Song Lyrics: 1) Hand Clappin 2) Crazy About You 3) Another Man's Words 4) Tennessee Stud 5) So Easy 6) Heartland 7) Ain't Got You 8) I'd Rather Be Dancing 9) Muddy Road 10) If I Could Find The Words 11) In The Same Business 12) Baby's Lullaby

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Song Lyrics:

1. Hand Clappin’ Kenny Maines/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *If Ed McMahan knocked on my door tomorrow and gave me a check for ten million dollars, I swear it wouldn’t change me at all. I would continue to do the same thing I am doing now. I would just have a lot more fun doing it! I can want for money, love and stuff. But, one thing I truly need is to play my music, look out into the crowd and notice someone is listening.* Give me some hand clappin’ Gimme a little finger snappin’ Give me one more reason to play this old guitar Give me a Hallelujah Gimme a little how do you do ya And I’ll give you just one more shooting star I need a lot more money I need a sweeter honey I need love and a brand new Cadillac Give me an El dorado Give me a new tomorrow And I’ll give you a ride around in the back I need a long vacation I need a radio station I need love and a new pair o’ dancin’ shoes Give me a hand to hold on to Give me the night to please you And I’ll give you a night full o’ rhythm and blues

2. Crazy About You Kenny Maines/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *Sometimes, we need to close the door and create our own private world with the one we love.* Baby put your arms around me Hold me close and let me in Honey say you’re glad you found me And you’re ready to begin Lay my head upon your pillow Run your fingers through my hair Tell me something that I don’t know Tell me I’m your millionaire Honey you might think I’m crazy For all the crazy things I do I don’t stay here cause I’m lazy I’m just crazy about you When those people talk about me I don’t listen anymore The can talk but they still can’t see Past the closing of the door We can talk about the weather You can tell me anything You can stay with me forever You can hear me when I sing………When I sing

3. Another Man's Words Andy Wilkinson/Cain't Quit Music/BMI *I can best describe this song with the words of my good friend and songwriting hero, Andy Wilkinson, who said “Simple words cover the most ground and for that reason are the most powerful and the most complex”. Thanks for the gift, Andy.* Honey, you want me to tell you I love you And talk of forever like a poet would do But a common man speaks in a common man’s language And this is the only thing that I know is true You all I wanted and just what I needed A damn sight more than I’ll ever deserve Come hell or high water forever is shorter Than a lifetime of talkin’ another man’s words I’ll tell you true lovin’ won’t suffer discussion The talk on the TV or the pop magazines The common man he is the media’s victim Cliché consumer of the pulp writer’s dreams Come, let me hold ya, the children are sleeping And I can’t say anything more that I feel We’re common people but we ain’t ordinary And this is the only thing that I know is real

4. Tennessee Stud Jimmy Driftwood/Warden Music, Inc./BMI *There is nothing more touching than hearing a tale of a love affair between a man and his horse.* Long about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would of made it through the Arkansas mud If I hadn’t been ridin’ on the Tennessee stud I had a little trouble with my sweetheart’s pa One of her brothers was a bad outlaw I sent a letter to my uncle Spud And I ran away on the Tennessee stud The Tennessee stud he was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee stud I drifted on down to no man’s land Across the river called the Rio Grande I raced my horse with a Spaniard’s foal Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold But me and a gambler we couldn’t agree We got in a fight over Tennessee We drew our guns he fell with a thud And I got away on the Tennessee stud I made my way across Arkansas Where I whipped her brother and I whipped her pa Then I found that girl with the golden hair And she was ridin’ on a Tennessee mare Pretty little baby on the cabin floor Little hoss colt playing ‘round the door I love that girl with the golden hair And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare

5. So Easy Jerry Brownlow/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *Just one of the many great songs written by my good friend and fellow “Maines Brother”, Jerry Brownlow. My heart melts when I sing this one.* It’s not like me to stay around on place to long I’m a rounder and that’s all I’ve ever known Never gave time to anyone Turn around and I was gone Freedom was my crown, the road my throne You were like a warm southerly wind I was like a Norther I was cold as ice inside, you were like a fever And believe me, I never knew I could be easy, Oh so easy With the devil on my back, his arms around my soul What I needed was an angel to take control I’ve always been a dreamer, but now I know Dreams only matter, when there’s someone to hold

6. Heartland Kenny Maines/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *As cliché as it may sound, “Home is where the heart is”. Whether it be real or imaginary, we long to go back there.* When the world keeps spinnin’ around and you just got to slow down When peace of mind ain’t the kind of mind that you have found When life is treatin’ you a little bit rough You’re giving too much and ain’t gettin’ enough And you’re tired of push and shove, Take it to the Heartland When the phone keeps ringin’ and you can’t stop thinkin’ ‘bout the deadlines You’re pushin’ and shovin’ but you ain’t getting’ nothin’ on the dotted line You’re standin’ at the bus stop all alone Time to start thinkin’ ‘bout going back home Back to flesh and bone, Take it to the Heartland Take it to the Heartland, Everybody knows your name Take it to the Heartland, Everybody’s glad you came The people you love and the love that you need Lyin’ in the shade of a cottonwood tree Take a little break from reality to the Heartland There’s a dirt road leadin’ to the ones you love in the Heartland And when you’re countin’ the stars in the sky above you will understand Once you find that feelin’ you can’t lose Leave the world to the ten o’clock news Pack up all o’ your blues, Take it to the Heartland

7. Ain’t Got You Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen/ASCAP *I picked up the phone one afternoon and heard the voice of my good friend, Joe Piland, stuck in traffic on I 35 between Austin and San Antonio. Joe said “Kenny, I just heard a Springsteen song you need to learn”. Well Joe, what do you think?* I got fortunes of heaven in diamonds and gold I got all the riches baby that the bank could hold I got houses cross the country honey end to end And everybody buddy wants to be my friend I got all the riches baby any man ever knew But the only thing I ain’t got baby, I…………ain’t got you I got a house full of Rembrandt and priceless art And all the little girls they wanna tear me apart When I walk down the street people stop and stare Well you think I might be thrilled but baby, I don’t care Cause I got more good luck honey than old King Farouk But the only thing I ain’t got baby, I……….ain’t got you I got a big diamond watch sittin’ on my wrist I try to tempt you baby but you just resist I made a deal with the devil babe I can’t deny Til I get you in my arms I won’t be satisfied Got a pound o’ caviar sittin’ home on ice I drive a fancy foreign car that rides like paradise Got a hundred pretty women knockin’ down my door And folks wanna kiss me I ain’t never seen before Been around the world and all across the seven seas Been paid a king’s ransom for doing what comes naturally But I’m still the biggest fool honey this world ever knew Cause the only thing I ain’t got baby, I…………..ain’t got you

8. I’d Rather Be Dancing Kenny Maines/Richard A. Bowden/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *I actually picked up this line from the “Quotable Quotes” section of Reader’s Digest. Richard and I took it from there.* Life is for living, Taking and giving We dance to the music whatever the tune Through good times and bad times Sweet lines and bad rhymes The band keeps on playin’ I’d rather be dancing with you So many faces in so places That “dance with me” look in their eyes They sit there waiting, There for the taking And the band keeps on playin’ I’d rather be dancing with you You taught me how to dance to the music Whatever the rhythm or rhyme The music keeps changing and the band keeps on playin’ But it always sounds sweeter, as long as I’m dancing with you

9. Muddy Road Kenny Maines/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *Living on a dirt road is one life’s greatest experiences. If you live on one long enough, you’ll see the best and the worst it has to offer. And, you’ll most likely forget everything in-between.* Tryin’ hard to stay out of the ditch Is like scratchin’ your back when it don’t really itch Your load’s too light and your wheels won’t roll Your life’s too fast and your mind’s too slow Livin’ on a muddy road, tryin’ to do what you’ve been told Livin’ on a muddy road, tryin’ to do what you’ve been told You swerve to the Right to avoid the Left You can’t save time and still save yourself But time has a way of slippin’ on by You learn how to laugh when you learn how to cry You know a muddy road will lead you to the grave Slippin’ and a slidin’ on the money that you made You’ll never take it with you so you better use it up Winner or a loser, you will never get enough

10. If I Could Find the Words Kenny Maines/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *I tried to take a lesson from Andy on this one and keep it simple. I’m still searching for the right words. Maybe the “searching” is the better part of the journey.* Seasons come and seasons go, Something old, something new It was written long ago, My heart belongs to you I’ve been searching for a way For the perfect things to say If I could find the words to tell you I think about you And I can’t help myself If I could find the words to show you I hunger for you Til there is nothing left I could make you understand that my heart is in your hands If I could find the words I will search until I find All the perfect words in time Until then my love will grow, Mind and body, heart and soul I get lost in space and time When I feel your lips on mine I can see your love when I look at you Help me find the words to say I love you too

11. In the Same Business Kenny Maines/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *This was just another song until Doug Smith, John Sprott, Richard Bowden and brother Donnie got hold of it. I also enlisted everyone who played on the CD as “The Choir”. In the words of a Petersburg piano player, “There it is”.* I called my doctor said “I’m feelin’ some pain Can you help me find a little relief?” The doctor said “Maybe you’re goin’ insane Or maybe you just wanna believe” He said “I can pick you up or I can let you down. I can give you a buzz and make your head spin around Or you can keep your feet on the ground It don’t matter to me” Cause we’re in the same business We’re in the same business We’re in the same business We’re in the same business We’re in the same business………you and me I met up with a lady in red And said “Honey, what are you doin’ here? Don’t you feel bad about sellin’ your soul? And baby could I buy you a beer?” She said “Love is blind and talk is cheap I close my eyes when I go to sleep And I don’t have to count no sheep It don’t matter to me” I walked into a tent revival And what did I see? A man stood up and he was preachin’ a mouthful And he was preachin’ at me And he said, “The word is truth and the truth is light I can make the lame walk. I can give the blind sight. And I don’t care if it takes all night It don’t matter to me"

12. Baby’s Lullaby Raymond “Son” Maines/Solid Chrome Music/BMI *This is a special way for me to honor the music of the first generation of “Maines Brothers”. Uncle Son’s commanding voice was an inspiration to me from my earliest memories. We found a video tape of Uncle Son introducing this song at a family reunion in 1997. I pray this “Family Tradition” lives on.* Go to sleep my little baby Sweet baby, my little baby Go to sleep my little baby Sweet baby, olo o dee You just lay there a playin’ in your cradle all day long So go to sleep my darlin’, before that sandman comes along There’s an angel up in heaven who is watching day and night So go to sleep my darlin’ and everything will be alright Of my darlin’ how I love you, you’re Daddy’s little man So go to sleep my darlin’ and be off to dreamy land