ALAN JACKSON
HERE IN THE REAL WORLD
(Arista AL-8623)
January/1990
Keith Stegall & Scott Hendricks
Steve Gibson. Brent Mason, Jimmy Capps, Bruce Watkins - guitar
Weldon Myrick, Paul Franklin - steel
Harold Bradley - bass/6-str bass
Roy Huskey, Larry Paxton, Dave Pomeroy - bass
Eddie Bayers - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Rob Hajacos - fiddle/violin
Dennis Henson, Keith Stegall - vocals
Recorded:
June 26-27/1989, Omnisound Recording and Nightingale Studios, Nashville
1.
ACE OF HEARTS
(Lonnie Wilson - Ron Moore - Carson Chamberlain)
« © '90 Gehl Music, ASCAP / Zomba Enterprises, ASCAP /
Just Cuts Music, BMI / PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Love's a gamble every heart will take
You roll the dice in hopes that it won't break
One night I bet on your blue eyes and took a chance
And won a whole lot more than one night of romance
I held the ace of hearts that night in the dark how lucky can one man be
I hold the winning hand anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose cause I've got you my ace of hearts
Love's a numbered wheel you have to spin
But there's no need for me spin again
Cause loving you is paying off more than I knew
I took a little risk and hit it big with you
I held the ace of hearts...
[ guitar - steel ]
I held the ace of hearts...
I'm gonna hold on to my ace of hearts
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2.
HERE IN THE REAL WORLD
(Alan Jackson - Mark Irwin)
« © '90 Ten Ten Tunes, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Cowboys don't cry and heroes don't die good always wins again and again
Love is a sweet dream that always comes true
Oh if life were like the movies I'd never be blue
But here in the real world it's not that easy at all
Cause when hearts get broken it's real tears that fall
And darling it's sad but true but the one thing I learned from you
Is how the boy don't always get the girl here in the real world
[ fiddle ]
I gave you my love but that wasn't enough to hold your heart when times got rough
And tonight on that silver screen it'll end like it should
Two lovers will make it through like I hoped we would
But here in the real world...
No the boy don't always get the girl here in the real world
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3.
BLUE BLOODED WOMAN
(Roger Murrah - Keith Stegall - Alan Jackson)
« © '89 Murrah Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / WB Music, ASCAP »
She loves the violin I love the fiddle
We go seperate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a red neck man
The lady I love loves silk and satin
She was raised uptown with a silverspoon
But I was born on a farm just south of Jackson
We had an old Ford tractor and a country moon
And she loves the violin I love the fiddle...
[ fiddle - steel ]
She's Saks Fifth Avenue perfection caviar and dignified
Well I live my life in Wal-Marth fashion
And I like my sushi southern fried
And she loves the violin I love the fiddle...
And she loves the violin I love the fiddle...
She's a blue blooded woman I'm a red neck man
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4.
WANTED
(Charlie Craig - Alan Jackson)
« © '90 Blackwood Music, BMI / WB Music, ASCAP »
Excuse me m'am can you help me I need to place an ad with you today
No m'am tomorrow may be too late I'd like to have it started right away
What's that no this is personal I'm not buying or selling anything
Yes m'am I know just what to say I wrote it down this is how it should read
Wanted one good hearted woman to forgive imperfection in the man that she loved
Wanted just one chance to tell her how much he still loves her
He can't be sorry enough
What's that no that's all I want to say I just hope these few lines will get to her
Yes m'am she means everything I hope she comes back when she reads these words
Wanted one good hearted woman...
Wanted
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5.
CHASIN' THAT NEON RAINBOW
(Jim McBride - Alan Jackson)
« © '90 April Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Daddy won a radio he tuned it to a country show
I was rockin' in the cradle to the cryin' of a steel guitar
Mama used to sing to me she taught me that sweet harmony
Now she worries cause she never thought I'd ever really take it this far
I'm singin' in the bars
Chasin' that neon rainbow and livin' that honky tonk dream
Cause all I've ever wanted was to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody just wanna be heard and seen
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow livin' that honky tonk dream
[ guitar ]
An Atlas and a coffee cup five pickers in an old Dodge truck
Headin' down to Houston for a show on Saturday night
This overhead is killin' me half the time I sing for free
When the crowd's into it Lord it makes this thing I'm doing seem right
Standin' in the spotlight
Chasin' that neon rainbow...
Daddy's got a radio he won it thirty years ago
He said son I just know we're gonna hear you singin' on it someday
I made it up to Music Row but Lordy don't the wheels turn slow
Still I wouldn't trade a minute and I wouldn't have it any other way
Just show me to the stage
Chasin' that neon rainbow...
Oh I'm chasin' that neon rainbow livin' that honky tonk dream
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6.
SHE DON'T GET THE BLUES
(Jim McBride - Alan Jackson)
« © '89 April Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Well she puts her dancing shoes on every night
And comes alive there in the smoke beneath them neon lights
And she don't like those hurtin' songs she's already lived 'em
She don't get the blues she gives 'em
She checks her broken heart there at the door
She ain't looking for romance she danced that dance before
Well I pity the next poor fool that gets caught up in her rythm
Cause she don't get the blues she gives 'em
And she's been on the losing end of love too many times
And she ain't gonna go for anything you've got in mind
So before you start let me impart these few words of wisdom
She don't get the blues she gives 'em
[ steel - fiddle ]
And she's been on the losing end...
No she don't get the blues Lord she gives 'em
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7.
I'D LOVE YOU ALL OVER AGAIN
(Alan Jackson)
« © '89 WB Music, ASCAP »
Has it been ten years since we said I do
I've always heard marriage made one seem like two
But you're looking better than you did back then you still make this old heart give in
And if I had it to do all over I'd do it all over again
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin I'd love you all over again
[ piano - steel ]
The preacher man said till death do us part
That seemed like forever to a young man's heart
Now the days seem much shorter the longer we love
And the mem'ries just keep adding up
And if I had it to do...
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin I'd love you all over again
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8.
DOG RIVER BLUES
(Alan Jackson)
« © '90 WB Music, ASCAP »
Well I first kissed you on a hollow log down by the river they call the Dog
We fell in love and we wowed that day like the flow of the river our love won't change
Well we married that spring and we built a house
On the banks of the river where the rock juts out
Now the river's still here but you're long gone you left me and the river here all alone
I got the Dog river blues I've walked holes in both my shoes
Now I still got the river but I ain't got you I got the Dog river blues
Well the rain came down and the river rose up filled up the cab on my pickup truck
It came in the house and down the hall and washed your picture right off the wall
I got the Dog river blues...
[ guitar ]
Well my heart still yearns and the river still rolls I pray someday it'll bring you home
If you change your mind honey I'll be here waiting on the banks of that ol' Dog River
I got the Dog river blues...
I got the Dog river blues...
Oh I still got the river but I ain't got you I got the Dog river blues
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9.
HOME
(Alan Jackson)
« © '90 WB Music, ASCAP »
In a small town down in Georgia over forty years ago
Her maiden name was Musick when she met that Jackson boy
They married young like folks did back then not a penny to their name
But they belived the one you vowed to love should always stay the same
On the land his daddy gave them a foundation underway
For a love to last forever or untill their dying days
They built a bond that's strong enough to stand test the of time
And a place for us to turn to when our lives were in a bind
And they made their house from a tool shed grandaddy rolled down on two logs
And they built walls all around it and they made that house a home
They taught us about good living they taught us right from wrong
Lord there'll never be another place in this world that I'll call home
My mama raised five chiildren four girls then there was me
She found her strength with faith in God and love of family
She never had a social life home was all she knew
Execpt the time she took a job to pay a bill or two
My daddy skinned his knuckles on the cars that he repaired
He never earned much money but he gaves us all he had
He never made the front page but he did the best he could
And folks drove their cars from miles around to let him look neath the hood
And they made their house...
There'll never be another place in this world that I'll call home
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10.
SHORT SWEET RIDE
(Jim McBride - Alan Jackson)
« © '89 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
I could see it coming from a mile away a heartache looking for a place to stay
But I couldn't resist her and I couldn't be cool Lord can't a woman make a man a fool
It's an age-old story but it still holds true there ain't no end to what a man won't do
He'll love some woman till he go insane it's a short sweet ride om a runaway train
I was drunk and crazy from her sweet perfume
But I knew stone sober I was being used
Now the heartache lingers like a cheap cologne
She took all she wanted then she was gone
It's an age-old story...
[ fiddle - guitar ]
It was almost worth it for the time we spent
But there ain't no future in a heart for rent
Still she taught me something bout the facts of life
Love cuts quicker than a switchblade knife
It's an age-old story...
It's an age-old story...
Short sweet ride om a runaway train
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