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her hand, pleased as could be.
     
    4. Then just a month later, we meet for a beer,
    We got to talking and then I hear,
    you wonder out loud how life would be
    if you got married to someone like me.
     
    Chorus.
     
    5. I read blogs and the papers, I watch cable news.
    But the more that I hear, I get more confused.
    Which reminds me of us, I simply can’t tell
    If I’m immune or I’m under your spell.
     
    Chorus.
     
    Near the Silver Mine
    1. I’ve lived in LA, I’ve lived in Maine,
    New York City and the Midwest Plains,
    But there’s only one place I consider home.
    When I was a kid—the house we owned.
    Life was perfect and all was fine,
    In that big old house … near the silver mine.
     
    Chorus:
    The silver mine … the silver mine.
    I can’t remember a happier time,
    In that big old house … near the silver mine.
     
    2. I remember autumn, pies in the oven,
    Sitting on the porch, a little teenage lovin’,
    Riding the pony and walking the dogs,
    Helping daddy outside, splitting logs.
    Life was simple and life was fine,
    In that big old house, near the silver mine.
     
    Chorus.
     
    3. It stewed in the summer and froze in the winter,
    The floors were sure to give you splinters.
    A little wind and we’d lose the lights,
    But nobody cared, it just seemed right.
    Life was cozy and all was fine,
    In that big old house, near the silver mine.
     
    Chorus.
     
    4. We’d go to the mine and sneak up close
    To watch the train fill up with loads,
    And wonder which nugget of shiny silver
    Would become a ring for some girl’s finger.
    The future was bright and life was fine
    In that big old house near the silver mine.
     
    Chorus.
     
    5. There was always kin and pickers too,
    From daddy’s band, playing country and blues,
    They’d clear a table to be a stage,
    And get me up to sing and play.
    Life was good and all was fine
    In the big old house near the silver mine.
     
    Chorus.
     
    6. My sis was born there and I was too.
    And grandpa passed at eighty-two,
    Asleep upstairs ’neath grandma’s quilt.
    in the house that he himself had built
    To give his family a place real fine,
    That big old house, near the silver mine.
     
    Chorus.
     
    The Truth About Men
    1. Listen up, sonny boy, I’ve got some shocking news.
    We girls, we got some problems, sure, we sometimes get the blues.
    We get a little crazy, we fall head over heels.
    We live to shop and drive for miles just for a good deal.
     
    2. But one thing you can count on, we tell it to you straight.
    I’m overdrawn, I’m leaving you, I’ll be two hours late.
    Maybe it’s from playing cards, but you guys sure do bluff.
    Don’t you know that commandment: Thou shalt not make stuff up?
     
    Chorus:
    Men lie … [Clap hands five times] Men lie …
     
    Last time that I looked, one and one do not make three,
    If that’s your kind of math, it’s not good enough for me.
     
    Men lie … [Clap hands five times] Men lie.
     
    3. You’ll call me in the morning, you’ll be back home by eight.
    You’re gonna have just one more beer, my mom and dad are great.
    You’ve never touched a single joint, you swear you sent that text.
    You just need to cuddle, the last thing you want is sex.
     
    Chorus.
     
    4. You boys’re cute, you take us out, you can make us laugh,
    And nine times out of ten, you’re just big pussy-cats.
    No, I can’t deny that most of you are fun.
    You just got to work on, problem number one.
     
    Chorus.
     
    5. I found a note from Stephanie. You said you dated her.
    But it was years and years ago, the time was just a blur.
    So I called her up and chatted about you and her, of course,
    When were you going to tell me, you never got divorced?
     
    Chorus.
     
    Then, fading out:
     
    You fib … you prevaricate … you tell tall tales … you fabricate.
    It must be something in your genes … or in your jeans.
    Men lie …
    [Clap hands five times]
    Men lie …
     
    Another Day Without You
    1. I see you on the street, holding someone else’s hand.
    She’s acting like she owns you—and that’s more than I can stand.
    I know that you’re unhappy. I see it in your eyes.
    It’s clear that you don’t love her, that you’re living in a lie.
     
    Chorus:
    And it’s another day without you … Oh, such lonely time.
    But in just a little while … I’m going to make you mine.
     
    2. Ever since we met, I’m twice the girl I was.
    Nothing keeps me going the way your smile does.
    We have our time together but it’s really not the same.
    The