"So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke
Your love life's DOA
It's like you're always stuck in..."
...second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month
Or even your year, but
"I will make you change your mind
These things happen all the time
And it's all real
I'm telling you just how I feel..."
So wake up the members of our nation, it's your time to be
There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see
The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be
"Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong..."
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
"Pour some sugar on me
C'mon fire me up
Pour some sugar on me
I can't get enough..."
I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah
"A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us 'No'..."
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
"Hanging out down the street
The same old thing, we did last week..."
...not a thing to do, but talk to you
not a thing to do, out in the street
oh yeah
"You get the limo out front
Hottest styles, every shoe, every color
Yeah, when you're famous it could be kind of fun
It's really you but no one ever discovers..."
In some ways, you're just like your friends
But on stage, you're a star
You get the best of both worlds
Chill it out, take it slow
Then you rock out the show
"Our song is the slamming screen door
Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window..."
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
'Cause it's late and your mama don't know
Our song is the way you laugh
"Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear..."
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
Dream on
Dream on
"I wish I could be the perfect daughter
But I come back to the water
No matter how hard I try..."
Every turn I take
Every trail I track
Every path I make
Every road leads back
To the place I know where I cannot go
Where I long to be
"Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
There's a heart, a hand to hold onto
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go..."
...there's a place, of Somebody who needs you
everywhere you look
"You don't have to be afraid
To put your dream in action..."
You're never gonna fade
You'll be the main attraction
Not a fantasy, just remember me
When it turns out right
"Baby, lock the door and turn the lights down low..."
And put some music on that's soft and slow
Baby, we ain't got no place to go
I hope you understand
"She's my cherry pie
Cool drink of water, such a sweet surprise..."
Tastes so good, makes a grown man cry
Sweet Cherry Pie, yeah
"Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?...."
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
"Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And shootin' some b-ball outside of the school..."
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air"
"I don't want to be
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately..."
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
"'Cause I'm a redneck woman
I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raising..."
I say "hey ya'll and "yee-haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on
On my front porch all year long
"It's more than a feeling (more than a feeling)
When I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)..."
And I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
'Til I see Marianne walk away
I see my Marianne walkin' away
"If there's a prize for rotten judgment,
I guess I've already won that..."
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient history, been there, done that
"Cruisin' on down main street, you're relaxed and feelin' good
Next thing that you know you're seein'
Octopus in the neighborhood?..."
Surfing on a soundwave, swinging through the stars
Take a left at your intestine, take your second right past Mars
On the Magic School Bus, navigate a nostril
"It's gonna take some time to realign
But if you look inside, I'm sure you'll find..."
Over your shoulder you know that I told you
I'll always be pickin' you up when you're down
So just turn around
"Cause I saddle up my hourse
And I ride into the city
I make a lot of noise..."
They are so pretty
Riding up and down Broadway
On my old stud Leroy
"A singer in a smokey room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume..."
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on, and on, and on
Strangers, waitin'
Up and down the boulevard
"There's no place I'd rather be
Then on my surfboard out at sea
Lingering in the ocean blue..."
And if I had one wish come true
I'd surf till the sun sets