White Lightning - George Jones

Outside the cafe by the cracker factory You were practicing a magic trick And my thoughts got rude, as you talked and chewed On the last of your pick and mix Said you're mistaken if you're thinkin' that I haven't been called cold before As you bit into your strawberry lace And then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper It's all you have left and it was going to waste Your pastimes consisted of the strange The twisted and deranged And I love that little game you had called Crying lightning And how you like to aggravate the ice cream man on rainy afternoons The next time that I caught my own reflection It was on its way to meet you Thinking of excuses to postpone You never looked like yourself from the side But your profile could not hide The fact you knew I was approaching your throne With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache Stood and puffed your chest out like you'd never lost a war And though I tried so not to suffer the indignity of reaction There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw And your pastimes consisted of the strange The twisted and deranged And I hate that little game you had called Crying lightning And how you like to aggravate the icky cream man on rainy afternoons Uninviting But not half as impossible as everyone assumes you are Crying lightning Your pastimes consisted of the strange The twisted and deranged And I hate that little game you had called Crying lightning Crying lightning, whoa Crying lightning Crying lightning Your pastimes consisted of the strange The twisted and deranged And I hate that little game you had called Crying

It's storming out, maybe you should come inside And tell me why you don't wanna be alive If you don't respond, I'll put my shoes on And lay down on the pavement next to you If we get struck, at least we'll make the news The news What a way to go out Something this town will forever talk about The two kids who were laying down And struck by lightning in front of your house In the mud, sinking down Thinking of everything I have to think about You shut me up, look at the clouds As lightning struck What a way to go out Something this town will forever talk about The two kids who were laying down And struck by lightning in front of your house And kids out on the playgrounds Years from now will say, "Did you ever hear about The two kids who were laying down And struck by lightning in front of your house?" Maybe on a sunny day You might have some things to say But if you don't, that's okay What a way to go out Something this town will forever talk about The two kids who were laying down And struck by lightning in front of your house And kids out on the playgrounds Years from now will say, "Did you ever hear about The two kids who were laying down And struck by lightning in front of your house?" As lightning struck And struck by lightning in front of your house

One, two, three Every time I'm doin' what I want to Somebody comes and tells me it's wrong Whenever I'm doing just as I please Somebody cuts me down to my knees Yeah, somebody cuts me down to my knees In a time when everybody feels entitled Why can't I feel entitled too? Somebody took away my God given right I guess God must have gave it to you Yeah, I guess God must have slipped it to you Stop what you're doin' and get back in line I hear this from people all the time If we can't be happy then you can't be too I'm tired of being told what to do Yeah, I'm sick of being told what to do There are children today who were lied to Told the world is rightfully theirs They can have what they want, whenever they want They take like Caesar and nobody cares Live like Caesar and nobody cares I can't bring myself to take without penance Or atonements or sweat from my brow Though the world may be spoiled and getting worse every day Don't they feel like they're cheated somehow I feel like I've been cheatin' somehow Stop what you're doin' and get back in line I hear this from people all the time If we can't be happy then you can't be too I'm tired of being told what to do Yeah, I'm sick of being told what to do I guess nobody on Earth is entitled Not mothers, not children, not kings Not a one single person on God's golden shore Is entitled to one single thing We don't deserve a single damn thing

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in my room, it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like And she'll never know your story like I do 'Cause she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me, you belong with me Walk in the streets with you in your worn-out jeans I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself "Hey, isn't this easy?" And you've got a smile that can light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down You say, "You're fine", I know you better than that Hey, what you doing with a girl like that? She wears high heels, I wear sneakers She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find That what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me Oh, I remember you driving to my house In the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're 'bout to cry I know your favorite songs And you tell me 'bout your dreams Think I know where you belong Think I know it's with me Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you? Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time, how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me You belong with me Have you ever thought just maybe, you belong with me? You belong with me