LOVIN' AND LEARNIN'
(MCA 2141)
January/1976
Produced by Jerry Crutchfield
Billy Sanford, Steve Gibson, Glenn Keener - guitar
Pete Drake - steel
Jack Williams - bass
Jerry Carrigan - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - keyboards
Charlie Daniels - violin
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
Vocals:
Larry Gatlin, Jerry Crutchfield, Janie Fricke, Bergen White
Recorded:
Sept/1975, Nashville
1.
PRIDE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
(Barbara Keith - Doug Tibbes)
« © '75 Universal Music, ASCAP »
All through school he did real well
Got a good job in the sawmill yeah
But he wanted more so he went away
As he stepped on board the 8-0-2 he could hear his daddy say
Listen to the big bell ringin' on the hillside
I hear the town choir singin' oh so sweet and high
Lady Luck's got a heart of stone
You're the pride of Franklin County
Don't you leave your natural home oh yeah
A small town kid with the big city blues
A yearnin' heart and taped up shoes yeah
He wanted more so he went astray
Took a gun and he stole a car and he was on his way
Listen to the big bell ringin' on the hillside
Hear the town choir singin' oh so sweet and high high
Lady Luck's got a heart of stone
But the pride of Franklin County's gonna make it on his own
[ strings ]
He got tough Lord he was hard yeah
He robbed a bank oh didn't see the guard
The guard shot him down and as he lay there dyin'
People gathered round and they swore they heard him say
Listen to the big bell ringin' on the hillside
Hear the town choir singin' oh so sweet and high
Lady Luck's got a heart of stone
Now the pride of Franklin County's goin' home
Listen to the big bell ringin' on the hillside...
Finally comin' home
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2.
DEPEND ON YOU
(Parker McGee)
« © '75 Failzilu Music, BMI »
Broken glass lies on the bedroom floor
A broken dream lies in my head
I was counting on a big surprise
But I got a big surprise instead
I didn't know people could change so fast
I didn't see the game you played
Now the morning finds me somewhere in the past
Hanging on the promises we made
I know that life is just a big and restless ocean
With the wind and the water always changin' view
And I've always been the kind didn't count on much
But I thought I could depend on you yeah mhm
Weatherman says it's gonna rain today
And yes I believe he's right
My face is feeling just a little bit wet
With a big storm coming through tonight
I know that life is just a big and restless ocean...
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3.
AIN'T THAT A SHAME
(Antonio Domino - Dave Bartholomew)
« © '55 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Well you made me cry when you said goodbye
Ain't that a shame my tears fell like rain
Ain't that a shame yeah you're the one to blame oh
Well you broke my heart when you said we'd apart
Ain't that a shame...
Oh well goodbye although I cry
Ain't that a shame...
[ fiddle ]
You made me cry when you said goodbye
Ain't that a shame...
Oh well goodbye although I cry...
[ piano ]
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4.
LEAVE HIM ALONE
(Bobby Braddock - Curly Putman)
« © '75 Tree Publishing, BMI »
First you let him down then you come around
You build him up and get him up and turn his head around
You tear him down again and then you're gone leave him alone
Just about the time I've pushed you from his mind
You start to spin your web again and he falls for your lines
What have you got that keeps him hanging on oh leave him alone
I could make him happy from now on yeah
If only you would just leave him alone you don't love him
Now the way I do and God knows I do
All the way and every day ten times as much as you
Where you're concerned he can't tell right from wrong
Please leave him alone leave him alone leave him alone
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5.
YOU'VE GOT ME TO HOLD ON TO
(Dave Loggins)
« © '75 Universal Music, ASCAP »
Don't it make life just a little more special knowin' you've got someone who cares
You won't ever have to be lonely always have somebody there
Don't it make everything a little bit easier knowin' you have someone like me
A hand to take you to the light when it gets a little bit too dark to see
That's when I like to stop and remind you
You've got me to hold on to baby oh you've got me to hold on to
Yes and don't it make every chance worth taking even when you try and fail
Don't it make all the pain worth aching look around and find somebody there
Oh don't it make everything a little bit easier...
I've got you I've got you
High and low happy or sad you know I'm gonna be right there
Sharin' your smiles dryin' your eyes anytime and anywhere
Cause you've got me to hold on to oh you've got me to hold on to baby
Cause you've got me to hold on to honey
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6.
MAKIN' LOVE DON'T ALWAYS MAKE LOVE GROW
(Sterling Whipple)
« © '75 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The first time that I said let's start our family
He said hon I've got the whole wide world to see
So come along and be this drifter's lady
The best next thing to love is bein' free
And I said don't you feel the need to have some kids and settle down
He said not while there's some places left to go yeah
I'd like to love you in Alaska underneath the midnight sun
I said makin' love don't always make love grow oh didn't you know
Acapulco and the Mexicaly sunshine Hawaii on a rooftop in the rain
Out of Rio De Janeiro on a tramp liner and just outside of Paris on a train
I said don't you feel the need to have some kids and settle down
He said not while there's some places left to go
I'd like to love you in the backseat of a taxi leavin' town
I said makin' love don't always make love grow oh didn't you know
And one day walkin' on the beach of Monterey
A little girl came up and took me by the hand
And said mom is it okay if I go swimmin'
But when ahe saw her mistake ahe blushed and ran
He laughed and reached for me but I just stepped away
I fought away the tears and tried to smile
Suddenly I knew I'd wait for him no longer
Just as suddenly he changed his style
He said don't you feel the need to have some kids and settle down
Someday everybody leads a home
Yes I'm finally learnin' love is more than just a runnin' round
But makin' love is hard to do alone
I said don't you feel the need to have some kids and settle down
Babe I'm gonna take it on my own
See I'm finally learnin' love is more than just a runnin' round
Why makin' love might even make love grow didn't you know
Didn't you know
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7.
AFTER THE THRILL IS GONE
(Don Henley - Glenn Frey)
« © '75 Cass County Music, BMI »
Same dancers in the same old shoes some habits that you just can't lose
It's no telling what a girl might use after the thrill is gone
The flame rises but it soon descends empty pages and a frozen pen
You're not quite lovers and you're not quite friends
After the thrill is gone oh after the thrill is gone
What can you do when your dreams come true and it's not quite like you planned
What have you done to be losing the one you held him so tight in your arms well
Time passes and you must move on half the distance take you twice as long
So you keep on singin' for the sake of a song after the thrill is gone
[ steel ]
You're afraid you might fall out of fashion and you're feeling cold and small
Any kinda love without passion ain't no kinda lovin' at all
Same dancers in the same old shoes you get too careful with the steps you choose
You don't care about winnin' but you don't wanna lose
After the thrill is gone yeah after the thrill is gone
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8.
DON'T BELIEVE MY HEART CAN STAND ANOTHER YOU
(Billy Ray Reynolds)
« © '75 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Don't believe my heart can stand another you
I need someone who'll be gentle kind and true
So go your way I've had enough the game you play is just too rough
I don't believe my heart can stand another you
Of all the people in the world to be standin' at my door
Tellin' me she left me you know the one I left you for
I sat down and thought it over now I've come to this conclusion
Don't believe my heart can stand another you
I don't believe my heart can stand...
I've tried every way I know to put you out of myself
I've been as far down as my knees but so far it has been no help
And with you already here what I must say gets complicated
Don't believe my heart can stand another you
I don't believe my heart can stand...
I don't believe my heart can stand...
I don't believe my heart can stand another you
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9.
HERE WE ARE
(Curly Putman - Rafe Van Hoy)
« © '75 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Here we are in each other's arms closer than the stars they lay against the sky
Trembling hands soft against our skin guide us once again as we find our way to love
Soft light from the window creeps across the room to lay against your face aglow
Even in the dark I know that both our hearts would tell your lips right where to go
Cause I love you so
Here we are in lovin' arms tonight make me feel tonight
Like I've never felt before
And then my love we'll open up our eyes
Together one more time we will find our way to love
The soft light from the window...
Cause I need you so here we are
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10.
MY COWBOY'S GETTING OLD
(Mary Ann Duwe)
« © '75 Combine Music, BMI »
Years ago he was the handsomest devil in town
Well I know cause I've seen his pictures laying around
But he's gettin' old and can't ride them broncos no more
It makes me sad my old man just hit sixty-four
Years ago his home was the wild rodeos
But his scars are the only trophies that he's got to show
Now he's gettin' old his spurs are all rusty and brown
Oh it makes me sad my old man is fast slowing down
He's my father my friend and I love him
That was hard to say just a few years ago
Funny but I guess I have mellowed cause my cowboy's getting old
Cause my cowboy's getting old
Years ago I was always there by his side
He'd saddle my pony and off in the sunset we'd ride hmm
Now he's getting old and I have gone off on my own
It makes me sad how my old man's years have flown
He's my father my friend...
Cause my cowboy's getting old
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