FIVE DOLLAR BILL
Written by Cleve Clark, AJ Clark & Rick Carnes

VERSE ONE
I’m just a five dollar bill
fresh off the mint
Folded in a card for a birthday gift
I bet that kid ain’t never seen nothing like me
I was dropped in the street
Picked up by a man
In a business suit with a phone in his hand
He put me in his wallet I had a lot of company
But while trying to protect me from a man with a knife
At the dark in of an alley he lost me in his life

CHORUS
I’ve been called the root of all evil
I have hurt and helped some people
I’ve slipped through the hands of sinners and saints
I’ve been stretched and squeezed too tight
At times I couldn’t pay the price
Counted on for dreams I couldn’t fulfill
Cause I’m nothin’ but a five dollar bill

VERSE TWO
I’ve been used to sway a candidate
Stolen from a church collection plate
Everybody listens when I talk
I’ve bought diamonds rings and new corvettes
Everything but happiness
If I can’t buy you love it isn’t my fault
On one side there’s the numbers that say I’m worth five bucks
On the other there’s the letters that say In God we trust

BRIDGE
What you carry on your pockets don’t make you who you are
‘Cause in the end what matters is what you carry in your heart

TAG
I’m just a five dollar bill
fresh off the mint
Folded in a card for a birthday gift

SINCE I LEFT NEW MEXICO
WRITTEN BY CLEVE CLARK, AJ CLARK & MENTOR WILLIAMS

VERSE ONE
THIS IS THE ONE THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
IT ALWAYS MAKES ME THINK OF YOU
SO I TURN IT UP AND START TO SING ALONG
JUST LIKE WE USED TO DO
YOUR BROTHER SAID THAT HE'D TAKE CARE OF THINGS
THAT I SHOULD GET AWAY FOR A WHILE
WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT HE WAS RIGHT?
IT'S EASIER TO SMILE…
SINCE I LEFT NEW MEXICO

VERSE TWO
I GOT A JOB DOWN IN GALVESTON
MY BOSS IS PRETTY GOOD TO ME
THE WORK IS HARD BUT HELPS PASS THE TIME
AND KEEPS MY MIND FROM WANDERING
AND I GET LETTERS FROM YOUR MOM AND DAD
SAYIN' THEY'VE BEEN DOING FINE
I'M NOT ALONE 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST LIKE ME
THEY THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME
SINCE I LEFT NEW MEXICO

CHORUS
OOH IT'S HARD TO FEEL RIGHT
WITH THIS MOVIN' ON WITH LIFE
BUT I'M DOIN' OKAY
SINCE I LEFT NEW MEXICO

BRIDGE
EVERYBODY'S GIVING ME ALL THE TIME I NEED
TO FACE THE FACT THAT HEAVEN WON'T LET YOU GO
BUT I KEEP LYIN' TO MYSELF
SINCE I LEFT NEW MEXICO

TAG
I'M STILL HOLDING ON
SINCE I LEFT NEW MEXICO
GIRL I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GONE
SINCE I LEFT NEW MEXICO
ONLY ME…
SINCE I LEFT NEW MEXICO

MOMMA PRAYED
Written by CLEVE CLARK, AJ CLARK & JEFF HYDE

VERSE ONE
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERTHING
SHE DIDN’T TO RAISE HER VOICE TO PUT ME IN MY PLACE
BUT SHE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO GIVE ME WHAT I’D NEED
MOMMA PRAYED
LIKE THE TIME I CALLED HER FORTY MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT
I HEARD HER SAY SON YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO STAY THE NIGHT
NO SHE DIDN’T GRAB MY HER PURSE TO BAIL ME OUT OF JAIL
MOMMA PRAYED

CHORUS
MOMMA PRAYED
WITH A KIND OF FAITH
THAT HEAVEN WOULD HEAR EVERY WORD SHE’D SAY
MOMMA PRAYED
THAT IF SHE SHOULD DIE BEFORE SHE’D WAKE
THE LORD WOULD WATCH AND ALWAYS KEEP ME SAFE
EACH AND EVERYDAY
WITH EVERY RIGHT AND WRONG TURN THAT I MADE
MOMMA PRAYED

VERSE TWO
AFTER YEARS OF RUNNIN’ WITH THAT ROUGH AND ROWDY CROWD
I RAN OFF THAT WINDING ROAD THAT I’D BEEN RACING DOWN
THE DOCTORS DIDN’T GIVE HALF A CHANCE TO LIVE
BUT MOMMA PRAYED
WHEN I WOKE UP SHE WAS THERE WITH TEARS IN HER EYES
IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE MESS I’D MADE OUT OF MY LIFE
THAT WAS THE FIRST STEP OF BECOMING WHO I AM TODAY
CAUSE MOMMA PRAYED


TAG
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERTHING
SHE DIDN’T TO RAISE HER VOICE TO PUT ME IN MY PLACE

I HOPE SHE’S HAPPY
Written by Cleve Clark, AJ Clark & Bart Allmand

VERSE ONE
At times when I can’t sleep at night
I lie awake and pray as I watch her dream
I wonder what she dreams
I know this ain’t what we planned
When I put that ring on her hand
But we’re okay…are we okay?

CHORUS
It’s just a little house on a little lot with a little back yard
It suits us fine and I hope she’s happy
I’m not the perfect guy for the perfect girl in a perfect world
She knows I try and I hope she’s happy
I lose my breath
It scares me to death
I could wake up and she’d be gone
Every time I think about what I can’t live my life without
I hope she’s happy

VERSE TWO
I tell her all my secret thoughts
She says that she’s the lucky one but I just laugh
I just have to laugh
I don’t know where I’d be
If that girl hadn’t rescued me, she’s my life
I love my life

BRIDGE
I wanna give her everything she needs
But she tells me I’m her everything

CHORUS
It’s just a little house on a little lot with a little back yard
It suits us fine and I hope she’s happy
I lose my breath
It scares me to death
I could wake up and she’d be gone
Every time I think about what I can’t live my life without
I hope she’s happy
I hope she’s happy

SETTLE IT UP ON SUNDAY
Written by Cleve Clark, AJ Clark & Joe Doyle

VERSE ONE
I had one too much
Ran one stop sign
I was halfway home
And saw a flash of blue lights

There was one ole' boy
Who shared my cell
It's your first time in
He said I can tell
He said you're headin' down a path I know all too well

CHORUS
If you waltz with the devil he'll lead you astray
Follow him home it's a lost highway
It's a long way back
Down a well worn path
If you play with fire you could lose you soul
The price you pay only heaven knows
But it's never too late to settle it up on Sunday

VERSE TWO
At first day light
I heard church bells ring
That old gray cell
Still smelled of gin

That one ole' boy
Had disappeared
Had I lost my mind
Was he ever even here
I don't know but his words still echo in my ear

BRIDGE
Oh on Sunday
I'm gonna heed the words he said
Forgiveness
When I bow my head