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Martina McBride

Evolution

(# 4 top country album)
(# 24 top pop album)

RCA 67516
Aug / 1997

Produced by Paul Worley, Martina McBride

Cover image of Evolution

Paul Worley, Dann Huff, Brent Mason, Dean Parks, Billy Joe Walker,
Biff Watson, Darryl Schiff, Patrick Bergeson, Greg Foresman - guitar
Paul Franklin, Dan Dugmore, Wayne Dahl - steel
Antoine Salley, Joe Chemay, Mike Brignardello - bass
Lonnie Wilson, Greg Herrington, John Robinson - drums
Jim Brickman, John Hobbs, Matt Rollings, Dan Shea, Amy Buchanan, Jim Medlin - piano/organ/keyboards
Stuart Duncan - fiddle/mandolin
Larry Franklin, Chris Carmichael, Jim Skelding - fiddle
Tim Lauer - accordion
Tom Roady - percussion
Strings by The Nashville String Machine
Arrangements by Carl Gorodetzky
Vocals:
Susan Ashton, Danny Wilde, Bob Bailey, John Wesley Ryles, Kim Fleming,
Vicki Hampton, Mary Ann Kennedy, Liana Manis, Gene Miller, Herb Pedersen,
Kim Richey, Neil Thrasher, Sara Evans, Jason Sellers, Steve Real
Recorded:
The Money Pit, Nashville

1.

I'm Little But I'm Loud

Boudleaux Bryant - Jimmy Dickens

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

I'm puny short and little but I'm loud
I learned to do my singing walking 'long behind a plow
The singing teacher always passed me by
And so I have to sing the only way that I know how
Just rear back open up and let her fly

I'm little but I'm loud
I'm poor but I'm proud
I'm countrified an I don't care who knows it
I'm like a Banty Rooster in a big red rooster crowd
I'm puny short and little but I'm loud
I'm puny short and little but I'm loud

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2.

(# 2 country hit)

Happy Girl

Beth Nielsen Chapman - Annie Roboff

© Almo Music, ASCAP

I used to live in a darkened room
Had a face of stone and a heart of gloom
Lost my hope I was so far gone
Cryin' all my tears with the curtains drawn
I didn't know until my soul broke free
I've got these angels watching over me

And oh watch me go I'm a happy girl everybody knows
That the sweetest thing that you'll ever see
In the whole wide world is a happy girl

I used to hide in a party crowd
Bottled up inside feeling so left out
Standing in a corner wearing concrete shoes
With my frozen smile and my lighted fuse
Now every time I start to feel like that
I roll out my heart like a welcome mat

And oh watch me go I'm a happy girl everybody knows...

Laugh when I feel like it cry when I feel like it
That's just how my life is that's how it goes

Oh watch me go I'm a happy girl and I've come to know
That the world won't change just cause I complain
Let the axis twirl I'm a happy girl

Ooh watch me go I'm a happy girl everybody knows...
Oh yeah oh yeah I'm a happy girl

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3.

Be That Way

Bob DiPiero - Stephony Smith

© Tree Pub, BMI

Everytime I turn around I run right into your pride
Sometimes I'm not so sure if I wanna know that guy know that guy
Cause you got a rock hard head stubborn as a mule
Oh yeah and by the way I still love you

Go on and be that way slam that door make a scene yell some more
Come on let's have it out have your say
Cause with a love this strong baby it's okay
For you to be that way

Sometimes what you don't say can make the deepest cut
I get my feelings hurt and I just go nuts well a little nuts
So try to ignore that girl she's just blowin' off steam
Oh and I don't know about her but I hope you say to me

Go on and be that way...

Baby let's get emotional what do you say we let it all go let it go

Go on and be that way...

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4.

(# 1 country hit)

A Broken Wing

James House - Sam Hogin - Phil Barnhart

© Tree Pub, BMI

She loved him like he was the last man on earth gave him everything she ever had
He'd break her spirit down then come lovin' up to her give a little then take it back
She'd tell him bout her dreams he'd just shoot 'em down
Lord he loved to make her cry
You're crazy for believing you'll ever leave the ground
He said only angels know how to fly

And with a broken wing she still sings she keeps an eye on the sky
With a broken wing she carries her dreams man you ought to see her fly
[ instrumental ]
One Sunday morning she didn't go to church he wondered why she didn't leave
He went up to the bedroom round a note by the window
With the curtains blowin' in the breeze

And with a broken wing...
With a broken wing she carries her dreams man you ought to see her fly

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5.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 36 pop hit)

Wrong Again

Cynthia Weil - Tommy James

© David Music, BMI

From the day we met you made me forget all my fears
Knew just what to say and you kissed away all my tears
I knew this time I had finally found someone to build my life around
Who'd be a lover and a friend
After all my heart had put me through I knew that it was safe with you
And what we had would never end wrong again

Everybody swore they'd seen this before we'd be fine
And you'd come to see that you still loved me in good time
And they said there's nothing you can do it's something that he's going through
It happens to a lot of men
And I told myself that they were right that you'd wake up and see the light
And I just had to wait till then wrong again
[ instrumental ]
And it seemed to me the pain would last my chance for happiness had passed
And nothin' waited round the bend
I was sure I'd never find someone to heal the damage you had done
And my poor heart would never mend wrong again wrong again

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6.

Keeping My Distance

Jimmie Davis - Tommy Burroughs - Don Smith

© Sivad Songs, ASCAP

I'm keeping my calander open even if it takes me years
Till you figure out what your plan is you figure out all of your fears
I don't wanna know anything about her or what you feel like you have to defend
But I've seen your situation and the world she keeps you in

I'm keeping my distance I'm keeping my distance and I'll wait untill my time is here
I'm keeping my distance I'm keeping my distance and I'll wait untill you make it clear

If you don't want to rush it baby well then by all means don't
But I'm gonna wait for the day when you see that it's me you want
I can see I can tell that you need me you know that I need you too
So why on earth can't you ever let her go will you ever try anything new

I'm keeping my distance...

Where will you find the strenght I can't hold you against your will
You keep me at arm's lenght I'm reaching out to hold you still yeah yeah yeah
[ instrumental ]
I can see I can tell that you need me...
I'm keeping my distance...

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7.

Still Holdin' On

Matraca Berg - Marty Stuart - Clint Black

© Marty Party Music, BMI

with Clint Black

There's something out there left for you but it's not me
We've reached a point of no return it's only right I set you free
I know I'll have to turn away but there's nowhere for my love to go
And there won't come a day when I won't honor what we've vowed

But I'll go on with my life we can even say goodbye for now
If that's what we have to do
Here in my heart when my arms are empty
Darlin' I'm still holdin' on to you

We can't deny that this one's out of our control
Stronger than the both of us and bound to take its toll
I can stand the test of time and as far as I can see
There are no walls that we can't climb standing between you and me

But I'll go on with my life...

There's a place you'll always be no matter where you are you're here with me
When the world is turning upside down together we can stand our ground
We can even say goodbye for now if if that's what we have to do
Here in my heart even when my arms are empty darlin' I'm still holdin' on to you
(I'm still holdin' on) I'm still holdin' on to you
I'm still holdin' on to you holdin' on

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8.

(# 2 country hit)
(# 37 pop hit)

Whatever You Say

Tony Martin - Ed Hill

© Music Hill Music, BMI

You think I'm always makin' something out of nothin' you're sayin' everything's okay
You've always got an answer before I ask the question whatever you say
Now we can change the subject pretend I never brought it up same old story anyway
Later we can work it out right now you're talked out yeah whatever you say

Oh I know you can hear me but I'm not sure you're listenin'
I hear what you're sayin' but there's somthing missin'
Whether I go whether I stay right now depends on whatever you say
[ instrumental ]
You say yes you need me and no you wouldn't leave me
And that should be enough to make me stay
And even though I want to I don't hear
I love you in whatever you say

Oh I know you can hear me...
[ instrumental ]
Oh whether I go whether I stay right now depends on
Whatever you say whatever you say whatever you say

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9.

I Won't Close My Eyes

Kevin Montgomery - Larry Gottlieb

© Julann Music, ASCAP

I don't wanna think that you could be running around
After all the love that I have shown you

Oh I won't knock on your door
I won't call to see if you're home but I won't close my eyes

Love's a matter of trust and I just want to believe in us
But last night in your kiss I felt a lie on your lips

I won't knock on your door...

There are two kinds of love those who are true and those untrue
I see black and white are you somewhere lost between the two

Oh I won't knock on your door...

No I won't close my eyes
I don't wanna think that you could be running around

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10.

I Don't Want To See You Again

Jackson Leap

© Harlan Howard Songs, BMI

I don't want to see you cause I don't want to feel you
Don't look so surprised I told you that I'd say goodbye
If you couldn't just make up your mind
You keep saying love can wait but I can't and it's too late
This old heart has just run out of time

I don't want to see you cause I don't want to feel you
I don't want a love that I can't win
Baby I don't want you to call cause if I can't have it all
I don't want to see you again

When your new life gets you down don't be tempted to come around
Just think of all the times I let you slide
When your teardrops finally come you'll realize that I'm the one
But I won't be there when it's your turn to cry

I don't want to see you...
I don't want to see you...

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11.

Some Say I'm Running

Brent Bourgeois - Michael Smith

© Milene Music, ASCAP

Here I go restless heart another lovely misadventure in the dark
All my friends who knew me when tell me not to wander down that road again
What they don't know what they can't see
It's being on that road that makes me free
Some say I'm running I know I'm falling back to you
The water's deep under the bridge as I pass by our old house upon the ridge
All our sins have washed away now all that's left are all the things we didn't say
Oh restless heart you beat so fast while my mind's telling me that it won't last
Some say I'm running I know I'm falling back to you
[ instrumental ]
Against the odds I'll roll the dice I guess my heart has won despite all good advice
So grab your things and come on in and get to know your children once again
When does a fool stop being a fool and since when is love obliged to any rules
Some say I'm running I know I'm falling back to you
Let's learn to give let's talk things out let's give them someone else to talk about
Some say I'm running but I know I'm falling back to you

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12.

Here In My Heart

Gayla Borders - Susan Ashton

© Tree Pub, BMI

Wondering waiting restless for a sign
I thought you walked so slow in my haste I left you behind
Caught in the pace of this madness seraching for shelter I find

That here in my heart there's a refuge waiting
Here in my heart you just won't let me go
I could run away run away but you stay here in my heart
Meaning purpose got lost in pursuit of my dreams

I've been longing aching in quest for a love that's supreme
I couldn't see you were reaching but I should've known all along

That here in my heart...
That here in my heart...

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13.

One Day You Will

Richard Leigh - Shane Teeters

© April Music, ASCAP

I am timeless I am patient I'm beside you and above
I'm the words when you need comfort I'm the feeling you call love

You say that you can take or leave me
You think right now that you don't need me
Someway somehow young heart believe me one day you will
One day you will

You're a vessel you're a temple you're a journey just begun
You're a young one who is running you are destined to find love
And when you're lost that's when you'll find me we can't see till we are blinded
It's already all been decided that one day you will one day you will
[ instrumental ]
You say that you can take or leave me...
One day you will

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14.

(# 9 country hit)
(# 50 pop hit)

Valentine

Jim Brickman - Jack Kugell

© April Music, ASCAP

If there were no words no way to speak I would still hear you
If there were no tears no way to feel inside I'd still feel for you

And even if the sun refused to shine even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
You're all I need my love my Valentine

All of my life I have been waiting for all you give to me
You've opened my eyes and showed me how to love unselfishly
I've dreamed of this a thousand times before
But in my dreams I couldn't love you more
I will give you my heart until the end of time
You're all I need my love my Valentine
[ instrumental ]
And even if the sun refused...

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