Little Big Town - Nightfall Album Lyrics

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Next to You

Babe
I don't wanna talk right now
Stop
I need a little space
Ohh, ohh

Wait
Didn't mean to say it like that
Stay
A little longer please
I sleep a little deeper when you're next to me

Don't you know
You're the fire in my bones
You're my heart and my home, oh
And I know
I don't say it enough
I've been down on my luck
My love
But I'll be fine in the morning
Next to you

Oh, think I'm losin' my mind again
Go slow
Touch me like you do
Love
Come a little closer now
I breathe a little deeper when I'm next to you

And don't you know
You're the fire in my bones
You're my heart and my home, oh
And I know
I don't say it enough
I've been down on my luck
My love
But I'll be fine in the morning
Next to you

Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh

Next to you
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Next to you
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Next to you
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh

But I'll be fine in the morning

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Nightfall

Take me back to where we started
Shadows dancing on the floor
Let the dark help us remember
What we're fighting for

Full moon, making magic
Light a candle, let it cast a spell
I can't hide the way I want you
Baby, can't you tell

Turn the lights down, we can watch the stars crawl
You and I fall, baby, when the night falls
Throw a spark, we can shine underneath it all
You and I fall, baby, when the night falls

From sunset to sunrise
I'll be the keeper of your heart
I'll be here right beside you
Through the darkest part

Heaven's just above the Milky Way
Stay right here and be my saving grace
Straight on until the morning
Don't you be afraid

Turn the lights down, we can watch the stars crawl
You and I fall, baby, when the night falls
Throw a spark, we can shine underneath it all
You and I fall, baby, when the night falls

I've been dreaming of a night like this
Put my name on your midnight list
You and I fall (you and I, you and I fall)
You and I fall (you and I)
When the night falls

Turn the lights down, we can watch the stars crawl
You and I fall, baby, when the night falls
Throw a spark, we can shine underneath it all
You and I fall, baby, when the night falls

I've been dreaming of a night like this
Put my name on your midnight list
You and I fall (you and I, you and I fall)
You and I fall (you and I)
When the night falls

You and I fall (you and I, you and I fall)
You and I fall (you and I, you and I fall)
You and I fall
When the night falls

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Forever and a Night

Look at me lower your guard
I know it's hard to believe
But I'd never do you harm
Lie down with me
Here in the dark
Listen to our hearts beat
Bring it back to the start

And I want you to hold me
And take me into your arms
Safe from the storm
And baby let me love you and kiss you
And I'll make it alright
It might take some time
Give me forever and a night

You've got me under your spell
I can hardly speak
Burning like hell
Say that you need me
Like the night that we fell
In love so deeply
So completely

And I want you to hold me
And take me into your arms
Safe from the storm
And baby let me love you and kiss you
And I'll make it alright
It might take some time
Give me forever and a night

And I want you to hold me
And take me into your arms
Safe from the storm
And baby let me love you and kiss you
And I'll make it alright
It might take some time

And I want you to hold me
And take me into your arms
Safe from the storm
And baby let me love you and kiss you
And I'll make it alright
It might take some time
Give me forever and a night

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Throw Your Love Away

Baby you keep showing up in every dream
You're walking 'round my head in your faded jeans
I don't know what it means, I don't know what it means

You left without me saying what I wanted to
The thought of you is filling up this empty room
I don't know what to do, with all the missing you

I can patch the holes and take a million pictures off the wall
I can send you back your old guitar you gave to me
Yeah, it don't bother me at all
I can set our bed on fire but your memory's fireproof
So what's the use
I can't throw your love away and I can't give it back to you

You made it look so easy with your moving on
Like you never think about our favorite song
Dancing in the living room, slow dancin'
It was over way too soon

I wake up in the morning and I call your name
I wish there was a get over you pill to take
Everything is different but it's all the same
My heart is so devoted it won't even break

I can patch the holes and take a million pictures off the wall
I can send you back your old guitar you gave to me
Yeah, it don't bother me at all
I can set our bed on fire but your memory's fireproof
So what's the use
I can't throw your love away and I can't give it back to you, back to you

Oh-ooh-ooh-oh
Oh-ooh-ooh-oh

I can't give you back all the kisses
Underneath those summer stars
I can't give you back all the cold
When I'm not sleeping in your arms

I can patch the holes and take a million pictures off the wall
I can send you back your old guitar you gave to me
Yeah, it don't bother me at all
Oh, I can set our bed on fire but your memory's fireproof
So what's the use
I can't throw your love away and I can't give it back to you
No I can't throw your love away and I can't give it back to you
Back to you

Oh-ooh-ooh-oh
Wish I could give it back baby
Oh-ooh-ooh-oh

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Over Drinking

No more props on a barstool, tear in my beer
Drowning my sorrows, wishing you were right here
No more 80-proof bourbon to get you off my mind
Ain't why I'm sitting here sippin' one tonight

Yeah, I'm over drinking over you
I'm done with bottles or chasing the blues
I still go out with the boys and knock back a few
But I'm over drinking over you
Yeah, I'm over drinking over you

No more flipping through pictures in the corner on my phone
No more dialing your number in the dark all alone
If I'm out at a bar and I've tied one on
I'm drunk 'cause I'm happy, not drunk 'cause you're gone

I'm over drinking over you
I'm done with bottles or chasing the blues
I still go out with the boys and knock back a few
But I'm over drinking over you
Yeah, I'm over drinking over you

I ain't on a wagon
These wheels are still turning
But I'm tired of you draggin' my heart
Through the dirt and the hurt

I'm over drinking over you
I'm done with bottles or chasing the blues
I still go out with the boys and knock back a few
But I'm over drinking over you
Yeah, I'm over drinking over you (over you)
Over you (over you)
I'm over drinking over you
I still go out with the boys and knock back a few
But I'm over drinking over you

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Wine, Beer, Whiskey

My friend named Jack
He's got my back
He always seems to know right where I'm at
My friend Jose
He likes to play
He's always up for anything I say

Little bit of red, lotta bit of Crown
Don't matter what it is
I'm gonna drink it down, down, down

The wine, the beer, the whiskey
Are the only things that fix me
I'm not saying it's a problem
I can stop it if I wanna
But the wine, the beer, the whiskey
They always get me

My friend named Gin
She's got some friends
I'm talking Brandy, Sherry, and their brother Jim
My friend the Captain
We call him Morgan
He likes to anchor down and hang over 'til mornin'

Little bit of red, lotta bit of white
Don't matter what it is
It's gonna make it all alright

The wine, the beer, the whiskey
Are the only things that fix me
I'm not saying it's a problem
I can stop it if I wanna
But the wine, the beer, the whiskey
They always get me

My friend named Tito
He's my amigo
I'm gonna follow him around wherever he go

The wine, the beer, the whiskey
Yeah, I got all my friends here with me
I'm not saying it's a problem
I can stop it if I wanna (but who would wanna)
When the wine, the beer, the whiskey
They always get me
They always get me
They always get me
Yeah, they always get me

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Questions

Do you still kill the radio pulling up the drive
Still say you'll only smoke on a Saturday night
Do you still hang out at the bar at the end of our street
'Cause I can't go there anymore
Did you find my jean jacket on your back seat
Is there anything you wanna ask me

'Cause I got questions
With no intention of ever saying them out loud
Did you give her my old key
Am I anywhere in your memory
I can't sleep it's keeping me up tonight
I got questions

Did your brother move back home or is he still in LA
Is the back porch light still broke
Does it hurt when you hear my name
Is Songbird spinning on the 45
'Cause I can't listen anymore
Is your heart still on your sleeve
Is there anything you wanna ask me

'Cause I got questions
With no intention of ever saying them out loud
Did you give her my old key
Am I anywhere in your memory
I can't sleep it's keeping me up tonight
I got questions
I got questions

Are you thinking about giving her your grandma's ring
The one your mama gave you to give to me
Oh, I was just wondering

I got questions
With no intention of ever saying them out loud

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The Daughters

Oh girl, wash your face before you come to the table
Girl, know your place, be willing and able
Take it on the chin, let the best man win
Girl, shoulders back and stand up straight
Girl, watch your mouth and watch your weight
Mind your manners, smile for the camera

And pose like a trophy on a shelf
Dream for everyone, but not yourself
I've heard of God the Son and God the Father
I'm still looking for a God for the daughters

Girl, don't be weak but don't be strong
Say what you want, just as long
As you nod your head with your lipstick on

And pose like a trophy on a shelf
Dream for everyone, but not yourself
I've heard of God the Son and God the Father
I'm just looking for a God for the daughters

I wash the dishes, feed the kids, and clean up all this mess
Do my best, forgive myself, and look good in this dress
Damn, I look good in this dress

And pose like a trophy on a shelf
I'll dream for everyone, but not myself
I've heard of God the Son and God the Father
And damn, I love my son, I love my father
I'm just looking for a God for the daughters
I'm just looking for a God for the daughters

For the daughters
I'm just looking for a God
For the daughters, for the daughters

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River of Stars

When static seems to fill the air
Lying next to you and you're not there
You thought that they were out of sight
But in the dead of night

Anytime you reach for me
I give my love and honestly

I'd paint a river of stars for you
Cross the ocean of sapphire blue
Anything I have to just to get to you
I'd paint a river of stars for you

You said you call out my name
I called you but you never came
It's only time that drifts away
My love remains
Anytime you reach for me
I'd give my love and honestly

I'd paint a river of stars for you
Cross the ocean of sapphire blue
Anything I have to just to get to you
Doesn't matter what we've been through
Doesn't matter
Doesn't matter
Doesn't matter what we've been through
I'd paint a river of stars for you

I'd paint a river of stars for you
Cross the ocean of sapphire blue
Anything I have to just to get to you
Doesn't matter what we've been through
Doesn't matter
Doesn't matter
Doesn't matter what we've been through
Doesn't matter
Doesn't matter
Doesn't matter what we've been through
I'd paint a river of stars
For you (for you)

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Sugar Coat

I turn the bathroom light on
To take my makeup off
Look at myself in the eye
And wonder why I wear it anyway
Another car drives by
I wonder where you are
The kids are all in bed
And everything but you is in its place

From the street view looking in
It's pretty as a picture
A home sweet home

Sometimes I wish I liked drinking
Sometimes I wish I liked pills
Wish I could sleep with a stranger
But someone like me never will
Sometimes I hardly can stand it
I just smile with a lump in my throat
Sometimes I wish I could bear it
Didn't have to wear this sugar coat

Passed down from my mom
She wore it so well
She'd rest it on my shoulders
Say it's colder out there than you think

Would I recognize myself
Would anybody else
If I took the damn thing off and burned it up

Sometimes I wish I liked drinking
Sometimes I wish I liked pills
Wish I could sleep with a stranger
But someone like me never will
Sometimes I hardly can stand it
I just smile with a lump in my throat
Sometimes I wish I could bear it
Didn't have to wear this sugar coat
Oh, this damn sugar coat

And one of these nights I'll meet you in the driveway
And tell you to go to hell
Go to hell

Sometimes I wish I liked drinking
Sometimes I wish I liked pills
Wish I could sleep with a stranger
But someone like me never will
Sometimes I hardly can stand it
I just smile with a lump in my throat
Sometimes I wish I could bear it
Didn't have to wear this sugar coat
This damn sugar coat
Oh, this sugar coat
This damn sugar coat

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Problem Child

You ever wake up out of one of those dreams
Where you open your mouth but they can't hear you scream?
You carry around an invisible heart
Misunderstood, they don't know who you are

Are you the black sheep?
Have you been lonely
Out on the outside?
You're not the only one

What's your problem, child?
What's your problem, child?

Send up a signal, you send up a prayer
Does anyone notice? Does anyone care?
Wildflower growing through the cracks in the street
A beauty unfolding that nobody sees

Are you the black sheep?
Have you been lonely
Out on the outside?
You're not the only one

What's your problem, child?
What's your problem, child?

Did someone not love you?
Were you not enough?
Did you not belong in their eyes?
Why don't you fit in? Why don't you add up?
I've been asked time after time

What's your problem, child?
What's your problem, child?

Are you the black sheep?
Have you been lonely
Out on the outside?
You're not the only one

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Bluebird

Bluebird singing
Right outside my window in a tree
Just for me
Bluebird singing
Something in that midnight melody
Makes me believe

Nothing's gonna take my love away
Keep it in your heart for a rainy day
Close your eyes let it find its way to you
And if the highway gets too dark
Call my name let it catch a spark
I'll be there for you
Call me honey
I'll come running

Bluebird flying
Beneath the clouds she's got somewhere to be
She's gonna be free
You've been crying
Set your sorrows on that bluebird's wings
And when she sings

Nothing's gonna take my love away
Keep it in your heart for a rainy day
Close your eyes let it find its way to you
And if the highway gets too dark
Call my name let it catch a spark
I'll be there for you
Call me honey
I'll come running

Nothing's gonna take my love away
Keep it in your heart for a rainy day
Close your eyes let it find its way to you
And if the highway gets too dark
Call my name let it catch a spark
I'll be there for you (I'll be there for you)
Call me honey
I'll come running
I'll come running

Right outside my window in a tree
Just for me

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Trouble With Forever

She said forever's gonna be like this
Class ring promise and a shotgun kiss
Blue jean smoke and backseat dreams
Made kids in love believe anything

She can't feel rain in July without thinking about him
And he can't see top down old jeeps without thinking about her
We love how forever begins
But the trouble with forever is it always ends, oh

She thought love was a pretty white dress
He thought the work was done when she said yes
Three hundred people heard her say I do
But there was no one there when he said we're through

And she can't help sometimes wishing they could start over
And he knows there's so many things that he should've told her
We love how forever begins
But the trouble with forever is it always ends
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

He holds her hand as she says goodbye
Fifty years in the blink of an eye
As close to forever as you'll ever get
The trouble with forever is it always ends