SAMMY KERSHAW
FEELIN' GOOD TRAIN
(Mercury 522125)
June 21/1994
Produced by Norro Wilson & Buddy Cannon
Reggie Young, Brent Mason - el.guitar
Danny Parks - ac.guitar
Sonny Garrish - steel
Mike Chapman - bass
Lonnie Wilson, Paul Leim - drums
David Briggs - piano
Mike Lawler - keyboards
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
Joel Sonnier, Joey Miskulin - accordion
Vocals:
George Jones, Gary Burr, Mac McAnally, Cindy Richardson Walker, Russell Smith, Curtis Young, Dennis Wilson
1.
FEELIN' GOOD TRAIN
(Alan Anderson - Mike Lawler)
« © '94 Mighty Nisce Music¨, BMI / Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI /
Bash Music, ASCAP / Cootermo Music, ASCAP »
All aboard the feelin' good train
[ piano ]
It's a long way from here to heaven it takes a lifetime before you get in
You work so hard just tryin' to make a living still you wind up on the losin' end
Everybody needs a little sunshine forget your troubles leave 'em all behind
I know a place where they're feelin' no pain so get on board the feelin' good train
There's a light at the end of the tunnel hear the whistle blowin' round the bend
We don't want to leave the station without you
You'll have the best time that you'll ever spend
Everybody needs some time to unwind dance all those blues right out of your mind
And there's a place where you can run from the rain
So get on board the feelin' good train
This train runs all across the country this train rolls all around the world
And you don't even need to buy a ticket so c'mon every man woman boy or girl
[ guitar ]
Everybody needs a little sunshine...
Feelin' good train feelin' good train feelin' good train feelin' good train
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2.
THIRD RATE ROMANCE
(Russell Smith)
« © '74 Fourth Floor Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Sittin' in a tiny table in a ritzy restaurant
She was starin' at her coffee cup
He was tryin' to keep his courage up by applyin' booze
And talk was small when they talked at all they both knew what they wanted
There was no need to talk about it
They were old enough to scope it out and keep it loose
She said you don't look like my type but I guess you'll do
Third rate romance low rent rendezvous
And he said I'll even tell you that I love you if you want me to
Third rate romance low rent rendezvous
[ guitar ]
When they left the bar they got in his car and they drove away
He drove to the family inn she didn't even have to pretend
She didn't know what for
And he went to the desk and made his request while she waited outside
Then he came back with the key she said give it to me
And I'll unlock the door
She kept saying I've never really done this kind of thing before have you
Third rate romance low rent rendezvous
And he said yes I have but only a time or two
Third rate romance low rent redezvous
Third rate romance low rent redezvous
Third rate romance low rent redezvous
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3.
IF YOU EVER COME THIS WAY AGAIN
(Dean Dillon - Donny Kees)
« © '94 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I sure do hate to see you go it's been a blast glad I got to know you
Ain't everyday a smile like yours comes along
You've done more in such a short time to soothe my heart and ease my mind
And I'm sure gonna miss you when you're gone
If you ever come this way again I'll be disappointed if you don't drop in
Maybe next time all the good times won't have to end
If you ever come this way again
[ steel ]
There's your plane have a good flight roll with the flow in your nine to five life
While I'm rockin' in the arms of this boat of mine
And every time I hoist the sails I'll toast the wind and wish you well
And think back to the sunset in your eyes
If you ever come this way again...
If you ever come this way again if you ever come this way again
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4.
NATIONAL WORKING WOMAN'S HOLIDAY
(Roger Murrah - Pat Terry - James D. Hicks)
« © '93 Murrah Music, BMI / On The Mantel Music, BMI /
Castle Street Music, ASCAP / Ears Last Music, ASCAP »
They oughta run your picture in a magazine
Cause you're the hardest workin' woman I've ever seen
If we weren't sinkin' in a river of debt
I'd say quit that job and let 'em do it theirself
I know we're depending on every dime but I'm tired of you working that overtime
I'm gonna tell somebody there ought to be a law against working that way
Tell 'em you're taking off this Friday for the National Working Woman's Holiday
[ guitar ]
Honey I can tell you're feeling the strain
You deserve a break from that ball and chain
If the union won't say it then it's up to me
They're just taking advantage of your loyalty
Everybody likes a little time and a half but we both know you're worth more than that
I'm gonna tell somebody...
[ guitar ]
I'll call in sick and I'll be telling the truth
Cause I'm sick and tired of how they're treatin' you
I'm gonna tell somebody...
I'm gonna tell somebody...
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5.
SOUTHBOUND
(Mac McAnally)
« © '90 Beginner Music, ASCAP »
Breeze in our hair hands in our pockets
We stood and stared at cars going past
We placed our bets where they were headed
And held our cigarettes like movie stars
Grandmother's hands hard from the garden
She had a plan for me to preach one day
She prayed for rain she watched and she waited
And never complained when it did not fall
Southbound breezes blowing this town ain't my home
You can slow me down but I'm going
If I can turn this road I'm on Southbound
Stories I tell reek of nostalgia
And those that know me well have heard 'em all before
How far I've come mostly I'm proud of
But where I'm coming from is calling me
Southbound breezes blowing...
Southbound breezes blowing...
Southbound breezes blowing...
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6.
BETTER CALL A PREACHER
(Steven D. Cohen - Rick Lagneaux - Sammy Kershaw)
« © '94 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I thought I saw an angel just the other night
Wearin' five inch heels and a dress too tight
Showin' much more than a man should see looking at her looking back at me
My insides were shakin' like I'd caught the flu
Better call a preacher cause a doctor won't do
I'm in love with you honey I came to testify
Now you're the one for me I want the world to see I got nothin' to hide
It's a bad case of lovin' so I'm tellin' you
Better call a preacher cause a doctor won't do
[ fiddle + piano ]
Well she started walkin' toward me from across the room
And my heart was a poundin' and before I knew
She smiled and whispered something in a southern drawl
I started breathin' heavy had to lean against the wall
I shuttered and I muttered like a lovesick fool
Better call a preacher cause a doctor won't do
I'm in love with you honey...
I'm in love with you honey...
I'm in love with you honey yeah yeah
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7.
PARADISE FROM NINE TO ONE
(Rick Bowles - Josh Leo - Pat Bunch)
« © '94 Longitude Music, BMI / Hendershot Music, BMI / Mike Curb Music, BMI /
Songs Of Universal, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Screeching to a halt in front of your house
The front door opened and your momma peeked out
I saw your silhouette brushing your long hair
Any minute now you'd be slipping downstairs
We were rarin' to go and the night was young it was paradise from nine to one
We had wild streaks and reckless hearts
We came alive when the town got dark
We did a lot of living and loving under the gun
Oh it was paradise from nine to one paradise from nine to one
We had the whole town bettin' on what we'd do
They'd already seen how I looked at you
We'd hit the ground running for the county line
Cause the band was cranking up about that time
We never missed a beat of that rock'n roll drum it was paradise from nine to one
We had wild streaks...
[ steel ]
We'd tear ourselves away round about midnight
Steal a few kisses in a patch of moonlight
I knew your daddy waited up till I got you home
But it was paradise from nine to one
We had wild streaks...
Paradise from nine to one it was paradise from nine to one
Oh paradise from nine to one it was paradise from nine to one
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8.
TOO FAR GONE TO LEAVE
(Rock Killough - Larry T. Wilson)
« © '94 Heart Doctor Music, BMI / Pier Five Music, BMI »
I can't bear to ask the question when the answer is goodbye
It only adds to my confusion when you won't tell me why
And as I sit here on this bar stool blind but not naive
I'm probably acting like a fool but I'm too far gone to leave
Too far too far gone to leave but I guess that's what I'll do
I can't keep on believing that your love for me is true
And though my heart tells my head to stay my mind says walk away
I'm way on beyond grief too far gone to leave
The years with me and Nick and Christi must not mean a thing to you
You just want it over quickly without giving us a clue
And as I sit here on this bar stool with my heart out on my sleeve
I can feel your ridicule but I'm too far gone to leave
Too far too far gone to leave...
I keep hoping for a reprieve cause I'm too far gone to leave
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9.
IF YOU'RE GONNA WALK I'M GONNA CRAWL
(Buddy Cannon - Larry Bastian)
« © '94 Button Willow Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I'm a Monday night football Friday night pool hall guy
I ain't never been one to let a good time pass me by
You're standing there statin' you're tired of waitin' my celebratin's gratin' on you
Well if you feel that way if it'll make you stay well here's what I'm gonna do
If you're gonna walk I'm gonna crawl
You'll see how low a man can go when his back's against the wall
I'll be grovelin' in the gravel if you make that taxi call
If you're gonna walk I'm gonna crawl
[ guitar ]
You're a one man pure gold genuine good ol' girl
You've been waitin' on me to get tired of my neon world
Now the turn you've taken has got me shaken it's a heart breakin' wake up call
Now I'm seein' how you see me and I feel about shoe top tall
If you're gonna walk...
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10.
HEART THAT TIME FORGOT
(Sterling Whipple - Tony Martin)
« © '93 Music Of Stage Three, BMI / Rio Bravo Music, BMI »
Just when I feel like a night on the town
Old friends haven't seen you around and you seem out of my life
And you walk in on the arm of the new man you found
There's no way that I can slip out except out of my mind
They say time can heal every broken heart
Well time's had time enough to do it's part
By now I should be over you but I'm not
I'm the man with the heart that time forgot
I look away but clear cross this loud smoky room
I swear I can smell your perfume just like rain on the wind
Your voice plays in my heart like an old favorite tune
No matter how long it's too soon to see you again
They say time can heal...
I'm the man with the heart that time forgot
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11.
NEVER BIT A BULLET LIKE THIS
(Jim Foster - Mark Petersen)
« © '93 Millhouse Music, BMI / Zomba Songs, BMI »
[ with George Jones ]
I've been abused and used and skinned up and bruised
And thrown from a moving train
I've been homeless carless lost in the wilderness out in the pourin' rain
I've been a business flop spent a year on top of the most unwanted list
But I never bit a bullet like this
I've taken many a fall and I got through 'em all but I've never been hurt this bad
You're making plans with a brand new man and the pain is driving me mad
I've had to bite the bullet when things got tough
But the sea of love has never been this rough
And I've never been this far from shore I never bit a bullet like this before
I never bit a bullet like this
[ fiddle ]
I've been tied up fried up choked up and dried up under a lot of stress
I've been burned down turned down been run out of town up to my ears in a mess
I had a year go by with tears in my eyes I didn't even want to exist
But I never bit a bullet like this
I've taken many a fall...
I never bit a bullet like this before I never bit a bullet like this
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