Earl Thomas Conley

You stood there in the doorway bathe din golden candlelight While helpless hearts were melted by your style

I woke up crying, I thought I had a dream But you would not answer up when I called your name I ran to my

(1st verse spoken) I came home early this morning and she was gone So I turned to the mirror but

You keep talking with your body And to your every move I can relate Cause I've been feeling what

Nine times out of ten, she's right and I am wrong When I won't give in, she just goes along Standing

Talkin' to the mirror and whisperin' Your name Just like You were here, You'd think I was insane

You were just another pretty face in the crowd I was just hangin' out I wasn't ready for love when I

Well you'd t hink by now my reckless days were over That running with the crowd would wear me out With

I feel like a midnight train running out of track It's going boys but it ain't coming back I've

Like a young and courageous fool Ready to take on the night You came dressed to kill all of the boys

In and out of honky tonks from one town to the next But anything worth loving, Lord, just too hard to forget

Make the best of some bad romances Held on much too long to past mistakes Always holding out for something

Well I met in a small town bar not far from home She was having second thoughts about a man who was always

You proved to me that I don't need To be all by myself to feel alone, But lately conversation only

We shared the same last name and the same color eyes But we fought like tigers over that old red bike