DAVID ALLAN COE
SPECTRUM VII
(Columbia KC-35789)
April/1979
Produced by Billy Sherrill
David Allan Coe - vocal/rh.guitar
Wesley Taylor - lead guitar
Dale Seigfreid - steel
Alan Hicks - bass
Skeet Petty - drums
Pam Rose, Barbara South, Linda Hargrove - vocals
Recorded:
1979, Columbia Studio, Nashville
1979, Pete's Place, Nashville
[ Land side]
1.
ROLLIN' WITH THE PUNCHES
(David A. Coe)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Lord I've been talking when I should have listened
Listening when I should have spoke
Lightning a match to old mem'ries sending them all up in smoke
Singing with no one to hear me fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches wondering if they'd ever stop
Tearing down walls built in prison building up dreams that won't last
Finding the bridges I'm burning harder to hide than the past
Miking the future look brighter fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches wondering if they'd ever stop
Laughing at jokes that aren't funny blaming it all on the blues
Taking my chances for freedom betting with nothing to lose
Winning on nothing but hunches fighting my way to the top
Rolling with all of the punches wondering if they'd ever stop
Rolling with all of the punches Lord how I wish they would stop
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2.
ON MY FEET AGAIN
(David A. Coe)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I spent a lifetime in prison believeing I'd never get over the fall
Busted for first degree I was too blind to see who was to blame for it all
Some said the devil but God only knows if I put my future in him
Other folks bet that I'd never get on my feet again
Running and jumping free as a bird just like a child left to play
Freedom was one more thing I took for granted until they took it away
Marriages break up and some people take up drinking to make them forget
Both of them swearing neither one caring wishing that they'd never met
Taking the child away who cares what children say until they turn into men
Someday you'll see I'm gonna be on my feet again
Running and jumping...
And I left my stomach in Houston on some surgeon's knife but I slept through it all
In the recovery room fate dealt the cards too soon taking my legs in the fall
Wheen chairs turned into canes till I learned to walk places that I'd never been
Now that I'm free it's good to be on my feet again
Running and jumping...
I spent a lifetime in prison....
Other folks bet that I'd never get on my feet again
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3.
FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
(David A. Coe - Leon Petty)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
If I ever needed love I need it now honey why can't you see through me
When I pretend that I'm too strong to bend this heart can mend a lover or a friend
Stop acting like you never knew me
How you fantasize tellin' little lies fairy tales are all you ever see
Don't you realize how you hypnotize anyone who's fool enough to look into your eyes
And fall in love with you
[ steel ]
If I ever needed someone babe I need you now please don't place yourself above me
Just out of reach when you could learn to teach me
To begin lovin' you again why are you doing this to me
How you fantasize...
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4.
WHAT CAN I DO
(David A. Coe)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I never made it back to Boston I've always been a ramblin' man
But by the time I got to Phoenix she didn't quite fit in my plans
I lost my heart in San Francisco and found it on the streets of Baltimore
There must be someone wanting true love could it be you
Hey I've got so much inside me to give what can I do
[ steel ]
It seemed that Rachel's wings got colder she finally crossed love's cheating line
She left for some young Dallas cowboy hey I never saw the danger signs
Whiskey and women was my weakness Jack Daniels let me down again
There must be someone wanting true love...
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5.
SUDDEN DEATH
(David A. Coe)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Sudden death that's what you are lovin' you's like ridin' in a speedin' car
They're fun to drive until you drive 'em too far sudden death that's what you are
The way you love me my heart starts to bumpin'
Just like a rabbit hon you really got me jumpin'
You must be out for blood the way that you've been humpin'
I'm just like putty in your hands
Sudden death that's what you are....
Your kiss of love still lingers here on my lips
You've got electric honey in your fingertips
I like the way your hair hangs down to your hips
I'm just like putty in your hands
Sudden death that's what you are....
[ guitar ]
Sudden death
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[ Ocean side]
6.
FAIRYTALE MORNING
(David A. Coe)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
It's a fairytale morning the ocean looks turquoise as if it was painted that way
The waves how they rush from the shore of the island it carries my vision away
The sun seems to blind that part of my mind
That's searching for yesterday's rhymes
It's the first day of somethin' and I wonder if it could be love
She lays there and tosses her hand on the pillow
She peeks from from the blanket to see
She looks like a child but acts like a woman whenever she reaches for me
Her touch burns my skin and that makes me frightened
She looks like a photograph there
It's the first day of somethin' and I wonder if it could be love
Yes it's hard to believe I spent all this time here alone
Trying to forget the heartaches that broke up out home now they're gone
Why she's seen it all from the start to the fall she knew I'd need some place to hide
My wife she had taken the baby and left me with all of this hatred inside
She's been my friend she helped me get over and now that I'm better I see
The first day of somethin' and I wonder if it could be love
It's a fairytale morning the ocean looks turquoise as if it was painted that way
The waves how they rush from the shore of the island it carries my vision away
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7.
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE
(David A. Coe)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
(You know as a child he heard tell of the seven mile bridge
That connected on Marathon shore)
Yes and it was the gateway to Key West his grandpa had told him ten times or more
The stories of some sailor's curse on the bridge
Where it opens to let the boats through
But the natives all laugh at granpa's cold stories and swear that it just isn't true
Now most of them sail across to Miami from the edge of the Blue Water Line
With crawfish and snapper to sell to the market for money to spend on some wine
They always cross through at the seven mile bridge
Except when the moon comes out full
They're not superstitious they'll tell you as they are repeating that old seaman's rule
Watch out for that outlaws and pirates Lord knows that they'll steal you blind
Don't mess around with those cutthroats and thieves
They're robbers and killers of time
And there's nothing worse than an old sailor's curse
Of the seven mile bridge where you'll find
They're stealing the future and making believe that past is still somewhere behind
The seven mile bridge the seven mile bridge
And he found him a woman who'd come there from Cuba
She gave him a son and a dream
They lived in a conch house somewhere on Stock Island
With the seven mile bridge in between
She'd spend her nights on the widow walk wondering
If he'd safely pulled through the storm
While he spent his money on painted up women and whiskey to keep his blood warm
Then he'd gamble on crop races till he was broke while she sat up waiting all night
And feeling too guilty to face her and tell her he'd look for some bully to fight
Lord watch out for that outlaws and pirates...
At the end of the rainbow where the sun always shines
Just south of the seven mile bridge
She waits by the window for signs of his sailboat
And tries not to worry the kids
She sneaks a few drinks from the bottle she hides
From a husband that's too tired to think
With feelings of guilt she picks up the bottle and pours the remains in the sink
Now she thinks of the men who stare at her boldly they know she's a woman alone
With fingers that tremble she touches her body
And wishes her man would come home
Lord watch out for that outlaws and pirates...
Now the years pass so quickly for time as a thief his skin looks like leather by now
His woman's got fat and lost all her beauty but Lord she's lived up to her vow
She looks at her son that's going on twenty he's ready to live his own life
She hopes he can find a sea worthy woman a sailor sure needs a good wife
Why he's just like his daddy she thinks as she watches him
Weaving those fish nets all day
Knowin' that some time the seven mile bridge will take him and lead him astray
He might return his woman would learn broke like his daddy and drunk
She wrote down some words on an old piece o'sailcloth nailed it over his bunk
Why then she packed his seabag and filled up his trunk
His new wife would want it that way
Just before the old man shook the younger lad's hand these are the words he did say
Son watch out for that outlaws and pirates...
The seven mile bridge the seven mile bridge
The seven mile bridge the seven mile bridge
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8.
NOW'S THE TIME (TO FALL IN LOVE)
(David A. Coe)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
There ain't nothin' like watchin' your dreams come true
Nothin' like turnin' those grey skies blue
Nothin' like doin' what you wanna do unless it's fallin' in love
Unless it's fallin' in love you know there's so many places for your head to go
You don't have to hurry just take it slow now's the time to fall in love
[ guitar ]
There ain't nothin' like livin' on a sailboat nothin' like settin' your dreams afloat
Nothin' like takin' just one more toke unless it's fallin' in love
Unless it's fallin' in love...
[ guitar ]
There ain't nothin' as pretty as the sun goin' down nothin' as funny as a circus clown
Nothin' like ridin' on a merry go round unless it's fallin' in love
Unless it's fallin' in love...
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9.
LOVE IS JUST A PORPOISE PLAYING IN THE TROPICAL SUN
(David A. Coe)
« © '79 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Everybody knows that I've had my share of fairweather lovers
They always leave just ahead of the rain
Searchin' for sunshine and lookin' for pleasure two steps ahead of the last hurricane
If this is a chance then I'm gonna take it heaven knows I've taken chances before
It's hard to live with your eye on the sparrow
Unless you first take your feet off the shore
There's not a cloud up in the sky give me one good reason why
We should set our sails for somewhere other than the sunny side of nowhere
Freedom's in the eagle's wing baby listen to those seagulls sing maybe
Love is just a porpoise playin' in the tropical sun
Let me tell you girl that ocean gets big when you're halfway across it
And this ship of love's seen a lot of bad days
Sometimes it's harder to row with the current
Most of my life I've just rocked on the waves
If this is a game then I'm gonna play it I need your love like those sails need wind
Just climb aboard girl and pull up the anchor now is the time for our love to begin
There's not a cloud up in the sky...
Oh there's not a cloud up in the sky
Not a cloud up in the sky not a cloud up in the sky
Give me one good reason why
[ guitar ]
It's a fairytale mornin'
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10.
PLEASE COME TO BOSTON
(Dave Loggins)
« © '74 Universal MCA Music, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm staying here with some friends and they've got lots of rooms
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a cafe where I hope to be working soon
Please come to Boston she said no baby would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy why don't you settle down Boston ain't your kind of town
There's ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one family man from Tennessee
[ steel ]
Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far where we can't be found
And throw I love you echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around
Please come to Denver she said no would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy...
Now this drifter's world goes round and round and I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams I've lost or found and all that I ain't got
I still need to lean to somebody I can sing to
Please come to LA to live forever California life alone is just too hard to live
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky living up on the hill
Please come to LA she just said no baby you come home to me
And she said rambling boy...
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