LITTLE TEXAS
(Warner Brothers 46501)
April 22/1997
Produced by James Stroud, Christy DiNapoli, Doug Grau
Tim Rushlow - guitar/vocals
Porter Howell - el.guitar/ac.guitar/bass
Dwayne O'Brien - ac.guitar/vocals
Sonny Garrish, Dan Dugmore - steel
Duane Propes - bass
Del Gray - drums
Jeff Huskins - piano/keyboards/mandolin/fiddle/vocals
1.
LOUD AND PROUD
(Porter Howell - Sam Gay)
« © '97 After The Fire, ASCAP / Stage Three Songs, ASCAP / Music Of Stage Three, BMI »
Show me a mountain tell me it can't be climbed
I'll find my way through any shadow of doubt
And I'll meet you on the other side
I love a good challenge send them all my way
I'll rise to any occasion I am not afraid
To be loud and proud and givin' into nothin'
Livin' and a lovin' I'll never get enough
And all the ups and downs I take 'em as they come
And I'll be right here standin' my ground loud and proud
Now I'm not sayin' that it ain't no way to be
But livin' inside the lines never did nothin' for me
Life is good cranked up to ten
Show me a place where the whole world stops
And I'll see it as a place to begin
Cause I'm loud and proud...
I see no reason to hide under covers
Shy away from love because you might get burned
You never know what you might be missin'
Life is a mission far as I'm concerned
So live it loud and proud and givin' into nothin'
Livin' and a lovin' I'll never get enough
And all the ups and downs I take 'em as they come
And I'll be right here standin' my ground
Yeah I'll be right here standing my ground loud and proud
Loud and proud yeah I'm loud and proud
Oh yeah loud and proud
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2.
BAD FOR US
(Porter Howell - Dwayne O'Brien - Tom Shapiro)
« © '97 Foolish Hit Music, ASCAP / HDH Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP /
Songs Of Scream Music, ASCAP / Music Of Stage Three, BMI, Tree Publishing, BMI »
You really got a good one in you hit me where it hurts
Just so you wouldn't get the best of me I fired back something worse
I put you down you show me up
Good for you good for me bad for us
We keep goin' around and round when's it gonna stop
Real love's not a matter of who comes out on top
I won't back down you won't give up
Good for you good for me bad for us
It's a game of who's to blame and we're keeping score
One of us wins the battle we both lose the war
Still we won't say enough's enough
Good for you good for me bad for us
[ guitar ]
Too proud to say enough's enough
Good for you good for me bad for us
Good for you good for me bad for us
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3.
AIN'T NO TIME TO BE AFRAID
(Porter Howell - Allen Shamblin)
« © '97 After The Fire, ASCAP / Stage Three Songs, ASCAP »
I was scared half to death I couldn't catch my breath
Cause that old tree down by the river was thirty feet high
That's when I heard my daddy's voice he said son you've got a choice
You can climb down now or you can fly
This ain't no time to be afraid or look the other way
If your prayers have all been prayed then you just let it come what may
If you're not brave enough to try then life will pass you by
All we have is today there ain't no time to be afraid
[ fiddle ]
At the altar my best man said since I am your friend
It's my job to inform you it's not to late run
She was coming down the aisle all I could do was smile
I whispered no my friend I'm sure I found the one
This ain't no time to be afraid...
Keep your faith when you're out there all alone
When you're faced with your fears just walk on
[ fiddle ]
I was scared half to death till he took his first breath
He was kickin' and a screamin' Lord I loved that sound
With a house way too small a stack of bills too tall
I thought only one thing really matters now
This ain't no time to be afraid or look the other way
If your prayers have all been prayed then you just let it come what may
If you're not brave enough to try then life will pass you by
From the cradle to the grave there ain't no time to be afraid
All we have is today there ain't no time to be afraid
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4.
LONG WAY DOWN
(Bob DiPiero - Porter Howell - Dwayne O'Brien)
« © '97 Tree Publishing, BMI / Foolish Hit Music, ASCAP / HDH Music, ASCAP /
Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP / Songs Of Scream Music, ASCAP »
You roll out your red carpet say welcome to my love
Lately I've been wondering if you're gonna roll it back up
With every hungry kiss from your sweet lips
Baby you lift my feet off the ground
You got me rockin' in a cradle of love and I don't want to fall out now
Cause it's a long way down
Up here on the wire the further out I get
The more you keep reminding me I'm workin' without a net
With every hungry kiss...
[ guitar ]
Sampson had Delilah and Adam he had Eve
Darlin' please please tell me what you got up your sleeve
With every hungry kiss...
With every hungry kiss...
It's a long way down it's a long way down
It's a long way down
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5.
YOUR MAMA WON'T LET ME
(Thom McHugh - Keith Follese - Del Gray)
« © '97 Purple Cape Music, BMI / Songs Of The Collective, BMI / Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI /
Delbert's Son Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP / Songs Of Scream Music, ASCAP »
Like to take you to the movies on a Saturday night
But your mama won't let me
Steal you away for a Sunday drive but your mama won't let me
She's one step ahead of me every time
When I get too close she draws that line
Thinks I'm trouble but I'm not that kind
Your mama won't let me make you mine
I wanna tear you away from those apron strings
But your mama won't let me
Buy you dinner and a diamond ring but your mama won't let me
She's one step ahead...
I got nothin' but good intentions somehow I got to change her mind
Find a way to break down her defenses gotta have you or I'm gonna die trying
[ fiddle ]
I'd like to talk to your daddy about man-to-man
But your mama won't let me
If anybody could I know he'd understand but your mama won't let me
She's one step ahead...
You know your mama won't let me make you mine
[ fiddle ]
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6.
ALL IN THE LINE OF LOVE
(Porter Howell - Dwayne O'Brien - Stephen A. Davis)
« © '97 Foolish Hit Music, ASCAP / HDH Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP /
Songs Of Scream Music, ASCAP / Music Of Stage Three, BMI »
Heaven knows life's got its twists and turns
Walls to climb over and bridges that burn
But if you were lost on the other side
I'd walk straight through the fire all in the line of love
If your darkest fears from your wildest dreams
Ever come for you they'll have to go through me
To keep you safe from the world outside
I would stand and fight all in the line of love
Right from the start when I gave you my heart
I made a promise I'll keep for all time
Girl I do what I do only for you I'd even lay down my life
And never ask why cause it's all in the line of love
I'd give up my dreams watch 'em all fade
Take what I had and give it all away
For one more day with you by my side
I'd trade my hopes and desires all in the line of love
Right from the start...
Girl I do what I do only for you...
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7.
LIVING IN A BULLSEYE
(Bob DiPiero - Walt Aldridge)
« © '97 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I heard the whistle blowing as I pulled in the gate
I knew without looking I was already late
Praying the boss wouldn't catch me again
Sweatin' bullets while I was sneaking in
I'm living in a bullseye ground zero
It's kinda scary when the arrows fly
I ain't tryin' to be no super hero
I duck and cover just to stay alive livin' in a bullseye
Eight hours later at a half past five
I'm listenin' to my radio and pulling in the drive
The music telling me a thing that's good
So I'm crossing all my fingers and I'm knocking on wood
Cause I'm living in a bullseye...
[ fiddle - guitar ]
I know the minute that I get home
I finally made it through the danger zone
The part of my day that I love the best
When her lovin' wraps around me like a bullet-proof vest
Cause I'm livin' in a bullseye...
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8.
CALL
(Walt Aldridge - Tim Rushlow)
« © '97 Lehsem Music, ASCAP / Publishing Two's Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP /
Songs Of Scream Music, ASCAP / Tall Tale Tunes, ASCAP / WATERTOWN mUSIC, ascap »
I know you're hurtin' feelin' uncertain
Cause love's never happened like you hoped it would
So scared of trying it's just the fear of flying
You say you're through with taking chances for good
You can run but you can't hide you can keep it all inside
Take it from a fool who's tried it all
Pay attention to a friend who swore he'd never fall again
You're gonna answer when you get the call
When love finds you sneaks up behind you
With eyes that see through all of your charades
You can't deny it to don't even try it
Love's gonna change you no matter what you say
You can run but you can't hide...
You never know for sure where that love might be
Halfway around the world or in the heart of a friend like me
You can run but you can't hide...
Oh you're gonna answer when you get the call
You're gonna answer when you get the call
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9.
YESTERDAY'S GONE FOREVER
(Jim Rushing - Dwayne O'Brien)
« © '97 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
For all of my good intentions heartfelt every one
I've left so much love unspoken so much of life I've left undone
I could have made a difference I just never made the time
Now yesterday's gone forever and today ain't far behind
Should've taken that job in Dallas or the one in San Antone
Should've left that girl in the city and married the one back home
I'd love to run back through the years to tell her I was blind
But yesterday's gone forever and today ain't far behind
Let go got to let it go wishing wouldn't change it anyhow
I know I've got to let 'em know
All I can ever hope to change is here and now
So when I wake up tomorrow morning gonna finally make the time
Tell some people how much I love 'em and that I've made up my mind
To make the most of every moment really live while I'm alive
Cause yesterday's gone forever and today ain't far behind
Yesterday's gone forever and today ain't far behind
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10.
IF I DON'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU
(Porter Howell - Chuck Jones)
« © '97 Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP / Songs Of Scream Music, ASCAP / HDH Music, ASCAP /
Music Of Stage Three, BMI / Fugue Music, BMI »
If I don't get enough of you I can't think I can't sleep
If I don't get enough of you I can't eat I get weak
Without you there to hold me tight I can't make it through the night
I don't know what I'm gonna do if I don't get enough of you
If I don't get enough of you I don't act like I should
If I don't get enough of you it's a fact I'm no good
I'm bringing everybody down I ain't no fun to be around
I don't like the man I turn into if I don't get enough of you
You've done something to me it just took one touch
Your love goes right through me and I can't get too much
If I don't get enough of you get my time get my share
If I don't get enough of you seems like life just ain't fair
Why should I have to do without you're all I ever think about
Nothing else is gonna do if I don't get enough of you
You've done something to me...
[ fiddle - guitar ]
If I don't get enough of you I can't think I can't sleep...
You know I don't know what I'm gonna do
If I don't get enough of you
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