(MCA 5915)
January/1987
Produced by Emory Gordy & Tony Brown
Reggie Young, Richard Bennett, Ray Flacke, Mac McAnally - guitar
Weldon Myrick - steel
Paul Franklin - steel/dobro
Larry Byrom - bass/guitar
Emory Gordy - bass/ac.guitar
Edgar Meyer - bass/cello
John B. Jarvis - keyboards/piano
Tony Brown - keyboards/synthesizer
Jerry Kroon - drums
Glen Duncan - fiddle
David Davidson, Mary K.Parker, Connie McCollister - violin
Sara Fogel, Jim Grosjean, Kris & Kristian Wilkinson, Linda Alosko - viola
John Catchings - cello
Vocals:
Paul Davis, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Karen Staley, Harry Stinson
1.
LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS
(Karen Staley)
« © '86 BMG Songs, ASCAP / Rovero Music, ASCAP »
Lonely days lonely nights missing you with all my might
Wanting you to hold me tight lonely day lonely nights
When you're gone this old house it gets lonely
Talkin' to myself ain't company
Nothin' seems to stop the tears from fallin'
Feelin' sorry for myself you're not here to comfort me
Lonely days lonely nights...
[ fiddle ]
Sleep without you is just a bad dream
Whispers that I hear are just the wind
And morning's just another day to remind me
This is the lonliest I think I've ever been
Lonely days lonely nights...
Lonely days lonely nights...
Lonely days lonely nights
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2.
I DID
(Patty Ramey)
« © '86 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Whoever needed you well I did
Whoever wanted you well I did
Who said she loved you more than anything and be true
Well I did yes I did oh how I did
Who laid up many nights cryin' for you
Well I did oh how I did
Who was the fool to give so much to you
Well I did yes I did oh how I did
Who said she loved you more than anything and be true
Well I did yes I did oh how I did
If anyone on earth could make me happy baby you could
And if we had a chance and who would wait forever
Honey you know I would
Who said she loved you more than anything and be true
Well I did yes I did oh how I did
Who said she loved you more than anything and be true
Well I did yes I did oh how I did
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3.
YOU ARE EVERYTHING
(Guy Clark - Keith Sykes)
« © '86 April Music, ASCAP / Bro'n Sis Music, BMI / Keith Sykes Music, BMI »
You are so good to me you
Got me feeling like I'm happy I'm lucky as free as a bird
You got me feeling like love is more than a word
You are so good to me just as good as you can be
You are the sweetest thing
You are the reason that I get up in the morning and go to bed at night
Give me the feeling that I'm doing something right
You are the sweetest thing just as sweet as you can be
Sometimes I wonder where I'd be without you
I can't imagine ever being so blue
And anyone can see you are everything to me
[ fiddle - steel ]
Yes you are everything
You know just when we should be talking or keeping as quiet as a mouse
You know just how to make me want to chase you round the house
Yes you are everything you are everything to me
Yes you are everything you are everything to me
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4.
BLUE IS NOT A WORD
(Joel Sonier - Judy Ball)
« © '85 Wall To Wall Music, ASCAP »
Never once in my life met someone like you
I don't know what the words could mean as long as I'm with you
You fill me so completely through everything you do
Blue is not a word at all as long as I'm with you
Most of the time in my past blue is all I knew
Now that we're together oh how I love you
I'm so glad I've found you you've made my dreams come true
Blue is not a word at all as long as I'm with you
[ steel ]
Most of the time in my past blue is all I knew...
Blue is not a word at all as long as I'm with you
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5.
SLOW HEALING HEART
(Jim Rushing)
« © '84 Tree Publishing, BMI »
When I left I left walkin' wounded
And made my escape from the rain
Still a prisoner of hurt I had months worth the work
Freein' my mind of the pain
I had hours to sit alone in the dark listening to sad songs and coming apart
Lord knows I made crying an art we give a slow healing heart
Slow healing heart dying to mend
It's longing for love lonely again
When a spirit is broken and the memories start
Nothing moves slower than a slow healing heart
How I prayed for blind faith to lead me to places where I'm not afraid
Now I'm doing fine both in body and mind some hurts take longer to fade
There's a part of my feelings ever on guard
Against looks that are tender words that are hard
I still remember those cutting remarks we give a slow healing heart
Slow healing heart is dying to mend...
Nothing moves slower than a slow healing heart
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6.
AFTER ALL
(Jimbeau Hinson - Harry Stinson)
« © '86 Lorimar Music, ASCAP / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Now she knows all about me
Got the house on the market sent your boy off to school
Still you choose to live without me
Saying you need time after all I've given you
After all the hours spent waitin' by the phone wondering when
You could get away and now that you can you don't call
After all I'm afraid what you did to her you're doing to me
And you just want to be free after all
Loose ends you need to tie up got a lot on your mind I know what you mean
I've tried but I can't hide what's worryin' me tell me it's not what it seems
After all the hours spent waitin' by the phone...
They say it's a common thing for a man to want to make a clean break
After all the plans we made don't tell me all we made a big mistake
After all the hours spent waitin' by the phone...
Mhm you just want to be free after all
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7.
WICKED DAYS
(Karen Staley)
« © '86 BMG Songs, ASCAP »
Well it's four in the morning rain is a pourin' when you stumble in drunk again
Soaked to the bone when you find your way home hey baby where you been
Had a few with the boys made a little noise that's what you said to me
I shake my head and help you up to bed and wonder when I'll ever break free
From the hell you raised when you gonna turn from your wicked ways
I couldn't sleep from worryin' and it's keepin' me quite awake at night
Tossin' and a turnin' prayin' and a yearnin' for the day you'll see the light
Fightin' and a puttin' lyin' and a hurtin' me more than I ever planned
Used to be sad but now I'm just mad and I've taken more than I will stand
From the hell you raised when you gonna turn from your wicked ways
Oh no more grievin' baby I'm leavin' I'm tired of the endless pain
Stayin' round here with your women and your beer is slowly drivin' me insane
Oh I couldn't sleep and worry it's a keepin' me wide awake at night
Tossin' and a turnin' prayin' and a yearnin' for the day you'll see the light
Gave it my best shot found out you're not really even willin' to try
What more can I do I'm done puttin' up with you and now I'm gonna say goodbye
To the hell you raise when you gonna turn from your wicked ways
[ guitar ]
Oh well I couldn't sleep and worry it's keepin'...
Oh the hell you raise when you gonna turn from your wicked ways
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8.
HALF OVER YOU
(Karen Staley)
« © '86 BMG Songs, ASCAP »
I've seen rock bottom and I've sailed to the top
Now I'm somewhere in between
Believe that it's over but sometimes still blue
There's no place so lonely as being half over you
I don't feel much like climbing and I don't want to fall
Here in the middle I don't feel much at all
I've almost accepted the fact that we're through
And there's no place so lonely as being half over you
I wasn't as bad off when first you were gone
Misery kept me company
Then I remember the heights we've been to
There's no place so lonely as being half over you
And I don't feel much like climbing...
There's no place so lonely as being half over you
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9.
SOME BLUE MOONS AGO
(Steve Earle - Richard Bennett)
« © '86 Lorimar Music, ASCAP / Moderne Shellac, ASCAP »
Sensitivity ain't your style
A cheap box of candy and an Elvis smile
Drove me wild that was some blue moons ago
Used to thrill me when you hold me tight
But I don't want another summers night
Baby it's alright that was some blue moons ago
I need a warm romance you gotta take a chance
You gotta let those feeling's show
You need to give and take come on communicate
Baby love's not touch and go like it was some blue moons ago
[ guitar ]
Come on baby it's a brand new day
I need your love but in a different way
Hold me honey it don't take much
All I need is just a little touch
I'm not hanging on to yesterday
We need the kind of love that's built to stay
Baby here today not some blue moons ago
I need a warm romance...
Some blue moons ago some blue moons ago some blue moons ago
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10.
SOUNDS OF LONELINESS
(Patty Ramey)
« © '86 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Hear the sounds of loneliness hear the sounds all around
Since you've gone left me alone I just hear these sounds from now on
And they go louder and louder and louder and louder
Hear the sounds of my tears fallen down fallen down
Like the rain comin' down oh the sound that lonely sound
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
And it grows louder and louder and louder and louder
[ strings ]
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 sounds of loneliness hear the sounds all around
Since you've gone left me alone I just hear these sounds from now on
[ strings ]
Hear the sounds of loneliness...
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