WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME
(MCA 42321)
November 14/1989
Produced by Tony Brown
Vince Gill - vocal/guitar/mandolin
Randy Scruggs, Fred Tackett - guitar
Paul Franklin - steel
Willie Weeks - bass
Eddie Bayers - drums
Barry Beckett - piano/organ
Pete Wasner - keyboards
Vocals:
Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Kathy Baillie, Anthony Crawford,
Herb Pedersen, Harry Stinson, Billy Thomas
1.
NEVER ALONE
(Vince Gill - Rosanne Cash)
« © '84 Benefit Music, BMI / Atlantic Music, BMI / Chelcait Music, BMI »
You were like a lost kid looking for home
You found what you wanted right in my arms
So if you walk out on me just leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go I love you so you're never alone
So if you find another woman turns your head
And you can't understand why it hurts so bad
If you walk out on me...
There ain't no need to talk about it I can learn to live without it
Just leave your heart right here with me
[ guitar ]
If you walk out on me just leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go
If you walk out on me...
No you're never alone no you're never alone
No you're never alone
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2.
SIGHT FOR SORE EYES
(Guy Clark - Vince Gill)
« © '90 April Music, ASCAP / Benefit Music, BMI »
When the storms of the day have all blown away
Along with fair weather friends
There's a place I can go where the wind doesn't blow
It's the best place I've ever been
You're a sight for sore eyes when I need a friend
You're a sight for sore eyes let the healing begin
When the chips are all down and there's no one around
To count on like I count on you
I just picture your face and I let it erase
All the pain I'm going through
You're a sight for sore eyes...
Oj when I get lost and I can't find my way
And there's nowhere to turn at the end of the day
You're a sight for sore eyes...
You're a sight for sore eyes let the healing begin
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3.
OH GIRL (YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME)
(Vince Gill)
« © '90 Benefit Music, BMI »
Oh girl you know where to find me oh girl you know where I'll be
I'll be waitin' at the end of your line cause baby I've got nothing but time
Oh girl you know where to find me
It was love at first glance I asked you may I have this dance
You said you would I froze right where I stood
I come here every night oh there's nobody special in my life
So if you think you'd like to find someone to hold you some night
Oh girl you know where to find me...
[ guitar ]
Oh girl you know where to find me...
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4.
OKLAHOMA SWING
(Tim DuBois - Vince Gill)
« © '90 Tim DuBois Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP / Benefit Music, BMI »
[ with Reba McEntire ]
There's a redhead from my hometown that loves to let her hair down
She tears my heart out when she starts to sing
She's from the right side of Red River and she's pretty as a picture
Don't you know she's this ole cowboy's dream
Oh there's a boy from Okie City and I sure think he's pretty
But I know he's trying to steal my heart away
Oh my mama tried to warn me he's done time in California
But he'll be an Okie till his dyin' day
There's a dance we do in Oklahoma a dance like you've never seen
Sit back and we're gonna show ya how to do that Oklahoma swing
[ guitar - piano ]
Well when two Okies get together man there's nothin' they like better
Than to hold each other on a dawdust floor
Oh I love it when we're swayin' to those sweet twi fiddles playin'
Come on boy what are we waitin' for
There's a dance we do in Oklahoma...
Yeah there's a dance we do in Oklahoma...
Yeah how to do that Oklahoma swing
[ guitar - steel - piano ]
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5.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME
(Tim DuBois - Vince Gill)
« © '90 Tim DuBois Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP / Benefit Music, BMI »
I rushed home from work like I always do
I spent my whole day just thinking of you
When I walked through the front door my whole life was changed
Cause nobody answered when I called your name
A note on the table that told me goodbye
Said you'd grown weary of living a lie
Oh your love has ended but mine still remains
But nobody answers when I call your name
Oh the lonely sound of my voice calling is driving me insane
And just like rain the tears keep falling
But nobody answers when I call your name
[ piano - steel ]
Oh the lonely sound...
Oh nobody answers when I call your name
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6.
RIDIN' THE RODEO
(Vince Gill - Kostas)
« © '90 Benefit Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Driving all night too many miles to go
Pedal to the metal listenin' to the radio
I got three days to get from Cheyenne to San Antone
That's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
Well my back side's sore and I'm movin' kinda slow
But when I hit Okie City there's a barrel racer that I know
Just a little home cookin' and some lovin' to heal my bones
That's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
Ride cowboy ride hold on for your life
Eight seconds is a long long time when you're sittin' on dynamite
You can't make money buddy if get thrown
That's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
[ guitar ]
Well I might get lucky down in ol' San Antone
Find a little Texas girl I could call my own
That lone star lovin's the best I've ever known
That's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
Ride cowboy ride...
Yeah that's the life of a cowboy ridin' the rodeo
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7.
NEVER KNEW LONELY
(Vince Gill)
« © '89 Benefit Music, BMI »
No other lover ever 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 never knew lonely could tear you in two
Never loved someone like I love you girl 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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8.
WE WON'T DANCE
(Greg Trooper)
« © '90 Songs Of Welk, BMI / ATV Songs, BMI »
We won't dance no more we won't shine out on the floor
We won't sway the band won't play we won't dance
I kid you not we were hot
When the weekend came we'd dance non-stop
No jitterbug no substitute
No twist and turn no crash and burn could top us two
We won't dance no more...
As I dipped you down in your yellow dress
We'd brush the floor in a slow caress
As minutes turned to a rising sun
We'd leave the day to rest our dancing done
We won't dance no more...
[ guitar ]
If I were God and controlled what is
I'd steal your shoes so you couldn't dance with his
Well I'm not all that I could be
But you'll never dance with him the way you danced with me
We won't dance no more...
Well I'm not all that I could be...
Well we won't dance no more...
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9.
WE COULD HAVE BEEN
(Don Cook - John B. Jarvis)
« © '87 Tree Publishing, BMI / Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
Today at work I overheard a name
I knew it wasn't yours but it touched me just the same
It felt so good to have you in my mind I guess I'm the sentimental kind
Oh I wonder who you became did you change the world or play the game
We came so close to love back then we could have been
You were so brave when I was shy I made you laugh when somethin' made you cry
And I don't think we ever said goodbye now I'll always wonder why
Oh I wonder who you became...
A time or two I thought about calling but something always gets in the way
Maybe I'm afraid you'd really answer what would I say to you
Oh I wonder who you became...
We could have been
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10.
RITA BALLOU
(Guy Clark)
« © '75 April Music, ASCAP »
She could dance that slow Uvalde shuffle to some cowboy hustle
How she made them trophy buckles shine shine shine
Wild eyed and Mexican silvered trickin' dumb ol' cousin Willard
Into thinkin that he's got her this time
Hill country honky tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played a fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
She's a rawhide rope and velvet mixture walkin' talkin' Texas texture
High-timin' barroom fixture kind of a girl
She's the queen of the cowboys look at old Willard grinnin' now boys
You'd of thought there's less fools in this world
Hill country honky tonkin'...
[ guitar - steel ]
So good luck Willard here's to you
And here's to Rita and I hope she'll do ya right all night
Lord I wish I was the fool in your jeans
Hill country honky tonkin'...
Hill country honky tonkin'...
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