Alison Krauss Album

Sitting all alone with my whisky on ice,
I wonder why he's not with me tonight.
If the rain be on tonight then I won't sleep.
I'm haunted by this loneliness I keep.

And it's too late to cry cause we left it all behind,
Too late to cry cause there's nothing left defied.
You won't get more than you're living for,
And it's too late to cry tonight.

It doesn't seem much point in us carrying on,
We pretend to cry but the feelings are gone.
I hear the death man has lost his mate,
The silence that follows him tells me about our fate.

And it's too late to cry cause we left it all behind,
Too late to cry cause there's nothing left defied.
You won't get more than you're living for,
And it's too late to cry tonight.

Empty glass before me tells the story in my eyes,
The dimness it has giving me won't let me realize.
That love is more or less the state of mind we go through,
with no guarantee to what it holds me or you.

And it's too late to cry cause we left it all behind,
Too late to cry cause there's nothing left defied.
You won't get more than you're living for,

I think I'll take my foolish heart, my friend, and head right for the door.
There'll be a better world waitin' if I do.
'Cause I know I've been down this road a time or two before,
The only time I let my heart turn to you.

Now, I won't be blue with dreams that won't come true.
I'll take my heart, and head right for the door.

Still somethin' deep inside keeps tellin' me to make the sacrifice,
And askin' me to walk the extra mile.
I've walked it now to many times with freedom for the price.
Too many times to fight back tears behind my smiles.

Now, I won't be blue with dreams that won't come true.
I'll take my heart, and head right for the door.

I know I must seem quite unkind to wander off tonight
And leave the moon up above to hold your gaze.
It's only that my foolish heart is bound with foolish pride.
Maybe some day I'll see the sunshine upon your face.

Now I won't be blue with dreams that won't come true.
I'll take my heart, and head right for the door.

I don't drink as much as I used to
Yet lately it just ain't my style
And hard times don't last like they used to
They pass quicker like when I was a child

Chorus
And somehow I've learned how to listen
To a sound like a sun goin' down
The magic the morning is bringing home
A song for a life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground

The mid summer days sit so heavy
But don't they blow like a breeze through your mind
When nothing appears in a hurry
To make up for someone's lost time

[No lyrics]

(John Pennell)

If I give my heart to you tonight
Will you still be by my side?
Or will you be gone with the morning sun
Like a restless bird in flight?

Take me in your arms
Let the love you seek
Wash away your sorrow,
Let the morning be ours to keep.

And if I should tell you of the love that I feel
Will you still be there for me
Or will I awake to a faded love searching for freedoms gain

Take me in your arms
Let the love you seek
Wash away your sorrow,
Let the morning be ours to keep.

Take me in your arms
Let the love you seek
Wash away your sorrow,
Let the morning be ours to keep.

If I give my heart to you tonight
Will you still be by my side?
Or will you be gone with the morning sun

[No lyrics]

When I step on board that big jet plane
I'll be leaving our love behind
I hope its wings will carry me somewhere
I can mend this heart of mine

CHORUS
So don't follow me, don't follow me
I'm bound to a place I can't recall
I feel the big jet slice through midnight skies
I'll search for the answers alone
And wait for the time to go home

Hear the wind outside, blowin' loud & strong
Hear the mighty engines moan
I'll be far from here when the sun comes up
And a love that has grown ???

CHORUS

I feel the wheels touch down as I awake from a dream I left with you
I hope a better day will find us soon
The love that we thought to be true

(John Pennell)

I've lived a life full of sorrow
With nowhere to run or to hide
Happiness you'll see is borrowed
All I want is you by my side.

Gentle river take me away
To the time of happier days
All I need is love and company
Gentle river bring him back to me.

You can spend all your time a crying
Listen here I don't need your sympathy
'Cause I've made my life to live it
All I need is you here with me.

Gentle river take me away
To the time of happier days
All I need is love and company
Gentle river bring him back to me.

(John Pennell)

There's a chill on this evening nights right for greaving
Darkness surrounds him as he wanders alone
He walked past the dim lights the pathways and street lights
They remind him of nights long ago.

When his love was strong
And his muscles hard
His whiskey throat
Was barley marred.

Seeking the misfortune in the lies that he told
Then a broken heart bought him to his knees
In the hour of his greatest need
Lost and forsaken by the love he could not hold.

On the borderline of love again
It's bound to make you pay
On the borderline we'll make our stand
Then watch it fall away.

And he stands in quiet solitude the nights reflects upon his mood
Seeking the vision that had once been so clear
When he felt the touch of his women's love
His pounding heart was warm and young.

Now locked inside him with his anger and fear
As he moves on slowly past the trees
Down the path way
Home through fallen leaves.

He can't believe how he'd sunken so low
So he learned to live with his injured pride
His purple heart hidden deep inside
The only reward for a love he could not hold.

On the borderline of love again
It's bound to make you pay
On the borderline we'll make our stand
Then watch it fall away.

On the borderline of love again
It's bound to make you pay
On the borderline we'll make our stand

[No lyrics]

(Nelson Mandrell)

Could your heart ever be mine?
Your arms hold me so close to you all through the night
Your eyes gaze into mine
Sayin' I should believe you, I always do, I don't know why

Cause you taught me a lesson the hard way one time
Told me you loved me but then changed your mind
I never told no one how I hurt down inside until now
Sleep on

Could your heart ever be mine?
My arms hold you so close to me all through the night
My heart warned me this time
But I need to believe you, so I do, just for tonight

But you taught me a lesson the hard way one time
Promised to love me but then changed your mind
I never told no one how I hurt down inside until now