“Except You”
( © 2006 Teddie Cochran )

I tried so hard to make things right
Just like I always do
I got laid off from work tonight
Seems like I always lose
I never saw that slamming door
Until it was too late to move
I worry about the life we’ve built
Then I look at you

I see the

Chorus:
Loving in your eyes
Sparkling in the night
Like a beacon on the shore
You fill me full of hope
As everything I‘ve worked for
Is breaking in two,
Except you

I never saw the boss so up tight
As when he told me the news
Said he wished he could make it right
Just like they always do
I walked out that corporate door
As you pulled up the drive
I wondered what I’m gonna do
Then I look at you

I feel the

Chorus:
Loving in your eyes
Sparkling in the night
Like a beacon on the shore
You fill me full of hope
As everything I‘ve worked for
Is breaking in two,
Except you

As every thing I‘ve worked for
Is breaking in two,
Except you


Except You