At The Time lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Sometimes I catch myself
Staring off into the distance
Dreaming 'bout you dressing me
Head to toe with your kisses

I smile as the memory sinks in
Thinking I'd like to feel that again

We headed up, we took the fall
We said we'll never let it die
And if I had the chance, well, you can bet
I'll do it all over again, what a beautiful lie

Oh, and even if you have to lie
Please tell me you meant it at the time
You meant it at the time

Like when you said
I was your breath of air and your sunshine
And how you could never
Imagine be it anything but mine

Well, I have to believe it was true
Well, I just feel like a fool
And I'm not a fool

We headed up, we took the fall
We said we'll never let it die
And if I had the chance, well, you can bet
I'll do it all over again, what a beautiful lie

Oh, and even if you have to lie
Please, tell me you meant it at the time

We headed up, we took the fall
We said we'll never let it die
And if I had the chance, well, you can bet
I'll do it all over again, what a beautiful lie

Oh, even if you have to lie
Oh, even though you've left me behind
I hope you meant it at the time
I hope you meant it at the time

We had it all
Yeah, yeah

Sometimes I catch myself
Staring off into the distance

Teach Me lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Teach me to be strong to stand up for the weak
For those without a voice, teach me how to speak
Teach me to forgive and how to give a damn
Teach me how to lay down like the lion with the lamb

Teach me how to pray
To heavens up above
Teach me how to love

I've got so much to learn even when it hurts

Teach me how to smile when I'm sitting on a frown
To lift somebody up when the world has kicked them down
Teach me to be humble, to push aside my pride
Teach me to be thankful for every tear I've cried

When my heart has all but given up
Teach me how to love

I've got so much to learn, yeah
Even when it hurts, teach me how to love

Oh teach me, oh teach me

When I'm losing faith, teach me to believe
Teach me how to give, teach me to receive

I've got so much to learn, yeah
Even when it hurts teach me how to love
I've got so much to learn

Teach me to be strong, to stand up for the weak
For those without a voice, teach me how to speak
Teach me to forgive and how to give a damn
Teach me how to lay down like the lion with the lamb

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Won't You teach me to be humble
To be thankful for every tear I've cried

Woah, teach me
Woah, teach me
Woah, teach me

Woah, teach me
Woah, teach me
Woah, teach me

Love Rules lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

It's me
The girl you said forever to
Head over heels before you knew
She kind of has a hard time being wrong

And it's you
Outside the bedroom door
With words I'm sure you're sorry for
We both know that's not where you belong

I don't like this at all
Putting up these walls
But that don't have a chance
If I recall

'Cause love rules
Turns the wisest men into pathetic fools
Guarantees you'll lose your head
And lose your cool

I don't know about you
But I've had enough
I don't wanna fight
Just wanna make up

It's so right when we let love do what it does
'Cause love, love rules

Well, it's true
We don't always see eye to eye
But that doesn't mean we mean goodbye
It only means that we don't think the same

And it's okay, yeah
'Cause if you were too much like me
Just think how boring that would be
I'm sure by now we'd both be on our way

Oh, who do we think we are?
Messing with the stars
It's out of our control
What's in our hearts

'Cause love rules
Turns the wisest men into pathetic fools
Guarantees you'll lose your head
And lose your cool

I don't know about you
But I've had enough, yeah baby
I don't wanna fight
Just wanna make up

It's so right when we let love do what it does
'Cause love, love rules

I don't know about you
But I've had enough
I don't wanna fight
Just wanna make up

Oh, it's so right when we let love do what it does
'Cause love, love rules
Yes, it does
Love, love rules

Love rules

"Love & Negotiation" (2006)




Love & Negotiation lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Jenny's got Jack tacked up on the freezer
Jack's got Jenny in the back of his mind
She'd do anything to see him
He'll see her when he's got time... yeah
He called her up last minute for dinner
She put her friends on the burner in the back
They tell her she don't know what she's in for
She tells them they don't know Jack
And she'll make it up to them
So she stands them up again

Love and negotiation
Makes the world go round
At the bottom of the situation
When you break it down
It's all about
Love and negotiation

I've kissed a few Jack's back in my day
Turned a few princes into toads
I traded in all my lonely
For a six foot dead end road... yeah
I got my knight in rusty armor
He still gets his night out with the guys
I try hard not to be his mother
He knows I can put up a pretty good fight
To get my way
It's a give and take

[Repeat Chorus]

We plant our feet
We draw the line
The line moves from time to time
We always try to keep our minds open

[Repeat Chorus]

Taking Back My Brave lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

I am from the tiny town,
Where I learned to tough it out.
WhereI kicked the dirt an' my dreams around,
To conquer the whole world.
My uncle slipped me fifty bucks:
Some rolled their eyes an' wished me luck.
Yeah, I spent the first night in the cab of my truck,
An' I am still that girl.

I like a challenge an' I like to fly.
I'm not always perfect; I'm not always right.
When I go to weddings, it always makes me cry.
My heart is fragile an' I can be hurt,
An' I can crumble inside at the drop of a word.
But I can jump off a limb into a river change:
I'm taking back my brave.

I kinda lost it for a while,
I had to force myself to smile.
An' I quit going that extra mile.:
Abandoned my belief.
An' I spent hours on the phone,
Crawlin' back to my comfort zone.
Then I woke up one day; said I'm not runnin' home:
It's just not like me.

'Cause I like a challenge an' I like to fly.
I'm not always perfect; I'm not always right.
New born babies always makes me cry.
My heart is fragile an' I can be hurt,
An' I can crumble inside at the drop of a word.
But I can jump off a limb into a river change:
I'm taking back my brave.

I'm my Momma's only girl;
The child in a mess. 
(I've always been that way.)
I been pushin' the limits,
Since I was little, yeah, yeah.

Oh, my heart is fragile an' I can be hurt,
An' I can crumble inside at the drop of a word.
But I can jump off a limb into a river change:
I'm taking back my brave;
I'm taking back my brave, yeah. 
Takin' it back, back.

I'm takin' it back, back.
I'm taking back my brave, yeah. 
Takin' it back, back.

Got A Good Day lyrics - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

A full tank, a hot day
Ice cold gas station lemonade
Mmmm, just to cool me off
My girlfriend on the phone
Giving me the skinny on the brand new beau
I can always count on her to know what's going on
Tom Petty's singing me "Free Fallin"
I hear the summertime a-callin'

And I got the sunshine and the blue sky up above
I got the black-top under my wheels
And I got big dreams and I got people that I love
And there ain't nothin' wrong
I got a good day going on

Window's way down
Smellin' sweet honeysuckle all around
Mmmm, I just have to breathe it in
I look left, I look right
I look to see the scenery, it's outta sight
Oh, it just doesn't get better than this
No sense of time, no clear direction
Just gonna bask in this perfection

And I got the sunshine and the blue sky up above
I got the black-top under my wheels
And I got big dreams and I got people that I love
And there ain't nothin' wrong
I got a good day going on

(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day) 

I said hey, hey, are your hands up
If you're feeling the beat and you're having some fun
I said hey, hey, are your hands up
If you got a good day going on

I got the sunshine and the blue sky up above
I got the black-top under my wheels
And I got big dreams and I got people that I love
And there ain't nothin' wrong, oh no
I got a good day going on

(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day)
(Got a good, got a good, got a good day) 

I got a good day 
I got a good day goin' on
Oh yeah
I got a good day