No vacation this year

country stile, acoustic guitar, minimalistic, Refrain with Violin accompaniment

**Pre-Chorus**  
I promised them the ocean, maybe mountains tall and green  
But the numbers on the paper tell a different kind of dream

**Chorus**  
No vacation this year, the money’s runnin’ dry  
No ocean waves a-callin’, no mountains touchin’ sky  
Just three days at the local lake in a cheap motel room  
But that water’s still so pretty underneath the summer moon  
No vacation this year…  
Lord, no vacation this year

**Verse 2**  
We’ll pack the cooler, take the old Ford down that dusty road  
Stay in a little roadside place where the paint is gettin’ old  
No fancy cruise, no big resort with pools and fancy lights  
But that lake still sparkles golden when the sun goes down at night

**Pre-Chorus**  
And there’s a little fish restaurant right there on the sand  
Cold beer and fresh-caught catfish, a simple country band

**Bridge**  
It ain’t the dream we pictured, but it’s still a little break  
Holdin’ hands by the water, watchin’ fireflies dance and shake  
We may not go far, but we’re together, that’s the truth  
Sometimes the smallest trips can heal the hardest blues

**Final Chorus** (slower, then building)  
No vacation this year, but we’re makin’ memories still  
Three days by that ol’ lake, payin’ our small bill  
No sea, no mountains high, but the view is beautiful  
And that fish restaurant is waitin’ with a table set for two  
No vacation this year…  
But we’ll make it feel like heaven right here

**Outro**  
No vacation this year…  
Thank God we’ve still got each other, my dear

2066/7500

**Verse 1** Bills are pilin’ up again, the truck needs new tires Paycheck’s gone before it hits the bank, same as last July Kids keep askin’ ’bout the beach, I just look away I hate to see that disappointment in their eyes **Pre-Chorus** I promised them the ocean, maybe mountains tall and green But the numbers on the paper tell a different kind of dream **Chorus** No vacation this year, the money’s runnin’ dry No ocean waves a-callin’, no mountains touchin’ sky Just three days at the local lake in a cheap motel room But that water’s still so pretty underneath the summer moon No vacation this year… Lord, no vacation this year **Verse 2** We’ll pack the cooler, take the old Ford down that dusty road Stay in a little roadside place where the paint is gettin’ old No fancy cruise, no big resort with pools and fancy lights But that lake still sparkles golden when the sun goes down at night **Pre-Chorus** And there’s a little fish restaurant right there on the sand Cold beer and fresh-caught catfish, a simple country band **Chorus** No vacation this year, the money’s runnin’ dry No ocean waves a-callin’, no mountains touchin’ sky Just three days at the local lake in a cheap motel room But that water’s still so pretty underneath the summer moon No vacation this year… Lord, no vacation this year **Bridge** It ain’t the dream we pictured, but it’s still a little break Holdin’ hands by the water, watchin’ fireflies dance and shake We may not go far, but we’re together, that’s the truth Sometimes the smallest trips can heal the hardest blues **Final Chorus** (slower, then building) No vacation this year, but we’re makin’ memories still Three days by that ol’ lake, payin’ our small bill No sea, no mountains high, but the view is beautiful And that fish restaurant is waitin’ with a table set for two No vacation this year… But we’ll make it feel like heaven right here **Outro** No vacation this year… Thank God we’ve still got each other, my dear

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