Alison Joy Williams

She’s driving southeast from Seattle
Leaving the Puget Sound
Some might say it’s way out west
But it ain’t no western town

She’s tired of the attitude
Where love is a business deal
Working romance out on a balance sheet
Has lost all of it’s appeal

(Chorus)
She wants to make a life
Where a man still tips his hat
And opens a lady’s door
Where nice boys walk good girls to school
And know what a kiss is for
Where a hand shake still means something
People mean what they say
That way of life may be barely breathing
But it can’t be dead

She’s pushing hard to make the great divide
Before the sun goes down
When she sees the peaks of the rockies
Well she’ll turn that dually south

The salvation of her spirit
She’s come to realize
Won’t be found in the arms of another man
But in making a new way of life

(Chorus)
She wants to make a life
Where a man still tips his hat
And opens a lady’s door
Where nice boys walk good girls to school
And know what a kiss is for
Where a hand shake still means something
People mean what they say
That way of life may be barely breathing

(Instrumental break)

(Chorus)
She wants to make a life
Where a man still tips his hat
And opens a lady’s door
Where nice boys walk good girls to school
And know what a kiss is for
Where a hand shake still means something
People mean what they say
That way of life may be barely breathing
But it can’t be dead

She’s driving southeast from Seattle
Leaving the Puget Sound
Some might say it’s way out west
But it ain’t no western town

Word taken from:
No Man Should Ever Do
Road To Paradise
Sad Song

You didn’t say a word, when I told you,
I was leaving
When what I wanted was one word,
To help me, change my mind
All you could do, was stand and stare,
As all your pain it came to bare,
You did the one thing,
I thought I’d never see.

(CHORUS)
You cried, Oh you cried,
Like you said no man should ever do
You cried, oh you cried,
And I saw, I broke your heart in two,
As you cried, As you cried.

You’ve always been so strong,
Your love, I’ve always leaned on.
But where was I for you,
When your troubles came along,
All I could do was stand and stare,
As all my shame it came to bare,
You did the one thing,
I thought I’d never see.

(CHORUS)
You cried, Oh you cried,
Like you said no man should ever do
You cried, oh you cried,
And I saw, I broke your heart in two,
As you cried, As you cried.

(Bridge)
How could I have been so blind,
To cause you so much pain,
Was I always the one,
The one I should have blamed,
When you cried

(instrumental break)

You cried, oh you cried,
Like you said no man should ever do,
You cried, oh you cried,
And I saw I broke your heart in two.

As you cried
As you cried

I know you think that it’s me who’s changed
I guess in one way that’s true
I just can’t get involved in you anymore
The lies you tell just won’t do

(chorus)
‘Cause you’ll never stop the games you play
As long as someone’s there to blame
Separation is the only way
To make you see that you must change
You’re so far away
far away
far away, yah

A bigger house a bigger car a bigger life
Is money the only thing that matters
Cold hard cash really makes a rosy world
When those you love begin to scatter

(chorus)
But you’ll never stop the games you play
As long as someone’s there to blame
Separation is the only way
To make you see that you must change
You’re so far away
far away
far away, yah

(bridge)
Maybe one day some years from now
You’ll finally see where your life has gone
I’ll have peace and you’ll be alone
Then you’ll see where we went wrong
Where has she gone

(instrumental)

(chorus)
But you’ll never stop the games you play
As long as someone’s there to blame
Separation is the only way
To make you see that you must change
You’re so far away
far away
far away, yah
You’re so far away
far away
far away
far away
far away