This Is God - American Child

Hey, this is God Can I please have your attention There’s a need for intervention Man, I’m disappointed in what I’m seeing Yeah, this is God You fight each other in my name Treat life like it’s a foolish game I’d say you’ve got the wrong idea Oh, all I’m asking for is love Well […]

I’ll Be The One - American Child

You’ll never know, How much you touch my soul You’re so beautiful and I’m so gone Please understand, I’m only just a man But I’ll give you all I am From here and now on I’ll be the one The one you hold I’ll wrap my love around you until time Grows old That ray […]

I Thought I Never Would Forget - American Child

I went back in time today a box I thought I’d thrown away Had fallen off the basement shelf, I tripped and almost hurt myself Scattered there across the floor A New Year’s Eve hat from ’94 Ticket stubs to Billy Joel and pictures From the Sugar Bowl Some of these souvenirs I remember Mostly […]

Houston - American Child

It’s been three days, two hours And a minute Since she blasted off Breaking every speed limit As fast and far away from me As she could get Well, she said, You’ll straighten up one way or another The Don’t Mess With Texas bumper Sticker on the bumper Said it all as she drove off […]

Someone You Love - American Child

My moment of need was my finest hour But all I needed was someone to make me Turn myself around I could see by the way we never talk And how we’re always separated By the room ’til all the walls come tumblin’ down Seems to me that we should touch Let me know if […]

Stand Still - American Child

In the spring I dreamed of summer To feel the sunlight on my skin But in the heat I’d start to hunger For that autumn chill again I always spent my time anticipating Things to come But now I wish that I could slow the World down just this once and Stand still I’m right […]

Ultimate Love - American Child

Never seen the Mona Lisa Never walked across the moon Never been to Casa Blanca But I’ve been to Cancun I’ll never make the Fortune 500 On what I get paid Please don’t pity me, ‘Cause I’ve got everything I need Life don’t get no better I could live forever and never top this Oh, […]

Baby, You’re Right - American Child

Well maybe lately I’ve been Acting a little bit strange And maybe there’s a few things I need to explain So what if I call you at work for now reason And I sent you those flowers today So what if my friends tell me They never see me And everyone’s sayin’ I’ve changed If […]

Athens Grease - American Child

If you’re headin’ south on Georgia one twenty-nine Straight into Athens past the Clark County line There’s an old Texaco right across From the Athens Woolworth Billy Joe Taylor’s underneath that lift There ain’t a car on the planet that he can’t fix He swears on his chrome-plated ratchet That his heaven on earth Well, […]

I’m Already Gone - American Child

I suppose I could stop it now And say I didn’t need it anyhow Just walk away and let it go Tip my hat and try to play it cool To keep myself from being made a fool I could pretend you don’t already know that I’m already gone I never thought I’d cross over […]