JOHN ANDERSON
SEMINOLE WIND
(BNA 61029)
February 11/1992
Produced by James Stroud
John Anderson - vocal/banjo/harmonica
Billy Joe Walker, Mark Casstevens, Dann Huff, Mark Knopfler - guitar
Sonny Garrish, Buddy Emmons - steel
Glenn Worf, Gary Lunn - bass
James Stroud, Milton Sledge - drums
Joe Spivey - fiddle
Gary W. Smith - piano/synthesizer/keyboards
Vocals:
Carlton Jackson, Jana King, Curtis Young
Recorded:
July/1991, Masterfonics Studios, Nashville
1.
WHO GOT OUR LOVE
(John D. Anderson)
« © '91 Almo Music, ASCAP »
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2.
STRAIGHT TEQUILA NIGHT
(Kent M. Robbins - Debbie Hupp)
« © '91 Irving Music, BMI »
If you really wanna know she comes here a lot
She just loves to hear the music and dance
K-13 is her favorite song if you play it you may have a chance
Tonight she's only sipping white wine
She's friendly and fun-loving most of the time
But don't ask her on a straight tequila night
She'll start thinking about him then she's ready to fight
Blames her broken heart on every man in sight
On a straight tequila night
Here's a glass of chablis and some quarters in change
Maybe you can turn her love life around
Then she won't need the salt or the lime anymore
To shoot that old memory down
Just remember her heart's on the mend
If you ever come back to see her again
Don't ask her on a straight tequila night...
Don't ask her on a straight tequila night...
Don't ask her on a straight tequila night...
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3.
LAST NIGHT I LAID YOUR MEMORY TO REST
(Frankia W. Treat - Donna K. Anderson)
« © '91 West Express Music, BMI »
It's been years since you said goodbye
When you left you left a mem'ry I thought would never die
It took time but I found someone who made me forget
Last night I laid your mem'ry to rest
There was candle light and flowers soft music and wine
When I held her in my arms you didn't cross my mind
She helped me bury a love that was dead
Last night I laid your mem'ry to rest
[ steel ]
We laughed and talked till dawn's early light
And when she asked me if I loved her I didn't think twice
I slipped your ring off my finger without one regret
Last night I laid your mem'ry to rest
There was candle light and flowers...
Last night I laid your mem'ry to rest
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4.
LET GO OF THE STONE
(Max D. Barnes - Max Troy Barnes)
« © '91 Hardscratch Music, BMI »
You shoudn't wade out in deep water when you don't know how to swim
He told you it was over and like a fool you followed him
Into a whirlpool of emotion spinnin' out of control
It's killing you but you won't let him go
Let go of the stone if you don't wanna drown
In the sea of heartache that's dragging you down
It's pulling you under and you keep hanging on
If I'm ever gonna save you let go of the stone
Oh don't you realize the danger and the hurt you're headed for
Put your arms around me and swim with me to shore
Just let go of that old mem'ry I know it's hard to do
But I'll be here holding on to you
Let go of the stone if you don't wanna drown...
If I'm ever gonna save you let go of the stone
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5.
LOOK AWAY
(Bobby Braddock)
« © '91 Tree Publishing, BMI »
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6.
STEAMY WINDOWS
(Tony Joe White)
« © '91 Tony Joe White Music, BMI »
I was thinkin' bout parking the other night we was out on a back road
Me and my woman was just gettin' right all systems on overload
And radio blasting in the front seat turning out the music fine
We were snuggled up in the back seat making up for lost time
Steamy windows zero visibility
Steamy windows coming from the body heat
You can wine and dine with a woman all night with good intent
But there's something about a competition on a back road
Breaks down we defense all night
Steamy windows zero visibility...
[ guitar - harmonica ]
There's a sound outside the front door and I know it's just the wind
But it makes us snuggle up just a little bit closer and think start happen again
Steamy windows zero visibility...
Steamy windows ain't nobody can see
Steamy windows coming from the body heat
Steamy windows steamy windows
Steamy windows steamy windows
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7.
HILLBILLY HOLLYWOOD
(Jim Photoglo - Vince Melamed)
« © '90 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
I can still remember my first guitar
Bright and shiny like a brand new car
I even took it with me when I went to school
And I practiced every day till I got real good
I learned every lick on the radio
From Wabash Cannon to Go Johnny Go
I majored in rhythm with a minor in blues
Then I hit the road with my Blue Suede Shoes
And I dreamed of seeing my name in lights
Grand Ole Opry on on a saturday night
Standing where my heroes stood Hillbilly Hollywood
I played some bars where you never wanna go
From Oklahoma City down to Tupelo
My ears would be ringing like an old fire bell
When I'd lay me down in some cheap hotel
And I dreamed of seeing my name in lights...
And I pray before too long they will hear my song
And i dreamed of seeing my name in lights...
Hillbilly Hollywood Hillbilly Hollywood
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8.
COLD DAY IN HELL
(Joe Allen - Buck Lindsey - Mike Elliott)
« © '91 Elroc Publishing, NMI »
Said that you'd love me forever love me till the rivers run dry
Said that we'd be together till the stars fell from the sras
We'll love each till hell freezes over and birds no longer fly
If I'm ever gonna wish on a fallen star tonight would be the good time to try
I guess we're gonna run out of bottom I can't find a bird in the skies
What never should happen is happening now
I just heard you tell me goodbye
[ fiddle ]
Don't need to see anybody I'm feeling too empty inside
The world's going crazy I'm feeling shaky I guess I need a good place to hide
I should have known better when you said you'd never hurt me or tell me a lie
Guess I'd better break out my old winter coat it's sure gettin' cold for July
I guess we're gonna run out of bottom...
If you were watchin' wherever you are the last of the stars as they fell
It's a cold day a cold day a cold day in hell
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9.
WHEN IT COMES TO YOU
(Mark Knopfler)
« © '77 Almo Music, ASCAP »
If we can't get along we oughta be apart
And I'm wondering where'd you get that cold cold heart
Set me free sign my release
I'm tired of being the villain of the piece
You been givin' me bad times tell me what'd I do
How come I always get a hard time honey when it comes to you
Saying things that you didn't have to
How come I always get a hard time honey when it comes to you
You only get one life and this I know
I wanna get my licks in now before I go
The fire of love is dead and cold
I gotta satisfy the hunger in my soul
You been givin' me bad times tell me what'd I do...
[ guitar ]
If we can't get along we oughta be apart...
You been givin' me bad times tell me what'd I do...
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10.
SEMINOLE WIND
(John D. Anderson)
« © '91 Almo Music, ASCAP »
Ever since the days of old men would search for wealth untold
They'd dig for silver and for gold and leave the empty holes
And way down south in the Everglades
Where the black water rolls and the saw grass waves
The eagles fly and the otters play in the land of the Seminoles
So blow blow Seminole wind nlow like you're never gonna blow again
I'm callin' to you like a long lost friend but I don't know who you are
And blow blow from the Okeechobee all the way up to Micanopy
Blow across the home of the Seminoles the aligators and the gulls
[ fiddle ]
Progress came and took it's toll and in the name of flood control
They made their plans and they drained the land now the Glades are goin' dry
And the last time I walked in the swamp I stood up on a cypruss stump
I listened close and I heard the ghost of Awsiola cry
So blow blow Seminole wind...
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