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Come From The Heart

My daddy told me when I was a young girl

A lesson he learned, it was a long time ago

If you want to have someone to hold onto

You’re gonna have to learn to let go

Chorus

You gotta sing like you don’t need the money

Love like you’ll never get hurt

You gotta dance like nobody’s watchin’

It’s gotta come from the heart

If you want it to work

Now here’s the one thing I keep forgettin’

When everything is falling apart

In life as in love, you know I need to remember

There’s such a thing as trying too hard

Chorus (x3)

You gotta sing like you don’t need the money

Love like you’ll never get hurt

You gotta dance like nobody’s watchin’

It’s gotta come from the heart

If you want it to work

It’s gotta come from the heart

If you want it to work

2. Free Again

I used to pray to an idol, I don’t do that anymore

I used to bow down to a king, scrape my chin across the floor

I used to be ruled by hatred, fear, and jealousy

I used to be ruled by all these things, but I never more will be

I use to bow down to the bottle, to the holy cigarette

Well, I was a fool for money, I wanted all that I could get

I’d do anything for a man, if I thought that he’d have me

Now I’ve given up on all these things and finally I’m free

Chorus

I’m free again, like I have been reborn

It’s a brand new day, in the early hours of morn’

and I’m walkin’ away, from the trouble I’ve been in

I’m free again

I was afraid to look inside, to see what I might find

You know it might be worse than cancer, oh baby I would lose my mind

So I kept myself distracted, I found a thousand ways

I used to let them weigh me down, now I let ‘em fall away

Bridge

Oh, as soon as I stop tryin’ to find that easy way

Stop lookin’ for the future, start livin’ for today

I give up on perfection, start breathing easily

If I ever need an answer, I just look inside of me

I don’t need a banker, his silver and his gold

I don’t need to be young and thin, I’m happy growin’ old

and lately I’ve been thinkin’ there’s hope for you and me

‘cause maybe now I’m ready, to be all that I can be

Chorus (x2)

I’m free again, like I have been reborn

It’s a brand new day, in the early hours of morn’

and I’m walkin’ away, from all the trouble I’ve been in

I’m free again

3. Shine On

Knocked me off of my feet but

I think it’s time for me to start walkin’ again,

Stop runnin’ away from things.

Next time you see me,

I will be singing a new song,

I am learning to shine on.

Chorus

Shine on, Shine on,

There’ll be time enough for darkness when everything’s gone.

Shine on, Shine on,

There is work to be done in the dark before dawn.

It’s been hard not to give in,

and it ain’t easy livin’ in hard times.

I know it’s weighing on your mind.

Next time you see me,

I’ll be uplifting, oh yes I will give you hope!

I am learning, I am learning to shine on.

Chorus

Shine on, Shine on,

There’ll be time enough for darkness when everything’s gone.

Shine on, Shine on,

There is work to be done in the dark before dawn.

I know how dark it seems,

Feel it comin’ up inside of me,

and I feel it in you too.

Next time you see me,

We’ll both be laughing oh just to be alive!

We are learning, we are learning to shine on.

Chorus

Shine on, Shine on,

There’ll be time enough for darkness when everything’s gone.

Shine on, Shine on,

There is work to be done in the dark before dawn.

Oh, Shine on, Shine on,

There is work to be done in the dark before dawn.

There is work to be done so you’ve got to shine on.

4. Big Blue Sky in the Morning

Yodelahee (x4)

I’m happy, I’m joyous, I’m free

Yodelahee (x4)

I’m so glad to be me

Chorus

Big blue sky in the mornin’

gave me some warnin’

of the joy I’d be feeling today

The leaves are a turnin’

The apples are fallin’

It’s a glorious feelin’ I say

I’ve gotta yodel, I’ve gotta yo-o-del

I sing to the water, earth, and sky

Gimme that sun shinin’ so bright

That Colorado light

There’s no place on earth I’d rather be

Chorus

Big blue sky in the mornin’

gave me some warnin’

of the joy I’d be feeling today

Big blue sky in the mornin’

gave me some warnin’

of the joy I’d be feeling everyday.

5. Revival

I went walkin’ last night out on Tupelo street

all the way to county line

I heard a sidewalk sermon and a blind man preach

and written on a cardboard sign

Chorus

Revival, Revival, this lamb has gone astray

Revival, Revival, gonna wash my sins away

I’ve done everything that I know to do

but you left a hole here I just can’t fill

And if God can forgive me, then why can’t you?

Oh, I guess you never will

Chorus

Revival, Revival, this lamb has gone astray

Revival, Revival, gonna wash my sins away

You were my weakness, and my saving grace

My salvation and my sin

And I would do anything just to see your face

Oh, just to see your face again

Chorus

Revival, Revival, this lamb has gone astray

Revival, Revival, gotta wash my sins away

6. You Gotta Walk That Lonesome Valley

Refrain

You gotta walk that lonesome valley,

You gotta walk it for yourself,

Nobody else can walk it for you,

You gotta walk it for yourself.

Well Jesus walked this lonesome valley,

and he had to walk it for himself

Nobody else could walk it for him,

He had to walk it for himself.

Refrain

You gotta walk that lonesome valley,

You gotta walk it for yourself,

Nobody else can walk it for you,

You gotta walk it for yourself.

My father walked this lonesome valley,

He had to walk it for himself

Nobody else could walk it for him,

He had to walk it for himself.

Refrain

You gotta walk that lonesome valley,

You gotta walk it for yourself,

Nobody else can walk it for you,

You gotta walk it for yourself.

Well when I’m walking in that valley,

I know I’m not alone

There’s a Grace and Love inside me,

it will carry me home.

Oh, I will walk that sacred valley,

I will walk it with my friends,

We will take the steps together,

because the circle never ends.

Refrain

Oh, you gotta walk that lonesome valley,

You gotta walk it for yourself,

Nobody else can walk it for you,

You gotta walk it for yourself.

Nobody else, oh, can walk it for you,

Oh, you gotta walk it for yourself.

7. Springfield Mountain Coal Miner

My brother was a Springfield Mountain coal miner

had three young children and a darling wife

Last night there was a rumble on the mountain

Shaft number three came down and took his life

Thirty miners died in that cave-in

Thirteen times they brought the wagons down

There’s twenty graves we’ll be digging in the churchyard

Ten more in that mountain underground

Chorus

Lay down dear brother, Daddy’s gonna take you home

Mama’s right behind you to take you home

Where the cold wind blows

Take you home where the cold wind blows

Sister was a coal miner’s daughter

My daddy was a coal miner’s son

Families lived and died on this mountain

Down in the ground where the sun don’t ever come

One more year, I’ll be ready for the coal mine

One more year and I’ll be going down

Every night I pass by that mountain

I cry to see my brother underground

Chorus (x2)

Lay down dear brother, Daddy’s gonna take you home

Mama’s right behind you to take you home

Where the cold wind blows

Take you home where the cold wind blows

8. Cattle Call

(Oo-yodelee-oo-yodelee, oh-yodeletee)

The cattle are prowlin’

The coyotes are howlin’

out where the doggies roam.

Where spurs are a jinglin’

A cowboy is singin’

his lonesome cattle call.

(Oo-yodelee, oo-yodelee, oh-yodeletee)

He rides in the sun,

‘til his day’s work is done

and he rounds up the cattle each Fall.

(Oo-yodelee)

Singin’ his cattle call.

For hours he will ride

on the range far and wide

as the night wind blows up a squall.

His heart is a feather

in all kinds of weather

he sings his cattle call.

(Oo-yodelee, oo-yodelee, oh-yodeletee)

He’s brown as a berry

from riding the prairie

and he sings with an old western drawl.

(Oo-yodelee)

Singin’ his cattle call.

(Oo-yodelee, oo-yodelee, oh-yodeletee)

9. Cheap Whiskey

He sits all alone in his easy chair

Staring back on his lost yesterdays

Long before he encountered the bottle

and the demons that drove her away

In his hand he is holding her photograph

Her image all tear-stained and worn

Tonight he’s embracing reality

and he curses the day he was born

Chorus

And the darkness still echoes her warning

You can’t have two loves in your life

Now the things that still haunt him

‘til the day that he dies

is the smell of cheap whiskey

and the sound of goodbye

Since the hour she left he’s been sober

and each breath that he draws makes him think

of the love of his life lost forever

When he traded her love for a drink

Chorus

And the darkness still echoes her warning

You can’t have two loves in your life

Now the things that will haunt him

‘til the day that he dies

is the smell of cheap whiskey

and the sound of goodbye

Now the things that will haunt him

‘til the day that he dies

is the smell of cheap whiskey

and the sound of goodbye

10. Sister’s Coming Home

Sister’s comin’ home

Mama gonna let her sleep the whole day long, the whole day long

Sister’s comin’ home

Mama gonna let her sleep the whole day long

Sister’s comin’ home

Mama don’t like that man that done her wrong, that done her wrong

Oh, sister’s comin’ home

Mama don’t like that man that done her wrong

Down at the local beer joint dancin’ to the rock-n-roll

Sister likes to do it Lord, sister likes to move her soul

Down at the local beer joint dancin’ on the hardwood floor

Her jeans fit little bit tighter than they did before

Than they did before, than they did before

Her jeans fit little bit tighter than they did before

She likes to move her soul, likes to move her soul

Sister likes to do it Lord, sister likes to move her soul

Sister’s comin’ home

Mama don’t like that man that done her wrong, oh, that done her wrong, yeah

Sister’s comin’ home

Mama don’t like that man that done her wrong

And the mirror’s gonna tell her how long she’s been gone

Sister’s comin’ home, sister’s comin’ home, my sister’s comin’ home,

Sister’s comin’ home

11. A Perfect World ft. Greg Blake

Shadows fall across the land

Prophets say the end’s at hand

Oh, more bad news everywhere I turn

But in your arms, it’s a perfect world

The rebels rage and the lions roar

Everyday it’s a brand new war

Oh, the lines are crossed and the bombs are hurled

But in your arms, it’s a perfect world

Chorus

When your love wraps around me tight

I believe in paradise

There’s one place where my heart’s secure

Here in your arms, it’s a perfect world

Homeless hearts on every street

Desperate eyes of poverty

No refuge left on God’s green earth

But in your arms, it’s a perfect world

Chorus

When your love wraps around me tight

I believe in paradise

There’s one place where my heart’s secure

Here in your arms, it’s a perfect world

In your arms, it’s a perfect world.

12. That’ll Be The Day

Chorus

Well, that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye

That’ll be the day, when you make me cry

You say you’re gonna leave me, you know it’s a lie

‘Cause that’ll be the day when I die

You gave me all your lovin’ and your turtle-dovin’

All your hugs and kisses and your money too

You know you love me baby, still you tell me, maybe

That someday when I’ll be through

Chorus

Oh that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye

That’ll be the day, when you make me cry

You say you’re gonna leave me, you know it’s a lie

‘Cause that’ll be the day when I die

When Cupid shot his dart, he shot it at your heart

So if we ever part, then I’ll be blue

You kiss and hold me and you tell me boldly

That someday, well I’ll be blue

Chorus

Well, that’ll be the day, when you say goodbye

That’ll be the day, when you make me cry

You say you’re gonna leave me, you know it’s a lie

‘Cause that’ll be the day when I die

Oh, that’ll be the day (woo hoo)

That’ll be the day (woo hoo)

That’ll be the day when I die

13. Carnival

I’ve been up and down

Been lost in a big old town

Walked through fields all by myself

I’ve seen the seasons change

Felt my feelings rearrange

‘round every blow that’s been dealt

Chorus

I’ve been to the carnival

and I’ve survived all those scary rides

Funny how they make you feel

Funny how the kids all squeal

Funny how the old men shut their eyes, their eyes

Then in the cellar and in the yard

Called in sick and worked too hard

Found ten dollars and lost my shirt

I’ve drank a dozen holes

Chased after a thousand goals

Slept on a mountain and cried in the dirt

Chorus

I’ve been to the carnival

and I’ve survived all those crazy rides

Funny how your stomach churns

with every twist and turn

Funny how the sun gets in your eyes, your eyes

Been stung by sorrow and touched by bliss

Felt love’s bittersweet kiss

Danced at midnight on a hill

Been the lover and the love

See below and the sky above

Forever movin’ and forever still

Chorus

I’ve been to the carnival

and I’ve survived all those wondrous rides

Funny how they end so soon

like a summer afternoon

Strange that one day I’ll shut my eyes, my eyes

(Mmm-mm-mmm-mm)

Come From The Heart (Richard Leigh, Susanna Clark) © EMI April Music, Inc, SESAC & ASCAP…2:55 | Free Again (Tim O’Brien) © Howdy Skies Music, ASCAP...4:27 | Shine On (May Erlewine) © Tone City Music, BMI...4:58 | Big Blue Sky In The Morning (Barbara Jo Kammer) © Waneka Lake Music, ASCAP...1:36 | Revival (Gretchen Peters) © SONY/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP...4:47 | You Gotta Walk That Lonesome Valley (Traditional)...3:14 | Springfield Mountain Coal Miner (Cyrus Clarke) © Dixie Highway Music, BMI...4:55 | Cattle Call (Tex Owens) © Forster Music Publisher, Inc, ASCAP...3:31 | Cheap Whiskey (James Rushing and Emory Gordy Jr.) © Universal Polygram International Publishing, Inc. and SONY/ATV Tree Publishing, ASCAP & BMI...3:10 | Sister’s Coming Home (Willie Nelson) © EMI Longitude Music Co, BMI...2:26 | A Perfect World ft. Greg Blake (Kate Campbell and Mark Narmore) © Kobalt Music Publishing and Fame Publishing Co, BMI...3:58 | That’ll Be The Day (Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, and Norman Petty) © BMG Gold Songs and Kobalt Music Publishing, BMI & ASCAP...2:21 | Carnival (Brian Lillie) © 1996 Brian Lillie...4:10