I NEVER KNEW LONELY
(RCA 61130)
March 10/1992
Produced by Emory Gordy, Richard Landis, Barry Beckett
1.
NEVER KNEW LONELY
(Vince Gill)
« © '88 Benefit Music, BMI »
No other lover never really cared
When I've reached out for you you've always been there
Now I'm so far away and baby I'm scared I never knew lonely till you
You are my rock and the strenght I need to keep me sane in this life that I lead
Now I'm not with you and my broken heart bleeds I never knew lonely till you
Never knew lonely could be so blue I never knew lonely could tear you in two
Never loved someone like I love you I never knew lonely till you
[ guitar ]
I can't make up for the times I've been gone
I'll prove I love you in the words of this song
Back in your arms girl it's where I belong I never knew lonely till you
Never knew lonely could be so blue...
Never knew lonely could be so blue...
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2.
WHAT IF I SAY GOODBYE
(Vince Gill)
« © '91 Benefit Music, BMI »
What if I say I love you would it mean as much as it used to
Could it help the hurt that we're putting us through what if I said goodbye
What if tomorrow you wake up and I'm not around what you break up
Would you take one towards me to make up what if I said goodbye
What would you do if I did what I should have done long ago
Is there someone you'd turn to as soon as I left someone you already know
What if I say I love you would you want to make up like I do
Could we possibly salvage the dreams we knew what if I said goodbye
What would you do if I did what I should have done long ago
Is there someone you'd turn to as soon as I left someone you already know
What if I say I love you would it mean as much as used to
Could it help the hurt that we're putting us through what if I said goodbye
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3.
WAY BACK HOME
(Vince Gill)
« © '87 Benefit Music, BMI »
A little girl was cryin' for her mama and her daddy
She couldn't understand why they were gone
She never knew the danger of talking to a stranger
Now the girl can't find her way back home
A little boy went walkin' down into the corner market
To buy a loaf of bread and an ince cream cone
He never knew the dnager of talking to a stranger
Now the boy can't find the way back home
Too many kids are missing is anybody listening
Won't you be the children's eyes they're all alone
The hardest part's not knowing where they are or where they're going
Won't you help the children find the way back home
The faces on milk cartons thrown away and soon forgotten
What if one of those sweet kids was your very own
Tonight those kids are weeping while yours are safely sleeping
Won't you help the children find the way back home
Too many kids are missing...
Won't you help the children find the way back home
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4.
LIVIN' THE WAY I DO
(Vince Gill)
« © '83 Benefit Music, BMI »
Well I've got to stop livin' the way I do and give my heart back to you
All those nights away from home caused my lonely heart to roam
Now I've got to stop livin' the way I do
I've spent a lifetime hurting you and I expect someday you'll say we're through
It ain't too late for me to change so please don't write our final page
Still I've got to stop livin' the way I do
I've gone from honeymoons to heartaches from faithful love to a fool
From hanging out in honky tonks with any girl but you
[ steel ]
Well I've got to stop livin'...
I've said all that I can say but you turned and walked away
It's too late to stop livin' the way I do
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5.
EVERYBODY'S SWEETHEART
(Vince Gill)
« © '87 Benefit Music, BMI »
When I told my baby do what you wanna do
Well I had no idea just what she'd put me through
Every night she's runnin' round singin' songs in your hometown
There ain't no one to love me when the sun goes down
Well she's everybody's sweetheart everybody's sweetheart but mine
I should've kept her barefoot barefoot and pregnant all the time
I used to be the first in line now I've fallen way behind
She's everybody's sweetheart everybody's sweetheart but mine
All that country club money Lord it sure looked good to me yeah it did
Playing golf with those fat cats how much better could life be
They all think I've got it made they see your face on every page
Of every magazine across the USA
Well she's everybody's sweetheart...
[ guitar ]
If you see her tell her hiAnd everything will be all right
Tell her that I love her till the day I die
Well she's everybody's sweetheart...
She's everybody's sweetheart everybody's sweetheart but mine
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6.
TRUE LOVE
(Vince Gill)
« © '85 Benefit Music, BMI »
Is today my lucky day are you gonna look my way
And see true love
If you're not sure he holds your heart don't let pride keep us apart
You need true love
True love is all I'm after I long to hear your laughter
The only thing that matters it is true love it's true love
I hear your voice in every sound you're never there when I turn around
I need true love
I can't quit and I won't give in until you're back in my arms again
We need true love
True love is all I'm after...
When I look at you you look right through me
I wish you knew that your love's done to me
[ guitar ]
Is today my lucky day are you gonna look my way
And see true love
Yeah true love is all I'm after...
It's true love (true love is all I'm after)
It's true love (true love is all I'm after)
It's true love (true love is all I'm after)
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7.
LOSING YOUR LOVE
(Kye Fleming - Vince Gill - Hank DeVito)
« © '87 Eaglewood Music, BMI / Benefit Music, BMI / Irving Music, BMI /
Almo Music, ASCAP / Little Nemo Music, ASCAP »
Stars are falling from your eyes you don't feel what I feel inside
Your hand is warm but your heart is cold if you're hurtin' you don't let it show
How much longer can we go on acting like there's nothing wrong
How much farther can we drift apart before all the feeling is gone
I'm losing your love it's slipping away minute by minute day by day
Losing your love do you think I know it's a matter of time till you let go
I see the moon shinin' up above reminded me how good it was
There's a chill comin' over me why can't it be like it used to be
I feel so helpless I can't make you stay no matter how hard I try
I can't deny that look in your eyes trying to tell me goodbye
I'm losing your love...
[ guitar ]
Losing your love...
Don't let go don't let go baby don't let go
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8.
MIDNIGHT TRAIN
(Vince Gill)
« © '91 Benefit Music, BMI »
I'm a long long way from my home mending a broken heart
Running away from a love gone wrong tryin' to make a new start
An old friend called me up to say that you've made some wedding plans
I'm coming home on that midhight train and fight for you like a man
Midnight train make your whistle blow engineer pour your load of coal
Midnight train make your engine whine midnight train get me home on time
Oh the thought of another man holding you is driving me insane
My only chance is to ride all night I can't let you change your name
Now hey conductor we can't be late rolling on down the track
Cause you know tomorrow's your wedding day I gotta win my baby back
Midnight train..
Midnight train...
[ guitar ]
Midnight train...
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9.
COLDER THAN WINTER
(Vince Gill)
« © '85 Benefit Music, BMI »
It's colder than winter right here in my heart
Lord I'm gonna miss her she's torn me apart
I couldn't make you love me I couldn't give you any more
It's colder than winter since you closed the door
It's colder than winter I'm freezing inside
And my tears won't be bitter even though our love died
I couldn't make you love me I couldn't give you any more
It's colder than winter since you closed the door
Every time the sun sets I shed another tear
And the lonelier I get wishing you were still here
[ strings ]
I couldn't make you love me I couldn't give you any more
It's colder than winter since you closed the door
It's colder than winter since you closed the door
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