If I Were The Woman You Wanted

Now they all sat around in a circle

They were laughing and all telling lies

Then the tall one he bumped in a dollar

Oh he said boys I've got nothing to hide

Now if the King and the Queen stood together

Then the ace he would not be to blame

And if the cards were all laid on the table, now darlin'

Then love could be more than a game

And if the stars didn't shine on the water

Then the sun wouldn't burn on the sand

And if I were the woman you wanted babe

I would not be the woman that I am

And I have run into the darkness, now darlin'

When I saw the look in your eyes

But if the night didn't lie in the darkness

Then the daylight would be hard to find

And if the truth didn't turn to a weakness, now babe

I would have never have spoken my mind

And if the stars didn't shine on the water

Then the sun wouldn't burn on the sand

And if I were woman you wanted babe

Then I would not be the woman that I am

So if you're going out to California

Then don't linger in New Mexico

And if you think of the one there behind you, there darlin'

Then you might not feel so alone

And if the stars didn't shine on the water

Then the sun wouldn't burn on the sand

And if I were the woman you wanted babe

I would not be the woman that I am

And if I were the woman you wanted babe

I would not be the woman that I am

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Comin' Down in the Rain

Gravity of the Situation

Songs for Remembered Hereos

Cold Hearts/Closed Minds

Let It Shine O Me

I Live on a Battlefield

Never Mind [The Firm]

Drive-In Movies and Dashboards Lights

Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

Gulf Coast Highway [Baroque String Mix]

The Last of the True Believers

Late Night Grande Hotel [Original Mix]

Gulf Coast Highway [Original Mix]

Love at the Five and Dime [Duet with Darius Rucker]

The Wing and the Wheel [Live]

Waltzing With the Angles

White Freight Liner [#]

Good Night, New York [#]