GARY ALLAN
SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK
(MCA 170111)
October 26/1999
Produced by Tony Brown & Mark Wright
Steve Gibson, Brent Rowan - el.guitar
John Willis - ac.guitar
Dan Dugmore - steel
Michael Rhodes - bass
Chad Cromwell - drums
Steve Nathan - piano/keyboards
Hank Singer - fiddle
The Nashville String Machine - strings
Vocals:
Marilyn Martin, John Wesley Ryles, Randy Hardison, Lisa Silver, Harry Stinson, Bergen White, Curtis Young , Christy Cornelius, Lisa Cochran, Wynn Varble, Brice Long
1.
SMOKE RINGS IN THE DARK
(Rivers Rutherford - Houston Roberts)
« © '99 Music Line »
Well I won't make you tell me what I've come to understand
You're a certain kind of woman and I'm a different kind of man
I've tried to make you love me you've tried to find a spark
Of the flame that burned and somehow turned to smoke rings in the dark
The loneliness within me takes a heavy toll
Cause it burns as slow as whiskey through an empty aching soul
And the night is like a dagger long and cold and sharp
As I sit here on the front steps blowing smoke rings in the dark
I know I must be going cause love's already gone
All I'm taking with me are the pieces of my heart
All I'll leave are smoke rings in the dark
The rain falls where it wants to the wind blows where it will
Everything on earth goes somewhere but I swear we're standing still
So I'm not gonna wake you I'll go easy on your heart
I'll just touch your face and drift away like smoke rings in the dark
I know I must be going...
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2.
RIGHT WHERE I NEDD TO BE
(Casey Michael Beathard - Kendell Marvel)
« © '99 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
There's a plane flying out of here tonight destination New Orleans
Bossman says my big promotion's on the line he says that's right where I need to be
Lately I've been on the road more than I've been home
All this leaving her alone is killing me
And holding her right now has got me thinking more and more
This is right where I need to be
Where when I hear her I can see her I can smell her sweet perfume
I can feel her skin against me when I sleep
Where I won't miss her I can kiss her anytime that I want to
Yeah that's right where I need to be yeah that's right where I need to be
[ fiddle ]
There's a plane flying out of here tonight with an empty first class seat
Cause I've finally got all my priorities in line I'm right where I need to be
Where when I hear her I can see her...
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3.
DON'T TELL MAMA
(Kim Williams - Jerry Laseter - Buddy Brock)
« © '99 Songs Of The Knoll, BMI »
I was headed north on Highway Five on a star-lit Sunday night
When a pickup truck flew by me out of control
As I watched in my headlights he swerved left then back right
He never hit the brakes as he left the road
I found him lying in the grass among the steel and glass
With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
And through the blood and tears he whispered in my ear
A few last words just before he died
Don't tell mama I was drinking Lord knows her soul would never rest
I can't leave this world with mama thinking I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath
[ steel ]
I still think about that night and how that young man died
And how others sometimes pay for our mistakes
The last thing on his mind as he left this world behind
Was knowing someone else's heart would break
Don't tell mama I was drinking...
Don't tell mama I was drinking
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4.
LOVIN' YOU AGAINST MY WILL
(Jamie O'Hara)
« © '99 Magic Knee Music, BMI »
I don't wanna hurt nobody don't wanna make nobody cry
I don't wanna do wrong I don't wanna do wrong I don't wanna tell no lies
I'm lovin' you lovin' you against my will lovin' you lovin' you against my will
I don't wanna hear the phone ring don't wanna hear your voice on the line
I don't wanna come to you I don't wanna come to you I don't wanna give in this time
Girl I'm lovin' you lovin' you against my will
Your love is like a deep dark river pulling me out to sea
The harder I try to resist you the weaker I seem to be
I don't wanna turn down your side street I don't wanna pull in your drive
Don't wanna see you standin' there don't wanna see you standin' there
Don't wanna see that look in your eyes
Girl I'm lovin' you lovin' you against my will
[ guitar ]
Your love is like a deep dark river pulling me out to sea
The harder I try to resist you the weaker I seem to be
I don't wanna feel your heartbeat I don't wanna taste your kiss
I don't wanna call your name I don't wanna call your name
I don't wanna want you like this
Girl I'm lovin' you lovin' you against my will lovin' you lovin' you against my will
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5.
SORRY
(Shawn Camp - Brice Long - Wynn Varble)
« © '99 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
(Oh oh oh oh sorry oh oh oh oh sorry)
Well I came home from work in the middle of the day
Two hours early but a little too late
She was coming down the stairs looking mighty grand
With a big brown suitcase in her hand
I said what's goin' on babe what's the deal
She said I just don't feel like I used to feel
With thedevil's own smile right out of the blue
She said I done went and found myself somebody new
She said sorry it didn't work out sorry guess I'll see you around
She ruined my life left me broken hearted and all she had to say was sorry
Well I laid awake cryin' for many a night I just couldn't seem to get her off my mind
I went to her got down on my knees said baby won't you please come back to me
She said sorry it didn't work out...
[ guitar ]
Well time went by and my poor heart healed I found me a woman who's love is real
Man she's a looker the apple of my eye and every head turns when she walks by
Well, we ran into my old flame the other day it blew my mind what she had to say
She said hello baby well how have you been
I was hopin' maybe we could get together again
And I said sorry it didn't work out...
You said sorry (sorry)
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6.
CRYIN' FOR NOTHIN'
(Kevin Welch)
« © '96 Warner-Tamerlane Publ »
I am a full grown fool and I should have know better
But I tried and I tried and I could not forget her
I would go back to her time after time man I must have been out of mind
All of that cryin' for nothin' all of that tryin' for nothin'
What has it ever got me what has it ever taught me
I've got to keep believing in something baby
Stead of just tryin' for nothing cryin' for nothin' at all
Well we fought for love and we fought for trust
And the whole blessed time it was right there in front of us
But we could not reach it and I don't know why
And it took so long just to say goodbye
All of that cryin' for nothin'...
Well her friends all told me mine told me but we would not listen we could not see
Me and my pride her and her dreams we never stood a chance it seems
[ strings ]
All of that cryin' for nothin'...
Stead of just tryin' for nothing cryin' for nothin' at all
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7.
BOURBON BORDERLINE
(John W. Wiggins - Harley Allen - Jennifer Ribeau)
« © '99 Blackwood Music, BMI »
I wake up in the morning full of dread tryin' to remember what I'd said
I say that I won't call you and I mean it every time
Till I cross that bourbon borderline
I wish that I could tell you why I call sometimes it's just hard for me that's all
I know that it's over and it's just a waste of time
Till I cross that bourbon borderline
Memories of you surround me I'm afraid the tears might drown me
Oh I think I'm doing fine till I cross that bourbon borderline
It's good that I just do this now and then you know I'm realy not a drinking man
But I can't bear to talk about us any other time
Till I cross that bourbon borderline
Memories of you surround me...
Oh I think I'm doing fine till I cross that bourbon borderline
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8.
RUNAWAY
(Del Shannon - Max Crook)
« © '61 Bug Music, BMI »
As I walk along I wonder what went wrong with our love a love so real and strong
And as I still walk along I think of the times we were together
While our hearts were young
I'm walking in the rain tears are falling and I feel the pain
Wishing you were here by me to end this misery
And I wonder I wo-wo-wo-wo-wonder why why why why why why she ran away
And I wonder where she will stay my little runaway run run run run runaway
[ guitar ]
I'm walking in the rain...
A run run run run runaway a run run run run runaway
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9.
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH ME
(Gary Burr - Harley Allen)
« © '99 Blackwood Music, BMI »
I used to wish that I was great as any man
Better than I am could do things no one can
And I used to wish that I was cool as I could be
But now I'm learning to live with me
Is anybody satisfied with who they really are
You could be the moon and still be jealous of the stars
You gotta learn to swim if you can't walk upon the sea
So I'm learning to live with me
Now I used to wish that I was braver than the rest
A hero nothing less a big duke in the west
But I know the way I am is who I'm gonna be
So I'm learing to live with me
Is anybody satisfied...
So I'm learning to live learning to forgive learning to live with me
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10.
COWBOY BLUES
(Mike Geiger - Michael Huffman - George McCorkle)
« © '99 Belle Glade Music, BMI »
Well there's a lonesome feelin' that comes over me when I hear that highway moan
I know it's where the good Lord meant for me to be a dreamin' drifter far from home
I've roamed from town to town out on the interstate I'm always only passin' through
I need my woman's lovin' she's so far away I'm singing the cowboy blues
Stranger don't you know I'd like to be your friend if I had the time to stay
But I'm a tumbleweed a blowin' in the wind I've got to catch another stage
I strap on my guitar just like a 45 I pray each night my aim is true
I'm shootin' for the heart a looking in your eyes singing the cowboy blues
[ whistle ]
Sometimes I get to thinkin' bout settling down fade off into a memory
Every night that I step out to face the crowd I know this is the life for me
I strap on my guitar...
Singing the cowboy blues singing the cowboy blues
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11.
I'M THE ONE
(Jamie O'Hara - Odie Blackman - Gary Allan)
« © '98 Crystal Beach Music, BMI »
If you need someone to take you by the hand and help you heal your broken heart
Show youhow to find the faith in love again so you can make a brand new start
If you're looking for the man to chase away your clouds and be your morning sun
Oh baby I'm the one
Believing in tomorrow is so hard when all your yesterdays are filled with pain
Trusting in the future isn't easy when the past is just pouring rain
All you need it someone who can take away the mem'ry of what he's done
Oh baby I'm the one
I'm the one who longs to kiss your lips and hold you tight
I'm the one who longs to love you for the rest of your life
So if you're looking for the kind of man who loves forever and will never run
Oh baby I'm the one
[ guitar - steel ]
I'm the one who longs to kiss your lips...
Oh oh baby I'm the one
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12.
GREENFIELDS
(Frank Dycus - Shawn Camp)
« © '99 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Greenfields backed by blue skies bout as blue as your two true blue eyes
And I wonder do you feel the way I feel when you see greenfields
Sometimes oh I wish you were still mine and I'd go back in time and I'll always find
You in greenfields and you're laying by my side
And love was real and I could taste it on these lips of mine
In greenfields backed by blue skies...
[ steel ]
When I see cotton candy clouds up in heaven I close my eyes and then we drift away
And I'm loving you and holding on forever there in your arms where I used to lay
In greenfields backed by blue skies...
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