Karaoké I Always Wanted to Cody Johnson

Outside there's a rusty pickup

Underneath a shed

Mockingbird's nest in the tailpipe

Empty feed sack in the bed

They took away my keys sayin' I'm too old to drive

It's like they're tryin' to bury me while I'm still alive

I always wanted a son

I always wanted a woodshed

I always wanted to ride on an open range

And learn how to fly a plane but I guess

Even pictures we never take

Memories we'll never make still fade

I never did all I wanted to do but I always wanted to

They talk like I can't hear 'em when they have to change my sheets

They're gettin' tired and angry 'cos I won't accept defeat

Uncle Frank lived to be a hundred

Hell I'm only ninety-five

I ain't raising no white flag while I'm still alive

I always wanted a son

I always wanted a woodshed

I always wanted to ride on an open range

And learn how to fly a plane but I guess

Even pictures we never take

Memories we'll never make still fade

I never did all I wanted to do but I always wanted to

My Marie showed up this mornin' floatin' right above that chair

And she smiled the sweetest smile at me as she hovered in the air

When that fever stole her from me

I was twenty-seven and she was just twenty-five

I never dreamed

I'd see my angel again while I'm still alive

I always wanted a son

I always wanted a woodshed

I always wanted to ride on an open range

And learn how to fly a plane but I guess

Even pictures we never take

Memories we'll never make still fade

I never did all I wanted to do but I always wanted to

I never did all I wanted to do but I always wanted to