TERRI CLARK
HOW I FEEL
(Mercury 558211)
May/19/1998
Produced by Keith Stegall
1.
I'M ALRIGHT
(Kim Richey - Larry Gottlieb - Angelo Petragila)
« © '97 Mighty Nice Music, BMI / Wait No More Music, BMI /
Julann Music, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
After all was said and done there was nothing left to do
The hardest mile I ever walked was the one I walked away from you
So maybe I'm a little ragged around the edges
And I've been keeping a little more to myself these days
But I'm alright shot down but I'm still standing
I'm alright a little banged up from the fall
I'm alright still shaky from the landing
I'm alright after all
You know it's really not that bad no matter how bad it might feel
There ain't nothing time won't fix this ain't nothing that some time won't heal
So maybe I've been walking a little wounded
I move a little bit slower now but that's OK
Cause I'm alright shot down but I'm still standing...
And every now and then I think about you
Oh every now and then I cross the line
[ guitar ]
I'm alright shot down but I'm still standing...
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2.
NOW THAT I FOUND YOU
(J.D. Martin - Paul Begaud - Vanessa Corish)
« © '98 Lilly Willy Music, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP /
WB Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Universal, BMI »
How can I believe that my heart would find someone like you
You see me the real me no in-betweens I had nowhere to hide
You took away the walls around me
Made me feel safe to share my truth
I see the heavens open a heart that once was broken
Is holding nothing back now that I found you
You hold me like a prayer you touch me everywhere
A lifetime just ain't enough to love you true
Now that I found you now that I found you
I do believe we're meant to be our chemistry will last forever
And through the years we'll see some tears
We'll conquer fears and together we will grow
Look through your eyes they tell me I no longer have to be alone
I see the heavens open...
You see me the real me you believe you in me
I see the heavens open...
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3.
EVERYTIME I CRY
(Karen Staley - Bob Regan)
« © '98 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI / BMG Songs, ASCAP »
You call and wake me up the way you always do
Say you miss me and you're sorry deja vu
You push the button in the heart you know so well
The wall starts coming down and I remind myself
Everytime I think you might have changed
I put aside the anger and the blame
Make myself believe that there's a way to work it out
Everytime you say let's try again begging me to let you back in
Everytime I do everytime you lie everytime I cry
If only promises could just erase the past
I could open up my heart enough to take you back
But we've been down this road time and time again
I've learned the hard way how this story always ends
Everytime I think you might have changed...
[ guitar - steel ]
Everytime I think you might have changed...
Everytime I do everytime you lie everytime I cry
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4.
THAT'S HOW I FEEL
(Stephony Smith - Sunny Russ - Terri Clark)
« © '98 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
What's going on in your head you haven't heard a word I've said
I think we need to talk cause you turn your emotions off
And that's something I don't understand
Cause that's how I feel with my heart every beat every part
Way down deep in my soul I live and breathe to let you know
That's how I feel
You think the silence buys you time to make things clearer in your mind
But I can't live in the dark not knowing who you are
So tell me how you feel inside
Cause that's how I feel with my heart...
That's how I get to know you if you'll only let it go
You'll find it's not as scary as it seems
[ steel - fiddle ]
That's how I feel with my heart...
That's how I feel
[ guitar ]
That's how I feel that's how I feel that's how I feel
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5.
YOU'RE EASY ON THE EYES
(Chris Waters - Tom Shapiro - Terri Clark)
« © '97 Chris Waters Music, BMI / Music Of Stage Three / Tree Publishing, BMI /
Terri Ooo Tunes, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Should've known it was you knockin' on my door
At a half past a heartache at quarter to four
Were you startin' to worry I was finally gettin' over you
I almost forgot you looked so fine
If you told me some lies it would be like old times
Just gettin' to see you is almost worth the things you do
You're easy on the eyes hard on the heart
You look so good but the way things look ain't the way they are
Better say goodbye before this goes too far
Cause now I've realized you're easy on the eyes hard on the heart
I got to admit you got a smile that really reeled me in for a while
But it ain't funny honey what you put me through
So why don't you send me your photograph
It'd hurt a lot less than takin' you back
And I could still have my favorite part of you
Cause you're easy on the eyes hard on the heart...
[ guitar ]
You're easy on the eyes hard on the heart...
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6.
GETTING EVEN WITH THE BLUES
(Chris Waters - Tom Shapiro - Terri Clark)
« © '98 Chris Waters Music, BMI / Music Of Stage Three / Tree Publishing, BMI /
Terri Ooo Tunes, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
I think I'm going to smile for awhile
Pull the curtain back and let some moonlight in
Gossip on the phone with my old friends like I used to do
I'm gonna put your memory away
Show this aching in my heart a thing or two
Cause tonight I'm gettin' even with the blues
That lonely feeling's had it's way
Ever since the day I heard you say goodbye
The hurtin' thinks it's found a home
But I'm gonna let it know it ain't welcome here tonight
Tomorrow that old cloud may come around
And there won't be anything that I can do
But tonight I'm gettin' even with the blues
[ ac.guitar ]
That lonely feeling's had it's way...
Oh tonight I'm gettin' even with the blues
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7.
TILL I GET THERE
(Chris Waters - Tom Shapiro - Terri Clark)
« © '98 Chris Waters Music, BMI / Music Of Stage Three / Tree Publishing, BMI /
Terri Ooo Tunes, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
There's a place I'm going to where I'll be over you
And I'm gonna go till I get there
Long as the road don't run out long as my heart don't let me down
I'll keep the wheels turning round till I get there
I don't know when I don't know how but I'm finding my freedom
And that's somewhere I've never gone
Through these tears I see now tt's gonna take leavin'
For me to know where I belong
There's a place I'm going to...
[ guitar ]
It's just beyond the edge of my sorrow
I'll turn the key and I'll be on my way
With the help of my old friend tomorrow
I'm gonna put a million miles on yesterday
There's a place I'm going to...
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8.
NOT GETTING OVER YOU
(Terri Clark)
« © '98 Terri Ooo Tunes, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
I woke up at three a.m. and stumbled in the dark
I don't sleep much anyway since we've been apart
But that's just one of many things I've adjusted to so well
Cause I surrendered long ago and now finally I can tell
I'm gettin' used to not gettin' over you
Not wondering how to shake a hurt that won't go away
Not knowing where to turn is something I thought I'd never learn
It's really nothing new I'm just gettin' used to not gettin' over you
I head down Highway 40 past the place we used to go
I don't stop to cry anymore I just drive by real slow
And I don't feel the dagger when somebody speaks your name
I guess that I'm just growing more accustomed to the pain
Cause I'm gettin' used to not gettin' over you...
Not knowing where to turn is something I thought I'd never learn
Oh it's really nothing new I'm just gettin' used to not gettin' over
I feel that I can lose I'm gettin' used to not gettin' over
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9.
THIS OLE HEART
(Tony Lane - David Lee)
« © '98 Ken Ten Publishing, BMI »
If this ole heart was built like a truck
These rocky ole roads wouldn't be so rough
And if it ever broke down I would patch it up
If this ole heart was built like a truck
If this ole heart was made like a train
A lot of smoke and steel wouldn't feel no pain
And it wouldn't look back as it rolled away
If this ole heart was made like a train
But this ole heart is flesh and blood
Gets in trouble when it cares too much
Keeps a hangin' on when it ought to give up on somethin' that's passed
I wish it had wheels and I wish it had wings
Cause I could sure use just one of those things
Then this danged ole fallin' out of love wouldn't hurt so bad
But this ole heart ain't made like that
[ steel ]
If this ole heart was like an ole tin roof
Beatin' by the rain wheathered and used
A fresh coat of paint would make it good as new
If this ole heart was like an ole tin roof
But this ole heart is flesh and blood...
Oh this ole heart ain't made like that
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10.
CURE FOR THE COMMON HEARTACHE
(Melba Montgomery - Larry Cordle - Leslie Winn Satcher)
« © '98 Blackwood Music, BMI / Lyric Spring Music, BMI / Song Island Publishing, BMI »
This morning I'm aching all over can't eat can't sleep can't rest
For I need to go see a doctor for this aching down deep in my chest
Is there a cure for the common heartache
An unknown prescription any loser can take
I'd be the first to become addicted
If there's a cure for the common heartache
I know right where I got it this sickness that's got me laid up
I don't have the strength now to fight it this old condition called love
Is there a cure for the common heartache...
Is there a cure for the common heartache
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11.
ME NOT LOVING YOU
(Bob DiPiero - Chris Waters - Terri Clark)
« © '97 Tree Publishing, BMI / Chris Waters Music, BMI »
Do you get the feeling even when you're not alone
There's a memory making itself at home
And it don't let loose no matter what you do
Well that's me not loving you
Lately you are sleeping and you've got the window closed
Yet there's a crack somewhere cause you can feel the cold wind blow
And it gets to you no matter what you do
That's me not loving you
Didn't I tell you when you left
You never would forget the love you could have kept
Now every night in your empty room
The only thing you're holding is the truth
If you hear a heartbeat where there really should be two
That's me not loving you
[ guitar + steel ]
When all you hear is silence then you'll know the voice is mine
If the phone don't ring and the bell don't chime
And that someone new you'll never get used to
Well that's me not loving you
Didn't I tell you when you left...
That's me not loving you
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12.
UNSUNG HERO
(David Tyson - Tina Arena - Dean McTaggart)
« © '98 Blackwood Music, BMI / April Music, ASCAP / Nimby Music, ASCAP »
You sit in silence in the shadows
You don't complain or criticize
And while the world may see me as a fool
They're not looking through your eyes
No questions asked you're there when I need you
With a love that inspires me to be everything you deserve
Cause you're my unsung hero
And I know it's not easy to walk in your shoes
Day after day you continue to amaze me
Now I sing this sing of love for you
While others long to steal the spotlight
You work your magic quietly
Cause you're not in it for the glory
The love you give comes naturally
I may not have much but what I have I give to you
And this song that I sing is my gift and I swear that I mean every word
Cause you're my unsung hero...
You're my unsung hero...
Now I sing this song of love for you
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