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Be Here
Release Date: 09/21/2004
'Be Here' Facts

'Be Here' was recently certified TRIPLE platinum (sales of over three million albums).

'Be Here' is the fastest selling record of Keith's career.

Keith Urban has scored back-to-back three million sellers (Golden Road and Be here).

Three #1 singles: "Days Go By," "Making Memories of Us" and "Better Life."  CMT #1 videos: "Days Go By" and "Making Memories of Us."

2005 ACM Awards: "Male Vocalist of the Year" and "Album of the Year."

2005 CMA Awards: "Male Vocalist of the Year" and "Entertainer of the Year."

CMT "Video of the Year" - "Days Go By"
Produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban

* Produced by Keith Urban
'Be Here' Track Listing
Days Go By
Better Life
Making Memories Of Us
God's Been Good To Me *
The Hard Way
You're My Better Half
I Could Fly
Tonight I Wanna Cry
She's Gotta Be
Nobody Drinks Alone
Country Comfort
Live To Love Another Day *
These Are The Days
Featured Artist: Keith Urban
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LYRICS


Days Go By
Written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban

Oh, yeah yeah yeah

I'm changing lanes
I'm talking on the phone
I'm drivin' way too fast
And the interstate's jammed with
Gunners like me afraid of coming in last
But somewhere in the race we run
We're coming undone

Days go by
I can feel 'em flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
As the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start livin' right now
'cause days go by

Out on the roof just the other night
I watched the world flash by
Headlights, taillights running through a river of neon signs
But somewhere in the rush I felt
We're losing ourselves

Days go by
I can feel 'em flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
As the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start livin' right now
'cause days go by

Yeah, days go by

We think about tomorrow then it slips away
We talk about forever but we've only got today

And the days go by
I can feel 'em flying
Like a hand out the window
As the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start livin'
You better start livin'
Better start livin' right now

'Cause days go by
I can feel 'em flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind
As the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start livin' right now
'cause days go by

Yeah, these Days go by

So take 'em by the hand
They're yours and mine
Take 'em by the hand
And live your life
Take 'em by the hand
Don't let 'em all fly by
Come on, come on now
Don't you know the days go by

Better Life
Written by Richard Marx and Keith Urban

Friday night and the moon is high
I'm wide-awake just watchin' you sleep
And I promise you
You're gonna have
More than just the things that you need
We ain't got much now, we're just startin' out
But I know somehow paradise is comin'

CHORUS:
Someday baby, you and I are gonna be the ones
Good luck's gonna shine
Someday baby, you and I are gonna be the ones
So hold on
We're headed for a better life

Oh now there's a place for you and me
Where we can dream as big as the sky
I know it' hard to see it now
But baby someday we're gonna fly
This road we're on
You know it might be long
But my faith is strong
It's all that really matters

REPEAT CHORUS

So hold on, hold on
C'mon baby, hold on
Yeah, we're gonna have it all
And ooh

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

Oh, a better life
Hey we're gonna leave this all behind us baby, wait and see
We're headed for a better life, you and me
We're gonna break the chains that bind and
Finally we'll be free
We're gonna be the ones that have it all
You and me
Just hold on tight now baby

Making Memories of Us
Written by Rodney Crowell

I'm gonna be here for you baby
I'll be a man of my word
Speak the language in a voice
That you have never heard
I wanna sleep with you forever
And I wanna die in your arms
In a cabin by a meadow
Where the wild bees swarm

And I'm gonna love you
Like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust
Making memories of us

I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your Pa
I wanna steal your attention
Like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better
Than it's ever been

And I'm gonna love you
Like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust
Making memories of us

We'll follow the rainbow
Wherever the four winds blow
And there'll be a new day
Comin' your way

I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits
It's alright now
And I'm gonna make you a promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to met you
With a warm, wet kiss

And I'm gonna love you
Like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust
Making memories of us

I'm gonna love you
Like nobody loves you
And I'll win your trust
Making memories of us

God's Been Good To Me
Written by Keith Urban

Well I can't believe I'm sittin' here today
Picking on my banjo with a big smile on my face
Writin' new words to an old school melody
Hey there ain't no doubt that God's been good to me

Oh the sun is shinin' on down in Tennessee
And right now I'm right where I wanna be
I've never felt so loved, so peaceful and so free
Hey there ain't no doubt that God's been good to me

CHORUS:
'cause He put me smack dab in the middle of paradise
In the heart of the city where my dreams have come alive
And everything I have
And everything I see
Is just another reminder that God's been good to me

This golden road's been long
And sometimes I've lost my way
I've been down some darkened detours
Leanin' heavy on my faith
But where the devil had me chained
Lord Your love done set me free
Hallelujah! God's been good to me

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

The Hard Way
Written by Rivers Rutherford and Gordie Sampson

You've got your own way of looking at it baby
I guess that proves that I got mine
Seems like our hearts are set on automatic
We say the first thing that comes to mind
It's just who we are baby
We've come too far to start over now
I know what you're thinkin'
I'm not always easy to be around

CHORUS:
But I do love you
You keep me believin'
That you love me too
And I know it's true
This love drives us crazy
But nobody's walkin' away
So I guess we'll have to do it
The hard way

If I ever had a genie in a bottle
Three wishes I could wish for us
I wish we'd live forever
And get along together
Turn these tempers into trust

REPEAT CHORUS

Do it the hard way
It's just who we are baby
We've come too far to start over now
Believe me tonight
Love's the one thing in life
We can't live without

REPEAT CHORUS

Do it the hard way
The hard way

You're My Better Half
Written by John Shanks and Keith Urban

Car door slams; it's been a long day at work
I'm out on the freeway
And I'm wonderin' if it's all worth the price that I pay
Sometimes it doesn't seem fair
I pull into the drive and you're standing there
And you look at me
And give me that come-here-baby smile
It's all gonna be all right
You take my hand
You pull me close
And you hold me tight

And it's the sweet love that you give to me
That makes me believe we can make it through anything
'cause when it all comes down
And I'm feeling like I'll never last
I just lean on you 'cause baby
You're my better half

They say behind every man is a good woman
But I think that's a lie
'cause when it comes to you
I'd rather have you by my side
You don't know how much I count you to help me
When I've given everything I got and I just feel like giving in
And you look at me
And you give me that come-here-baby smile
It's all gonna be all right
You take my hand
You pull me close
And you hold me tight

And it's the sweet love that you give to me
That makes me believe we can make it through anything
'cause when it all comes down
And I'm feeling like I'll never last
And I just lean on you 'cause baby
You're my better half

Well you take my hand
Yeah, you pull me close and I understand

It's the sweet love that you give to me
It makes me believe that we can make it through anything.

Baby, it's the sweet love that you give to me
That makes me believe we can make it through anything
'cause when it all comes down
And I'm feeling like I'll never last
I just lean on you 'cause baby
You're my better half

Oh, oh baby you're my better half
Ooh, hey baby - you're my better half

I Could Fly
Written by John Shanks and Keith Urban

Time stands still for no one
I know this is true
I've been stuck here waiting
Then along came you
And you gave me back
The love I had
The faith I'd lost
The life I knew

CHORUS:
I wanna thank you for the love that you give me
And the sun that you put in my sky
You don't know how much you've lifted me up
But I feel so alive
That I could fly
I could fly

Oh, there's no way I could've made it this far
Without you
You came to me just when I needed someone to believe
That I could make it through
And you gave me back
The love I had
The faith I'd lost
And the life I knew

REPEAT CHORUS

Above the clouds
Fly so high, never come down
Just you and I, I'm so in love
With you, with you
And you gave me back
The love I had
The faith I'd lost
And the life I knew
I wanna thank you for the love that you give me
And the sun that you put in my sky
You don't know how much you've lifted me up
But I feel so alive

REPEAT CHORUS

And I could fly
I could fly, oh
I wanna spread my wings
Let me tell you
Said I need your love, I need your love
Stay with me baby
Oh I need your love, and I need your love
Stay with me baby
Oh I need your love
I need your love
Stay with me baby
Yeah I need your love, and I need your love
Stay with me honey baby, c'mon now stay
C'mon now, yeah
You and me side by side walkin' through the woods
In the pale moonlight
Oh yeah now and it feels so good

Tonight I Wanna Cry
Written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban

Alone in this house again tonight
I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine
There's pictures of you and I on the walls around me
The way that it was and could have been surrounds me
I'll never get over you walkin' away

CHORUS:
I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry

Would it help if I turned a sad song on?
"All by myself" would sure hit me hard now that you're gone
Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters
it's gonna hurt bad before it gets better
But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

She's Gotta Be
Written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban

So much for never makin' the same mistake
I can't believe I'm here again
So much for ever thinkin' that I could change
My good intentions still remain in chains

CHORUS:
She's gotta be over me now
Probably moved on with her life
Found someone she knows she can believe
God I would give anything if I could just go back again
And be the man she needed me to be

I thought I was a hero
I played him well
He saves the day but not himself
I acted out the lover
My finest part
Had all the lines but not the heart
Now look where we are

REPEAT CHORUS

Be the man she could trust, who put her first
Who tamed his demons, who healed her hurts
In health and sickness, who helped her grow
With no resentment
True repentance, God as my witness

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

She needed me to be
She needed me to be, Oh
Whoa, hallelujah
Yeah, I could be that man she needed me,
She needed me to be

Nobody Drinks Alone
Written by Matraca Berg and Jim Collins

You brought that bottle home in a paper sack
Drew the blinds and locked the doors
And there's nothing but empty there inside that glass
So you pour a little more
And there's no one there to judge you
At least that's what you tell yourself, but

CHORUS:
Don't you know
Nobody drinks alone
Every demon, every ghost
From your past
And every memory you've held back
Follows you home
Nobody drinks alone

You remember whiskey on your daddy's breath
So you always stick to wine
And you scared your little brother half to death
You just kept it all inside
You can hear your mama cryin'
Only now she cries for you, and

Don't you know
Nobody drinks alone
Every demon, every ghost
From your past
And every memory you've held back
Follows you home
Nobody drinks alone
Though you're lonely
Hey don't you let that feelin' fool ya

REPEAT CHORUS

Nobody drinks alone

Country Comfort
Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Soon the pines will be falling everywhere
As village children fight each other for their share
And the six-o-nine goes roaring past the creek
As Deacon Lee prepares his sermon for next week
I saw Grandma yesterday down at the store
Well she's really doing fine for eighty-four
And she asked me if sometime I could fix her barn
The poor old girl she needs a hand to run that farm

CHORUS:
And it's good old country comfort in my bones
It's the sweetest sound these ears have ever known
It's just an old-fashioned feeling fully-grown
Country comfort and a truck that's goin' back home
Oh it's goin' back home

Down at the well they've got a new machine
The foreman says it'll cut manpower by fifteen
"Hey but that ain't natural" old Clay would say
You see he's a horse-drawn man until his dying day

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

Country comfort and a truck that's goin' back home
Whoa it's goin' back home
Hey take me back home
And a truck, and a truck that's goin' back home
Any truck

Live To Love Another Day
Written by Darrell Brown and Keith Urban

Lord I fell for her smile
And she loved me for a while
Then she said goodbye gotta go
Left me standing on the side of the road
Now she's gone and I'm a memory in her past
And the long and short of it some things never last

CHORUS:
Oh because summers come, summers go
I'll keep walking down this road
It's alright and it's okay
I'll live to love another day
I'll live to love another day

Lord I'm out here again with my back to the wind
The warm sun that's sinking low
Is gonna leave me out in the cold
But the long and short of it some things never last
And if that goes for the good
It must go for the band

REPEAT CHORUS

If I fall down
I'm not ashamed
I always get back up again
But I'll be fine 'til the right one comes to save me, save me, save me
Lord I fell for her smile
And she loved me for a while
And someday she's gonna wish
She hadn't left me here like this

REPEAT CHORUS

I'll live to love another day
I'll live to love another day
I'll live to love another day

These Are the Days
Written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban

My grandmama was a wise old soul
Took me by the hand not long ago
Said, "Son, what's your hurry, boy slow it down
Taste the wild honey, listen to the sound
Of the wind that's blowin' through the trees
Rivers flowin' to the sea
Yeah they're all headin' home just like you and me
Life's for livin' child, can't you see?"

These are the days we will remember
These are the times that won't come again
The highest of flames becomes an ember
And you gotta live 'em while you can

These are the days we will remember
These are the days we will remember
These are the days we will remember

So take 'em by the hand, they're yours and mine
Take 'em by the hand live your life
take 'em by the hand don't let 'em all fly by

C'mon, c'mon now
ooo days go by

Yeah, just like a hand out the window
Wavin' in the wind as the cars go by
Days go by