People Like Me

by Justin Haigh

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New Album "People Like Me" Coming July 7th. The music video for "All My Best Friends (Are Behind Bars)" is out now. Check it out on youtube: www.youtube.com/justinhaigh

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released 07 June 2011

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Track Name: All My Best Friends (Are Behind Bars)
Philosophers and poets, and songwriters too,
Have told stories through the ages,
‘Bout what friends can do to you.
Their envy and betrayal, can drive a man to drink,
Or land a man in jail
That is why I think……

All My Best Friends, Are Behind Bars,
Sometimes we take things a bit to far,
Oh but, I don’t mean they’re bad men,
Please don’t take it wrong when, (I say),
All My Best Friends, Are Behind Bars

I spent the better part of my adult life,
Fightin’ with best friends and arguin’ with wives,
And tryin’ to convince some judge I’m just misunderstood.
Then a bartender showed me the secret to life,
Is a smooth sippin’ whiskey and a handful of ice,
Since then its all been downhill…yeah…life is good.

(Chorus)

Jim and Jack help me through hard times,
Me and Jose party till sunrise,
Johnny Walker helps me walk the line,

(Chorus)
Track Name: Love Me
She played me like an old church song, you barely know but you sing along anyway
She held me like another drink, the one you know you just don't need but you have to take
She finally threw it all away but not a day before she made a mess of me
That's why I'm begging please

Chorus:
Baby save me from this crazy place I'm in, so take me in
And make me feel alive again
Need me, free me, baby believe in me
And love me

Like a beat up truck, strong as hell underneath the rust, it won't let you down
Love me like your mama’s voice, sweet and truthful, beautiful, safe and sound
My heart is hurt, my steps are small, out on the edge I feel the fall in front of me
That’s why I'm begging please

(Chorus)

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Love me like an old church song, where the melody goes on and on and on
Track Name: People Like Me
People Like Me
Never went to college
Except the parties I was playing
For the sigma kappa ladies on Friday night
So I spent a lot of weekends
With some future doctors girlfriend
And I’ve learned there’s people who don’t like, people like me

People like me
Don’t get the big promotions
‘Cause we seem to lack the gene
That puts the filter in-between our brain and mouth
We don't smile and say yes
When everybody knows its b-s
And I’ve learned there’s people who don’t like people like me

Chorus:
People like me
Livin’ hard lovin’ fast
Check to check, milk and gas
In the truck head to town
A little luck, lost and found
Time to waste at Sammy’s Place we all say hey!
Come on in and grab a seat
It sure feels good to be
With people like me

People like me
Been told we need to grow up
They say there’s more to life then cars
Pretty women and guitars
I say like what?!
I love god and country
I do what they ask of me
And I’ve learned there’s people who don’t like people like me

(Chorus)

People like me

Crankin’ up, kickin’ back
Dirty jokes make me laugh
Buyin’ suds for my friends
And the girls that just walked in
Juke box plays “Whats Your Name” we all say hey!
Come on in and grab a seat
It sure feels good to be
With people like me

People like me
Livin’ hard lovin’ fast
Check to check, milk and gas
Crankin’ up, kickin’ back
Dirty jokes make me laugh
In my truck head to town
A little luck, lost and found
Jukebox plays whats your name we all say hey!
People like me
Track Name: Jack Daniels On Ice
Bartender my heart is bleeding
My bad day ran into the evening
And nobody cares
That I’m not going home
 
I’m a desperate man
Bet you know what that’s like
Bartender do what you do, I’ll buy one for you
Just get me through this night

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Jack Daniels on ice
Jukebox on fire
I’ll be singing along
In a honky tonk choir
Don’t mix women and drinking
Take my advice
‘Cause the only thing colder than what I’ve got at home
Is Jack Daniels on ice

Everybody’s got a flavor that they like
But only the stills from the hills of Tennessee
Will get her off my mind
Jack Daniels on ice

(Chorus)
Track Name: The Leaving In Your Eyes
I can hear the highway calling you my friend
I can see the leaving in your eyes
The morn’ will dawn and find you gone
The dawn will mourn as you drive on
I can hear the highway calling you

I can hear the railroad calling you my friend
The smoke hangs like your shadow in the sky
The morn’ will dawn and find you gone
The dawn will mourn as you roll on
I can hear the railroad calling you

I can hear you leave before you ever say good bye
I can feel the tears but you won’t let me see you cry
As long as there’s a road, a rail, an ocean or a sky
I will see the leaving in your eyes

I can hear the ocean calling you my friend
I can taste the salt on your kiss
The morn’ will dawn and find you gone
The dawn will mourn as you sail on
I can hear the ocean calling you

I can hear the trail it’s calling you my friend
My heart follows like a stubborn cloud of dust
The morn’ will dawn and find you gone
The dawn will mourn as you ride on
I can hear the trail calling you

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I can hear our father calling you my friend
You hunger for the journey in your heart
The morn’ will dawn and find you gone
And I will mourn your silent song
I can our father calling you
I can hear the ocean calling you
And I can hear the highway calling you
Track Name: Rose In Paradise
She was a flower for the taking
Her beauty cut just like a knife
He was a banker from Macon
He swore to lover her all his life

He bought her a mansion on a mountain
With a formal garden and a lot of land
But paradise became her prison
That Georgia banker was a jealous man

Every time he'd talk about her
You could see the fire in his eyes
He'd say, "I would walk through hell on Sunday,
to keep my rose in paradise”

He hired a man to tend the garden
Keep an eye on her while he was gone
Some say they ran away together
Some say that gardener left alone

Now the banker is an old man
That mansion’s crumbling down
He sits all day and stares at the garden
Not a trace of her was ever found

Every time he talks about her
You can see the fire in his eyes
He says, "I would walk through hell on Sunday,
to keep my rose in paradise”

Now there’s a rose out in the garden
Its beauty cuts just like a knife
They say it even grows in the winter time
And blooms in the dead of the night
Track Name: Waylon
Well I remember years ago
Driving down an old dirt road
Waylon on the radio
Singing songs that I loved so
A rambling man is what he was
A Nashville rebel with a cause
He knew how ladies loved outlaws
This singer of sad songs
He lived on the dark side of pain
Drinking and dreaming all the way
But being crazy kept him sane
Now only memories remain
The good old boys still have their fun
Good hearted women still get it done
The eagle sores from up above
The wolf survives the man he runs

Shooter carried the family name
And this endangered species will remain
You know Hank done it this way
And American’s never been the same
I think I’ll buy an old black rose
And wear it proud upon my clothes
To commemorate the life he chose
This Nashville bum the whole world knows
Track Name: Monahans
At the Dairy Queen one summer
In a far West Texas town
The girl was all of 16
She was woman pound for pound

Slippin’ dollars in the juke box
Playing ZZ Top and Merle
Sippin’ Lemon Dr. Peppers
My sweat West Texas girl

We’d step out into the desert sun
And curse where we came from
Then we’d ride to Rio Grande and try our hands at love

The more I think about it
The less I understand
Grab a hold of something good and it’ll slip right through your hands
Will you catch me if I fall
Will you sit and watch me crawl
Through fire and burning sand
All the way to Monahans

Them rich boys from the west side
Drive their brand new shiny cars
I can’t blame them sons of bitches
They were raised to make life hard
On us sons of honest working men
The ones who grease the wheels
She hitched a ride to the cheating side
On brokered sweat-heart deal
I saw her cruising down at the cross roads
She was laughing as she waved
I went down to the Rio Grande with a six pack and my twelve gauge

(Chorus)

It’s the same old thing at the Dairy Queen
In a small West Texas town
There’s a girl all of eighteen
You can tell she’d been around
She was huggin’ on her boyfriend
She was giving me the eye
She slipped past my table
Said honey I can make you smile
Her boyfriend pulled a knife on me
Said don’t go messing with my girl
I said, mind your own business son
I’m listening to Merle

The less I think about it
The more I understand
Grab a hold of something good
And it will slip right through your hands
Who will catch me if I fall
Who will sit and watch me crawl
Through fire and a burning sand
All the way to Monahans

Throw your heart in to a black sedan
And drive it all the way to Monahans

On to Midland...Big Spring...Abilene...Weatherford...Fort Worth
Track Name: In Jail
Markin’ time on this concrete wall
Seems like it wasn’t all that long
She caught my eye with her devilish grin
Every pistol needs a firing pin.

She said she loved me ‘cos I was dangerous,
Got my thick skin ‘cos my dad liked to get drunk and beat me up.
She came from money and it made her mean
The bad apple and the demon seed.

We were hard as nails
But it’s me who’s gonna rot in jail.

I remember the night we met
I clocked her boyfriend and off we went,
Four-wheelin’ on her daddy’s ranch
And then she put that nine-millimeter in my hand.

Well I popped off a few rounds at the stars
Lying naked on the hood of her Dodge,
And then she got that crazy look in her eyes,
She said, let’s go rob the liquor store tonight.

We were hard as nails
But it’s me who’s gonna rot in jail.

Not for the money, we did it for the thrill,
Shoutin’, Don’t act stupid and nobody gets killed!
For eighty dollars and a gallon of wine,
Surveillance cameras captured my good side.

She turned me in just to save her own skin,
Creamy thighs turnin’ State’s evidence.
Her daddy’s lawyers say I slapped her around,
I got a guilty verdict and the gavel came down.

We were hard as nails
But it’s me who’s gonna rot in jail.
Yes, it’s me who’s gonna rot in jail.

Markin’ time on this concrete wall
Up for parole, well, maybe next fall.
When they ask me if I’ve been reformed,
I’ll tell ‘em, you’ll find out when you open that door.

I’m in jail, mama… I keep her picture in my cell, mama.
‘cause I’m in jail…
I’m in jail. I’m in jail. I’m in jail. I’m in jail.
Oh, Oh I’m in jail
And I’ll see her in hell.
Track Name: Is It Still Cheating
The answering machine says you'll be late again, third time this week
And I know what you're doing but to tell the truth it's a relief
‘Cause that means she and I will have a little extra time and we won't be in such a hurry
But baby if we play each other as fools and break each other’s rules
Is it still cheating

Is it still cheating, if both of us are lying
It's getting hard to take ‘cause I'm guilty as hell, but baby so are you
And we're still married, but does that word have any meaning
If you're lying next to him and she's lying next to me
Is it still cheating

When I pick up the phone and no one says hello, I know it's him
And it's getting to the point where it don't hardly even change the mood I'm in
But every single promise broke, deep inside I know I should be dying or at least crying
Ah but if I don't love you and you don't love me too
Is it still cheating

(Chorus)

If you're lying next to him and she's lying next to me
Is it still cheating
Track Name: I Ain't Leaving
Broken on the inside, that's what I used to say
Then I'd pack my bags and raise the white flag, and I'd drive away
I thought that's what made me strong, well I was young and I was wrong

I ain't leaving anymore, I'm not walking out that door
No more running away, I've made up my mind to stay
I'm going to stand my ground, stare my demons down
I ain't leaving

Don't know when it happened, but I turned the corner somewhere down the road
This side of those stubborn years, somehow I ain't so broken anymore
I pushed away what I should have held, yeah but the sorrow taught me well

(Chorus)

There's still a whisper in my ear, that I'm trying not to hear
Promises of greener grass, haunted voices from my past
Speaking to me every day, fighting hard to have their way

Yeah but I'm not leaving anymore, I'm not walking out that door
No more running away, well I've made up my mind to stay
Gonna find out what it's like, to live another kind of life
Hang around and fight, for something I believe in
No this time I ain't leaving
I ain't leaving

Broken on the inside, that's what I used to say
Track Name: Gathering Dust
The band has quit playing
And the house lights are on
Pry this drink from my fingers
And the good times are gone.

There’s a girl in the corner
She’s been waiting all night
For some road weary gypsy
To take her home for awhile.
But I ain’t got it in me
All I’ve got is this guitar
And I’ll keep breaking strings
But I’ve long since quit breaking hearts.

And I’ll stick to my guns and keep riding
Got my sights set on the one that I love
I’ll go where the music will take me
All the while gathering dust.

A wise man once told me
Play it straight from the heart
‘Cause if you don’t stand for something
It will all fall apart

Like a lonesome dust devil
Spinning out of control
Gonna flare up and burn out
That’s the way that it goes.

So I’ll look for a good star in that big Texas sky
Lord there must be a heaven
The road is my angel tonight.
And I’ll stick to my guns and keep riding
Got my sights set on the one that I love
And I’ll go where the music will take me
All the while gathering dust.

Yeah I’ll stick to my guns and keep riding
Got my sights set on the one that I love
And I’ll go where the music will take me
All the while gathering dust.

The band has quit playing
They tore it all down
Pry this drink from my fingers
Gonna head out of town, Ha!