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Baby Don't Look Down

by Carey Murdock

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1.
Gambler 02:30
I’d relive it in a minute The things I’d do just to bring you back It was a golden summer That became a glorious fall My biggest fault was that I did not heed the signs I take the gambling wheel and spin it I’m gonna see where my true luck lies I take all my dough and spend it On loose women and cheap wine It’s not that I did not see the signs I just didn’t read ‘em right I take a girlfriend and we’re drinking I’m gonna see where my true love lies We take a taxi cab believin' Our dreams dump us at a trucker’s lodge Then the morning comes and finds us all undressed We scramble to cover the parts that we did not share We put on our smiles our makeup hides our cracks We step out into the dawn I’d relive it in a minute The things I’d do just to bring you back It was a golden summer That became a glorious fall
2.
In the howlin' winds and starless nights She often wonders who she is Lying awake her dreams all slumbering Timid to walk out on the edge Baby, don’t look down In and out of tears, she lets her thoughts vent here As I comb her brunette hair She’s come a long, long way and knows we’re prone to break But its not over when we fall Baby, don’t look down ‘cause things are looking up In four years she wed and set sail with her boy And happily took him as her man But the tides have ebbed and his anger reared its head And she’s scared the ship won’t survive the storm Baby, don’t look down ‘cause things are looking up
3.
Baby my heart feels like a vineyard in a winepress Have you ever felt this What it’s like to have your life squeezed out Baby my heart it was wounded in the conquest Do you think I’ll ever find rest Or maybe a place to heal Now that I’m alone Facing life out on my own Oh darling, won’t you answer me this Was it you that I, or I that you possessed Baby last night knocked me over like a first kiss And babe if I had one wish It would be to keep these lights smashed out You can nurse your pride when he goes running for the hillsides That’s when you’ll know my insides And what it’s like to have your heart torn out And now that you’re alone Facing life out on your own Oh darling, won’t you answer me this Was it you that I, or I that you possessed
4.
You can take me to the mountains Take me to the highest peak Stand me up on the top of the world as the sun goes to sleep And try to tell me there's no more beautiful thing But its nothing like my girl Nothing like my girl You can take me to the beaches A million women laying in the sand The sun-kissed dowry of God Play on my instincts as a man You tell me to "Cast your eyes on what you want and reach out your hands" But I say, "You don't understand" There's nobody like my girl Nobody like my girl The way she loves me is something I can't ask for It pulls me under and lifts the outside weights off my shoulders The change in me the world sees on my face everyday And they'll know what she knows There's nobody like my girl Nobody like my girl
5.
Silvergirl 03:56
New York was cold when I got here from Boston With the snow coming down on Seventh Street I had come to make something out of myself And all the lights were within my reach Me and Alan, we went walking through the canyons With the critics and the flashbulbs on our heels And in time I became the canvas When I got dressed I wore their eyes I lived in silver I wrote the headlines I lived my life and paid the price But when all of this is over I'll leave only good wishes behind Now space and time can do a number on a body And our eyes see their share of good and bad I know that life has not always been my lover But I love it still the same for what it is I lived in silver I wrote the headlines I lived my life and paid the price But when all of this is over I'll leave only good wishes behind And when all of this is over I'll leave only good wishes behind
6.
Started out in Tallulah Followed the river to the sea Headed north up the Carolina coast Running with the ocean breeze Set my feet on a travelin’ road Places between where I call home Set my feet on a travelin’ road Places between where I call home We ditched the boat and we moved inland and ended up in Tennessee The strength of the country stars Good hard drinks in the road-side bars I raise my glass to new friends I meet Baby set my feet on a travelin’ road It’s a joy that only ramblers know Set my feet on a travelin’ road Places between where I call home When the night comes upon you And the Dixie spirits begin to move There in the church of pines from way down low your prayers arise Southern winds deliver me Set my feet on a travelin’ road Places between where I call home Tomorrow I’ll be a little farther along Running on with a travelin’ song It’s a joy that only ramblers know The trail I take is my own Baby set my feet on a travelin’ road Places between where I call home
7.
You only live once So don't waste your time standing in line Waiting for a sign to move your legs to walk that mile Forget this town You've been here far too long These Things Will Drag You Down You only live once So don't waste your love Giving to those who won't grasp its worth Yeah she'll give you directions and he will make demands So much noise but the only voice you need to hear is your own These Things Will Drag You Down
8.
Carli 04:07
Carli was my childhood sweetheart Growing up in a small town We would go off and lay down in the tall grass Tell our secrets when nobody was around She wanted to be an actress Play a role up on a Broadway stage I just wanted to go to New York ‘Cause I felt that all my dreams were waiting there for me The summers passed, the years got older And time, well it went by like it does My love was leaving for the City And I feared that there would be no more of us Oh that night I wept my eyes dry I cried “Oh New York why did you steal from me my only love? And I swear one day I will come to you So that I can live among my dreams” Oh the nights that I’d get lonely And read the letters and the Christmas cards she’d send to me Then I’d close my eyes and wish that she was here And that all my dreams weren’t all so far away It was December in one of my low times I heard a knock upon the door I opened it to see my Carli And I said, “I thought you were in New York” And she said, “Darlin’, don’t be foolish I came to spend my holiday with you I wanted to feel at home this Christmas And the only place I’ve felt that is with you” Oh Carli, how I love you You make all my dreams come true I swear I will always remember The Christmas that you brought New York to me
9.
Sometimes 04:01
Sometimes life’s uncertain Sometimes you don’t know where to turn Sometimes life leaves you hurtin’ Broken down on the side of the road (Chorus) Stand up and look ahead Where there were shadows there’s light instead The clouds are breaking the sun’s shining through Don’t give up hope this storm will pass soon Sometimes the unexpected happens And all our loved ones seem to go Sometimes all our friends betray us And life seems like its gonna be a lonesome road (Chorus) All in all the good memories will last Travel with us and help the hard times to pass I can still see your smile I can still feel your kiss You loved life so much how can I ever quit (Chorus)
10.
I was a valley girl smitten to dance I was a young boy thought I’d take the chance Eyes full of wonder and love I was just stepping out in the world I asked her to step out with me Things ain’t been the same since she took my hand I took you by my side I took you in and called you mine You’re everything to me Young love… Young love... Don’t lead me wrong We settled into a place of our own And began our lives by the heat of love’s fire But it doesn’t take to much living to know How much those flames require Pretty soon all the demands of this world were bearing down I didn’t know what to do You collapsed on the couch next to me I said “Baby, let me work on you” I took you by my side Took you in called you mine You’re everything to me Young love… Young love... Don’t lead me wrong I am a valley girl I do my best to hold up my man my life grown full of briars and thorns I cried “God when am I gonna have an answered prayer?” I was laying on my side of the bed When I heard him say low “My answer is here.” I reached out in the darkness and she took my hand Young love… Young love... Lead me on Young love… Young love... Don’t lead us wrong
11.
Augusta 05:15
A southern belle, I crossed you in the moonlight Turned 'round to find you had not gone The things I had were all words that you had gave me The things I’d lost you had retired Heading downtown I’m going to walk the river Come from Eighth and turn down Broad I call up my friends and gather them around me Visit my old familiar haunts Some folks I meet they don’t have anything to say about you That I could take home to my ma But I’m not swayed, Babe, they can speak themselves blue It doesn’t change who you are You’re the one that stands behind me When the dark thunder clouds roll You’re the place that’s always open to welcome me back home You’re a thousand streetlights shining On all the roads I walk alone My fair Augusta, my steady queen, my lady luck If you’ve got a queen you’ve got to treat her like one If you want that queen to shine The one I’ve seen standing so proudly on the fall line She don’t want to be outdone She’s a golden lass With eyes that you can run to And you can take that to your ma And if you’re ever blue Maybe you can start to find your way home And lay down some Georgia roots And let her... Be the one that stands behind you When the dark thunder clouds roll Be the place that’s always open to welcome you back home ‘Cause there’s a thousand streetlights shining On all the roads you walk alone She’s the name that’s always mentioned when our story’s told And she smells of sweet magnolias if my memory holds Her music is moving through me like the Gospel songs of old She’s standing there behind me as the dark thunder clouds roll She’s a thousand streetlights shining on all the roads I walk alone And her arms are wide open to welcome me back home My fair Augusta, my steady queen, my lady luck

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released December 25, 2011

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