Mike Hamilton

Lyrics

THOSE WORDS
APPALACHIA
MICHAEL J. HAMILTON
© 1998 JOE BAG O' DONUTS MUSIC BMI

IT STARTED OUT JUST HER AND HIM
HE HEALED HER WOUNDS AND SHE HEALED HIS
SHE FINALLY FOUND WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR
HE SWORE THERE'D BE NO END IN SIGHT
TO THE LOVE THEY SHARE MOST EVERY NIGHT
WALKING HAND IN HAND ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE

SHE SAID "I'VE HEARD THOSE WORDS BEFORE
AND THEY DON'T MEAN THAT MUCH NO MORE
BUT WHEN THEY CAME FROM YOU
THE FEELING WAS BRAND NEW"

THE TELEPHONE RANG IT WAS A FEMALE VOICE
A DIFFERENT ONE THAN SHE'D HEARD BEFORE
SHE'D HAD ENOUGH OF HIS STEPPIN' OUT THIS TIME
THE COPS ARRESTED HIM FOR HIS CRIMES
TRIED AND CONVICTED HE SERVED SOME TIME
HAD PRISON LIFE FOREVER CHANGED HIS MIND

SHE SAID "I'VE HEARD THOSE WORDS BEFORE
AND THEY DON'T RING SO TRUE NO MORE
AND WHEN THEY COME FROM YOU
WHAT ELSE CAN I DO ?"

HE WROTE HER HOW HE LOVED HER SO
AND NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE HER GO
AND WITHOUT HER HIS LIFE COULD NOT BE WHOLE
BUT THEN SHE RECALLED HIS TANGLED PAST
THE WOMEN AND THE LAW AND A LIFE TOO FAST
NO FORGIVENESS COULD BE FOUND INSIDE HER SOUL

SHE SAID "I'VE HEARD THOSE WORDS BEFORE
AND THEY DON'T RING SO TRUE NO MORE
AND WHEN THEY COME FROM YOU
WHAT ELSE CAN I DO ?"

SHE SAID "I'VE HEARD THOSE WORDS BEFORE
AND THEY DON'T RING SO TRUE NO MORE
AND WHEN THEY CAME FROM YOU"
SHE KNEW WHAT SHE MUST DO