I got it... here is how I did it:

from shell:

cd /var/lib/mysql
ls -las
# That listed all our databases...
tar -cf databases_to_move.tar database_name database_name2
#once that finished I made sure it was there:
ls -las
mv databases_to_move.tar /home/path/to/public_html
# make sure it moved:
ls -las
cd /home/path/to/public_html
ls -las
# Ok it was there now go login to the new database server at the new d
+atacenter:

cd /var/lib/mysql
wget http://www.ourdomain.com/databases_to_move.tar
# Make sure the tar file was transferred
#(it was 7.82 Gigs so I had to do it in a bunch of files
# that were about 800MB each)
ls -las
# once I made sure it was there I extracted the databases:
tar -xf databases_to_move.tar
# Remove the tar file
rm -f databases_to_move.tar
# make sure it was removed
ls -las
# all done.
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That did it...

Thank you for all the information. I did a lot of reading on the links and information you provided.

Thanks again.
Richard