YOU STILL GOT ME
(Giant 24639)
December/1995
Produced by Richard Landis
Dann Huff, Brent Mason - el.guitar
Billy Joe Walker, Skip Ewing - ac.guitar
Sonny Garrish, Paul Franklin - steel
Glenn Worf, David Hungate - bass
Paul Leim - drums
Terry McMillan - percussion
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Mitch Humphries, Carl Marsh - piano/keyboards
Nashville String Machine (Carl Gorodetzky) - strings
Curtis Wright, Curtis Young - vocals
1.
NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE NIGHT
(Jim Williams - Aaron Baker - Ron Harbin)
« © '95 Hit Street Music, BMI »
Sometimes I wish there were no windows in this room
The sun comes pouring through those curtains way too soon
Reminding me it's time to rise and shine
But you look so good lying there in that old T-shirt of mine
There's not enough hours in the night not enough time to hold you tight
How time flies when you're in love we lay down and the sun comes up
I wish that I could set that clock to moonlight saving time
Cause when it comes to loving you there's not enough hours in the night
They say two people just can't live on love alone
But girl if we die trying what a way to go
Think I'll call in and say I'm running late
Hang a blanket on the window and steal an hour from the day
There's not enough hours in the night...
I wish that I could set that clock to moonlight saving time
Cause when it comes to loving you there's not enough hours in the night
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2.
SHE NEVER LOOKS BACK
(Jim Lauderdale - Frank Dycus)
« © '95 Mighty Nice Music »
I always tried to tell her bout the rearview mirror
But she just wouldn't ever take a peek
She said there's no need looking where you've already been
When you're headed down a one-way street
There's no need thinking bout calling up her mother
Ain't no way she's ever coming home
Oh when it comes to finding trouble she won't have any trouble
Cause she doesn't do no time alone
She never looks back just straight ahead
When she says she's leaving believe what she said
She never looks back that's a cold hard fact
(She never looks back) she never looks back
[ steel - fiddle ]
She must have been a pilot in a life before
Cause she knows when it's time for her to bail
There's no point in chasing after her anymore
She says we're guaranteed to fail
She never looks back just straight ahead...
She never looks back just straight ahead...
(She never looks back) she never looks back
She never looks back yeah she gone
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3.
YOU STILL GOT ME
(Kenny King - Doug Supernaw)
« © '95 Supernaw Music, ASCAP »
I just called to say hello I hope everything's alright
Me I'm doing fine but I still can't sleep at night
I finally had a good day just last week
At least the best one since you've gone
But it kills me when I hear when's mama coming home
And I know that there are some things you feel that you've been missing
Well I tried to be your Superman well I've done all I can
Still you feel the need to spread your wings but darling if you're listening
When the world ain't all you thought it would be you still got me
Well I live everyday a lie tell the kids that it's alright
And I see a lot of you in them when I tuck 'em in at night
Try hard not to be too weak for one of us must be strong
And it kills me when I'm there lyin' all alone
And I know that there are some things...
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4.
COUNTRY CONSCIENCE
(Roger Murrah - Keith Stegall - Michael White)
« © '93 Tower Street Music, BMI »
I came in here tonight to do a little thinking
When I left home I promised her twice I ain't going drinking
Then you walk in and knock me down
We could slip away but in a few days it'll be all over town
But my country conscience will tell on me
The roots of my raising run too deep
Sometimes temptation can make a strong man weak
But my country conscience won't let me cheat
[ fiddle ]
I started to leave then I hesitated
I looked in her eyes and I was almost persuaded
Then she took my hand but when she touched my ring
A voice in my head spoke up and said son you're doing the wrong thing
But my country conscience will tell on me...
My country conscience won't let me cheat
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5.
DADDY MADE THE DOLLARS (MAMA MADE THE SENSE)
(Gene Dobbins - Bobby Taylor - John Ramey)
« © '95 Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP / Sixteen Stars Music, BMI »
Daddy's brand new bass boat cost him two weeks on the couch
Fourteen dozen roses and his boys night out
But when he test drove that new bronco mamma test flew her fryin' pan
She said from now on the buck stops here in my hand
Daddy made the dollars mamma made the sense
Daddy never questioned one penny mamma pinched
We all knew where it came from but she knew where it went
Daddy made the dollars mamma made the sense
Daddy had a good name and wore it right there on his shirt
Everybody knew he didn't run from work
Mamma cut corners and coupons but still took time to dream
Never livin' without livin' within our means
Daddy made the dollars mamma made the sense...
[ fiddle - steel ]
Daddy made the dollars mamma made the sense...
Daddy made the dollars mamma made the sense
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6.
ROOTS AND WINGS
(Bill Anderson - Skip Ewing)
« © '95 Mr Bubba Music, BMI »
A mama watched her baby fall and bump his head
Taking baby steps across the floor
She could have tried to catch him but a voice inside her said
In the long run that will only hurt him more
But she picked me up and told me that she loved me
And she held me and she made me feel secure
And I grew to understand what real love means
And what it takes for two hearts to endure
Roots and wings to my ship you are the lighthouse on the shore
And I'm a kite on your string your love is my anchor in the storm
And a part of me stays grounded so the rest of me can fly
Only cause you are my roots and wings
A daddy kissed his baby and then he fixed her veil
Took her arm and walked down the aisle
When the preacher asked him who gives this child away
He said me and did his best to smile
Now you call him every weekend and you tell him
That you love him and you're thankful as can be
That his firm hand and his soft heart were a blessing
And the reason you can give the gift to me
Roots and wings...
Some say love's a circle some say love's a light
Some say love's a river and I don't know who's right
But this I know for certain and this I know for truth
The secret to forever for me and you
Is roots and wings...
I'm lucky that you are my roots and wings
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7.
WE'RE ALL HERE
(Doug Crider - Kenny King - Doug Supernaw)
« © '95 Supernaw Music, ASCAP »
Well it's good to have ol' Bob back
For a while we thought he'd found his mind
But all he found was heartache outside these walls
From friendly consultation to total humiliation
He ain't fit for the real world no not at all
Bill tried to escape us his new wife thought he'd walk the line
But she walked in to find him here almost every night
She had him committed but this jury has acquitted
Any wrong that might have come from doing right
And we're all here cause we're not all there
Some ramble aimlessly some sit and stare
But there's one thing that we all share
We're all here cause we're not all there
[ fiddle - steel ]
As for me I feel at home here and I like the folks who care for me
Cause they don't care if I'm half the man I used to be
It's not your normal institution just a run down bar in Houston
With a sign on the door that proudly reads
We're all here cause we're not all there...
We're all here cause we're not all there
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8.
FIRE IN THE RAIN
(Rick Giles - Amanda Hunt Taylor)
« © '95 Careers Music, BMI »
I've gone from everything to nothing
You've gone from here to far away
I used to wake up in the morning
Thinking everything was possible now there's just no way
Here I am again starting over heartache to heartache lover to lover
Jukebox to jukebox lonely eyes and little games
Tryin' to start a fire in the rain tryin' to start a fire in the rain
[ piano ]
If you were here we'd still be nowhere
If I were there you'd still be gone
I can't seem to learn the lesson
How to come full circle how to just move on
Here I am again starting over...
Here I am again starting over...
[ piano ]
Heartache to heartache lover to lover yeah
Jukebox to jukebox lonely eyes and little games
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9.
TIME OFF FROM GOOD BEHAVIOR
(Roger Springer - Tony Martin - Reese Wilson)
« © '94 April Music, ASCAP / Music Of Stage Three, BMI »
We've been working real hard and the bills are caught up
For three weeks at church we've been sittin' up front
Even had your mama over for lunch
We've been good little angels but enough's enough
It's early to bed and early to rise
Crossing our T's and dottin' our I's
We've paid our dues and we've paid our tithes
But for goodness sake it's Friday night
We need time off from good behavior
Spend a little too much stay up a lot later
Get a little naughty do ourselves a favor
Take a little time off from good behavior
[ fiddle ]
We've been all wrapped up in our daily grind
We'll come unwound if we don't unwind
We'll mind our P's and Q's some other time
I think a little R and R's in line
We need time off from good behavior...
[ fiddle - guitar ]
We need time off from good behavior...
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10.
NOTE
(Buck Moore - Michelle Ray)
« © '84 Sixteen Stars Music, BMI »
The note was short but Lord so strong it simply said I can't go on
And live a lie with someone I don't love
She couldn't tell me face to face oh but how my world was changed
By the hand that held the pen
That wrote the words that broke the heart
Of the one the only one who really loves her
My tears fell down like falling rain but they can't wash away the pain
How will I go to sleep without her in my arms
She never meant to break my heart but when my world has torn apart
By the hand that held the pen
That wrote the words that broke the heart
Of the one the only one who really loves her
With one stoke of the pen she wrote off all my dreams
Erasing all the plans we've made together
I'm the one who is to blame oh but how my world was changed
By the hand that held the pen
That wrote the words that broke the heart
Of the one the only one who really loves her
The only one the only one who really loves her
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11.
WHAT IN THE WORLD
(Doug Crider - Kenny King - Doug Supernaw)
« © '95 Supernaw Music, ASCAP »
Came home to a house where everything was emptied
They took my TV and my chair they even found her jewelry
And the police say there's nothing they can do cause it happens everyday
Before I fell asleep when she was cryin' this is all I could say
What in the world is this world coming to
Can't have a damn thing nice no use to try to
What is one man feeling helpless supposed to do
What in the world is this world coming to
[ steel ]
Came home to a house where everything was emptied
She left my TV and my chair now I'm lost in memories
And my friends tell me there's nothin' they can do cause it happens everyday
As I fell asleep that night cryin' this is all I could say
What in the world is this world coming to...
Tell me what in the world is this world coming to
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