Straight from the factory
We were made for each other
One of those things that's meant to be
Straight from the factory
Nothin' less than exactly
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.
Many parts and many hearts
Been mismatched before
Still they make delivery.
Some folks send 'em back and never find what they need
But babe my satisfaction's guaranteed.
Straight from the factory
We were made for each other
One of those things that's meant to be
Straight from the factory
Nothin' less than exactly
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.
Straight from the factory
We were made for each other
One of those things that's meant to be
Straight from the factory
Nothin' less than exactly
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.
Sittin' tight and sittin' proud
Waitin' on a shove
Passers by just keep on passin' by
I'll admit I did a bit of passin' by myself
Til' I found a perfect fit
And now I'm tied.
Straight from the factory
We were made for each other
Perfect match as anyone can see
Straight from the factory
Nothin' less than exactly
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.
You're the only lock that's made to fit my key
Clint Black - Killin' Time Album Lyrics
Clint Black - Killin' Time Lyrics
Writer: CLINT PATRICK BLACK, JAMES HAYDEN NICHOLAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
A Better Man
What do you say when it's over
I don't know if I should say anything at all
One day we're rollin' in the clover
Next thing you know we take the fall
Still, I think about the years since I first met you
And the way it might have been without you here
And I don't know if words from me can still upset you
But I've just gotta make this memory stand clear
I know I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin here a better man
I guess I always knew I couldn't hold you
But I'd never be the one to set you free
Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you
You still believe in some old meant-to-be
Still I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man
Yes I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man
Yes I'm leavin' here a better man
I don't know if I should say anything at all
One day we're rollin' in the clover
Next thing you know we take the fall
Still, I think about the years since I first met you
And the way it might have been without you here
And I don't know if words from me can still upset you
But I've just gotta make this memory stand clear
I know I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin here a better man
I guess I always knew I couldn't hold you
But I'd never be the one to set you free
Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you
You still believe in some old meant-to-be
Still I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man
Yes I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man
Yes I'm leavin' here a better man
Writer: ANDERS OSBORNE, KEVIN (KEB' MO') MOORE
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Nobodys Home
Move slowly to my dresser drawers
Put my blue jeans on
Find my cowboy boots, my button down
Strap my timepiece on my arm
Grab my billfold, my pocket change
Just a mindless old routine
Then it's out the door and down the street
But it's not really me
I still comb my hair the same
Still like the same cologne
And I still drive that pickup truck
That the same old bank still owns
Since you left, everybody says
I'm not the guy they've known
The lights are on, but nobody's home
Cup of coffee in the morning
It's just food for the brain
But I've been numb since our last goodbyes
I haven't felt a thing
But now there's pains in my head
And pains in my chest
I think I'm losing my hair
I'm a half a man with half a mind
Think you didn't care
I still comb my hair the same
Still like the same cologne
And I still drive that pickup truck
That the same old bank still owns
Since you left, everybody says
I'm not the guy they've known
The lights are on, but nobody's home
Since you left, everybody says
I'm not the guy they've known
The lights are on, but nobody's home
The lights are on, but nobody's home
Put my blue jeans on
Find my cowboy boots, my button down
Strap my timepiece on my arm
Grab my billfold, my pocket change
Just a mindless old routine
Then it's out the door and down the street
But it's not really me
I still comb my hair the same
Still like the same cologne
And I still drive that pickup truck
That the same old bank still owns
Since you left, everybody says
I'm not the guy they've known
The lights are on, but nobody's home
Cup of coffee in the morning
It's just food for the brain
But I've been numb since our last goodbyes
I haven't felt a thing
But now there's pains in my head
And pains in my chest
I think I'm losing my hair
I'm a half a man with half a mind
Think you didn't care
I still comb my hair the same
Still like the same cologne
And I still drive that pickup truck
That the same old bank still owns
Since you left, everybody says
I'm not the guy they've known
The lights are on, but nobody's home
Since you left, everybody says
I'm not the guy they've known
The lights are on, but nobody's home
The lights are on, but nobody's home
Writer: Clint Patrick Black
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Walkin Away
Walkin' away I saw a side of you
That I knew was there all along
And that someday I'd say goodbye to you
'Cause one right can still make two wrong
Not for each other, not from the start
The difference was day and night
My finest hour spent here with you in the dark
Was just before I saw the light
It's the people who want love and the people who need love
Who find love on the way
I'll be lookin' for someone 'til I find the right one
Then I won't be walkin away
Now that I know what I'm tryin' to find
There's only one place it could be
So I'm lookin' ahead, I've stopped lookin' behind
For someone who's lookin' for me
That I knew was there all along
And that someday I'd say goodbye to you
'Cause one right can still make two wrong
Not for each other, not from the start
The difference was day and night
My finest hour spent here with you in the dark
Was just before I saw the light
It's the people who want love and the people who need love
Who find love on the way
I'll be lookin' for someone 'til I find the right one
Then I won't be walkin away
Now that I know what I'm tryin' to find
There's only one place it could be
So I'm lookin' ahead, I've stopped lookin' behind
For someone who's lookin' for me
Writer: Clint Patrick Black, Dick Gay, James Hayden Nicholas
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management
Youre Gonna Leave Me Again
Just like a re-run movie,
I see that scene again.
An' that feeling shoots right through me,
'Cos this time I know the end.
And I've seen it played so many times,
And I've watched it frame by frame.
And I don't have to guess who loses,
And I know who'll feel the pain.
You're gonna leave me again,
Just like you did the time before.
This is the start of the end,
The end of me when you walk out that door.
I think I'll go down to the picture show,
See if they're playin' somethin' new.
Maybe one with a happy ending,
And I'll pretend it's me and you.
But I know that it's just make believe,
So I won't even try,
To tell myself that you're not gonna leave,
And that you'll never say goodbye.
You're gonna leave me again,
Just like you did the time before.
This is the start of the end,
The end of me when you walk out that door.
I see that scene again.
An' that feeling shoots right through me,
'Cos this time I know the end.
And I've seen it played so many times,
And I've watched it frame by frame.
And I don't have to guess who loses,
And I know who'll feel the pain.
You're gonna leave me again,
Just like you did the time before.
This is the start of the end,
The end of me when you walk out that door.
I think I'll go down to the picture show,
See if they're playin' somethin' new.
Maybe one with a happy ending,
And I'll pretend it's me and you.
But I know that it's just make believe,
So I won't even try,
To tell myself that you're not gonna leave,
And that you'll never say goodbye.
You're gonna leave me again,
Just like you did the time before.
This is the start of the end,
The end of me when you walk out that door.
Writer: CLINT PATRICK BLACK, JAMES HAYDEN NICHOLAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Ill Be Gone
Since before I learned to walk, I've been running
And I could always see the light before the dawn
Somewhere someone won't even see me coming
And before the see me going, I'll be gone
Now you've got questions I don't care to answer
And I don't get off on leading people on
It's safe to say I'm no second chancer
And the chances are I don't know right from wrong
You could never change my mind
And I won't change my ways
And from the start the lines have all been drawn
That I'll just leave you behind
Forgetting all my yesterdays
I said before you see me going
I'll be gone
You could never change my mind
And I won't change my ways
And from the start the lines have all been drawn
That I'll just leave you behind
Forgetting all my yesterdays
I said before you see me going
I'll be gone
And I could always see the light before the dawn
Somewhere someone won't even see me coming
And before the see me going, I'll be gone
Now you've got questions I don't care to answer
And I don't get off on leading people on
It's safe to say I'm no second chancer
And the chances are I don't know right from wrong
You could never change my mind
And I won't change my ways
And from the start the lines have all been drawn
That I'll just leave you behind
Forgetting all my yesterdays
I said before you see me going
I'll be gone
You could never change my mind
And I won't change my ways
And from the start the lines have all been drawn
That I'll just leave you behind
Forgetting all my yesterdays
I said before you see me going
I'll be gone
Writer: CLINT PATRICK BLACK, JAMES HAYDEN NICHOLAS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Nothings News
I spent my lifetime wishin' the waitress would come around
Tellin' jokes, shootin' pool on the other side of town
The whistle blows at five o'clock
There's only one place I'll be found
Down at Ernie's Icehouse liftin' longnecks to that good old country sound
And talkin' 'bout the good old times
Braggin' 'bout how it used to be
And I've worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing's news to me
There's nothin' like a steel guitar cryin' in the night
There's nothin' like a sawdust floor and a good old friendly fight
I'd finally find my way back home and you'd patch up my face
But that was another time and another place
Now we're talkin' 'bout the good old times
Braggin' 'bout how it used to be
I've worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing's news to me
I wonder how I came to be the know-it-all I am
And how the world ever got used to me
Talkin' 'bout the good old times
Braggin' 'bout how it used to be
But I've worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing's news to me
Tellin' jokes, shootin' pool on the other side of town
The whistle blows at five o'clock
There's only one place I'll be found
Down at Ernie's Icehouse liftin' longnecks to that good old country sound
And talkin' 'bout the good old times
Braggin' 'bout how it used to be
And I've worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing's news to me
There's nothin' like a steel guitar cryin' in the night
There's nothin' like a sawdust floor and a good old friendly fight
I'd finally find my way back home and you'd patch up my face
But that was another time and another place
Now we're talkin' 'bout the good old times
Braggin' 'bout how it used to be
I've worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing's news to me
I wonder how I came to be the know-it-all I am
And how the world ever got used to me
Talkin' 'bout the good old times
Braggin' 'bout how it used to be
But I've worn out the same old lines
Now it seems nothing's news to me
Writer: Clint Patrick Black
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management
Winding Down
As past times go I guess I've seen some good
It's not always the best ones come and stay
There's a crowd that thinks there is one
And it should
Cause they seem to spend theirs the some old way
And they call it winding down
The six to ten crowd, smoky bars
Notes on napkins and business cards
Describe the days events and go on home
And it's likely they won't drown
The price goes up and one more round
They close up all the bars downtown
As the singer plays one last rip roaring song
It seems like the same ole motions every night
He wants to hear a golden oldie to take him back
And I'll play out all the emotions I can't fight
Relive the tensions and hope they're on the right track
And they call it winding down
The six to ten crowd, smoky bars
Notes on napkins and business cards
Describe the days events and go on home
And it's likely they won't drown
The price goes up and one more round
They close up all the bars downtown
As the singer plays one last rip roaring song
It seems like the same ole motions every night
He wants to hear a golden oldie to take him back
And I'll play out all the emotions I can't fight
Relive the tensions and hope they're on the right track
Honky tonk heroes are turn the page
And the books are closed tonight
Cause everybody knows you gottta leave'em up
So they'll go home feeling right
You gotta leave'em up so they'll go home
Feeling right
It's not always the best ones come and stay
There's a crowd that thinks there is one
And it should
Cause they seem to spend theirs the some old way
And they call it winding down
The six to ten crowd, smoky bars
Notes on napkins and business cards
Describe the days events and go on home
And it's likely they won't drown
The price goes up and one more round
They close up all the bars downtown
As the singer plays one last rip roaring song
It seems like the same ole motions every night
He wants to hear a golden oldie to take him back
And I'll play out all the emotions I can't fight
Relive the tensions and hope they're on the right track
And they call it winding down
The six to ten crowd, smoky bars
Notes on napkins and business cards
Describe the days events and go on home
And it's likely they won't drown
The price goes up and one more round
They close up all the bars downtown
As the singer plays one last rip roaring song
It seems like the same ole motions every night
He wants to hear a golden oldie to take him back
And I'll play out all the emotions I can't fight
Relive the tensions and hope they're on the right track
Honky tonk heroes are turn the page
And the books are closed tonight
Cause everybody knows you gottta leave'em up
So they'll go home feeling right
You gotta leave'em up so they'll go home
Feeling right
Writer: CLINT PATRICK BLACK
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Killin Time
You were the first thing that I thought of
When I thought I drank you off my mind
When I get lost in the liquor
You're the only one I find
And if I did the things I oughta
You still would not be mine
So I'll keep a tight grip on the bottle
Gettin' loose and killin' time
This killin' time is killin' me
Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see
That if I cross that line and they bury me
Well I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity
I don't know nothin' 'bout tomorrow
I've been lost in yesterday
I've spent all my life just dying
For a love that passed away
And if there's an end to all my sorrow
And this is the only price I'll pay
I'll be a happy man when I go
And I can't wait another day
This killin' time is killin' me
Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see
That if I cross that line and they bury me
Well I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity
Yes, I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity
When I thought I drank you off my mind
When I get lost in the liquor
You're the only one I find
And if I did the things I oughta
You still would not be mine
So I'll keep a tight grip on the bottle
Gettin' loose and killin' time
This killin' time is killin' me
Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see
That if I cross that line and they bury me
Well I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity
I don't know nothin' 'bout tomorrow
I've been lost in yesterday
I've spent all my life just dying
For a love that passed away
And if there's an end to all my sorrow
And this is the only price I'll pay
I'll be a happy man when I go
And I can't wait another day
This killin' time is killin' me
Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see
That if I cross that line and they bury me
Well I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity
Yes, I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity
Writer: Clint Patrick Black, James Hayden Nicholas
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Live And Learn
I've tried livin' it risky, relied on women and whiskey
To chase my blues, turn my nights to days
First rage only a pastime, with age more than a lifetime
Day in, day out the world just turns away
But everybody knows you live and you learn
But the lessons just go on and on
I guess we're gonna have to wait for all the pages to turn
To find out if it's right or if it's wrong, you live and learn
I've stopped lookin' for questions, I've got only suggestions
Black and white can only turn to grey
In time we're all gonna find out our times all gonna wind out
And just count down until that judgement day
But everybody knows you live and you learn
But the lessons just go on and on and on
I guess we're gonna have to wait for all the pages to turn
To find out if it's right or if it's wrong, you live and learn, you live and learn
To chase my blues, turn my nights to days
First rage only a pastime, with age more than a lifetime
Day in, day out the world just turns away
But everybody knows you live and you learn
But the lessons just go on and on
I guess we're gonna have to wait for all the pages to turn
To find out if it's right or if it's wrong, you live and learn
I've stopped lookin' for questions, I've got only suggestions
Black and white can only turn to grey
In time we're all gonna find out our times all gonna wind out
And just count down until that judgement day
But everybody knows you live and you learn
But the lessons just go on and on and on
I guess we're gonna have to wait for all the pages to turn
To find out if it's right or if it's wrong, you live and learn, you live and learn
Writer: CIARAN MARION BRENNAN
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC , Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC , Universal Music Publishing Group
Killin' Time is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Clint Black. It was released on May 2, 1989, by RCA Nashville. The album, buoyed by the chart-topping success of its first four singles, was a huge hit upon its release, and established Black as one of the biggest new stars in country music. The album is currently certified triple platinum by the RIAA.
"A Better Man", "Nothing's News", "Walking Away", "Nobody's Home", and "Killin' Time" were all huge hit songs. All of these except "Nothing's News" reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, while "Nothing's News" reached No. 3. In addition, "A Better Man" and "Nobody's Home" were declared the Number One songs of 1989 and 1990, respectively, according to Billboard.
Performed By:
Clint Black"A Better Man", "Nothing's News", "Walking Away", "Nobody's Home", and "Killin' Time" were all huge hit songs. All of these except "Nothing's News" reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, while "Nothing's News" reached No. 3. In addition, "A Better Man" and "Nobody's Home" were declared the Number One songs of 1989 and 1990, respectively, according to Billboard.
Genre(s): Neotraditional country, Texas country, Western swing
Producer(s): James Stroud, Mark Wright
Length: 30:35
Released: May 2nd, 1989
Year: 1989