SUSAN ASHTON
CLOSER
(Capitol 97745) '99
Produced by Emory Gordy
Steve Gibson - guitar/mandolin
Dann Huff, Biff Watson - guitar
Paul Franklin, Sonny Garrish, Dan Dugmore - steel
Emory Gordy - bass
Lonnie Wilson, Owen Hale, Steve Brewster - drums/percussion
Stuart Duncan - fiddle/mandolin
Matt Rollings, John B. Jarvis - piano
Mike Lawler - keyboards
Steve Nathan, Phil Madeira - organ
Anthony LaMarchina - cello
Gary Vanosdale, Jim Grosjean, Monisa Angell - Viola
Connie Heard, Pamela Sixfin, Chris Teal - Violin
Vocals:
Neil Thrasher, Vince Gill, Billy Mann, J.D. Cunningham, Vicki Hampton, Chris Rodriguez, Harry Stinson
1.
COME ON OUT OF THE RAIN
(Jamie O'Hara)
« © '98 ATV Songs, BMI »
Yeah there's a great big beautiful world out here
But you can't see it through all those tears
Since she broke your heart it's been nothin' but pain
Baby come on out of the rain
You can sink right down to the bottom of the blues
You can drown in self-pity but that just ain't you
Sooner or later you gotta make a change
Baby come on out of the rain
Got my arms wide open got a heart that's true
I'm standin' here waitin' just to comfort you
Hate to see you so lonely hate to see you this sad
Let me give you the love you need so bad
Baby don't be sad and don't be afraid of a helpin' hand
Open your eyes don't you understand
I'm crazy about you I'm callin' your name
Baby come on out of the rain
[ guitar ]
Oh got my arms wide open got a heart that's true...
Since she broke your heart it's been nothin' but pain
Sooner or later you gotta make a change
I'm crazy about you I'm callin' your name
Come on out of the rain oh baby come on out of the rain yeah
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2.
CLOSER
(Kent Blazy - Kim Williams - Neil Thrasher)
« © '96 Major Bob Music, ASCAP »
It's just me and you and the man in the moon shinin' down
A blanket of stars up above and a quilt on the ground
I've waited so long to get you all alone in the dark
I just want to hold you till I feel the beat of your heart
I wanna get closer closer
Closer than moonlight that your body's wrapped in tonight yeah
Closer to heaven than I've ever been in my life
Before the night's over I wanna get closer
My two aching arms have been longing to hold you this way
These lips have been praying that I'd find the right words to say
I don't want to own you or try to control how you feel
I want you to need me believe me this feeling is real
I wanna get closer closer...
[ guitar ]
Oh closer than moonlight...
Before the night's over I wanna get closer
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3.
OUR LITTLE WORLD
(Matraca Berg - Jeff Hanna)
« © '95 Longitude Music, BMI »
Don't turn on the radio leave the dishes just let 'em go
No baby nothing's wrong
It's just the locusts humming in the trees the house is softly settling
Listen they're playing our song
I wanna feel you next to me I wanna hear your heartbeat
Come and hold me hold me tight I wanna love you with all my might
Cause all is good and all is right in our little world
It seems the summer just flew on by and it's a warm blue lazy night
Oh baby come look at the moonlight
You and I we've had our share of being lost and running scared for nothing
Oh but that's all right
Dance me across the kitchen floor darlin' these are the moments we live for
Come and hold me hold me tight...
Come and hold me hold me tight...
Cause all is good and all is right in our little world
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4.
YOU'RE LUCKY I LOVE YOU
(Neil Thrasher - Marla Cannon)
« © '98 Major Bob Music, ASCAP »
Hey baby stop clickin' that pen
I'm gonna take it away if you do it again
Sometimes I think you just love gettin' on my nerves
And I believe opposites attract
Cause I wouldn't have you if it wasn't for that
You like the music I like the words
Don't you know how good you got it
Listen up and I'll tell you all about it hey
You're lucky I love you like I do
Everythin' for you I do cause I want to
I wouldn't feel this way if you were anyone else
Yeah and you know it's a good thing that I think
You're the only one for me and that you hung the moon
You're lucky I love you you're lucky I love you yeah
You got your ways and you got your quirks
But you got my heart and that's why it works
And I wouldn't change the way you are
And whenever we fuss and fight
Fore the end of the day we always make it right
We never let it go that far
Anything you want you know you got it
But every now and then you need remindin' hey
You're lucky I love you like I do...
Darlin' you know that I need you
But it's a safer bet to say that you need me too
You're lucky I love you like I do...
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5.
I AIN'T GONNA FALL FOR LOVE AGAIN
(Vince Melamed - Kim Richey)
« © '97 Longitude Music, BMI »
You seem like the quiet type don't say much well that's all right
There was a time that might have reeled me in
Yeah but that was then I'm viser now least I think so anyhow
And I ain't gonna fall for love again
I won't say that I won't miss the promise of a long slow kiss
What I miss is more than I can stand
But the price is just too hard to pay it's easier to walk away
And I ain't gonna fall for love again
Isn't it funny how I finally find you now
But you're just a little late yes there's this promise that I made
That I don't intend to break not for anyone
[ guitar ]
Oh isn't it funny how I finally find you now
Oh but I've already been left out on a limb
And I won't risk that fall again not for anyone
I don't mean to be unkind I hate to see you waste your time
Cause I ain't gonna fall for love again
No I ain't gonna fall for love again
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6.
BREATHLESS
(Kent Blazy - Neil Thrasher)
« © '98 Hard Days Write Music, BMI »
He's the fireworks on the 4th of July
He's the steepest hill on a roller coaster ride
He makes me want to scream and shout and throw my heads in the air
He's a hundred-foot drop to the river below
He's the feeling you get when the water's ice cold
He says jump I say how high when and where
He keeps me runnin' and gunnin'
And goin' and comin' and knowing that it's alright
He's got me learnin' and burnin' and tossin'
And turnin' and yearnin' for him all night
His kind of lovin' leaves me breathles
And I never knew I could be so wild and reckless
Well I'm out of control like a runaway train
With the wheels barely touchin' the rails
And I'm in a tornado in a hurricane and got a tiger by the tail
He's like drivin' too fasr down an icy road
A hundred pounds of dynamite about to blow
You'd think with a man like that I'd be runnin' scared
But I'm gonna stick around to see what happens next
His razzle and his dazzle and his special effects
It's a tilt-a-whirl dog-and-squirrel around-the-world love affair
He keeps me runnin' and gunnin'...
His kind of lovin' leaves me breathles...
[ fiddle ]
His kind of lovin' leaves me breathles...
Well I'm out of control like a runaway train
With the wheels barely touchin' the rails
And I'm in a tornado in a hurricane and got a tiger by the tail
I'm breathless
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7.
SHOT FOR THE MOON
(Matraca Berg - Sharon Vaughn)
« © '98 Longitude Music, BMI »
Love has a way of making you stumble
Making you fumble for the right words to say
You try to get up up for the challenge
Then you lose your balance and your knees give away
Oh I shot for the moon and I missed by a mile
Or maybe a light year or two
Oh but somewhere tonight a star is falling
Falling just for you
What would I give to do the right thing
To do the smart thing just one time
Love has a way of making you dream
Oh and I'd do anything just to make you mine
So I shot for the moon...
Falling falling falling just for you
[ guitar ]
Love has a way of making you stumble
Making you humble what do you say
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8.
GETAWAY CAR
(Billy Mann - Gary Haase)
« © '99 Connotation Music, BMI »
Rememberin' when we first met we had that adventure in our eyes
But somethin' got away I guess in the everyday of our lives
And I don't know what keeps us here let's disappear and start all over again
We can runaway baby come as you are
You can look at my heart as your getaway car
We can drive all night it'll be all right
Love can take us so far on my getaway car
All we need is the open road and more fuel for the fire inside us
Steer us on into lands unknown we can leave this world behind
And all I know is you and me that's all we'll need to start all over again
We can runaway baby come as you are...
Turn up the radio and don't look back again
Let me put the pedal down get us outta this town
Don't be afraid to ride
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9.
SUPERNATURAL
(Marcus Hummon - Mark Prentice)
« © '98 Careers Music, BMI »
I'm a bee charmer for you baby
Get you honey if you've got the taste
A little sting now and then that won't bother me
Don't mind no queen bee buzzin' round my face
I'm a bee charmer for you baby
Get you honey if you've got the taste
A little sting now and then it will not bother me no no
Don't mind no queen bee buzzin' round my face no
Go with you any way the wind blows
Straight through the fire into the unknown
Follow my feelings cause I know they're supernatural
I'm a snake handler from the mountains
Sing them rattlers off to sleep
And if my baby needs healing uh huh
No fever too hot no cut too deep no no no
Go with you any way the wind blows...
Supernatural
[ guitar ]
I'm a rainmaker in the desert dance and coax those clouds to cry
Put the bloom back in the meadow flood the faith back into your eyes
Go with you any way the wind blows...
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10.
THINK OF ME
(J.D. Cunningham - Jeff Borders - Susan Ashton)
« © '98 ATV Songs, BMI »
Reaching for a tender touch across the night the two of us
Far apart but it takes more than miles to come between us
This love is strong that's why when you're gone
You'll never be lonely oh baby
Cause I'll be there when you close your eyes and I'll be holding you oh so tight
Like an angel beside you when you think of me think of me baby
It don't matter where you are I'll be loving you cross my heart
Darling don't you doubt it when you think of me think of me baby oh oh
Days are turning into weeks missing you so I can't sleep
Now we know why they say absence makes the heart grow fonder
But near or far wish on a star and you'll never be lonely oh baby
Cause I'll be there when you close your eyes...
Whoa think of me baby whoa think of me baby think of me baby
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11.
FAITH OF THE HEART
(Diane Warren)
« © '98 Realsongs, ASCAP »
It's been a long road gettin' from there to here
It's been a long time but my time is finally near
And I can feel a change in the wind right now Nothing's in my way
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
No they're not gonna hold me down
Cause I've got faith of the heart I'm goin' where my heart will take me
I've got faith to believe I can do anything
I've got strength of the soul and no one's gonna bend and break me
I can reach any star
I've got faith I've got faith faith of the heart
It's been a long night trying to find my way
But through the darkness now I'll finally have my day
And I will see my dream come alive at last I will touch the sky
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
And they're not gonna change my mind
Cause I've got faith of the heart...
I've known a wind so cold I've seen the darkest days
But now the winds I feel are only winds of change
Oh I've been through the fire and I've been through the rain
But I'll be fine
Cause I've got faith of the heart...
I'm goin' where my heart wll take me and I can reach any star
I've got faith I've got faith faith of the heart
It's been a long road
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12.
CAN'T CRY HARD ENOUGH
(David Williams - Marvin Etzioni)
« © '90 Peer Music, BMI »
I'm gonna live my life like every day's the last
Without a simple goodbye it all goes by so fast
And now that you're gone I can't cry hard enough
No I can't cry hard enough for you to hear me now
Gonna open my eyes and see for the first time
I've let go of you like a child letting go of his kite
There it goes up in the sky there it goes beyond the clouds
For no reason why
I can't cry hard enough no I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now
Gonna look back in vain and see you standing there
When all that remains is an empty chair
And now that you're gone...
There it goes up in the sky...
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