I was such a fool To ignore you back in school It really is a crime That I wasted so much time I waited far too long Now my love for you grows stronger every day We set off smoke alarms When we're in each others arms Halfway out the door I'll be coming back for more I work the whole day thru But I only think of you and wonder: Hey! Tell me what to do To deserve a special girl like you Tell me what to do Cause I can't imagine love without you I know when I come home That I'll never be alone You ask me how I feel And I know you'll make it real You point the way to go And you always seem to know just what to say I'm with you till the end You're my lover, you're my friend I'll never say goodbye And I'll never make you cry Don't tell me it's a dream If I'm dreamin', let me dream my life away Tell me what to do To deserve a special girl like you... ⓒ Dale McFarland

Through the trees comes the dawn By your side lights the sun Mockingbird says its song Day's begun In your arms, in your eyes There's that look, that disguise And the words go unsaid Out of reach in your head Like a verse left unread You must know how I feel Is my world so unreal Turn the page, close the door You don't care anymore Someday soon you'll say goodmorning and goodbye And you won't need to tell me why You'd rather go than live a lie Love's become just a word Like a bird that can't fly Played my part for romance Gave my heart, did my dance With my eyes open wide Took a chance In the night, empty sky There's that look in your eye When you hold me this way I don't know what to say I won't beg you to stay I can see in your smile You'll be gone in a while Why you're here I don't know Please just say it and go Someday soon we'll be just faces in the crowd I'll see your eyes across the room I'll laugh too much and talk too loud I won't cry — maybe now and then — Wond'ring how the world might have been I know love is just a footprint in the snow It disappears when morning comes And then there's nothing left to show Someday soon we'll be just faces in the crowd I'll see your eyes across the room I'll laugh too much and talk too loud Someday soon you'll say goodmorning and goodbye And you won't need to tell me why You'd rather go than live a lie ⓒ Dale McFarland

(I Don’t Mind You Cryin’ in Your Beer But) Don’t Go Cryin’ in Mine You been nursin’ that same beer all night long And I can’t seem to comprehend How I’ve never seen your face in here before But you’re actin’ like my oldest friend My ears are burnin’ and my stomach’s churnin’ And you just crossed over the line I don’t mind you cryin’ in your beer But don’t go cryin’ in mine Y’know, this beer cost me two dollars. It don’t need no more water! Your wife don’t understand you And your girlfriend had an affair You stepped in somethin’ with your brand new boots And you think you’re prob’ly losin’ your hair If you hate that dead-end job so much Why don’t you just go and resign? I don’t mind if you cry in your beer But you better stop cryin’ in mine When’s the last time you took a bath, brother? It don’t matter that your license plate expired last May Cause you can’t seem to locate your keys anyway You got yourself stranded in a world where you don’t belong Quit showin’ me that big tear in your pants And the place where you skinned your knee Why don’t you move down the bar just a little? Everybody’s gonna think you’re with me There’s some mighty pretty ladies steppin’ in tonite And they might be into to makin’ some time. I don’t care if you cry in your beer But don't EVEN think about it! [instrumental interlude] Hey buddy, is that your car alarm goin’ off? Your mother-in-law tried to bite your dog That’s the third time you told me tonight There’s a big book of matches layin’ right over there So you better stop bummin’ a light Yeah, I know the pay-phone took your last nickle And I ain’t gonna loan you a dime I don’t mind you cryin’ in your beer Just don’t keep cryin’ in mine No, I don’t want to see a picture of your truck! You’re blamin’ all your trouble on your friends and your wife You prob’ly never been right once in your life So how can you complain that anybody’s ever done you wrong? That place on your neck looks like it’s gettin’ bigger Your hands are all covered with tar Your butt-crack’s hangin’ out about eight inches You’re the saddest thing I ever saw Oh, thank you for the offer to drive you home But I think I’m gonna have to decline. I don’t mind you cryin’ in your beer But don’t go cryin’ in mine Get away from me, man! What exactly DID you step in? Never mind, I don’t wanna know! How the hell did you get in here dressed like that, anyway? Don’t this place have a bouncer? Hey! Come back here with my tip money! ⓒ Dale McFarland

I never fell in love I never gave my heart away Content to walk alone And take what came along Knowing love would never come my way Nights without dreams Wand'ring like a wave That never finds the shore I never fell in love before I never lost my place Or lost myself in someone's eyes I spoke to empty space Across a crowded room But without a voice to harmonize Hoping just one Someone would explain The lyrics on the score I never fell in love before I never showed a tear And never had one kissed away Romance was just a word But now I hear myself Saying words I thought I'd never say In your caress Paradise is real And not a metaphor I never fell in love before... ⓒ Dale McFarland