Track 1: What’s Your Hurry
By Greg Hawks
This modern world just keeps you running
Ever closer to the edge
High on fear and desperation
To find a way to get ahead
CHORUS: What’s your hurry? Where’re you going?
Is it worth your worried mind?
When it’s over, it won’t matter
Tell me, are you satisfied?
In this age of great invention
They say our time is being saved
But no one ever seems to mention
What’s been lost along the way
CHORUS
There’s nothing wrong with moving forward
Or keeping up with the changing times
But when it takes more than it’s giving
It might be time to change my mind
CHORUS
Track 2: Some Things Are Better Left Alone
By Greg Hawks
Some things are better left alone
Some things are better left alone
When the harder you try, the worse it gets
It may be time to let it rest
Some things are better left alone
In my time I’ve learned a lot of lessons
Still, the more I’ve learn, the less I seem to know
But I have no doubt that in certain situations
Some things are better left alone
Some things are better left alone
Some things are better left alone
Like sleeping dogs, poison oak
Power lines and creosote
Some things are better left alone
Well, I’m not the kind to avoid communication
I won’t hesitate to say what I believe
But you can reach a point in stubborn situations
When the best thing you can do is turn and leave
Sometimes you’re better off alone
Sometimes it’s better to move on
From people who love to fuss and fight
And anyone who’s always right
Sometimes you’re better off alone
On the other side the grass is always greener
But you never know a good thing till it’s gone
Just because something is new don’t make it better
Sometimes it’s better to leave well enough alone
Some things are better left alone
Some things are better left alone
You can’t beat a hot corn pone
And the lonesome sound of ol’ George Jones
Some things are better left alone
Track 3: Just Because You Can (That Don’t Mean You Should)
by Greg Hawks
Good people tried to tell me and they tried to tell her, too
But we were living in a fairy tale and couldn’t see the cold hard truth
You know for her I made some changes, I tried to walk the line
Well, each day she’s slipping farther away and I’m about to lose my mind
Just because you can, that don’t mean you should
If you’re leaving now, you better go for good
So write it down so it’s understood
Just because you can, that don’t mean you should
I won’t be that sad to see her gone, she’s worried me to death
A’making up the rules as she went along, my words a waste of breath
You know I treated her like royalty, beats all I ever saw
This kind of mental cruelty ought to be against the law
Just because you can, that don’t mean you should
If you’re leaving now, you better go for good
So write it down so it’s understood
Just because you can, that don’t mean you should
Well, I watched her walking out the door, making all the noise she could
These kind of threats she’s made before but her promise ain’t no good
You see, no one’s ever told her no, she knows how to use her charm
Deep down I know, truth be told, she’s in another’s arms
Just because you can, well, that don’t mean you should
If you’re leaving now, you better go for good
So write it down so it’s understood
Just because you can, that don’t mean you should
Track 4: Simple Pleasures
By Greg Hawks
So many years I’ve done things my way
Running blind and wild, Lord, I’ve wandered astray
Searching for light on a dark highway
I spent many a night just dreading the day
CHORUS: Thank you, God, for the love of my mother
For my home and Your guiding light
For the morning sun in the Carolina sky
Lord, I finally see simple pleasures of life
Well, I had so much given to me
All that any man could want in this world for free
Well, I thought I knew it all, but I didn’t know a thing
For I could not believe what I could not see
CHORUS
Well, I turned my back on the ones that I loved
And I did some things that I’m not proud of
But the truth I wanted was there all along
And it feels so good to know where I belong
Thank you, God, for the love of my mother
For my home, Your guiding light
For the morning sun in the Carolina sky
Yes, I finally see simple pleasures of life
Track 5: Coming Home
By Greg Hawks
Well, I’ve seen a lot of places and I know a lot of faces
In this country that I’m proud to call my home
So much more I’d like to see if the opportunity
Comes my way before my time on earth is gone
So much beauty to behold on the pathways new and old
From bright cities to the rolling countryside
But if you really want to know, if I had one place I could go
There’s no doubt where I would turn my wheels to ride
CHORUS: On my way home (going home)
Coming home (back to my home)
It’s where my heart is at, it’s where I can hang my hat
There’s no place I’d rather be, going home
Now the road I want to travel’s a little driveway made of gravel
On a shady Piedmont hill in Caroline
Where the trees sway in the breeze whispering sweet melodies
It’s the closest thing to heaven in my mind
CHORUS
Track 6: When I Look Into Your Eyes
By Greg Hawks
Seems lately all I think about is you
From the time that I awake and in my dreams the whole night through
We’ve loved and lost and paid the cost that’s made our hearts so blue
But for the chance to hold you in my arms there’s nothing I won’t do
Between us there’s a fire we can’t deny
To say that it’s not there would be a lie
I think it’s time to tell the truth that I have tried to hide
I can’t help the way I feel when I look into your eyes
Don’t want to throw caution to the wind
And I know it’s hard to trust someone in the shape you’re in
And right now it may be you just need a friend
But every time I see you smile it makes me want to love again
Between us there’s a fire we can’t deny
To say that it’s not there would be a lie
So come closer to me, darling, put your heart right next to mine
I can’t help the way I feel when I look into your eyes
This kind of thing don’t happen every day
Lord knows I’ve tried to look the other way
Well, I think I might just lose my mind to wait another day
Maybe time is on our side now and love can find a way
Between us there’s a fire we can’t deny
To say that it’s not there would be a lie
So come closer to me, darling, put your heart right next to mine
I can’t help the way I feel when I look into your eyes
Track 7: I Belong to You
By Greg Hawks
For so long I’ve tried to find you
So many times I’ve prayed
For a love that I can hold onto
That never fades away
They say in time that all good things
Will come to those who wait
And here I am as living proof
Sure as the light of day
CHORUS: Seems I’ve known you all my life
It must be meant to be
’Cause I’ve loved you from the first time
You ever looked at me
I’ll never want another one
I’ll find no one so true
I know you belong to me
And I belong to you
There’s an easy way about her
Sweet as the ocean breeze
She knows just how to ease my mind
As gentle as you please
I feel like I’m living in a dream
As good as it can get
I can’t remember time before
The day that we first met
CHORUS
Track 9: You Can’t Take it With You
By Greg Hawks
Every day we’re drifting farther away
Caught up in a race of wealth and fame
Running up a hill that can’t be climbed
While we yearn for the peace of satisfied minds
And there’s no turning back, no finish line
You can’t make up for your lost time
Our days fly by before you know
You can’t take it with you when you go
Rushing down a road that has no end
Every hour we have is already spent
Looking far so ahead that we leave behind
Everything we see we cannot find
There’s no turning back, no finish line
You can’t make up for your lost time
Our days fly by before you know
You can’t take it with you when you go
No, you can’t take it with you when you go
There’s no turning back, no finish line
You can’t make up for your lost time
Well, our days fly by before you know
You can’t take it with you when you go
No, you can’t take it with you when you go
Track 10: Train of Love
By Greg Hawks
Once I knew a girl I thought I wanted for my own
But I couldn’t make her happy so our hearts just turned to stone
I tried in vain to make it right but everything was wrong
She wanted more than I could give so I left that girl alone
…Left that girl alone
Then I met someone, Lord, who made me feel at home
Her touch, it was the finest thing that I have ever known
Taking me to places I have never been
Her love has shown the way for me to be a better man
…Be a better man
CHORUS: Train of love rolls on forever
Never know, you might get to ride
If you have someone, it’s best to treat ’em right
Thank God for the train of love every day and every night
Well, she don’t try to dress me up, be like somebody else
Her love is real, it makes me feel a whole lot like myself
Like a diamond in the rough, there’s no price for what it’s worth
Want to love this woman till my last day here on earth
CHORUS
Track 11: Stay Around
By Greg Hawks
Well, now we have had some real good times together
And I look forward to the time I spend with you
You’re like the wind that sweeps away the stormy weather
But like the wind I wonder if you’re changing too
Well, I have felt a brand-new hope since I first met you
But like you sometimes I put our fate in doubt
Well, anything you have to say I’m here to let you
But now you’re halfway in my world and halfway out
Well, I’m not asking for a guarantee
And I don’t want to see you leave
But I’d rather you do it now
If you’re not planning to stay around
So if you’re looking for something new
You go and do what you gotta do
Surely you know enough by now
Are you planning to stay around?
Please don’t take this heart of mine I give for granted
While you save some part of yours for something else
Well, the seeds of deeper love have all been planted
And all that’s left of what we need you hold onto
Well, I’m not asking for a guarantee
And I don’t want to see you leave
But I’d rather you do it now
If you’re not planning to stay around
So if you’re looking for something new
You go and do what’s best for you
You’ve seen enough to know enough by now
Are you planning to stay around?
You’ve seen enough to know enough by now
Are you planning to stay around?
Track 12: Sacred Vow
By Greg Hawks
I trusted you with all my heart
And to you I gave my soul
You made a mockery of love
When you said goodbye so cold
CHORUS: Your word no longer means a thing
Every promise is broken now
You’ve changed so much as you’ve given up
On love’s most sacred vow
Do you recall the tears of joy
You cried when we said “I do”?
Now for me you say your love has died –
What happened to the girl I knew?
CHORUS
So I packed my things to move away
For I had no other choice
Now my heart still aches each time I mistake
A sound to be her voice
CHORUS
So I pray that in time that I’ll forgive
But I know I won’t forget
The undying pain, dark and lonely shame;
Lord, her memory haunts me yet
Your word no longer means a thing
Every promise is broken now
You’ve changed so much as you’ve given up
On love’s most sacred vow
Track 13: Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
(Public Domain)
Jesus, Savior, pilot me
Over life’s tempestuous sea
Chart and compass, come from Thee
Jesus, Savior, pilot me
Unknown waves before me roll
Hiding rocks and treacherous shoal
Chart and compass, come from Thee
Jesus, Savior, pilot me
When at last I near the shore
And the fearful breakers roar
May I hear Thee say to me,
“Fear not, I will pilot thee.”
’Twixt me and the peaceful rest
Then, while leaning on Thy breast
May I hear Thee say to me,
“Fear not, I will pilot thee.”
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