MARK COLLIE
BORN AND RAISED IN BLACK AND WHITE
(MCA 10321)
1991
Produced by Doug Johnson & Tony Brown
James Burton, John Willis - el.guitar
Steve Gibson - guitar/mandolin/bass
Mac McAnally, Pat Flynn - ac.guitar
Paul Franklin - steel/dobro
David Hungate - bass
Eddie Bayers - drums
John B. Jarvis, Steve Nathan, Hassell Teekell - keybords
Terry McMillan - harmonica
Vocals:
Lance Dary, Jamie O'Hara, Jim Photoglo, Russell Smith, Harry Stinson
1.
SHE'S NEVER COMIN' BACK
(Gerry House - Mark Collie)
« © '91 BMG Songs, ASCAP / Judy Judy Judy Music, ASCAP »
She didn't pack a thing she left her diamond ring on the soap dish by the sink
Now something tells me that it might be later than I think
Looks as if I'm gonna have to face the cold hard facts
Like the king of rock'n roll she's never comin' back
She's never comin' back she's already spent
Like last week's pay like next month's rent
She's gone gone gone like a sad sad song
On a record made of wax she's never comin' back
[ guitar - harmonica ]
I might have changed her mind if I'd had the time but it wasn't meant to be
Now the love we made is just another page in history
I might as well admit it why it's as plain as white and black
Like a drive in picture show she's never comin' back
She's never comin' back...
Just like a record made of wax she's never comin' back
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2.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
(Marty Stuart - Mark Collie)
« © '89 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Well I do alright in the daylight sunshine seems to keep you off my mind
But as evening shadows fall around me it won't be long before I cross the line
And when the sun goes down I go crazy I feel like a stranger in this town
But that lonesome feeling overtakes me
Heartaches come around when the sun goes down
[ steel - guitar ]
Now each day I ask the same old questions Lord what did I do the night before
My friends give me the same old answers and I promise I won't do that anymore
But when the sun goes down...
Yeah those heartaches come around when the sun goes down
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3.
IT DON'T TAKE A LOT
(Larry Shell - Mark Collie)
« © '91 Pier Five Music, BMI »
There's a new song on the radio every time it plays it gets to me
Something in the music takes me right back to where we used to be
You wouldn't think such a little thing could make me feel this blue
But it don't take a lot to take me back to you
I was talking to a friend of mine and he got around to asking how you were
But how was he to know just the mention of your name makes me hurt
I did my best to hide the way I felt but girl I'm sure he knew
It don't take a lot to take me back to you
A voice on the phone or a look from some stranger in a crowd
Sometimes just the sound of laughter makes me want to cry out loud
And late in the evening as the sunset fades to blue
It don't take a lot to take me back to you
It don't take a lot to take me back to you
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4.
CALLOUSED HANDS
(Pat Alger - Gene Levine)
« © '91 Colgems Music, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
This hammer sure feels heavy this close to quittin' time
Even though I'm tired now soon I'll come alive
Wash my hands and change this shirt and head out down the road
That takes me to the one I love waitin' there at home
And it's the sweetest place I've ever been calloused hands love tender skin
That's where the good times all begin calloused hands love tender skin
She knows the world I work in can sometimes take its toll
Hands that work so hard all day need someone soft to hold
She takes the perfume off the shelf and lets her hair hang low
When I hit the door she's there to make sure that I know
And it's the sweetest place...
It's the sweetest place...
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5.
TEN LONELY NIGHTS
(Paul Kennerley - Mark Collie)
« © '91 Irving Music, BMI »
Ten lonely nights ten lonely days I count the hours since you've been away
Don't know who's wrong don't know who's right
My heart's been breaking ten lonely nights
Ten little words that's all you said still they keep ringing running through my head
But now you've gone just as free as a bird and all it took was ten little words
Every day I hang my head and try to understand
Just why you left me here but I don't think I can
Maybe tomorrow I'll be alright but I've cried and cried for ten lonely nights
[ guitar ]
Ten lonely nights ten lonely days...
My heart's been breaking ten lonely nights
My heart's been breaking ten lonely nights
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6.
THERE GOES MY DREAM
(Jamie O'Hara)
« © '91 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Trick Knee Music, ASCAP »
There goes my dream walking down the street
With somebody new there goes my dream
I love her so she will never know
What she means to me there goes my dream
I was dreaming of happiness a life of togetherness
No more of this loneliness a love without end
There goes my dream walking down the street
With somebody new there goes my dream
[ guitar ]
I was dreaming of family of her growing old with me
Sharing the memories of a wonderful life
I was dreaming of all the things that true love was gonna bring
I could have done anything with her by side
For there goes my dream...
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7.
BORN AND RAISED IN BLACK AND WHITE
(Don Cook - John B. Jarvis)
« © '90 Peer Music, BMI / Plugged In Music, BMI / Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
The wind blows hard across the Texas plains makes some people go insane
While others quietly pray for rain that's where we came from
Two boys playing in the burning sun one with books one with guns
Mama calls but just one comes the other one runs
With a Christian sense of wrong and right we were born and raised in black and white
One learned to pray one loved to fight we were born and raised in black and white
Brother took to the gospel road spent his whole life savin' souls
When he looked at me his blood ran cold he didn't even try
I've had no dreams and I've had no plans but a gun felt good in my right hand
The warden asked how come you killed that man I said I don't know why
Welcome home said the hot moonlight we were born and raised in black and white
One lives to pray one waits to die we were born and raised in black and white
We were born and raised in black and white
Someone handed me a cigarette they offered me my last request
I asked my mortal soul be blessed by someone close to me
He came to me with his trembling hands he swore he'd never understand
I said it's just what life had planned it's destiny
Don't waste your tears on me tonight we were born and raised in black and white
I chose the dark you chase the light we were born and raised in black and white
We were born and raised in black and white
The wind blows hard across the Texas plains makes some people go insane
While others quietly pray for rain
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8.
BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD
(Don Raye - Robert Mitchum)
« © '58 Universal MCA Music, ASCAP »
Now let me tell a story and I can tell it all
It's about a mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the moonshine while he drove the load
And when his engine roared they called the highway Thunder Road
Sometimes into Asheville sometimes Memphis town
The revenuers chased him but they could not run him down
Just when they thought they had him his engine would explode
And he'd blow by while they were standing still on Thunder Road
And there was thunder thunder on that Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine white lightning was his load
There was moonshine moonshine quench the old devil's thirst
The G men swore they'd get him but the devil got him first
[ guitar ]
Roaring out of Harlan went the whippoorwill
He shot the gap at Cumberland and screamed through Maynardsville
With G men oh his taillights and roadblocks up ahead
That mountain boy took roads that even angels fear to thread
Blazin' right through knoxville on down Kingston Pike
It was just outside of Bearden where they made that fatal strike
He left the road at ninety that's all there is to tell
The devil sent the moonshine and the driver straight to hell
And there was thunder thunder...
Yeah the G men swore they'd get him but the devil got him first
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9.
LUCKY DOG
(Verlon Thompson - Bill Caswell)
« © '87 April Music, ASCAP / Wayfield Inc, ASCAP /
Farm Hand Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I can't stand a collar makes it hard to swoller
But where you go I'll foller hey I'm a lucky dog
I can't get used to gettin' all this love and pettin'
You're bout to spoil me rotten I'm a lucky dog
I used to be a homeless hound running round up and down every street in town
When I found you baby one kiss drove me crazy
Ain't no ifs or maybes yes I'm a lucky dog
[ ac.guitar - steel - piano ]
It sets my tail to waggin' my tongue is almost draggin'
I can't keep from braggin' and I'm a lucky dog
I used to be a homeless hound...
[ ac.guitar ]
I used to be a homeless hound...
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10.
JOHNNY WAS A REBEL
(Mark Collie)
« © '91 BMG Songs, ASCAP »
Johnny came home in '67 to a little bit less than a heroe's welcome
Guns of war ringing in his head I wonder what he must have thought
About the things some people said
Johnny was a rebel alright it was in his blood like fire in his eyes
Believin' that freedom was well worth keeping alive
Johnny was a rebel alright he knew where to stand and where to fight
Believin' that freedom was well worth keeping alive
Johnny was a rebel alright
He used to ride that Harley through the hollows and the hills
Blow through town standing on one wheel
Long hair flyin' like a sheet in the wind I knew he never would fit in
In the old hometown again
Yeah Johnny was a rebel alright...
That night out on the courthouse yard behind the civil defense and the national guard
I saw an angry mob get out of hand I saw Johnny take a bullet for another man
[ guitar ]
Johnny died young like the good often do fightin' for right in the struggle of truth
It seems like a waste when I look back today but I guess it's like he used to say
Our freedom's only worth as much as we're all willing to pay
Johnny was a rebel alright Johnny was a rebel alright yes he was
Johnny was a rebel alright yes he was Johnny was a rebel alright yes he was
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