VINCE GILL
THE WAY BACK HOME
(RCA 5923)
April/1987
Produced by Richard Landis
Vince Gill - vocal/guitar/banjo/dobro/mandolin
Reed Nielsen, George Doering - guitar
Jay Dee Mannes - steel
Roy Huskey, Leland Sklar, Neil Steubenhaus - bass
Carlos Vega - drums
Randy Kerber, Philip Aaberg - piano
Byron Berline - fiddle
Richard Landis, Jim Lang, Alan Pasqua - synthesizer
Leonard Arnold - percussion
Vocals:
Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Bonnie Raitt, Andrew Gold,
Kristine Arnold, Kevin Dorsey, Kenny Edwards, Janis Gill, Jim Haas, Jerry Whitman, Joe Schemay
Recorded: Feb/1987
1.
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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2.
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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3.
CINDERELLA
(Reed Nielsen)
« © '87 Longitude Music, BMI »
Say you're sorry while you still can
She came by my place again cryin' bout you man
You should love her twice as much
I tried to remember you're a friend but it's gettin' a little rough
She's just tired of bein' Cinderella she can't live that way no more
She needs a little affection a little understanding
And you better be careful cause the next time she comes to my door
She won't be Cinderela no more
A teardrop trembled on her face where that smile always was it seemed out of place
When I held her like a friend
And I could feel the sweet beginning and taste the bitter end
She's just tired...
You'll be sorry
It seems like it's always something with you and everybody's always wrong
One of these nights
You'll reach for the pillow she sleeps on she's gonna be gone
[ mandolin - fiddle ]
She's just tired...
She's just tired...
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4.
LET'S DO SOMETHING
(Reed Nielsen - Vince Gill)
« © '87 Longitude Music, BMI / Benefit Music, BMI »
Nothin' to do in this lonely town your daddy warned me son don't come around
Says I ain't good enough for you he don't know what I'm goin' through
So let's do something sneak out your bedroom window girl and we'll be gone
Let's do something oh baby let's do something even if it's wrong
Go see the preacher cross the county line
For twenty-five dollars he could make you mine
My heart's on fire can't you feel it burn I'm past the point of no return
Let's do something...
I'll make your daddy understand oh Lord I know I can make him understand
I'll face your daddy man to man no guts no glory girl I'll take that chance
[ guitar ]
Oh baby let's do something...
Let's do something...
[ piano - guitar ]
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5.
RADIO
(Reed Nielsen - Vince Gill)
« © '87 Longitude Music, BMI / Benefit Music, BMI »
There's a long white line stretching out on the road ahead
There ain't one magazine that I ain't read
Haven't seen you in weeks but I hear you on the radio
Singing soft and low
We're so far apart this old highway ain't home
When the heartache starts I just turn the radio on
There never seems to be time for me and you
That's the price you pay for the life we choose
Tonight's the lonelinest night I've ever known just goes on and on
We're so far apart...
[ guitar ]
It does my heart good to see you shine
So I'll just keep on countin' these white lines
Haven't seen you in weeks but I hear you on the radio calling me back home
We're so far apart...
We're so far apart...
We're so far apart...
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6.
BABY THAT'S TOUGH
(Guy Clark - Vince Gill)
« © '87 April Music, ASCAP / GSC Music, ASCAP / Benefit Music, BMI »
I know I've said I've changed for you but I think I've changed my mind
I can't be what you want me to and we're just wastin' time
And I'm doing the best I can remember I'm just a man
And my best thing good in love baby that's tough baby that's tough
[ guitar - steel ]
I'm doing the best I can...
Well I'm doing the best I can...
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7.
LOSING YOUR LOVE
(Kye Fleming - Vince Gill - Hank DeVito)
« © '87 Eaglewood Music, BMI / Irving Music, BMI / Benefit 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.
IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
(Paul Anka)
« © '59 Chrysalis Standards, BMI »
There you go and baby here am I oh well you left me here so I could sit and cry
Will you apologize what have you done to me well I guess it doesn't matter anymore
Do you remember baby last September how you held me tight each and every night
You was so dazy how you drove me crazy but I guess it doesn't matter anymore
There's no use in me of cryin' I've done everything and now I'm sick of tryin'
I've thrown away my nights and wasted all my days over you
Well you'll go your way and I'll go mine now and forever till the end of time
I'll find somebody new baby we'll say we're through you won't matter anymore
[ steel ]
There's no use in me of cryin'...
You won't matter anymore you won't matter anymore
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9.
SOMETHING'S MISSING
(James Clark - Vince Gill)
« © '87 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI / Benefit Music, BMI »
The street looks different tonight something has changed
Had this picture in mind but it's just not the same
Had this great expectation about a heart that's free
Thought that's what I wanted would be waiting for me
Baby something's missing tonight something ain't feeling right
Baby something's wrong and I'm so confused
Baby something's missing inside something I can't find in the night
I finally realized what I'm missing is you
In this crowd of old friends why do I feel alone
I thought I'd fall back in step this is where I belong
I thought that freedom was a voice calling from the dark
Now I see I was only free when you were in my heart
Baby something's missing tonight...
[ guitar ]
I thought that freedom was a voice calling from the dark
Now I see I was only free when you were in my heart
Baby something's missing tonight...
Baby something's missing tonight something's missing tonight
Baby something's missing tonight
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