John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965, in Danville, Kentucky) is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboard Billboard (magazine) ’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" (1994) and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" (1995). Besides these two songs, five more of Montgomery's singles have reached the top of the country... [read more] - She Don't Need A Band To Dance
(Randy Archer/Freddy Weller)She's not much for thrillsAnd says things with fancy frillsDon't turn her onShe seems so content working hardTo make our house a homeShe's steady as a rockStanding by meEven when I don't...
- Oh How She Shines
(Doug Johnson/Pat Bunch)Darling I have a true confessionI ran into an old flame todayYou wouldn't like the way our conversationTurned to how we let each other slip awayI was reminded of a half forgotten feelingOne I...
- Full Time Love
(Zack Turner/Carson Chamberlain)Pick you up on FridayAbout half past 8Just time for a movieYou can't stay out lateI take you homeA little kiss at the doorLately I'm thinkin'I want a little moreTell your daddyI'm a...
- Friday At Five
(Jimmy Stewart/George Teren)Got some cash in my pocketAnd it's burning a holeGot the boss on my backAnd it's getting real oldThis week's been hellBut I'll party it out of my mindFrom Friday at fiveTill Sunday at...
- All In My Heart
(Mike Geiger/Woddy Mullis)I sit here tonightAnd look in your eyesFor that old familiar flameThat love that burnsMakes my wolrd turnTwo hearts beating the sameIs it all in my mindOr is it harder to findI feel like I'm...
- Kick It Up
(Jim Robinson)Well I work six days out of sevenWaiting all week for Saturday nightGoing out to neon heavenPunch the clock on party timeJamming this old pickup across the county lineAin't it good to be aliveKick it...
- I Love The Way You Love Me
(Victoria Shaw/Chuck Cannon)I like the feel of your name on my lipsAnd I like the sound of your sweet gentle kissThe way that your fingers run through my hairAnd how your scent lingers even when your not thereAnd I...
- Friends
(Jerry Holland)You say you want to be friendsThat's a newly sharpened bladeThat's a dagger to the heartOf the promises we madeThat's a chapter full of painA season full of rainA dark and stormy nightSpent all...
- Life's A Dance
(Allen Shamblin/Steve Seskin)When I was fourteen I was falling fastFor a blue eyed girl in my homeroom classTrying to find the courage to ask her outWas like trying to get oil from a waterspoutWhat she would have said...
- I Can Love You Like That
(Steve Diamond/Maribeth Derry/Jennifer Kimball)They read you CinderellaYou hoped it would come trueThat one day your Prince Charming Would come rescue youYou like romantic moviesYou never will forgetThe way you felt...
- Beer And Bones
(Sanger D. Shafer/Lonnie Williams)I ain't nothin' but beer and bonesHoney since I lost youI ain't ate a biteSince the nightThat you said we're throughI walked to that jukebox to playA few sad country songsI heard...
- If You've Got Love
(Steve Seskin/Mark D. Sanders)If you've got faithAnd you believe in what you're living forYou can stand your ground when the devil's at your doorAnd a little hope can help you when the road is getting roughBut there's...
- I Miss You A Little
(Mike Anthony/Richard Fagan/John Michael Montgomery)Sometimes a song can touch a nerveThat takes me back to youWhen I pick up my old guitarAnd I play your favorite tuneEvery now and then, some little thingI've buried...
- I Swear
(Frank J. Myers/Gary Baker)I see the questions in your eyesI know what's weighing on your mindBut you can be sure I know my part'Cause I'll stand beside you through the yearsYou'll only cry those happy tearsAnd though...
- Rope The Moon
(Jess Brown/Jim Denton)I don't have a lot to showFor these years of hard workIf you look at what I ownStill she's always telling meTo hold on to my dreamsEven when my hope is goneSome may say that dreaming's just for...
- Cowboy Love
(Bill Douglas/Jeff Wood)You drive a baby blue BeamerI drive a pickup truckI'm a member of the good ol' boysYou're a member of the Country ClubYou keep turnin' me down when I ask you outBut I ain't givin' upI'm gonna...
- No Man's Land
(John Scott Sherrill/Steve Seskin)That house on the hill is long goneNow she's living in a trailer with an Astroturf lawnGot three little kids and no one to helpTrying to be Momma and Daddy all by herselfIt's hard to...
- Sold (The Grundy County Auction Indident)
(Richard Fagan/Robb Royer)Well I went down to the Grundy County AuctionWhere I saw something I just had to haveMy mind told me I should proceed with cautionBut my heart said, "Go ahead an' make a bid on that!"An' I...
- Long As I Live
(Rick Bowles/Will Robinson)The world's been spinning 'round since time beganAn' when it stops, it's out of my handsSo I could swear forever for all it's worthOr give you every day I have on EarthLong as I liveLong as...
- Just Like A Rodeo
(Roger Brown/Tommy Conners)Boots in the stirrups out of the gate trying to hold the reinsPraying that I can just sit tight, man this love is strangeUp like a rocket spinning 'round like a topMy strength is fading...
- Heaven Sent Me You
(John E. McCollum/Len Doolin)I've never seen blue eyes filled with so much loveI never thought I'd find out what I found in your touchSomeone up there must like me 'cause I'mLookin' at the proof there's no doubt about...
- Holdin' On To Something
(Tom Shapiro/Thom McHugh)There's a little girlWanna make her mineWhat she wants I don't knowIf red means stopAn' green means goHer light is always yellowI'm wrapped around her fingerShe's slipping through my...
- High School Heart
(Jerry Laseter/Kerry Kurt Phippips)That ol' drive-in is a parking lotThey made a shopping mall out of our make-out spotThe oldies station plays all those songsWe used to singAnd even though that ol' high school's...
- It's What I Am
(John Calvert/Aaron Sain)I got my first guitar when I was just a boyI was playing the blues instead of playing with toysListening to the Opry and dreaming of the neon lightsSo it was late to bed and early to riseI...
- Dirty Dice
Got an angel, on one shoulder anda devil on the other,And his good advice that I take.I live with a sprinkle of a little sin,When the world is asleep I'm awake.With the roll of my dirty dice,I'm only following the...
- Scary Films
Scary films don't scare me now,That you're around.Since you been around;Nowadays I never cry,When the monster kills the guy,And the psychopathic wife killsthe husband with a knifeHey baby, thanks for clearing my...
- What I Miss About You
Missing the train every morning at 8:52,Sipping coffee from the same cup as you.The sharing of secrets we thought no one else knew,That's what I miss about you.The new way that love had made me see,Your bashful grin...
- Ghost Town
The thing that makes mefeel the most down,Is the feeling that I'mliving in a ghost town.Barn door bangin' in my face,Like tumbleweed,I'm rolling 'round this place.I see you arriving at the station,But it's only my...
- Like Siamese
(Featuring Brian Molko)
Hang breathless on meHang breathless on meThe war will soon be overSo hang breathless on meWe'll walk slow through the emptyAnd we'll do as we pleaseWe'll crawl body to bodyJust like SiameseLike SiameseIt's cold down...
- Til Nothing Comes Between Us
Close your eyes, can you see me here?Rollin' down the Rocky Mountains,Movin' like the wind that sweeps the Kansas fields.I know you're with me,As I make my way through Oklahoma,Past the farms and weather vanes.There...
- Perfect Circle
A mask is easily placed,On a betrayed and broken face.A disguise to hide the past,When you mapped out my skin and made the memories last.Some things are never erased,And I have run when I've been chased,By...
- If You Were A Sailboat
If you're a cowboy I would trail you,If you're a piece of wood I'd nail you to the floor.If you're a sailboat I would sail you to the shore.If you're a river I would swim you,If you're a house I would live in you all...
- Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford used to eat rosesThought that they'd make her beautiful and they did,One supposes.Douglas Fairbanks, he was so handsome,He wore a moustache,Must-a had much cash, too,Worth a king's ransom,Charlie...
- Spellbound
I heard that lately,You've gone through a mysterious change.People say you're secretive,And you've been acting strange.They say there's magic afoot stay away they all warn,But to me you were magical from the day that...
- What It Says On The Tin
How can I say it? Where do I begin,Everything you are is just what it says on the tinWords that were honest, spoken from the heart,Everything you did was just what you said from the start.You are the angel with whom I...
- This One's Gonna 'Leave A Mark'
(John Michael Montgomery/David Lee/Johnny Park/Elbert West)I've crashed and burned my old FirebirdAnd walked away without a scratchAnd I've had my share of backwoods barroom brawlsBeen kicked and cussed and busted...
- I Never Stopped Lovin' You
(Carson Chamberlain/Gary Harrison/Mark Wills)I guess everybody goes to the grocery store - even meThere's no tellin' who in the world there you're gonna seeLost in space at the cash-only aisle number threeI came...
- I Don't Want This Song To End
- I Couldn't Dream
(Richie McDonald/Frank Soleshee/Mark Rone)When we're this close I can almostHear your heart beatAs you softly breathe lyin' here with meYour skin's like a canvasBeing painted by the moonbeamsTruly a masterpieceTo you...
- Cover You In Kisses
(Jerry Kilgore/Brett Jones/Jess Brown)You say it's cold back there in DenverA foot of new snow on the groundYou're all bundled up in blanketsI'd give anything to be there with you nowI'd cover you in kissesHold you in...
- You're The Ticket
(Keith Follese/Wade Kirby/Jess Brown)I wanna be the one sittin' next to youOn your mama's front porch swingFeel like the guy that gets the girlOn a forty-foot silver screenI wanna steal a kiss when we stopAt the top...
- It Gets Me Every Time
(Wade Kirby/Butch Baker/Thom McHugh)A short red dress don't turn my headAt least that's true unless it's you that's wearin' itGlamour girls, high heels and pearlsThey're a dime a dozen in this worldBut let me tell...
- Little Cowboy's Cry
(Monte Thomas)There's a little boy on his knees beside his bedWith a cowboy hat upon his bowed headTryin' to keep the tears in his eyesAnd his heart breaks as the little cowboy criesAs the cowboy criesHe says God...
- Love Working On You
(Jim Collins/Craig Wiseman)You woke up this morningChanges were taking placeYou looked in the mirrorA smile was all over your face'Cause out of nowhereSomeone was thereWho dared to climbThose walls you madeIt's...
- The Little Girl
Her parents never took the young girl to church.Never spoke of his name never read her his word.Two non believers walking lost in this world took their baby with them what a sad little girl.....Her daddy drank all day...
- When Your Baby Ain't Around
(Stan Munsey Jr./Bob Alan)I don't recall the icebox ever humming quite so loudThat clock upon the wall, sounding like a crowdMy that dog is restlessHe don't ever settle downNow ain't it strange what occupies your...
- Everytime I Fall (It Breaks Her Heart)
(Johnny McRae/Steve Clark)Let me tell you 'bout a lady that I knowWho stood tall and proud beside meDown many a dead end roadNever asking more than I could giveAnd never once complainingAbout the way we had to...
- Be My Baby Tonight
I know you've heard that worn out lineAbout love at first sightWell, I never knew those words were true'Til you walked in tonightAll it took was just one lookTo knock me off of my feetI'm not a man of many wordsSo...
- Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)
Well I went down to the Grundy County AuctionWhen I saw something I just had to haveMy mind told me I should proceed with caution But my heart said to go ahead and make a bid on thatChorus::And I saidHey pretty lady...
- Hold On To Me
I wanna wake up each morningWith you for the rest of my lifeI wanna feel your heart beatingAnd just get lost in your eyesYou can tell me your secretsYou can let me feel your painYou can show me your weaknessAnd never...
- Letters From Home
My Dearest son, it's almost JuneI hope this letter catches up with youAnd finds you wellIt's been dryBut they're callin' for rainAnd everything's the same old sameIn JohnsonvilleYour stubborn old daddy Ain't said too...
- Nickels And Dimes And Love
(Johnny Macrae/Steve Clark)Remember when pocket change was all we hadAnd all those calls from the corner phoneboothCollect to Mom and DadAnd that old worn out couch we called our bedWhen our cuisine was pork and...
- Line On Love
(David Wills/Rick West/James Dean Hicks)Packed an old cane poleCrossed the shoulder through the woodsTo the fishing holeI tried to keep up the best I couldHe answered with loveAll the questions of his little manDaddy...
- A Great Memory
(Dean Dillon/Trey Bruce)I'm not one to take chancesI've always played it safeBut girl I've been out on a limbSince I saw your smiling faceI feel like I'm walking a tightropeWhen I'm out walking with youIt's a...
- Dream On Texas Ladies
(Steve Dan Mills)Way down in TexasThose cowgirls get restlessAs they wait for that cowboyWho will love them for lifeAnd though they are certainThey'll meet him tomorrowThey're alone with their dreams for tonightSo...
- Taking Off The Edge
(Larry Cordle/Larry Shell)I been down on my luckI been down on my kneesWell I been downtownAnd I been down on the farmI can't be satisfiedBut I'm gonna have to findA way to kick back andTake off the edgeNow there's a...
- Angel In My Eyes
I watch her lyin' in bed asleep,And I thank my lucky stars,For every second she's here with me,I wanna hold her in my arms,She is my day,She is my night,She is the breath that gives me life,But Sometimes we laugh,And...
- Ain't Got Nothin' On Us
(Wendell Mobley/Jim Robinson)Well they say the Grand Canyon is a sight to seeBut it's just a big ditch next to you and meOoo baby ain't got nothing on usThere's earth shaking power in the space shuttleWell I feel that...
- Cloud 8
(Tony Martin/Byron Hill)I hear 'em laughing on cloud 9In a world so happy just above mineNo one's leaving like you left meThey got each other got all they need, butHere on cloud 8A lotta nothing's going onI'm just...
- What I Do The Best
(Monty Holmes/Michael Huffman/Donny Kees)I knew I'd found my life's callin'When you spoke my nameFrom that moment on, the reason I was bornBecame so very plainNow my heart and soul's, one and only goalIs to bring you...
- How Was I To Know
(Blair Daly/Will Rambeaux)Well I hoped and I prayed, I loved you from afarI cried, and I dreamed, wished on every starBut nothin' I'd do got me closer to youSo I locked all my feelings insideThen one night across a...
- Lucky Arms
(J.B. Rudd/Vip Vipperman)He's got lucky armsHe gets to hold herThe way I know I never will againThey're dancing closeWith her head on his shoulderLucky arms, lucky heart, lucky himThey don't see me standing in these...
- A Few Cents Short
(John Michael Montgomery)Looking for spare changeTo put gas in my carBut what I've foundWon't get me very farSeems lately the low timesHave hit me pretty hard'Cause I'm a few cents shortFrom getting to where you...
- Paint The Town Redneck
(Richard Fagan/Steve O'Brien)All week long I been workin' that nine to fiveDreamin' in color but livin' in black and whiteMonday to Friday ain't nothing but shades of grayBut tonight I'm gonna partyAll my blue collar...
- I Can Prove You Wrong
(Monty Criswell/Greg McDougal/Billy Spencer)I know he gave you every reasonTo lose your faith in loveGive me the chace I'll find the piecesTo a heart that's given upYou say there's nothing I can doBut no one's ever...
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