1995 BMG Music Various producers
Compilation produced by Paul Williams
"No hat, no torn jeans, no scandal. That's part of what makes the Vince Gill phenomenon so remarkable. Talent has won out." -- Colin Escott. (from CD liner notes)
Victim Of Life's Circumstances(Delbert McClinton) 10/3/83. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
It's 6:05 on Sunday mornin'
And I was supposed to've left for Memphis late last night
But I stopped at one of them old highway places
And 'cause I did I'll sleep in Tarren County Jail tonight
Well I started out tonight with good intentions
But I ended up gettin' sideways drinkin' wine
Well the last thing I remember we was rollin'
And something hit my head and knocked me from my conscious mind
Chorus:
And I'm a victim of life's circumstances
Well I was raised around bar rooms and Friday night dances
Singin' them old country songs
And half the time ending up some place I don't belong
I said, "Jailor, hey, what y'all got me charged with?"
Well he looked at me and halfway closed one eye
Well he said, "To mean to say you don't remember
Cuttin' up some fool with that bone handled knife?"
Repeat Chorus X 2
Oh Carolina(Randy Albright, Jim Elliot, Mark D. Sanders) 10/3/83. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
Sunrise through the evergreens
Another day is born
The hills take on a golden glow
A Carolina morn
I used to see you in her eyes
Now I just got to know
Oh Carolina, how could you let her go
Chorus:
Oh Carolina, if I'd only known
Oh Carolina, I would have never gone
I thought the beauty of your hills
Would hold her here for me
I never dreamed while I was gone
You'd ever set her free
I trusted you with all my heart
And the only love I've known
Oh Carolina, how could you let her go
Repeat Chorus X 2
I would have never gone
I've Been Hearing Things About You(Vince Gill) 1988. Produced by Barry Beckett.
Have I gone crazy
Is there someone new
Something strange is going on
Between me and you
But tell me baby
Tell me it's not true
'Cause I've been hearing things about you
Are you unhappy
Are you lonely too
Won't you tell me face to face
What you're gonna do
Well I still love you
But I'm nobody's fool
I've been hearing things about you
Yeah I heard I've been dancin'
When you're out there runnin' 'round
And I heard you've been seein'
Some stranger you have found
And I heard you've been thinkin'
About tellin' me we're through
Yeah I've been hearing things about you
Yeah I heard you've been thinkin'
About tellin' me we're through
I've been hearing things, oh I ain't naming names
I've been hearing things about you
Turn Me Loose(Vince Gill) 10/3/83. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
Chorus:
You better turn me loose
Turn me loose you know that I can't stay
You better turn me loose
Well turn me loose you know I'll make it anyway
Well why don't you tell me
Just what's goin' on
Both of us lyin' here
And we both know it's wrong
So why don't you let me
Why don't you leave it alone
And don't keep hangin' on to a love that's dead and gone
Chorus
Well you can't see it's over
That's really a shame
Well our love didn't make it
No one's to blame
So why don't we say goodbye
Why don't we just say we're through
And I'll be on my way
And I'll get by without you
Chorus X 2
Turn me loose you know I'll make it anyway
The Radio(Vince Gill, Reed Nielsen) 12/86 - 2/87. Produced by Richard Landis.
There's a long white line stretching out on the road ahead
And there ain't one magazine that I ain't read
I haven't seen you in weeks but I hear you on the radio
Singing soft and low
Chorus:
We're so far apart
This old highway ain't home
When the heartache starts
I just turn the radio on
There never seems to be time for me and you
That's a price you pay for the life you choose
Tonight's the loneliest night I've ever known
It just goes on and on
Repeat Chorus
It does my heart good to see you shine
So I'll just keep on counting these white lines
I haven't seen you in weeks but I hear you on the radio
Calling me back home
Repeat Chorus to Fade
Livin' The Way I Do(Vince Gill) 8/21/84. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
Well I've got to stop livin' the way I do
And give my heart back to you
All those nights away from home
Caused my lonely heart to roam
Now I've got start livin' the way I do
I've spent a lifetime hurting you
And I expect someday you'll say we're through
It ain't two late for me to change
So please dono't write our final page
Still I've got to stop livin' the way I do
I've gone from honeymoonds to heartaches
From faithful love to a fool
From hangin' out in honkey tonks
With any girl but you
Well I've got to stop livin' the way I do
And give my heart back to you
All those nights away from home
Caused my lonely heart to roam
Now I've got to stop livin' the way I do
I've said all that I can say
But you turned and walked away
It's too late to stop livin' the way I do
Midnight Train(Vince Gill) 1988. Produced by Barry Beckett.
I'm a long long way from home
Mendin' a broken heart
Runnin' away from a love gone wrong
Tryin' to make a new start
An old friend called me up to say
That you've made some wedding plans
I'm comin' home on that midhight train
And fight for you like a man
Chorus:
Midnight train make your whistle brlow
Engineer pour your load of coal
Midnight train make your engine whine
Midnight train get me home on time
Oh the thought of another man holdin' you
Is drivin' me insane
My only chance is to ride all night
I can't let you change your name
Now hey conductor we can't be late
Rollin' on down the track
'Cause you know tomorrow's your wedding day
I gotta win my baby back
Chorus X 2
True Love(Vince Gill) 8/22/84. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
Is today my lucky day
Are you gonna look my way
And see true love
If you're not sure he holds your heart
Don't let pride keep us apart
You need true love
Chorus:
True love is all I'm after
I long to hear your laughter
The only thing that matters
Is it's true love
It's true love
I hear your voice in every sound
You're never there when I turn around
I need true love
I can't quit and I won't give in
Until you're back in my arms again
We need true love
Chorus
When I look at you
You look right through me
I wish you knew
What your love's done to me
Is today my lucky day
Are you gonna look my way
And see true love
Yeah...
Chorus
It's true love (repeat to fade)
Ain't It Always That Way(Dave Loggins) 8/23/84. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
I took chance, I took a fall
Waited on love 'til I could give it my all
Then I let my heart fly
Took a rose to her door
Stood there like a statue just sort of frozen by her presence
But I shyed (not sure of this line...)
Chorus:
Ain't it always that way
When you want to believe
Ain't it always that way
When you want and you need
Ain't it always that way
When you want to rely
Ain't it always that way
When you want and you need and you cry
Yes and then I took a space out of time
I don't wanna sound like a thief but the moment was mine
And I stole it, it felt right
I took a chance, took a fall
Waited on love until I could give it my all
Then I let my heart fly
Chorus
Ain't it always that way
When you want to believe
Ain't it always that way
When you want and you need and you cry
Oklahoma Borderline(Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark) 8/24/84. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
Well it's rainin' down in Houston
And I got holes in both my shoes
Baby's put me on the street
She says "I'm through with you"
She thinks I'm gonna miss her
Someone tell her that she's wrong
I'm goin' back to Oklahoma, boys
'Cause that's where I belong
Chorus:
I need one good ride
I'll be satisfied
Come on Oklahoma borderline
If we roll all night
She'll be comin' into sight
Come on Oklahoma borderline
Well now I don't need no Texas girl
Doggin' me around
I may be a Okie, son
But I've still been to town
Well those Oklahoma city girls
They always treat you right
Well tell mama and them I'm comin' home
And I'm leavin' out tonight
Chorus
So with two bucks in my pocket
And my thumb stuck in the wind
When I cross Red River, boys
I won't be back again
Give me old back roads and truck stops
And 18 wheels that whine
And some good ol' boy to take me
To that Oklahoma line
Chorus
I caught one good ride
She's comin' into sight
Hello Oklahoma borderline
With You(Vince Gill) 8/22/84. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
I can just see us now
You and me paintin' the town
Forever just foolin' around
With you
Just think of the things we'd do
Baby just me and you
My heart can finally be true
With you
Chorus:
With you
And you with me
Is all that I can see
It ain't no mystery
I long to always be
With you
With you
I wanna be with you
I see you in every dream
Girl in my eyes you're queen
My happiness you could bring
With you
So what are you waitin' on
Just say the word and we're gone
I'll be right where I belong
With you
Chorus
Oh, darlin'
I'm so in love with you
I'll keep on callin'
'Til you make my dream come true
I can just see us now
You and me paintin' the town
Forever just foolin' around
With you
Just you
Just you and me, baby
I wanna be with you
Just you, baby
I wanna be with just you
I wanna be
I wanna be
I wanna be with you, baby
I wanna be with you
Just you and me, baby
The Way Back Home(Vince Gill) 12/86 - 2/87. Produced by Richard Landis.
A little girl was cryin'
for her mama and her daddy
She couldn't understand why they were gone
She never knew the danger
Of talking to a stranger
Now the girl can't find her way back home
A little boy went walkin'
Down to the corner market
To buy a loaf of bread and an ince cream cone
He never knew the dnager
Of talkin' to a stranger
Now the boy can't find the way back home
Chorus:
Too many kids are missin'
Is anybody listening?
Won't you be the children's eyes
They're all alone
The hardest part's not knowing
Where they are or where they're going
Won't you help the children find
The way back home
The faces on milk cartons
Thrown away and soon forgotten
What if one of those sweet kids
Was your very own
Tonight those kids are weeping
While yours are safely sleeping
Won't you help the children find
The way back home
Chorus
Won't you help the children find
The way back home
Losing Your Love(Vince Gill, Rhonda Kye Fleming, Hank De Vito) 12/86 - 2/87. Produced by Richard Landis.
Stars are falling from your eyes
You don't feel what I feel inside
Your hand is warm but your heart is cold
If you're hurtin' you don't let it show
How much longer can we go on
Actin' like there's nothin' wrong
How much farther can we drift apart
Before all the feeling is gone
Chorus:
I'm losing your love
It's slippin' away
Minute by minute
Day by day
losing your love
Don't you think I know
It's a matter of time
'Til you let go
I see the moon shinin' up above
Reminded me how good it was
There's a chill comin' over me
Why can't it be like it used to be
I feel so helpless, I can't make you stay
No matter how hard I try
I can't deny that look in your eyes
Tryin' to tell me goodbye
Chorus
Don't let go
Don't let go
Don't let go
Don't let go
Everybody's Sweetheart(Vince Gill) 12/86 - 2/87. Produced by Richard Landis.
When I told my baby
Do what you wanna do
Well I had no idea
Just what she'd put me through
Every night she's runnin' 'round
Singin' songs in your hometown
there ain't no one to love me
When the sun goes down
Chorus:
Well, she's everybody's sweetheart
Everybody's sweetheart but mine
I shoulda kept her barefoot
Barefoot and pregnant all the time
I used to be the first in line
Now I've fallen way behind
She's everybody's sweetheart
Everybody's sweetheart but mine
All that country club money
Lord it sure looked good to me... yeah it did
Playin' golf with those fat cats
How much better could life be
They all think I've got it made
They see your face on every page
Of every magazine
Across the USA
Chorus
If you see her tell her hi
And everything will be all right
Tell her that I love her
'Til the day I die
Chorus
Come on home
Don't Say That You Love Me(Vince Gill, Emory L. Gordy, Jr.) 10/3/83. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
I'm gonna tell you right up front
So you will understand
I ain't gonna waste your time
'Cause I might not be your man
We won't go makin' promises
'Cause you know it just ain't right
A promise is a promise, girl
And tonight is just tonight
Tonight is just tonight
Chorus:
Don't say that you love me
If it don't feel right
Don't say that you love me
Just hold me tonight
There ain't no need for broken hearts
I know in time they mend
Any fool can fall in love
It's so easy to pretend
Don't tell me I'm the only one
If it doesn't mean a thing
Let's take tonight for what it's worth
And see what tomorrow brings
And see what tomorrow brings
Chorus (to fade)
Something's Missing(Vince Gill, Michael Clark) 12/86 - 2/87. Produced by Richard Landis.
The street looks different tonight
Something has changed
I had this picture in mind
But it's just not the same
Had this great expectation
About a heart that's free
I thought that's what I wanted
Would be waiting for me
Chorus:
Baby something's missing tonight
Something ain't feeling right
Baby something's wrong and I'm so confused
Baby something's missing inside
Something I can't find in the night
I finally realized what I'm missing is you
In this crowd of old friends
Why do I feel alone
I thought I'd fall back in step
This is where I belong
I thought that freedom was a voice
Calling from the dark
Now I see I was only free
When you were in my heart
Chorus
I thought that freedom was a voice
Calling from the dark
Now I see I was only free
When you were in my heart
Chorus
Colder Than Winter(Vince Gill) 8/24/84. Produced by Emory L. Gordy, Jr.
It's colder than winter
Right here in my heart
Lord I'm gonna miss her
She's torn me apart
I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door
It's colder than winter
I'm freezing inside
And my tears won't be bitter
Even though our love died
I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door
Every time the sun sets
I shed another tear
And the lonelier I get
Wishing you were still here
I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door
Cinderella(Reed Nielsen) 12/86 - 2/87. Produced by Richard Landis.
Say you're sorry
You still care
She came by my place again
Cryin' about you man
You should love her
Twice as much
I try to remember you're a friend
But it's gettin' a little rough
1st Chorus:
She's just tired
Of bein' Cinderella
She can't live that way no more
She needs a little affection
A little understanding
You better be careful
'Cause the next time she comes to my door
She won't be a Cinderella no more
A teardrop trembled
On her face
Where that smile always was
It seemed out of place
And when I held her
Like a friend
I could feel a sweet beginning
But taste a bitter end
2nd Chorus:
She's just tired
Of bein' Cinderella
She can't live that way no more
She needs a little affection
A little understanding
You better be careful
'Cause the next time she comes to my door
You'll be sorry
'Cause it seems like
It's always something with you
And everybody's always wrong
One of these nights
You'll reach for the pillow she sleeps on
And she's gonna be gone
2nd Chorus
Let's Do Something(Vince Gill, Reed Nielsen) 12/86 - 2/87. Produced by Richard Landis.
Nothin' to do in this lonely town
Your daddy warned me, "Son, don't come around"
Says I ain't good enough for you
He don't know what I'm goin' through
Chorus:
Let's do something
Sneak out your bedroom window, girl
And we'll be gone
Let's do something
Oh, baby, let's do something
Even if it's wrong
Go see the preacher 'cross the county line
For 25 dollars he could make you mine
My heart's on fire, can't you feel it burn
I'm past the point of no return
Chorus
I'll make your daddy understand
Oh, Lord, I know I can make him understand
I'll face your daddy man to man
No guts, no glory, girl, I'll take that chance
Chorus X 2
I Never Knew Lonely(Vince Gill) 1988. Produced by Barry Beckett.
No other lover ever really cared
When I've reached out for you you've always been there
Now I'm so far away and baby I'm scared
I never knew lonely til you
You are my rock and the strength I need
To keep me sane in this life that I lead
Now I'm not with you and my broken heart bleeds
I never knew lonely til you
I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like I love you
I never knew lonely til you
I can't make up for the times I've been gone
But I'll prove I love you in the words of this song
Back in your arms girl it's where I belong
I never knew lonely til you
I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like I love you
I never knew lonely til you
