Do whatever you please
The world’s waiting to be seized
You can collect all the neglect
Or all the self-respect you need, what you need
And I know, and I know, and I know
Your mind’s guaranteed
It’s all you’ll ever need
So what do you want with me?
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB
Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me
Sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me
Sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, babe (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)
If you disrespect anybody that you run in to
How in the world do you think anybody’s s’posed to respect you
If you don’t give a heck 'bout the man with the bible in his hand, y’all
Just get out the way, and let the gentleman do his thing
You the kind of gentleman that want everything your way, yeah
Take the sheet off your face, boy, it’s a brand new day
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don’t respect yourself
Ain’t nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesar’s palace, morning glory, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer changed to winter
Yours is no
Yours is no
Yours is no disgrace
I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
I was flyin’ back from Lubbock
I saw Jesus on the plane
…or maybe it was Elvis
You know, they kinda look the same
[I thought happiness
Was Lubbock, Texas
In my rear view mirror
My momma kept calling me home
But I just did not want to hear her
And the vision was getting clearer
In my dreams
Going ninety miles an hour with her hair on fire
Running on a tank full of burning desire
She’s heading out on Highway 29
Leaving Loachapoka Alabama behind
All right
Now dig this baby
You don’t care for me
I don’t care about that
You got a new fool
Hah, I like it like that
I have only one burnin’ desire
Let me stand next to your fire
(Let me stand next to your fire) Hey, let me stand next to your fire
(Let me stand next to your fire) Whoa, let me stand baby
(Let me stand next to your fire) Let me stand
(Let me stand next to your fire) Yeah baby
Fire
I’ll take you to burn.
Fire
I’ll take you to learn.
I’ll see you burn!
You fought hard and you saved and learned
but all of it’s going to burn.
And your mind
your tiny mind
you know you’ve really been so blind.
Now’s your time burn your mind.
You’re falling far too far behind.
Oh no
oh no
oh no
you gonna burn!
Life is not tried
It is merely survived
If you’re standing outside the fire.
Standing Outside the Fire – Garth Brooks
-“BB”-
Loose talk in the classroom to hurt they try and try
Strong words in the staffroom the accusations fly
It’s no use, he sees her he starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov
Don’t stand, don’t stand so
Don’t stand so close to me
Don’t stand, don’t stand so
Don’t stand so close to me
My folks were always putting him down (down, down)
They said he came from the wrong side of town
(What you mean when you say that he came from the wrong side of town?)
They told me he was bad, but I knew he was sad
That’s why I fell for the leader of the pack
Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town
And everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down
Sloopy, I don’t care what your daddy do
'Cause you know, Sloopy, girl, I’m in love with you
And so I say now
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
Hang on, Sloopy
Sloopy, hang on
That little chip of diamond on your hand
Ain’t a fortune baby but you know it stands
For your love
A love to tie and bind us
Such a love
We just can’t leave behind us
Baby don’t you go Baby oh no no
Baby sta-ay
Let’s hang on
To what we’ve got
Don’t let go girl, we’ve got a lot
Got a lot of love between us
Hang on, hang on, hang on
To what we’ve got
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
If you think you’ve had too much
Of this life, well hang on
'Cause everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
It hurts to be in love, when the only one you love
Turns out to be someone who’s not in love with you.
It hurts to love her so, when deep down inside you know,
She will never want you, no matter what you do.
You love her
But she loves him
And he loves somebody else
You just can’t win
And so it goes
'Til the day you die
This thing they call love
It’s gonna make you cry
I’ve had the blues
The reds and the pinks
One thing for sure
Love stinks
Some mommas and daddies
Are lovin’ in a straight line
Take forever to heart, and take a long sweet ride
But some mommas and daddies
Let their heart strings tear and tangle
And some of us get stuck
In a love triangle
We love each other, it’s plain to see
There’s just one answer comes to me
Sister lovers, water brothers
And in time maybe others
So you see what we can do is to try something new
If you’re crazy too, I don’t really see
Why can’t we go on as three