TEN
(MCA 42218)
August/1988
Produced by Jimmy Bowen
Reggie Young, Billy Joe Walker - guitar
Buddy Emmons - steel
Michael Rhodes - bass
Larrie Londin - drums
John B. Jarvis - piano/keyboards
Joe Spivey - fiddle/mandolin
Mike Jordan - synthesizer
Vocals:
Curtis Young, Deanna Anderson Wall, Donna Anderson
Recorded: Apr/1988, Sound Stage Studio, Nashville
1.
DOWN IN THE ORANGE GROVE
(John D. Anderson - Lionel A. Delmore - Herb McCullough)
« © '88 Foggy Jonz Co, ASCAP »
I learned to ride my daddy's old pickup truck
Down in the orange grove
I'd nearly get a whipping when I'd get the truck stop
Down in the orange grove
I wore out my first pair of Brogan shoes
Down in the orange grove
That's where I learned how to sing the blues
Wown in the orange grove
I learned how to pray to the Lord above
The very first time I ever tasted love was
Down in the orange grove down in the orange grove
You learn the value of a dollar when the sun gets hot
Down in the orange grove
The boss wants more and you give it all you've got
Down in the orange grove
We'd have to light the smudge pots when it'd come a freeze
Down in the orange grove
And work all night just to save the trees
Down in the orange grove
I never will forget all the leassons I learned
Or the work I did for the money I earned
Down in the orange grove down in the orange grove
[ guitar - steel ]
Well the big freeze came now the trees are gone
Down in the orange grove
They cleared the land and they've built new homes
Down in the orange grove
Then the canker hit back in '84
Down in the orange grove
Now there's shopping malls and grocery stores
Down in the orange grove
It made a lot of people happy when the progress came
But deep down I know it won't be the same
Down in the orange grove down in the orange grove
Down in the orange grove
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2.
I HOPE THINGS AREN'T LIKE THIS TOMORROW
(John D. Anderson - Lionel A. Delmore)
« © '88 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
It's a fact I know that love is strange
it plays so many crazy games
Love can come and love may go
But both sides have to bear the hurt I know
So let's just say enough's enough
And call it a love I fell for your bluff
I'm sittin' here and drowning in my sorrow
I hope things aren't like this tomorrow
We both know how hard we tried
Every story has two sides
Love is young but love gets old
Love is hot and sometimes love gets cold
And like a fool who keeps hanging on
Wondering where your love went wrong
I'm sittin' here and drowning in my sorrow
I hope things aren't like this tomorrow
[ guitar ]
My friends say all I need is time
But I can't seem to get you off my mind
Forgettin' is something that is hard to do
It's keeping me from gettin' over you
And I don't wanna hear how times are hard
I've got to pull the weeds from my own backyard
I'm sittin' here and drowning in my sorrow
I hope things aren't like this tomorrow
No I don't wanna hear how times are hard...
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3.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT
(John D. Anderson - Tony Stampley)
« © '88 West Express Music, BMI »
If it ain't broke don't fix it if it's mixed don't try to mix it
Think before you speak and look before you leap
And if it's wound up don't try to wind it if it's not lost don't try to find it
It always helps to make it easy on yourself
Make it easy on yourself and do the best that you can do
Stay away from folks who try to make it hard on you
And if it's wound up don't try to wind it...
[ piano - guitar ]
If it ain't true don't tell it if it's sold don't try to sell it
Search and you will find keep an open mind
And if it's short don't make it long if it's right don't make it wrong
It always helps to make it easy on yourself
Make it easy on yourself...
And if it's short don't make it long...
It always helps to make it easy on yourself
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4.
JUST TO HOLD A LITTLE HAND
(John D. Anderson)
« © '88 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Just to hold a little hand and know all the love
Just to see a little smile is the light from above
To know all the answers for all of the questions
Oh what a feeling to hold a little hand
The innocence of the children is what makes the world go around
Oh what a loss to never have loved and miss out on all I've found
Just to hold a little hand...
The future is in these little hands and what they decide to do
But it's so hard to make the long long journey
Without big hands to help pull them through
Just to hold a little hand...
Oh what a feeling to hold a little hand
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5.
BALLAD OF ZERO AND THE TRAMP
(John D. Anderson - Bernie Taupin)
« © '88 Intersong USA, ASCAP »
Well they used to call him Zero cause he never made his mark
And when he took up with a tramp like her all the people laughed
And fate just seemed to find them on a one way losing streak
Between the two they lived their lives trapped on a dead end street
Well a man gets tired of zero and a woman hates that scorn
And if time would allow they'd made those fools wish they were never born
Oh how come it feels like Sunday each day of your life
Some of us have to make a name before we're satisfied
Oh and how come it feels like Monday seven days a week
Work your fingers to the bone just to make ends meet
Well the bank job wasn't easy no they'd left a couple dead
And when the headlines hit the stands that day twas Zero and the tramp they said
Now it looks like they've got a man hunt for a couple of crazy kids
And they both got just what they want it was a price upon their heads
The more they kept on running the more they fell in love
Cause when you live your life outside the law you need that kind of trust
Oh how come it feels like Sunday...
[ fiddle ]
Sometimes the nights get colder and the dreams can chill your bones
And it was on a night like this that they came too close to home
They were caught up in the crossfire of a swat team's finest hour
And went down in a blaze of automatic fire
Crying hey we've really made it now
Oh how come it feels like Sunday...
Work your fingers to the bone just to make ends meet
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6.
LOWER ON THE HOG
(Lionel A. Delmore - Larry Cordle)
« © '86 Foggy Jonz Co, ASCAP »
I've been workin' at a sawmill earnin' every dime I make
Looking at my check stub cussin' what the tax man takes
My baby's depending on me oh Lord to bring the bacon home
But it's just salt pork we're eatin' lower on the hog
But if I die in the morning they can't say I didn't pay my way
With honest sweat and elbow grease and doing what the foremen say
But after we buy groceries pay the rent and the telephone
I'm broke and gone what's goin' on
There's a lot less scrap to throw out to the dog
I'm making more now and eatin' lower on the hog
[ guitar - steel ]
There's people standing with their heads out formin' a welfare line
Savin' their back while I'm out breakin' mine
I ain't worried bout the federal budget or the LA city smog
I'm working overtime and eatin' lower on the hog
But if I die in the morning...
There's a lot less scrap to throw out to the dog
I'm making more now and eatin' lower on the hog
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7.
BEFORE I MET YOU
(John D. Anderson - Lionel A. Delmore)
« © '88 Foggy Jonz Co, ASCAP »
I used to think flowers would not grow for me
And my dreams would never come true
I used to chase rainbows and not find the gold
But that was before I met you
I never had someone that I could lean on
Or talk to when my nights were blue
It used to be almost all of the time
But that was before I met you
[ steel ]
I used to be lonely on cold rainy days
With little or nothing to do
I used to stay wasted and lost in a haze
But that was before I met you
I never had someone that I could lean on...
Yes that was before I met you
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8.
WILL OF GOD
(John D. Anderson - Lionel A. Delmore)
« © '88 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
It was just a tiny drop into the water
But the ripple from that little drop became
A tidal wave so mighty and so forceful
That it took the will of God to make it tame
Yes it took the will of God to make it tame
It was just a baby's cry out in the silence
But the echo from that little voice became
A sound so loud it defened all around him
And it took the will of God to make it tame
Yes it took the will of God to make it tame
Oh the will of God is stronger than the storm clouds in the sky
It is stronger than men shouting or a tiny baby's cry
Oh the will of God is strenght that he sends from up above
And we all know the will of God is love
[ guitar - piano ]
It was just a tiny flicker in the darkness
But the heat from that flicker soon became
Hotter than the devil's hottest fire
And it took the will of God to make it tame
Yes it took the will of God to make it tame
Oh the will of God is stronger...
Yeah the will of God is strenght...
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9.
WARM PLACE IN THE SNOW
(Bill Rice - Mary Sharon Rice - John Wesley Ryles)
« © '88 Careers Music, BMI »
There's a chilling wind right outside my window
But I know this time this heart of mine won't feel the bitter cold
For the first time I can feel a fire inside me
And I think I've found a warm place in the snow
In the distance I can see a light a shining
You're the shelter where this lonely heart can go
And a home for all these feelings I've been hiding
Oh I think I've found a warm place in the snow
It's an empty lonesome road I leave behind me
And the love I see in front of me just needs a place to grow
I'm going where the cold will never find me
Oh I think I've found a warm place in the snow
In the distance I can see a light a shining...
Oh I think I've found a warm place in the snow
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10.
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
(Don Cook - Keith Whitley)
« © '87 Tree Publishing, BMI »
There's a light at the end of the tunnel
There's a chance that it ain't gonna rain
There's a light at the end of the tunnel
And for once it ain't a fast moving train
All these lines in my face tell a story
Though I've never been one to complain
It's a roadmap of hard luck and glory
And some places I won't see again
There's a light at the end of the tunnel...
I've been sheltered and shattered and shaken
By the lessons that life made me learn
There were choices and chances worth takin'
And some bridges I hated to burn
There's a light at the end of the tunnel...
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