ThomasRedheart

<p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Verse 1 </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> When the Tennessee storms flood your back porch at three, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> And that old hound dog whines 'neath the sinkin' pine tree, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Would you trace my number on dust-covered glass? </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Or let the night swallow what we barely let pass? </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Chorus </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Would you ever need me like bourbon needs ice? </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Like Sunday needs sinners, like gamblers need dice? </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> When the jukebox stops cryin' and the bartenders leave, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Would your arms ever need me... or just need to grieve? </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Verse 2 </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Suppose I showed up with this grey in my hair, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> My voice cracks like vinyl you swore you'd repair. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Would you pour two shots while the jasmine blooms fell, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Or tell the night clerk "Just rent her that hell"? </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Bridge </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> I ain't askin' for diamonds or some blood-binding vow, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Just which ghost you'd become if I knelt here right now. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Your silence screams louder than Memphis freight trains - </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> A need don't need words to leave permanent stains. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> [ BREAK 20 Bars Full Band ]</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> (Spoken over steel guitar) </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> "Funny how need works, ain't it darlin'? Like that busted neon 'Bud' sign </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> At Benny's Tavern - half-lit but beggin' to shine. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> You once needed my hands to open your aspirin jar, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Now you need six tequilas to forget who we are." </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Verse 3 </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> If your new man's strong hands couldn't lift that old pain, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> When his "forever" gets tangled in last Tuesday's rain, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Would you dig through our ashes 'neath that sweetgum tree, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Or let need be a cancer that starves quietly? </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Chorus </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Would you ever need me like bourbon needs ice? </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Like Sunday needs sinners, like gamblers need dice? </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> When the jukebox stops cryin' and the bartenders leave, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Would your arms ever need me... or just need to grieve? </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Outro </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> So I'll park by the river where we first said goodbye, </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Let the catfish keep secrets and the fireflies lie. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> Need's just a wound that won't scab over clean - </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> But darlin', I'll always need you to need me. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(14, 8, 8); color: rgb(250, 247, 245);"> [ But darlin', I'll always need you to need me. ........ ]</span></p>