CALL OF THE WILD
(RCA 66251)
August/1993
Produced by Scott Hendricks
Brent Mason - el.guitar
Billy Joe Walker - ac.guitar
Paul Franklin - steel
Glenn Worf - bass
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Stuart Duncan - fiddle/mandolin
Matt Rollings - piano
Vocals:
Alan O'Bryant, John Wesley Ryles, Cindy Richardson Walker, Dennis Wilson
Recorded at Sound Shop Studio, Nashville
1.
CALL OF THE WILD
(Michael P. Heeney - Buddy Brock - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
She's been starin' out the window four nights in a row
Like a caged up tiger she's pacin' the floor
Oh the night is young and the moon is full
And she just can't resist when she feels the pull
She's got a restless spirit that she can't control
And when she gets like this I gotta let her go
She hears the call of the wild every once in a while
She lets down her hair she's gotta get somewhere
She can turn it loose and howl
I know what's in store Katie bar the door when she winks at me and smiles
She's in a foot stompin' honky tonkin' love making state of mind
So excuse me y'all I gotta answer the call of the wild
If there's ever been a lady well baby is
Just more of a woman at times like this
Now don't you worry bout baby stepping out of line
Yeah she drives me crazy but it suits me fine
Cause she's hard to handle so I hold on tight
And Lord knows I got my hands full tonight
She hears the call of the wild...
[ guitar ]
Oh she hears the call of the wild...
I said pardon me y'all I gotta answer the call of the wild
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2.
HONKY TONK SUPERMAN
(Buddy Brock - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well down at the factory I'm never late
I'm a mild mannered man who pulls his weight
I give a hundred percent I don't ever stop
Till friday evening when I punch that clock
Then I dissapear till the weekend's through
And you'll never guess who I turn into
I'm a honky tonk superman ready or not I'm back again
Dancing on the tables and swingin' from the chandeliers
Oh I'm a honky tonk superman that's who I really am
A real rebel dare-devil honky tonkin' superman
Everybody's waitin' for my next move
Last night I broke the record for actin' a fool
My favorite waitress said I went a little too far
When I came roller skatin' down the top of the bar
Now don't blame me for just having fun
They never should have bet me that it couldn't be done
Cause I'm a honky tonk superman...
Hey look up there on that neon sign
It's a bird it's a plane Lord he's lost his mind
Oh it's just honky tonk superman...
Yeah sure enough real tough honky tonk superman
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3.
NOTHIN' IN THE WORLD
(Terry M. Brown - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well I've moaned the blues since she slammed that door
Drank and cried and I walked the floor
And her mem'ry's backed me against the wall
So tonight I'm gonna end it all
You can say goodbye to this lonely guy
Nothin' in the world can save me but a girl
Help me help me I'm about to die
There's a lovesick man on the prowl tonight
Don't call the doctor don't call the law
When a good lovin' woman can fix it all
I gotta have another she to rescue me
Oh nothin' in the world can save me but a girl
Well I know y'all think that I've gone mad
I'm out huntin' me one like I just had
It's like grabbin' a hold of a high line wire
Or jumpin' out of the pan straight into the fire
Oh but only a man can understand
Nothin' in the world can save me but a girl
Help me help me I'm about to die...
Help me help me I'm about to die...
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4.
WORKING MAN'S PhD
(Philip Douglas - Bobby Boyd - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You get up every mornin' fore the sun comes up
Toss a lunch box into a pickup truck
A long hard day sure ain't much fun
But you got to get it started if you wanna get it done
Just set your mind and roll up your sleeves
You're working on a working man's PhD
With your heart and your hands and the sweat on your brow
You build the things that really make the world go round
If it works if it runs if it last for years
You can bet your bottom dollar it was made right here
With pride and honor and dignity
From a man with a working man's PhD
Well there ain't no shame in a job well done
From driving a nail to driving a truck
As a matter of fact I'd like to set things straight
A few more people should be pulling their weight
If you want a cram course in reality
You get yourself a working man's PhD
When the quittin' whistle blows and the dust settles down
There ain't no trophies or cheering crowds
You'll face yourself at the end of the day
And be damned proud of whatever you've made
Can't hang it on the wall for the world to see
But you've got yourself a working man's PhD
No there ain't no shame in a job well done...
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5.
I PROMISED YOU THE WORLD
(Vern Dant - Bruce Burch - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I had dreams that were bigger than the Montana sky
And we were gonna do great in Great Falls I just knew we were this time
But when winter finally broke so were we you'll never know how bad that hurt
Cause this ain't what I meant when I promised you the world
I lost the farm in Kansas along with a lot of pride
Then I almost lost my life down in that West Virginia mine
And that motel room in Memphis was a long way from diamonds and pearls
And that sure ain't what I meant when I promised you the world
I swear your love is stronger than any dream of mine I've ever drug you through
And I swear I wasn't lying they just never did come true
You've always bet on this old gambler every time I gave the wheel a whirl
But this ain't what I meant when I promised you the world
Now this Shreveport sun is settin' on another broken dream of mine
And I guess that mansion on the hill is pretty hard to see tonight
But as long as there's a breath of life in me I'm gonna get it for you girl
Cause this ain't what I meant when I promised you the world
I swear your love is stronger...
No this sure ain't what I meant when I promised you the world
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6.
WHEN COUNTRY TOOK THE THRONE
(Buddy Brock - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Just a skinny little Mississippi railroad man that loved to sing and play
He brought his music from the cotton fields to the hillbilly hall of fame
Thank God for Jimmie Rodgers chisel his name in the cornerstone
I just wish he could've lived to see the day when country took the throne
Now a million songs have come and gone since we made that humble start
About neon nights everyday life love and broken hearts
And more and more folks kept tuning in and turning on
Now I can proudly say that I saw the day when country took the throne
Now from Carolina to California Texas to New York
They can't get enough of this country stuff and they're screaming for more
We painted the town with that grand old sound and the whole world sang along
Yes I was there the day when country took the throne
[ guitar ]
Now no one knows what the future holds but I bet my best guitar
There'll be a jukebox jumping on Jupiter and a honky tonk on Mars
In the last frontier they'll stand and cheer the best music ever known
They'll celebrate that age old day when country took the throne
Now from Carolina to California...
I said I was there the day when country took the throne
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7.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU
(Buddy Brock - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Baby you make me feel like a million dollar bill
And your cute little smile's driving me hog wild
Yeah I'm one lucky dog that just can't lose
But that's enough about me let's talk about you
Let's talk about the way that I love your walk
Talk about the way that I love your talk
Did I happen to mention that I love everything that you do
That's enough about me let's talk about you
Your sweet loving ways just make my day
And that twinkle in your eye's keeping me up at night
Oh I love this life I'm living thanks to you know who
But that's enough about me let's talk about you
Yeah let's talk about the way that I love your walk...
[ guitar - steel ]
I just can't say enough about your sweet love
I could sing your praise till I'm blue in the face
I could ramble on and on like a babbling fool
But that's enough about me let's talk about you
Yeah let's talk about the way that I love your walk...
Let's talk about you let's talk about you let's talk about you
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8.
WHOLE LOTTA LOVE ON THE LINE
(Donny Kees - Aaron Tippin)
« © '90 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I've called from every rundown phonebooth in Atlanta Georgia
Tryin' to find someone to tell me where you've gone
I begged and pleaded with your mama till she gave me your number
Honey we can work it out come on home
Now there's a whole lotta love on the line
All I need is a chance to change your mind
Don't hang up the phone cause everything's not gone
Think about it baby there's a whole lotta love on the line
All the distance that's come between us has gone for enough
Now I know that closer to you is where I belong
And the feelin' I'm feelin' inside is what I'm trying to send through these wires
Oh darling who cares who's right and who's wrong
Now there's a whole lotta love on the line...
Now there's a whole lotta love on the line...
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9.
MY KIND OF TOWN
(Sanger D. Shafer - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
This is my kind of town
I ain't never seen nothing like it in all my traveling round
If this old highway ever gives me up and I think about settling down
Well this is my kind of town
There ain't no place on God's green earth I'd rather be right now
Folks around here sure seem to know what living's all about
I could hang around here forever Lord I feel so much at home
When it comes time for me to leave it'll be so hard to go
Cause this is my kind of town...
Now I ain't the kind to just muscle in on someone else's world
But from what I've seen it seems to me they got lots of extra girls
And if I could find me one of them and a little house nearby
Well I'd park these boots hang this hat and stay here till I die
Cause this is my kind of town...
[ fiddle - steel ]
This is my kind of town...
If this old highway ever gives me up and I think about settling down
Well this is my kind of town
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10.
TRIM YOURSELF TO FIT THE WORLD
(Kim Williams - Philip Douglas - Aaron Tippin)
« © '93 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Each time the good Lord makes a man he always breaks the mold
So it sure does raise a flag for that rebel in my soul
When some phony carbon copy says I'm the black sheep of the fold
Well this is what I tell 'em when I tell 'em where to go
If you trim yourself to fit the world there won't be nothing left
Just a little here and a little there till you won't know yourself
You'll be a pile of shavings when they put you in your grave
If you trim yourself to fit the world you'll whittle yourself away
[ guitar ]
I could change to fit this world but I just ain't that kind
Some sell their soul for the easy road the devil's always buyin'
I can't count the ones I've known who fell right into line
Now they walk around with their heads hung down they've got no piece of mind
If you trim yourself to fit the world...
So before you sign that dotted line or do something that you'd rather not
Before you compromise your stand friend let me tell you what
Don't let the crowd get so loud you can't hear your conscience speak
Cause I'm willing to bet that you'll soon regret that you sold yourself so cheap
If you trim yourself to fit the world...
If you trim yourself to fit the world you'll whittle yourself away
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