"Lifted Off The Ground" (2010)




Broken lyrics - Chely Wright

Why can't you just believe in me?
Not everyone is the enemy
I'm trying hard I swear I am
I'm doin' the best I can

But I'm Broken
Broken

I'm wagin' war up in my head
Last time I loved it 'bout left me dead
And you're no better off 'cause you got burned too
By someone you thought you really knew

Now you're Broken
Broken

You hold a little back in case I leave
That way I can't take all of you
But that guarded part is the part I need
So I don't feel like I'm a fool

Last time that I let somebody in
It really hurt me but that was then
So here we are, just you and me
The sum of all our injuries

Don't try to push me 'cause I might break
Not sure how much of this I can take
So if you otta go, well that's alright too
Guess there's not a lot that we can do

'Cause we're Broken
Broken

You hold a little back in case I leave
That way I can't take all of you
But that guarded part is the part I need
So I don't feel like I'm a fool

Yeah, we're Broken
Baby we're Broken

Heavenly Days lyrics - chely Wright

Heavenly Days
Look at that sky
It could've been rainin'
It could've been dry
It could've been cloudy
It could've been clear
It could've been sunshine
It could've been drear
It could've been so many ways
Heavenly Days

Havenly Days
So what do we do?
Dare to be different
Dare to be true
Bury the treasure
Like we've always done
Or crawl from the wreckage
And walk in the sun
Fannin' the flame 'til it's a blaze
Heavenly Days

Heavenly Days
Look at us now
We're comin' up roses
And takin' a bow
Tennessee tomboy
Feminine girl
Takin' a ride
On the top of the world
Nobody's master
Nobody's slave
Heavenly Days

It's your place in line
It's your right of birth
It's your light to shine
Down on God's green earth
It's your brother's hand
It's your sister's smile
It's your father's plan
For your mother's child
And it's comin' in waves
Heavenly Days

Hang Out In Your Heart lyrics - Chely Wright

Taste me in your morning coffee 
Feel me in the air 
When the sunlight warms your skin 
Baby, think of me 

See me standing there beside you 
When you know that your alone 
And hear our conversations when you breathe 

And baby, 
Tell me where you are 
If I can't make it 
Let me hangout in your heart 

I know you don't really need me, 
But still you opened up 
And I guess that's why this all feels so damn good 

You know I don't need you either 
But we want the want enough 
And if we could deny it 
We probably would 

And baby, 
Tell me where you are 
If I can't make it 
Let me hangout in your heart 

So, I will let the echoes of your laughter 
fill my mind 
and I won't try to fight the drug you are 

And maybe you will welcome for to meet from time to time 
And you just let me hang out in your heart 
Won't you let me hangout in your heart

Notes To The Coroner lyrics - Chely Wright

I hope I haven't been lying here long
I'd say, "I told you so," but I'm long gone
Who called you? Who found me?
Who had to spread the news?
I hope it wasn't my sister

I wrote it down for you in case I didn't survive
In a black notebook right there by my side
Be sure to read it, it'll tell you everything
Go ahead and start from December

These are my notes to the coroner
Clues with no compromise
Notes to the coroner
Details of my demise

You'll wanna take my blod to smear on a slide
But if you just read on you'll know how I died
Terminal sadness, chronic regret
A big ball of pain in pajamas

These are my notes to the coroner
Clues with no compromise
Notes to the coroner
Details of my demise

Palpitations of a broken heart
Triggered my shortness of breath
I lost too much love and then I fell apart
Official cause of my death

Notes to the coroner
Clues with no compromise
Notes to the coroner
Details of my demise

These are my notes to the coroner
Clues with no compromise
Notes to the coroner
Details of my demise

Snow Globe lyrics - Chely Wright

My bellybutton came untied
The elevator turned to stone
I ran with waving arms
Then I lifted off the ground

I took a pill I shouldn't have
I'm not so sorry that I did
'Cause I can't wait to slip out where
I'm lost and can't be found

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

I see my mother, she is young
She doesn't know it's me I guess
We talk about the planets
Then run wildly down the street

The circles and the squares
Are shaking one another's hands
And I'm about to get on stage
But I'm too naked for to sing

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Oh is this a bad dream?
Or the best dream that I've ever had?
And oh what is waiting, beyond the mirror,
Beyond the curtain, 
Beyond what fades into the black?

I'm floating in a snow globe
Being tossed around like glitter
And I think I'm being shot at
So I swing and swing in vain

Apostrophes and commas
They are doing all that they do
Trying to reconcile some truth
In an atmosphere insane

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Like Me lyrics - Chely wright

Without your glasses you just plain can't see
You favorite color for the most part is green
You're close to your grandma on your mother's side
You can count up on one hand the times you have lied

You won't eat a tomato on a double-dog dare
You don't think you're a beauty but you do like your hair
Your complex and tricky, yet someways you're not
You're up some, you're down some
You're cold and you're hot

And who's gonna end up holdin' your hand-
A beautiful woman or a tall, handsome man?
There's no doubt they'll love you, but it's yet to be seen:
Will anyone ever know you like me?

Will anyone ever know you like me?

You like plantin' flowers, that's heaven to you
Crack open a beer when you're planting through
You'll paint all your toenails if you have time,
while listening to Willie, Dylan and Pride

And who's gonna end up holdin' your hand-
A beautiful woman or a tall, handsome man?
There's no doubt they'll love you, but it's yet to be seen:
Will anyone ever know you like me?

You'd rather make-out then make love all night
You like if your bath is too hot
Your closet is cluttered with dress pants and Levis that you wish you'd never bought

And who's gonna end up holdin' your hand-
A beautiful woman or a tall, handsome man?
There's no doubt they'll love you, but it's yet to be seen:
Will anyone ever know you like me?

Will anyone ever know you like me?

That Train lyrics - Chely Wright

There's no way that I could ever do the things it does
Cradle tons of gravel and the timbers all piled up
Be that as it may I still do wish that I could be-
Made of rivets made of steel,
And built for speed

Hey-hey, hey
Hey-hey, hey
I wanna be that train
I wanna be that free
Hang onto that track is all they'll ever ask of me
Smooth heavy wheels to roll me away
I wanna be that train

I'd get to see the mountains and the planes from coast to coast
Many might adore me but they wouldn't get too close
I'd never be that lonely 'cause my engine and caboose,
Wouldn't leave me, we'd be bound
Yeah, we'd be breakin' loose

Hey-hey, hey
Hey-hey, hey
I wanna be that train
I wanna be that free
Hang onto that track is all they'll ever ask of me
Smooth heavy wheels to roll me away
I wanna be that train

Hey-hey, hey
Hey-hey, hey
Hey-hey, hey
Hey-hey, hey
I wanna be that train
I wanna be that free
Hang onto that track is all they'll ever ask of me
Smooth heavy wheels to roll me away
I wanna be that train

I wanna be that train
I wanna be that...
Train

Damn Liar lyrics - Chely Wright

Does anybody really know you?
Can anybody say they truly do?

You swear that you're a hick retriever
Your limbs are loaded down with rotten fruit

You gotta keep on spinnin' around
Never let your worlds collide
'Cause if we all start talkin' there might be nowhere for you to hide

You're a damn liar
A damn liar
A damn liar
How'd you make it this far
Being a, a damn liar
You damn liar
A damn liar
That's what you are

Don't you find it all confusin'
keeping up with all the tales you tell?
You're scared to death that I'll run into the one before me you put through hell

To you we're all disposable and that's exactly what you do
You just deleted me 'cause I was on to you

You're a damn liar
A damn liar
A damn liar
How'd you make it this far
Being a, a damn liar
You damn liar
A damn liar
That's what you are

You're a damn liar
A damn liar
A damn liar
How'd you make it this far
Bein' a damn liar
Miserable liar
Damn liar
That's what you are
Damn liar
A damn liar
You're a damn liar
How'd you make it this far
Damn liar
You fuckin' liar
You're a damn liar
That's what you are

Wish Me Away lyrics - Chely Wright

Close your eyes squeeze them tight 
I wish I may, I wish I might 
Keep on repeating your little chant 
You might believe it but I just can't 

Wish me away, wish me away 

Keep talking louder that's what you do 
You're just shouting over you 
Trying to ignore the voice inside 
You couldn't be more like a child 

To wish me away, wish me away 
Won't wish, hope, and pray 
Wish me away 

We didn't have an easy time 
but whatever it was it was your's and mine 
it wasn't always perfect or fair 
You don't want it but it's still there 

How's it workin' for you so far? 
Do you feel better the longer we're apart? 
Oh baby love's not like nicotine 
You still see me, don't you, in your dreams 

Wish me away, wish me away 
Won't wish, hope, and pray 
Wish me away 

Wish me away, wish me away 
Won't wish, hope, and pray 
Wish me away

Object Of Your Rejection lyrics - Chely Wright

I'm that little voice inside your head
Look at what you've done to me
You knew all along that you were lying when you said,
All those pretty words and lovely things

You'd really like to be let off the hook
Won't somebody scrub your conscience clean?
But that cannot be done, you'll probably need to see a shrink
No, you can't take a pill to silence me

So I'll keep talkin' and talkin', I swear I won't give you a moments peace
You'll never again have to look my face, but you'll always hear from me
It was so damn easy for you to cut off your affection
So here I am the object of your rejection

Your whole life you've done things just like this
No responsibility, no blame
But you can't always get away treatin' people like shit,
And expect it won't catch up with you someday

So I'll keep talkin' and talkin', I swear I won't give you a moments peace
You'll never again have to look my face, but you'll always hear from me
It was so damn easy for you to cut off your affection
So here I am the object of your rejection

I am your creation
Your the one who trapped me in your brain
Now I'm forced to haunt you
Bet you never thought we'd turn on you this way

So I'll keep talkin' and talkin', I swear I won't give you a moments peace
You'll never again have to look my face, but you'll always hear from me
It was so damn easy for you to cut off your affection
So here I am the object of your rejection

Shadows Of Doubt lyrics - Chely Wright

Lay down your head
On cotton and feathers, so soft
Let go of feelin' alone
Have something that baby you're not

And right now you don't call me friend,
But I'm still here, where I've always been
And even though you don't know it right now,
I'll outlast the shadows of doubt
Yeah, I'm stronger then shadows of doubt

And when you find love again
Yes, baby, I hope that you do
Maybe we won't be in vain
and you'll let me be somethin' to you

And right now you don't call me friend,
But I'm still here where I've always been
And even though you don't know it right now,
I'll outlast the shadows of doubt
Yeah, I'm stronger then shadows of doubt

Lay down your head
On cotton and feathers, so soft
Let go of feelin' alone
Have something that baby you're not...

"The Metropolitan Hotel" (2005)




It's The Song lyrics - Chely Wright

Different day, different town
Set it up to tear it down
Oh I ain't been home in almost fifty days
Houston Baton Rouge
Poor girl's gotta pay her dues
And the speeder bus is always driving away

Oh I love what I do
But I wonder what I do it all for
But when I sing, they sing along
I forget where I am
But I know where I belong
The reason why I'm standing here
It's not the miles
It's not the pay
It's not the show
It's not the fame that makes this home
It's the song

Her birthday was in Alabama
Father's day was in Montana
And on Mother's day I was nowhere near the phone
Every hotel bed feels the same
As the last one where I stayed
And it's bending in my sheet
And falling asleep alone

Oh I love what I do
But I wonder what I do it all for
When I sing, they sing along
I forget where I am
But I know where I belong
The reason why I'm standing here
It's not the miles
It's not the pay
It's not the show
It's not the fame that makes this home
It's the song

Dolly and Loretta
Maybe some Patsy Cline
I'm so lonesome I could cry
But when I sing, they sing along
I forget where I am
But I know where I belong
The reason why I'm standing here
It's not the ride
It's not the name
It's not just staying in the game
It's not the miles
It's not the pay
It's not the show
It's not the fame that makes this home
It's the song
It's the song

I Got Him Ready For You lyrics - Chely Wright

I taught him how to talk to me
I showed him what a woman needs
A hand just to hold in the dark
He used to think it was enough
Sending flowers to show love
Now he knows he's gotta open his heart
And the saddest thing 'bout how it all came down
Is he's not here with me now

I got him ready for you
Look at all the things he can do
You can cry on his shoulder
He might even cry too
He's come a long long way
And it's tragic but true
I guess I've got him ready for you

I wouldn't say I have regrets
'bout the time that we both spent
If the truth be known, I'm a little better too
So when he does the little things, when he treats you like a queen
In a crazy way I'm bearing the rood
Ooh, I feel like I did all the fixing in mud
But you moved into our house of love

I got him ready for you
Look at all the things he can do
You can cry on his shoulder
He might even cry too
He's come a long long way
And it's tragic but true
I guess I've got him ready for you

I don't blame you, I'm not saying you stole him away from me
I just want you to know he's not the man he used to be, yeah

He's come a long long way
And it's tragic but true
I guess I've got him ready for you
I guess I've got him ready for you

The River lyrics - Chely Wright

On a Friday night where I grew up
There ain't a whole lot you can do
The same ole' faces the same ole' places
Ain't nothin' ever new
After the football game we'd hang around
The high school parking lot
Then we'd pile into a couple of cars
And head off to our favorite spot

Down to the river
We went to the river

My Sophomore year was a carbon copy
Of the ones that came before
'Til a night in late November
That shook us all down to the core

We'd won the game by twenty points
Couldn't wait to celebrate
But our lead car was goin' way too fast
They never even hit the breaks
They went into the river
Deep in the river

We buried Laurie Mabrey
In the clothes that she'd been wearin'
Her cheerleader outfit never looked
So out of place

That sweater and that pleated skirt
Of blue and white and crimson
Just didn't belong in that shiny silver case

I moved here to Nashville
On May 12th '89
And I started gettin' letters once a week
From this friend of mine

I'd gone to school with Christine Thuro
From kindergarten on
She'd say hang in there 'cause
I just know you're gonna be a star
She and her boyfriend and a couple of kids
I guess she met through him
Set out for the Marais Des Cygne
To try to cool off by takin' a swim

There'd been a lot of rain that summer
And the current was too strong
I heard that they did all they could
But Christine she was gone

Into the river
She died there in the river

I was baptized in that same water
Gave my soul to Jesus
How can such a peaceful place
Be filled with so much pain

'Cause two young mothers lost their daughters
Right there for no reason
I swear I'll never go down there again

Back to the river
That mean ole' river
That beautiful river
That damn ole' river
That damn ole' river

Just The Way We Do It lyrics - Chely Wright

We don't ever stay mad for long and I
Guess I've always liked that 'bout us
We usually end up on the floor laughin'
Makin' fun of whatever it was

Passions run high
And it might seem like sometimes
We don't get along (but)

Baby that's just the way we do it
Fight a little bit but we get through it
Lovin' like this you hold on to it
Baby that's just the way we do it
If we hold back on what we're feelin' we
Run the danger of growin' apart
Everybody knows that's how love goes from
Good to bad in the beat of a heart

As long as we talk
Nobody's walkin' out
Right or wrong

Baby that's just the way we do it
Fight a little bit but we get through it
When you got it like this you hold on to it
Baby that's just the way we do it

Bumper Of My SUV lyrics - Chely Wright

I've got a bright red sticker on the back of my car
Says United States Marines
And yesterday a lady in a mini-van held up a middle finger at me
Does she think she knows what I stand for
Or the things that I believe
Just by looking at a sticker for the U.S. Marines
On the bumper of my SUV

See, my brother Chris, he's been in for more than 14 years now
Our dad was in the Navy during Vietnam
Did his duty then he got out
And my grandpa earned his purple heart
On the beach of Normandy
That's why I've got a sticker for the U.S. Marines
On the bumper of my SUV

But that doesn't mean that I want war
I'm not Republican or Democrat
But I've gone all around this crazy world
Just to try and better understand
Yes, I do have questions
I get to ask them because I'm free
That's why I've got a sticker for the U.S. Marines
On the bumper of my SUV

'Cause I've been to Hiroshima
And I've been to the DMZ
I've walked on the sand in Baghdad
Still don't have all of the answers I need
But I guess I wanna know where she's been
Before she judges and gestures to me
'Cause she don't like my sticker for the U.S. Marines
On the bumper of my SUV

So I hope that lady in her mini-van
Turns on her radio and hears this from me
As she picks up her kids from their private school
And drives home safely on our city streets
Or to the building where her church group meets
Yeah, that's why I've got a sticker for the U.S. Marines
On the bumper of my SUV

Your Shirt lyrics - Chely Wright

There's a rip in the elbow of the left sleeve
And one button doesn't match
You sewed that one on yourself
And at the time it made me laugh
It's frayed on the collar it's so old and faded out blue
And I'll never wash it 'cause
It smells so exactly like you
When you left it I'm sure
You didn't think twice about it
But the irony is that I can't live without it

I wear your shirt like it's your arms around me
I put it on and you just surround me
It's so soft on my skin
Like the touch of your hands
So good it hurts
I should burn it I know
Tear it up I'm this close
But for the moment I just can't let go
Of your shirt

It keeps me warm when I sleep
And those nights I don't
It keeps me company
I've got it on in the mornings having coffee
And after work when I'm watching TV
It's my comfort it's my torture and yes I realize
It's just some worn out old fabric
But it's my consolation prize
And I'd be a wreck in a New York minute
If I think too long of how you held me in it

I wear your shirt like it's your arms around me
I put it on and you just surround me
It's so soft on my skin
Like the touch of your hands
So good it hurts
I should burn it I know
Tear it up I'm this close
But for the moment I just can't let go
Of your shirt

Your shirt I love your shirt

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