PATTY LOVELESS
LONG STRETCH OF LONESOME
(Epic Ek-67887)
September 30/1997
Produced by Emory Gordy
Steve Gibson, Richard Bennett, Dan Dugmore, Michael Henderson, Raul Malo, Brent Mason, Biff Watson, Tom Bitt - guitar
Paul Franklin, Dan Dugmore - steel
Jerry Douglas - dobro
Emory Gordy - bass/arrangements
Eddie Byers, Owen Hale, Harry Stinson - drums
John Hobbs, John B. Jarvis, Mike Rojas, Mike Lawler, Burch Lee - piano/keyboards
Stuart Duncan - fiddle/mandolin
Anthony LaMarchina - cello
Kris Wilkenson, Karthry Plummer - viola
David Davidson, Clara Olson, Christian Teal, Connie Heard - violin
Vocals:
Deborah Allen, Susan Ashron, Michael Black, Nanette Bohanon Britt, Kathy Burdick, Mary Chapin Carpenter,
Vickie Carrico, Vicki Hampton, Tim Hensley, George Jones, Kostas, Liana Manis, Mac McAnally, Kim Richey, Harry Stinson
1.
PARTY AIN'T OVER YET
(John David)
« © '97 Blackwood Music, BMI »
There's a troubled wind a blowin' through my crazy life
I feel the chill begin it's gonna be a long long night
I hear the thunder roll but I don't fear the lightning strike
Cause deep inside I know I'm gonna make it through all right
So let the walls come tumblin' down bring on the last sunset
I ain't moving to heartbreak town the party ain't over yet
Yeah let the devil do his worst but don't take any bets
That life has finally quenched my thirst the party ain't over yet not yet
[ fiddle ]
Every drop of rain that ever fell into my life
Helps me ride this pain they were a blessin' in disguise
And I know in time this'll soon be yesterday
Nothing I can't climb I've got the will to find the way
So let the walls come tumblin' down...
[ fiddle ]
So when the morning comes I'll do more than just survive
I'll walk into the sun and live until I die
So let the walls come tumblin' down...
Hey hey the party ain't over yet no no the party ain't over yet
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2.
TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN
(Annie Roboff - Arnie Roman)
« © '97 Almo Music, ASCAP / Annotation Music, ASCAP /
Anwa Music, ASCAP / Romanesque Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Love love's a chameleon makes one in a million feel like too much of the same
But leave leave it behind you and love will remind you it was only you that changed
Oh I'd give all my dreams give up my hope and everything I've ever known
To have you back again to have you back again
I'd stand in the rain no place to hide drown in my shame swallow my pride
To have you back again to have you back again
Time time is a river flowing forever away from the sound of your heart
Only you can break this silence whisper forgiveness let me back into your arms
Oh I'd give all my dreams...
And I know I'd never loved you like you needed to be loved
But I know that I could learn to if we both have faith enough
For I'd give all my dreams give up my hope and everything I've ever known
To have you back again to have you back again oh oh
[ guitar ]
I'd stand in the rain...
To have you to have you to have you back again
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3.
I DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THAT
(Don Schlitz - Terry Radigan)
« © '97 New Don Songs, ASCAP / Catherine The Great, ASCAP /
Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / New Hayes Music, ASCAP »
Cried myself to sleep last night and I don't want to feel like that no more
Woke up before the morning light and I don't want to feel like that no more
I couldn't think one thought that didn't start with your name
I couldn't see one day that wasn't more of the same
And I don't want to feel like that I don't want to feel like that no more
I don't want to feel like that I said I had to get it off my chest
I don't want to play that game no more
I could've lied a little more or less but I don't want to play that game no more
If you're not willing to hear what I have to say
It's too late cause now I've said it anyway
And I don't want to feel like that I don't want to feel like that no more
I don't want to feel like my life's hanging by a string
I don't want to feel like I ain't feeling anything
[ fiddle ]
I cried myself to sleep last night and I don't want to feel like that no more
I said a prayer with all my might said I don't want to feel like this no more
Got myself in this mess I can get myself out
Starting right here and I'm starting right now
Cause I don't want to feel like that I don't want to feel like that no more
I don't want to feel like that I don't want to feel like that
I don't want to feel like that no more I don't want to feel like that no more
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4.
HIGH ON LOVE
(Kostas - Jeff Hana)
« © '97 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI / Bug Music, BMI /
Jeff Diggs Music, BMI / Seven Angels Music, ASCAP »
High on love and I ain't comin' down no I ain't comin' down
Don't you know I'm high on love since you've come around and I ain't comin' down
Took a long time for me to believe but I finally got a reprieve
From loneliness emptiness and wasting my time
I got lucky one fine day heaven must've sent your love my way
And ever since I've been ridin' on cloud nine
High on love and I ain't comin' down...
[ guitar ]
It's the same old world turning round and around my feet ain't touching the ground
Up in the sky without a care just a couple of angels going nowhere
High on love and I ain't comin' down...
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5.
LIKE WATER INTO WINE
(Gretchen Peters)
« © '97 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Purple Crayon Music, ASCAP »
Baby open up that bottle come and lay down by my side
I don't have no special reason just this ache I feel inside
I wanna lose my inhibitions I wanna lose those words we said
I wanna drink my fill of you babe let it go right to my head
Tonight I wanna hold you I wanna look into your eyes
I wanna watch these broken dreams turn into memories
Just like water baby just like water into wine
Don't wanna think about tomorrow don't wanna count my last regrets
I can't hate you anymore babe I can't love you any less
Sometimes I've been unfaithful sometimes you were unkind
But all the pain and sorrow and all the bitter tears
They're just water baby just water into wine
[ steel ]
So baby open up that bottle come and lay down by my side
I can't think of one good reason we should not be satisfied
Tonight I wanna hold you...
We're just like water baby like water into wine
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6.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN
(Kim Richey - Tia Sillers)
« © '95 Mighty Nice Music, BM / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Wait No More Music, BMII »
I feel a cold snap comin' frost on the window pane
Trees are green bees are hummin' but I'm freezing just the same
Can't put my finger on it where did we lose the flame
We'll both end up broken-hearted if we don't find that fire again
Lately we've been missin' something and love is wearing at the seams
And you say baby ah it ain't nothing and that's exactly what I mean
Come every winter season most birds they fly away
It's warm down south they got no reason why they should want t stay
When we take love for granted we wind up empty handed
Love is wearing at the seams and you say baby awe it ain't nothing
And that's exactly what I mean
Baby, turn off the TV come here and hold me tight
A little heat is all that we need to bring love back to life
Maybe we've been missin' something and love is wearing at the seams
And you say baby ah it ain't nothing and that's exactly what I mean
Oh that's exactly what I mean
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7.
YOU DON'T SEEM TO MISS ME
(Jim Lauderdale)
« © '97 Mighty Nice Music, BMI / Laudersongs, BMI »
It's a long way off from where I should be goin'
And everytime I hate to leave your side
But now when I return there's somethin' missin'
When I'm gone you don't seem to miss me
Now life's so fast and everything is changing
And if your changing too then I don't blame you
I remember how you used to kiss me
But when I'm gone you don't seem to miss me
I'm going back I wonder why I'm running fast to get home
I just can't wait to see your face but you don't seem to miss me
[ steel ]
No one can take away the things you've given
And all the good we've had alone together
There was a time when you could not resist me
Now I'm gone and you don't seem to miss me
I'm going back I wonder why...
I can't wait to see your face but you don't seem to miss me
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8.
TOO MANY MEMORIES
(Stephen Bruton)
« © '95 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI / Brutunes, BMI »
I remember this town with a love by my side
And a peace seldom felt in this day and time
And it gets melancholy every now and again
When you let your mind go and it drifts way back when
Life plays it's tricks some cruel but fair
Even a fool can pretend they don't care
When there's too many mem'ries for one heart to hold
Once a future so bright now seems so distant and cold
And the shadows grow long and your eyes look so old
When there's too many mem'ries for one heart to hold
There are those moments and they just never fade
The look in his eyes and the way the light played
God moved in that moment and the angels all cried
And they gave you a mem'ry that you have till you die
And the lessons you learn and you don't forget
What makes you grow old is replacing hope with regret
When there's too many mem'ries...
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9.
LONG STRETCH OF LONESOME
(Tony Arata - Gary Scruggs)
« © '96 Little Tybee Music, ASCAP / Irving Music, BMI / Gary Scruggs Music, BMI »
Never mind the struggle never mind these tears I cry
Through it all I will stay humble as I keep a watchful eye
For that sweeter change of fortune that's closer now than it's been
Where the memories that haunt me are gonna someday be my friend
When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end
On some crazy river but I still have control
And I will not surrender I'll stay true to heart and soul
There's a sea of love awaiting down at the river's end
There I'll drown my sorrows and there I'll live again
When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end
Oh when that long stretch of lonesome finally comes to an end
My heart belonging to someone it'll never be longing again
And the shadows that have dogged me since I can't remember when
Finally give quarter to the sunlight on my skin
When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end
[ strings ]
And the shadows that have dogged me since I can't remember when
Finally give quarter to the sunlight on my skin
When that long stretch of lonesome when that long stretch of lonesome
When that long stretch of lonesome comes to an end
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10.
WHERE I'M BOUND
(Daryl Burgess - Tom Britt)
« © '97 Blackwood Music, BMI »
Can you hear it cross the valley can you hear that mournful sound
I'm riding rails of silver going to where I'm bound
High above the fields of clover on a lazy hot July
When I get to where I'm going I'll hold my head up high
[ guitar ]
I will roll across those mountains I will take the last train out
Riding rails of silver going to where I'm bound
Roses dust and ashes throw them where I lay
And if by chance you see me there'll be no sorrow on my face
For I will see the beauty I only wish that you could see
I'll leave my body weakened I'll leave my soul to wander free so free
So if you should see a diamond fall down from the sky
It's just a teardrop from the corner of my eye
As goodbye as I fly to where I'm bound
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