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Think of A Reason Later

By Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of “I’ll Think of a Reason Later” by Lee Ann Womack)

I heard her CD was just announced the plain ole Gold

Then my sister came over, had the Sunday paper with her

There was the girl on the social page
Lookin’ through tears and all excited

We decided she don't take a very good picture

It may be my family's redneck nature

Rubbin' off, bringin' out unlady-like behavior

It sure ain't Christian to judge a stranger

But I don't like her

She may be a stranger who spends all winter

Bringin' the homeless blankets and dinner
A regular CMA award stealer

And I really hate her

I'll think of a reason later

I drew horns and blacked out her tooth with a marker

Childish, yes, but she made such a thin little target

I couldn't be happier for my guys

But I've got the slightest of a jealous bone

And seein' her with awards tends to enlarge it

It may be my family's redneck nature

Rubbin' off, bringin' out unlady-like behavior

It sure ain't Christian to judge a stranger

But I don't like her

She may be a stranger who spends all winter

Bringin' the homeless blankets and dinner
A regular CMA award stealer

And I really hate her

I'll think of a reason later

Inside her head may lay all the answers
For how Gold albums that wins undeserved awards
She’s got the art of stealing awards down

And I really hate her

I'll think of a reason later

(Spoken) Well, it was just one tooth

Did I mention I don't particularly care for her?

She makes me sick...

~*~*~*

“These Days”

By: Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of “These Days” By: oh, come on now, RASCAL FLATTS!)

Hey Joe Don, is that you?
Wow, your eyes got so green
Yeah, yeah I love ‘em, I really do
“Mayberry,” ain’t that the song we’d sing
In your Chevy, driving downtown,
Top down, making the rounds,
Checking out the guitars on Lyric Street

Yeah, life throws you curves
But you learned to swerve
Me, I dream of that day
And the next thing you know, I’m reminiscing
Dreaming them dreams
Wishing them wishes
Like you could come back again

I wake up in your arms that disappear when my eyes open
I put on that old song I want to dance to with you and then
I head off to my job, guess not much has changed
Punch the clock, head for home, listen to the CD’s, watch the DVD
Go to bed, dream of them
Dream of meeting Rascals is what I’m doin’ these days
Yeah, that’s what I’m doing

I like to dream that after college
We ran off to Nashville
I married a Rascal Flatts cowboy
Wow, that is something I would do
But really, I’ve only been a few places
Mostly here and there once or twice
Still sorting out life but I’m doing alright
Oh, it would be heaven to meet you three

Well hey girl, I’m late
And those planes, they don’t wait
I might not ever get this chance again
to meet my Flatt boys
Promise me this isn’t a dream
is this really comin’ true?
Until I truly get a hug…

I wake up in your arms that disappear when my eyes open
I put on that old song I want to dance to with you and then
I head off to my job, guess not much has changed
Punch the clock, head for home, listen to the CD’s, watch the DVD
Go to bed, dream of them
Dream of meeting Rascals is what I’m doin’ these days
Yeah, that’s what I’m doing

I wake up in your arms that disappear when my eyes open
I put on that old song I want to dance to with you and then

~*~*~

(I’m Gonna Love Them Like) There Is No End In Sight

By:Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of “No End In Sight” By: Katrina Elam)

There's a melody in my head,
An' I ain't stopped hummin' it since I heard their songs.
There's a feelin' I won't forget,
It started with them singin' to me that way.
An' there's no end in sight.

With an Oklahoma boy who keeps on shinin’,
They got my heart in motion: gone.
They got Jay an' they got Gary,
And can’t forget Joe Don; they belong.
An' there's no end in sight.

How bright will they shine?
Jay, Gary, Joe Don,
With them is how I pass the days and time.
Like there is no end in sight.
They make me laugh, and wanna live.
I'm gonna love them like there is,
Like there is no end in sight.

So turn the music up real loud, let’s watch the DVD,
There's nothin' on but stars for hours with me.
They're standin' on the edge of somethin',
Not afraid of jumpin' in deep.
An' there's no end in sight.

How bright will they shine?
Jay, Gary, Joe Don,
With them is how I pass the days and time.
Like there is no end in sight. (Is no end, is no end in sight.)
They make me laugh, and wanna live.
I'm gonna love them like there is,
Like there is no end in sight. (Is no end, is no end in sight.)

I'm gonna love them like there is,
Like there is no end in sight. (Is no end, is no end in sight.)
I'm gonna love them like there is no end in sight.

(Make me wanna laugh, and wanna live.
An' I'm gonna love them like there is,
There is no end, is no end, is no end in sight.)

There's a melody in my head,
An' I ain't stopped hummin' it since I heard their songs.

*~*~*

“The Life of a Fan”

By: Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of “Me And Charlie Talking” by: Miranda Lambert)

Me and Charlie boy love to go driving,

In out RF shirts we got at concerts

Where we first met, in the M&G line

Waiting to meet our favorite Rascals

Charlie said he wanted to get Pounders

But the concert started so we’d have to wait

He said we’d get people to join in parking lot

Listening to “These Days”

So, we tell everyone we see about

Our guys that shine for us everyday

Request another number one, yeah, here’s to RF

And run like hell to show ‘em off

Oh promoting we did when we'd go walkin',

That’s just me and Charlie talking

Charlie always said he'd like to leave here,

So we turned eighteen and we left our sleepy town

So we sent out letters and we kept looking

For more chances to promote and get more fans

Funny how time and determination make you

Do some crazy and wild things to get more fans

You can start an obsession with a song

And ya look, and its all over the place

So, we tell everyone we see about

Our guys that shine for us everyday

Request another number one, yeah, here’s to RF

And run like hell to show ‘em off

Oh promoting we did when we'd go walkin',

That’s just me and Charlie talking

Even now ya see me at a table with Charlie

Thinkin’ of ways to promote our Rascals

‘Cause a life without the Flatts

Is so, so empty to us

So, go tell everyone ya see about

Our guys that shine for us everyday

Request another number one, yeah, here’s to RF

And run like hell to show ‘em of

Oh promoting we did when we go walkin',

That’s just me and Charlie talking

~*~*~

“They’re Gettin’ Better All The Time”

By: Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of “Better All The Time” by: Brooks & Dunn)

Us fans stop breathing every time we see ‘em on TV.
Our heart starts to race every time we hear ‘em on the radio.

We promote all we can and are on the boards every day.

You three made us believe in magic again.
You sing us to sleep at night;
We thank God every day for Rascal Flatts.

They’re gettin’ better all the time;
They’re gettin’ better all the time.

Yeah, I got to work late again this morning,

“Broken Road” was on TV again.

And no one even noticed I'd been crying.
That song always takes away my breath.

Every Rascal song does that to me.
’Cause Rascals got that thang that gets ya hooked.

They’re gettin’ better all the time;
They’re gettin’ better all the time.

God they make us happy,
We wish them all well,
We won’t ever get over them,
They’re everything we are.

I always thought I’d do somethin’ crazy,
If I ever got that special meet and greet.
But when the moment came last night,
We talked like old friends.
I gave ya all hugs and said “Here’s To You.”
Yeah, I could have said a million things,
But “Thanks for everything” was the main.

They’re gettin’ better all the time;
They’re gettin’ better all the time.
Rascals are gettin’ better all…the time.

*~*~*

“They’re Somebody’s Heroes”

By: Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of “Somebody’s Hero” by Jamie O'Neal)

They’re a living dream letting nothin get in their way

One day they’re gonna rock Central Park for a half million fans

Screamin out their names

They do everything for their fans

Left footprints on our hearts with “Movin’ On”

They might have awesome CDs and lots of fans, maybe go around the world
Yea, they’re just your everyday average guys (and)

They’re somebody’s heroes
Heroes to the fans in the front row
All the way to the very last
The keeper of all our hearts
The voices that brings the songs to life
Sings us to sleep every night
And our smiles let them know
Their somebody’s heroes

Rascals got the best fans ever, so they say. But us fans
Say its because we’re fans to the best group ever
We’ve been there since “Prayin’ For Daylight” and will always be
Giving them all our love is our life’s ambition
They look out to the fans from the stage and hears them all
Cryin’ out their name with tears of joy runnin’ down their face

They’re somebody’s heroes
Heroes to the fans in the meet and greet line
Waited all my life to get those hugs
It feels so good to tell them thanks, hear their voice say my name
I look deep into those Flatts’ eyes

And my smile lets them know
They’re somebody’s hero

Thirty years have flown right past
I’m staring at those old photographs
Of the night we met; saw em live, best night of my life
Yea, “here’s to you!”

They’re our favorite heroes

Heroes to the fans that stuck with them
Through the good and in the bad
Three angels sent from heaven above
They sing to us every time they get
Smiles back when we sing along
And our smiles let them know
Their fans smiles let them know
They’re our favorite heroes

~*~*~

“Those Rascal Flatts Boys are Sexy”

By: Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of: “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” By: Kenny Chesney)

Waitin’ in the M&G line in the hot summer sun
Over by the gate, Lordy here they come
With a hand full of Sharpies and big smiles on their faces
I get all excited, my dream’s finally comin’ true

Wait till I get my hug, awe, so sweet
Just look at their faces, oh, I’m meltin’

Those Rascal Flatts boys are sexy, really turns me on
I’m always starin’ at ‘em, while I'm singin’ along
I like the way Gary grooves while singing all the songs

And I’m crazy over that Rooney bootie
And Jay is the one that understands what makes me laugh
Those Rascal Flatts boys are sexy

We’re singin’ all the songs till we run out of light
“Here’s To You” the last song of the night

Walk sadly to the car, its all over, turn on the CDs

Tell Dad I have a dream, he asks what it is

I say I want this all over again, never want it to end
And one more teeny, weenie hug before he takes me home

Those Rascal Flatts boys are sexy, really turns me on
I’m always starin’ at ‘em, while I'm singin’ along
I like the way Gary grooves while singing all the songs

And I’m crazy over that Rooney bootie
And Jay is the one that understands what makes me laugh
Those Rascal Flatts boys are sexy

Well, I ain’t into boy bands or lip-sinkers
But if it sounds like a Rascal man my eyes light up

Those Rascal Flatts boys are sexy, really turns me on
I’m always starin’ at ‘em, while I'm singin’ along
I like the way Gary grooves while singing all the songs

And I’m crazy over that Rooney bootie
And Jay is the one that understands what makes me laugh
Those Rascal Flatts boys are sexy

Those Rascal Flatts boys are sexy
Those Rascal Flatts boys are sexy

~*~*~

Tell Us Something Bad about Rascals

By: Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of “Tell Me Something Bad about Tulsa” by: George Strait)

I don’t care what they say
We’ll love Rascals anyway
It don’t matter if its good or “bad”
They will forever have us ten thousand fans

Tell us somethin’ bad about Rascals
Yea, listen to that silence from ya now
Tell us somethin’ bad about Rascals
So we can just go and prove
You are so wrong, yea, so wrong again

Eyes as blue as Tulsa skies

I kept gettin' lost in when I met Jay

That Okie’s boys perfect hair

I could run my hands through forever

But things just got started when
Gary did that hott SQUAT

We kept screamin’
And they kept singing, just for us

Tell us somethin’ bad about Rascals
Yea, listen to that silence from ya now
Tell us somethin’ bad about Rascals
So we can just go and prove
You are so wrong, yea, so wrong again

Tell us somethin’ bad about Rascals
So we can just go and prove
You are so wrong, yea, so wrong again

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

“Their Fan”
By: Teri “RF Girl” Monahan
(To the tune of “Corn Fed” by Shannon Brown)

I call off work to
Get really good seats
I'll save for months to even get lawn seats
I don't leave my car, when Rascals are on
There ain't nobody here that won’t be there
That's the way we do in our town

You'll never hear me apologize
For growing up strong, growing up right
Livin' life concert to concert
Singing “Here’s To You”
Fans and fans for miles and miles
Ain't nothing but Rascals in the CD player
I thank the good Lord I was born and bred
Their fan

There ain't a dull moment
At Rascal’s concerts
You’ll see fans from all over everywhere
They come from miles around
They give five star concerts
“Here’s To You,” “These Days,” “Everyday Love”
And we wash it down with a tall "Mayberry"

It's show time, 6 pm, Joe Don’s guitar comes alive again
Sweat on their face, hands in the air
Ain't nothing better on God's green Earth

Well I thank the good Lord I was born and bred
Their fan

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

“The Lucky Ones”

By: Teri “RF Girl” Monahan

(To the tune of “The Lucky One” by Faith Hill)

So hot outside all I can wear

Is this Rascal Flatts t-shirt

And these sandals on my feet

But I emptied my pockets for a tour ticket

So I could sit here on a broken seat
That’s the one place I should go

I got no worries you know

Law seats or seventh row

It doesn't matter to me

'Cause they're here

That's all I need to know

The sunshine's everywhere they go

I’ve got their CDs to listen to

Every night yeah

We’re the lucky ones

Well I pulled back down to my up street apartment
Rascal Flatts CDs all over this old place

I got row seven and I thought I'd be further back

Than just next to the stage

I got no papers to read
CMT’s on the T.V.
RF concerts where I will be

I got three people to meet

'Cause they're here

That's all I need to know

The sunshine's everywhere they go

I’ve got their CDs to listen to

Every night yeah

We’re the lucky ones

We’re the lucky ones

I'm on a roll

When I'm with them

Don't stop me now

I just can't lose

'Cause they're here

That's all I need to know

The sunshine's everywhere they go

I’ve got their CDs to listen to

Every night yeah

We’re the lucky ones