PATTY LOVELESS
MOUNTAIN SOUL
(Epic EK-85651)
June 26/2001
Produced by Emory Gordy
Travis Tritt - guitar/vocals
Tom Britt - slide guitar
Rob Ickes, Gene Wooten - dobro
Earl Scruggs, Butch Lee, Alan O'Bryant - banjo
Ricky Skaggs, Tim Hensley - mandolin/vocals
Stuart Duncan - fiddle/mandolin/vocals
Carmella Ramsey - fiddle/vocals
Deanie Richardson - fiddle
Clarence Tater Tate - bass
Vocals:
Jeff White, Jon Randall, Rebecca Lynn Howard
1.
BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
(Stuart Duncan - Pat Enright - Don Humphries)
« © '01 Obanyon Music, BMI »
Gather round ladies gather round hear the news that's comin' down
The ships are in and the sails are down the boys are back in town
Get your skirts down off the rack the boys are in and the boys are back
And no time now for takin' slack the boys are back in town
Well the boys are back in town your true love can be found
Gather round the old playground the boys are back in town
[ banjo - dobro ]
They've been gone for quite a while man it's good to see 'em smile
Now they're loaded up on style the boys are back in town
Come in the house get out of the cold see 'em comin' down the road
Gonna raise some hell cause don't you know the boys are back in town
Well the boys are back in town...
Well the boys are back in town...
[ fiddle ]
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2.
RICHEST FOOL ALIVE
(Bobby Boyd - Kostas - Don Mealer)
« © '01 Seven Angels Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
There's just no way of goin' back to change what's come and gone
But if I could go back in time I'd undo what you've done
I wouldn't look into your eyes and go completely blind
Or listen to your pretty words and leave my heart behind
If heartache were treasures and pain could be sold
If dreams were made of silver and promises of gold
Teardrops were diamonds measured in lies
I'd have a broken heart worth millions and be the richest fool alive
[ fiddle ]
Next time I listen to my friends take their advice to heart
And avoid all of this misery I could've ended from the start
But fools in love don't listen they don't know right from wrong
They see just what they wanna see and miss it when its gone
If heartaches were treasure...
I'd have a broken heart worth millions and be the richest fool alive
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3.
DANIEL PRAYED
(Ralph Stanley - G.T. Speer)
« © '59 La-Car Publishing, BMI »
[ duet with Jon Randall ]
I read about a man one day who wasted not his time away
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
He cared not for the things of man he trusted one who would not fail
Oh Daniel prayed every morning noon and night
Oh Daniel served the living God while here upon this earth he trod
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
He cared not for the king's decree he trusted God to set him free
Oh Daniel prayed to God every morning noon and night
[ mandolin ]
They cast him in the lion's den because he would not honor men
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
The jaws were locked and it made him shout and God soon got them safely out
Oh Daniel prayed every morning noon and night
Oh Daniel served the living God...
[ mandolin ]
Now brother let us watch and pray like Daniel did from day to day
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
We too can gladly daring do the things that God will take us through
Oh Daniel prayed every morning noon and night
Oh Daniel served the living God...
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4.
JUST SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW
(Jack Clement)
« © '62 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
There's a picture that I carry one we made some time ago
When they ask who's in the picture with me I say just someone I used to know
Just someone I used to spend some time with just a flame that's lost its glow
I don't tell them how many nights I cried without you
I say just someone I used to know
[ fiddle ]
Just someone I used to run around with just a friend from long ago
I don't tell them how lost I am without you
I say just someone I used to know I say just someone I used to know
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5.
OUT OF CONTROL RAGING FIRE
(Melba Montgomery - Kostas)
« © '01 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
[ duet with Travis Tritt ]
Today an old heartache came calling
An old flame I thought died out like some falling star
Instead it's rekindling some embers
That may start an out of control ragin' fire
That look in your eyes brings bad memories
You still have that same smile that once won my heart
The bittersweet feelings still linger that once fuled an out of control ragin' fire
That out of control ragin' fire pain has no memory when you burn with desire
The flames grow higher and higher till we've reached an out of control ragin' fire
[ fiddle ]
Inside the passion is burning it's too late to stop what we've started tonight
How can we resist this temptation to restart an out of control ragin' fire
That out of control ragin' fire...
Yes we've reached an out of control ragin' fire
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6.
RISE UP LAZARUS
(Emory Gordy - Patty Loveless)
« © '01 Clay Root Music, BMI / Jahazah Music, BMI »
Rise up Lazarus rise up from the dust
If in Jesus you believe then you shall be released
Go forth John and Paul spread the Gospel to them all
Give them courage to believe and they shall be released
Now Jesus went to Bethany in answer to an urgent plea
Two sisters fell down at his feet they began to cry and weep
They lead him to their brother's grave Jesus knelt to God and prayed
Rise up Lazarus rise up from the dust
If in Jesus you believe then you shall be released
Go forth John and Paul spread the gospel to them all
Give them courage to believe and they shall be released
[ fiddle ]
Now doubters who would not believe spread the word of what they'd seen
Then they began to congregate first two to four then four to eight
God watched faithful multiply as they echoed Jesus cried
Rise up Lazarus rise up from the dust
If in Jesus you believe then you shall be released
Go forth John and Paul spread the gospel to them all
Give them courage to believe and they shall be released
[ fiddle ]
Now all us children here on earth sometimes doubt worldly worth
But if in Jesus you do trust you will rise like Lazarus
So if your feelin' down and out open up your heart and shout
Rise up Lazarus rise up from the dust
If in Jesus you believe then you shall be released
Go forth John and Paul spread the gospel to them all
Give them courage to believe and they shall be released
Give them courage to believe and they shall be released
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7.
CHEAP WHISKEY
(Jim Rushing - Emory Gordy)
« © '89 PolyGram Int, ASCAP / Tree Publishing, BMI / Paulding County Publishing, BMI »
He sits all alone in his easy chair staring back on his lost yesterdays
Long before he encountered the bottle and the demons that drove her away
In his hand he is holdin' her photograph her image all tear stained and worn
Tonight he's embracin' reality and he curses the day he was born
And the darkness still echoes her warning you can't have two loves in your life
Now the things that will haunt him till the day that he dies
Is the smell of cheap whiskey and the sound of goodbye
Since the hour she left he's been sober
Each breath that he draws makes him think
By the love of his life gone forever when he traded her love for a drink
And the darkness still echoes...
[ dobro ]
And the darkness still echoes...
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8.
PRETTY LITTLE MISS
(Emory Gordy - Patty Loveless)
« © '01 Clay Root Music, BMI / Jahazah Music, BMI »
Shady Grove pretty little miss Shady Grove my darlin'
Shady Grove pretty little miss goin' back to Harlan
[ fiddle ]
Well the boys all call me Pretty Little Miss it don't ever phase me
But every time he calls my name it nearly drives me crazy
Shady Grove pretty little miss Shady Grove my darlin'
Shady Grove pretty little miss goin' back to Harlan
[ banjo - dobro ]
Mama says he's not my type he really loves another
But he's gonna marry me when I turn twelve this summer
Shady Grove pretty little miss...
[ mandolin - babnjo ]
Well paint and powder curled my hair the day he came a callin'
He ran off with my older sis and I commenced to squallin'
Shady Grove pretty little miss...
[ fiddle ]
Oh spring has sprung summer's gone fall is quickly fadin'
Guess I'll spend my winter months a sad and lonley maiden
Shady Grove pretty little miss...
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9.
I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED (BUT I LOVE YOU STILL)
(Don Reno - Mack Magaha)
« © '56 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
I know you're married but I love you still
The day I met you my heart spoke to me it said to love you through eternity
Now knowing that you were another's bride I vowed I'll always be close by your side
I love you darlin' I always will I know you're married but I love you still
[ fiddle ]
You broke a heart dear that would die for you I'd give the world if I could be with you
The game is over now I know I've lost a broken heart will have to pay the cost
I love you darlin' I always will I know you're married but I love you still
[ dobro ]
You know I love you and I always will I know you're married but I love you still
You know I love you and I always will I know you're married but I love you still
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10.
SORROWFUL ANGELS
(Tommy Conners - Leslie Satcher)
« © '01 Ensign Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
She loved him most when his eyes were gray the palest shade of a winter day
They filled her with a raging fire and a bittersweet desire
She shined for him like candlelight that softly beckons in the night
But he said no right to her face then simply turned and walked away
All heaven watched from way on high true love given and denied
And while her heart was broke and bleed sorrowful angels wept into their wings
She wore him like a lock and chain only in dreams she spoke his name
By day it slipped upon her tongue the taste of unrequited love
Now her hair is long and gray the palest shade of a winter day
She never took a ring of gold she swears she never loved a soul
All heaven watched from way on high..
Sorrowful angels wept into their wings
She loved him most when his eyes were gray
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11.
SOUL OF CONSTANT SORROW
(Emory Gordy - Patty Loveless)
« © '01 Clay Root Music, BMI / Jahazah Music, BMI »
I am a soul of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to east Kentucky the place where I was born and raised
For many a year I have struggled no pleasure here on earth I've found
All through this world I'm bound to wander there is no one to help me now
[ dobro - fiddle ]
You can bury me in some deep valley for many a year in peace I'll lay
Then you may learn to love another while I am sleeping in my grave
It's fare-Thee-well my one true lover I never spect to see you again
But there's one promise that is given I'll meet you in God's golden land
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12.
YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE HARLAN ALIVE
(Darrell James Scott)
« © '01 Almo Music, ASCAP »
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I traced my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone you'll never leave Harlan alive
Oh my grandfather's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
Where he took a pretty little girl to be his bride
Yeah won't you walk with me out of the mouth of this holler
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
Till a man from the Northeast arrived
Waving hundred dollar bills he said I'll pay for your minerals
But he never left Harlan alive
Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west to Pineland
To a farm where big Richmond River winds
And I bet they danced them a jig and they laughed and sang a new song
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
[ fiddle + dobro ]
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal and sent the money back to grandma
But he never left Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
Mhmm mhm never left Harlan alive
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13.
TWO COATS
(Ralph Stanley)
« © '71 Zap Publishing, BMI »
Two coats were before me an old and a new
I asked my sweet master oh what must I do
The old coat was ugly so tattered and torn
The other a new one had never been worn
I'll tell you the best thing I ever did do
I took off the old coat and put on the new
[ fiddle ]
The first man was earthy and made from the ground
We bore all his image the whole world around
The next was my Saviour from heaven so fair
He bought me this new coat you now see me wear
I'll tell you the best thing...
[ fiddle ]
Now this coat it suits me and keeps me warm
It's good in the winter it's good in the storm
My savior has dressed me in a garment so rare
He bought me this new coat you now see me wear
I'll tell you the best thing...
I'll tell you the best thing...
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14.
SOUNDS OF LONELINESS
(Patty Ramey)
« © '87 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Hear the sounds of loneliness hear the sounds all around
Since you've gone and left me alone I just hear these sounds from now on
Hear the sound of my mind thoughts of you all the time
Since you've gone left me alone I'll just hear these sounds from now on
Hear the sound of my heartbeat it beats so loud oh I can't stand it
Oh that sound that lonely sound that lonely sound that lonely sound
Hear the sounds of my tears fallen down fallen down
Like the rain comin' down oh the sound that lonely sound
It grows louder and louder and louder and louder
Hear the sounds of loneliness hear the sounds all around
Since you've gone and left me alone I'll just hear these sounds from now on
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