You have seen me out in the rain
Out in the parking lot
I don’t want too much from you
Just everything you’ve got
My name means nothing to you
It’s one you can’t recall
When I come to collect my debt
I will collect it all

I have no friends to speak of
Just some people that I know
Some want to hang around
But I’d just as soon they go
I know how to work this deal
They just get in my way
One has a chance to make it
Two or more get blown away
Living is a noble cause
In this world today

We started out with aspirations
But ended up this way
You in your fancy townhouse
Me in this cardboard shack
Who is it that takes it all
And who must give it back
So when you lie down to sleep
Lock your doors and windows tight
Try not to listen to my voice
That calls to you late at night

I am the King of Missions
I am the ruler of all I can see
I don’t know who’s in charge here
But I know it ain’t you or me
So when you see me again
Don’t you dare shake your head
Cause but for the grace of something
It could be you here instead
I am the King of Missions

My kingdom is my life
I have ruled with napalm
M-16s and surgical strikes
You have seen me on the news
Out on the front lines
I don’t want too much from you
I just want what is mine

© Kent Newsome and Ronnie Jeffrey

You call me your friend
That’s a nice start
But I’m trying to earn
My way to your heart
I save every smile
Bank every kiss
For the currency of love
Rewards the heart that persists

Chorus:
The currency of love
Is so hard to deny
Like the beauty of a rose
And the stars in the sky
It’s something that you feel
You know it’s the real deal
When you can’t get enough
Of the currency of love

I’ll give it a try
Say what the hell
You might not love me now
But you can’t ever tell
All journeys begin
With just one step
In every ocean of no
There’s a drop or two of yes

Bridge:
Either way I’ll know
That’s better than not
I’ve got to take this chance
It’s the only one
The only one I’ve got

Chorus:
The currency of love
Is so hard to deny
Like the beauty of a rose
And the stars in the sky
It’s something that you feel
You know it’s the real deal
When you can’t get enough
Of the currency of love

© Kent Newsome and Ronnie Jeffrey

I overheard her say
That she was leaving me
It came as no surprise
Cause any fool can see

That she has given up
On turning me around
What once lifted me up
Is gonna bring me down

Chorus:
Bottle leave me alone
You’ve been doing me wrong
Won’t you go away
Stop leading me astray
I thought I could quit any time
And things would be just fine
I guess I was wrong, wrong, wrong
Bottle leave me alone

I’m feeling so helpless
Frozen on this barstool
My heart says go to her
The whiskey says be cool

So I sit at this bar
Wasting my one last chance
To tell her I love her
And save our lost romance

Chorus:
Bottle leave me alone
You’ve been doing me wrong
Won’t you go away
Stop leading me astray
I thought I could quit any time
And things would be just fine
I guess I was wrong, wrong, wrong
Bottle leave me alone

© Kent Newsome and Ronnie Jeffrey

From where I sit
The future looks bright
Much better than
In the harsh daylight
Maybe everything’s
Better than it seems
Maybe everything’s
Gonna be all right

Chorus:
When you think of me
Does it make you feel sad
Do you miss
The good times we had
When the sun goes down
And the air turns cool
You know I can be found
On this barstool
From where I sit

It’s clear as can be
A little time
Is all that I need
Maybe before long
You’ll see this is wrong
Maybe before long
You’ll come back to me

Chorus:
When you think of me
Does it make you feel sad
Do you miss
The good times we had
When the sun goes down
And the air turns cool
You know I can be found
On this barstool

From where I sit
It’s better by far
To be nobody
Than a shining star
Cause nobody knows
How the story goes
Cause nobody knows
Where the hell you are

Bridge:
Did you think of me
Today
It’s OK
I’m just slipping away

© Kent Newsome; Err Bear Music

Baby we shouldn’t
Have gone to the mall
Baby we shouldn’t
Have gone there at all

Cause I’ve got another girlfriend
And she doesn’t know our love has come to an end

Baby we shouldn’t
Be sneaking around
Baby we shouldn’t
Be in her hometown

Cause it’s a pretty small world
And she’s always been such an observant girl

You’ve got me on the run
All I want to do is have a little fun
Why couldn’t we just go for a ride
Out in the country where we don’t have to hide

Baby here she comes
Heading right this way
Baby here she comes
What am I gonna say

Maybe we should make a break for it
(Here comes trouble)
And I don’t want to wait for it
(Run baby run)

Baby we shouldn’t
Have come to this mall
Baby we shouldn’t
Have come here at all

Cause I’ve got another girlfriend
And she doesn’t know our love has come to an end

© Kent Newsome and Ronnie Jeffrey

Cheraw to Charlottesville
In my old red jeep
I stare at the headlights
While you fall asleep
I’m a long way from happy
And a long way from home
Though we ride together
We travel alone

The people who love me
Got left behind
My mother, my sister
Back in Carolina
I’m out on this highway
Feeling battered and bruised
And trying and failing
To hold on to you

Chorus:
Why do I play this game
When I don’t know the rules
Why do I play this game
When I know that I’ll lose
Charlottesville

Charlottesville to Cheraw
We’re headed back home
A thousand cars on this road
Still I feel alone
Cause you’re afraid of forever
And scared of the words
That you hear so often
But I’ve never heard

Chorus:
Why do I play this game
When I don’t know the rules
Why do I play this game
When I know that I’ll lose
Charlottesville

Bridge:
I’m not playing this game
I’m through playing the fool
For you

Chorus:
Why do I play this game
When I don’t know the rules
Why do I play this game
When I know that I’ll lose
Charlottesville

© Kent Newsome and Ronnie Jeffrey

Silence as a weapon
Handled with precision
It cuts like a knife
And I’m one big incision

Conversation
Anticipation
Now we’ve come to
Expectation

Chorus:
I once hung on every word
Now I’m hanging by a thread
It’s so hard not to hear
All the things you haven’t said

You don’t need the sounds
When you can see the signs
Each one is saying
Beware the end of the line

Expectation
Aggravation
Now we’ve come to
Desperation

Chorus:
I once hung on every word
Now I’m hanging by a thread
It’s so hard not to hear
All the things you haven’t said

Bridge:
All the things you didn’t say
Are ringing in my ears
They’ll live rent free inside of me
For a hundred years

Chorus:
I once hung on every word
Now I’m hanging by a thread
It’s so hard not to hear
All the things you haven’t said

They’ll live rent free inside of me
For a hundred years
I couldn’t shake the words from you
With a million tears

© Kent Newsome; Err Bear Music

I know a girl
So pretty and fair
I think that I love her
But she doesn’t care
She’s had some men
Whose love went astray
With a slip of the tongue
She chased ‘em away

I said do you love me
She said “no I don’t”
She might change her mind
We both know she won’t
She broke her watch
So time’s standing still
I think of tomorrow
But she never will

Chorus:
She said “you’re the icing
You’re not the cake
And the love I’ll give you
Is the love that we make”
She said “you’re the salad
And never the steak
The last man I trusted
Will be my last mistake”

Feelings aren’t caught 
When you’re on the run
Chase at your peril
She’s just having fun
Visit her heart
Don’t try to move in
At the first sign of love
She’ll take off again

Chorus:
She said “you’re the icing
You’re not the cake
All the love I’ll give you
Is the love that we make”
She said “you’re the salad
Never the steak
The last man I trusted
Will be my last mistake”

© Joe Middleton and Kent Newsome

She grabs a hold of the car keys
Says it’s time to leave
I ask where we’re going
From the passenger seat
She shrugs off the question
And she steps on the gas
Are we going somewhere
Or just nowhere fast

Chorus:
She can’t seem to tell me
If it’s this way or that
Lord, my head is hurting
I think she lost her map
When we’re getting closer
She stops me on a dime
And she’s driving me
Out of my mind
One wrong turn at a time

We go out driving
On the outskirts of town
I’ve got so far to go
Before the sun goes down
She stares through the windshield
Waiting for a sign
The side of the road
Or in the back of her mind

Chorus:
She can’t seem to tell me
Is it this way or that
Lord, my head is hurting
I think she lost her map
When we’re getting closer
She stops me on a dime
And she’s driving me
Out of my mind
One wrong turn at a time

We pick up speed
She taps on the brakes
I’m trying to lean into
The turns that she takes
I’m scared of the left lane
And she likes to be right
Give me red, green or yellow
Just show me the light

© Joe Middleton and Kent Newsome

My key isn’t working
I know that’s a bad sign
But I don’t even care
What I did wrong this time
Maybe it’s the whiskey
Or staying out all night
If I can’t change her mind
I’ll have to prove her right

Find some broken angel
Full of liquor and rage
Let her show me the way
To feel good on a bad day
We’ll find us a bottle
And some bridges to burn
A race to the bottom
Everyone gets a turn

Chorus:
The sun’s coming up
I’m feeling down
Like the butt of a joke
That’s been going around
I’d pull it together
If I knew where to start
But it’s a goat rodeo
And I’m just doing my part

I’m alright being wrong
Don’t want to wait and see
If she can get over
All of my deficiencies
It’s falling apart
|I don’t know what to do
Even if I did
Would I really want to

Bridge:
So it’s one for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
For this goat rodeo

Chorus:
The sun’s coming up
I’m feeling down
Like the butt of a joke
That’s been going around
I’d pull it together
If I knew where to start
But it’s a goat rodeo
And I’m just doing my part

© Joe Middleton and Kent Newsome