REBA McENTIRE
IT'S YOUR CALL
(MCA 10673)
December 15/1992
Produced by Tony Brown & Reba McEntire
Steve Gibson - guitar
George Marinelli - guitar/mandolin
Terry Crisp - steel
Leland Sklar - bass
Larrie Londin - drums
John B. Jarvis, Matt Rollings - piano/keyboards
Joe McGlohon - sax
Vocals:
Linda Davis, Vince Gill, Vicki Hampton, Mary Ann Kennedy, Donna McElroy,
Jamie D. Robbins, Chris Rodriguez, Pam Rose, Harry Stinson
Recorded: Emerald Studios, Nashville
1.
IT'S YOUR CALL
(Liz Hengber - Shawna Harrington - Bruce Burch)
« © '92 WB Music, ASCAP »
It's your call it's her
Would you rather take it in the other room
She's hanging on and so am I
Yeah I know all about it don't act so surprised
It's time to end this game you're playing
She's not the only one who's waiting on the line
It's your call it's up to you
And I won't try to stop you if you go
But if you stay tell her goodbye
I can't take another minute I can't stand another night
Of wondering if I even matter
It's something only you can answer
Here's the phone it's your call
There's no easy way out this time cause I won't live this way
She called here to talk to you with a message that I can't take
[ guitar ]
Oh I've got to know if I still matter
It's something only you can answer
Here's the phone it's your call
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2.
STRAIGHT FROM YOU
(Gary Harrison - Tim Mensy)
« © '92 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Miss Dot Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Universal, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
People love to talk and Lord I've heard it all
A rumor's not a stranger in this town
Now me I pay no mind but it's hittin' home this time
Now I've been told you've gone and let me down
I need to hear it straight from you is it rumor or truth
It would break my heart in two but if it's gonna be bad news
I need to hear it straight from you I need to hear it straight from you
They all know her name you didn't spare me any shame
I wonder did you even try to hide
I think that you owe me just a little honesty
And even though you told me with your eyes
I need to hear it straight from you...
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3.
TAKE IT BACK
(Kristy Jackson)
« © '92 Fever Pitch Music, BMI »
You talked me into moving in and giving you my key
You said you'd be a mess now if it hadn't been for me
You said I stole your heart away by looking in your eyes
I wonder now how many times you sold that pack of lies
If this is how you act when you give your heart away
Well take it back oh take it back
You told me I was everything you wanted and more
Then tell me what you're doing now sneaking out the back door
You're bringing home flowers and a bottle of Chablis
You forgot I don't drink wine I know that bottle's not for me
If this is how you act when you give your heart away
Well take it back ah take it back
[ guitar ]
Oh you must think I'm blind and I don't smell your new cologne
You don't think I notice all the nights I spend alone
Well I'm not one for sittin' round in some ole pity pool
You think you got a ticket and I must be some kind of fool
I hate to steal your thunder but your playing days are through
At least they are with me cause babe I got no use for you
Tonight laying on the street babe your bag is packed
So take it back oh take it back
[ sax ]
Oh you must think I'm blind...
(Take it back take it back)
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4.
BABY'S GONE BLUES
(Mary Ann Kennedy - Pat Bunch - Pam Rose)
« © '92 Egypt Hollow Music, BMI / Aresville Music, BMI /
Flamingo Rose Music, BMI / My Choy Music, BMI »
I feel the blues coming on cause I feel you being gone
It's something I wish I could lose baby's gone blues
There ain't no sunshine in sight cause you're gonna leave me tonight
My heart is sure feeling bruised baby's gone blues
Oh oh love has gone wrong
It's so hard on my heart going from good into gone
There ain't no easy way back into nights before you
Baby's gone blues baby's gone blues
It's like a razor on me knowing you want to be free
I'm standing here feeling used baby's gone blues
There ain't no dreams coming true I won't recover from you
There ain't no heartache like you baby's gone blues
Oh oh love has gone wrong...
Baby's gone blues baby's gone blues
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5.
HEART WON'T LIE
(Kim Carnes - Donna Weiss)
« © '92 Moon Window Music, ASCAP / Donna Weiss Music, BMI »
[ with Vince Gill ]
Looking back over the years of all the things I've always meant to say
But the words didn't come easily
So many times through empty fears of all the nights I tried
To pick up the phone so scared of who might be answering
You try to live your life from day to day
But seeing you across the room tonight just gives me away
Cause the heart won't lie sometimes life gets in the way
But there's one thing that won't change I know I've tried
The heart won't lie you can live your alibi
Who can see you're lost inside a foolish disguise the heart won't lie
Long after tonight will you still hear my voice through the radio
Old desires make us act carelessly
Long after tonight after the fire after the scattered ashes fly
Through the four winds blown and gone will you come back to me
You try to live your life from day to day
But seeing you across the room tonight just gives me away
Cause the heart won't lie...
Heart won't lie
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6.
ONE LAST GOOD HAND
(Gary Burr - John Jarrard)
« © '92 Miss Blyss Music, ASCAP / ATV Tunes, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
The stars are way out of reach they all said
Those are crazy schemes that fill your fool head
But it was clear from the moment we met we could prove them wrong
All my life I heard that same old story dare to dream and you'll just be sorry
I might have given up my shot at glory but then you came along
We're not expecting this to go down easy
We're not expecting any sweet dreams sure thing
But with a little luck could be we'll be winding up the way we planned
Headin' for our promised land holdin' one last good hand
Something's calling us I know you hear it day by day I feel us growing near it
But once you find a kindred spirit there's nothing you can do
Oh baby I'm not saying we won't ever stumble some days will be rough and tumble
You and I know that life's a gamble but I'll bet mine on you
We're not expecting this to go down easy...
[ guitar ]
We're not expecting this to go down easy...
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7.
HE WANTS TO GET MARRIED
(Sandy Knox - Anthony Little)
« © '92 Little Music, ASCAP / Bash Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP »
He believes in the family unit the union of man and wife
He believes that you stand before God for better for worse and beyond this life
He believes that a ring on his finger is something to be proud of
For all of the world to witness that he is committed to this love
He wants to get married
He'll build a house in the country where he'll watch his children grow
And teach them the values of something that most people never even know
He wants to get married
I never thought I would be so blessed to know a man like this
He's everything everything I believe that a man should be
[ piano ]
And when he is called to his maker he wants to go to his grave
With his final remembrance of this earth to be one last look at his wife's face
He wants to get married he wants to get married
Oh he wants to get married but not to me
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8.
FOR HERSELF
(Liz Hengber - Shawna Harrington - Reba McEntire)
« © '92 WB Music, ASCAP »
Uncle Slim had let her know she couldn't ride that horse
He was the one that was only meant for men
She walked around till way after dark rode that horse with all her heart
And in the night how she rode
Somehow she always knew she had the strength inside
And even if she fell she'd survive
In spite of all the tears she may cry this is how she has to live her life
As hard as it may be she has to find out for herself
Mama and daddy told her from the start he was no good
They'd seen how he treated the other girls
She waited around till the sun went down slipped out of the house not makin' a sound
And in the night oh how they drove
Somehow she always knew...
It was fifteen years to the day he became a stranger in her eyes
In the coldest words of anger he said without me you won't survive
There's a suitcase in the closet she had packed six months ago
She don't leave a note that's not her style
So she waited around till way after dark left that man who broke her heart
Now she's gone oh she's gone
Somehow she always knew...
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9.
WILL HE EVER GO AWAY
(Will Robinson - Gerry House)
« © '92 Tree Publishing, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
On a cool gray morning I watched with my own eyes
As he headed out the driveway and finally out of my life
Oh I knew he'd soon be miles from my mind
So why should tears start falling after all this time
How can a mem'ry last this long will he ever go away
Even the stars burn out and fall will he ever go away
How can someone who left so long ago
Still be here with me today will he ever go away
Shouldn't I start living my life for myself
Shouldn't it be easy to fall in love with someone else
Oh why should it be his touch I feel in the dark
And will his voice always echo through my heart
How can a mem'ry last this long...
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10.
LIGHTER SHADE OF BLUE
(Troy Seals - Max D. Barnes - Skip Ewing)
« © '91 WB Music, ASCAP / Sixteen Stars Music, BMI /
Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Write On Music, BMI »
I guess it finally dawned on me you're gone
Well maybe I can make it on my own
I don't stay up wonderin' if you'll call
And some nights I don't dream of you at all
Your memory's still hurtin' deep inside
That's something I'm still learning how to hide
Though this heart of mine has lost an ache or two
I've only turned a lighter shade of blue
Looking down the line sometimes I think I see a change
But then I think again and think of you
Here and there I've turned a stone But the mountain hasn't moved
I've only turned a lighter shade of blue
I'm still afraid of turning out the light
And it takes all my strength to face the night
Cause that's the time I face the bitter truth
I've only turned a lighter shade of blue
Looking down the line sometimes...
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