GARY ALLAN
USED HEART FOR SALE
[ # 20 hit country album ]
[ # 136 hit pop album ]
Decca DRND-11482
Spetember 24/1996
Produced by Mark Wright
Brent Rowan - el.guitar
James Lowry - ac.guitar
Dan Dugmore - steel
Michael Rhodes - bass
Owen Hale - drums
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Hank Singer - fiddle
Vocals:
Jim Lauderdale, John Wesley Ryles, Liana Manis, Curtis Young
Recorded:
May/1996, Javelina Recording, Nashville
1.
SEND BACK MY HEART
(George Ducas - John David)
« © '96 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
By now I really should be over you
But I might as well just give up tryin'
You've got what's missin' deep inside of me
And I want it back girl you know it's mine
Send back my heart if you don't want it
Send back my heart girl the one you stole away
You've made it plain your name's not on it
So don't put me through one more blue and lonely day
Send back my heart
I've found somebody else who wants my love
But I can't give her what she needs
The very thing she's wantin' still ain't mine to give
So won't you let it go please baby please
Send back my heart girl the one you stole away...
[ guitar ]
I've tried to forget you girl just like you told me to
Baby that's impossible so now it's up to you
Send back my heart girl the one you stole away...
Send back my heart oh send back my heart
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2.
HER MAN
[ # 7 country hit ]
(Kent M. Robbins)
« © '90 Irving Music, BMI »
I'm gonna change my ways of doing things around here
Well I'm turning over a new leaf gonna get myself in gear
Cause I've got a woman who's better than most and I've made a mess of her plans
Startin' today all I'm gonna be is her man
Cause I've been a wild catter and a go go getter
Been an SOB right down to the letter
I've had misadventures I even got pictures of even more than I can stand
Startin' today all I wanna be is her man
I'm gonna give it all back cause all I've done is take
I've put her on the back burner while I was out on the make
But I've got a woman who's good enough to give me a second chance again
So startin' today all I'm gonna be is her man
Cause I've been a wild catter and a go go getter...
I'm a little bit late but I'm wise enough I'm taking her by the hand
Startin' today all I'm gonna be is her man
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3.
FOREVER AND A DAY
[ # 44 country hit ]
(Frank Dycus - Jim Lauderdale)
« © '96 Mighty Nice Music, BMI »
Well they say nothin' lasts forever honey I've got good news
Whoever said that never got the blues from you
This cloud I'm under looks like it's gonna stay
The thunders gonna roll forever and a day
Nothin's gonna change the way I think and feel
My heart it's so heavy and my fate is sealed
Lord stop this misery every night I pray
I'm knowin' that it's there forever and a day
Forever and a day you're stuck here in my mind
Forever and a day is such a long long time
[ steel ]
I tell myself again that I just can't swim
This river of regret that I'm drowning in
You've left me with this feelin' that I just can't shake
My spirit's gonna sink forever and a day
Forever and a day you're stuck here in my mind...
Forever and a day you're stuck here in my mind...
It's such a long long time
[ steel ]
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4.
LIVIN' IN A HOUSE FULL OF LOVE
[ # 43 country hit ]
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '64 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Now love is pourin' through the windows comin' through the door
I can feel it creepin' through the cracks in the floor
Bouncin' off the walls and the ceilin' up above
Since I found you I'm livin' in a house of love
All my life my heart's been walked on
Women said they loved me my how they talked on
Tellin' me lies and fillin' my eyes with tears that I couldn't control
I couldn't get a hold of myself long enough to realize
They were only tryin' to pull the wool over my eyes
I found you then the skies turned blue I'm livin' in a house of love
Now love is pourin' through the windows comin' through the door...
[ guitar ]
Once I lived in a hole like a rabbit I couldn't find love the blues were a habit
A lonely man and I couldn't understand why everything I tried went wrong
Till you came along bless your heart and showed me the right way
You dried my eyes and turned my night to day
And I'm so proud I wanna holler out loud tell the world about my house of love
Now love is pourin' through the windows comin' through the door...
Now love is pourin' through the windows comin' through the door...
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5.
ALL I HAD GOING IS GONE
(Randall Rogers - Mark Wright)
« © '96 Mighty Nice Music, BMI »
The day that we met I'll never forget was the luckiest day of my life
She took me so far and I broke her heart
Now I'm sittin' here with the simple truth that tears me apart
All I had going is gone the best I'll ever do is over and done
It serves me right cause I did her wrong now all I had going is gone
Sometimes a man just don't understand
He possesses everything life can bring
He thinks there's more so he has to explore
Leavin' her alone time after time till she walked out my door
All I had going is gone the best I'll ever do is over and done...
Now it serves me right she left me alone now all I had going is gone
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6.
USED HEART FOR SALE
(Jake Kelly - Gary Allan)
« © '96 Madatas Music, BMI »
Used heart for sale ccratched and dented but it runs real well
Like you a lot so I'll cut you and deal used heart for sale
First owner Peggy treated it rough she took it over some tough roads
She skipped town when it broke down she never paid off what she owed
Used heart for sale ccratched and dented but it runs real well...
Cindy picked up where Peggy left off whoa how she made it shine
Soon after then some mutual friend robbed Miss Cindy blind
Used heart for sale ccratched and dented but it runs real well...
[ fiddle - guitar - piano - steel ]
Took about every cent I had to get it out of hock
I spent the last month fixin' it up now its rollin' off the blocks
Used heart for sal ccratched and dented but it runs real welle...
Used heart for sale used heart for sale
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7.
OF ALL THE HEARTS
(Byron Hill - Remington Wilde)
« © '96 Extra Mile Music, ASCAP »
Of all the hearts in this big old world
Please tell me why did you have to break mine
For every tear I've cried there must be a million fools
That could have caught your eye
What were the odds that you and I would meet
We were just strangers on a crowded street
Of all the hearts that you could have loved and left
Oh why did it have to be mine
[ fiddle - guitar - piano - steel ]
Whatever made you choose me above the rest
Is there some unlucky charm that I possess
Of all the hearts in this big old world
Please tell me why did you have to break mine
Oh why did it have to be mine
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8.
FROM WHERE I'M SITTIN'
[ # 43 country hit ]
(Garth Brooks - Kent Maxon)
« © '96 Major Bob Music, BMI »
He asked her to dance three songs ago
Now she pulls him closer as the music slows
Lights are growin' dim it's just her and him and the band
Funny I used to love this song
Thought it was our song but I guess I was wrong
From where I'm sittin' I can see where I stand
From where I'm sittin' I can see where I stand
She's got her head on his shoulder and her heart in his hands
Things are pretty clear when a fool understands
Lord from where I'm sittin' I can see where I stand
[ guitar ]
Never seen her dance like that before
Don't think I can take much of this anymore
He's no longer the stranger and it looks like I am
I always dreamed I'd see that look in her eyes
But I never dreamed it'd be for some other guy
From where I'm sittin' I can see where I stand
From where I'm sittin' I can see where I stand...
[ guitar ]
Oh from where I'm sittin'
Well from where I'm sittin' I can see where I stand
I can see where I stand
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9.
WINE ME UP
(Billy Deaton - Faron Young - Eddie Crandell)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm the center of attention in this barroom
Cause I've got a biggest heartache of the year
And each night those swinging doors reach out for me and draw me in
Cause they know each night that I'll come back to wine me up again
Wine me up turn me on and watch me cry for you
Lately drinking warm red wine is all that I want to do
And I never know how title I'll wine me up till I walk in
But I don't care cause I'll be back to wine me up again
[ fiddle ]
I'd like to thank to folks that raised the grapes way out in California
And I'm hopin' this will be their biggest year
Cause scarlet water's all that's left to keep me hanging on
That's why I'll try to wine me up each day and night next year
Wine me up turn me on and watch me cry for you...
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10.
WAKE UP SCREAMING
(Jim Lauderdale - John Leventhal)
« © '96 Mighty Nice Music, BMI »
Used to sleep through the night peacefully not a care in the world got to me
But now I lay me down to sleep I'm afraid of what I might see
I wake up screaming when your dream goes by
Used to feel like a man in control unaware of the storm in my soul
The sight of you took away my breath looked so good scared me half to death
I wake up screaming when your dream goes by
Now in this dream I'm in a room all dressed up just like a groom
Watching shadows dance on the ledge
Suddenly you then appear you whisper in my ear and I jump right over the edge
Just a dream that I seem to recall can't you tell me which doctor to call
Tell him please I'm not feeling too well every night I'm hearing wedding bells
I wake up screaming when your dream goes by
[ guitar ]
I lay there in an ice cold sweat
Sheets are torn they're soaking wet
I wake up screaming when your dream goes by
I wake up screaming when your dream goes by
I wake up screaming when your dream goes by
[ guitar ]
(Wake up screaming wake up screaming
Wake up screaming wake up screaming)
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