COLLIN RAYE
ALL I CAN BE
(Epic EK-47468)
Augus 27/1991
Produced by Jerry Fuller & John Hobbs
Steve Gibson, Reggie Young, Billy Joe Walker, Kraig Hutchens - guitar
Dean Parks, Fred Tackett - ac.guitar
Paul Franklin, Jay Dee Mannes - steel
Dennis Belfield, Joe Chemay - bass
Paul Leim, Ron Krasinski - drums
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
John Hobbs - keyboards
Vocals:
Beth Andersen, Vince Gill, Herb Pedersen, Harry Stinson, Dennis Wilson, Bubba Wray, Jerry Fuller
1.
ALL I CAN BE (IS A SWEET MEMORY)
(Harlan Howard)
« © '84 Tree Publishing, BMI »
All I can be is a sweet memory that drifts through your mind from time to time
I can never be more than a knock on your door
Just a shadow that's gone with the sunshine
For you know I'm not free and I never can be and you're bound to get restless in time
All I can be is a sweet memory that drifts through your mind
Tonight I shed a silent tear while lyin' here with you
The sands of time have trickled down to just a precious few
You're young and so beautiful and I'm so glad I'm here
But the ending is painfully clear
All I can be is a sweet memory of someone you had to leave behind
Who loves you and needs you but never could give you
The ring for your finger so fine
So tonight we'll just borrow each other tomorrow we'll find that we've run out of time
And all I can be is a sweet memory that drifts through your mind
[ mandolin - ac.guitar ]
For you know I'm not free...
All I can be is a sweet memory that drifts through your mind
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2.
EVERY SECOND
(Wayne Perry - Gerald Smith)
« © '91 Zomba Enterprises, ASCAP / O-Tex Music, BMI »
Well listen dear I think it's clear we need to sit and talk
Seems you've got this notion I've been having second thoughts
Well I must confess in a way I guess that silly notion's true
Cause every second you're not here with me I think of you
Every second every minute every hour of every day
Every second there's a thought of you that comes my way
So if you ask if I have second thoughts I guess I'd have to say
Every second every minute every hour of every day
[ steel ]
Now I propose we drink a toast and turn the lights down low
Put our favorite music on and hold each other close
Don't worry dear you'll always be here in my heart to stay
Every second every minute every hour of every day
Every second every minute...
Every second every minute I love you more and more each day
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3.
FAITHFUL OLD FLAME
(Lonnie Wilson - Brent Mason)
« © '91 Zomba Enterprises, ASCAP / Zomba Songs, BMI »
You come around most every night looking for my heart
Each time I turn out the light I can count on you to start
Bringing back sweet memories of the love we made
You never change you're a faithful old flame
I know you'll be here right on time to tear me up again
You never stay away too long and give me a chance to mend
Tears won't drown your fire in me it's even worse when it rains
You never stray from a faithful old flame
Just when I think you're gone you start the fire and I yearn for your touch
That I miss so much
Embers of love glow even brighter than they did yesterday they won't go away
I've tried my best to put you out but the spark remains
It's still the same you're a faithful old flame
You never stray you're a faithful old flame
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4.
SCUSE MOI MY HEART
(Jerry Fuller - Steve Stone)
« © '91 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI / Stone Valley Music, BMI / Track Shoe Music, BMI »
You grew up in the city high society girl
And even this backwoods boy can tell you're a woman of the world
Cause I get weak when I hear you speak the way they do in France
Well I'm sure you've heard these fancy words but I've got to take a chance
Scuse moi pardonne me I can help myself
Darling j'ai vous aimes beaucoup if you and no one else
Forgive me if I say it wrong but I just thing that smart
If you can't see this love in me then scuse moi my heart
[ fiddle ]
I showed up in New Orlands with all I own on my back
I got me a job at the country club on the rich side of the tracks
then you came in with your jet set friends that you meet in Paris
Well now they're gone and you're alone looking straight at me
Scuse moi pardonne me I can help myself...
Why cant we try the language of love the one thing you can't place yourself above
Oh don't allow your social pride to keep our dreams apart
If you can't see this love in me then scuse moi my heart
Scuse moi pardonne me I can help myself...
If you can't see this love in me then scuse moi my heart
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5.
ANY OLD STRETCH OF BLACKTOP
(Frank J. Meyers - Bernie Nelson)
« © '91 Colgems Music, ASCAP / Morganactive Songs, ASCAP »
I got money in my pocket and a guitar in my hand
These lonely nights without you are more than I can stand
I work like a puppet but it's time to cut the strings
Well I hit the ground running and I won't be looking back
I'll be like a locomotive headed down a oneway track
It won't take too long just you wait and see
As long as it will lead me back to you any old stretch of blacktop will do
North south east or west been everywhere it seems
Hotels rooms and honky tonks don't feel like home to me
I'll be stepping out the rhythm while I'm singing brand new song
And it's knowing where I'm going that will keep me moving on
Turn my collar to the wind and put my thumb up in the air
Flag a diesal down or catch a bus from anywhere
Colorado California or even Kalamazoo
As long as it will lead me back to you any old stretch of blacktop will do
[ guitar dobro ]
I hit the ground running...
Alright
[ dobro - piano ]
North south east or west...
[ guitar - piano - dobro ]
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6.
LOVE ME
(Max D. Barnes - Skip Ewing)
« © '91 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Write On Music, BMI »
I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three
Grandpa kept it in his coat and he showed it once to me
He said boy you might not understand but a long long time ago
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none but I loved your grandma so
We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together
Get married in the first town we came to and live forever
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet instead
I found this letter and this is what it said
If you get there before I do don't give up on me
I'll meet you when my chores are through I don't know how long I'll be
But I'm not gonna let you down darling wait and see
And between now and then till I see you again I'll be loving you love me
I read those words just hours before my grandma passed away
In the doorway of a church where me and grandpa stopped to pray
I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years
But as he said these words to her his eyes filled up with tears
If you get there before I do...
Between now and then till I see you again I'll be loving you love me
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7.
BLUE MAGIC
(Jerry Fuller - John Hobbs - Collin Raye)
« © '91 Banfield Flyer Music, BMI / Southbeam Music, BMI / Writing Boots Music, BMI »
I hear your favorite music on the jukebox and right away I know that you are here
You always pick a time just when I think my mind is clear you reappear
And once again you've got me in your power this time I hope it's not a brief romance
Cause it's too late to run you've got me thinking one slow dance is worth a chance
Then that old blue magic still works like a charm
As if you never even left these aching arms
You put a spell on me I guess I'll always be hypnotized
By that blue magic in your eyes
[ fiddle ]
Though I should run and hide from this illusion
Your smile is so much quicker than my pride
There's something up your sleeve that makes my heart believe inside
This carpet ride might lift us up and fly us to forever
But up till now its all been slight of hand
I've got to face the fact one look and I'm right back again at your command
Cause that old blue magic...
Yes you put a spell on me I guess I'll always be hypnotized
By that blue magic that old blue magic that blue magic in your eyes
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8.
IT COULD'VE BEEN SO GOOD
(Chris Waters - Lonnie Wilson)
« © '90 Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP / Zomba Enterprises, ASCAP »
When I think about you leaving and being here alone
It's not the love we knew that hurts me but the love we could have known
I'm not sorry that I held you I just wish that I still could
Oh it's not that it was so bad it just could've been so good
I don't regret one moment that we had together
What's killing me is knowing we could've had forever
I just wish we loved each other the way I know we could
Oh it's not that it was so bad it just could've been so good
I don't want to lose the mem'ries of all the nights we shared
And I never found a new love that ever could compare
I just wish we hadn't left things standing where they stood
Girl it's not that it was so bad it just could've been so good
I don't regret one moment...
Oh it's not that it was so bad it just could've been so good
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9.
SADLY EVER AFTER
(Bruce Burch - Mark Collie)
« © '91 Ensign Music, BMI »
We had a storybook beginning getting better with each page
Somewhere in the middle I somehow lost my place
Then came the final chapter where you said we were through
And left me living sadly ever after loving you
Oh sadly ever after since you said goodbye
With just one little word you wrote me right out of your life
You found a new prince charming now I'm a royal shade of blue
Alone and living sadly ever after loving you
[ fiddle ]
Now the story that I'm writing is a sad sad tale to tell
Bout a man who loved someone who loved somebody else
But I wish that it was fiction but heaven knows it's true
And the ending leaves me sadly ever after loving you
Oh sadly ever after...
Oh you found a new prince charming now I'm a royal shade of blue
Alone and living sadly ever after loving you
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10.
IF I WERE YOU
(Richard Fagan - Rick Peoples)
« © '91 BMG Songs, ASCAP / Of Music, ASCAP »
Well I better tell you upfront you've always been my friend
The kind of woman that you found won't come your way again
She's the kind of lady that every man dreams of
Son if you don't treat her right she'll find someone that does
If I were you and she was mine I'd give her all my lovin' all the time
I'd thank the Lord each morning she wakes up by my side
That's what I'd do if I were you and she was mine
Well I've never been a preacher and I ain't gonna start
Buddy what you're thinkin' bout can tear your world apart
You know that barroom beauty would be better left alone
She can't hold a candle to the girl you got at home
If I were you and she was mine...
Now we've been friends for so long and I hope we'll always be
But if she leaves you for someone new that someone might be me
[ guitar ]
Oh I'd thank the Lord each morning...
That's what I'd do if I were you and she was mine
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