Derek James Tilley
Lyrics

ALBUM:
Dirty
Do you have to Walk In the Rain
Drivin' Like Hell Through Heaven
Gimme a Little Love
I Can
If Only I
Last Train
One Heartbeat at a Time
Shine
Standing Room Only
That's What I'll Do
Wrong Kinda Sexy




Dirty

Written by Marty Beecroft, Glenn Coulson and Derek James Tilley
DJT Entertainment / After Tuesday Productions

Verse 1
She drives a pick-up truck never drops below eighty
Through the mud and the muck, she's one hot lady
Cut off jeans, makin daisy duke blush
She blows through town kicking up dust

Verse 2
Sandy blonde hair and rich dark eyes
Kind of girl, girls hate and men idolize
Wears an Aerosmith T, two sizes too small
With break neck speed she passes them all

Pre Chorus 1
This heart stompin vixen gives it straight to you
She'll tell ya like a trucker, what she wants you to do

Chorus
She ain't afraid to get dirty
Twenty nine and holdin miles away from thirty
She'll bait your hook, build you a fence
She'll tell ya how last night’s ball game went
Makin Don Juan shy, and Casanova worry
She just clean ain't afraid to get dirty

Verse 2
Grease on her hands oil on her face
Overalls overworked, holes in the right place
Rolls out from under her flat bed Ford
She's got the right now know how, to make it roar

Pre Chorus 2
She's after my heart, a Barbie doll gone wrong
Oh she's the soul reason why I sing this song

Chorus

Bridge

Down a dust dirt avenue, behind the barn rendezvous
Just four miles past the truck stop greasy spoon
She does things to me she really shouldn't do
But that don't mean I don't want her to

Solo / Breakdown / Chorus out

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Do you have to Walk In the Rain
Written by James Collins and Anthony Vanderburg
Warner/Chappell Music Canada

Verse 1
I catch you, watchin me
Even though you’re standin with him
I can't help but remember the nights
I found out so much about you
My heart gave in, when you said you wanted to be touched
And I realized you miss it so much

Chorus
Do you have to walk in the rain
Just so he won't see your tears
Do you have to go through life so afraid
Giving into all of your fears
You know he's not right for you
Do you have to walk in the rain

Verse 2
I got so high holdin you
The way you needed to be held
Just between me and you
A secret promise never to tell
Cause I don't want to scare you
But I know you’re feelin something too
Cause I can see it when I look at you

Chorus
Do you have to walk in the rain
Just so he won't see your tears
Do you have to go through life so afraid
Giving into all of your fears
You know he's not right for you
Do you have to...

Bridge
I understand your tears
I understand your fears
Please understand that I'm here for you
There's only one life, don't let this passion just die
There's so much waiting out there for you

Chorus Out

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Drivin' Like Hell Through Heaven
Written by Keith Urban and Cyril Rawson
Pugwash Music c/o Ole (SOCAN) / Ten Ten Music (BMI)

Verse 1
As a young man daddy lived life in the fast lane
And I was no exception to the rule
Be easier tryin to stop a freight train
Somewhere down the line his words rang true

He said son you sure do have that motor hummin
We’re in high gear and still ain't found the brakes
I can see your sightst are set on something
But you’re in the road to one mighty big mistake

Chorus
Cause you’re drivin like hell through heaven
Slow down and open up your eyes
Drivin like hell through heaven
Lookin for paradise

Verse 2
Well once upon a time I had a woman
Never knew just what I had till it was gone
And I can't blame her I guess I had it comin
Never saw the angel in my arms

Chorus
She said you’re drivin like hell through heaven
Slow down and open up your eyes
Drivin like hell through heaven
Lookin for paradise

Bridge
Everyday’s a diamond and you can make it shine
And every moment’s golden but if you don't take the time

Chorus
You'll be drivin like hell through heaven
Slow down and open up your eyes
Drivin like hell through heaven
Lookin for paradise

Tag
Drivin like hell through heaven
Lookin for paradise
Drivin like hell through heaven
Lookin for paradise, lookin for paradise, lookin for paradise

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Gimme a Little Love
Written by Tim Nichols, Tebey Ottoh and Gilles Godard
© 2008 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Contentment Music (BMI) Made For This Music (BMI) All rights admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) (Nichols) / All Mixed Up / Purple Cape Music c/o Ole (BMI)/ Purple Cape Music c/o Ole (SOCAN/BMI)

Verse 1
Riverbank, truckbed, tailgate down, baby how does that sound
On a golf course, sneakin on the fairway at number nine
Or in a downtown high rise, so we can take an elevator ride
Up to the top, for a good time, yeah that’s right anywhere you like

Chorus
Just gimme gimme, a little kiss, a little taste, a little touch
Gimme, gimme, come on sweet stuff, you wanna cuddle up
Just gimme gimme, all night cause too much ain’t enough
Just gimme gimme a little love

Verse 2
Cornfield, behind the barn, hayloft, what you say, hey
We can go mile high, mountain top, snowed in, hot tub – heat it up
Drive through, long wait, well baby you can have it your way, or if you want
We can take it worldwide, Idaho to Shanghai, anywhere you like

Chorus
Just gimme gimme, a little kiss, a little taste, a little touch
Gimme, gimme, come on sweet stuff, you wanna cuddle up
Just gimme gimme, all night cause too much ain’t enough
Just gimme gimme a little love

Bridge
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah (6 times)
Chorus
Just gimme gimme, a little kiss, a little taste, a little touch
Gimme, gimme, come on sweet stuff, you wanna cuddle up
Just gimme gimme, all night cause too much ain’t enough
Just gimme gimme a little love

Outro
Gimme gimme yeah

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I Can
Written by Joel Feeney, Rhean Boyer and Andrew Thomas 
Chrysalis Music/November Songs (ASCAP) / Jujaja Music (ASCAP)

Verse 1
Look at all the stars above filled with love, dancin’ with the moon
I could try a million times, but baby I could never pull one down for you

Pre Chorus 1
Well I know that there's a lot of things impossible for me
And so many things that I can't guarantee

Chorus
But if you need the promise of a faithful honest man
To always stand beside you baby I can
There's nothing that I wouldn't do to help you understand
When it comes to loving you with all I am
Baby I can

Verse 2
If I could walk the universe to Jupiter, baby I'd give its’ rings to you
I’d swing across the Milky Way just to say, how much I love you

Pre Chorus 2
Well that’s about as crazy girl as anything can be
Cause I just ain't no Superman it’s plain to see

Chorus

Bridge

Just let me hold you close tonight
Girl if we close our eyes
Maybe we could fly

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If Only I
Written by Ben Dunk and Vince Melamed
Ole (SOCAN) / Senor Vicente Music

Verse 1
All I need is a few more hours, the perfect song, bouquet of flowers
A magic night, to make things right

Verse 2
All I need is a little persuasion, a little luck, right occasion
Turn on the charm, you'll be in my arms

Pre Chorus 1
But the bitter truth is, I missed by a mile
And I'd still be with you if only I

Chorus
If only I had listened, things wouldn't be this way
If only I had the patience, I wouldn't be here today
Writin' you this letter, beggin' for more time
Things might have been better, if only I

Verse 3
Simple pleasures, the conversation, that was missin' I was wastin’
Precious time, yours and mine

Pre Chorus 2
I can't even reach you, but I'm still gonna try
Cause I’d still be with you, if only I

Chorus
If only I had listened, things wouldn't be this way
If only I had the patience, I wouldn't be here today
Writin' you this letter, beggin' for more time
Things might have been better, if only I

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Last Train
Written by Glenn Coulson, Marty Beecroft and Joe Heslip
After Tuesday Productions

Verse 1
I asked the man at the gates, what am I doin’ here
This can't be over I'm in the prime of my years (and he said)
There's no use askin’, it’s just your time
You can join the others at the end of the line

Pre Chorus 1
You packed your bags with sin sometime ago
You better hope you travel light when that last whistle blows

Chorus
I might not have been good, I'd change it now if I could
Please sir would you be so kind to take me, take me along
Swear I'll do what I can, to get my ticket in hand
Don't leave me standing on the platform when the last train is gone

Verse 2
Could have been a little bit nicer, should have done a little bit more
Wish I knew the man upstairs was keeping score (I asked)
Do you know where I'll go, he just said listen son
Your destination is based on what you have done
I got real quiet, as I got his meaning
Cause this poor soul of mine is long past redeeming

Chorus

Gospel

Oh Lord, don’t leave me standin’ (don’t leave me standing here)
Oh Lord, last train is gone (last train is gone)
Oh Lord, don’t leave me standin’
Oh Lord, when the last train is gone

Chorus out

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One Heartbeat at a Time
Written by Joel Feeney and Kevin Savigar
Chrysalis Music/Kevin Savigar Music (ASCAP) / Songs of Combustion Music/1609 Songs Admin. by Music of Windswept (ASCAP)

Verse 1
It was just a perfect Sunday, we were walkin' hand in hand
Tryin' to dodge the waves and leave our footprints in the sand
As I look over my shoulder, past the point where I would run
I count all my blessings, at just how far we've come

Prechorus 1
It’s a place I thought I'd never be, an open page in front of me

Chorus
It’s our story and were writing it
Two lovin', livin' souls united
So easy, to want to, stay right here, right next to you
As we take it line by line
One heart beat at a time

Verse 2
Well it’s never been my strong suit, stayin' one place for too long
For the first time I can remember, feels like this is where I belong

Prechorus 2
My life has changed so fast, I can close the book on my past

Chorus
It’s our story and were writing it
Two lovin', livin' souls united
So easy, to want to, stay right here, right next to you
As we take it line by line
One heart beat at a time

Bridge
So we won't make any promises
And we'll take it day by day
We'll walk on together
Come what may

Chorus
It’s our story and were writing it
Two lovin', livin' souls united
So easy, to want to, stay right here, right next to you
As we take it line by line
Yeah, we'll take it line by line
One heart beat at a time

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Shine
Written by John Mabe and Patrick Jason Matthews 
©2004 Music Of Stage Three / Mabe It Big Music (BMI) / EMI April Music Inc. / Songfighter Music (ASCAP)

Verse 1
You sparkle, like a million diamonds
Straight across the moonlit skyline
I'm star blind, I’m raptured by your gaze

Verse 2
You shimmer, like my souls oasis
A refuge in the distance
Your brilliance, never seems to fade

Chorus
Baby you shine, brighter than anyone
You’re the midnight sun blazin down on me
Baby you shine, darkness can't touch my world
When you’re with me girl, bathin me in your light
Baby you shine

Verse 3
You consume me, melt me down and mould me
Burn away the old me, when you hold me
Your love’s just like a flame

Chorus
Baby you shine, brighter than anyone
You’re the midnight sun blazin down on me
Baby you shine, darkness can't touch my world
When you’re with me girl, bathin me in your light
Baby you shine, baby you shine

Bridge
Baby you shine

Chorus
Baby you shine, brighter than anyone
You’re the midnight sun blazin down on me
Baby you shine, darkness can't touch my world
When you’re with me girl, bathin me in your light
Baby you shine

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Standing Room Only
Written by Cyril Rawson and Kevin Daken
Rawsong Music (SOCAN) / unpublished (SOCAN)

Verse 1
Keep your eye on the ball, Grandpa always say
Then he’d lob one in, I’d swing and miss and he’d smile anyway
He said one day you’ll catch on, hit one clear over the fence
Just practice hard, play with heart and believe in yourself

Verse 2
He coached me all through high school, taught me how to steal a base
And my first year of college, we went all the way
The last game of the season I hit that big homerun
And I’d look for Grandpa in the stands to see how proud he was

Chorus
There was standing room only, swear everybody came
But I couldn’t see Grandpa and he never missed a game
That victory was sad for me though we filled every seat
And that’s when I swear an angel came and told me
Grandpa knows there was standing room only

Verse 3
Well the church filled up that Sunday, through the front door down the steps
And I walked up to the pulpit and read the note that he had left
The last line Grandpa wrote put a smile in every tear
Said I promise that the Babe and I’ll watch every game next year
Oh if heaven has a hall of fame for Grandpas
Well he’s up there now and he’s still coachin me
Oh twenty years ago he was my hero
And to me and everybody here that’s what he’ll always be

Chorus
There was standing room only, swear everybody came
And as much as I loved him, guess the whole town felt the same
They came from miles to say goodbye and he filled every seat
And that’s when I swear and angel came and told me
Grandpa knows there was standing room only

Tag
They came from miles to say goodbye and he filled every seat
And that’s when I swear an angel came and told me
Grandpa knows there’s standing room only

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That's What I'll Do
Written by Glenn Coulson, Marty Beecroft and Derek James Tilley
DJT Entertainment / After Tuesday Productions

Verse 1
Surround myself with the past, faded pictures, postcards, stuff like that
Keepin your things, prayin you’ll come back
It’s not the same in this house, call me crazy but I know somehow
There’s a feelin’ says you’re not around

But there’s a place I know, you’re there when I go
Where you’re still with me and for now it’s what I need

Chorus
Sittin at the restaurant, missin everything I want
Swear you’re there at our table for two
Our first night, spilled my wine, felt what love was really like
Lost my cool, but I still knew you’d
Laugh with me, every day, forgive me, for my mistakes
Love me how someone should be loved
If sittin here’s the thing that brings me closer to you
Then that’s what I’ll do

Verse 2
Everyone’s wonderin’ if I’m okay, hopin’ that I’ll move on,
Guessin’ how long I’m gonna stay this way
But they don’t seem to get what I, already know
That you haven’t really gone if I don’t let you go

Now I wind up my day goin’ to the same place,
Where we were perfect together, it always makes me feel better

Chorus

Bridge

Oh you loved me how someone should be loved,
And I still feel it just now from above

Chorus
I need you, I still need you
To laugh with me, every day, forgive me, for my mistakes
Love me how someone should be loved
And I still feel it just now from above
If sittin here’s the thing that brings me closer to you
Then that’s what I’ll do

It gets me through

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Wrong Kinda Sexy
Written by Glenn Coulson, Marty Beecroft and Derek James Tilley
DJT Entertainment / After Tuesday Productions

Verse 1
Here comes captain Speedo, with way too much libido
Struttin like a peacock down the beach
She’s lookin’ homegrown, perfectly Coppertoned
Woo, she glistens from her head to her feet
He lays it on too thick, I think she’s feelin sick
Cause that guy with his banana hammock don’t know when to quit

Chorus
It’s just the wrong kinda sexy
It’s just the wrong thing to do (woo hoo hoo)
Just trying to impress her, caress her, undress her, with a too cool attitude
Do you think that she’s a fool
That she’d run away with you (woo hoo hoo)
Well if that’s your best shot, then you don’t have a clue
It’s just the wrong kinda sexy, the wrong kinda thing to do

Verse 2
He’s drinkin up the confidence, one too many for good sense
Thinkin he’s the star of the bar
Gold chain, beer belly, comb over, breath smelly
He’s Johnny Depp without the looks or the charm
A what’s-your-sign jerk, puts a hand on her
And the last thing he remembers, is the side of her purse

Chorus

Bridge

He bought a cowboy hat, and lost the gold chain
Worked out real hard, startin usin Colgate
But there’s a couple of things he can’t bring himself to change
He’s still got that Speedo, and way too much libido

Chorus
It’s just the wrong kinda sexy
It’s just the wrong thing to do (woo hoo hoo)
Just trying to impress her, caress her, undress her, with a too cool attitude
Do you think that she’s a fool
That she’d run away with you (woo hoo hoo)
If that’s your best shot, then you don’t have a clue

It’s just the wrong kinda sexy, the wrong kinda thing
The wrong kinda sexy, (woo hoo hoo)
The wrong kinda sexy, the wrong kinda thing to do

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