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UNDERNEATH THE SAME MOON
JOHN RICH (solo)

I Pray For You
(John Rich/Kenny Alphin)

Sometimes when I sleep
I can see you walkin’ back to me
And sometimes I wake up
Cause I swear I felt your touch
Then emotions overcome me
And the darkness is so cold

Chorus:
I light a candle watch it burn
I feel the angels come and fill this room
When you’re gone I miss you so much
I do the only thing I can do
I pray for you
I pray for you

Every minute of the day
I can clearly see your face
And every minute we’re apart
Oh you know it just breaks my heart
I’m so lonely but I’m okay
Cause I know we’ll be together again

Repeat chorus (twice)

Please hold her and protect her
Till she’s back here in my arms again
Oh tell her how I love her
And I’ll be waiting right here forever
Amen

© 1998 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
© 2000 Famous Music Corporation, ASCAP. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Underneath The Same Moon
(John Rich/Sharon Vaughn/L. David Lewis)

Shadows of the night moving on the ground
Like silent clouds, they follow me around
As I wander through the dark, through the midnight mist
Remembering our last kiss, do you know how much you’re missed

Chorus:
Tonight I stand in this lonely place
And I search the heavens for some saving grace
And I cry, dying without you
I know you’re somewhere looking up there too
Right now that’s all two distant hearts can do
Oh, ooh- at least we’re underneath
Underneath the same moon

Picturing your face, flowers in your hair
Like you always wear, I can see you there
Longing to be touched but you’re out of reach
Oh hold on please won’t you wait for me

Repeat chorus:

© 1999 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
© 1999 Nashville DreamWorks Songs/Sharonade Music (ASCAP) Worldwide rights for Sharonade Music and Nashville DreamWorks Songs administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Friend of a Friend Music (ASCAP)

Old Blue Mountain
(John Rich/Kenny Alphin)

Oh the blue sea stretched out before me
Is not half as big as my burden
But soon it will lift from my shoulders
The sun’s gonna shine on my garden

Chorus:
Someday when I’m not so weary
And I’ve left this valley of trouble behind
Someday I’ll reach my destination
When that old blue mountain ain’t too tall to climb

The distance from here to my paradise
Is jagged and long but I’ll make it
And the hard times will just keep me humble
So my feet won’t stumble on the way there

Repeat Chorus:

© 1999 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
© 2000 Ensign Music Corporation, BMI. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

She Brings The Lightnin’ Down
(John Rich/Vicky McGehee)

One look and I know what’s comin’
Storm cloud is movin’ in
Ain’t no use in running
Just take it like a man

Oh Lord what have I started
Cold front is settin’ in
Shelter no I can’t find it
Judgment day is here again

Chorus:
Oh I better find some cover
Ooh when I hear that rumblin’ sound
Mmm because there ain’t no warning
Oh when my woman comes unwound, yeah
She brings the thunder she brings the
Lightnin’ down

The straight line that I’ve been walking
Lately is wearing thin
I can’t help but to cross it
Every now and then

Repeat Chorus:

© 1999 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music and Sony/ATV Songs LLC. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

I Love You Like That
(John Rich/Kenny Alphin/Rodney Clawson)

Lord only knows just how far I would go
To show you the way that I feel
This rumbling inside me continually drives me
Like ten thousand chariot wheels

Chorus:
I love you like that
I love you like that
Anything anywhere it’s beyond all compare
I love you like that

Like the mountains that rise almost touching the sky
As tall as the oceans are deep
Like the stars of the galaxies and everything in between
Farther than my eyes can see

Repeat chorus:

It’s not enough to say, so I’ll show you everyday
How much your love means to me
And this promise I’ll make you, to never forsake you
Till my dying day I will keep

Repeat chorus:

© 1999 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
© 2000 Ensign Music Corporation, BMI. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Highway Fifteen Daydream Songs (BMI) Administered by Vaughn-Lewis Enterprises

When You Love Someone
(Gretchen Peters/Michael Kamen/Bryan Adams)

When you love someone – you’ll do anything
You’ll do all the crazy things that you can’t explain
You’ll shoot the moon – put out the sun
When you love someone

You’ll deny the truth – believe a lie
There’ll be times that you’ll believe you can really fly
But your lonely nights – have just begun
When you love someone

When you love someone- you feel it deep inside
And nothin’ else can ever change your mind
When you want someone – when you need someone
When you love someone

When you love someone – you’ll sacrifice
You’d give it everything you got and you won’t think twice
You’d risk it all – no matter what may come
When you love someone
You’ll shoot the moon – put out the sun
When you love someone

© 1997 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Purple Crayon, Badams Music LTD., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, K-Man Corp. All rights adm. by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Sq. W., Nashville, TN 37203. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Steel Bridges
(John Rich/Sharon Vaughn/Jonnie Most)

Let me hold you now
Till you fall asleep
Let’s lay it down
And let it be
When the morning comes and wakes us up
We’ll be back to being us again

It’s a trial by fire
That we’re going through
But we’ll survive
Like we always do
There’s not a heat that’s hot enough
To melt the bonds binding the two of us

Chorus:
Steel bridges won’t burn
And they won’t wash away
They’ll stand the test of time
Baby, we’re built that way
In the blistering sun or the pouring down rain
When the raging river flows
It can bear the weight of a runaway train
It’s strong enough to hold
Steel bridges steel bridges won’t burn

Love these days
For most people we know
Is a passing phase
It just comes and it goes
But we’ve got something they all need
And I’m not gonna watch it walk away from me

Repeat chorus:

In the blistering sun or the pouring down rain
When the raging river flows
It can bear the weight of a runaway train
It’s strong enough to hold
Steel bridges steel bridges don’t burn

© 1999 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music, Love Bud Music. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music and Love Bud Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
© 1999 Nashville DreamWorks Songs/Sharonade Music (ASCAP) Worldwide rights for Sharonade Music and Nashville DreamWorks Songs administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Something To Believe In
(John Rich/Kenny Alphin/Rodney Clawson)

He’s got a hot rod El Camino
He’s playin’ Hendrix on the stereo
Wearin’ blue jeans and high tops
He’s got a .45 in the glove box

And there’s a preacher on the sidewalk
And he’s a beatin’ down on his Bible
If you listen to his lesson
He’ll tell you how to get to heaven

Chorus:
Everybody needs something to believe in
Everybody’s just lookin’ for a better way
Searchin’ through the creases
Siftin’ through the tiny bits and pieces
Everybody’s lookin’, everybody’s lookin’
For something to believe in

He’s got an office on the tenth floor
He’s got his nameplate on the glass door
And he’s been dealin’ in the market
He’s gonna hit it big but he hasn’t yet

There’s a farmer down a dirt road
And he’s prayin’ for the mother lode
Gotta get a rain on his dry land
To save his family from the money man

Repeat chorus:

Well there’s twenty-five on a row boat
And they’re floatin’ into the gold coast
Riskin’ everything for one chance
At a better life in the Promised Land

Repeat chorus:

© 1998 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
© 2000 Famous Music Corporation, ASCAP. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Highway Fifteen Daydream Songs (BMI) Administered by Vaughn-Lewis Enterprises

Someday
(John Rich/Kenny Alphin)

I’ve seen you in the shadows and I felt you on the breeze
I know you’re out there waiting somewhere
Waiting there for me
I’ve looked in all the places and I’ve been in all the crowds
Where are you now
Oh where are you now

Chorus:
Someday I’m gonna find you
And I’ll know you the minute that I see your pretty face
Someday I’m gonna fall so far in love
That I’ll never remember the way that I’m feelin’ now
Oooh someday, someday

Everyday I wake up thinkin’ this might be the one
The one I’ve waited for forever
And prayed would come along
To end this lonely empty feeling
Deep inside my soul
Somehow I know
Oh, somehow I know

Repeat chorus:

© 1998 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
© 2000 Famous Music Corporation, ASCAP. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Love Won’t Listen
(John Rich/Sharon Vaughn/L. David Lewis)

Lie there just stare count the cracks in my ceiling
Blanket scratches looks like no chance of sleeping
Silence screamin’ bouncin’ off lonely walls
Askin’ beggin’ getting no where at all

Chorus:
Love won’t listen to me
It refuses to hear
It refuses to leave
It’ll make up its mind
In its own sweet time
There’s no way to get its attention
Love won’t listen

Memories of her standing guard in the corner
Endless whispers telling me I still love her
Visions hover just like ghosts in this room
I’ve been pleading leave me
But I guess there’s no use

Repeat chorus:

Love won’t listen
Love won’t listen
Love won’t listen

© 1998 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, That's Rich Music administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, Tn 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
© 2000 Universal - MCA Music Publishing, a Division of Universal Studios, Inc./Sharondipity Music (ASCAP). All rights for Sharondipity Music controlled and administered by Universal - MCA Music Publishing, a Division of Universal Studios, Inc.
Friend of a Friend Music (ASCAP)

New Jerusalem
(John Rich/Jim Rich/Chris Waters/Tom Shapiro)

One of these days they’re gonna lay me down
In the cold hard ground where the sun never shines
And I’ve got to say that I just can’t wait
Till I see those gates and Heaven is mine

Chorus:
Cause I’ll go walkin’ on the streets of gold
And I’ll go talkin’ with the saints of old
Yeah I’ll go walkin’ up to the Master’s throne
In the New Jerusalem

I’ll see King David with his shoes kicked off
Just dancin’ along with the angel band
I’ll see Saint Peter, James and John
They’ll say come on son and take our hand
And let’s go…

Repeat Chorus:

I’ll see my mama and my sister too, they’ll say
How do you do? What took you so long?
Come over here and let us kiss your face
You’ve got to see this place, Brother hang on
And let’s go…

Repeat Chorus:

© 1998 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, That's Rich Music, Chris Waters Music, Wenonga Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC. All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Songs LLC, That's Rich Music, Chris Waters Music, Wenonga Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC adm. by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Sq. W., Nashville, TN 37203. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
Tierra Grande Music (ASCAP)

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