JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY
WHAT I DO THE BEST
(Atlantic 82947)
September 24/1996
Produced by Csaba Petocz
Brent Rowan, Dann Huff, Larry Byrom, Biff Watson, Don Potter, Billy Joe Walker - guitar
Paul Franklin - steel/dobro
Michael Rhodes, Leland Sklar - bass
Eddie Bayers, Steve Brewster - drums
Glen Duncan - fiddle
Steve Nathan, Barry Beckett, Carl Marsh - piano/keyboards
Terry McMillan - harmonica/percussion
Vocals:
Louis Nunley, John Wesley Ryles, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young
1.
AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ON US
(Wendell Mobley - Jim Robinson)
« © '96 New Works Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI / Good Apple Music, ASCAP »
Well they say the Grand Canyon is a sight to see
But it's just a big ditch next to you and me
Ooh baby ain't got nothing on us
There's earth shaking power in the space shuttle
Well I feel that every time we cuddle
Ooh baby ain't got nothing on us
I stop I stare sometimes I can't believe my eyes
My jaw just drops our love has got me mesmerized
I hear there's seven wonders in this big old world
Well don't they know that number eight you and me girl
Ooh baby ain't got nothing on us
[ piano - fiddle ]
They stop they stare
Sometimes they can't believe their eyes
Their jaws just drop our love has got them mesmerized
Well I've read about Romeo and Juliet
Wish I could tell Shakespeare I ain't impressed
Ooh baby ain't got nothing on us
I'm telling you baby ain't got nothing on us
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2.
FEW CENTS SHORT
(John M. Montgomery)
« © '91 Sixteen Stars Music, BMI »
Looking for spare change to put gas in my car
But what I found won't get me very far
Seems lately the low times have hit me pretty hard
Cause I'm a few cents short from gettin' to where you are
I'm a few cents short of holding you in my arms
And a few cents short of keeping us from falling apart
Ain't it funny how the money can change our lives
Cause I'm a few cents short from losing you tonight
So I walked to a payphone down the road
But a few dimes and a nickel is all I hold
The operator wants more money to place my call
But I'm a few cents short if that don't beat it all
I'm a few cents short of holding you in my arms...
[ dobro ]
I'm a few cents short of holding you in my arms...
Yes I'm a few cents short and I'll be losing you tonight
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3.
FRIENDS
(Jerry Holland)
« © '95 Mike Curb Music, BMI / That's A Smash Publishing, BMI »
You say you want to be friends that's a newly sharpened blade
That's a dagger to the heart of the promises we made
There's a chapter full of pain a season full of rain
A dark and stormy night spent all alone
Friends get scattered by the wind
Tossed upon the waves lost for years on end
Friends slowly drift apart they give away their hearts
Maybe call you now and then but you wanna be just friends
You say you love me very much and you'll always hold me dear
Those are the sweetest words I never wanna hear
What's a love without desire a flame without a fire
Can't warm me late at night when I need you most
Friends get scattered by the wind...
[ guitar ]
Friends slowly drift apart they give away their hearts
Maybe call you now and then
Darling can' t you see this is killing me
We could never be just friends
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4.
LUCKY ARMS
(J.B. Rudd - Vip Vippermn)
« © '96 Blackwood Music, BMI / Tower Street Music, BMI »
He's got lucky arms he gets to hold her
The way I know I never will again
They're dancing close with her head on his shoulder
Lucky arms lucky heart lucky him
They don't see me standing in these shadows
She don't know how bad my heart still aches
He's holding on to everything I let go
Sure is making good off my mistakes
He's got lucky arms he gets to hold her...
Before too long the music will stop playing
He'll take her hand and then he'll take her home
And I can just imagine what he's saying
The way he's smiling I can tell he knows
That he's got lucky arms he gets to hold her...
Lucky arms lucky heart he ought to thank his lucky stars
Lucky arms lucky heart lucky him
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5.
WHAT I DO THE BEST
(Monty H. Holmes - Michael Huffman - Donny Kees)
« © '96 Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP / Malaco Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I knew I'd found my life's calling when you spoke my name
From that moment on the reason I was born became so very plain
Now my heart and soul's one and only goal is to bring you happiness
Loving you is what I do the best
Some may live to change the world and that's all right with me
My hat's off to those chosen few who rewrite history
But just to make you smile that is how I'll measure my success
Loving you is what I do the best
Oh it's a lucky man who understands where his true talent lies
And the first time I held you I realized
That there's one thing I do better than all the rest
Loving you is what I do the best
Loving you is what I do the best
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6.
CLOUD EIGHT
(Byron Hill - Tony Martin)
« © '96 Brother Bart Music, ASCAP / Nimby Music, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP /
Music Of Stage Three, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI »
I hear 'em laughing on cloud nine in a world so happy just above mine
No one's leaving like you left me they got each other got all they need
But here on cloud eight a lotta nothing's going on
I'm just drifting day to day out here on my own
While up on cloud nine I hear 'em party all the time
They don't hear my heart break down here on cloud eight
We almost made it up where they are but losing your love brought me down hard
Now I'm just hanging just gettin' by where expectations aren't that high
But here on cloud eight...
[ steel ]
While up on cloud nine..
They don't hear my heart break down here on cloud eight
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7.
I CAN PROVE YOU WRONG
(Monty Criswell - Billy Spencer - Greg McDougal)
« © '95 Music Of Stage Three, BMI / Chrysalis Music, ASCAP »
I know he gave you every reason to lose your faith in love
Give me the chace I'll find the pieces to a heart that's given up
You say there's nothing I can do but no one's ever too far gone
It's a heartache talking when you say you'll never love again
And I can prove you wrong
I can prove you wrong I know I can make you see
That you're right where you belong when you're right here with me
If I could wrap these arms around you you won't even know he's gone
But if you're still afraid love always ends that way
I can prove you wrong
I can show you what I'm saying is so much more than empty words
If you want me here I'm staying but I'll walk away if you prefer
A broken heart takes time to heal and right now yours is not that strong
You say there's no one left for you but if you want me to
I can prove you wrong
I can prove you wrong...
If you're still afraid love always ends that way
I can prove you wrong
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8.
HOW WAS I TO KNOW
(Blair Daly - Will Rambeaux)
« © '96 Bayou Boy Music, BMI / Kentucky Girl Music, BMI / Reynsong Publishing, BMI »
Well I hoped and I prayed and I loved you from afar
I cried and I dreamed and I wished on every star
But nothing I'd do got me closer to you
So I locked all my feelings inside
Then one night across a crowded room
You looked my way your eyes held something new
You walked right up to me and smiled tenderly
And your words came as such a surprise
How was I to know you never let it show
What a beauty like you might see in a poor boy like me
How could I have seen you walk out of my dreams
Shine your light on my sleeping heart and into my soul
How was I to know
You took my hand and led me out the door
We talked and we laughed bout all the times before
When two lonely people so much in love passed like ships in the night
How was I to know you never let it show...
[ guitar ]
How could I have seen...
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9.
PAINT THE TOWN REDNECK
(Richard Fagan - Steve O'Brien)
« © '96 Of Music, ASCAP / Steve O'Brien Music, BMI »
All week long I been workin' that nine to five
Dreamin' in color but livin' in black and white
Monday to Friday ain't nothing but shades of gray
But tonight I'm gonna party all my blue collar blues away
I'm a paint the town redneck when I get my paycheck
You ought to see my Chevy van go
Headin' for the bright lights I'll be paintin' all night
I'm a honky tonkin' Michelangelo
Picasso with a pool stick too loose with a two step
Rollin' till my green's all gone
I'm a paint the town redneck honey wanna come along
We can get there early and draw us a pitcher of beer
Do a little dancin' and make the blues disappear
Brushin' up against each other in the neon light
You can be my Mona Lisa and I'll make you smile tonight
I'm a paint the town redneck...
I'm a paint the town redneck honey wanna come along
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10.
I MISS YOU A LITTLE
(Richard Fagan - Mike Anthony - John M. Montgomery)
« © '96 Of Music, ASCAP / Hot Hooks Music, BMI / JMM Music, BMI »
Sometimes a song can touch a nerve that takes me back to you
When I pick up my old guitar and I play your favourite tune
Every now and then some little thing I've buried comes bubbling up
And once in a while you feel close enough to touch
I miss you a little since you've been gone
A few little mem'ries keep hanging on
I miss you a little I guess you could say
A little too much a little too often a little more every day
When I go by our old house I pretend that you're still there
Waitin' for me on the porch but there's just an empty chair
Wish I could see you just one more time before I drive away
So I could stop go inside and say
I miss you a little...
A little too much a little too often a little more every day
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