When a 15-year-old Jessica Andrews debuted with Heart Shaped World, the most obvious comparison was LeAnn Rimes. The parallels were certainly there — like Rimes, Andrews was a teenage country-pop singer with a wholesome, clean-cut, all-American girl image and the usual Nashville hype to go with her debut. But like Rimes, Andrews had some talent, charisma, and substance to go with the hype. Though Heart Shaped World isn't brilliant, the Tennessee native usually has decent material to work with. No one's going to mistake this CD for hardcore, Bakersfield honky tonk — like Rimes and Shania Twain, Andrews specializes in a sleek, commercial blend of pop, country, and rock. But as much sweetness as she projects, Andrews isn't bubblegum — when she digs into "You Go First," "I've Been Waiting for You," and "James Dean in Tennessee," you know that the singer isn't without an edge. And on Billy Burnette's ominous, bluesy "Hungry Love" — the tale of a girl who has to grow up much too fast — it's clear that Andrews is capable of depth. A few of the tunes are bland, but Heart Shaped World's best moments indicate that Andrews is someone to keep an eye on.
JESSICA ANDREWS
HEART SHAPED WORLD
(Dreamworks DRMD-50104)
March 23/1999
Produced by Byron Gallimore

Byron Gallimore - guitar/bass/piano/kyeboards
Brent Mason, Michael Landau, B.James Lowry - el.guitar
Larry Byrom, Biff Watson, Larry Beaird - ac.guitar
Paul Franklin, Dan Dugmore - steel/dobro
Glenn Worf, Mike Brignardello - bass
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Mark Casstevens - banjo
Stuart Duncan, Aubrey Haynie - fiddle/mandolin
Steve Nathan - piano/keyboards
Terry McMillan - harmonica/percussion
Nashville String Machine - strings
Background vocals:
Michael Mellett, Kim Parent, Chris Rodriguez, Dan Shafer, Russell Terrell
1.
JAMES DEAN IN TENNESSEE
(Billy Mann)
« © '99 Connotation Music, BMI »
Joey was a fighter and he fought to dream
He said some day he would have a fancy car and he'd leave Tennessee
I was just a shy wallflower just a wide-eyed teenage girl
But maybe intrigue or just insanity made me want to enter Joey's world
His touch made me feel beautiful so much passion I lost my head
He was just like James Dean in Tennessee
He was a movie star a young girl's dream
From what I hear he could never leave
But to me he'll always be James Dean in Tennessee
He tried to smoke them cigarettes and always made me laugh
He said I'd be his pickup truck queen and someday I'd be his better half
I left there a year ago and I heard the rebel went bad
That he had just served time for a minor crime and he was livin' with his old man
He was just like James Dean in Tennessee...
I wonder what ol' Joey thinks when he hears me singing on the radio
Will he ever know that I loved him so
Sometimes we're meant to stay sometimes we're meant to go yeah
[ guitar ]
He was just like James Dean in Tennessee...
(James Dean in Tennessee James Dean in Tennessee)
James Dean in Tennessee oh
(James Dean in Tennessee James Dean in Tennessee)
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2.
YOU GO FIRST
(Kerry Chater - Lynn G. Chater - Cyril Lawson)
« © '99 Chater Songs, BMI »
You're kickin' tires I'm sittin' on the fence
Love's fallin' all around us and it don't make sense
How long can the two of us beat around the bush
We're right out on the edge but we need a little push
Dancin' on the tightrope wearin' it thin
Instead of closing our eyes and jumpin' in
Do you want to kiss do you want to kiss
Yeah do you want to kiss you go first
[ steel ]
You're dodgin' the moon and I'm playin' it safe
Look what we're not doing oh boy what a waste
And what could be worse than never sayin' it at all
Is never knowing the feeling never feeling the fall
What's it gonna take to get us both there
Can't you see what I'm suggesting it's a double dare
Do you want to kiss do you want to kiss
Yeah do you want to kiss you go first yeah
[ guitar ]
You start if you have the nerve
I'll trust my heart but you go first
Do you want to kiss do you want to kiss
Yeah do you want to kiss you go first yeah
You go first oh yeah you go first oh
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3.
RIVERSIDE
(John Scott Sherrill - Cathy Majeski)
« © '99 ATV Songs, BMI »
We spent all night down by the riverside
Laughing at nothin' and talking too much
And the moonlight was so bright in your eyes
Before I knew it I was falling in love
It was too cold to swim so we just laid there
On the bank till the break of day
Though we never went in the water we were swept away
And the river rolled and the night got cold
But you held me close and you warmed my soul
And the river rolled and the night got cold
But you held me close and you warmed my soul
We spent all night down by the riverside
Wondering how it happened so fast
And it sure did take us by surprise
When that morning sun came up at last
It was too cold to swim so we just laid there
On the bank till the break of day
Though we never went in the water we were swept away
And the river rolled and the night got cold
But you held me close and you warmed my soul
And the river rolled and the night got cold
But you held me close and you warmed my soul
We spent all night down by the riverside
[ guitar - steel ]
It was too cold to swim...
By the riverside by the riverside
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4.
WHATEVER
(Lisa Drew - Shaye Smith)
« © '99 April Music, ASCAP »
I used to take you at face value
You spoke I listened and the only thing missing was the truth
Yeah promises promises lines as honest as a three dollar bill
You talk the talk but you don't walk the walk and I've had my fill
Going on like this is so absurd I'm sick of these words words words
You say yes you say no you say come you say go
You change just like the weather
First you're up then you're down say you can't hang around
Then you promise me forever whatever
Save your breath I'm tuning you out
Nothing I need to hear gonna plug up my ears and sing real loud
La la la la la la baby talk if you want I don't care anymore
I'm past the breaking point so I'm blowin' this joint yeah I'm out the door
I used to take it all so personally now it sounds the same to me
You say yes you say no you say come you say go...
[ steel - guitar ]
I used to take it all so personally now it sounds the same to me yeah
You say yes you say no you say come you say go...
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5.
UNBREAKABLE HEART
(Benmont Tench)
« © '93 Blue Gator Music, ASCAP »
An empty room a broken fairytale a hollow girl with empty arms
From an angel's tears God made the stars
Why can't he make me an unbreakable heart
In my blue world you shone like heaven's fire
And left me crying in the the dark
How could anyone be so hard
Did you think I had an unbreakable heart
I suppose I should know sometimes love just comes and goes
But I believed foolish me we'd go on and on
One day someone will come to you and rock you tightly in her arms
Please remember this when your drop your guard
Nobody has an unbreakable heart
From an angel's wings to a fallen star
God makes everything but unbreakable hearts
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6.
HUNGRY LOVE
(Billy Burnette - Tony Colton)
« © '99 Irving Music, BMI »
Back in the woods in a shotgun shack right above the railroad tracks
In old junk cars and tractor parts Marylou she grew up hungry love
Her daddy he left with a new barmaid mama's in town cause she loves to play
Marylou she's all alone with an old stray dog that she loves to hug hungry love
To get away from it all she puts her headphones on
And turns the music way up loud
The first boy who comes along and pays her any mind at all
Will be the only love she's ever found
It's in her blood hungry love
Marylou turned seventeen with a baby bouncin' on her knee
Her sweetheart left in a pickup truck
So she did just what her mama had done hungry love
She spent her nights out in the bars while her baby sat and watched the stars
WIth an 'ol rag doll she loves so much growin' up too fast too tough hungry Love
To get away from it all...
Oh yeah it's in her blood hungry love
Back in the woods in a shotgun shack right above the railroad tracks
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7.
HEART SHAPED WORLD
(Brian Tabor - Gayla Borders - W.I. Burnette)
« © '99 ATV Songs, BMI »
This ain't the planet I've been living on it don't circle round the sun
Ever since the day you came along
Everything I do revolves around you you're my only one
Cause I'm waking up to love I'm crossing new frontiers
Living in a heart shaped world
And I'm startin' to see that we could stay forever here
Living in a heart shaped world
Now everybody knows the earth is round Chris Columbus showed us that
Call me crazy but I think I've found
A reason to believe maybe history should review the facts
Now I'm waking up to love...
Living in a heart shaped world
I've heard that love can turn your world around
But you have changed the shape of my world somehow
[ dobro - guitar ]
Everything I do revolves around you you're my only one
Now I'm waking up to love...
Living in a heart shaped world na na na oh yeah
Living in a heart shaped world na na na oh yeah
Living in a heart shaped world yeah
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8.
I'LL TAKE YOUR HEART
(Robert J. Lange)
« © '99 Zomba Enterprises »
Moving up where you never been
Tie your seat belt oh strap yourself in
Start a rumor nothing to it
It's a dirty job baby but someone's gotta do it
I don't wanna be the lonely game in town
I just wanna be the only girl around
Yeah I'm gonna take you straight to the top
Never ever stop show you what I got
I'll take your heart before you know it's gone
Leave you standing but you won't be alone
Take your rhythm and leave you out of time
I'll take everything and give you all of mine
I'll take your heart and you ain't gonna feel it
Can't do nothing babe you know I'm gonna steal it
I'll take your heart before you know it's gone
Lady luck just be good to me send me love special delivery
Ain't in a movie I ain't on TV
I'm a livin' lovin' breathin' leading kinda lady
I don't wanna be alone at the end of the phone
I just want to be the one who turns you on
Yeah I'm gonna take you straight to the top
Never ever stop show you what I got
I'll take your heart before you know it's gone...
Some girls'll leave you all alone some girls won't even take you home
But this girl is gonna turn you on you know I'm not wrong
I'll take your heart before you know it's gone...
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9.
I DO NOW
(Tom Snow - Franne Gold)
« © '99 Snow Music, BMI »
Where in the world did you come from
Seems like I looked up and there you were
Didn't think about it then
But when I look back I believe now that miracles do occur
Cause I can reach up and touch any star in the sky
Put my arms round the moon if I try
Never thought I could feel so much love in my life
No I never thought I'd know how but I do now
Is this a dream or are you real I'm trying hard not to lose my cool
But when you're kissin' me
I just get so lost in the moment I hope I'm not acting like some kind of fool
But I can reach up and touch any star in the sky...
Never had no one to miss me never had no one who kissed me like you
Never had no one who loved me like you
[ steel ]
I can reach up and touch any star in the sky...
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10.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU
(Stephony Smith - Sunny Russ - Jason Sellers)
« © '99 Blackwood Music, BMI »
They say Montana has a real big sky
And the Grand Canyon is deep and wide
There's a whole lot of livin' that I wanna do
But I'd rather see the world from your point of view
Oh I didn't go to Memphis to see the king
Or ride the Mississippi down to New Orleans
I could've found someone just to give my love to
But I've been waiting for you
I've got a little money stashed away
Just sittin' on ready for a rainy day
Anticipating escaping with you
Doing all the crazy things that I didn't do
Oh I didn't go to Memphis to see the king...
[ steel - guitar ]
Oh no I didn't wanna settle for just settlin' down
I was looking for the right one baby and that's what I've found
I didn't go to Memphis to see the king...
I've been waiting for you yeah
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11.
RUBY SHOES
(Mary Sharon Rice - Kris Tyler)
« © '99 MCA Music, ASCAP »
The moon cast a shadow on my bedroom wall one silhouette not two
Nothing about this is familiar at all guess it's all what you're used to
I never pictured myself in this frame of mind
Maybe things will be different when I open my eyes
But my name ain't Dorothy these ain't ruby shoes
I can't click my heels anytime I choose and fly away
That ain't a tornado blowing out that door
That's the sound of him leaving cause he don't love me anymore
I'll just walk the floor
Oh but I sure could use some of those ruby shoes
Wish I could wave a wand like he waved goodbye
And change the lock on my heart
This is gonna drown me one tear at a time
If I don't stop it before it starts
Just sittin' here wishing won't get it done
I know there's a road outta here but I don't know which one
But my name ain't Dorothy...
Sure could use sure could use some of those ruby shoes
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12.
I WILL BE THERE FOR YOU
(Rick Bowles - Josh Leo - Tom Shapiro)
« © '99 Blackwood Music, BMI »
When I lost faith you believed in me
When I stumbled you were right there
For every act of love you've done I owe you one
There were hard times I know I survived
Just because you stayed by my side
With all I have with all I am I promise you all my life
Whenever the road is too long whenever the wind is too strong
Wherever this journey may lead to I will be there for you
Oh I will be there for you
Through sorrow on the darkest night
When there's heartache deep down inside
Just like a prayer you will be there and I promise you all my life
Whenever the road is too long whenever the wind is too strong
Wherever this journey may lead to I will be there for you
Oh I will be there
[ steel ]
Whenever the road is too long whenever the wind is too strong
Wherever this journey may lead to I will be there for you
Oh I will be there for you
Oh yes I will be there for you
I'll always be there
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