RUMOR HAS IT
(MCA 10016)
September 4/1990
Produced by Tony Brown & Reba McEntire
Dann Huff - el.guitar
Steve Gibson - el.guitar/ac.guitar/mandolin
Steve Fishell - steel
Michael Rhodes, Edgar Meyer - bass
Larrie Londin - drums
John B. Jarvis, Matt Rollings - piano/keyboards
Kirk Cappello - synthesizer
Vocals:
Bob Bailey, Kim Fleming, Vince Gill, Vicki Hampton, Yvonne Hodges, Harry Stinson, Paula Wallace, Suzy Willis
Recorded: Apr/1990, Emerald Studios, Nashville
1.
CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN HIGH
(Don Schlitz - Reba Mc Entire)
« © '89 New Don Songs, ASCAP / BMG Songs, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Red sun a rising over the hill
I've had enough of this desert to last from now until
I'm tired of living day to day and hand to mouth
This would be the day I finally find my way out
I'm gonna climb that mountain high
Oh I'm gonna see what's on the other side
I'm gonna kiss this town goodbye I'm gonna climb that mountain
How I arrived here heaven only knows
Seems more like the kind of place the devil would have chose
To spend my life here is more than I can do
I know somewhere down the road my dream will come true
I'm gonna climb that mountain high...
Oh if I stay here forever what will I have to show
If I make it over then everyone will know
I'm gonna climb that mountain high
[ guitar ]
I'm gonna climb that mountain high...
I'm gonna climb that mountain high
I'm gonna climb that mountain I'm gonna climb that mountain high
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2.
RUMOR HAS IT
(Bruce Burch - Vern Dant - Larry Shell)
« © '88 Ensign Music, BMI / Millhouse Music, BMI / Universal Sheddhouse Music, ASCAP »
I overheard the conversation your name was mentioned in
They didn't talk about us only her again
I didn't know the reason but hung on every word
They said some things I wish I hadn't heard
Oh rumor has it she has you
Rumor has it you love her too
Talk is cheap but the price is high when it's true
Oh rumor has it she has you
It sounds so small a whisper can be heard a mile away
And people here will gossip there's nothing else to say
I wouldn't have a thing about it but I see it in your eyes
Those stories going round this town aren't lies
Oh rumor has it she has you...
Oh rumor has it she has you
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3.
WAITIN' FOR THE DEAL TO GO DOWN
(Bobby Fisher - Charlie Black - Austin Roberts)
« © '89 Chappell & Co, ASCAP / April Music, ASCAP /
Serenity Manor Music, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
Oh you've sold me you bold me you've told me I'll be gettin' all your love
You can go wrong if you hold on for so long just because you hate to give up
Do I love you oh oh I'm afraid I do
Do you love me once upon a time I was sure I knew
Oh I don't like what I been thinking if it's true oh you know I'm a fool
Face to face you promised me forever
But the ring's still sittin' in a store downtown
And I'm still sittin' here waitin' for the deal to go down
I get lonely and lonely is only the hardest way to spend the night
Then you call me you call me and stall me and swear you're gonna make it right
So I hang on oh that's just the way things are
But the pay off I been waitin' for just might break my heart
Oh I don't like what I been thinking...
Oh is there someone out there I don't know about
Convince me babe beyond a shadow of doubt
Oh I don't like what I been thinking...
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4.
YOU LIE
(Bobby Fisher - Charlie Black - Austin Roberts)
« © '89 April Music, ASCAP / Fiver Bar B Songs, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
We lie in the dark I know you're awake
The only sounds are the sounds this old house makes
Oh how I long I long to hear your voice
Desperate to talk yearning to touch
Burning inside cause I want you so much
So I say I need you and leave you no choice
You lie and you don't want to hurt me
So you lie buy a little time and I go along what else can I do
Maybe it's wrong but you know how much I love you
So you lie till you can find a way to say goodbye you lie
How long until you just can't go on
And the urge to break loose is just too strong
You should let go that's what you want to do
Oh but you don't know if it's the right thing to do
So you lie and you don't want to hurt me...
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5.
NOW YOU TELL ME
(Donny Kees - Shawna Harrington)
« © '90 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / WB Music, ASCAP »
What a surprise never thought I'd hear from you
Whatever made you call from out of the blue
What did you say I must be hearing things
Things that I never thought would ever come from you
Now you tell me that you love me desperately
Why did you wait so long to say those words to me
Oh you make me crazy I don't know what to do
Now you tell me now that there's somebody new
I think you should know there's someone here with me
I bet he can tell you must be someone dear to me
So I better go cause you still get to me
Just when I thought I was over you this is all I need
Now you tell me that you love me desperately...
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6.
FANCY
(Bobbie Gentry)
« © '69 Northridge Music, ASCAP »
I remember it all very well lookin' back it was the summer I turned eighteen
We lived in a oneroom rundown shack on the outskirts of New Orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent to say the least we were hard pressed
Then mama spent every last penny we had to buy me a satin dancin' dress
Mama washed and combed and curled my hair and she painted my eyes and lips
Then I stepped into my satin dancin' dress
That had a split on the side clean up to my hips
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
And starin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman where a half grown kid had stood
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck and she kissed my cheek
Then I saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eyes when she started to speak
She looked at a pitful shack and then she looked at me and took a ragged breath
She said your pa's run off and I'm real sick and the baby's gonna starve to death
She handed me a heart shaped locket that said to thine ownself be true
And I shivered as I watched a rouch crawl across the toe of my high heeled shoe
It sounded like somebody else that was talkin' askin' mama what do I do
Just be nice to the gentlemen Fancy and they'll be nice to you
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
Lord forgive me for what I do but if you want out well it's up to you
Now don't let me down you better start movin' uptown
Well that was the last time I saw my ma the night I left that rickety shack
The welfare people came and took the baby mama died and I ain't been back
But the wheels of fate had started to turn and for me there was no way out
And it wasn't very long till I knew exactly what my mama'd been talkin' about
I knew what I had to do but I made myself this solemn vow
That I was gonna be a lady someday though I didn't know when or how
But I couldn't see spendin' the rest of my life with my head hung down in shame
I might have been born just plain white trash but Fancy was my name
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
She said here's your one chance Fancy don't let me down
It wasn't long after a benevolent man took me off the street
And one week later I was pourin' his tea in a five room motel suite
I charmed a king a congressman and an occasional aristocrat
Then I got me a Georgia mansion in an elegant New York townhouse flat
And I ain't done bad
Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hippocrits that would call me bad
And criticize mama for turnin' me out no matter how little we had
But though I ain't had to worry about nothin' for nigh on fifteen years
I can still hear the desperation in my poor mama's voice ringin' in my ear
She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
Lord forgive me for what I do but if you want out well it's up to you
Now don't let me down your mama's gonna help you uptown
Oh I guess she did
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7.
FALLING OUT OF LOVE
(Jon Imms)
« © '90 Dennis Morgan Music, BMI / Paul Craft Music, BMI »
He says he loves her what can you say to that
Oh he's made up his mind and there ain't nothing you can do
And so you swallow hard maybe you drive all night
Trying to figure out where the whole thing started going wrong
And in the silence something begins to unravel
You never knew him like you'll be knowing him now
Falling out of love and back into your life
Pulling your heart out from under the knife
Closing the door and all those dreams you used to know
Falling out of love and back on your feet
Turning away from that dead end street
Oh finding out that nothing feels as good as letting go
That's when he calls you up out of the blue one day
And you know he thinks he's talking to the girl you used to be
So when you tell him he's just a memory
Ain't it funny how his voice cracks when you're saying goodbye
And in the silence...
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8.
THIS PICTURE
(Lisa Palas - S. Alan Taylor)
« © '90 Milene Music, ASCAP / New Company, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
That old picture with my arm around you
Tore it to pieces this morning at two
Score one for me
I took your portrait off the living room wall
Then I started on the ones in the hall
I had a bonfire
I decided it was time to forget
So I got rid of every picture you left
But what do I do with the picture of you in my mind
I close my eyes and I still see you saying goodbye
I know I'd be okay if I could just throw away this picture
I walk alone down a crowded street
And see your face in everybody I meet
When's it gonna end
Every single night I crawl into bed
Hoping sleep will keep you out of my head
I should know better
Everytime I turn around there you are
I never thought your mem'ry would go this far
But what do I do with the picture...
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9.
YOU REMEMBER ME
(Jesse Winchester)
« © '77 Fourth Floor Music, ASCAP / Hot Kitchen Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
They say no one should call on you unless she's your permission to
But me I just came anyway I couldn't careless what you say
Cause I know you from long before you hid behind stained glass door
And walked around and looked your old friends up and down
[ piano ]
But anyway I thought I'd come give you a look
At where you're from and let you know
I still recall what a child you are underneath it all
You remember me the funny way I cry
The funny way I sit there when someone says goodbye
The funny way I wind up lost when someone sets me free
Why sure you remember me
Well I won't take up your whole day I've said about all I have to say
I guess that I'll be moving on I know you'll be glad to see me gone
Tonight is our last night in town so don't worry bout me hanging round
Tomorrow night it's Calgary and you'll be good and rid of me
[ piano ]
You remember me the funny way I cry...
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10.
THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE
(John Hobbs - Joe Schemay)
« © '90 Hi Bias Music, BMI»
Well it looks like you're alone again I heard about your misery
She took you around the bend and now you're coming back to me
That's all she wrote forget about her let her go
That's all she wrote and I love to say I told you so
This I know what happened late last night I can tell by looking in your eyes
She spelled it out in black and white and she left no room for compromise
That's all she wrote...
I could see it from a mile away but I don't wanna rub it in
All I want is just to hear you say that you're ready are you ready to love me again
That's all she wrote...
Oh we can put all behind us now let's pretend it never happened
We'll forget about the pain somehow if you're ready are you ready to love me again
That's all she wrote...
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