Loose Cannon Album Lyrics by Jake Owen

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Hot Truck Beer

I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't think like I did back then
Seventeen somewhere in between who I was and who I am
Yeah, we'd drive anywhere just to drive anywhere, yeah
I don't smoke, I don't drink but I wouldn't change a thing back when
We were

Smoking something from the center console
Drinking too early by a couple years
Alabama pumping out the Alpines
Kool cigarettes and hot truck beer
Mama's tears and daddy's tough love
We knew better but we didn't care
Didn't have it all but it was close enough
'Cause of Kool cigarettes and hot truck beer

Fake ID, Wintergreen, nicotine, gas was cheap so we went
Down 13 to the beach, didn't know what it'd mean back then
But time flies and things change
That's life
Yeah, I'm a long way from

Smoking something from the center console
Drinking too early by a couple years
Alabama pumping out the Alpines
Kool cigarettes and hot truck beer
Mama's tears and daddy's tough love
We knew better but we didn't care
Didn't have it all but it was close enough
'Cause of Kool cigarettes and hot truck beer

But time flies and things change
That's life
Yeah, I'm a long way from

Smoking something from the center console
Drinking too early by a couple years
Alabama pumping out the Alpines
Kool cigarettes and hot truck beer
Mama's tears and daddy's tough love
We knew better but we didn't care
Didn't have it all but it was close enough
'Cause of Kool cigarettes and hot truck beer
Kool cigarettes and hot truck beer

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Go Getter

We got in a fight last night
Took it a little too far
She left me in the tail lights
And I left and headed to the bar
She said, "I ain't comin' back"
Last time she said that
She was gone with the wind, but here we go again

I've been a go getter ever since I met her
I've been a work real hard to steal her heart
Give her everything she deserves, yeah
She knows I'm out here sippin' a cold beer
Takin' some time to think
I know she's at her sister's, lightin' up one of those
Soon as I'm done with this drink
I'm a go getter
Yeah, I'm a go getter

Well, I used to be easy to leave
One goodbye was enough
Just a walkin' 'round draggin' my feet
Yeah, I never really cared that much
Well, these days I'm right on time
Show up and change her mind
Anybody else I'd let go, but not her
No, I know better

I'ma go getter ever since I met her
I've been a work real hard to steal her heart
Give her everything she deserves, yeah
She knows I'm out here sippin' a cold beer
Takin' some time to think
I know she's at her sister's, lightin' up one of those
Soon as I'm done with this drink
I'm a go getter
Yeah, I'm a go getter

It we ain't fightin' or lovin'
Or somethin' in between
If we ain't lovin' or fightin'
Yeah, that's just kind of our thing
Yeah, that's just kind of our thing

And I'ma go getter ever since I met her
I've been a work real hard to steal her heart
Give her everything she deserves, yeah
She knows I'm out here sippin' a cold beer
Takin' some time to think
I know she's at her sister's, lightin' up one of those
Soon as I'm done with this drink
I'm a go getter
Yeah, I'm a go getter

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Solo Solo

Ever since she left, man, I ain't been right
Started in the dark with a cold Bud Light
Killed a six pack, then grabbed a fifth of whiskey

Fixed me a drink 'cause my heart's all broke
Heavy on the Jack, little light on the Coke
Having me a she ain't coming back porch party
Yeah, she got me

Sippin' on a Solo, solo
Feeling pretty high but I'm down low
Holding on tight 'cause she let go
Going under, getting over that tail light glow
Cup's bright red but I feel blue
She was the one so I poured two
'Case she comes back again and until then I'll sit here all alone
Sippin' on a Solo, solo

Oughta be downtown, sayin' what's up
Tryna put a drink in a pretty girl's cup
Lost in a crowd tryna find someone
'Stead of going hard at this party for one

Sippin' on a Solo, solo
Feeling pretty high but I'm down low
Holding on tight 'cause she let go
Going under, getting over that tail light glow
Cup's bright red but I feel blue
She was the one so I poured two
'Case she comes back again and until then I'll sit here all alone
Sippin' on a Solo, solo

It's just me, myself, and this drink
Kinda ironic, don't you think?

Sippin' on a Solo, solo
Feeling pretty high but I'm down low
Holding on tight 'cause she let go
Going under, getting over that tail light glow
Cup's bright red but I feel blue
Yeah, she was the one so I poured two
'Case she comes back again and until then I'll sit here all alone
Sippin' on a Solo, solo

Baby, this cup I'm sippin' on
It's just short for, so long

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On the Boat Again

This job that I'm working
Is hard on a person
Like me with that sun shining like it is
Right now
So I'm punching that time clock
To swim though that gridlock
And I'll sit and wait long as I need to sit
To get out

On the boat again
I just can't wait to get on the boat again
The life I love is drinking cold beer with my friends
Yeah, I can't wait to get on the boat again

Might not be Tahiti
But them girls in bikinis
They make a Mercury feel like a yacht
(Yeah, they do)
Same time, same lake next week
Same spot off Catfish Creek
We'll be chilling
We'll be sipping
We'll be kicking back and sitting

On the boat again
I just can't wait to get on the boat again
The life I love is drinking cold beer with my friends
Yeah, I can't wait to get on the boat again

Yeah, on the boat again
I just can't wait to get out and float again
Cast a line and see if I can't reel one in
Yeah, I can't wait to get on the boat again

Lord knows it won't be long
'Til I go and tie one on

The boat again
I just can't wait to get on the boat again
The life I love is drinking cold beer with my friends
Yeah, I can't wait to get on the boat again

Yeah, on the boat again
I just can't wait to get out and float again
Cast a line and see if I can't reel one in
Yeah, I can't wait to get on the boat again
Yeah, I can't wait to get on the boat again

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Hearts and Habits

Well, you can tell by the ring in my back pocket
I'm a can a day, and I been that way
Since grandpa and my first chaw
Fishing off the bank of a river

Yeah, my family tree is solid oak
Cut down to a barrel and whiskey-soaked
And my weekends they don't end
'Cause Daddy didn't raise no quitter

Yeah, I'm stuck in my ways
Like a truck in the mud and
Always said there'd be nothin' gonna settle me down
Settle me down

Well, I smoke it to the filter
I drink it 'til it's dry
But the only Cowboy killer
I want on my lips tonight
Is 5 foot 5, brown eyes lookin' back at mine
Like we could do some damage
I got a real bad habit of breaking hearts
You got real good heart for breakin' habits

You're fine as wine out of Sonoma
Made to put the brakes on these Tecovas
The way you sway to Shenandoah
With me up on ya makes me wanna
Find us a church on the Cumberland Road
It's hard as hell to hold down
Just found some heaven to hold

Well, I smoke it to the filter
I drink it 'til it's dry
But the only Cowboy killer
I want on my lips tonight
Is 5 foot 5, brown eyes lookin' back at mine
Like we could do some damage
I got a real bad habit of breaking hearts
You got real good heart for breakin' habits

Yeah, when you wake up in the morning
And I don't wanna leave
Just know that you've done something
That ain't never been done to me

Yeah, I smoke it to the filter
I drink it 'til it's dry
But the only Cowboy killer
I want on my lips tonight
Is 5 foot 5, brown eyes lookin' back at mine
Like we could do some damage
I got a real bad habit of breaking hearts
You got real good heart for breakin' habits

5 foot 5 brown eyes, lookin' back at mine
Like tonight's the night we gonna do some damage
We gonna do some damage

Yeah, 5 foot 5 brown eyes lookin' back at mine
Like tonight's the night we gonna do some damage
We gonna do some damage

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When It All Shakes Out

Woke up in a daze, been runnin' for weeks
Puttin' miles on a thirty something heart
Daddy in my head and the Devil in my ear
And they all sound the same in the dark
Paid no mind to the words of the wise
I guess I'm paying for it now
Thinking less about more and more about who I wanna be
When it all shakes out

There's two sides to the truth
And I've played on both
To know how to sell a good lie
You can wash off the dirt and change your shirt
But it's still you looking you in the eye
Yeah, I've done a few things that I know a few folks
Gotta a whole lot to say about
Hell, I wonder if I'll still be a boy tryna be a man
When it all shakes out

If you're born to run
Can you learn to stay
And make that long gone hang around?
Love the ones you love the most
Make sure they know there ain't no doubt
Can you shake the hand of the man you're gonna be
When it all shakes out?

We all got rights and all got wrongs
And songs we howl at the moon
Tryna get to where you're going
It'll get the best of you
Hell, ain't that the truth

If you're born to run
Can you learn to stay
And make that long gone hang around?
Love the ones you love the most
Make sure they know there ain't no doubt
Can you shake the hand of the man you're gonna to be
When it all shakes out?
When it all shakes out

Woke up in a daze, been runnin' for weeks
Puttin' miles on a thirty something heart
Daddy in my head and the Devil in my ear
And they all sound the same in the dark

If you're born to run
Can you learn to stay
And make that long gone hang around
Love the ones you love the most
Make sure they know there ain't no doubt
Can you shake the hand of the man you're gonna be
When it all shakes out?
When it all shakes out

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Hope Less

Girl, here we are, what you wanna do?
Nah, I ain't givin' in or givin' up on me and you
You got one foot in and one out the door
Baby, how can I be someone that I've never been before?

You hoped I'd get out of them bars
I'd cold turkey them smokes
Cut back on the long cut
Be just what you hoped
Hoped I'd quit playing in a band
Grow up, put one on your hand
But I'm still singing and drinking
No more, but I ain't drinking no less
Guess I'm hopeless
Just let me let you let me go
Or baby, just hope less

You wanna settle me down
Why, baby, why?
That's like trying to break a Bronco
That wasn't meant to ride
Now everything that you wanna change
Ain't that what made you fall in love with me
Made you feel that way

You hoped I'd get out of them bars
I'd cold turkey them smokes
Cut back on the long cut
Be just what you hoped
Hoped I'd quit playing in a band
Grow up, put one on your hand
But I'm still singing and drinking
No more, but I ain't drinking no less
Guess I'm hopeless
Just let me let you let me go
Or baby, just hope less

We used to shut down the bars
You'd bum on my cigarettes
Come to think of it now, ain't that how we met?
You got on stage with my band
I loved the way that you danced
We were singing drinking
I was thinking that I had no chance
Now we got no chance
Just let me let you let me go
Or baby, just hope less

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It Don't, He Won't and You Do

It turns out that hell is a little hotel
Where you realize you're part of that hard clientele
Where you don't come across a girl like you'd lost
Watch reruns of M.A.s.h. While you rehash your thoughts

I wish the silence would run out of lonely
That God would let my prayers get through
And you wouldn't dance through my mind every night
But it don't, He won't and you do

Mini bar alcohol, it's too late to call
Just wait on the sunrise and three Tylenol
For the big wheels to turn, the diesel to burn
Seven missed calls 'cause my mama's concerned

I wish the silence would run out of lonely
That God would let my prayers get through
And you wouldn't dance through my mind every night
But it don't, He won't and you do

I wish the bourbon would blur out the heartache
That the devil would cut a boy loose
And you wouldn't dance through my mind every night
But it don't, he won't and you do

Yeah, you do
Oh, you do

I wish that ten thousand sorries would cut it
That your guy'd break your heart in two
That you didn't seem so happy without me
But it don't, and he won't and you do
It don't, he won't and you do

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Friends Don't Let Friends

I was rollin' through town
Saw your truck up at the bar
Thought you's broke down
Workin' on a broke heart
Figured I'd stop in
See what was goin' on
'Cause friends don't let friends drink alone

Damn, I'm sorry 'bout your daddy
I hate to hear it's back
We can say a couple prayers
We can raise us up a glass
Let's burn a roll of quarters
On his favorite country songs
'Cause friends don't let friends drink alone

I'll be barstool beside you
Like brothers for life do
Put a hurtin' on a bottle
'Til it hurts a little less
Hell nah, you don't owe me
You'd do the same for me
S'have one to remember
S'have one to forget
Nah, you ain't on your own
And I ain't goin' home
Friends don't let friends drink alone

If you wanna cuss or cry
Shit, I'm here for all that
If you wanna start a fight
Man, you know I got your back
'Til my money runs out, or the neon's gone

I'll be barstool beside you
Like brothers for life do
Put a hurtin' on a bottle
'Til it hurts a little less
Hell nah, you don't owe me
You'd do the same for me
S'have one to remember
S'have one to forget
Nah, yow you ain't on your own
And I ain't goin' home
Friends don't let friends drink alone

When you bleed, I bleed, man
We're thick as thieves, yeah
So come on, set 'em up, Joe

I'll be barstool beside you
Like brothers for life do
Put a hurtin' on a bottle
'Til it hurts a little less
Hell nah, you don't owe me
You'd do the same for me
S'have one to remember
S'have one to forget
Nah, you ain't on your own
And I ain't goin' home
Friends don't let friends
Friends don't let friends drink alone
Drink alone

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Boy in the Chevrolet

Hey boy in the Chevrolet
Sitting there in that driveway
With some old good years under you
And some better ones in front of you

You fill your tank, mowing yards
To show off what you polished hard
Rear view's all you'll have one day
So hey boy in the Chevrolet

Drive it, dent it
Go on and break down in it
Take it on a dirt road and get it stuck
Main street red light, rev it up
And lift it, don't flip it
Don't sell it, boy, you'll miss it
Just mud it and love it and pass it down one day

Well, hey boy in the Chevrolet
I was you just yesterday
Half an hour to wash that truck
Thirty early just to pick her up

Well, hey boy I've been in your wheels
Backed into an old cornfield
Her daddy don't really trust you
But trust me, he's been you too
Just take it slow, don't take her home late
Hey boy in the Chevrolet

Drive it, dent it
Go on and break down in it
Take it on a dirt road and get it stuck
Main street red light, rev it up
And lift it, don't flip it
Don't sell it, boy, you'll miss it
Just mud it and love it and pass it down one day
Well, hey boy in the Chevrolet
Hey boy in the Chevrolet

I can see you're itching to go
When you're messing with your keys
Make the most of nights like tonight
'Cause one night you'll be me
Saying

Hey boy in the Chevrolet
Sitting there in that driveway
With some old good years under you
And some better ones in front of you

Drive it, dent it
Go on and break down in it
Take it on a dirt road and get it stuck
Main street red light, rev it up
And lift it, don't flip it
Don't sell it, boy, you'll miss it
Just mud it and love it and pass it down one day
Well, hey boy in the Chevrolet
Hey boy in the Chevrolet

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Shrank

Honda Civic, forest green
Every truckin' red light
Bustin' up my heart
Like your busted shotgun headlight

I'm tired of our past bumpin' into me
So if it ain't your actual ass, it's your memory

I need a small town shrink
I think I'ma need therapy
I crank up Hank, and drank
'Til the bottle's empty
But baby, no matter how I spin it
Church, bar, bank, laundromat
Dang girl, you always in it
I can't walk out the house without runnin' into you
I thought this town was small already, but shoot
You make a small town shrank

Mama calls, clockwork
She gon' bless your heart (she gon' bless your heart)
Scarecrow in that field
Watch us kissing in the dark (watch us kissing in the dark)

Every sidewalk crack's got a little, take me back, in it
I love this town, but I'ma have to move in a minute

I need a small town shrink
I think I'ma need therapy
I crank up Hank, and drank
'Til the bottle's empty
But baby, no matter how I spin it
Church, bar, bank, laundromat
Dang girl, you always in it
I can't walk out the house without runnin' into you
I thought this town was small already, but shoot
You make a small town shrank
You make a small town shrank

Every county line's starting to feel like a noose around my neck
That population sign's just gonna say two in a sec
Baby, I can't take it
You hurt me, I can't escape it

I need a small town shrink
I think I'ma need therapy
I crank up Hank, and drank
'Til the bottle's empty
But baby, no matter how I spin it
Church, bar, bank, laundromat
Dang girl, you always in it
I can't walk out the house without runnin' into you
I thought this town was small already, but shoot
You make a small town shrank

You make a small town shrank, yeah
You make a small town shrank

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Nothing

I got a Triton 18 with a 225
And I'm 'bout to back it up in the lake
Yeah, it don't matter if the fish don't bite
It's still gonna be a good day
There's a lot going on in the world today
And my mind ain't gonna be on it (nope, nope, nope, nope)
If you gonna drink all day, you know what they say
Yeah, you gotta get started early in the mornin' (in the mornin')

Nothin' going on, all day long
Got a whole lotta nothin' to do
I'm flippin' that sign on the door of my life
Sayin', I'll be back in a few
Yeah, don't get many days I get to kick it like Jimmy Buffet
But when I do, to tell you the truth, man, I love it
Yeah, I don't need nothin' (nope, nope, nope, nope)
Yeah, I don't need nothin' (nope, nope, nope, nope)

A little later on
I'm probably gonna want me a steak and a baked potater
But right now they can have all the money in the bank
Every double down chip in Vegas

Nothin' going on, all day long
Got a whole lotta nothin' to do
Flippin' that sign on the door of my life
Sayin', I'll be back in a few
Yeah, don't get many days I get to kick it like Jimmy Buffet
But when I do, to tell you the truth, man, I love it
Yeah, I don't need nothing (nope, nope, nope, nope)
Nah, I don't need nothing (nope, nope, nope, nope)
(Nope, nope, nope, nope)
(Nope, nope, nope, nope)

Nothin' going on, all day long
Got a whole lotta nothin' to do
Flippin' that sign on the door of my life
Sayin', I'll be back in a few
Yeah, don't get many days I get to kick it like Jimmy Buffet
But when I do, to tell you the truth, man, I love it
Yeah, I don't need nothing (nope, nope, nope, nope)
Nah, I don't need nothing (nope, nope, nope, nope)
Nah, I don't need nothing (nope, nope, nope, nope)
(Nope, nope, nope, nope)

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Somewhere South With Rum

Found a postcard on a surf shop stand and bought it for a dollar
A panoramic picture of the perfect ocean view
Sat down on the pier and pulled a pen out of my pocket
And even though we're over, I thought this was overdue

I wonder what you'll think about when you see my name
The good, the bad, the in-between, I'ma send it anyway

I hope you took that trip you always talked about to Charleston
Bounced around in and out of every bar off King
And I'm just sitting, watching boats float in and out the harbor
And I can finally say I hope you found someone
Sincerely yours from my side of the sun
Signed Somewhere South with Rum

Down here they say the breaking waves can cure the broken-hearted
It's a tale as old as time, but only time can tell
And as for me, my tomorrow seemed to be uncharted
But it finally feels like I've got wind back in my sails

I hope you found that little place and left your old apartment
If you think about it, tell your mom and dad "hello"
I'm just sitting, watching boats float in and out the harbor
And I can finally say I hope you found someone
Sincerely yours, from my side of the sun
Signed Somewhere South with Rum

The tiki bar behind me's playing "No Woman No Cry"
So I'll just sit and sing along, and drink to you and smile

I hope you took that trip you always talked about to Charleston
Bounced around in and out of every bar off King
And I'm just sitting, watching boats float in and out the harbor
And I can finally say I hope you found someone
Sincerely yours from my side of the sun
Signed Somewhere South with Rum
Somewhere South with Rum, mm

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The Ending

Took a wrong curve on some worn out tires
Broke a cedar post and little barbed wire
Left the prom early, got you home past one
And your mama had a Bible, Daddy had a gun
Was clear as water and sweet as a peach
So we drank the whole bottle on Panama Beach
Got kicked outta clubs, kicked in the teeth
Kicked out the pool at the Embassy Suites, but

Damn, girl, we sure had something
Baby blue Chevy by the river runnin'
Tennessee stars, whiskey-brown eyes
Dancin' in the dark, singin' Learnin' To Fly
They were memories are like a song
Fade out a little but they won't stay gone
They keep hangin' on like the world keeps spinnin'
Hey, there ain't no doubt
We had it all figured out
But the ending

Why'd it have to go that way?
Girl, it's pretty damn hard to deny
I'd give anything to see that smile
Hey baby, what you doin' tonight?

Went from back seat fog it up, smoke in the air
To two weeks late'll make you pretty damn scared
Then you called me up sayin', "Baby, we're in the clear"
Before a 50-yard-line blanket, six pack of beer

Whoa-oh-oh, just for the hell of it
Oh-oh-oh-oh, sometimes I wonder if
Oh-oh-oh-oh, you'd think it's crazy that
I'd love to run it back, I'd love to run it back

'Cause damn, girl, we sure had something
Baby blue Chevy by the river runnin'
Tennessee stars, whiskey brown eyes
Dancin' in the dark, singin' Learnin' To Fly
They were memories are like a song
Fade out a little but they won't stay gone
They keep hangin' on like the world keeps spinnin'
Hey, there ain't no doubt
We had it all figured out
But the ending

Why'd it have to go that way?
It was pretty damn hard to deny
I'd give anything to see that smile
Hey baby, what you doin' tonight?

Whoa-oh-oh, just for the hell of it
Oh-oh-oh-oh, sometimes I wonder if
Oh-oh-oh-oh, you'd think it's crazy that
I'd love to run it back, I'd love to run it back

'Cause damn, girl, we sure had something
Baby blue Chevy by the river runnin'
Tennessee stars, whiskey brown eyes
Dancin' in the dark, singin' Learnin' To Fly
They were memories are like a song
Fade out a little but they won't stay gone
They keep hangin' on like the world keeps spinnin'
Hey, there ain't no doubt
We had it all figured out
But the ending

Why'd it have to go that way?
It was pretty damn hard to deny
I'd give anything to see that smile
Hey baby, what you doin' tonight?

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Hey Can I Buy You a Beer

Ten percent down, little house with a piece of land
Girl, we've come a long way from a couple stamps on our hands
And a cover band dance to a Mellencamp song
We didn't know then that it wouldn't take long 'til it was ours
Now here we are, girl, you stole my heart

That smokey night in a sawdust dive, our neon stars lined up
I was there to drink, last call, last thing I was thinkin' 'bout then was love
We caught lightnin' in a Miller Lite can
Call it good timin' or the Good Lord's plan
Ain't it crazy how we got here?
From a look my way, and a "Hey, can I buy you a beer?"

Yeah, I kissed you for the first time over by the ATM
I didn't know if it was you or the drink when the buzz kicked in
Yeah, I didn't want the night to end, so we sipped 'em slow
Now we're makin' plans, talkin' down the road
Funny how it goes
Lookin' back now, girl, who'd have known

That smokey night in a sawdust dive, our neon stars lined up
I was there to drink, last call, last thing I was thinkin' 'bout then was love
We caught lightnin' in a Miller Lite can
Call it good timin' or the Good Lord's plan
Ain't it crazy how we got here?
From a look my way, and a "Hey, can I buy you a beer?"
"Hey, can I buy you a beer?"

Most drinks don't mean a thing
But that one changed everything

That smokey night in a sawdust dive, our neon stars lined up
I was there to drink, last call, last thing I was thinkin' 'bout then was love
We caught lightnin' in a Miller Lite can
Call it good timin' or the Good Lord's plan
Ain't it crazy how we got here?
From a look my way, and a "Hey, can I buy you a beer?"
From a look my way, and a "Hey, can I buy you a beer?"

"Hey girl, can I buy you a beer?"

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Loose Cannon

I needed someone steady
You wanted someone restless
So you climbed in my old Chevy
And we tore out of Memphis
Like a bat outta hell

You tested my crazy
And I tested your patience
We got close to maybe
Past the point of saving
But we held on tooth and nail
Baby, we might be a train
Hanging halfway on the rails, but

As long as you're my rock
Yeah, I'll be your landslide
As long as you're my Sunday cross
I'll be your Saturday night
And I'll love you till my wheels fall off
With all my reckless abandon
Yeah, as long as you're my anchor
Baby, I'll be your loose cannon

Your daddy shook his head
The day I shook his hand
He didn't want his baby with
Some guitar-playing man
Rambling on from town to town
But, girl, I told you then
And I'll damn sure tell you now

As long as you're my rock
Yeah, I'll be your landslide
As long as you're my Sunday cross
I'll be your Saturday night
And I'll love you till my wheels fall off
With all my reckless abandon
Yeah, as long as you're my anchor
Baby, I'll be your loose cannon

Baby, if you be my straight and narrow
I'll be your no-brakes black Camaro
You be my written in blood red letters
I'll be your old Bob Seger record
You bring the cool, and I'll bring the fire
You plant the roots, and I'll hang the wire
And we'll walk together hand-in-hand
A good-hearted woman and a hard-headed man

As long as you're my rock
Yeah, I'll be your landslide
As long as you're my Sunday cross
I'll be your Saturday night
And I'll love you till my wheels fall off
With all my reckless abandon
Yeah, as long as you're my anchor
Baby, I'll be your loose cannon
Yeah, as long as you're my anchor
Baby, I'll be your loose cannon