Almost Home (2020 Remaster) lyrics - Craig Morgan

He had plastic bags wrapped 'round his shoes

He was covered with the evening news

Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands

The bank sign was flashin' five below

It was freezing rain and spittin' snow

He was curled up behind some garbage cans

I was afraid that he was dead, I gave him a gentle shake

When he opened up his eyes, I said, "Old man are you okay?"

He said, "I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree

I was runnin' from some honey bees

Drip-dryin' in the summer breeze

After jumpin' into Calico creek

I was walkin' down an old dirt road

Past a field of hay that had just been mowed

Man, I wish you'd just left me alone

'Cause I was almost home"

Then he said, "I's just comin' 'round the barn

'Bout the time you grabbed my arm

When I heard mama holler, "Son, hurry up"

I was close enough for my old nose

To smell fresh cobbler on the stove

And I saw daddy loadin' up the truck

Cane poles on the tailgate, bobbers blowin' in the wind

Since July of '55, that's as close as I've been"

"Yeah, I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree

I was runnin' from some honey bees

Drip-dryin' in the summer breeze

After jumpin' into Calico creek

I was walkin' down an old dirt road

Past a field of hay that had just been mowed

Man, I wish you'd just left me alone

I was almost home"

I said, "Old man, you're gonna freeze to death

Let me drive you to the mission"

He said, "Boy, if you'd've left me alone

Right now I'd be fishin'"

"I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree

I was runnin' from some honey bees

Drip-dryin' in the summer breeze

After jumpin' into Calico creek

I was walkin' down an old dirt road

Past a field of hay that had just been mowed

Man, I wish you'd just left me alone

'Cause I was almost home" (Almost home)

"Man, I wish you'd just left me alone

I was almost home"

Lotta Man (In That Little Boy) (2020 Remaster) lyrics - Craig Morgan

His life is that blue bike

Ball glove and fishin' pole

Treehouse, BB gun

And Band-Aid covered knees

He does good deliverin' papers

And cuttin' grass for the neighbors

Except for Widow Wilson, he cuts hers for free

His little hands do a lot for a kid his age

He puts one-tenth of his hard earned money

In the offering plate each Sunday

By his own choice

There's a lotta man in that little boy

Weekdays, he tries to sleep late

Weekends, he's up at daybreak

Him and Roy wadin' in Cotton Creek

That dog was like his brother

You'd seen one, you'd see the other

Cut one and both of them would bleed

Tires screamed, but that ol' truck couldn't stop

There's the tree that he buried him under

He made a cross from scraps of lumber

And on it carved, "God Bless ol' Roy"

There's a lotta man in that little boy

There's a house, down where he goes fishin'

He told his mom, "Those kids got nothin'

And I don't need all these toys"

There's a lotta man

(There's a lotta man, there's a lotta man)

In that little boy

Sounds Like Home lyrics - Craig Morgan

Old flat bottom, top water poppin' at your honey hole

Tailgate rattlin', thirty threes grabbin' that gravel road

Burn barrel fires and rusty barbwire that never ends

Buckshot stop signs, dust from combines and lifelong friends

It sounds like home, don't it?

A little bit of back road on it

Train rollin' by about a quarter after five with the whistle blowin'

Creakin' on the porch-swing swingin'

Sunday mornin' church bells ringin'

John Deere's startin', bird, dog barkin', man, don't ya know it

Sounds like home, don't it?

I hear my grandpa talkin', neighbors a-honkin' as they drive by

Plantin' things in rows, makin' honest holes in our old Levis'

I can still hear momma in the kitchen yellin'

"Five more minutes 'til the corn bread's done"

A hot day of hidin' and a cold beer ridin' on the settin' sun

It sounds like home, don't it?

A little bit of back road on it

Train rollin' by about a quarter after five with the whistle blowin'

Creakin' on the porch-swing swingin'

Sunday mornin' church bells ringin'

John Deere's startin', bird, dog barkin', man don't ya know it (oh)

Sounds like home

Sounds like my hometown (yeah)

Sounds like where I'm from, the place I love

Where I wish I was right now, yeah

Sounds like home (sounds like home, just like home)

Yeah, I'm creakin' on the porch-swing swingin' (swingin')

Sunday mornin' church bells ringin'

Oh, bird, dog barkin', John Deere's startin', man don't ya know it (sounds like home)

It sounds like home (sounds like home)

Sounds like home, don't it?

Sounds like home, don't it?

Ask Him lyrics - Craig Morgan

Ask him about war

And he'll do his best

To talk about his old friend that he held

When he took his last breath

Ask him about life

And he'll say it goes by fast

So tell the ones you love that you love 'em

Every chance you have

Ask him 'bout the good book

And he'll quote John 3:16

Ask him 'bout a tractor

And he'll preach some John Deere green

He'll say, "If you drive a Ford, you can't go wrong"

Oh, but ask him about her, and he'll go on and on and on

Ask him 'bout the weather

And he'll talk about her smile

And how she is his sunshine

And go on about her blue eyes for a while

Ask him about fishing

And he'll talk about that night

And how the best luck he ever had was down by the river

Never got a bite

Ask him 'bout the good book

And he'll quote John 3:16

Ask him 'bout a tractor

And he'll preach some John Deere green

He'll say, "If you drive a Ford, you can't go wrong"

Oh, but ask him about her, and he'll go on and on and on

He'll say, "If you drive a Ford, you can't go wrong"

Oh, but ask him about her, and he'll go on and on and on

Ask him about her

He'll go on and on and on and on

And on and on and on

How You Make A Man lyrics - Craig Morgan

Preacher said on the sixth day, God made Adam out of dust

Teacher said that the Big Bang is where we came from

Momma said it's a miracle we're all born straight outta love

But daddy said, let me tell you son

It's the good days, bad days, goodbye heartbreaks

Tail lights fading 'cause you didn't say enough

The loss and the tears, and the laughs, and the beers

The wars you fight, the ones you walk away from

You run, you crawl, you rise, you fall

You hit your knees 'til you learn to stand

Yeah, that's how you make a man

22, thought I knew everything, so I put everything on a

Pawn shop, shiny thing, diamond ring, I would've done anything

I promised that girl the whole wide world right before she left

She left a boy broken, yeah, remembering what my daddy said

It's the good days, bad days, goodbye heartbreaks

Tail lights fading 'cause you didn't say enough

The loss and the tears, and the laughs, and the beers

The wars you fight, the ones you walk away from

You run, you crawl, you rise, you fall

You hit your knees 'til you learn to stand

Yeah, that's how you make a man

Yeah, I had to live to learn, and crash and burn

For me to turn into a man worth loving you

It's the good days, bad days, goodbye heartbreaks

Tail lights fading 'cause you didn't say enough

The loss and the tears, and the laughs, and the beers

The wars you fight, the ones you walk away from

You run, you crawl, you rise, you fall

You hit your knees 'til you learn to stand

Yeah, that's how you make a man

Yeah, that's how you make a man

Yeah, that's how you make a man

Make a man

Make a man

Make a man

Make a man

I May Drink A Little lyrics - Craig Morgan

I've been down as low as man can go

Poured out my heart from my knees into His hands

I've heard, "Not yet" and I've heard the Lord say, "No"

I trust His time, not mine, will make me a better man

And I may drink a little, but I still love Jesus

I don't try to hide it 'cause I know He sees us

Let my tongue be my rudder, His wind I sail under

And will as long as I'm breathing

I may drink a little, but I still love Jesus

I've had dirt from the world slung in my face

Sometimes I've failed just to turn the other cheek

I'm forgiven, and I go on thanks to His grace

I can say I'm saved, even though I know I'm weak

I may drink a little but I still love Jesus

I don't try to hide it 'cause I know He sees us

Let my tongue be my rudder, His wind I sail under

And will as long as I'm breathing

I may drink a little, but I still love Jesus

I may drink a little but I still love Jesus

I don't try to hide it 'cause I know He sees us

Let my tongue be my rudder, His wind I sail under

And will as long as I'm breathing (as long as I'm breathing)

I may drink a little but I still love Jesus

Yeah, I may drink a little, but I still love Jesus

4 X Life lyrics - Craig Morgan & Maggie Rose

It was a sacred place behind the wheel

A special place where I could feel

Safe enough to write a song, just let the tape go

Yeah, I could roll my windows down

Cruise around my college town

Dream of being Nashville bound in my old jeep

Now get a good look at me

Cause there ain't no place too far, too high, too low

That I can't go

I got the drive and I know that I can make my road

Cause I can finally dream by a creek, on a beach or a mile high

I'm living that four by, four by life

I'm living this four by, four by life

I'm always making memories

From here at home to overseas

Everywhere it's taken me, has made me feel right at home

It's more than just a weekend thing

It's summer, fall, winter and spring

From sunrise to sunset and through the night

It's always such a beautiful sight

Cause there ain't no place too far, too high, too low

That I can't go

I got the drive and I know that I can make my road

Cause I can finally dream by a creek, on a beach or a mile high

I'm living that four by, four by life

I'm living this four by, four by life

Cause there ain't no place too far, too high, too low

That I can't go

I got the drive and I know that I can make my road

Cause I can finally dream by a creek, on a beach or a mile high

I'm living that four by, four by life

Cause there ain't no place too far, too high, too low

That I can't go

I got the drive and I know that I can make my road

Cause I can finally dream by a creek, on a beach or a mile high

I'm living that four by, four by life

I'm living this four by, four by life

The Mask lyrics - Craig Morgan

Hey, I got pains inside of me

Pains I don't let people see

I say I'm fine cause I know they see me strong

Behind my eyes, inside my soul

Feels like I'm digging a deeper hole

But I put on a smile, I lie and I hold on

But when I get home and it's late at night

No one's around and I turn off the light

I cry and scream and yell like crazy man

I don't have to pretend that I'm doing well

I can tell the world it can go to hell

It's just me and God when I take off the mask

They say you got so much going on

But in this crowd, I'm still alone

But they don't know cause I hold my head up high

There's times I can't get out of bed

I'm goin' round and round inside my head

That's when I slip it on so I can hide

And when I get home and it's late at night

No one's around and I turn off the light

I cry and scream and yell like crazy man

I don't have to pretend that I'm doing well

I can tell the world it can go to hell

It's just me and God when I take off the mask

I won't give up (I won't give up)

I won't give in (I won't give in)

I won't take it off

Till I'm with Him

Oh when I get home and it's late at night

No one's around and I turn off the light

I cry and scream and yell like crazy man

I don't have to pretend that I'm doing well

I can tell the world it can go to hell

It's just me and God when I take off the mask

"A Whole Lot More To Me" (2016)

A Whole Lot More To Me lyrics - Craig Morgan

Yea, I know everything there is to know about a truck
I've drank my share of beer on an ole tail gate
I grew up on an ole dirt road so I know where they go, yes I know
I've worn out my jeans on a tractor on the farm, and I know how to play in the hay in the barn
But there's so much more to me, baby wait and see

Cause I like a good Cabernet from an Apple Valley vine
Late night sushi by candlelight
I've got a Versace suit and a half dozen silk ties
I like long walks on the beach while holding hands
Kicking off my boots, digging my toes in the sand
I know baby, soon enough you will see
There's a whole lot more to me, yea

Well, I can split wood, I know how to build a fire, and I've been known to play in the mud
Got a cane pole, fishing hole, and I know how to take it slow, really slow
I've hoed every row of this tall, yellow corn
It's the way I was raised since the day I was born
But there's so much more to me, baby wait and see

I like a Carmel Macchiato under a Cafe sign
A Broadway show with you by my side
I like Caviar and a tall glass of Champagne
Well, I know my way around Rodeo Drive
Yea, I've driven every mile of that Pacific Coast line
I know baby, soon enough you will see
There's a whole lot more to me, yea

I like a good Cabernet from an Apple Valley vine
Late night sushi by candlelight
I've got a Versace suit and a half dozen silk ties
I like long walks on the beach while holding hands
Kicking off my boots, digging my toes in the sand
I know baby, soon enough you will see
There's a whole lot more to me, yea

Nowhere Without You lyrics - Craig Morgan

You are the flame that burned me down.
You are the turn that brought me around.
I am the difference your touch made.
I want to thank you, girl, for loving me like you do.
So glad you found me cause I was nowhere without you.

You are the answer to prayers I've prayed.
My life, the silent song your kiss please.
You are the guiding star that leads me back home,
and I want to thank you, girl, for loving me like you do.
So glad you found me when I was nowhere without you.

Nowhere, no one, no way out,
a heart full of sorrow and a head full of doubt.
You reached into my darkness.
You pulled me through.
I may get lost, and I may stumble, but I know that it's true.
So glad you found me 'cause I was nowhere without you.
Oh, I was nowhere without you.

When I'm Gone lyrics - Craig Morgan

My last breath
I wanna take with a smile
And no regrets
No hope of turnin' back that dial
Let the story I've written
Be somethin' worth leavin' behind

[Chorus:]
When I'm gone
Tell them I laughed more than I shed tears
When I'm gone
Tell them I stared down all my fears
That I danced on a wire and I walked through the fire
That I lived every moment till that moment retired
So my life goes on, goes on when I'm gone
(Oh, oh, oh) when I'm gone

Tell them I left that town
But it never left my soul
That I settled down but I never got old
If the house was packed and all raised a glass as the credits rolled

[Chorus]

Time don't last forever
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Time don't last forever
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

When I'm gone
Let my life go on, go on, go on

[Chorus]

Who Would It Be lyrics - Craig Morgan

If you could have just an hour to sit down in talk to anyone from the past,
Someone from your memory, any one from history, that you could just bring back,
Who would it be? Who would it be?

Sit on the dock with Otis Redding,
Smoke with John Lennon,
Talk a little ball with the Babe,
Shoot the breeze with Elvis,
Ride around with Moses in a '57 Chevrolet.
If you had that kind of power,
And only had an hour with anyone from A to Z,
Who would it be?

Would you ask a lot of questions, 'like what's it like in heaven?' and 'why do the good die young?',
Or would you sit and listen, soak up all the wisdom till the sixty minutes were done.
Anyone you could dream. Who would it be?

Sip Jack Daniel's with Sinatra,
Sing with Janis Joplin,
Shoot a little bull with James Dean,
Slow dance with Ginger Rogers,
Hang out with a possum, and find out what heartache means.
If you had that kind of power,
And only had an hour with anyone from A to Z,
Who would it be?

Is it someone that you love you never told enough how much they meant to you?
Their picture's in the kitchen. Lord knows how much you miss 'em, and there's nothing that you wouldn't do.

If you had that kind of power, but only had an hour with any one from A to Z,
Who would it be?

Who would it be?

I Can't Wait To Stay lyrics - Craig Morgan

It's a one light town with a lot of gravel road mad very few road signs
It's a county square that's round where everybody knows what's going on all the time, day and night
It's a little off the beaten path; the kind of place you don't find every day
And I can't wait to stay

It's where my dad, and my grandad, and his dad all grew up
It's where I learned to fish, and at thirteen drive a stick shift truck
Yea, I've had friends who couldn't wait to turn eighteen, pack up, and move away
Not me, no, not me
I can't wait to stay

It don't have no neon lights, and all the stores close down by eight o'clock
And if it don't rain, might be a hand full chewing the fat in the Sonic parking lot, that's all we've got
Come Sunday morning suits and ties and dresses fill the church where I was saved
And I can't wait to stay

Not a day goes by that you don't hear a 'Hey there. How ya been?'
You don't have to call to say you're coming, just stop in
For the life of me, I can't see why anyone would wanna leave this place
Cause I can't wait to stay

It's where my dad, and my grandad, and his dad all grew up
It's where I learned to fish, and at thirteen drive a stick shift truck
Yea, I've had friends who couldn't wait to turn eighteen, pack up, and move away
Not me, no, not me
I can't wait to stay

Yea, I can't wait to stay

compilation: "The Journey (Livin' Hits)" (2013)