ALISON KRAUSS
SO LONG SO WRONG
(Rounder 0365)
March 25/1997
Produced by Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss - vocal/fiddle
Dan Tyminski - guitar/bass/vocals
Ron Block - guitar/banjo/vocals
Barry Bales - bass/vocals
Adam Steffey - mandolin/mandola/vocals
1.
SO LONG SO WRONG
(Patrick Brayer - Walden Dahl)
« © '97 Church Teeth Music, BMI »
I know I'll be lonesome that brings about a little fear
I know I'll be sad and I'll be blue
I have given the best of me when I forgot to say to you
What you forgot to say to me so long so wrong
I have tried and cared baby it was never enough
Cause in your mind I never had a clue
So I'll repave the same old road I'm on where I forgot to say to you
What you forgot to say to me so long so wrong
Did we take forever in vain into the past
Did we think forever was really gonna last
[ banjo ]
You have tired me with your wanting ways
You can't buy yourself to be complete
I have given up caring anymore
Once you were big in a world that's small and now you're all alone
Did we take forever in vain...
[ mandolin ]
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2.
NO PLACE TO HIDE
(Bob Lucas)
« © '97 Belly Boy Music, BMI »
When I was a child I used to love to watch the rain
I'd stand under the downspout let the water cool my brain
I never thought to worry if the river rose too high
That all the seeds we planted would get washed out with the tide
But now I am a man and I need a place to hide
But there's nowhere to run and there's no place to hide
Where the water runs free and the mud starts to slide
[ fiddle ]
When I was a young man I could work through wind and rain
I never thought to worry had no reason to complain
I thought that I was standing on a rock so firm and strong
But it was easy then to see just what was right and what was wrong
But now I am a man I won't be hanging round too long
[ mandolin - banjo ]
When I was a child...
Where the water runs free and the mud starts to slide
[ banjo ]
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3.
DEEPER THAN CRYING
(Mark Simos)
« © '97 Devachan Music, BMI »
Leaving is the longest word I ever learned
In the time it takes to say it the whole world has turned
If a heartbeat lasts a lifetime then I've lived before
Cause I remember standin' at this open door
This path is not the one I'd choose to travel
Even as we watch what tied us unravel
And the tears fall like rain deeper than crying
The loving still remains
Neither wants to be the one to say goodbye
And neither wants to be the one who's left to cry
But in our secret heart of hearts we both know
That the time for patching up has passed and it's time to go
This path is not the one...
[ mandolin ]
So I'll be the one to pull our tangled lives apart
I won't dodge the angry words that hide a broken heart
And my calm fare-thee-wells cannot obscure
That deep inside my heart is also hurtin' so
This path is not the one...
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4.
I CAN LET GO NOW
(Michael McDonald)
« © '97 Genevieve Music, ASCAP »
It was so right it was so wrong almost at the same time
The pain and ache a heart can take no one really knows
But when the mem'ries cling and take you there
Till you no longer care you can let go now
It's not right for me to cling to you somehow I just needed time
From what was to be it's not like me to hold somebody down
But I was tossed high by love almost never came down
Only to land where no love is found
And I'm no longer bound I can let go now
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5.
ROAD IS A LOVER
(Bob Lucas)
« © '97 Belly Boy Music, BMI »
I met a man traveling down the road
He looked me in the eye
And he gave me a ring and he gave me a rose
And he told me some gypsy lies
The road is a lover you never recover not now or any time soon
My head starts to spin when I think where I've been
Playin' twin to an old fiddle tune
Oh oh as the wind chases after the moon
[ guitar - mandolin - banjo ]
Through the kindness shown me that day I gave him this melody
And we sang in duet neath the stars in the sky
And the shadows of dancing trees
The road is a lover...
[ fiddle ]
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6.
LITTLE LIZA JANE
(Traditional)
« © '97 Unart Catalog, BMI / Red River Songs, BMI »
[ instrumental ]
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7.
IT DOESN'T MATTER
(Harley Lee Allen)
« © '97 Coburn Music, BMI »
It doesn't matter what I want it doesn't matter what I need
It doesn't matter if I cry don't matter if I bleed
You've been on a road don't know where it goes or where it leads
It doesn't matter what I want it doesn't matter what I need
If you've made up your mind to go I won't beg you to stay
You've been in a cage throw you to the wind you fly away
[ mandolin - guitar ]
It doesn't matter what I want it doesn't matter what I need
It doesn't matter if I cry doesn't matter if I bleed
Feel the sting of tears falling on this face you've loved for years
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8.
FIND MY WAY BACK TO MY HEART
(Mark Simos)
« © '97 Devachan Music, BMI »
I used to laugh at all those songs
Bout the rambling life the nights so long and lonely
Well I ain't laughin' now now that I'm caught up it seems
In all the same ambitious dreams that only lonely life allows
And the home I don't go home to the friends I don't see
Aren't the part of this life that endears it to me
If that's the price I have to pay for doing things my own way
Then it's what I'll have to do somehow
Till I find my way back to my heart
For there's no one but me's gonna take my part
It's too early to say that it's over or to find we can make a new start
It's too early to say till I find my way back to my heart
I thought at least we'd meet again
Since we have been the best of friends and lovers to each other
Meet again and speak our minds force no issues turn no blind eye
Toward the road that lies ahead
But it seems that I missed you by a coast and a song
When time gets so short so what turns to so long
I cannot keep your love inside it's a flame I cannot hide
Forever in the name of hanging on
[ guitar - fiddle - mandolin ]
Till I find my way back...
I used to laugh at all those songs
Bout the rambling life the nights so long and lonely
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9.
I'LL REMEMBER YOU LOVE IN MY PRAYERS
(Will S. Hays)
« © '51 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars
And the beautiful moon sweeps the sky
Dewdrops from heaven are kissing the rose
It's then that my memory flies
[ fiddle ]
Well upon the wings of a beautiful dove
I'll hasten this message of cheer
And I'll bring you a kiss of affection and say
I'll remember you love in my prayers
[ mandolin ]
Now the angels of heaven are guarding the good
As God has ordained them to do
In answer to prayers that I offer to him
I know there's one waiting for you
[ guitar ]
Now go where you will upon land or on sea
And I'll share all your sorrows and cares
At night as I kneel by my bedside to pray
I'll remember you love in my prayers
[ banjo ]
Well at night as I kneel by my bedside to pray
I'll remember you love in my prayers
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10.
LOOKING IN THE EYES OF LOVE
(Kostas - Patricia Walker)
« © '90 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I wonder should I tell you bout all the crazy things I've ever done
I've been searching all my life and when I should have stayed I tried to run
I was searching for an answer in a world full of strangers
But what I found was never real enough
Now that I've found you I'm looking in the eyes of love
Darlin' you've been good to me you are so much more than I deserve
I never thought that I would find someone who's so sweet and kind like you
Please believe me when I say this time I won't run away
I swear by all of heaven's stars above
Now that I've found you I'm looking in the eyes of love
Looking in the eyes of love I can see forever
I can see you and me walking in this old world together
Lord my heart's found a home I've been dreaming of
Now that I've found you I'm looking in the eyes of love
Looking in the eyes of love...
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11.
PAIN OF A TROUBLED LIFE
(Ron Block)
« © '97 Moonlight Canyon Publishing, BMI »
I've lived a dozen lifetimes in twenty-some-odd years
Got no use for trouble got no use for tears
Can't you see it's killing me I'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life
I've had my share of sorrow more than you could know
Save your lies and alibis I've heard that tune before
Can't you see it's killing me I'm old before my time
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life
[ mandolin ]
You're out all night asleep all day so pack it up and leave
I've got no use for trouble trouble's using me
Don't you see my love won't be forever deaf and blind
I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life
I've had my share of sorrow...
[ banjo - fiddle ]
I've had my share of sorrow...
Can't you see that love can't be forever deaf and blind
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12.
HAPPINESS
(Michael McDonald - Victor Krauss)
« © '97 Genevieve Music, ASCAP »
With your love I was complete like a haven safe from harm
Till the bitter stole the sweet I was perfect in your arms
A precious while I had your smile
Till it all fell apart with one change of heart
The pain and regret will fade but a fact of love will still remain
You can't always trust happiness
Love like a sweet parade till the saddest part when the music fades
You can't always trust happiness
[ guitar - fiddle ]
If a single star I see ever made a wish come true
It would bring you back to me but the best my heart can do
Is to love again I don't know when
Still it's worth all I fear the heartaches and the tears
Love like a lesson learned when we pass the point of no return
You can't always trust happiness
There in love's steady glow hides the power to hurt us so
You can't always trust happiness
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13.
BLUE TRAIL OF SORROW
(Jeff White)
« © '97 Shiroisan Music, BMI / Slocum Hollow Songs, BMI »
Blue trail of sorrow lies upon the ground
And I get so lonely since you let me down
Well I used to be so happy walking on these streets
Now there's just sadness everywhere I meet
Start walking baby walk all over town sweet tears of sadness falling down
Keep looking baby I won't be around blue trail of sorrow on the ground
[ mandolin ]
Now when I had a dollar you'd stick right by me
Now I've got nothing but blues for company
Well I think I'll leave tomorrow I'm tired of this old town
But it won't be hard to find me if you look down on the ground
[ fiddle - banjo ]
Start walking baby...
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14.
THERE IS A REASON
(Ron Block)
« © '97 Moonlight Canyon Publishing, BMI »
I've seen hard times and I've been told there isn't any wonder that I fall
Why do we suffer crossing off the years there must be a reason for it all
I've trusted in you Jesus to save me from my sin
Heaven is the place I call my home
But I keep on getting caught up in this world I'm living in
And your voice it sometimes fades before I know
Hurtin' brings my heart to you crying with my need
Depending on your love to carry me
The love that shed his blood for all the world to see
This must be the reason for it all
[ guitar - mandolin ]
Hurtin' brings my heart to you a fortress in the storm
When what I wrap my heart around is gone
I give my heart so easily to the ruler of this world
When the one who loves me most will give me all
In all the things that cause me pain you give me eyes to see
I do believe but help my unbelief
I've seen hard times and I've been told there is a reason for it all
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