GARTH BROOKS
(Liberty 90897)
February 14/1989
Produced by Allen Reynolds
Chris Leuzinger - el.guitar
Mark Casstevens - ac.guitar
Bruce Bouton - steel
Mike Chapman - bass
Milton Sledge - drums
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
Bobby Wood - keyboards
Strings by The Nashville String Machine:
(George Binkley, John Borg, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzky, Dennis Molchan, Pamela Sixfin, Gary Vanosdale)
Vocals:
Trisha Yearwood, Hurshel Wiginton, Curtis Young, Wayland Patton, Kathy Chiavola, Jennifer O'Brien, Wendy Suits Johnson
Arrangements by Charles Cochran
1.
NOT COUNTING YOU
(Garth Brooks)
« © '89 Major Bob Music, ASCAP »
When loving turns to parting I'm always the first to leave
Cause when it comes to heartaches I'd rather give than to receive
I've never cried myself to sleep just praying I'll get through
I've never lost at love not counting you
Not counting you I've never had a heartache
Not counting you I never have been blue
There's no exceptions to the rule I've never been nobody's fool
I've never lost at love not counting you
[ fiddle - steel ]
I've never got down on my knees and asked the Lord above
If He would only bring me the one I'm dreaming of
Begging to be taken back and swearing I'll be true
Has never crossed my mind not counting you
Not counting you...
[ guitar ]
There's no exceptions to the rule I've never been nobody's fool
I've never lost at love not counting you
No I've never lost at love not counting you
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2.
I'VE GOT A GOOD THING GOING
(Larry Bastian - Sandy Mahl - Garth Brooks)
« © '89 Major Bob Music, ASCAP »
She swears there's nothing wrong but something's missing
She's never been much good at telling lies
Cause you can hear the sounds of leaving if you listen
This may be California but Oklahoma's in her eyes
Now I've got a good thing going it's plain to see she's tired of hanging on
Yes I've got a good thing going it's killing me that she's as good as gone
[ guitar ]
By now she must be tired of always giving and tired of what she's gettin' in return
I guess Oklahoma's more her style of living
Cause I can see her heart is headin' cross a bridge I thought she'd burned
Now I've got a good thing going...
Oh it's killing me that she's as good as gone
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3.
IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES
(Kent Blazy - Garth Brooks)
« © '88 BMG Songs, ASCAP »
Sometimes late at night I lie awake and watch her sleeping
She's lost in peaceful dreams so I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark
And the thought crosses my mind if I never wake up in the morning
Would she ever doubt the way I feel about her in my heart
If tomorrow never comes will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day that she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through and she must face this world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past gonna be enough to last if tomorrow never comes
Cause I've lost loved ones in my life who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret that my true feelings for them never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself to say each day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstance where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel
Cause if tomorrow never comes...
So tell that someone that you love just what you're thinking of
If tomorrow never comes
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4.
EVERYTIME THAT IT RAINS
(Garth Brooks - Ty England - Stefl)
« © '89 Major Bob Music, ASCAP »
Stuck in an airport in Austin all of the flights are delayed
And as the rain keeps fallin' and the mem'ries keep callin' me back
To another time and place
Back to a rainy day in Oklahoma she was workin' at this roadside cafe
And it was just her and me and it looked like it would be
At least till the storms rolled away
I played Please Come To Boston on the jukebox
She said hey that's my favorite song
The next thing I knew the song was through and we were still dancing along
And with that look in her eyes she pulled from me
Then she pulled off that apron she wore
And with her hand in mine we turned off the sign
And locked the rain outside the door
Everytime that it rains I can hear her heart calling
It rains I can see that dress falling
The storm clouds roll on still the memory remains everytime that it rains
One late rainy night I got a phone call so I went back to see her again
And through the dance we both stumbled and with the buttons we fumbled
So we decided just to call it at friends
If we ever had a thing now it's over and only the mem'ry remains
Of a roadside cafe on a September day I relive every time that it rains
Everytime that it rains...
Everytime that it rains everytime that it rains
It's rainin' on me every time every time
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5.
ALABAMA CLAY
(Ronny Scaife - Larry Cordle)
« © '85 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
First time he saw the ground get busted he was ten and it was 1952
His daddy worked hard from sunup to sundown
And the goin' got tough behind them ol' grey mules
The farm grew to be a moneymaker
And the house he lived in grew up room by room
The boy worked hard but soon got tired of farmin'
So he slipped away one night neath the harvest moon
His neck was red as Alabama clay but the city's call pulled him away
He's got a factory job and runs a big machine
He don't miss the farm or the fields of green
Now the city's just a prison without fences his job is just a routine he can't stand
And at night he dreams of wide open spaces
Fresh dirt between his toes and on his hands
Then one day a picture came inside a letter of a young girl with a baby in her arms
And the words she wrote will change his life forever
So he went to raise his family on the farm
His neck is red as Alabama clay now he's goin' home this time to stay
Where the roots run deep on the family tree
And the tractor rolls through the fields of green
His neck is red as Alabama clay...
His neck is red as Alabama clay
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6.
MUCH TOO YOUNG (TO FEEL THIS DAMN OLD)
(Randy Taylor - Garth Brooks)
« © '88 Major Bob Music, ASCAP »
This ol' highway's gettin' longer seems there ain't no end in sight
To sleep would be best but I just can't afford to rest
I've got to ride in Denver tomorrow night
I called the house but no one answered for the last two weeks no one's been home
I guess she's through with me to tell the thruth I just can't see
What's kept the woman holding on this long
And the white line's getting longer and the saddle's gettin' cold
Now I'm much too young to feel this damn old
All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole
Now I'm much too young to feel this damn old
[ steel - fiddle ]
The competition's gettin' younger tougher broncs you know I can't recall
A worn out tape of Chris LeDoux lonely women and bed booze
Seem to be the only friends I've left at all
And the white line's getting longer...
Lord I'm much too young to feel this damn old
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7.
COWBOY BILL
(Larry Bastian - Ed Berghoff)
« © '89 Major Bob Music, ASCAP »
He told a good story and all of us kids listened
Bout his life on the border and the way it was then
And we all believed and when he would finish
We'd ask the old cowboy to tell 'em again
You could almost hear those prairie winds blowin'
His saddle crekin' neath his old faded jeans
You could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin'
As he sat there and he painted those west Texas scenes
And the grown-ups would tell us you boys keep your distance
That old man's just tellin' you lies
But to all of us kids Cowboy Bill was a hero just as true as his blue Texas skies
He told of a time whenhe rode with the Rangers
Down on the Pecos and he saved the day
Outnumbered by plenty they were almost too cover
With thirty banditos headed their way
He looked back just in time to see a horse stumble
The captain went down and Bill pulled up on his reins
And through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain
They rode for a sunset just the story remains
And the grown-ups would tell us...
Well I still remember the day that it happened
We waited and we waited but Bill never showed
And the folks at the feed store said they hadn't seen him
So we set out for his place down Old Grist Mill Road
And we cried when we found him lying there with his mem'ries
The old trunk wide open things scattered about
He was chlutchin' a badge that said Texas Ranger
And an old yeller letter said Texas is proud
And those grown-ups had told us you boys keep your distance
That old man's just tellin' you lies
Now they're all sayin' that Cowboy Bill was a hero just as true as his blue Texas skies
Just as true as his blue Texas skies
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8.
NOBODY GETS OFF IN THIS TOWN
(Dewayne Blackwell - Larry Bastian)
« © '88 Jobete Music, ASCAP »
Nobody gets off in this town trains don't even slow down
My high school sweetheart's married and gone they met on a bus to San Antone
The Greyhound stops somebody gets on but nobody gets off in this town
Nobody gets off in this town old folk's round here wear a frown
Now let me see if I can set the scene it's a one-dog town and he's old and mean
There's one stop light but it's always green nobody gets off in this town
[ guitar ]
Nobody gets off in this town high school colors are brown
They can't drag main because it kicks up dust
Their cars and their dreams are all startin' to rust
The high school dances are always a bust nobody gets off in this town
[ guitar ]
Nobody gets off in this town they oughta just tear it down
Cause in the winter you freeze and in the summer you fry
Utility bill's the only thing that gets high
I'd go for a drink but this county is dry
Nobody gets off nobody gets off
Nobody gets off in this square old merry-go-round
No nobody gets off in this town
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9.
I KNOW ONE
(Jack Clement)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
When all your loves have ended when all your friends have flown
Who'll be around to want you when all your loves have gone
Only a fool would do it after the way you've done
And how many fools would have you I know one
This fool keeps wondering why he fell in love at all
But you might need this fool around in case you fall
After the party's over and you've had your fill of fun
If you need a fool to forgive you I know one
[ fiddle ]
You never know you might be lonely when all your loves have missed
It wouldn't yearn to keep an extra fool on your list
After your heart's been broken and it needs a place to run
If you'll take a fool who loves you I know one
Mmm mhm I know one
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10.
DANCE
(Tony Arata)
« © '89 April Music, ASCAP »
Looking back on the mem'ry of the dance we shared neath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know the way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance
Holding you I held everything for a moment wasn't I the king
If I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all
And now I'm glad I didn't know...
Yes my life it's better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd have had to miss the dance
[ piano ]
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