TRAVIS TRITT
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
(Warner Bros 45048)
Augist 21/1992
Produced by Gregg Brown
John Jorgenson, Wendell Cox, Reggie Young, Jack Holder, Gary Rossington - el.guitar
Richard Bennett, Larry Byrom, Billy Joe Walker - ac.guitar
Terry Crisp - steel
Edgar Meyer, Mike Brignardello - bass
Steve Turner, Sam Bacco - drums/percussion
Hargus Pig Robbins, Matt Rollings - piano
Bobby Ogdin, Billy Livsey - organ/keyboards
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Jimmy Joe Ruggiere - harmonica
John Catchings - cello
Kristin Wilkinson - viola
David Davidson, Connie Heard - violin
Vocals:
Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Dana McVicker, John Cowan,
Dennis Locorriere, Tanya Tucker, Porter Wagoner, Curtis Young, Dennis Wilson
1.
LOOKING OUT FOR NO. 1
(Troy Seals - Travis Tritt)
« © '92 Tree Publishing, BMI »
No matter what I do I can't make you happy
Though I go to great lengths to do your will
If you say hurry girl I make it snappy
Trying hard to keep your wishes filled
But I'm gettin' tired and feeling real discouraged
From being pressure underneath your thumb
So here's a message you can give your mama
Starting now I'm looking out for number one
Lord everyone around me I've tried so hard to please
Till the only one unhappy feeling broken down is me
But things are gonna change with each new setting sun
Starting now I'm looking out for number one
[ guitar ]
It's gettin' hard to face my morning mirror
There's a stranger in there staring back at me
He tells me every day it's gettin' clearer
Son you're not the man you used to be
Yeah it's time to get this monkey off my shoulder
And quit worryin' bout the things that you want done
I'm gonna start the fire that you have smoldered
Cause starting now I'm looking out for number one
Lord everyone around me...
Yeah starting now I'm looking out for number one
Yeah number one oh number one I'm looking out for number one
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2.
CAN I TRUST YOU WITH MY HEART
(Stewart Harris - Travis Tritt)
« © '92 Tree Publishing, BMI »
When you meet that certain someone you've been searchin' hard to find
It's a new love full of passion that can sometimes make you blind
I don't mind being swept away if I know right from the start
So before we go much further girl can I trust you with my heart
In the time we've spent together I have learned to trust in you
So many things you've given before I even asked you to
But reality and romance are sometimes far apart
So what I really need to know is can I trust you with my heart
Can I cast my cares upon you can you stand the heavy load
Can I count on you to walk me down that long and winding road
If you promise me these simple things I can guarantee
You can always count on me
[ guitar ]
Can I cast my cares upon you can you stand the heavy load
Can I count on you to walk me down that long and winding road
When two hearts solely surrender and are sworn to understand
It completes a perfect union between a woman and a man
So please don't misunderstand me I don't want to go too far
Without knowing just one answer can I trust you with my heart
Please girl give me just one answer can I trust you with my heart
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3.
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
(Jerry Chesnut)
« © '75 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well I play an old guitar from a nine till a half past one
I'm just tryin' to make a livin' watchin' everybody else havin' fun
Well I don't miss much if it happens on a dance hall floor
Mercy look what just walked through that door
Well hello T-R-O-U-B-L-E tell me what in the world you doin' A-L-O-N-E
Yeah say hey good L double O-K-I-N-G well I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E yeah
I was a little bitty baby when my papa hit the skids
Mama had a time tryin' to raise nine kids
She told me not to stare cause it was impolite
She did the best she could to try to raise me right
Cause mama never told me bout nothin' like Y-O-U
Bet your mama musta been another good lookin' honey too
Yeah hey good L double O-K-I-N-G well I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E
[ piano - guitar ]
Well you're a sweet talkin' sexy walkin' honky tonkin' baby
The men are gonna love ya and the woman gonna hate ya
Remindin' them of everythin' they're never gonna be
May be the beginnin' of a world war three
Cause the world ain't ready for nothing like Y-O-U
I bet your mama musta been another good lookin' mama too
Hey say hey good L double O-K-I-N-G well I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E
I said hey I said hey I said hey I said hey I said hey hey
Oh I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E yeah whoa
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4.
WHEN I TOUCH YOU
(Stewart Harris - Travis Tritt)
« © '92 Tree Publishing, BMI »
This old world can lay so heavy on my shoulders
And this face in my mirror keeps getting older
But no matter how much pressure's on I can lay it down when I get home
Cause it all just fades away when I touch you
It's the kind of love that lingers through the ages
A firm foundation girl to see us through
So let the storms of life go right on ragin'
For there's calm inside my heart when I touch you
[ guitar - piano ]
Years from now when my life's nearly over
And there's nothing more this world needs me to do
If my feeble hand's still strong enough to reach out
I can be the happy man when I touch you
It's the kind of love...
Yes it makes everything all right when I touch you
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5.
LORD HAVE MERCY ON A WORKING MAN
(Kostas)
« © '92 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
All around I hear the sound of money but I ain't got a nickel to my name
And everywhere I look I see temptation she stands on every corner and calls my name
Won't you tell me if you can cause life's so hard to understand
Why's the rich man busy dancing while the poor man pays the band
Oh they're billing me for killing me Lord have mercy on the working man
Uncle Sam's got his hands in my pockets
And he helps himself each time he needs a dime
Them politicians treat me like a mushroom
Cause they feed me bull and keep me in the blind
Won't you tell me if you can...
[ guitar ]
Hey St Peter look down for a minute and see this little man about to drown
There's quicksand all around and man I'm in it
Please help me up Lord cause I'm going down
Now won't you tell me if you can...
Won't you tell me if you can...
Please Lord have mercy on the working man
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6.
I WISH I COULD GO BACK HOME
(Travis Tritt)
« © '92 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I wish I could go back home I'm so tired of living all alone
I left to sow my wilder seeds now look at all the pain I've grown
I wish I could go back home
It breaks my heart to see her cry that's how I left her when I said goodbye
I never meant to be so cruel how could I have been such a fool
I got scared when love drew close turns out her love is what I'm needin' most
Instead I'm back out on my own wishing I could go back home
I wish I could go back home...
She waited as long as she could stand finally gave up and found another man
And he's getting love that once was mine I can't believe I've been so blind
What goes around comes back they say but I'd trade my future for one yesterday
We had a good thing now it's gone Lord I wish I could go back home
I wish I could go back home...
We had a good thing now it's gone Lord I wish I could go back home
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7.
HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW
(Marty Stuart)
« © '92 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
When you left I nearly lost my mind
And I tried to drown my sorrow every night in warm red wine
My old heart broke to pieces but I'll get by somehow
Cause I won't care Lord a hundred years from now
From the top of this old world to the bottom of the glass
I've thrown away my future by drowning out the past
When you walked out the door girl you broke every vow
But I won't care a hundred years from now
[ guitar ]
Tonight I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way
Lord I've got lots of reasons why I come here every day
Lord I'm tired of lovin' lonesome that's how old Travis feels right now
But I won't care a hundred years from now
From the top of this old world...
Lord I won't care a hundred years from now
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8.
BLUE COLLAR MAN
(Travis Tritt - Gary Rossington)
« © '92 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I don't like hanging out with a high dollar crowd
I ain't no socialite I'm a little too loud
I don't do garden parties sippin' hot tea
Down in some honky tonk brother that's the place for me
A hard days livin' is all that I understand
Well I owe my soul to Master Card I'm a blue collar man
I bust my bottom every day eight to five
I come home draggin' feelin' barely alive
The kids are screaming house is turned upside down
Need a bulldozer just to find my way around
Don't like caviar we like our soup from a can
Yeah I keep my life simple I'm a blue collar man
[ guitar ]
Don't need computers handlin' my bank account
Balance my checkbook there's a zero amount
Four-carat diamond's not on my lady's hand
We live a life rich folks could never understand
I make my livin' with these two hard workin' hands
Won't ever be no millionaire I'm a blue collar man
Won't ever be no millionaire I'm a blue collar man
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9.
WORTH EVERY MILE
(Travis Tritt)
« © '92 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The roads that we've traveled ain't always been easy
Lord knows we've both seen our share of troubles and trials
It's hard to believe we made it so far together
But just between you and me darling it was worth every mile
It was worth every storm we had to weather
It was worth all the evenings we cried together
When the going got toughest I could count on your smile
And looking back now I can say it was worth every mile
I know you and I both had our doubts that we'd make it
But deep in the back of our hearts we knew all the while
That love's not for quitters so we kept ours moving
Oh and I think you'll have to agree it was worth every mile
It was worth every storm...
And looking back now I can say it was worth every mile
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10.
LEAVE MY GIRL ALONE
(Buddy Guy)
« © '67 Mic Shau Music, BMI »
You better leave you better leave my little girl alone
You better leave you better leave my little girl alone
Before I go and get evil minded and I go and do something wrong
Yeah you called up my house just yesterday
And I picked up the extension and I heard every word you say
Why don't you just go on man go on and leave my little girl alone
Yeah before I get evil minded and I go and do something wrong
[ guitar ]
You called up my house all hours of the night
Let me tell you mister that's a damned good way to start a fight
Yeah why don't you just go on man and leave my little girl alone
Well before I get evil minded Lord and go and do something wrong
[ piano - guitar ]
Oh you better leave baby you better leave my little baby alone
Oh I'm gonna tell you what hoss
You better leave you better leave my little girl alone
Before I get evil minded and I go and do something wrong
[ instrumental part ]
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