Air Mail Blue

I never thought I'd hear from you
But from a distance you came through

Air Mail Blue, it's only paper, it's only paper

I get your message pressed and dried
With tiny flowers tucked inside

Air mail blue, it's only paper, it's only paper
Air mail blue, it's so much safer, 'cause it's only paper

I thought you'd put me out of your mind
Until the next life
I thought you'd put me out of your mind
Until the next life
Until the next life, until the next life
Until the next life, until the next life

I know what I shouldn't do
But still some days I dwell on you

Air mail blue, it's only paper, it's only paper
Air mail blue, it's so much safer, 'cause it's only paper

I thought you'd put me out of your mind
Until the next life
I thought you'd put me out of your mind
Until the next life
Until the next life, until the next life
Until the next life, until the next life

BOUNCE IT OFF THE MOON

I always come out here at night
When I can't think inside my room
And everything will be all right
After I bounce it off the moon

I tried to tell you on my own
But every time it falls to ruin
'Cause I'm no good at this alone
I have to bounce it off the moon

I look for the words
To tell you I love you
With no moon above you
But they won't come...

So, I wait quiet in the dark
I know the change is coming soon
And I will memorize my part
After I bounce it off the moon

Tonight the sky is cold and black
You need to know that love is true
I wish I were only holding back
And not depending on the moon

I dream of the day
That I'll win you over
But over and over
No, it won't come...

So, I wait quiet in the dark
I know the change is coming soon
I'll find the language of the heart
After I bounce it off the moon

I’m GONNA TELL HER (IF YOU WON’T)

You take her to the show, you take her out to eat
But up ‘til now, it’s still Dutch treat
She’s waitin’ on you to show your hand
But you’re actin’ like a buddy not a love struck man

You’ve been thinkin’ you’ll scare her off
Afraid to let your feelings show
But someone needs to tell her that you’re crazy in love
And I’m gonna tell her if you won’t

Now I know you want her to read your mind
But it’s never gonna happen you’re wastin’ time
You’re torturin’ me while you beat around the bush
Stutter and stammer with your school-boy crush

Don’t go thinkin’ you’ll scare her off
If you let your feelings show
Go ahead and tell her that you’re crazy in love
‘Cause I’m gonna tell her if you won’t
I’m gonna tell her if you won’t

I know what she needs to hear
But your intentions are so unclear

Now you’re sittin’ on the couch a couple feet apart
So if you get your courage up, you can have a running start
You can take it like a promise, or take it like a threat
But I’m tellin’ her tomorrow if you haven’t done it yet

You’ve been thinkin’ you’ll scare her off
Afraid to let your feelings show
But someone needs to tell her that you’re crazy in love
And I’m gonna tell her if you won’t

Don’t go thinkin’ you’ll scare her off
If you let your feelings show
Go ahead and tell her that you’re crazy in love
‘Cause I’m gonna tell her if you won’t
I’m gonna tell her if you won’t

© 1996 Craig Carothers / Scott Parker / Irving Music BMI / Two Bagger Music BMI / Bonny Black Music BMI /
After the Fire ASCAP / Stage Three Songs ASCAP

YOU WON’T EVEN SAY GOOD-BYE

He wants forever
He want to raise up a family of his own
But your love is fair weather
And he'll be the last one to know

You won’t be staying
You’ll disappear like a wish into the well
Never explaining
'Cause you’re not so fond of farewells

It only takes one cloudy day
One drop of rain
To make you steal away and hide
And you won't even say good-bye

Back when I knew you
Back when our young hearts were keeping time
I couldn’t see through you
I thought you would always be mine

But now I know better
Just like a rabbit, If there’s trouble, you’ll run
And as I remember
Your love was just a moment in the sun

'Cause it only takes one cloudy day...
One drop of rain
To make you steal away and hide
And you won't even say good-bye

You packed up your things
And took off your ring
I still wonder why

It only takes one cloudy day
One drop of rain
To make you steal away and hide
Every time you change your mind
'Cause you won't ever stand and fight
And you won't even say good-bye

ANGELS NEVER FALL IN LOVE

Here she comes
Like a vision in white
To take my hand
And change my life

God, I hope she's not an angel
Sent from heaven up above
'Cause you can never hold an angel
And angels never fall in love

She walks on air
While the music plays
And people stare
As she comes my way

I hope she's not an angel
Sent from heaven up above
'Cause you can never hold an angel
Angels never fall in love
Angels never fall in love

And when I think I see her golden wings and halo
Now I know that it’s only the way she glows

Here she comes
Like a vision in white
To take my hand
And be my wife

God, I hope she's not an angel
Sent from heaven up above
'Cause you can never hold an angel
Angels never fall in love

No, she's nothing like an angel
'Cause angels never fall in love

MAKE THAT GETAWAY

She's got her roller skates on
She can make that getaway
Can't stay in one place too long
Before she makes that getaway

Make that getaway, don't let the grass grow under your feet
Make that getaway, break in a cold sweat if you get in too deep

Dont even think of the “L” word
Or she'll make that getaway
She wants that trouble behind her
So she makes that getaway

Make that getaway, don't let the grass grow under your feet
Make that getaway, break in a cold sweat if you get in too deep

She don’t wanna stay
Make that getaway
You can’t make her stay
Make that getaway

Dont even think of the “L” word
Or she'll make that getaway
She wants that trouble behind her
So she makes that getaway

Make That Getaway, don't let the grass grow under your feet
Make That Getaway, break in a cold sweat if you get in too deep

She don’t wanna stay
Make that getaway
You can’t make her stay
Make that getaway
She don’t wanna play
Make that getaway
You can’t make her stay
Make that getaway

ALL OVER ME

At a bar on the West side
Not far as the crow flies
I went looking for trouble last night

I thought she might be there
‘Cause we used to go there
And dammit if I wasn’t right

She was back in the corner
In the arms of a stranger
And it looked like they needed a room

So much for deliberation
In our trial separation
And the case of the gullible groom

Here come the heartaches again
Now I’m tortured by my memory
‘Cause the way she was all over him
I could tell she was all over me

Well, we had our problems
But I was sure we could solve ‘em
I thought we were doin’ all right

‘Til she took her anger
And clothes on the hangers
And left in a huff the other night

So I poured a double
Then I downed a couple
And I ended up here almost blind

Where my soon to be “ex”
Had already said “next”
And she seemed to be makin’ out fine

I remember that saying, “Seeing’s Believing”
And it’s hard when you don’t know the truth
So I guess I was lucky to find her so easy
Looks like that’s how he found her too

Here come the heartaches again
Now I’m tortured by my memory
‘Cause the way she was all over him
I could tell she was all over me

All over me
The woman was all over me
The way she was all over him
I could tell she was all over me

YOU NEED A HERO

You fall in love
Or maybe you're amazed
'Til the fall from grace

But it all dries up
And then you despise
The ones you idolized

You're so hard on your heroes
If they can't save the day
Then you send them away in shame

So hard on your heroes
If another one falls
Heaven help if he calls your name
'Cause you need a hero to blame

You find someone
Giving off light
And you grab on tight

But a time will come
When you're in the dark
'Cause you put out the spark

And you're so hard on your heroes
If they can't save the day
Then you send them away in shame

So hard on your heroes
If another one falls
Heaven help if he calls your name
'Cause you need a hero to blame

You won't try tea & sympathy
Or take five from your shooting spree
’Cause you'd rather see 'em go down in flames
'Cause you need a hero to blame

And you're so hard on your heroes
If they can't save the day
Then you send them away in shame

So hard on your heroes
And if another one falls
Heaven help if he calls your name
'Cause you need a hero to blame

And if another one falls
Heaven help if he calls your name
'Cause you need a hero to blame

SCARLET LETTERS

She left her message on the mirror
The day before she disappeared
Bon Voyage was all she wrote
There in her final note

Now there’s lipstick on my looking glass
I can't wash away
Lipstick on my looking glass
It's written all over my face

Scarlet Letters
That's how she said good-bye
Scarlet Letters
Now it's too late to cry

I read red writing on the wall
But my reflection says it all
I can't believe that it's all true
While my eyes follow me around the room

Through this lipstick on my looking glass
That I can't wash away
Lipstick on my looking glass
It's written all over my face

Scarlet Letters
That's how she said good-bye
Scarlet Letters
Now it's too late to cry

She's half a world away
I think by now
She's half a world away

Scarlet Letters
That's how she said good-bye
Scarlet Letters
Now it's too late to cry

I’LL TAKE THE WHEEL

Nothin' in Charlotte for a man and his family
So we packed it all up in the car
All through Kentucky, no sign of help wanted
Now we're nowhere in Arkansas

But I’m still beside you, my head in this map
The sun’s comin’ up and there’s no turning back

Baby, I'll take the wheel for a while
You put your head down and try not to worry
No need to put on that smile
No one could blame you for being discouraged
Now sleep for a few hundred miles
I'll take the wheel
I'll take the wheel for a while

Maybe we’ll find us a nice town in Texas
And won’t need to roam anymore
Or stay on this highway ‘til we run out of exits
And sleep on the western shore

When you make a new life it’s a struggle at first
But I said I’d hang on for better or worse

Honey, I'll take the wheel for a while
You put your head down and try not to worry
No need to put on that smile
No one could blame you for being discouraged
Now sleep for a few hundred miles
I'll take the wheel for a while

No one can see what’s on the road ahead
No one can give you a short cut instead

I'll take the wheel for a while
You put your head down and try not to worry
No need to put on that smile
No one could blame you for being discouraged
Now sleep for a few hundred miles
I'll take the wheel
I'll take the wheel for a while

AIR MAIL BLUE

BOUNCE IT OFF THE MOON

I’m GONNA TELL HER (IF YOU WON’T)

YOU WON’T EVEN SAY GOOD-BYE

ANGELS NEVER FALL IN LOVE

MAKE THAT GETAWAY

ALL OVER ME

YOU NEED A HERO

SCARLET LETTERS

I’LL TAKE THE WHEEL

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