Between A Mother And A Child lyrics - Chely Wright

I know you don't like me

Don't like the things I do

The saddest part just might be

That I don't like you too

You think you know my story

Well maybe you did for a little while

I guess that's the way it goes sometimes

Between a mother and a child

All my life you've reminded me

How you struggled nine long months

Your achin' back and your swollen feet

How you almost lost me once

You say you gave up everything

All the dreams you had

Told us kids we're the only reason

You stayed there with our dad

And you want me to cry for you

You want me to feel the way you do

I'm sorry your life let you down

But the fault it is not mine

It's not supposed to be like this

Between a mother and a child

You want me to just agree

With everything you say

Call my dad the bad guy

Make him pay and pay and pay

It's really not my business

It never was or will ever be

But I know nobody's perfect

And that's counting you and me

Yeah that's counting you and me

I don't remember all that happened

Mama I was just a kid

But if it really was all that bad

Why do you wish I did?

You want me to cry for you

I'll never feel the way you do

I'm sorry your life let you down

But the fault it is not mine

It's not supposed to be this way

Between a mother and a child

Oh a mother and a child

You're my mother and I'm your child

South Side Of Lonesome lyrics - Chely Wright

It's so nice of you to call

To check on me today

It's ironic 'cause after all

You left me this way

You say you'd feel a whole lot better

If I'd at least pick up the phone

'Cause it scares you when you hear my message

"I'm sorry I'm not home"

I'm on the southside of lonesome

Don't know my way back

I am confused and I am broken

Can't believe it hurts this bad

Yeah the southside of lonesome

It's a little hard to find

But you'll know it when you get here

If you haven't lost your mind

I always did kind of wonder

If we ever were to part

Which one of us would be okay

Which one would fall apart

Well I guess I've got my answer now

It's painful and it's clear

I'm goin' places I have never known

God it's worse than I ever feared

I'm on the southside of lonesome

Don't know my way back

I am confused and I am broken

Can't believe it hurts this bad

Yeah the southside of lonesome

It's a little hard to find

But you'll know it when you get here

If you haven't lost your mind

Yeah you'll know it when you get here

If you haven't lost your mind

Wheels lyrics - Chely Wright

I've made you mad as hell heard you yell

But I've never seen you crying

It's clear to us it's serious

We've never been this close to dying

We've gotten way too reckless baby

With this love I thought we treasured

If we keep on like this

We just might miss forever

Baby we never thought to swerve

It's like we drove straight into the curve

Baby we better hit the brakes and take it slow

And get these wheels back on the road

Why do I do what I do

When I don't know what I'm doin'

I can see the hurt from the words

That I'm throwing as they hit you

Why can't I just shut my mouth

And take some time to breathe

You'd think I'd know by now

To think before I speak

Baby we never thought to swerve

It's like we drove straight into the curve

Baby we better hit the brakes and take it slow

And get these wheels back on the road

Our first kiss was in the car

How'd we end up where we are

Broken down and worlds apart

Baby we never thought to swerve

It's like we drove straight into the curve

Baby we better hit the brakes

We better take it slow

And get these wheels back on the road

Get these wheels back on the road

C'est La Vie' lyrics - Chely Wright

It was a teenage wedding

And the old folks wished them well

You could see that Pierre

Did truly love the mademoiselle

Now the young monsieur and madame

Have rung the chapel bell

"C'est la vie" say the old folks

It goes to show you never can tell

They furnished off an apartment

With a two room Roebuck sale

The coolerator was crammed

With TV dinners and gingerale

But when Pierre found work

The little money comin' worked out well

"C'est la vie" say the old folks

It goes to show you never can tell

They had a Hi-Fi phono

And boy did they let it blast

Seven hundred little records

All rock rhythm and jazz

But when the sun went down

The rapid tempo of the music fell

"C'est la vie" say the old folks

It goes to show you never can tell

They bought a souped-up jitney

Was a cherry-red '53

Drove it down to Orleans

To celebrate their anniversary

It was there that Pierre 

Was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle

"C'est la vie" say the old folks

It goes to show you never can tell

It goes to show you never can tell

What If I Can't Say No Again? lyrics - Chely Wright

I'm not afraid of growing old

Or dying young or never finding someone

And I'm not scared of the great unknown

Or being alone when it's all said and done

I'm braver than I used to be

But there's still some things in life that terrify me

What about a phone call in the middle of the night

You whispering so she can't overhear you telling me

You still want me desperately

What about a knock on the door at 3 AM

Don't have to hear your voice

To know you've been drinking

What if my hand opens the door and lets you in

Oh no what if I can't say no again

I drive right by that old restaurant

The one we used to haunt

Without turning my head

And I don't think twice about killing the lights

Yeah I sleep through the nights

Without you in my bed

And knowing I don't need you here

Should leave me nothing to fear

What about a phone call in the middle of the night

You whispering so she can't overhear you telling me

You still want me desperately

What about a knock on the door at 3 AM

Don't have to hear your voice

To know you've been drinking

What if my hand opens the door and lets you in

Oh no what if I can't say no again

What about a phone call in the middle of the night

You whispering so she can't overhear you telling me

You still want me desperately

What about a knock on the door at 3 AM

Don't have to hear your voice

To know you've been drinking

What if my hand opens the door and lets you in

Oh no what if I can't say no again

Oh no what if I can't say no again

EP: "Everything" (2004)

• Everything lyrics - Chely Wright
• Sex, Drugs And Rock 'n Roll lyrics - Chely Wright
• If I Were Jackie lyrics - Chely Wright
• Love Lets Go lyrics - Chely Wright
• Scars lyrics - Chely Wright
• Back Of The Bottom Drawer lyrics - Chely Wright

Everything lyrics - Chely Wright

I heard a real good joke that you would love

And if I'd heard it a few weeks before

I would've reached for the phone and called you up

But we don't do that anymore

I guess we're just old friends who meet like this

In line at the grocery store.

When we say goodbye there is no kiss

'Cause we don't do that anymore

What do I wish I could undo

What do I want to say to you

What did I lose when I gave you back your ring

What did I change by letting go

What do I think I miss the most? everything

When I'm flying high or slip and fall

Hey, that's what a best friend is for

There was a time we shared it all

But we don't do that anymore

What do I wish I could undo

What do I want to say to you

What did I lose when I gave you back your ring

What did I change by letting go

What do I think I miss the most? Everything

The way we laugh

The way we kiss

It just feels wrong to be like this

What do I wish I could undo

What do I want to say to you

What did I lose when I gave you back your ring

What did I change by letting go

What do I think I miss the most? Everything

Ohhh...everything

Sex, Drugs And Rock 'n Roll lyrics - Chely Wright

I never really partied a lot

Steamed up a few windows, kissing in cars

And that's as dangerous as I got

Didn't drink, didn't smoke

Did I think I could go through this world

Pure as an angel

A girl guarded from danger

It wasn't a lucky strike

Or a different lover every night

Or a heavy metal song that made the warnings come true

There's no whiskey hard enough to do the damage that you've done

By packing up and leaving like you said you'd never do

It wasn't sex, drugs, and rock and roll that got me

It was you, it was you, it was you

I should have been living it up

But I was little miss perfect and still ended up here

Well, I would have had a whole lot more fun

Than this mess that you see

Well, I guess it would be my own bed

That I'd have to lie in

But instead you left me crying

It wasn't a lucky strike

Or a different lover everynight

Or a heavy metal song that made the warnings come true

There's no whiskey hard enough to do the damage that you've done

By packing up and leaving like you said you'd never do

It wasn't sex, drugs, and rock and roll that got me

It was you, it was you, it was you

There's no whiskey hard enough to do the damage that you've done

By packing up and leaving like you said you'd never do

It wasn't sex, drugs, and rock and roll that killed me

It was you, it was you, it was you

It was you, it was you, it was you

If I Were Jackie lyrics - Chely Wright

If I had married JFK

I would have lost my mind

'Cause everybody seemed to know

How he spent his leisure time

Well I guess that things were different then

A wife just turned her head

But do you think she cried

When the president didn't make it home to bed

How did she survive

That kind of life

If I were Jackie

I'd got in one of those black sedans

And left the secret service in the dust

If I were Jackie

I'd of told Marylin - you can keep that man

'Cause he's gonna cheat on you like he cheated on us

She kept on facing forward and she held her head up high

Even when she smelled a strange perfume

She stood there by his side

She'd smile and she would wave

Like she had grown accustomed to

The picture of perfection like a debutante would do

Did she ever ask him

Where the hell have you been

If I were Jackie

I'd got in one of those black sedans

And left the secret service in the dust

If I were Jackie

I'd of told Marylin - you can keep that man

'Cause he's gonna cheat on you like he cheated on us

[spoken]

Well, I guess it's easy to sit here today and say what I would do

Yeah, but we'll probably never know

If it was her weakness or strength

That covered up the truth

If I were Jackie

I'd got in one of those black sedans

And left the secret service in the dust

If I were Jackie

I'd of told Marylin - you can keep that man

'Cause he's gonna cheat on you like he cheated on us

If I were Jackie

I'd got in one of those black seans

And left the secret service in the dust

Love Lets Go lyrics - Chely Wright

I can't count the times we've sat and cried

Up all night, trying to work it out

But this feels different than it ever was

This is serious

Are we over now

Everything I've ever learned about love

Baby, I've learned it from us

Love can make you really believe

Love can knock you straight to your knees

Love can make you fight for the things you wanna hold

But sometimes, baby, love lets go

You're the only one who ever thought

That I was strong and I liked it

And I'm the only one you'd ever tell

When you needed help, like I did

I know it hurts you to do this to me

But baby, don't stay where you don't want to be

Love can make you really believe

Love can knock you straight to your knees

Love can make you fight for the things you wanna hold

But sometimes, baby, love lets go

Sometimes, baby, love lets go

Scars lyrics - Chely Wright

I'm not the first to make you cry

I always promise baby this is the last time

You believe in second chances and I love you for that

But I'm on number ninety-nine and you won't take me back

And I can't say I'm sorry

And I can't swear to God I'm gonna change

And I could tell you I will heal the wounds that cut you down

But you've got scars

And I've got scars

Love goes only so far no matter who you are

I had the chance to change your images of trust

Each time you tried before you got tangled up

I couldn't ease the pain of the hurt you'd had before

But I've got history of my own I only hurt you more

And I can't say I'm sorry

And I can't swear to God I'm gonna change

And I could tell you I will heal the wounds that cut you down

But you've got scars

And I've got scars

Love goes only so far no matter who you are

Oh, our past makes up our present

We never really get a brand new start

So you can take your heart and run

But it's gonna leave a mark

And I can't say I'm sorry

And I can't swear to God I'm gonna change

And I could tell you I will heal the wounds that cut you down

But you've got scars

And I've got scars

Love goes only so far no matter who you are

Back Of The Bottom Drawer lyrics - Chely Wright

In the back of the bottom drawer

Of the dresser by our bed

Is a box of odds and ends that I have always kept

But the man who sleeps beside me

Doesn't know it's even there

Little pieces of my past

That I shouldn't have to share

A napkin that is stained with time

Has a poem on it that didn't quite rhyme, but it made me cry

In a "Dear Jane" letter from a different guy

He broke up with me and he told me I'm not always right

And a stolen key from an old hotel room door

In the back of the bottom drawer

I don't keep these things 'cause I'm longing to go back

I keep them because I want to stay right where I'm at

I'm reminded of my rights and wrongs

I don't want to mess this up

But I wouldn't know where I belong

Without this box of stuff

A birthday card from my first boyfriend

He signed it "I love you" so I gave in 

Yeah, we went too far in his daddy's car 

And those Mardi Gras beads from '98 

We danced all night, stayed out so late 

We thought we were stars, closing down the bars

That champagne was cheap but still I've got that cork 

In the back of the bottom drawer

I'm not trying to hide these things from the man I love today 

But I'm a better woman for him, thanks to my yesterdays

So now I try to give more than I take 

And I bite my tongue, fight the urge to say it's my way 

Or no way at all

And now I cherish love a whole lot more

'Cause of what's 

In the back of the bottom drawer

"Never Love You Enough" (2001)

• Never Love You Enough lyrics - Chely Wright
• Jezebel lyrics - Chely Wright
• One Night In Las Vegas lyrics - Chely Wright
• While I Was Waiting lyrics - Chely Wright
• What If We Fly lyrics - Chely Wright
• Wouldn't It Be Cool lyrics - Chely Wright
• Love Didn't Listen lyrics - Chely Wright
• For The Long Run lyrics - Chely Wright
• Horoscope lyrics - Chely Wright
• Not As In Love lyrics - Chely Wright
• Deep Down Low lyrics - Chely Wright

Never Love You Enough lyrics - Chely Wright

If all of my life I try and I try

Baby I could never show you

All this love I have inside

'Cause every day when we wake

I look deep into your eyes I realize

[Chorus:]

I could kiss you in the rain forever

Turn all of your pain to pleasure

Fill up all your days with sunlight

Make the passion last every night

Give you my every possession

Make you my only obsession

Climb up to the sky and pull down all the stars above

But I could never love you enough

If I could have one wish it would just be this

That I could take you to my soul

And show you all the love there is

This never ending sea deep inside of me

There's no stopping it baby even if

[Chorus]

No matter what I do

It's never as much as I want to

Baby it could never be enough

[Chorus]

Jezebel lyrics - Chely Wright

I give him love the best I can

But you don't seem to understand

It's not always deep

But it's always true

And he does not belong to you

Hey I do not forgive and I do not forget

I will fight for love until the death

[Chorus:]

Jezebel, save your charms

He'll be back here in my arms

Oh how quickly you forget

He is not yours yet

He is not yours not yet

Gonna throw on this cotton dress

Put lilac scent on the back of my neck

Walk barefoot down that mountainside

Straight to your door girl you can't hide

'Cause I do not forgive and I do not forget

I will fight for love until the death

[Chorus]

Standing out in the pourin' rain

Callin' out my lover's name

I know he won't leave me in the cold

Send my baby home

Send my baby home

[Chorus]

One Night In Las Vegas lyrics - Chely Wright

Flight 709 pulled up to the gate

An hour and 45 minutes late

And of course our connection was already in the air

Spent a day of our vacation in Chicago O'Hare

And like musical chairs at the baggage belt

We were the last ones standin' there when nothin' came out

Looking back now on our string of bad luck

That just wasn't our day but you know what?

That one night in Las Vegas

Lyin' there with you

Was well worth everything that you and I went through

And so it goes, our life's been that way

Puttin' out fires, takin' it day by day

And look at this year, it's been our hardest one yet

Just when we thought it had gotten bad as it could get

You got transferred to Denver, I stayed behind

Put the house on the market 'bout went outta my mind

And your dad got sick, I've never seen you so scared

We almost didn't make it through the year

But that weekend in the mountains

In a cabin all by ourselves

Makin' that one memory made up for everything else

Oooh me and my insecurities

You and your stubborn pride

If we've learned anything it's there's no winner when we fight

So this mornin' in our kitchen

After talkin' all night long

We finally stopped tryin' to figure out

Who's right and who is wrong

And when you hold me like you're holdin' me

And I kiss your tired face

We know we took the long way here

But wound up in a better place

Baby one night in Las Vegas

Or one weekend in the mountains

Any moment we're together makes up for everything else

While I Was Waiting lyrics - Chely Wright

I fumbled with a napkin, I had a glass of wine

I was a little early, I had a little time

I sat up at the bar talking to a stranger

It seemed a safe thing to do

While I was waiting, while I was waiting for you

He said that I was pretty, then he turned back to his beer

And something about this stranger was subtle and sincere

He said he grew up in Memphis, but he didn't like the blues

And our one dance turned into two

While I was waiting, while I waiting for you

When you walked in the door

When you walked up to him

When you took my hand and said that you were cutting in

This stranger from Memphis was very polite

He said you sure do have a lovely wife

Wife, he thought I was your wife

Well that's what got me thinking, it's like someone slammed the door

You just wanna girlfriend, I want so much more

You ask me what's the hurry? You say let's take our time

Well I say our time it just flew

While I was waiting, while I was waiting

For you to pop the question, for you to make your move

I turned into someone new

While I was waiting, while I was waiting for you

What If We Fly lyrics - Chely Wright

Reasons

We've got a million

To stop taking chances

And start playing it safe

Memories

Of old love can haunt you

I should be scared to death

But I can't walk away

[Chorus:]

'Cause what if we fly

What if we fly

And dive off the edge of the end of the world as we know it

What if we fly

Have faith enough to think fate might just know where we're going

What if the arms of the wind carry us to the place

We never could find

Yes we might fall

But what if we fly

Answers

They don't come easy

I don't know what's wrong anymore

But I know when it's right

Only a dreamer

The truest believer

Can let the chains fall to the ground

And take to the sky

[Chorus]

I know we might fall

But what if we fly

Wouldn't It Be Cool lyrics - Chely Wright

Wouldn't it be cool if all the supermodels tried to look like me

And wouldn't it be cool if someone's character was something you could see

Wouldn't it be cool if I could fly

Get a new perspective from the sky

Ooo wouldn't it be cool

Wouldn't it be cool if I could do long division in my head

Wouldn't it be cool if I didn't have to edit what I said

Wouldn't it be cool if life was fair

When someone says, "I love you" they will always be there

[Chorus:]

If one day you beg and plead for me to take you back

I would be so unaffected I would simply laugh and laugh

Wouldn't it be cool... cool

Wouldn't it be cool if I could catch you at a restaurant with her

And wouldn't it be cool if I was strong enough to muster up the nerve

To tell her all the secrets that we had

Just to see you squirm and feel as bad as I do

Wouldn't it be cool

[Chorus]

Love Didn't Listen lyrics - Chely Wright

He was a rebel she was born across the tracks

Her parents had his never did

To look at them it didn't fit

Everyone whispered ain't it weird him with her

It'll never work that's what they said

But to this day he takes away her breath

[Chorus:]

Love didn't listen

It only hears what it wants to hear

Two hearts beating as one

The odds were against 'em

Oh but they had something on their side

When doubt said it can't be done

Love didn't listen

Married one summer and it was heaven seven years

Yeah, there were tears but no big deal

They just kept rollin' up love's hill

Then one night it happened, bitter words, slammin' doors

She said divorce he said me too

But even though it sounded like the thing to do

[Chorus]

It was an obstacle course

Had every negative force

Tellin' them they'll never make it (but)

[Chorus]