbull)

1st Verse

'It says here you're from Houston'
'You're certified to drive a truck'
'It doesn't say what you've been doin''
'The last five years'
Then I watched his eyes keep readin'
Then I watched his eyes look up
And watched another job I needed disappear
'Cause when they get to the line
'Have you been convicted of a crime?'
They say, 'Thanks for comin' in'
And they don't call you back
I ain't askin' for every job under the sun
I just want one second chance

2nd Verse

On August twenty-second
Well, little Jacob's turnin' five
But his mama moved him half a state away
I left another message
On her phone at home last night
And she finally had her lawyer call today
She knows I can't afford
To take this thing to court
And I'm tryin' hard to make her understand
I ain't askin' for every weekend of every month
I just want one second chance

Chorus

I was young and I was stupid
I regret it every day
I ain't sayin' I didn't do it
But I've paid for my mistakes
It's a lost and empty feelin'
When they don't want you around
Yeah, I finally got my freedom
But what good is it now

Tag

There's some days when it feels like
It's been a hundred years
Sometimes it seems like only yesterday
We were paintin' Jacob's nursery
Countin' days 'til he was here
Next thing I knew
I'd thrown it all away
Now I know I can't go back
To the life I used to have
When I still held the whole world in my hands
I had a job
I had a wife
I had a son
Now I just want one second chance

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