YOU DON'T KNOW ME (Erin Thomas)
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
Who do you think you are?
You've taken it way too far now.
You don't know me.
Well I get moody when I'm hungry.
The only thing I know for sure;
The train comes at 8 and 4.
And I love the rain,
And I know the pain
of losing one you love in life
and not knowing where he is tonight.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
Who do you think you are?
You've taken it way too far now.
You don't know me.
Well my family's big and crazy.
And everything changes.
I keep turning the pages.
And I know that He watches over me.
And I don't have to fear,
but i think I'll have another beer.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
Well my Daddy will be who he will be.
There's wisdom in his eyes.
Strength and love you can't define.
And I have faith in humanity.
Everyone's the same, my friend.
Perhaps we should start again.
Cause you don't know,
You don't know,
You don't know me.
You don't know me.
GONE (Erin Thomas)
My bags are packed and I'm ready to go.
My bags are packed and I'm ready to go.
I gotta skip this town
gotta hit the ground
runnin, let my hair down
or I'm gonna drown
I gotta go somewhere new.
Oh yeah.
I'm gone, gone, gone and I don't know where I'm goin.
It's been a long, long, long, long, long time comin.
I'm gone, gone, gone and I don't know where I'm goin.
And I don't know if I'm ever comin' back around here.
Black top's burnin my memories.
Black top's burnin my memories.
I got the top rolled back
got my dog in my lap
I got my bike on the rack
and my Gentlemen Jack.
I gotta go somewhere new.
Oh yeah.
I'm gone, gone, gone and I don't know where I'm goin.
It's been a long, long, long, long, long time comin.
I'm gone, gone, gone and I don't know where I'm goin.
And I don't know if I'm ever comin' back around here.
Time's a waistin here.
I'm running from fear and love.
Oh yeah.
I'm gone, gone, gone and I don't know where I'm goin.
It's been a long, long, long, long, long time comin.
I'm gone, gone, gone and I don't know where I'm goin.
And I don't know if I'm ever comin' back around here.
THAT KIND OF LOVE (Erin Thomas)
That ain't the kind of love people dream about.
Cinderella's slipper fits just right but she's not allowed.
And that ain't the kind of love people talk about.
The kind you gotta bottle up inside and never let it out.
Well love was made to breathe,
and love was made to grow.
Love was made to fly and so was I.
Love is all we need.
Love will set us free,
but love was meant to be between you and me.
And I wanna know,
Where does that kind of love go?
Where does it go?
I wanna know, where does it go?
That ain't the kind of love people brag about.
That fire burning in your heart, you better put it out.
That ain't the kind of love people write about.
Life ain't no fairy tale, man there ain't no doubt.
Well love was made to breathe,
and love was made to grow.
Love was made to fly and so was I.
Love is all we need.
Love will set us free,
but love was meant to be between you and me.
And I wanna know,
Where does that kind of love go?
Where does it go?
I wanna know, where does it go?
Well this sweet, sweet sugar's turning to fat.
Holdin on to a love like that...
It won't get you nowhere,
Cause love was made to breathe,
and love was made to grow.
Love was made to fly and so was I.
Love is all we need.
Love will set us free,
but love was meant to be between you and me.
And I wanna know,
Where does that kind of love go?
Where does it go?
I wanna know, where does it go?
THINK ABOUT IT (Erin Thomas)
Do you wanna sail around the world?
Think about what you want.
Do you wanna meet a pretty girl?
Think about what you want.
Do you wanna climb to the highest peak?
Think about what you want.
Or do you wanna have a great big family?
Think about what you want.
Think about what you want,
Don'tcha think about what you don't
and really that's all you gotta think about.
I'm tellin you baby you oughtta think about what you want
and really that's all you gotta think about.
Thinking that you're not cut out for the big leagues.
Think about what you want.
Or maybe all you wanna do is play guitar and sing.
Think about what you want.
Dreaming of the day you'll cross that finish line.
Think about what you want.
Have you ever had a time when you just can't find the right rhyme?
Think about what you want.
Can you think about what you want,
Don'tcha think about what you don't
and really that's all you gotta think about.
I'm tellin you baby you oughtta think about what you want
and really that's all you gotta think about.
Cause when you have a little hard time
and you need a little sunshine,
Think about what you want.
I promise you can do just about anything in your mind
If you think about what you want.
Dealing with the thought of putting that bottle down,
Think about what you want.
Trying to find the perfect man and a beautiful wedding gown,
Think about what you want.
Even when you're down to your last dime,
Think about what you want.
and you really wanna quit, and you've tried time after time
think about what you want.
Think about what you want,
Don'tcha think about what you don't
and really that's all you gotta think about.
I'm tellin you baby you oughtta think about what you want
and really that's all you gotta think about.
Are you thinking about it?....
Think about what you want,
Don'tcha think about what you don't
and really that's all you gotta think about.
I'm tellin you baby you oughtta think about what you want
and really that's all you gotta think about.
YELLOW ROSE (Erin Thomas)
She sits alone, my yellow rose, sipping a cup of hot tea.
With a pad and a pen, again and again she writes a letter to me.
And she's my only grandmama.
With her fancy style and her laugh full of drama.
She sits alone with eloquent prose.
She's my yellow rose.
She's the yellow rose of Texas and the family.
Life on the farm, the dirt and the charm, and children working hard and running free.
Oh the stories she'll tell of Heaven and Hell and Texas in '23.
And she's my only grandmama.
With her fancy style and her laugh full of drama.
Life on the farm couldn't do her no harm,
She's my yellow rose.
She's the yellow rose of Texas and the family.
The card playing queen, she's quick and she's mean.
Better watch your back, cause she'll sneak attack!
And my first memory is her singing to me softly, "Bring back my Bonnie to me."
And she's my only grandmama.
With her fancy style and her laugh full of drama.
The card playing queen with the rosary beads,
She's my yellow rose.
She's the yellow rose of Texas and the family.
And she's my only grandmama.
With her fancy style and her laugh full of drama.
The life she lives and the love she gives,
She's my yellow rose.
She's the yellow rose of Texas
the prettiest rose of Texas.
She's the yellow rose of Texas and the family.
1971 (Erin Thomas)
We were just kids, oh, way back when
between me and the pines of Georgia, I carried that baby boy around.
Well I'm older now and, thank God, times have changed.
But my secret thoughts surround him day to day, and I pray:
Where's my baby boy?
I wonder what his name is.
And does he feel ashamed of
what I did, what I did...what I did way back then.
I hope he understands that all I had to give him
was love, was love.
I gave him all my love way back then.
Then I gave him away.
I hope I get to see him someday.
Thirty years gone and those Georgia pines,
Still harboring that secret.
In my heart and on my mind
And I see his face when I close my eyes.
And does he still look like me?
And I cry,
Where's my baby boy?
I wonder what his name is.
And does he feel ashamed of
what I did, what I did...what I did way back then.
I hope he understands that all I had to give him
was love, was love.
I gave him all my love way back then.
Then I gave him away.
I hope I get to see him someday.