CARLENE CARTER
LITTLE LOVE LETTERS
(Giant 2449)
June/22/1993
Produced by Howie Epstein
Recorded at Huh Sound Theatre, Nashville
Carlene Carter - vocal/guitars/mandolin/autoharph/percussion
Howie Epstein - guitars/bass/banjo/percussion/vocals
John Jorgenson - guitars/bass/mandocello/mandolin/horns
Albert Lee - ac.guitar/mandolin
Buddy Emmons, Jay Dee Maynes - steel
Eddie Byers, Joe Romersa - drums/percussion
Roy Huskey, Willie Weeks - bass
Benmont Tench - keyboards
Phil Parlapiano - accordion/piano/vocals
Vocals:
Jim Landerdale, Andy Paley, Kathy Valentine, Dave Edmunds, Susan Cowsill, Joe Romersa
1.
LITTLE LOVE LETTER NO. 1
(Howie Epstein - Benmont Tench - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Dog He Music, BMI / Blue Gator Music, ASCAP / He Dog Music, ASCAP /
High Steppe Music, ASCAP / Humble Artist, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
(This is a little love letter)
My answer machine is feelin' lonely and blue
Cause it ain't had a message in an hour or two
And my fax machine has tears in its eyes
Cause there ain't no words burnin' through its wires
Is it something I did is it something I said
Is it something I sang or is it something you read
Come clean with me or else instead I'm gonna wash my hands of you
Hey like Elvis said we're goin' seperate ways I'm gonna wash my hands of you
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2.
EVERY LITTLE THING
(Al Anderson - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Bash Music, ASCAP / Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Tortured Artist Tunes, ASCAP »
I hear songs on the radio they might be fast or they might be slow
But every song they play's got me thinkin' bout you
I see a fella walkin' down the street he looks at me and he smiles real sweet
But he don't matter to me cause I'm thinkin' bout you
Every little dream I dream about you every little thought I think about you
It drives me crazy when you go away I gotta keep you locked up at home
And like a wild horse I wanna break you I love you so mych I hate you
Every little thing reminds me of you honey when you leave me here all alone
My tongue gets tied when I try to talk my knees get weak when I start to walk
So I might as well stay home and keep thinkin' bout you
The young and restless on my TV set that's just like us when we first met
And when they start to kissin' got me thinkin' bout you
Every little dream...
[ guitar ]
Every little dream...
Every little thing reminds me of you honey when you leave me here all alone
Every little thing reminds me of you honey when you leave me here all alone
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3.
WASTIN' TIME WITH YOU
(Howie Epstein - Benmont Tench - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Dog He Music, BMI / Blue Gator Music, ASCAP / He Dog Music, ASCAP /
High Steppe Music, ASCAP / Humble Artist Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Get out of bed you sleepy head and shake a leg or two
The sun is up put some coffee in the cup the rent is way past due
Could I rewind the hands of time back to my wasted youth
I'd lay the days all out in a line and waste my time with you
The freeway's like a parking lot and I'm thinkin' low on time
I'm workin' double shifts to find I'm barely scrapin' by
What I would give if I could live the way the rich folks do
Just kickin' back in my Cadillac and wasting time with you
[ piano - guitar ]
We could take the time so hard to find and wrestle it to the floor
Then up and do nothin' like it's never been done before
Sometimes at night my thoughts ignite in dreams of great escape
A couple sticks of dynamite and no more workin' late
I'm sure the cops would understand they're workin' people too
And I'd like to take this chance to thank those hard workin' boys in blue
Just kickin' back in our Cadillac and wasting time with you
Just wasting time with you I wanna be wasting time with you yeah
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4.
UNBREAKABLE HEART
(Benmont Tench)
« © '93 Blue Gator Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
An empty house a broken fairytale a hollow girl with empty arms
From an angel's tears God made the stars why can't he make me an unbreakable heart
In my blue world you shone like heaven's fire and left me cryin' in the the dark
How could anyone be so hard did you think I had an unbreakable heart
I suppose I should know sometimes love just comes and goes
But I believed foolish me we'd go on and on
One day someone will come to you and rock you tightly in her arms
Please remember this when your drop your guard nobody has an unbreakable heart
From an angel's wings to a fallen star God makes everything but unbreakable hearts
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5.
SWEET MEANT TO BE
(Howie Epstein - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / He Dog Music, ASCAP / Tortured Artist Tunes, ASCAP »
On a night not unlike this with a chill in the wind and a moonlit mist
Daddy took mama down by the bay kissed her and showed her what words cannot say
They were meant to be sweet meant to be sweet meant to be
They were meant to be sweet meant to be sweet meant to be
I know in my heart I feel it right here with you and me darlin' I have no fear
When our hearts meet on common ground our purpose is clear and our faith is sound
We are meant to be sweet meant to be sweet meant to be
We are meant to be sweet meant to be sweet meant to be
You can dream you can wish but some things you know
You got the vision and I got the hope
Set a course of our mission together we'll carry it home
[ guitar ]
We are meant to be sweet meant to be sweet meant to be
We are meant to be sweet meant to be sweet meant to be
Oh we are meant to be sweet meant to be sweet meant to be
We are meant to be sweet meant to be sweet meant to be oh we are meant to be
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6.
NOWHERE TRAIN
(Anni O'Brien - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Tortured Artist Tunes, ASCAP »
Two blue hearts steppin' off a nowhere train
Standin' on a oneway street dreamin' bout a long sea cruise
Gonna have a brand new start gonna have a brand new part to play
We're gettin' off a nowhere train
We won't turn back we got someplace to be
A better life ahead for the likes of you and me
Leave our sorrows behind that was a bad ole time we had
We're gettin' off a nowhere train
We were young and we were runnin' like our life depended on it
But that ain't no way to live now is it dear
There were stars a fallin' far and wide to guide us on our nowhere ride
You don't know where you're goin' till it's the end of the line
Two blue hearts standin' on a dead end track
Lookin' like the cat drag in dreamin' bout a moonlit kiss
Gonna have a life real sweet keep it all nice and neat somehow
We're gettin' off a nowhere train
[ fiddle ]
With this change of reservation we'll arrive our destination
No memories to haunt us in this world
And with these miles of life behind us there's no sadness here to bind us
No reason to look back now we're just lookin' up ahead
Two blue hearts steppin' off a nowhere train
Standin' on a oneway street dreamin' bout a long sea cruise
Gonna have a life real sweet keep it all nice and neat somehow
We're gettin' off a nowhere train
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7.
LONG HARD FALL
(Howie Epstein - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / He Dog Music, ASCAP / Tortured Artist Tunes, ASCAP »
It was sometime late September the leaves were gold and green
My baby's eyes were the saddest sight I'd ever seen
Two summers back I loved him two years I cried and tried
But I tell you too many teardrops falling down cannot be dried
It's been a long hard fall long hard fall long hard fall
So something come between us a feeling cold as ice
By October there was frost and I knew our love was lost
November made me bitter as the wind blew through my heart
Oh so empty in the deepest darkest tiny part
It's been a long hard fall long hard fall long hard fall
[ piano ]
There'll be snow come mid December and I'll be frozen to the bone
Oh but by then it will all be over it's been a long hard fall
It's been a long hard fall long hard fall long hard fall
It's been a long hard fall long hard mhmm mhmm
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8.
LITTLE LOVE LETTER NO. 2
(Howie Epstein - Benmont Tench - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Dog He Music, BMI / Blue Gator Music, ASCAP / He Dog Music, ASCAP /
High Steppe Music, ASCAP / Humble Artist, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
You used to love me a lot you said that I was the best
Although you didn't agree with the way that I dressed
We were the business oh what a team
Now our hillbilly heaven's turned into a bad bad dream
Is it something you drank is it something you ate did I somehow rain on your hitparade
I can't please you no there ain't no way I'm gonna wash my hands of you
I'm gonna wash my hands of you
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9.
I LOVE YOU CAUSE I WANT TO
(Radney Foster - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / St Julien Music, ASCAP /
Tortured Artist Tunes, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
I love you cause I want to (I love you cause I want to)
Sometimes I wonder baby why I put up with you
You oughta pay attention I got better things to do
I could be tearin' the Eiffel Tower down to the ground
I could be helpin' Superman and break the speed of sound
Nobody tells me what to do and I don't love you cause I have to
I love you cause I want to (I love you cause I want to)
[ guitar ]
Sometimes I'm feeling wicked and I want to sneak around
Sneak up from behind you baby while you're out on the town
Now if you don't take me with you I might catch you in the act
You can't run and hide and keep you alibis intact
Nobody tells me what to do and I don't love you cause I have to
I love you cause I want to (I love you cause I want to)
This just ain't the game we play so you better straighten up
I ain't doin' this for my health I'm doing it for love love
[ guitar ]
I love you cause I want to (I love you cause I want to)
Life is an adventure and I just can't get enough
Love can be so simple it don't have to be so tough
I could be anybody's sweetheart anybody's girl
I could marry me a rich man and sail around the world
But I think I'll stay right here with you cause I never do nothing I don't want to
I love you cause I want to (I love you cause I want to)
And I love you cause I want to (I love you cause I want to)
I love I love you baby I love you
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10.
WORLD OF MIRACLES
(Howie Epstein - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / He Dog Music, ASCAP / Tortured Artist Tunes, ASCAP »
I'll be waitin' by the door when you come home
Waitin' for the words I've wanted to hear from you for so long
Everything could change anything is possible in this world of miracles
I'm here you're there we're worlds apart but still we share love deep in our hearts
I still cry over you at the drop of a hat I lose control just like that
It's not too late it's not too late my love will wait it's not too late
Anything is possible in this world of miracles
[ guitar ]
There's never been anyone for me but you
For all my running it's you I keep coming back to
We can move this mountain together anything's possible in this world of miracles
It's not too late it's not too late my love will wait it's not too late
Anything is possible in this world of miracles
We can move mountains in this world of miracles
Anything is possible in this world of miracles
La la la la in this world of miracles
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11.
FIRST KISS
(John Jorgenson - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Jorgensongs, BMI »
(Are you ready one two three)
[ instrumental ]
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12.
HALLELUJAH IN MY HEART
(Howie Epstein - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / He Dog Music, ASCAP / Tortured Artist Tunes, ASCAP »
Oh Lord I stand before you a past I can't deny
A sinner from the old school repents before you die
I tried to run I tried to hide I tried so hard to stray
But your love has found its way around and grace has paved the way
No more to roam I've found my home hallelujah in my heart
I'm not alone love walks with me hallelujah in my heart
[ mandolin ]
Salvation sweet awaits us beyond the shining light
A chance for you and me to really do it right
And so it goes you reap what you sow my oats were wild and green
Now faith has found its way around and does salvation bring
No more to roam...
Hallelujah in my heart hallelujah in my heart
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13.
RAIN
(Bernie Taupin - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
How long has it been dear since we felt the rain
Endless were our summers until the weather changed
Our love was lifted like a harvest no winter in your eyes
Now cold winds cut right through us and so the harvest dies
Stranded and lost without you my pain lives in this house
It's like your heart here empty and cold dear my wild birds flying south
I know that you can hear me crying where did I go wrong
What brought this storm into your heart after loving me so long
[ ac.guitar ]
Someday maybe you'll blame all this on the rain
But until then love's the one thing I'll never feel again
And after all my tears have drowned me and nothing else remains
I'll be one step short of heaven seeking shelter from the rain
Someday maybe you'll blame all this on the rain
But until then love's the one thing I'll never feel again
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14.
HEART IS RIGHT
(Howie Epstein - Carlene Carter)
« © '93 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / He Dog Music, ASCAP / Tortured Artist Tunes, ASCAP »
Love lifts me up when I'm down at heart and fills me with a hope that we can start
To change the way we feel with just a glimpse of something real
Every night we hold on tight love makes us strong
If your heart is right you can't go wrong you can't go wrong
When the world is wicked and worse for wear love's the ticket to anywhere
It's a journey deep inside lift you up into the wild blue sky
A better life is clear in sight so come along
If your heart is right you can't go wrong you can't go wrong
[ keyboards ]
What a complicated work of art this power driven thing we call the heart
It turns on pure emotion stronger than a ragin' ocean
Heaven knows how it flows on and on if your heart is right you can't go wrong
If your heart is right you can't go wrong you can't go wrong
If your heart is right you can't go wrong
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