Alan Jackson

Released: November 7, 2000

Songwriter: Alan Jackson

Producer: Keith Stegall

[Verse 1]
Well I've been wondering what I've been missing
I guess I should have known
But my heart does and it ain't whispering
It tells me just what it wants

[Verse 2]
Someone who knows what I like in my coffee
And the shape of my old hat
A lover who always looks at me not through me
I need a love like that

[Chorus]
I need a love like that
I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway, a train needs a track
And I need a love like that

[Verse 3]
Well I need a new car but I can't afford it
So I'll keep patching that old flat
My heart's lonely and I can't ignore it
I need a love like that

[Chorus]
I need a love like that
I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway, a train needs a track
And I need a love like that

[Verse 4]
Two young people dancing in the daylight
They don't care where they're at
Waiting on sunset and a holding on so tight
I need a love like that

[Chorus]
I need a love like that
I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway, a train needs a track
And I need a love like that

[Verse 5]
One little baby hiding in the shadow
Of her daddy's hat
Loving and trusting and blindly she'll follow
I need a love like that

[Chorus]
I need a love like that
I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway, a train needs a track
And I need a love like that

[Outro]
Yeah, a truck needs a highway, a train needs a track
And I need a love like that

Alan Eugene Jackson was born October 17, 1958 in Newnan, Georgia to Joseph Eugene “Daddy Gene” and Ruth Musick “Mama Ruth” Jackson. He has four older sisters, Diane; twins Cathy & Carol and Connie. He attended Elm Street Elementary School and Newnan High School in Newnan, GA and also attended one year at West Georgia College. Alan married Denise on December 15, 1979. They have three daughters. Mattie Denise was born June 19, 1990; Alexandra Jane “Ali” was born August 23, 1993 and Dani Grace was born August 28, 1997. The 6'4" country music singer-songwriter is known for blending honky-tonk and mainstream country sounds. He also writes many of his own songs. To date, he’s released over 15 albums.

Jackson has sold over 80 million records, and more than 50 of his singles having appeared on Billboard’s “Top 40 Country Songs”. He’s won two Grammys and 16 CMA Awards.

He is known for “I’d Love You All Over Again”, “Country Boy”, “I Don’t Even Know Your Name”, and “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)”.

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