"Days Like This" by Rachel Proctor (Rachel Proctor/Odie Blackmon)

1st Verse

That sleepy ol' sun finally reared its head
Sneakin' through the window
Sayin' get outta bed
Kids are laughin' and playin' outside in the street
I step out on my front porch in my bare feet
Drink my coffee, walk the dog
And I'll stop by your house
'Cause I was hopin' maybe we could just hang out

Chorus

('Cause) days like this
Are made for doin' nothin'
But layin' around soakin' up your lovin'
There ain't nothin' better than a long, lingerin' kiss
On days like this

2nd Verse

Let the wind blow wild
Let it mess up our hair
Watch the world go by
Like we don't have a care
When those ol' crickets start singin'
And the moon shows its face
We'll still be layin' on this blanket
Lettin' time slip away

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

There ain't nothin' wrong with bein' lazy
So come on over here and love me, baby
Love me, baby
Ooh, yeah

(Chorus Out)



   "Me And Emily" by Rachel Proctor (Rachel Proctor/Chris Thompkins)

1st Verse

(The) floorboard is filled with baby toys
And empty Coke bottles and coffee cups
Drivin' through the rain with no radio
Tryin' not to wake her up
Cell phone says low battery
God, what if I break down
I'm just lookin' for an exit with a lotta lights
A safe little Interstate town

Chorus

Just a cheap hotel
With a single bed
And cable TV
Is good enough for me and Emily

2nd Verse

Someday when she's old enough
She's gonna start asking questions about him
Some kid at school
Brings his Dad for show and tell
And it gets her little mind to wonderin'
Where's my Daddy
Do I have one
Does he not love me like you do
Or maybe I'll find someone
To love the both of us, now
(And I'll) tell her when she's old enough
To know the truth

2nd Chorus

Will it break her heart
Will she understand
That I had to leave
That's what was best for me and Emily

Bridge

The house was never clean enough
His dinner never warm enough
Nothin' I did was ever good enough to make him happy
So I guess he gave me what he thought I deserved
But it would kill me if he ever raised his hand to her

3rd Verse

Big rigs are throwin' rain on my windshield
And I feel like they're laughin' at me
Finally the storm is lettin' up
And the mornin' is breakin' free

3rd Chorus

It's a brand new day
It's a second chance
Yesterday is just a memory
For me and Emily

Tag

(The) floorboard is filled with baby toys
And empty Coke bottles and coffee cups
At least there's one good thing that he gave me
And she's startin' to wake up



"Strong As An Oak" by Rachel Proctor (Rachel Proctor/Phillip White)

1st Verse

There's two trees in Becky Hill's front yard
One big, and one small
That big oak has been there for ages
And they planted that willow last fall

2nd Verse

He bought it for their anniversary
Said they could watch it grow like their love
But each day she looks out the window
To see it not growin' that much

Chorus

(And) she cries like that weepin' willow
Every time the wind starts to blow
But one of these days she's gonna be strong
Strong like the oak

3rd Verse

Now she hates the thought of leavin'
As much as she hates to stay
Somewhere in her heart she still needs him
But not as much as she did yesterday

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

She'll walk out that screen door
And hold her head high
Won't look back, won't shed a tear
Right now she's afraid of bein' alone
Ah, but she's been alone for years

(Repeat Chorus)

Yeah, one of these days she's gonna be strong
Strong as an oak



"If That Chair Could Talk" by Rachel Proctor (Liz Rose/Mark Narmore)

1st Verse

Imitation leather, pink naugahyde
Two-inch tear down the left-hand side
Came from Daddy's pocket knife
That wasn't my fault
Moved along with us everywhere we went
No matter where we lived, it always fit in
Kinda like our next of kin
If that chair could talk

2nd Verse

My little brother Billy broke his left hand
Jumpin' off the arm like Superman
With my Grandma's ol' red afgan
Tied around his neck
Where at least a thousand books were read
Our Siamese cat made it her bed
It even heard an 'I thee wed'
When sister married in the living room
To that Phillips boy from just down the block
If that chair could talk

3rd Verse

Mama bought it at a yard sale in '65
It was Daddy's favorite chair after he retired
Survived all that and a kitchen fire
Smoke stains rubbed right off
Where I spent a million hours talkin' on the phone
It was my favorite spot to polishin'' my toes
Somethin' Mama didn't know
If that chair could talk

4th Verse

From Leave It To Beaver to The Brady Bunch
Chicken noodle soup to Cap'n Crunch
TV dinners to Sunday lunch
And movies late at night
Brother tippin' me backwards until I screamed
He'd get in trouble for bein' so mean
And when he told Mama that he'd joined the Marines
It's where she sat down in shock
The good, the bad, it's seen it all
If that chair could talk

Bridge

It caught my tears
Held me up when I felt bad
It calmed my fears
It's good to keep a friend like that

5th Verse

It hid the ice cream money for hot sumer days
(It) listened while I practiced for my high school play
And all the times it heard me pray
When things were goin' rough
and it's where Bobby Baker gave me my first kiss
Mama came in and nearly had a fit
It has footprints of my life all over it
We've been through a lot
The good, the bad, it's seen it all
If that chair could talk

Tag

Imitation leather, pink naugahyde
Two-inch tear down the left-hand side



"Didn't I" by Rachel Proctor (Chris Bergsnes/Brian Nash/Mike Post)

1st Verse

It's so hard to know the reasons
It's hard to know the truth
When it's all over
And every time I look back
I just get more confused
So I replay every kiss
And every clue I might have missed

Chorus

Didn't I make you happy
Didn't I get inside your heart
Didn't I make you love me
Didn't I, didn't I now, baby
I turned my world upside down
I turned myself inside out
(But) (And) I still lost you
Didn't I
(Didn't I)

2nd Verse

Why do I keep on believin'
What am I hopin' for
Why can't I let you go
I did all I could do
Why do I think there's somethin' more
I just don't understand
How'd love slip right through our hands

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

Why do I think the fault is mine
Was it me or the wrong time
Maybe I could move on
If I knew the reason why

(Chorus Out)



  "We Did It Our Way" by Rachel Proctor (Rachel Proctor/Jeremy Stover)

1st Verse

We were way too young
A couple crazy kids
They said it was a fairy-tale land
We were livin' in
And lookin' back you know
We were pretty green
But aren't you glad we were smart enough
To be that naive
Steppin' out on that limb
Just think if we had listened to them

1st Chorus

We'd never danced under the stars in Colorado
Or took that drive across the Rio Grande
We'd never laid eyes on that California sunset
Or dipped our toes in that Monterey sand
There'd be no yesterday
And, baby, we couldn't say
Hey, hey, we did it our way
Hey, hey, we did it our way

2nd Verse

Everybody tried to tell us
Where to plant our seeds
They just couldn't understand
Why we had to spread our wings
All we needed to pass life's little test
Was a second-hand car
And a place to lay our heads
I thank God for you
Baby, I know our aim was true

2nd Chorus

We'd never walked the streets of Albuquerque
Or took that trip anywhere bound
Musta been fate forgettin' that road map
We got lost and found this little town
Oh, what a perfect place
And we can sit back and say
Hey, hey, we did it our way
Hey, hey, we did it our way

Bridge

We were way too young
A couple crazy kids
They said it was a fairy-tale land
We were livin' in

Tag Chorus

Hey, hey, we did it our way
Hey, hey, we did it our way
We did it our way

(1st Chorus Out)



  "Where I Belong" by Rachel Proctor (Chris Lindsey/Hillary Lindsey/Aimee Mayo/Troy Verges)

1st Verse

I've wished a million wishes on
A big empty sky
And I've spent too many endless nights alone
Wonderin' if I was broken
And why everything felt so wrong
And where do I belong

2nd Verse

I see beyond the end of time
When I look into your eyes
It's so much bigger than this life
And everything's right
I feel so safe
Safe as a child in your arms
This is where I belong

Bridge

I've seen my share of troubles
Oh, tears I've shed in vain
I watched my dreams crumble, oh oh
But all along the way
Someone heard me pray

3rd Verse

The house is quiet now
And my, my heart is full
And all the ones I love
Lay fast asleep
And I am complete
I turn out the lights
And I whisper goodnight
And I know
This is where I belong
This is where I belong

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