Popular country singer George Strait once again does what he does so well on this late-1993 album, Easy Come, Easy Go. He mixes the standards of traditional country, a bit of good ol' honky tonk, along with just a tiny little taste of pop and Texas swing to offer up some really worth-a-listen tunes, including "Stay out of My Arms," "I'd Like to Have That One Back," "Without Me Around," and "That's Where My Baby Feels at Home." He also adds in his own take on an old George Jones cover, "Lovebug." The songs on this recording cover the basics: heartbreak, loving, drinking, and cheating. A fantastic addition to any country collection, especially a George Strait one.
GEORGE STRAIT
EASY COME EASY GO
MCA 10907
September 28/1993
Produced by Tony Brown & George Strait
Brent Mason, Steve Gibson - guitars
Paul Franklin - steel
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Matt Rollings - piano
Glenn Worf - bass
Eddie Bayers - drums
Liana Manis, Curtis Young - vocals
Steve Dorff - arrangements
Recorded:
1993, Sound Stage Studio, Nashville
1.
STAY OUT OF MY ARMS
(Jim Lauderdale)
« © '93 Mighty Nice Music, BMI »
Many times temptation grows so strong
And makes someone go blind to what is wrong
Well stop right now while there's still the strength to see
Turn your eyes and run away from me
Stay out of my arms take me advice
It's easy to break the same heart twice
Let's stop the hurt before it starts
Don't follow me stay out of my arms
[ steel - fiddle ]
I'm sure you'll find someone to have and hold
And keep the promises that you were told
I'd only lead you on and let you down
And hurt you when good memories can't be found
Stay out of my arms...
Stay out of my arms...
Don't follow me stay out of my arms
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2.
JUST LOOK AT ME
(Curtis Wayne - Gerald Smith)
« © '93 O Tex Music, BMI »
One look at you and just look at me held under your spell so helplessly
Yes I'm still your fool any fool can see one look at you and just look at me
I thought I'd be over you by now but I guess it's too soon
The truth was so plain to see tonight when you walked in the room
I just couldn't control the tears when I saw you again
My love is still as strong for you as it's ever been
One look at you...
I'm still your fool guess I'll always be one look at you and just look at me
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3.
EASY COME EASY GO
(Dean Dillon - Aaron Barker)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Says she's had enough of me I've had enough of her too
I might as well go on and set her free she's already turned me loose
No fault no blame nobody done no wrong that's just the way it sometimes goes
Sometimes two people just don't get along it's time to hit the road
Goodbye farewell so long vaya condios good luck wish you well take it slow
Easy come girl easy go
[ guitar ]
We tried to work it out a hundred times ninety-nine it didn't work
I think it's best we put it all behind before we wind up gettin' hurt
No hard feelings darling no regrets no tears and no broken hearts
Call it quits calling off all bets it just wasn't in the cards
Goodbye farewell so long vaya condios good luck wish you well take it slow
Easy come girl easy go
Easy come girl easy go vaya condios good luck easy come easy go
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4.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE BACK
(Bill Shore - Aaron Barker - Rick West)
« © '93 Dabilu Music, BMI »
I heard somebody speak her name they said she was still looking fine
And I could feel that same old flame I once felt when she was mine
Always thought that I was missin' something but I found out much too late
There'll never be another who'll love me that way
I'd like to have that one back I've never known someone so true
And a love that pure and sweet is what a man should never lose
And if my lips had said I'm sorry she might've stopped right in her tracks
But now I find my poor heart saying I'd like to have that one back
[ piano ]
I can almost see her standing there tears rollin' down her face
As she packed away her mem'ries in that old worn out suitcase
I'd've only known then what I know now I'd never opened that door
Oh they just don't make hearts like hers anymore
I'd like to have that one back...
I wouldn't hear my poor heart saying I'd like to have that one back
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5.
LOVE BUG
(Wayne Kemp - Curtis Wayne)
« © '65 Black Jack Publishing, BMI / Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
Well I was rulin' the roost had all the chicks to myself
And suddenly it happened that funny little feelin' I felt
Well I tried to outrun it but it finally caught up with me
Tell me how can I run from somethin' that I can't see
Oh that a little bitty teeny weeny thing called the love bug
Nobody's ever seen it but it's got the whole world shook up
It all started with a little bitty kiss and a hug
It's a little bitty teeny weeny thing they called the love bug
[ guitar - fiddle - steel ]
Well I always thought that I had me a pretty good style
But I lost that race by a good old country mile
Well I was walkin' around with my head held way up high
And it fooled me hit me really took me by surprise
Oh that a little bitty teeny weeny thing...
Oh that a little bitty teeny weeny thing...
Well it's a little bitty teeny weeny thing they called the love bug
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6.
I WASN'T FOOLING AROUND
(Jim Lauderdale - John Leventhal)
« © '93 Mighty Nice Music, BMI »
I wasn't fooling around everything's true that I said
So take me seriously darling please just take me I wasn't fooling around
Laugh if you want to but I wasn't joking about this love that's so real
Is it surprising I'm romanticizing about the way I feel
I wasn't playing a game I'm not a kid anymore
I'm not the clown that's just here to amuse you I wasn't fooling around
[ guitar - steel ]
Laugh if you want to...
I wasn't fooling around it wasn't like that at all
So take me seriously darling please just take me I wasn't fooling around
I wasn't fooling around
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7.
WITHOUT ME AROUND
(Dean Dillon - John Northrup)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You said she asked if you knew where she could get some old boxes
Cause she was goin' to pack up everything she owned
Where the closest U-Haul place is and what the cost was
This time tomorrow she'll be gone
She says she knows of a place to sell her ring for a good price
That and what she saved will get her by
If she can find a job in that little town that she's headed to
To start over with her life
Without me around taking up her time and tyin' her down
Without me in the way she'll be free to enjoy the freedom you say
She's found without me around
[ guitar ]
Said she didn't know what she was gettin' into when we got married
But she knows damn well what she's gettin' out of
Said she's had enough of a man who's never there when she needs him
She'll be better off in the long run
Without me around...
What she found without me around
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8.
MAN IN LOVE WITH YOU
(Steve Dorff - Gary Hurju)
« © '93 Boots And Spurs Music, BMI »
I'm not the hero who will always save the day
Don't always wear the white hat don't always know the way
I may not even be the dream you wanted to come true
But I'll always be the man in love with you
I'm not the key that opens every door
I don't have the power to give you all you want and more
But when you're needin' something special you can hold on to
I'll always be the man in love with you
I never could work miracles there may be others who can do what I can't do
But no one else can be as good as me at lovin' you
So when the world won't turn the way you wish it would
And the dreams you have don't come alive as often as they should
Remember that there's someone there whose heart is always true
I'll always be the man in love with you
[ steel ]
Remember that there's someone there whose heart is always true
Someone there to help you make it through
I'll always be the man in love with you
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9.
THAT'S WHERE MY BABY FEELS AT HOME
(Wayne Kemp - Curtis Wayne - Faron Young)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I met her in that honky tonk I thought that she would change
But now I see just how much I was wrong
Though we both tried out love still died and now she's gone from me
Back to the only life she's known
Back where the music's loud back to that swinging crowd
That's where my baby feels at home
Back where the wine flows free that's where she goes from me
That's where my baby feels at home
[ steel ]
As I wait here in the shadows I can see those flashing lights
I'll bet there have been lots of fun inside
I keep hopein' she'll come back to me just any old time
She'll walk through that door just any night
Back where the music's loud...
That's where my baby feels at home
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10.
WE MUST BE LOVING RIGHT
(Roger Brown - Clay Blaker)
« © '93 Famous Music, ASCAP / Ensign Music, BMI »
Some folks got nothing but troubles so little joy in their lives
But wherever we go happiness follows we must be loving right
It might be the way I adore you or the way that you hold me tight
I don't know the reasons girl I'm believing we must be loving right
All our friends say love fades away with time
But I know they're wrong cause they've never known a love like yours and mine
So if the whole world goes crazy let everyone else fuss and fight
When all's said and done we'll be the lucky ones we must be loving right
[ steel - piano ]
Some folks got nothing but troubles so little joy in their lives
But wherever we go happiness follows we must be lovin' right
We must be lovin' right
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