Damn Love Album Lyrics by Kip Moore

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Damn Love

It's young, crazy, stupid
It's two kids and cupid
Target on a heart, arrow right through it
It's wild, reckless, dumb
Hitchhike, hold out your thumb
You don't know no better, got the tattoo to prove it
It's climbin' out your window, it's seventeen
It's pickin' her up in your pickup truck
It's fire and gasoline

Oh, no you can't tell it nothin'
Oh, it's that strong kinda somethin'
For the bees, for the birds
No surprise, it's a four letter word
It'll heal, it'll kill, it'll hurt
I hope you're tough, damn love

It's sunsets and cold cans
It's fallin' hard but college plans
Got you faking that smile, but you can't let go of her hand
It's a goodbye kiss and taillights
It's phone calls and late nights
It's what I wouldn't give to be tongue tied one more time

Oh, no you can't tell it nothin'
Oh, it's that strong kinda somethin'
For the bees, for the birds
No surprise, it's a four letter word
It'll heal, it'll kill, it'll hurt
I hope you're tough, damn love
Damn love

It's the best and the worst friend
Keeps you hanging on 'til the end
It'll sure mess you up, yeah, damn Love

Oh, no you can't tell it nothin'
Oh, it's that strong kinda somethin'
For the bees, for the birds
No surprise, it's a four letter word
It'll heal, it'll kill, it'll hurt
I hope you're tough, damn love
Damn love

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Kinda Bar

If it's tucked way back off a no name road
If it's the kind of spot where the outcast go
If there's a parking lot full of jacked up highs
If the uptowns think it's just a neon dive (yeah)

That's the kinda bar that I wanna drink beer in
Kinda jukebox that I wanna drop quarters in
Kinda girls that I wanna be seen with
The kinda bar that I wanna drink beer in

If there's a local legend that likes to hustle pool
Well, this ol' boys been known to have a good game too
If there's an ol' barkeep that never smiles
Well, buddy, that's the kinda place
I wanna hang awhile (hey)

Well, that's the kinda bar that I wanna drink beer in
Kinda jukebox that I wanna drop quarters in
Kinda girls that I wanna be seen with
The kinda bar that I wanna drink beer in

That's the kinda bar that I wanna shoot shots in
Thick cloud of smoke that I wanna stomp boots in
Kinda rough necks I wanna sing along with
The kinda bar that I wanna drink beer in (hey)

Well, if the cover band knows a couple Haggard tunes
A little rock and roll and a whole lotta blues, yeah

Yeah, that's the kinda bar that I wanna drink beer in
Kinda jukebox that I wanna drop quarters in
Kinda girls that I wanna be seen with
The kinda bar that I wanna drink beer in

That's the kinda bar that I wanna shoot shots in
Thick cloud of smoke that I wanna stomp boots in
The kinda rough necks I wanna sing along with
The kinda bar that I wanna drink beer in (yeah)

Yeah, that's the kind of bar I wanna drink beer in
(Alright now, go on, pass me one)

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Neon Blue

Man, I've been feelin' like an outlier, some outsider
Struggling to find my own way
Standing in a crowd of new places, old faces
Sure ain't like them old school days

When a friend was a real one, girl was a sweet one
I could hang my hat on something strong
Tell me, how'd I get so far from home?

Guess the world just don't wait on no cowboy like me
Wants to lock down what needs to be free
Blowing in the wind like an old tumbleweed
Don't know where I'm goin' but that's where I'll be
With a beer in my hand getting lost in some town
And the joint's on fire 'cause I'm burning it down
Used to give a damn, now I try not to
I just keep on lookin' into the neon blue
Into the blue

One time, I hopped on that hot train in the fast lane
Ran it right straight in the ground
Now I just ride on this slow one while I burn one
Take in the sights and the sounds

'Cause it's gone keep on spinning, I'll keep on grinnin'
Hell, I guess you get use to the pain
'Cause it all starts to feel just the same

Guess the world just don't wait on no cowboy like me
Wants to lock down what needs to be free
Blowing in the wind like an old tumbleweed
Don't know where I'm goin' but that's where I'll be
With a beer in my hand getting lost in some town
And the joint's on fire 'cause I'm burning it down
Used to give a damn, now I try not to
I just keep on lookin' into the neon blue

Into your heart
Girl, I miss you wherever you are

Guess the world just don't wait on no cowboy like me
Wants to lock down what needs to be free
Baby, I sure hope you're doing alright
Well here I go, here I go, up in these lights
With a beer in my hand getting lost in some town
And the joint's on fire 'cause I'm burning it down
Used to give a damn, now I try not to
I just keep on lookin' into the neon blue, oh
Into the blue, oh

Into the blue, into the blue
Just keep on looking into the blue
(Into the blue, into the blue)
(I just keep on looking into the blue)

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The Guitar Slinger

Another dawn's creeping in
And I guess it's my bedtime again
And some old farmer fills his cup
While I'm coming down from last night's buzz

I close my eyes and frame by frame
I recall it all except her name
Sweet southern voice begging me to stay
Last week runs into yesterday

It's the life and times of the guitar slinger
The day and the night of the good-time bringer
Highs and lows of a sad song singer
I'm a simple man but it's complicated
When your soul's on fire and your heart feels faded
But I ain't complaining

I hear that diesel engine slow
It's my wake up call and it's time to load
I shuffle out into the cold
I try to shake the tired but it's in my bones

It's the life and times of the guitar slinger
The day and the night of the good-time bringer
Highs and lows of a sad song singer
I'm a simple man but it's complicated
When your soul's on fire and your heart feels faded
But I ain't complaining, ooh yeah

I watch 'em line up in the streets
There's nothing left but the shell of me
Guitar sounds ringing in my head
I know I'm alive but I'm walking dead
I've tried before to just walk away
But the music always makes me stay
The years just keep on rolling by
Another day turns into night

It's the life and times of the guitar slinger
The day and the night of the good-time bringer
Highs and lows of a sad-song singer
I'm a simple man but it's complicated
When your soul's on fire and your heart feels faded
But I ain't complaining

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah

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Heart on Fire

Well, hey hey baby, I'm goin' crazy
I was thinking maybe, baby, you were goin' crazy too
And hey hey momma, all this small-town drama got ya thinking
Do you really wanna risk it all on me and you? Yeah

I said, "Hey (hey), I know I've got a reputation
Hey (hey), and you've got your reservations"

Give me one chance, one try
One kiss, make it tonight
'Cause I burn, desire
Come on girl, come get this heart on fire
Come get this heart on fire

Well, hey hey, lover, I ain't talkin' 'bout forever
Unless you wanna talk about forever, we can do that too
And hey hey heartbreak, don't come around, heartbreak
I've been through that, I know you've been through that too, yeah

I said, "Hey (hey), I'm going down in flames, girl
Hey (hey), let's make this cruel, cruel a sane world"

Give me one chance, one try
One kiss, make it tonight
'Cause I burn, desire
Come on, girl, come get this heart on fire
Come get this heart on fire

Can you give me one chance, one try?
One kiss, make it tonight
'Cause I burn, desire
Come on girl, come get this heart on fire
Come get this heart on fire, oh
Come get this heart on fire

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, ooh
Come get this heart on fire
Ooh, oh yeah

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Another Night in Knoxville

Another night in Knoxville
Up on top of this wooden stage
Pouring out my heart like whiskey
Just like I poured out yesterday

But right on time you stroll in
Like a gypsy tumbleweed
You'll only stay for one or two drinks
I wish you'd just stay here with me

Oh, you'll make sure I see
When you walk in and when you leave

Oh, the time here together
It's like a leaf in the weather
When a breeze just blows it right on by
I got a pocket full of money
And I'll blow it all on ya, honey
If you stay for another beer
I'll play another song

You send a tip up to the waitress
Brown Eyed Girl and a little Land Slide
But before the song is over
I'll watch you mouth the words goodbye

Well, maybe I'm just being foolish
To see a girl like you with me

Oh, the time here together
It's like a leaf in the weather
When a breeze just blows it right on by
I got a pocket full of money
And I'll blow it all on ya, honey
If you stay for another beer
I'd play another song
Oh, yeah

Maybe I'm just being foolish
To see a girl like you with me

Oh, the time here together
It's like a leaf in the weather
When a breeze just blows it right on by
I got a pocket full of money
I'll blow it all on ya, honey
If you stay for another beer
I'd play another song
If you stay for another beer
I'll play another song

Another night in Knoxville
Oh, and I can't wait to see
My little midnight temptress
My sweet gypsy tumbleweed

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Silver and Gold

Life is heavy, so heavy
Like a weight on your shoulders
And it comes at you hard and fast
Like a steamroller, oh yeah
So, you dig in your boots, dirty boots
Like a blue-collar soldier
'Cause you know if you don't, it'll run you
Run you right over, oh yeah

Love is a friend 'til it falls
For another
And it feels like a knife in your back
From your brother, oh yeah
And hope is the blanket that you keep
(That you keep, that you keep, that you keep)
Undercover
But you cling to it hard, like a child
To its mother, to its mother

I don't know a lot
But I've learned a little somethin'
You make your luck
When you see the rain comin'
And faith is the one thing
You better start trusting
'Cause all the silver and gold add up to nothing

Well, I had a girl, good girl
The kind a boy should treasure
Easy on my heart, easy on my mind
Had a good thing together

Well, I wanted more, little more
So, I went searchin', hey
Ended up with nothing but a lonely heart
And a whole lotta hurting
Just a whole lotta hurting

I don't know a lot
But I've learned a little somethin'
You make your luck
When you see the rain comin'
And faith is the one thing
You better start trusting
'Cause all the silver and gold add up to nothing

Well, I chased fame and I chased fortune
With this old guitar, yeah
And good whiskey knows I've tasted both
In every honky-tonk, in every cowboy bar, yeah

Well, I looked around, and all I found (all I found)
I was stranded
Holding the bag, greenbacks
But empty-handed, just empty-handed

I don't know a lot
But I've learned a little somethin'
You make your luck
When you see the rain comin'
And faith is the one thing
You better start trusting
'Cause all the silver and gold add up to nothing

All the silver and gold
All the silver and gold

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Peace & Love

I had a plan, a little dream
Took a wrong turn and it turned on me
Stretched out a little thin
Somewhere in the chaos I found me a friend, yeah

You're where I go when the devil is a calling
Umbrella in the night when the sky is falling
Down, down, down, down, any storm I can ride
With you around, around, around, around
It's all peace and love on the inside

Hard world, hard times
Heavy on the heart, heavier on the mind
Whiskey might fix it but it fades away
And you're right back there in it
At the end of a day, girl

You're where I go when the devil is a calling
Umbrella in the night when the sky is falling
Down, down, down, down, any storm I can ride
With you around, around, around, around
It's all peace and love on the inside

For some, it's a church
For some, it's a bar
Maybe some good friends and an old guitar
Well, me, old me, no, I ain't here to judge
I just know I found a little shelter
When the times get tough, yeah

You're where I go when the devil is a calling
Umbrella in the night when the sky is falling
Down, down, down, down, any storm I can ride
With you around, around, around, around
It's all peace and love on the inside

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Sometimes She Stays

One, two, three

Most times we wind up back at your place
With a few of them cold beers, your words feel safe
You go through all the maybes
We should take it slows and you
Wake up with a hammer pounding on your heart
Scared ya might carve yourself another scar
And when that sun creeps in, she's halfway out the door

But sometimes she stays
And asks you what you're doing that day
And where you keep the coffee and an old sweatshirt
And all your walls start falling for her
And one night turns into every day
Turns into one more toothbrush at your place
Yeah, there'll come a time that you'll turn around
And never see it any other way
'Cause sometimes she stays

First time she heads back to her side of town
You'll wanna call her when her car pulls out
You'll think twice about chasing her down for one more kiss
And it'll be like God just painted your world
A whole new shade of whatever that girl's got going on
And it sure ain't right when she's gone

But sometimes she stays
And asks you what you're doing that day
And where you keep the coffee and an old sweatshirt
And all your walls start falling for her
And one night turns into every day
Turns into one more toothbrush at your place
Yeah, there'll come a time that you'll turn around
And never see it any other way
'Cause sometimes she stays

And sometimes she goes
And that's when you know
You want her to stay

'Cause sometimes she stays
Wrapped in that bed sheet negligee
Looking like heaven fell down to earth
And life'll never be the same 'cause of her
And one night turns into every day
Turns into one more toothbrush at your place
There'll come time that you turn around
And never want it any other way

'Cause sometimes she stays
Sometimes she stays
'Cause sometimes she stays
Sometimes she stays

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Some Things

Dirt-road ridin' in my Silverado
King George comin' through the radio
A couple hour break from my damned old cell phone
Dog waiting for me when I get back home, yeah

Some things don't ever get old
Like hangin' with your buddies when the beer's ice-cold
Honky-tonk band on a Friday night
Ask her to dance and she says, "Alright"
Some things gonna always be good
Like your feet in the creek in your granddad's woods
Been around long enough to know
Some things don't ever get old
Don't ever get old

Small-mouth bass on the end of my line
Come on, buddy, jump, just one more time
Sittin' 'round mamma's for my Sunday supper
Can't nobody make fried chicken like her, yeah

Some things don't ever get old
Like hangin' with your buddies when the beer's ice-cold
Honky-tonk band on a Friday night
Ask her to dance and she says, "Alright"
Some things gonna always be good
Like your feet in the creek in your granddad's woods
Been around long enough to know
Some things don't ever get old

Don't ever get old
Don't ever get old
Don't ever get old

Sold out shows on a six-day run
Hearin' daddy say that "I'm proud of you, son", yeah

Some things don't ever get old
Like hangin' with your buddies when the beer's ice-cold
Honky-tonk band on a Friday night
Ask her to dance and she says, "I might"
Some things gonna always be good
Like your feet in the creek in your granddad's woods
Been around long enough to know
Some things don't ever get old

(Dirt-road ridin' in my Silverado)
Don't ever get old
(King George comin' through the radio)
Don't ever get old
(A couple-hour break from my damned old cell phone)
Don't ever get old
(Dog waitin' for me when I get back home, yeah)

Don't ever get old
Don't ever get old
Don't ever get old

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One Heartbeat

You're my honey, you're my bee
You're my sweet in my sugar cane
You're my logic, you're my reason
When the whole world's gone insane
You're my harbor, you're my compass
You're my boat when my seas get rough
And you're the only place I really wanna rest
When I've had enough
I've had enough

One heartbeat and you got nothin'
But make it two, baby, you've got something
This world ain't meant to travel all alone
So, take my hand and all my lovin'
We won't need any luck and
I promise you, I'll hold it 'til I'm dead and gone
With one heartbeat

You're my past, you're my present
You're my future in a sky of blue
In a world of lies, you're a constant bond of truth
And you're my rock, you're my feather
Always tethered to your solid ground
The kind of diamond when ya find it
You can't believe you finally found
Just look around, baby

One heartbeat and you got nothin'
But make it two, baby, you've got something
This world ain't meant to travel all alone
So, take my hand and all my lovin'
We won't need any luck and
I promise you, I'll hold it 'til I'm dead and gone
With one heartbeat

One lone sound
Girl, I can't believe that I finally found
Just look around

You're my healing when I break
Kind and simple, you're my strong firm hand
I got a million things I want
But I only need to be your man, yean

With one heartbeat and you've got nothin'
But make it two, baby, you've got something
This world ain't meant to travel all alone, all alone
So, take my hand and all my lovin'
We won't need any luck and
I promise you, I'll hold it 'til I'm dead and gone
With one heartbeat
With one heartbeat

One heartbeat, one heartbeat, one heartbeat
One heartbeat, one heartbeat

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Mr. Simple

I've never liked the city
There's somethin' 'bout those sounds
Will make a young man crazy
And bring an old man down

So, if you want the country
A simple life will do
Just call me Mister Simple
Livin' simple with you

And we can get back to the basics
Like we were meant to do
'Cause there's a thin line
With what the world tells you and what's really true
Why complicate it when it's so easy to do?
Just call me Mister Simple, girl
Livin' simple with you

Well, I never liked the ocean
It's never been my thing
I'll take higher ground
And you can keep them hurricanes
But if you had a boat
Set to sail the ocean blue
I'd put on a captain's hat
And I'd go sail around with you

And we can get back to the basics
Like we were meant to do
'Cause there's a thin line
With what the world tells you and what's really true
Why complicate it when it's so easy to do?
Just call me Mister Simple, girl
Livin' simple with you
That's the sound

A hundred miles to the nearest road
Nowhere to be, nowhere to go
Just you and me soakin' up that sunset gold (sunset gold)
Drinkin' that beer, ice-cold (beer ice-cold)
Always got a hand to hold (hand to hold)

Yeah, we can get back to the basics
Like we were meant to do
'Cause there's a thin line
With what the world tells you and what's really true
Why complicate it when it's so easy to do?
Just call me Mister Simple, girl
Livin' simple with you

Call me Mister Simple
'Cause all I want to be is simple with you

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Micky's Bar

Same old scene, same old faces
Drop in for drinks at Micky's bar
And that neon sign is just like a magnet
For all the hopeful and lonely hearts, yeah

Bobby had a dream, playin' for the Yankees
But two bad knees and he's a junkyard car
Sheri's serving drinks, the '95 prom queen
Yeah, she says looks will only get you so far, yeah

Lost in the haze, off in the corner
There sits Jane in a new used dress
She orders up a Sky dry martini
And why she's alone is anyone's guess

Oh my, make it a double
Sweet Jane's shootin' me a smile
Oh my, my heart's in trouble
Sweet Jane wants to stay awhile

Jane takes a sip, pulls a little closer
'Til there ain't a lot of space between
And her sweet perfume cuts through the ashtrays
And those deep blue eyes have me lost at sea

Oh my, make it a double
Sweet Jane's shootin' me a smile
Oh my, my heart's in trouble
Sweet Jane wants to stay awhile

Oh, yeah
Oh, sweet Jane
My heart's in trouble
Sweet Jane

Her smile lights the dark as she pulls out a picture
Her pride and joy, a little boy named Jude
Tough way to start when you're tryin' to just be sixteen
But she wouldn't trade that boy for the moon, yeah

Oh my, make it a double
'Cause sweet Jane wants to stay awhile
Oh my, my heart's in trouble
'Cause sweet Jane wants to stay awhile

Same old scene, same old faces
Last call for drinks, it's closing time
Micky's wiping down, Sheri makes the coffee
For all the cold and lonely hearts