by Jack Ingram on album Big Dreams And High Hopes

Like the fish in the lake and the cane pole you make And the feeling when one's on the line Like the smile of a friend glad to see you again That erases the passing of time Like the eagle that flies,

by Jack Ingram on album Big Dreams & High Hopes

I had so much to give you You threw it all away So I hole up in this corner Act like I've nothing to say Knowing as soon as you ask me If there's something wrong I might blow up any minute You'll say

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

I'm a beat-up Ford, you're a Cadillac There ain't nothin' wrong with that Your folks think I'm poor white trash There ain't nothin' wrong with that Daddy says stay away from you Momma's 'fraid that o

by Jack Ingram on album Hey You

Where in hell did you go? You left us all alone I wasn't even eighteen You never turned around Like some kid out on the run You headed for the fun down in Biloxi And the Gulf of Mexico Where I guess

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

I really want to work this out Is there something I've got to do Tell me how to make this right 'Cause I've got to get through to you If I could find the right thing to say That would finally take aw

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

Don't you remember who I used to be? I'm the one you said you'd always need Have you forgotten the love you promised me? Don't you remember who I used to be? There was a time when everything was eas

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

Don't you ever get tired of the noise? Don't you ever get bored with the crowd? If they have so much to say Would they have to talk so loud Why don't we get out of here 'Cause I want to whisper in you

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

She slammed the screen door Kicked up the dust pullin' out of here Probably headed for Baton Rouge Her taillights just disappeared I tried everything within my power To get her to stay Guess all I ca

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

Well, I know that you'll see her before I do 'Cause she told me I never would again But I've got to get a message to her somehow So I'm asking you this favor as a friend If you see Juanita ask her fo

by Jack Ingram on album Hey You

I know why you asked me here You're not sure the coast is clear You're about to speak your mind This small talk is a bad sign How many days have I been here tonight How many days have I been here ton

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

I look around and all I see is people Trying to find a reason If this world can hand out such a beatin' And they don't wanna hurt anymore When we were young it all seemed to be easy Everything within

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

I don't know why you surprise me You've said it all before How you've sold yourself short And you deserve more But you never leave, you wake up in the morning You've slept another one off You say, I'

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

People are saying that times take care Of people like me And that I'm living too fast and they say I won't last much longer But little they see that their thoughts of me Is my savior And little they

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

Stare out at the horizon Start the car and call the road your friend Tell the girls and the Lord above You'll think fondly and call back now and then Head out of the city Go find what they brought yo

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

Well, it's Friday night, Mary's lookin' fancy Got her red dress on, she must be goin' dancin' on that town That Mary goes round Everybody knows her all over town Well, I wanted to dance, so I walked

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

We still listen to high school football On the radio in West Texas Lights to shine bright every Friday night And you can drive ninety miles an hour Down the highway straight to ' Cisco The cops are at

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

Billy lights a cigarette Thinkin' that it might do him some good Tammy comes over and sits right down beside him 'Cause she thinks, she should They don't know what they're gettin' into Did you think

by Jack Ingram on album Big Dreams & High Hopes

Listen to old John goin' on and on About his glory days But then the ball slips through his finger tips The seconds tick away That's one football game he'd love to replay Then there's Ruby Jean, well

by Jack Ingram on album Miscellaneous

I always believed and followed Trusted in things, relied on faith Faith let me down in hollow Now, I have found another way All I can do is what you want me to do, but I don't And all I can say is wh

by Jack Ingram on album Live Wherever You Are

I used to be so down and out I used to be so blue Now the only thing I talk about Only thing I do Is spin around like a school kid Just off the merry-go-round Yeah I'm dizzy but it's 'cause I'm heade