Clint Black - Killin' Time Album Lyrics

Straight from the factory
We were made for each other
One of those things that's meant to be
Straight from the factory
Nothin' less than exactly
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.

Many parts and many hearts
Been mismatched before
Still they make delivery.
Some folks send 'em back and never find what they need
But babe my satisfaction's guaranteed.

Straight from the factory
We were made for each other
One of those things that's meant to be
Straight from the factory
Nothin' less than exactly
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.

Straight from the factory
We were made for each other
One of those things that's meant to be
Straight from the factory
Nothin' less than exactly
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.

Sittin' tight and sittin' proud
Waitin' on a shove
Passers by just keep on passin' by
I'll admit I did a bit of passin' by myself
Til' I found a perfect fit
And now I'm tied.

Straight from the factory
We were made for each other
Perfect match as anyone can see
Straight from the factory
Nothin' less than exactly
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.

You're the only lock that's made to fit my key

What do you say when it's over
I don't know if I should say anything at all
One day we're rollin' in the clover
Next thing you know we take the fall

Still, I think about the years since I first met you
And the way it might have been without you here
And I don't know if words from me can still upset you
But I've just gotta make this memory stand clear

I know I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin here a better man

I guess I always knew I couldn't hold you
But I'd never be the one to set you free
Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you
You still believe in some old meant-to-be

Still I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man

Yes I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man

Yes I'm leavin' here a better man

Move slowly to my dresser drawers
Put my blue jeans on
Find my cowboy boots, my button down
Strap my timepiece on my arm
Grab my billfold, my pocket change
Just a mindless old routine
Then it's out the door and down the street
But it's not really me

I still comb my hair the same
Still like the same cologne
And I still drive that pickup truck
That the same old bank still owns
But since you left, everybody says
I'm not the guy they've known
The lights are on, but nobody's home

Cup of coffee in the morning
Just food for the brain
But I've been numb since our last goodbye
I haven't felt a thing
But now there's pains in my head
And pains in my chest
And I think I'm losing my hair
I'm a half a man with half a mind
To think you didn't care

I still comb my hair the same
Still like the same cologne
And I still drive that pickup truck
That the same old bank still owns
But since you left, everybody says
I'm not the guy they've known
The lights are on, but nobody's home

Walkin' away I saw a side of you
That I knew was there all along
And that someday I'd say goodbye to you
'Cause one right can still make two wrong
Not for each other, not from the start
The difference was day and night
My finest hour spent here with you in the dark
Was just before I saw the light
It's the people who want love and the people who need love
Who find love on the way
I'll be lookin' for someone 'til I find the right one
Then I won't be walkin away
Now that I know what I'm tryin' to find
There's only one place it could be
So I'm lookin' ahead, I've stopped lookin' behind
For someone who's lookin' for me

Just like a re-run movie,
I see that scene again.
An' that feeling shoots right through me,
'Cos this time I know the end.
And I've seen it played so many times,
And I've watched it frame by frame.
And I don't have to guess who loses,
And I know who'll feel the pain.

You're gonna leave me again,
Just like you did the time before.
This is the start of the end,
The end of me when you walk out that door.

I think I'll go down to the picture show,
See if they're playin' somethin' new.
Maybe one with a happy ending,
And I'll pretend it's me and you.
But I know that it's just make believe,
So I won't even try,
To tell myself that you're not gonna leave,
And that you'll never say goodbye.

You're gonna leave me again,
Just like you did the time before.
This is the start of the end,
The end of me when you walk out that door.

Since before I learned to walk, I've been running
And I could always see the light before the dawn
Somewhere someone won't even see me coming
And before the see me going, I'll be gone
Now you've got questions I don't care to answer
And I don't get off on leading people on
It's safe to say I'm no second chancer
And the chances are I don't know right from wrong

You could never change my mind
And I won't change my ways
And from the start the lines have all been drawn
That I'll just leave you behind
Forgetting all my yesterdays
I said before you see me going
I'll be gone

You could never change my mind
And I won't change my ways
And from the start the lines have all been drawn
That I'll just leave you behind
Forgetting all my yesterdays
I said before you see me going
I'll be gone

Spent my lifetime wishing waitress would come 'round
Telling jokes shootin' pool on the other side of town
When the wistle blows at five o'clock
There's only one place I'll be found
Down at Ernie's Ice House lifting long necks
To that good 'ol country sound

And talking 'bout the good 'ol times
Now I'm talking 'bout the good 'ol times
Talking 'bout the good 'ol times

Bragging on how I used to be
But I've worn out the same old lines
And now it seems nothing's news to me

There's nothing like a steel guitar crying in the night
Nothing like a sawdust floor and a good 'ol friendly fight
I'd finally find my way back home and you'd patch up my face
But that was another time and another place

And talking 'bout the good 'ol times
Now I'm talking 'bout the good 'ol times
Talking 'bout the good 'ol times

I wonder how I came to be the know it all I am
And how the world ever got used to me

And talking 'bout the good 'ol times
Now I'm talking 'bout the good 'ol times
Talking 'bout the good 'ol times

As past times go I guess I've seen some good
It's not always the best ones come and stay

There's a crowd that thinks there is one
And it should
Cause they seem to spend theirs the some old way

And they call it winding down
The six to ten crowd, smoky bars
Notes on napkins and business cards
Describe the days events and go on home
And it's likely they won't drown
The price goes up and one more round
They close up all the bars downtown
As the singer plays one last rip roaring song
It seems like the same ole motions every night
He wants to hear a golden oldie to take him back
And I'll play out all the emotions I can't fight
Relive the tensions and hope they're on the right track

And they call it winding down
The six to ten crowd, smoky bars
Notes on napkins and business cards
Describe the days events and go on home
And it's likely they won't drown
The price goes up and one more round
They close up all the bars downtown
As the singer plays one last rip roaring song
It seems like the same ole motions every night
He wants to hear a golden oldie to take him back
And I'll play out all the emotions I can't fight
Relive the tensions and hope they're on the right track

Honky tonk heroes are turn the page
And the books are closed tonight
Cause everybody knows you gottta leave'em up
So they'll go home feeling right
You gotta leave'em up so they'll go home
Feeling right

You were the first thing that I thought of
When I thought I drank you off my mind
When I get lost in the liquor
You're the only one I find
And if I did the things I oughta
You still would not be mine
So I'll keep a tight grip on the bottle
Gettin' loose and killin' time

This killin' time is killin' me
Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see
That if I cross that line and they bury me
Well I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity

I don't know nothin' 'bout tomorrow
I've been lost in yesterday
I've spent all my life just dying
For a love that passed away
And if there's an end to all my sorrow
And this is the only price I'll pay
I'll be a happy man when I go
And I can't wait another day

This killin' time is killin' me
Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see
That if I cross that line and they bury me
Well I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity
Yes, I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity

I've tried livin' it risky, relied on women and whiskey
To chase my blues, turn my nights to days
First rage only a pastime, with age more than a lifetime
Day in, day out the world just turns away

But everybody knows you live and you learn
But the lessons just go on and on
I guess we're gonna have to wait for all the pages to turn
To find out if it's right or if it's wrong, you live and learn

I've stopped lookin' for questions, I've got only suggestions
Black and white can only turn to grey
In time we're all gonna find out our times all gonna wind out
And just count down until that judgement day

But everybody knows you live and you learn
But the lessons just go on and on and on
I guess we're gonna have to wait for all the pages to turn
To find out if it's right or if it's wrong, you live and learn, you live and learn