COLLIN RAYE
CAN'T BACK DOWN
(Epic EK-85794)
October 31/2001
Produced by James Stroud & Collin Raye
Brent Mason, Brent Rowan - el.guitar
Biff Watson, B. James Lowry - ac.guitar
Sonny Garrish, Paul Franklin - steel
David Hungate, Mike Brignardello - bass
Eddie Bayers - drums
Matt Rollings, Steve Nathan, Gary Prim - piano/keyboards
Stuart Duncan, Rob Hajacos, Aubrey Haynie - fiddle/violin
Vocals:
Kim Carnes, John Wesley Ryles, Chip Davis, Russell Terrell, Jeffrey Steele, Wes Hightower, Little Big Town
1.
GYPSY HONEYMOON
(Kim Carnes - Collin Ellingson)
« © '01 Andiamo Music, ASCAP / Moon Window Music, ASCAP »
Out of her head and out of her dreams
There he was just the way she'd seen him
Looking at her a thousand times before
She said I can't believe it's been five long years
Cause tonight they just seem to disappear
You still look the same you haven't changed at all
She said take me away with you we can ride on the wind
Cause I feel a gypsy honeymoon coming around again
Throw the car in gear put the zoom on the lens
Cause we're hot as a gyspy honeymoon coming around again
He said I still remember her sweet perfume
When it filled his head and it rocked the room
The walked the wire of passion so alive
It's hard to hold on in these times
Did one of us change was it yours or mine
You just can't imagine how lonely I've been
She said take me away with you...
[ guitar ]
We chase our hearts like open fires give ourselves to old desires
Surrender sweet and here we go again
She said take me away with you...
Throw the car in gear...
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2.
IT COULD BE THAT EASY
(Thomas W. Damphier - Gene Lesage)
« © '01 Britsar Music, BMI / Blackwood Music, BMI »
You were packed and ready to go to your sister's back in Ohio
I knew you'd made up your mind I couldn't stop you and you didn't want me to try
The door was open I watched you go and I knew it was over but I didn't know
It could be that easy to walk away it could be that easy to make a change
If the heart is willing to start all over again
It was hard to believe but you showed me it could be that easy
Three weeks of being alone has left me seeing what I should've seen all along
Your love means so much more than I ever told you than I ever showed you before
Now the car is running and there's a sign out on the lawn
I'm packed and ready to give up everything I own
It could be that easy...
[ guitar
It could be that easy to make a change build a new tomorrow from yesterday
If the heart is willing to start all over again
Oh then so can we oh you gotta believe it could be that easy
Baby it could be that easy
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3.
AIN'T NOBODY GONNA TAKE THAT FROM ME
(Rivers Rutherford - Sam Tate - Annie Tate)
« © '01 MCA Music, ASCAP »
I remember when baseball was everything it was Little League but what a big game
There were two men on and one man out
I got a fastball hangin' outside I swung that bat with all my might
And the ball was gone they say I knocked the cover off
It was the only homer that I ever had you should've seen my dad
And there ain't nobody gonna take that from me as long as I'm holding on
Heaven wouldn't ask it of me the devil on a good day ain't that strong
I'm keeping it here inside me as long as I live and breathe
The ball was soarin' and the crowd was roarin'
And there ain't nobody gonna take that from me
I was nineteen it was a good job movin' TVs on a loadin' dock
Till the boss said son try to lose every seventh one
I got it worked out with a good friend keep your mouth shut and we'll cut you in
Now what do you say don't you want to be rich one day
I lost a real good job that night but I kept my pride
And there ain't nobody gonna take that from me as long as I'm holding on
Heaven wouldn't ask it of me the devil on a good day ain't that strong
I'm keeping it here inside me as long as I live and breathe
I said goodbye with my head held high
And there ain't nobody gonna take that from me
And sometimes it feels like my best years are behind me
Then somehow out of nowhere something sneaks up to remind me
Like this morning I woke up to a little voice that spoke up
Saying daddy please fix a bowl of Rice Krispies
You're the bestest friend that I ever had you know I love you dad
And there ain't nobody gonna take that from me as long as I'm holding on
Heaven wouldn't ask it of me the devil on a good day ain't that strong
I'm keeping it here inside me as long as I live and breathe
I got more than I ever asked for and there ain't nobody gonna take that from me
There ain't nobody gonna take that from me
There ain't nobody gonna take that from me
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4.
WHAT I NEED
(Karen Taylor Good - Jason Blume)
« © '01 Zomba Songs, BMI »
I knew all the answers the way my life should go
And when I used to say my prayers I would tell God so
It seemed he wasn't listening I thought he didn't care
But looking back it's plain to see he's always there
Cause I prayed for strength and I got pain that made me strong
I prayed for courage and got fear to overcome
When I prayed for faith my empty heart brought me to my knees
I don't always get what I want I get what I need
I'm not sayin' that it's easy or that it doesn't hurt
When nothing seems to go my way nothing seems to work
These days I'm gettin' better at going with the flow
Accepting that sometimes the answer to a prayer is no
Cause I prayed for strength...
Every time I've had a door slammed in my face
In time a better one was opened in its place
I prayed for strength...
Oh I don't always get what I want I get what I need
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5.
DANCING WITH NO MUSIC PLAYING
(Billy Montana Schlappi - Don Ellis Gatlin)
« © '01 Curb Magnasong Music / Red Quill Music, BMI »
Me in my rented tuxedo you in your big sister's dress
I could hear my own heart beating when you laid your head on my chest
No telling how long it was since the last song
With the band gone and the lights all faded
All alone on that gym floor dancing with no music playing
Me in my rented tuxedo you in your mama's white dress
Rice in your hair your shoes in one hand and one hand caressing my neck
The light from the moon filled that old hotel room
As my hands closed around your waist
And we were holding each other dancing with no music playing
Oh there's nothing to say you take me away
Dancing with no music playing oh no dancing with no music playing
[ guitar ]
Me in my old faded Levi's you in your blue cotton dress
Time it don't have no effect on the way that you still steal my breath
As we spin once more across the cold kitchen floor
Your warm cheek touches my face
And I could die in your arms dancing with no music playing
Oh I could die in your arms dancing with no music playing
Uh huh dancing with no music playing dancing with no music playing
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6.
YOU ALWAYS GET TO ME
(Tom Douglas - Angela Lauer)
« © '01 Tree Publishing, BMI / Tom Douglas Music, BMI »
We're talkin' on the phone a million miles away
You crawl inside the line you snake into my mind you always get to me
You're like a glass of sweet red wine I spill on my white shirt
Color of pleasure and pain your picture's in the stain you always get to me
(You always get to me) I'm under your thumb girl you're under my skin
(You always get to me) right before the beginning of the end
When I'm hangin' by a thread there's a circus in my head
I'm in a lonely state of mind
You always get to me your love rescues me you always get to me just in time
Love ain't some masquerade to wear a plastic face
You strip off my disguise you see the good inside you always get to me yeah
(You always get to me) I'm under your thumb...
[ guitar ]
(You always get to me) I'm under your thumb...
(You always get to me)
You're my net when I'm fallin' the answer when I'm callin'
(You always get to me)
You're the stars in my darkness my faith when I'm heartless
(You always get to me)
You break down the walls and set me free
(You always get to me) you always get to me girl you always get to me
(You always get to me) you always get to me yeah
(You always get to me)
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7.
END OF THE WORLD
(Billy Mann)
« © '01 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I was lost on the outside I almost gave upn I almost put love aside
Then I saw you a little spark then a flame
I felt the blood rush a million miles an hour through my veins
I'm not ready for this one last breath and a kiss
Cause my heart knows you're the one
And baby living without you would mean living is done
I'd say turn off the sun take down the moon eliminate the words I love you
There would be no point no reason to live
Without you girl losing you would mean the end of the world
So stop the war bring back the light
Life without you would be like autumn leaves in black and white
Didn't we have it all more depth than the sea
It's cruel to take a fragile heart and promise love that life can't keep
I'm not ready to fall just let go of it all
Cause I don't wanna love just to lose
I heard it's sad but the life you live is the life that you choose
But without you turn off the sun...
Everywhere I see your face I see your grace and then it's gone
I can't walk on I can't walk on turn off the sun
[ steel ]
Oh there would be no point no reason to live
Cause without you girl losing you would mean the end of the world
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8.
ONE DESIRE
(Tammy Hyler - Jane Mariash Bach - Kornelius Haynie)
« © '01 Kross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Jane Mariash, Music, ASCAP »
It wakes me up when I am sleeping it's all I'm thinking all I'm feeling
It happens every time you're near me
I'm consumed wanting you your touch is all I need
I found the sweet surrender that was missing in my life
The one love that could keep my passion burning in the night
Like a raging fire you're my one desire one desire
You're the summer wind that warms me you're the only air I breathe
In the shelter of your love the afterglow fills my soul and forever's not enough
No I found the sweet surrender...
Hypnotize me hold me hide me never let me go
Yeah I found the sweet surrender...
One desire one desire oh
Like a raging fire all I ever need oh
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9.
YOUNG AS WE'RE EVER GONNA BE
(Scott Wray - Collin Raye)
« © '01 Britsar Music, BMI / Blackwood Music, BMI »
Everyone tells them that they're too young to know
Bout the ways of the world and curves that fate can throw
They'd never ask for much with their backs against the wall
He turns to her says baby tonight let's take it all
Cause tonight we are as young as we're ever gonna be
These may be the best days of our lives
Who knows as we grow older if we'll ever feel this free
Tonight we are as young as we're ever gonna be
A man and a woman who've been left behind
Knowing age is the enemy of hearts and minds
The freedom of faith has made them reckless and sincere
He says darling we've got one last chance at some magic here
Cause tonight we are as young...
Everywhere you look there's caution outside looking in
Searchin' for that perfect circumstance
But time never has stood still and it ain't about to start
The sidelines are covered with wreckage of wasted hearts
Cause tonight we are as young...
Oh tonight we are as young...
Oh tonight
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10.
DEAR LIFE
(Gene Lesage - Christi Dannemiller)
« © '01 Britsar Music, BMI / Blackwood Music, BMI /
Bigger Picture Music, ASCAP / Zomba Enterprises, ASCAP»
I watched you begin my child see you fading in your father's face
For the first time I'm in the mirror looking both ways
At where I've been and where I'm headed
It makes me want to live each day like I may not get it
Dear life from my very first breath
You were one step ahead of where I thought I was going
Dear life when I loved and I lost somehow at all cost you kept me holdin' on
Dear life through the healing and scars through all you've showed me so far
I see how precious you are dear life
I was bound to give away my heart and have it handed back to me
Until you led me to the one that was always meant to be
I'd have never known joy if I never knew sorrow
When I didn't know how to face tomorrow
Dear life from my very first breath...
[ guitar ]
For once I'm gonna rest in the arms of the unknown
And wait to watch you unfold
Dear life from my very first breath...
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11.
WHAT I DID FOR LOVE
(Brent Maher - Thom Schuyler)
« © '01 Welbeck Music, ASCAP / Bethlehem Music, BMI / Blackwood Music, BMI »
Everybody's heart is torn and tattered
Mine was not designed for giving up
Cause all I've ever done that really matters is what I did for love
So count me with the wounded and the shaken
Even when I'm barely standing up
I've tried to offer more than I have taken that's what I did for love
What I did for love I gave everything
And I hope that you can see all that love has given me
When they sit and list the reasons I existed
I'm afraid it won't add up to very much
Cause I gathered all I had and gladly risked it that's what I did for love
[ guitar ]
What I did for love...
[ steel ]
Someday I may silently surrender when this old heart has finally had enough
But I hope that I will always be remembered by what I did for love
See all I've ever done that really matters is what I did for love
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12.
I CAN LET GO NOW
(Michael McDonald)
« © '97 Genevieve Music, ASCAP »
It was so right it was so wrong almost at the same time
The pain and ache a heart can take no one really knows
When the mem'ries cling and keep you there
Till you no longer care you can let go now
It's not right for me to cling to you somehow I just needed time
What was to be it's not like me to hold somebody down
But I was tossed high by love almost never came down
Only to land where love's no longer found
And I'm no longer bound I can let go now
[ strings ]
I can let go now
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