Waiting on Judgment Day track list:
01. Judgment Day
02. Dixie Queen
03. Memories & Rust
04. Evangeline
05. (You're Only as Great as Your) Last Mistake
06. Maybe in December
07. Ghosts You Can See
08. Let's Drive
09. Weather of You
10. Circle in My Hand
11. Something Better
12. Judgment Day (extended version)
Well, I still recall the way I felt in the fall of ‘92
Big blue eyes and long blonde hair enough to pull me through
It’s a killer smile that drives me wild – girl, ain’t that the truth
And any day I’d drop it all just to get you
Back to me, my Dixie Queen
When you’re seventeen, you don’t know what you believe
Went off to college, landed in the Lone Star State
Had my fill of Southern Belles, but I knew they could wait
I longed and longed for your sweet love to join me any day
And once I heard the words “I do” that blew my mind away
Back to me, my Dixie Queen
At twenty-three, tell me what you believe
Maybe I’ll write it in a letter or put it in a hit song
Share this with all the world so we can sing along
You know sometimes if it feels right God knows it can’t be wrong
No matter how close you get, ‘fore you know it, she’ll be gone
Back to me, my Dixie Queen
Thirty-three, I think I finally see
I better call up Hollywood and tell them how this goes
‘Cause they ran out of good ideas about 15 years ago
Now ain’t nobody seen a love like this since that play about Romeo
But I don’t want no Juliet – I wanna woman who can roll
Back to me, my Dixie Queen
She’s never been so sweet and clean
Back to me, my Dixie Queen
She’s always been everything I need
This has been a long lay down, I'm finally giving up the fight
I can't seem to turn it around, no, nothin I do is right
So I'll take this wheel at 10 and 2 and grip with all my might
And on the dash a picture of you and I'll drive you out of my life
I'll take you to the end with me and leave you in the dust
I 'll drive you out until I'm free in this old heart… of memories and rust
Nno this didn't come so easily, it didn't creep up over night
Long and hard it didn’t come free, sometimes wrongs are really rights
Right now my head is clear for the first time in a long while
In fact it's been longer than a year since I've driven an unused mile
Don't you know that you tore down every stone of love I laid
And watched them fall all around this life I tried to make
I didn't know that stones don't grow and are good for only throwing
I guess it's time for me to go, so here's to love and never knowing
Evangeline, don't take me for a fool
You know I'm savvy, I can play it cool
Now it's about time that we cut to the chase
Did I win your heart, or did I land in second place?
Guess what I'm saying is I need to know
Should I hang around or honey, should I go?
I've taken my position, I've made it crystal clear
You know where I stand, I don't have any fear
Evangeline, don't you waste my time, I laid it all on the line
Oh, I made the uphill climb, now it's up to you to come on through
Evangeline, baby will you be mine?
Evangeline, I think you might have missed the part
Where I told you how it was right from the start
That I needed everything you had to give
And that I was walking dead until you showed me how to live
Guess what I'm saying is where do we go?
I'm ready to go fast, tired of moving slow
Can't you see how wrapped up in you I am?
With every glance you throw my way, I'm feeling more like a man
Evangeline, what, what do you say?
It'll be two years this coming May
Since we caught each other's eye
Now I think it's about time we said, do or die
Good Lord, woman, you'll be the end of me
Or maybe the beginning, I gues we'll have to wait and see
My mind is racing, spinning 'round and 'round
Better catch me quick before this all falls down
(You're Only as Great as Your) Last Mistake
I was born the king of the world
Pocket full of money and a red-headed girl
Always gambled I’d always stand
I let it ride, then lost it all
Without wings, all you do is fall
You’re only as great as your last mistake
So sit down and stop wonderin’ why
If wishes were dreams that burst at the seams
Slow down, you don’t wanna die
Considered myself a new Jesse James
A bandito for real at the top of his game
Never thought I’d be the heartbroken kind
But there she was, locked on his lips
How could I have missed this?
I remember thinking out loud to myself:
“Why would the girl love someone else?”
Thought I could give her the world on a string
But the tightrope snapped into two
What else you gonna do?
Maybe in December I’ll stop loving you
But for now I believe that what I feel is true
Maybe in the next life the love we shared will grow
I can’t seem to shake you, your mem’ry won’t let go
And tonight I’ll be searching for a way to lose my mind
I’ll leave it sitting here alone, drink it all behind
And I’ll take these dreams and promises and drown them with this wine
‘Cause tonight I’ll be searching for a way to lose my mind
Maybe I’ll forget you when your loving lips
Whisper “I love you” as you give him another kiss
Maybe these longing lines are heart strings pulled too tight
And maybe in December I can end this fight
Maybe it was written in the stars above
Before we ever thought we knew the only way to love
Maybe this spring will thaw your heart down to the end
But I hope and pray December will never come again
I worked the oil rigs outside of Corpus
Fried up fish in New Orleans
Made a hundred runs to Tulsa
No place in Texas that I ain’t seen
Met my true love out down in Houston
She had her eye on someone else
Caught her and my brother with their boots on
Now I’ll spend life in this prison cell
If you see me walking your way
Keep on moving, just let me be
No need to stop or acknowledge
I’m the ghost, the ghost you can see
I married young at age sixteen
Move to the country, out on a farm
I bore four sons, kept the house clean
Never thought my husband’d do no harm
He was restless, I could tell
More and more he strayed from home
Then came the lawyers, the house to sell
They took my boys and left me all alone
If you see me walking your way
Please don’t stop and pity me
No need to bother or feign interest
I’m the ghost, the ghost you can see
I had a good job and slaved away
Working for a Wall Street company
But the market, it turned up sideways
Lost that good job and my family
Now I’m living out on the streets
Under bridges -- wherever I can find
Hollowed, broken, I can barely eat
Give me a dollar so I don’t lose my mind
If you see me walking your way
Go ahead and cross the street
I’ll be in heaven long before you
I’m the ghost, the ghost you can see
If you see me walking your way
Know that hell ain't go nothing on me
I'll be in heaven long before you
I'm the ghost, the ghost you can see
Hailstorms and hurricanes
Don’t have much to say to me
When it comes to losing your love
It’s all just rain (It’s all just rain)
Sunny days and blue skies
Don’t really speak to me
When it comes to losing your love
They burn just the same
Upside down in the middle of a slow down
Here you come again making your rounds
In my memories everybody’s waiting to see
If I can keep it together
And hold back the weather of you
Cool breeze and a Sunday drive
Top down and no one to see
Except misery, yeah, she rides with me
And lets her hair down
Autumn leaves and summer dreams
Left out on a two lane highway
Collide in stride, as they’re left sideways
By the turning of a frown
Guess I was wrong, you were right
All these apologies can’t take back the night
Funny how we’ve come this far
Now it seems all of our hopes and dreams reside on some falling star
What if we offered all these broken-hearted pieces to the sky?
Would it be enough to keep on living till tomorrow comes?
What is everything disappeared to gone and all that’s left
Is this circle in my hand?
I get a little fuzzy when I drink too much
I get a little nervous when I feel your touch
I find it strange that I’m on my knees
Never thought I’d be the one to be begging you please
There’s so much I have to do
Can’t find my way to what I knew
Sometimes it’s hard to say that I love you
I’ll hold a torch for a wraparound porch
Where I can sit and watch the day gently fade away
And I hear you loud and strong, telling me I was wrong
And I just walk on by ‘cause I don’t think I can try
Baby, I can make it and baby, I can break it
And I can put it all back together again
For you
You never realized what I could do
With stars in your eyes you made it true
While looking at the skies your were searching for something better
When the better was right in front of you
He sat on a wall, no one saw him fall
But the word came through and we did what we could do
You begged, “Save him, please. Bring him home to me.”
But I’m a king’s man, baby, who’s in love with his queen
Baby, I can make it and baby, I can break it
Should I put it all back together again?
Every night I dream you’re lying next to me
But what kind of day would bring a knight as king?
Baby, I can make it and baby, I can break it
I don’t think we’ll ever be together again
Out in the Badlands, trying to scratch a living anyway I can
I’m thinking of you, girl, and wonderin’ why
Feel the south wind blowing through your bones again
It’s the stinging that reminds you you’re alive
So keep looking far from where you are
And wish upon some shooting star
Sit and think that everything’s okay
If you right all wrongs it won’t take long
To play your favorite country song
Then believe that there’s a better way
When you’re waiting on Judgment Day
When you stop now and think about your past
Those scales are tipped from what you’d give and what you’d take
Another lifetime is pretty much what you’d need
To make amends and fix all your mistakes
And when the storm breaks, sweet redemption comes your way
You feel the hand of grace wash away these sins
But your biggest fear when you reach those gates of pearl
That no matter what they’ll never let you in
31 with baggage and the odds are stacked
A perfect time to get away, my bags are packed
I just don't know where I'm going yet
But I'm sure thing baby, so place your bet
Maybe I'll drive to Austin or east to Baton Rouge
Get lost out on the road with nothing left to lose
I just can't see what's up beyond
But you with me, well I can't go wrong
So let's drive, and roll the dice
Take a chance on love, won't that be nice?
Feel the wind blow our cares away
Baby you and I could drive anywhere, any day
Now if we leave by sunset we can chase the moon till dawn
Forget about all the ways our lives keep limping on
Do me this, your hand in mine
Just hold tight as we shift into overdrive
These roads will have a story when the ride finally ends
A story of forgiving and starting o're again
Nothing behind, I see you instead
Well, I don't want this to end so let's drive on ahead
ALBUM CREDITS
Produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Engineered by Pat Manske
Recorded at The Zone Studios in Dripping Springs, TX
Mastered by Gurf Morlix, Austin, TX
Executive Producer: Josh Jones
Musicians:
Dustin Blankenship: Drums
James Dunning: Vocals, guitars
Craig Hinkle: Bass
Sean Isbell: Guitars, vocals
Ray Wylie Hubbard: Dolbro, vocals
Roberta Rast: Fiddle, vocals
Ian MacLagan: Organ
Released October 2006 on Shiner Records (a Palo Duro Records imprint)