DAVID BALL
THINKIN' PROBLEM
(Warner Bros 45562)
June 14/1994
Produced by Blake Chancey
Brent Mason, Stuart Ziff, Verlon Thompson - guitar
Sonny Garrish, Tommy Spurlock - steel
Glenn Worf - bass
Owen Hale - drums
Glen Duncan, Blaine Sprouse, Rob Hajacos, Hank Singer - fiddle
Steve Nathan - piano
Vocals:
Larry Marrs, Suzy Ragsdale, Cindy Richardson Walker, Stephony Smith, Harry Stinson
1.
THINKIN' PROBLEM
(Allen Shamblin - David Ball - Stuart Ziff)
« © '94 Almos Music, ASCAP / BMG Songs, ASCAP / April Music, ASCAP /
Careers Music, BMI / Low Country Music, BMI »
Yes I admit I've got a thinkin' problem she's always on my mind
Her memory goes round and round I've tried to quit a thousand times
Yes I admit I've got a thinkin' problem fill the glass up to the top
I'll start with loving her but I don't know when to stop
I wake up and right away her name is on my lips
Once the memories start to flow well I can't stop with just one sip
Yes I admit I've got a thinkin' problem...
[ guitar ]
I keep on remembering how good it used to be
Gettin' stoned all alone on my favorite memory
Yes I admit I've got a thinkin' problem...
I'll start with loving her but I don't know when to stop
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2.
LOOK WHAT FOLLOWED ME HOME
(David Ball - Tommy Polk)
« © '94 Blackwood Music, BMI / Forrest Hills Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I made my plans to leave you far behind
To put you in my past and get you off my mind
So I took your mem'ry on a midnight ride
Down a dark an lonely back road and left it there to die
But look what followed me home I thought I was alone
But your memory is comin' back to me
I thought I'd left it behind and had you off my mind
But I see I was wrong wrong wrong look what followed me home
[ steel - fiddle ]
Well I walked down to the river at the break of dawn
With a picture of you darling up underneath my arm
I said the heartache's over today is your last day
I thanked that muddy water as it carried you away
Look what followed me home...
Yeah I see I was wrong wrong wrong look what followed me home
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3.
BLOWIN' SMOKE
(Billy Spencer - David Ball - Tommy Polk)
« © '94 April Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP /
Blackwood Music, BMI / Forrest Hills Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Beneath this neon haze here in this honky tonk
I tell everyone who'll listen I don't miss her being gone
I've got a big smile painted on my face that's all they see
Guess there ain't no limit to what some people will believe
I say I've burned her mem'ry but I'm just blowin' smoke
There's embers in the ashes that haven't yet grown cold
In the darkness here I hide a tear hoping it don't show
Well I say I've burned her memory but I know I'm just blowin' smoke
I don't want to face the truth that I'm still in love with her
So I tell 'em she's just history as far as I'm concerned
Got over her the minute that she walked out the door
I just look 'em in the eye and lie that's what honky tonks are for
I say I've burned her mem'ry...
I can fool 'em one I can fool 'em all I play the part so well
I'd give all I ever owned if I could only fool myself
I say I've burned her mem'ry...
Well I say I've burned her memory but I know I'm just blowin' smoke
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4.
WHEN THE THOUGHT OF YOU CATCHES UP WITH ME
(David Ball)
« © '94 Blackwood Music, BMI / Montcrest Music, BMI »
It can happen any moment without reason or rhyme
It might be right around the corner or it'll come up from behind
A picture that I thought would fade but I still clearly see
When the thought of you catches up with me
It can happen on a Sunday drive sky above the shade of blue
Headin' down some lonesome highway then you come into view
Mile after mile goes by but you're all I see
When the thought of you catches up with me
When the thought of you comes to mind
It'll carry me away to a better place in time
It can happen in the dead of night or any day of the week
Sometimes you'll come find me when I'm in bed asleep
I'll have that dream about you and I sure love what I see
When the thought of you catches up with me
When the thought of you catches up with me
When the thought of you catches up with me
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5.
HONKY TONK HEALING
(David Ball - Tommy Polk)
« © '94 Blackwood Music, BMI / Forrest Hills Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I did some honky tonk healing to get me over you
It took some neon nurses around the clock to pull me through
I was in critical condition my heart was broken in two
Due to honky tonk healing I'm feeling good as new
Thank you for calling is all I can say
Cause your get well wishes dear are just a little too late
Did you think that I'd be laid up heartbroken and blue
And missing your kissing well honey here's the news
I did some honky tonk healing...
[ piano - guitar ]
Drop by some evening if you can catch me home
We'll share a few memories if that's what you want
Don't be expecting the same fool you left crying in vain
It's been a smooth operation they removed all the pain
I did some honky tonk healing...
Yeah due to honky tonk healing I'm feeling good as new
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6.
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE
(Wayne P. Walker)
« © '60 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
You're not gone really gone you'll be back I know you will
You're just taking a walk on the wild side of life
In my house are many heartaches loneliness is all around
Since you left me for the life of nights out on the town
I've got mem'ries by the dozen but I can't throw one away
Everything's just like you left it and that's how it's gonna stay
You're not gone really gone...
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Till the bright lights lose their glamour and the music all its charm
Until you tire of all the honky tonks that took you from my arms
This old house of many heartaches holds a love enough for two
Everything's just like you left it waiting here for you
You're not gone really gone...
You're not gone really gone...
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7.
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF A BROKEN HEART
(David Ball)
« © '94 Blackwood Music, BMI / Montcrest Music, BMI »
I was sittin' on top of the world deep in love with a blue eyed girl
But the blue eyed girl told me goodbye and I fell like raindrops out of the sky
Down at the bottom of a broken heart you will find her name
Written there on a block of stone that once was a burning flame
Now it's cold lonely and dark way down at the bottom of a broken heart
Well I took my love for my Sally Ann and I buried it deeper than a Chinaman
Where no one goes and no one can see well there ain't nobody here but me
Down at the bottom...
[ guitar - fiddle ]
One day true love's gonna set me free but till then I'll be here deep in misery
Down at the bottom...
Yeah it's cold lonely and dark way down at the bottom of a broken heart
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8.
WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH HIS LOVE
(David Ball - Larry Jefferies)
« © '94 Bait And Tackle Music, BMI / Careers Music, BMI /
Blackwood Music, BMI / Low Country Music, BMI »
Don't tell me it's all over don't break my heart in two
Happiness is mine when I'm with you
Is it true you've found another are you leaving me behind
What do you want with his love you've already got mine
So what do you want with somebody new you've already got a love that's true
You're gonna look back and long for the day you'll want the love you threw away
Will you remember this heart you've broken if you leave me far behind
What do you want with his love you've already got mine
[ guitar - piano ]
So what do you want with somebody new you've already got a love that's true
You're gonna hurt me much more than you know if you really mean to let me go
Will you remember...
What do you want with his love you've already got mine
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9.
DON'T THINK TWICE
(David Ball - Mark Irwin)
« © '94 Blackwood Music, BMI / Montcrest Music, BMI »
If you ever think of coming back don't think twice
Catch the next bus leaving take my advice
Cause the door is always open just walk on through
There'll always be somebody waiting here for you
Darling ever since you left for San Antone
This old house is anything but home sweet home
I wonder if you're happy now or sad like me
Living in the shadows of what used to be
If you ever think...
[ guitar - fiddle ]
You don't have to worry if I still love you
Just give me a second chance I'll prove I do
It didn't take my heart too long to realize
I was such a fool to let you say goodbye
If you ever think...
Yeah the door is always open...
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10.
12-12-84
(Billy Spencer - David Ball - Tommy Polk)
« © '94 Blackwood Music, BMI / Forrest Hills Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
12-12-84 ten o'clock at night
Funny how you can remember certain moments in your life
I wish I could go back to take back the words I said
Though it's been years since that night they still echo in my head
Time is a teacher and time has taught me well
What brings a man to his knees is often brought on by himself
If a second chance were offered she could love me like before
I'd go back to the end and start over again on 12-12-84
[ piano ]
A cold wind was blowing it whistled through the pines
I told her I don't need her and she told me goodbye
I remember embers dying in the ashes and the coals
And like smoke up the chimney I watched a true love go
Time is a teacher...
I'd go back to the end and start over again on 12-12-84
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