Something Special is another excellent George Strait record from the mid-'80s, featuring new traditionalist classics like "Left's Gone" and "The Chair." Occasionally, the album wanders into softer, more sentimental territory than Strait has explored in the past, yet that only makes the straight country more effective.
GEORGE STRAIT
SOMETHING SPECIAL
MCA 5605
August/1985
Produced by Jimmy Bowen & George Strait
Reggie Young, Billy Joe Walker - el.guitar
Richard Bennett - ac.guitar
Paul Franklin - steel
David Hungate - bass
Matt Betton - drums
John Hobbs - keyboards
Johnny Gimble - fiddle
Curtis Young - vocals
Recorded:
1985, Sound Stage Studio, Nashville
1.
YOU'RE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ME
(David Anthony)
« © '85 PolyGram Int, ASCAP / Cowdaddies Music, ASCAP / Reba McEntire Music, ASCAP »
As I hold you close tonight hear what I say
There's no doubt it's love alright cause I've never felt this way
An angel's what you are and now I see
You're not just someone else you're something special to me
Every man has a dream and you made mine come true
How it happened I don't know or care I'm just happy I found you
Wrapped in the arms of love is where I'll be
For all the world to see you're something special to me
[ fiddle - steel ]
Every man has a dream...
It's all such a mistery you're something special to me
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2.
LAST TIME THE FIRST TIME
(Robert N. Kelly)
« © '85 Muy Bueno Music, BMI »
I'm seeing you for the last time
You've been untrue for the last time
I know that you've been using me for a past time
It's the last time the first time for me
I found you and felt love for the first time
When I caught you cheatin' me it was my worst time
I'm seeing you for the last time
I've been a fool for the last ime
You've only strung along with me for a fast time
It's the last time the first time for me
[ guitar - steel - fiddle ]
I found you and felt love for the first time
When I caught you cheatin' me it was my worst time
I'm seeing you for the last time
I've been a fool for the last ime
You've only strung along with me for a fast time
It's the last time the first time
The first time it's the last time
The last time the first time for me
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3.
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD
(Red Lane - Wayne Kemp)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Haven't you heard daddy's gone crazy
Haven't you heard mama is gone
Here I stand with my finger on his doorbell
My mind goes back to what I did last night
You see I finally talked his wife into leaving him
And I'm just here to convince my conscience that it's alright
Well I can see my old friend sittin' there just starin'
And his little boy is crying words that are welded in my mind
Haven't you heard daddy's gone crazy
Haven't you heard mama is gone
And either way I am the loser
And I've been crying all night long Mister haven't you heard
Haven't you heard daddy's gone crazy...
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4.
IN TOO DEEP
(Jerry Lane - Erv Woolsey)
« © '85 Muy Bueno Music, BMI / Jerry Max Music, BMI »
Ain't love a strain ain't it a pain in your heart
I ain't worth the trouble anyhow
I'd like to give it up I've had enough and I've done my part
But I'm in too deep to pull out now
Good things we've had are going bad and I don't know why
I'd turn it around if I knew how
I'm pushing aside all my pride and it's worth a try
Cause I'm in too deep to pull out now
We need to get our love back on its feet again
We've come too far to let it come to an end
What can I do I'm into you up over my heart
I've tried all that I know how
Doing all I can and I can't stand to see us fall apart
And I'm in too deep to pull out now
[ steel - piano - fiddle ]
We need to get our love back on its feet again
We've come too far to let it come to an end
Can't step aside and let you slide right out of my life
It'd cause more hurt than the law allows
I'll get us back on the track and it'll be all right
Cause I'm in too deep to pull out now
No I'm in too deep to pull out now
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5.
BLUE IS NOT A WORD
(Joel Sonier - Judy Ball)
« © '85 Wall To Wall Music, ASCAP »
I've never once in my life met someone like you
I don't know what the word blue means as long as I'm with you
You fill me so completely through everything you do
Blue is not a word at all as long as I'm with you
Most of the time in my past blue is all I knew
But now that we're together oh how I love you
I'm so glad I've found you you've made my dreams come true
Blue is not a word at all as long as I'm with you
[ steel ]
Most of the time in my past blue is all I knew...
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6.
YOU SURE GOT THIS OL' REDNECK FEELIN' BLUE
(Dean Dillon - Buzz Rabin)
« © '85 Careers Music, BMI »
Oh I recall some ball room brawls that I got myself in to
Just a stick or two got me back together
But what's it take to ease a leak that came with losing you
I thought I was tough but goodbye's to much this healing is taking forever
Woman you sure got this ol' redneck feelin' blue
What's going on inside me I ain't use to going through
This ol' country boy's hillbilly heart is breaking in two
Yeah you sure got this ol' redneck feelin' blue
I've never seen anything hit me quite like this
You know the pain and loneliness they kepp hanging with me
Oh this good time joke he took quite a blow oh why'd you call it quits
It'll take some time to mend my mind and put me out of my misery
Woman you sure got this ol' redneck feelin' blue...
Woman yeah you sure got this ol' redneck feelin' blue
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7.
CHAIR
(Hank Cochran - Dean Dillon)
« © '85 Tree Publishing, BMI / Careers Music, BMI »
Well excuse me but I think you've got my chair
No that one's not taken I don't mind if you sit here I'll be glad to share
Yeah it's usually packed here on Friday nights
Oh if you don't mind could I talk you out of a light
Well thank you could I drink you a buy oh listen to me
What I mean is can I buy you a drink anything you please
Oh you're welcome well I don't think I caught your name
Are you waiting for someone to meet you here
Well that makes two of us glad you came
No I don't know the name of the band but they're good
Aren't they would you like to dance
Yeah I like the song too it reminds me of you and me
Tell me do you think there's a chance
That later on I could drive you home no I don't mind at all
Oh I like you too and to tell you the truth that wasn't my chair after all
Oh I like you too and to tell you the truth that wasn't my chair after all
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8.
DANCE TIME IN TEXAS
(Peter Rowan)
« © '85 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
It's dance time in Texas and we're striken up the band
Let's got honky tonkin' honey take my hand
It's dance time in Texas where the wine and music flows
We'll do that texas two step and that ol' cotton I'd joe
I'll take you honky tonkin' in my ol' pickup truck
It's dance time in Texas and where the music lifts you up
[ guitar ]
It's dance time in Texas and we're striken up the band
Let's got honky tonkin' honey take my hand
It's dance time in Texas where the wine and music flows
We'll do that texas two step and that ol' cotton eyed Joe
Now it's time for a slow dance and we're waltzin' oh so close
It's dance time in Texas and you the one I love the most
[ fiddle - steel ]
It's dance time in Texas and we're striken up the band...
[ fiddle - steel ]
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9.
LEFTY'S GONE
(Sanger D. Shafer)
« © '85 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
A jukebox introduced us when the sixties were still young
If You Got The Money Honey got my nickels one by one
I tried to imitate that song it's not right but Lefty's gone
Now Always Late breaks my heart
In every song he sang I played the part
I heard he was sad and lived alone
It's not right but Lefty's gone
He played the fair in Dallas one year in the cold October rain
Most folks stayed home and warm but he sang just the same
I caught a chill fore I got home it's not right but Lefty's gone
Now Always Late breaks my heart...
It don't seem like he was around that long
It's not right but Lefty's gone
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10.
I'VE SEEN THAT LOOK ON ME A THOUSAND TIMES
(Harlan Howard - Shirl Milete)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's four a.m. and you're just gettin' in
Your first night out I won't ask you where you've been
You're so ashamed and your eyes can't meet mine
I've seen that look on me a thousand times
What makes us do the things we do heaven only knows
We think we've got a secret but it always shows
I taught you how to cheat you're doing fine
I've seen that look on me a thousand times
[ steel ]
But I still love you and so I pretend
And hope I'll never see that look again
But if I do I know the fault is mine
I've seen that look on me a thousand times
What makes us do the things we do...
I've seen that look on me a thousand times
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