I don't need the same excuses
All this talk is really useless
You run for cover every time I'm close to you
Don't want to hear about the others
There's something here we should discover
Let's make a little magic before the night is through

Ooh, you've seen it all before and heard the same lines
But if you're willing just to take a chance
It could be all right, so fine
We'll find ourselves dancing by firelight

So don't you try to change the subject
Or try to put yourself above it
A boy could get pneumonia sitting next to you, that's true
A little sleep is all we're losing
It's up to us to do the choosing
Let's make a little magic 'fore the night is through
Make a little magic 'fore the night is through

Ooh, to the blue skies where no one can reach us
It may sound crazy but just hold on tight
Never has a love run deeper
Baby my heart is true
Baby my heart is true

A little sleep is all we're losing
It's up to us to do the choosing
Let's make a little magic 'fore the night is through

Let's make a little magic
Let's make a little magic
Make a little magic 'fore the night is through

Fresh scrubbed baby, mama's kiss on his cheek
Steps off the Greyhound with money for a week
A wide-eyed innocent, he knows no fear
It takes more than heroes to survive down there

In the badlands, the badlands, the badlands
Well if you've got the bullets
They'll remember your name down there

Can't drink the water, can't breathe the air
They said it was exciting, never said it was fair
You're just another singer in a pilgrim's suit
Chased by the lines till you learn to shoot

In the badlands, the badlands, the badlands
If you've got those black dollars
They'll remember your name down there

Badlands, well there's always a faster hand in the west
Room around town for only the best
One false step and you'll be cut down
For some it's paradise, for others it's hell

In the badlands, the badlands, the badlands
Yeah, if you've got the bullets
They'll remember your name down there
They'll remember your name down there
They'll remember your name down there

You're gonna need some protection
You had better make your connections

Ever think about your high school friends
All the kids that you knew back when
If you'd pass'em on the street today
You just might see they've gone a different way

Lovely Linda was a friend of mine
Dressed to kill she always looked sure fine
We all thought she was a star back then
Now she's entertaining businessmen

But she's doin' what she wants to

Macho Johnny from around the block
Always had that funky walk
Now he's wearing little sister clothes
Wrapped up in a world of pantyhose

But he's doin' what he wants to
Gonna have a good time (gonna have a good time)
Wooh oh

Little Four-Eyes was the teacher's pet
Stacks of books and his chemistry set
Now he's a rancher down in ol' Brazil
Mixes powders making little pills

But he's doin' what he wants to
Cause it makes him feel fine
Paid for the ticket
Might as well take a ride
The rest of them were born to tears
Or hiding fears and never broke away

Wimpy Andy was a punching bag
Screamed and hollered he was such a drag
Now you hear him on the radio
Sings songs and playing rock & roll
Rock & roll, rock & roll, rock & roll

Doin' what he wants to
Gonna have a good time
Paid for the ticket
Might was well take a ride, take a ride

Well he's doin' what he wants to (doin' what he wants to)
Gonna have a good time
Doin' what he wants to (doin' want he wants to)
Gonna have a good time (have a good, have a good time)
Doin' what he wants to
He's gonna have a good time
Hey

Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne
I don't want to need you like I do
Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne
Hard to stay away from something as fine as you

Will I be the one you love enough
Or just another angel I can't touch
Leave me in between that will never do
Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne
Just a little piece ain't enough of you

Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne
I don't want to chase you like a fool
Up and down the avenue
Carry your books home too

Let me be the one you love enough
You're just another angel I can't touch
Something in between it'll never do
Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne
Just a little piece ain't enough of you

No no no
Don't say no
I don't want to need you like I do
Just want to get close to you
No no no
Please don't go
Cause baby you'll find
That I'm too good to lose

Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne
I don't want to need you like I do
Up and down the avenue
I'm gonna carry your books home too

Someday I'll be the one you love enough
Or just another angel I can't touch
Nothing in between will ever do
Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne
Just a little piece ain't enough of you

No no no
No no no
Just a little piece ain't enough of you

Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne
Leigh Anne

She saved him from whiskey
Was his constant companion
You'd see them out riding at dawn
She gave him his reasons
To shoulder the seasons
Now when you see him
He's riding alone

She'd lay down beside him
To touch him or guide him
Turn 'round his head on the darkest of days
He still sits beside her
And remembers her smiling
Whispers to her
That old song he would play

Please lay down beside me, how I love you
Never wanted to bid this adieu
No Red River ever ran deeper
Than this old cowboy's love
Than this cowboy's love that runs true

Don't mind me
I'm half crazy about you
I don't mean to doubt you
But ooh I got an anxious heart

You been gone so damn long
That it seems
I've fallen for a bad dream
I guess I got an anxious heart

Ooohh, put me away
Tell me I don't deserve you
But you ain't got the nerve too
Oh wooh wooh

I don't mind the times
You lied, it's alright
Just come home to me tonight
Take away my anxious heart

Ooh ooh

Ooohhh, put me away
Tell me I don't deserve you, ah
You ain't got the nerve too
Oh wooh wooh

I don't mind the times
You lied, it's alright
Just come home to me tonight
And take away my anxious heart (take away)
Take away my anxious heart (take away)
Please take away my anxious heart (take away)
Ba-by take away my anxious heart (take away)
Ooohh
Take away my anxious heart
Take away
Take away

I saw your face across the room
Caught me like a favorite tune
Talking about my girl on the radio
(Ooh ooh) I knew I had to say hello

A special moment
Wonderin' what lies ahead
Was about to make my move
When she took my arm and said

We oughta take good advantage
Of the party lights
Slip away to the night
Darling I want you
To come home with me
We oughta...
I wanna...

Girl's got style
Something a little insane
Now she's acting like she owns me
I see no reason to complain

We oughta take good advantage
Of the party lights
Slip away to the night
Darling I want you
To come home with me
We oughta...
I wanna...

Hard as I try, I can't remember why
We never spent that time together
She said, Don't bother wanderin'
Around here tonight
I see that look in you (look in you)
We oughta follow through
Oh it's better late than never

Oh we oughta take good advantage
Of the party lights
Slip away to the night
Darling I want you
To come home with me
We oughta...
Take good advantage
Real good advantage
Darling I want you
Darling I want you
Come home with me
Take good advantage
Slip away
Take good advantage
Slip away
Slip away

Long ago the brothers fought
But still the tears are shed
So here we stand no wiser than before
Still the hunter rules the hearts of men

Whether I'm right or I'm wrong
Too weak or strong
Sure seems plain to me
Too young or old
Too shy or bold
We all need help
Just to move the stone

Those special favors to light the road
Songbird when you comin' home
On the highway the going's tough
It's harmony that splits the dark

How long (Sha-la-la-la-la-lala)
Sing it sweet need the harmony
Brother it's taken too long
(Sha-la-la-la-la-lala)
What makes it shine is the harmony

If I'm right or I'm wrong
Too weak or strong
Whether I flop or I steal the show
If we sink or we swim
We lose or win
What's yours and mine is the harmony

Those special favors you're on your own
Songbird when you comin' home
On the highway the going's rough
It's harmony that splits the dark

How long (Sha-la-la-la-la-lala)
Sing it sweet need the harmony
Brother it's taken too long
(Sha-la-la-la-la-lala)
What makes it shine is the harmony

It's the harmony
Sweet harmony
What makes it shine is the harmony
It's the harmony
(Sha-la-la-la-la-lala)
Swee-e-e-e-e-et harmony
Harmony
It's taken too long (Sha-la-la-la-la-lala)
What makes it shine is the harmony
It's the harmony (Sha-la-la-la-la-lala)
Harmony
Swee-e-e-e-e-et harmony

She's a young one
Hard to find
Can't be shaken
Or handed a line
Her eyes are loaded
Point at you
With a look
That's too good to be true

She takes your daydreams
No concern
All your night times
You toss and you turn
So independent
Never alone
She's a jewel
That's much too hot to be worn

She's a lovely, lovely girl
High, lookin' down
Upon her world
Well I'll take a chance
And play the fool
But I know
She's just too good to be true

She's a young one
Vanity's child
Cosmopolitan
Queen of the night
So I'll catch her in the morning
Sweet rendezvous
But I know
That girl's too good to be true

She's a lovely, lovely girl
High, in her lovely, lovely world
Wooh, I'll take the chance
And play the fool
I know that girl's too beautiful
She's too good to be true
Much too good to be true
She's too good to be true
Woohoh, too good to be true
Too good to be true
Too good to be true
Too good to be true
Girl's too good to be true