Soon dips into some average material and over-synthesized production. Fortunately, Tucker pulls out of the dive thanks to two ballads - "Soon" and "Silence is King" - strong enough to rise above the treatment, and a pair of toothy tracks - "Sneaky Moon" and "A Blue Guitar" - that get back to the resonating riffs of the opener.
TANYA TUCKER
SOON
(Liberty CDP7-89048)
oCTOBER 9/1993
Produced by Jerry Crutchfield

Steve Gibson, Billy Joe Walker, Brent Mason - guitar
Brent Rowan - guitar/dobro
Jerry Douglas - dobro
Eddie Bayers, Paul Leim - drums
Sonny Garrish - steel
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
Bruce Watkins - banjo
Paul Davis - organ/vocals
David Hungate, Michael Rhodes - bass
Mike Lawler - synthesizer/keyboards
Matt Rollings - piano
Charles Rose - trombone
Jim Horn - barytone sax
Harvey Thompson - tenor sax
George Tidwell - trumpet
Curtis Young, Gary Burr, Dale Daniel, Jonell Mosser - vocals
Recorded at Nightingale Studio and Music Mill Studios, Nashville
1.
YOU JUST WATCH ME
(Rick Giles - Bob Regan)
« © '87 Dixie Stars Music, ASCAP »
You just watch me baby one of these breathless nights
I'm gonna steal your heart and make you mine
You're gonna say you want me beg me never to leave
If you don't think so then you just watch me
When you see me comin' ain't no use a runnin'
I'll be the dream that haunts you and when the dawn is upon you
I'll be the only light you'll see you just watch me
[ guitar ]
You just watch me baby I'm the moon above
A blanket of night comin' down to wrap you up
Open up your window breathe the cool night air
The winds of love are everywhere
When you see me comin'...
[ guitar ]
When you see me comin'...
[ dobro ]
When you see me comin' ain't no use a runnin' you just watch me
You just watch me baby oh you just watch me
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2.
COME ON HONEY
(Paul Davis)
« © '72 ATV Songs, BMI »
Come on honey it don't matter no more
Let your lovin' shine down on me
Come on honey it don't matter no more
Let your lovin' shine down on me uh huh
Have you been hurt by some girl who came to take you for a ride
It seems when you woke up one mornin' she was not there by your side
Well I'm not the kind who whispers into your ear the words that you want to hear
Then she just disappears oh oh
Someday you'll see that I'm devoted to you oh oh I'll do what you want me to
So come on honey...
What is the problem I don't understand why we can't get along
Don't be afraid of the consequences I won't do you wrong
I'm not the kind who whispers into your ear...
So come on honey...
Come on honey...
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3.
SOON
(Casey Kelly - Bob Regan)
« © '93 BMG Songs, ASCAP »
Looking back she thinks about that moment in the sand
And what was just a summer fling got so far out of hand
She knew that he was taken but she gave in anyway
She believed it when she heard him say
Soon I'll be free to be with you
Soon I'll be telling you know who the facts of life
I want you to be my wife and our dreams will all come true soon
Christmas finds her all alone with no calls to rejoice
So she calls his caller phone just to hear his voice
She knows that it's useless but she does it anyway
And she knows how to answer before she hears him say
Soon I can't talk to you right now
Soon you'll hear a beap and you know how to play this game
Leave your number and your name and I promise I'll call back soon
Someday slowly turns to never tears and champagne offer no solution
He'll say soon to her forever so she makes her new years resolution
Soon she won't call him anymore soon when he shows up at her door
And asks her when can I be with you again it'll be her turn to say soon
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4.
I LOVE YOU ANYWAY
(Pat Terry)
« © '93 Castle Street Music, ASCAP »
My cowboy rhythm with your uptown blues might sound a little out of tune
But I don't care I don't care it don't matter to me baby I love you anyway
Your silk Armani with my wrangler jeans might make us look a little strange
But I don't care I don't care it don't matter to me baby I love you anyway
Any fool can see the warning signs the difference in your world and mine
But I don't care how fast or high you fly I love you anyway
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Any fool can see the warning signs...
[ guitar ]
Pig on Forge or St Tropez we'll have one fine honeymoon either way
So I don't care I don't care it don't matter to me baby I love you anyway
Oh it don't matter to me baby I love you anyway
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5.
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
(Reese Wilson - Tony Martin)
« © '93 Music Of Stage Three, BMI »
It opens up with the same old scene you pushing me on that tire swing
Up so high I could almost touch the sky
The picture fades to you and me caught stealing a kiss behind the tree
It's so real it's like you never said goodbye
Every night I turn the lights down low and take out that old video
I hold your pillow close in the TV's glow and let the good times roll
The world moves on and it always will but I can make time stand still
I can turn it back and make things just the same
Though you're gone you're still here you're far away but always near
I can see your face and hear you call my name frame by frame
Every night I turn the lights down low...
When it comes to an end I can play it all again
You went away but the good ol' days are here to stay
Every night I turn the lights down low...
Now it's time to turn the lights down low and let the good times roll
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6.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS
(Gary Burr - Victoria Shaw)
« © '93 BMG Songs, ASCAP »
If anyone had told me things would get this far
I'd have told them they were crazy yet here we are
Pride can be our enemy we both know the cost
So tell me if you're having second thoughts
We don't have to do this it's not carved in stone
Or are we so lost we can't find our way back home
Tell me where's it written that we can't change our minds
We don't have to do this we don't have to say goodbye
Years should count for something tears can't be in vain
To let this go so easy would be a shame
We don't have to do this...
If leaving is the answer why does this feel so bad
Should we really walk away from everything we had
Tell me where's it written that we can't change our minds oh
We don't have to do this we don't have to say goodbye
We don't have to do this we don't have to say goodbye
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7.
HANGIN' IN
(Steve Bogard - Rick Giles)
« © '93 Rancho Boggardo Music, ASCAP »
You said goodbye on Tuesday I figured I would see you by the weekend
I either didn't hear you right or maybe this ol' heart just didn't listen
So I'm writing you this letter I may never send
Wonderin' if you're wonderin' how I've been
Well it's lonely but I'm hangin' in hangin' out till I'm with you again
Runnin' out of reasons to be strong hangin' in hangin' out and hangin' on
Talk about blue Monday tomorrow it's a week I've been without you
I haven't gone to work yet I couldn't do a thing but think about you
But I know that I can make it through whatever comes
As long as there is still a chance to save our love
But it's lonely but I'm hangin' in...
[ guitar ]
Oh it's lonely but I'm hangin' in...
I'm hangin' in hangin' out and hangin' on
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8.
SNEAKY MOON
(Bill LaBounty)
« © '92 Top Down Music, BMI »
Radio sittin' on a window sill I can hear the music comin' over the hill
How am I supposed to stay in bed with a crazy love song on my head
Ooh sneaky moon ooh sneaky moon
June bug buzzin' on the front porch light heartbreak's a waitin' for me outside
I swore I wouldn't open that door here I am in those arms once more
Ooh sneaky moon ooh sneaky moon
Safe and sound at home asleep is where I ought to be
Everywhere I go it just keeps creepin' up on me
[ guitar - steel ]
Romeo waited for the sun to set before he serenaded Juliet
Eve met the devil on a Saturday night but who tricked her into takin' that bite
Ooh sneaky moon ooh sneaky moon
Ooh sneaky moon ooh sneaky moon
A sneaky moon
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9.
SILENCE IS KING
(Gary Burr - Jim Photoglo)
« © '93 Afterberger Music, ASCAP »
She tests every word like a fine wine she holds every thought like her last dime
You can hear a pin drop from miles away you can hear a heart stop as plain as day
We live in a land where silence is king whispers have all disappeared
Cry for an echo you won't hear a thing silence is king around here
Silence is king around here
Where are the dreams we were after where is the joy and the laughter
Were they only habits we were doomed to lose or is destiny not ours to choose
We live in a land where silence is king...
Desperate measures come from desperate times I don't regret what I have done
If my actions made you speak your mind angry words are better than none
We live in a land where silence is king...
Silence is king around here
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10.
BLUE GUITAR
(Dennis Linde)
« © '90 Blackwood Music, BMI »
It's after midnight you lie awake counting the hours till daybreak
What can you do now where can you go when you're about at the end of your rope
You can drive out to the edge of town where the world is cold and dark
Look for the flicker of a neon sign in the shape of a broken heart
You'll hear music that will give you chills coming from that run down bar
You can slow dance with the ghost of love to the cry of a blue guitar
[ guitar ]
It's where the lonely people go when they just can't take no more
You'll se what heartache is all about and you can cry till you're cried out
You can drive out to the edge of town...
[ guitar ]
You'll hear music that will give you chills...
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