Lonestar has a way with passionate songs that either make hearts soar or eyes well up with tears; think previous number ones "Amazed," "Smile," and "Tell Her" from the triple platinum Lonely Grill. That album solidified and shaped their career — and yet, they don't want to be known as a "ballad band." I'm Already There has five ballads, including the title track, so it doesn't seem they're working overtime to change their image. But why fix what isn't broken? This four-member band delivers full-on on those moving ballads, due in part to Richie McDonald's big vocal prowess. But they do pretty well on the other seven tracks of up- and mid-tempo tunes too, including mentionables "Unusually Unusual" and "Every Little Thing She Does." Accomplished songwriters Annie Roboff, Holly Lamar, Lari White, Chuck Cannon, Mark McGuinn, and McDonald himself lend themselves to the pool of talent that makes I'm Already There another platinum album in the making. [The Australian release adds one bonus track: "No Greater Love"]

LONESTAR
I'M ALREADY THERE

(BNA 67011)

June 19/2001
Produced Dan Huff

Dan Huff, Jerry McPherson - el.guitar
Biff Watson, B. James Lowry, Michael Britt, Richie McDonald - ac.guitar
Paul Franklin - steel/dobro
Mike Brignardello - bass
Paul Leim, Chris McHugh - drums
Larry Franklin, Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle/mandolin/cello
Matt Rolling - piano/organ
Tim Akers - accordion/keyboards
Dean Sams - piano/organ/vocals
Keech Rainwater - banjo/percussion
Eric Darken - percussion
The Nashville String Machine - strings
Robbie Cheuvront - vocals

1.
OUT GO THE LIGHTS
(Steve Bogard - Brett Beavers - Richie McDonald)
« © '01 Tree Publishing, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »

Ooh yeah see the moon and the stars
How they sparkle and shine baby all around us now
Headlights on the cars
Bright neon signs they illuminate this town
Then I see your face look in your eyes and before I realize
Out go the lights beat goes the heart
Rush goes the blood burning me out taking me too far
Baby when you look at me the only thing that I can see
Is the two of us making love alone in the dark of the night
Out out out out go the lights

The world is turning around
But the night is still young and girl I want to take it slow
And let a candle burn down
Till our bodies are one breathless in the afterglow
The way you look the way this feels I just can't wait until
Out go the lights...
[ guitar ]
The way we look the way this feels I just can't wait until
Oh out go the lights...
Yeah out out out out go the lights
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2.
UNUSUALLY UNUSUAL
(Mark McGuin)
« © '01 WB Music, ASCAP »

She's unusually unusual
[ fiddle ]
She introduced herself as Amy said call me Caroline for short
I just moved in three doors down so I wouldn't be the girl next door
And I knew the shoes she wasn't wearing fit her just right
She said hey man did you know that somebody left your grass out in the yard all night
She's unusually unusual absolutely unpredictable yes she is
She's so different and that's what's wonderful oh yeah
She's unusually unusual that's beautiful to me

She had a tattoo above her ankle of a Trident submarine
She said it symbolizes awesome powers hidden deep within our dreams
And her diamond eyes different in color held me captive in their light
She said hey man did you know we used to be brothers in some past life
She's unusually unusual...

Some people may think she's strange a different cup of tea
But she just does it for me
She's unusually unusual...
That's beautiful for me
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3.
NOT A DAY GOES BY
(Steve Diamond - Marybeth Derry)
« © '01 American Broadcasting Music, ASCAP »

Got a picture of you I carry in my heart
Close my eyes to see it when the world gets dark
Got a mem'ry of you I carry in my soul
I wrap it close around me when the nights get cold
If you asked me how I'm doing I'd say just fine
But the truth is baby if you could read my mind
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
After all this time you're still with me it's true
Somehow you remain locked so deep inside
Baby baby oh baby not a day goes by

I still wait for the phone in the middle of the night
Thinking you might call me if your dreams don't turn out right
And it still amazes me that I lie here in the dark
Wishing you were next to me with your head against my heart
If you asked me how I'm doing I'd say just fine
But the truth is baby if you could read my mind
Not a day goes by...

Minutes turn to hours and the hours to days
Seems it's been forever that I've felt this way
Not a day goes by...
That I don't think of you
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4.
I WANT TO BE THE ONE
(Gary Nicholson - Chuck Cannon - Lari White)
« © '01 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Wacissa River Music, BMI »

I see those other guys I hear them tell you lies
That same old song they sing they only want one thing
I know you're searching for something that's so much more
I wanna give it to ya
I wanna be the one (the one who makes you feel something real)
The one and only one (the one who gets down deep plays for keeps)
I wanna be the one (the one who talks it through listens to you)
Please let me be the one (the one who truly knows you just let me show you)
I wanna make you see the possibilty of all that we can be for all eternity
And when you fall in love yeah really fall in love I wanna be the one

Girl you don't know me well but someday time will tell
These dreams I promise you you'll see them all come true
I'm talking band of gold I'm talking soul to soul
And I ain't just talking baby
I wanna I wanna be the one...
And when you fall in love yeah really fall in love I wanna be the one
[ guitar ]
I wanna be the one darling ooh I wanna be the one
Oh the one that talks to you the one who listents to you I wanna be the one
The one who gets down deep the one who begs for key
Please let me be the one ooh oh
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5.
WITH ME
(Brett James - Troy Verges)
« © '01 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Teracel Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Universal, BMI »

Sometimes I feel just like a fly in a soup bowl
Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of a heap
Sometimes I feel like I'm the king of the castle
Sometimes I feel like just a bump on a street
I got my highs and lows some days it's touch and go but baby this I know
When you're with me I feel like singing
It's like I'm swinging the whole planet on the end of my chain
Oh when you kiss me my head starts spinning
It's like you're sending the adrenaline straight to my brain
And it feels right as rain all my worries wash away when you're with me
[ fiddle ]
You are a lazy summer day on a porch swing
You are a night running wild on the town
My red Ferrari racin' me down a back street
My pick-me-up when I'm a little bit down
No matter where I go whatever dice I roll baby this I know
When you're with me...
[ guitar ]
When you're with me
I got my highs and lows no matter where I go but baby this I know
When you're with me...
Oh yeah when you're with me
When you're with me...
**********
6.
WITHOUT YOU
(Bobby Terry - Anthony Smith)
« © '01 Almo Music, ASCAP »

Fire smoke bad joke that's what my life's been turned into
Hurt cry pray to die that's all that I've got left to do
(Without you) everytime someone speaks your name
I feel my heart go up in flames
(Without you) nobody's here to see me cry
Or wipe the teardrops from my eyes
(Without you) I'm the only one that I've got left
And I can't live with myself without you oh oh without you

Guilt shame I'm to blame for all the pain I put you through
Cold yeah stoned mind blown there's nothing left for me to lose
(Without you) everytime someone...
[ guitar ]
Time goes by still I'm
(Without you) everytime someone...
(Without you) everytime someone...
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7.
I'M ALREADY THERE
(Gary Baker - Frank J. Myers - Richie McDonald)
« © '01 Josh Nick Music, ASCAP / Swear By It Music, ASCAP /
Zomba Enterprises, ASCAP / Tree Publishing, BMI »


He called her on the road from a lonely cold hotel room
Just to hear her say I love you one more time
But when he heard the sound of the kids laughing in the background
He had to wipe away a tear from his eye
A little voice came on the phone said daddy when you're coming home
He said the first thing that came to his mind
I'm already there take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind I'm your imaginary friend
And I know I'm in your prayers oh I'm already there

She got back on the phone said I really miss you darling
Don't worry about the kids they'll be alright
Wish I was in your arms lying right there beside you
But I know that I'll be in your dreams tonight
And I'll gently kiss your lips touch you with my fingertips
So turn out the light and close your eyes
I'm already there don't make a sound
I'm the beat in your heart I'm the moonlight shining down
I'm the whisper in the wind and I'll be there till the end
Can you feel the love that we share oh I'm already there

We may be a thousand miles apart but I'll be with you wherever you are
I'm already there take a look around
I'm the sunshine in your hair I'm the shadow on the ground
I'm the whisper in the wind and I'll be there till the end
Can you feel the love that we share oh I'm already there
There I'm already there
**********
8.
LET'S BRING IT BACK
(Annie Roboff - Jeffrey Steele)
« © '01 Almo Music, ASCAP / Anwa Music, ASCAP /
My Life's Work Music, BMI / Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI / Yellow Desert Music, BMI »


Lotta people talking bout giving up and walking out these days
Made up their minds don't want the hurt
They're resigned not to do the work it takes
Well whatever happened to hanging on and going the extra mile
Whatever happened to believing
Let's bring it back a true love that lasts
Let's take a chance at spending a lifetime together
In a slow dance in a deep trance in a romance let's bring it back

Used to be a simple thing all it took was a simple dream and love
And when the ride got a little rough you'd buckle down stick it out and rise above
Well whatever happened to knowing that we kept the promise made
Whatever happened to those days
Let's bring it back...
[ guitar ]
Let's bring it back...
**********
9.
MUST BE LOVE
(Greg Barnhill - Jon McElroy)
« © '01 Cancelled Lunch Music, ASCAP / Let's Have A Lunch Music, ASCAP / PolyGram Int, ASCAP »

Sideways cockamamie the idea is just a little too brainy
That a fine girl like you would bumpety-bump with a midnight fool
I took the fall in a neon minute you were there and I feel right in it
Ooh oh it just hit me the rattlesnake if love done bit me
I'm goin' down gettin' dizzy can't get enough of your kissy kissy
No cure I don't want one oh baby this must be love

Well lunchtime and I eat a sandwich
I think of you and the world starts to vanish
Call you up from a cell phone smack in the middle of a blasting zone
You get me so excited I can't wait for my fuse to be lighted
Ooh oh it just hit me...

You got me lost in a wonderland love songs played by a marching band
Lips like roses skin like cream please don't wake me from this dream
[ fiddle ]
Ooh oh it just hit me...
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10.
SOFTLY
(Annie Roboff - Holly Lamar)
« © '01 Almo Music, ASCAP »

I remember that kiss in a cold world oh girl
Sunlight fell from your lips tenderly you shattered me
Somehow you touched me like no one else slipped into my soul like a prayer
Baby with the sweetest kiss you came along and stole my breath
Tore down my defenses with a whisper
Oh you showed me how love can be you broke through to my heart
Softly baby softly

You're like God in this world fragile beautiful
There's so much trust in your eyes they make me remember
Blue skies and sunshine
I wanna be what you see in me I wanna love you the way that you love me
Baby with the sweetest kiss...

I don't wanna be that strong if it means bein' alone
I wanna stay with you where I belong
And let you show me just how good love can be you break through to my heart
Softly baby softly ooh softly baby softly
**********
11.
EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES
(Bob DiPiero - Al Anderson - Jeffrey Steele)
« © '01 Love Monkey Music, BMI / My Life's Work Music, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI /
Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI /Starway To Bittner Music, BMI / Yellow Desert Music, BMI »


Ooh when I see her in my T shirt brushin' her teeth dancin' to the radio
Ooh her coffee and her kisss
The way she looks at me I hate to see her leave
But I sure love watchin' her go
Every little thing she does every little thing she does
I keep fallin' in love with every single simple ordinary little thing she does

Ooh paintin' on her toenails watchin' TV got her mama on the telephone
Ooh in a corner at a party
She puts down her drink gives me a little wink says wait till I get you home
Every little thing she does...

Ooh listenin' to her breathe watchin' her when she sleeps
The bubbles in her bath the funny little laugh oh yeah oh yea oh yeah
Every little thing she does...
Ooh every little thing she does...
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12.
LIKE A GOOD COWBOY
(Greg Barnhill - Holly Lamar)
« © '01 Annotation Music, ASCAP / French Hip Music, ASCAP /
Platinum Plow Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »


Walking down the street in LA caught in the middle of a heat wave
Pass by the star of John Wayne and I think to myself how times change
Now where the cattle once roamed there's a Burger King and a peep show
We do everything from our cell phones ridin' in out steel broncos
Oh it's Dow Jones hi low price of corn in Tokyo wild west neighborhood
It's quick draw credit cards the world turns but in my heart
I'm ridin' down the range like a good good good good (cowboy)
I do what I say and say what I mean try to get a grip on the American dream
Sunrise to Sunset Strip I'll be
Workin' to the bone just to try to have a voice
When Friday night comes I'm gonna turn up the noise
Like a good good good cowboy oh yeah alright

Dollar don't go far these days the new frontier is a freeway
Five p.m. is a rat race even Eastwood moved to Monterey
Lean Cuisines microwaves silicone and cellophane aliens in Hollywood
Bright lights big city concrete nitty gritty
But I'm ridin' the range like a good good good good (cowboy)
I do what I say and say what I mean...
[ guitar ]
Oh it's Dow Jones...
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