GONE COUNTRY ( ALAN JACKSON)

*Este tema lo público en su álbum "Who I Am" en el año 94
*En él Alan escribe una parodia acerca de los recién llegados al "Country" cuando este se puso de moda!!
*Está considerado un country-rock.
*Se baila según algunos con el baile del mismo nombre GONE COUNTRY y según otros con
BLACKY, un baile de creación anónima
Tiempos: 34
Paredes: 4

LETRA:

She's been playing in a room on a strip
For ten years in Vegas
Every night she looks in the mirror
But she only ages
She's been reading about Nashville and all
The records that everybody's buying
Says 'I'm a simple girl myself
Grew up on Long Island'
So she packs her bags to try her hand
Says this might be my last chance

She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes

Well the folk scene is dead
But he's holding out in the village
He's been writing songs speaking out
Against wealth and privilege
He says 'I dont believe in money
But a man could make him a killin'
Cause some of that stuff don't sound
Much different than Dylan
I hear down there it's changed you see
They're not as backwards as they used to be'

He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes

He commutes to LA
But he's got a house in the valley
But the bills are piling up
And the pop scene just ain't on the rally
He says 'Honey I'm a serious composer
Schooled in voice and composition
But with the crime and the smog these days
This ain't no place for children
Lord it sounds so easy it shouldn't take long
Be back in the money in no time at all'

He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
Yeah he's gone country, a new kind of walk
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, oh back to his roots

He's gone country
He's gone country
Everybody's gone country
Yeah we've gone country
The whole world's gone country

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY ( ALISON MOORER)

Del album : Alabama Song [1998]
Alison fue premiada en el 2004 por el Nashville Scene Music Award
La Moorer estará en Barcelona el 28 de Mayo 2005 en el FORUM. Festival Primavera. Su estilo actual es más folk alternativo que country. Un estilo muy distinto que el tema que llevamos de ella en nuestro repertorio.

* Se baila con: Got Away
Tiempos: 48
Parets: 2

The one that got away

Oh! The one that got away, got away with my heart
broke into my world and tore it apart
should have picked up the pieces
but I don’t know where to start
Oh The one that got away, got away with my heart

I lost my heart so easily
I feel like a fool
against my better judgement
I wrote my own rule
I didn’t think I’d fall in love but what I can do?
Oh I am hurten and missing him so

Oh! The one that got away, got away with my heart
broke into my world and tore it apart
should have picked up the pieces
but I don’t know where to start
Oh The one that got away, got away with my heart

Well If I felt any better I think I would die
as all I do is sit at home think of him and cry
he ain’t worth a single tear that falls from my eyes
so I do I still love him anyway

Oh! The one that got away, got away with my heart
broke into my world and tore it apart
should have picked up the pieces
but I don’t know where to start
Oh The one that got away, got away with my heart

THE CITY PUT THE COUNTRY BACK IN ME (NEIL MCCOY)

De su album "No doubt about it" 1994
Este Tejano de madre filipina suele llamarse a si mismo" Texapino"
* Esta canción no tiene baile pero estamos abiertos a un SWING que los expertos de LINE DANCE le puedan aplicar.
Letra:

I was born dirt poor on a dead end country road
My every dream was to just grow up and go
Like a siren song those bright lights called my name
So I turned that country road into memory lane

Well I hit that fast lane it was paved with gold
But it wasn't long 'til my highbrow ways got old
I started missing things that I thought I'd left behind
'Til I found two swinging doors 'neath the neon sign

They were whirling and a twirling to the fiddles and a steel guitar
Them city folk was drinking from Mason jars
I think I found what paradise might be
The city put the country back in me

When you leave the farm you don't have to leave your room
Just go on home and slip on them cowboy boots
Now it's the best of both worlds all I'll ever need
The city put the country back in me

They were whirling and a twirling to the fiddles and a steel guitar
Them city folk was drinking from Mason jars
I think I found what paradise might be
The city put the country back in me
Yeah the city put the country back in me

ALL YOU EVER DO ( THE MAVERICKS )

Del Album : MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS 1995
nominado Best Country Album.
con Flaco Jimenez (accordion)
* Es un tex-mex swing.
* Se baila con Wrangler Wrap o W. Cha Cha o "El Ventilador"
Tiempos: 29
Paredes: 4


LETRA:
I can't sleep a wink anymore
Ever since you first walked out the door
And I just started drinkin' to forget
But I don't think the worst has happened yet

CHORUS:

All you ever do is bring me down
Makin' me a fool all over town
And they all wonder why I wear a frown
That's 'cause honey, all you do is bring me down


Its funny how my whole world fell apart
I think I saw it comin' from the start
I tried to tell myself that you'd be true
But I expected way too much of you

CHORUS

BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY ( BILL MONROE)

* Este tema fue grabado por primera vez en 1945 con la banda Blue Grass Boys cuando Earl Scrugg y Lester Flatt se unieron a la banda de Bill Monroe. El estilo de banjo de Scruggs se convertiría en un standard a seguir por las futuras bandas de bluegrass.
El tema "Blue Moon of Kentucky," fue nombrado "official state song" por la Kentucky General Assembly en 1988.

* BAILE: ( * Gracias a DIANA de Xafal's por la información!)
"4 BOYS"
Coreógrafos:
Joan, Pasca, Fredi & Joan. (Girona, Spain)
16 counts, 4 paredes, Line Dance nivel Absolute Beginner

BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue

Bridge
Well it was on one moonlight night
Stars shining bright
Whisper on high
Love said goodbye

I said Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue

Repeat FIRST verse

Bridge

SOUTHBOUND TRAIN (TRAVIS TRITT)

Del album Down the Road I Go 2000
Travis se ha ganado siempre un reputación de “new outlaw”
Nacido y cirado en Marietta, Georgia
De la generación de Garth Brooks y Alan Jackson, se diferenciaba de ellos por no llevar nunca sombrero.
Este tema, uno de los mas marchosos, está escrito con Charlie Daniels y se nota!!
Es la historia de una chica que deja Bangor Maine, en busca del sol, el calor del Sur y una nueva vida.
A pesar de que su familia se opone, se va en busca de su sueño.. Una mujer que vuelve locos a los hombres!
Relaciona el sonido del clickety clack del tren con el principio de su nueva vida!!

* Se baila con Clickety Clack
Clickety Clak
tiempos: 68
Parets: 4
Autors: Kathy Hunyadi (USA) & Peter Metelnick (Can)

Letras:


Well She was born in a north-woods town twenty-one winters ago
She grew tired of the freezing cold and livin' in the blindin' snow
This girl knew she wouldn't be here long / cause she had plans and dreams
and She'd seen pictures of the sunshine state in the pages of a magazine

So she waited them tables and she used a smile savin any penny she can
For a one way dixie bound Amtrak ticket headed for the promised land
Her momma and daddy begged her not to go when the day she dreamed of came
But she waved good-bye sittin way up high /from the window of a south bound train

(chorus)

now Shes got a fire burnin' deep inside ridin' on a south bound train
And the clickety clack of that railroad track only helps to fan the flame
No more worries no more cares she left them up in Bangor Maine
Now shes startin' a brand new life Ridin' on a southbound train
solo
She said hello sun good mornin' daytona you're sure lookin' good to me
With your ocean breezes and your tall palm trees and your southern hospitality
Now she's a knockout queenie in her string bikini drivin' all the boys insane
And this all started with a small town dream and a ticket on a south bound train

(chorus)

Cause she had a fire burnin' deep inside ridin' on a southbound train
and the clickety-clack of that railroad track only helped to fan the flame
No more worries no more cares she left them up in Bangor Maine
Yeah she likes the boys with the southern drawl
Soakin' up the sunshine having a ball
She'll be the first to tell you that she owes it all
to ridin' on a southbound train

MILLIE ( JONI HARMS)

* Del album "After all" 2001
Esta cantante - compositora de Oregon es conocida por mantener el western dentro del country.
En el 2003 Harmsfue nombrada" Female Vocalist of the Year" y aceptó el premio por " Song of the Year" de la Western Music Association.
En este tema Joni nos habla de una camarera que se ha dedicado toda su vida a servir en una pequeña cafetería. El consejo de forma de vida que ella ha seguido es siempre amar lo que haces y hacer bien lo que amas, con paciencia y mucha fe!!

BAILE * ( Gracias a DIANA de Xafal's por la info) ;-)
" GRAN CANYON"
Counts: 48 Line dance Parets:4
Autor: Catalonian Cowboys (2002)

MILLIE

Millie was a waitress in a small cafe
loved her job and never missed a day
For thirty-three years she poured coffee
she carried dirty dishes with amazing graze
always had a big smile on her face
even when her feet were aching
she rubbed more to the table
and the order she was taking

when you are doing what you love and loving what you do
you won’t start nothing that you don’t see through
you gotta have patience and a whole lot of faith
and now that ‘s a real good tick that Millie passed my way

I was just a kid fresh out of school
walking that summer to see me through
then I was moving on to greener pastures
Millie kind of took me under her wing
saying making money don’t mean a thing
it all depends on how you earn it
some folks will stay a whole life and never learning

I’ll make sure when I am back in town
I’ll stop by she always sits me down
she does not know what I have done or where I have been
she makes me proud to call myself
one of Millie’s millions friends

Cause when you are doing what you love and loving what you do
you won’t start nothing that you don’t see through
you gotta have patience and a whole lot of faith
and now that ‘s a real good tick that Millie passed my way
yeah what a real good tick that Millie passed my way

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN

Someone told me long ago
There's a calm before the storm
I know, it’s been coming for some time
When its over so they say
It'll rain a sunny day
I know, shinin' down like water

Chorus:
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day

Yesterday and days befote
Sun is cold and rain is hot
I know, been that way for all my time
‘Til forever on it goes
Through the circle fast and show
I know, and I can't stop I wonder

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day

LOVE ME A LITTLE BIT LONGER

Found your note you left out on the table.
"Workin' late again, don't wait up for me."
We don't spend time together like we used to.
An' I'm tired of wakin' up in misery.


When you love me, love me just a little bit longer.
When you hold me, hold me tight and don't let go.
When you kiss me, kiss me like there's no tomorrow.
Everything, everything'll be all right.


We can't build out lives on separate highways.
Payin' for the things we can't afford.
Now it might take some time to make it better,
But we've been down some bad road before.


But if you love me, love me just a little bit longer.
When you hold me, hold me tight and don't let go.
When you kiss me, kiss me like there's no tomorrow.
Everything, everything'll be all right.


Instrumental break.


When you love me, love me just a little bit longer.
When you hold me, hold me tight and don't let go.
When you kiss me, kiss me like there's no tomorrow.
Everything, everything'll be all right.

Oh, no now baby, everything, everything will be all right.

GUITARS CADILLACS

Girl, you taught me how to hurt real bad
And cry myself to sleep
And showed me how this town can shatter dreams

Another lesson 'bout a naive fool
Who came to Babylon
And found out that the pie
Don't taste so sweet

CHORUS
Now it's guitars, cadillacs, hillbilly music
Lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yea, my guitars, cadillacs, hillbilly music
The only things that keep me hangin' on

(Instrumental)

Ain't no glamour in this tinsle land
Of lost and wasted lives
Painful scars are all that's left of me

I wanna thank-you girl for teachin' me
Brand new ways to be cruel
Like findin' mine now I guess I'll just leave

(Chorus)
(Instrumental)
(Chorus)

IT'S SO EASY

It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love
People tell me love's for fools
Here I go, breaking all the rules

It seems so easy
Yeah, so doggone easy
Oh, it seems so easy
Yeah, Where you're concerned, my heart can learn
Oh-oh-oh

It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love
Look into your heart and see
What your love book has set aside for me

It seems so easy
Yeah, so doggone easy
Oh, It seems so easy
Yeah, Where you're concerned, my heart can learn
Oh-oh-oh

It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love

It seems so easy
Oh, so doggone easy
Yeah, It seems so easy
Oh, Where you're concerned, my heart can learn

It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love
It's so easy to fall in love (Wa-uh-oh)
It's so easy to fall in love

HE DRINKS TEQUILA and she talks dirty in Spanish

Everybody knows her, Little Miss Rosa,
The Queen of the trailer park.
Well, she's a hot pepper and you'll never forget her,
If you ever let her break your heart.
Senor' Jose, works all day,
Sweatin' in the red hot sun.
Row after row, everybody knows,
What they do when the weekend comes.


He drinks tequila, and she talks dirty in Spanish:
Him in his sombrero, her in her purty pink jammies,
They dance all night to the Mariachis,
Till there ain't nobody left standin'.
He drinks tequila, and she talks dirty in Spanish.

he:
Well, the music is blarin' and the neighbors are starin',
That whole dang trailer is a-rockin'.
Jose's a-howlin', the Chihuahua's growlin',
And Rosie's peelin' off her silk stockings.
"Yo Senora, kiss my body, abrazame fuerte
"Ay, yi yi yi yi, hoochie-coo, to dal ay nochay."


He drinks tequila, and she talks dirty in Spanish:
Him in his sombrero, her in her purty pink jammies,
They dance all night to the Mariachis,
Till there ain't nobody left standin'.
He drinks tequila, and she talks dirty in Spanish.


He drinks tequila, and she talks dirty in Spanish:
Him in his sombrero, her in her purty pink jammies,
They dance all night to the Mariachis,
Till there ain't nobody left standin'.
He drinks tequila, and she talks dirty in Spanish.

WHAT ABOUT NOW

The sign in the window said for sale or trade
On the last remaining dinosaur Detroit made
Seven hundred dollars was a heck of a deal
For a four hundred horsepower jukebox on wheels

And that road rolls out like a welcome mat
I don't know where it goes but it beats where we're at
We always said someday, somehow
We were gonna get away, gonna blow this town

What about now, how 'bout tonight
Baby for once let's don't think twice
Let's take that spin that never ends
That we've been talking about
What about now, why should we wait
We can chase these dreams down the interstate
And be long gone 'fore the world moves on and makes another round
What about now

We've been puttin' this off baby long enough
Just give me the word, and we'll be kickin' up dust
We both know it's just a matter of time
'Til our hearts start racin' for that county line

What about now, how 'bout tonight
Baby for once let's don't think twice
Let's take that spin that never ends
That we've been talking about
What about now, why should we wait
We can chase these dreams down the interstate
And be long gone 'fore the world moves on and makes another round
What about now

We could hang around this town forever making plans
But there won't ever be a better time to take this chance

What about now, how 'bout tonight
Baby for once let's don't think twice
Let's take that spin that never ends
That we've been talking about
What about now, why should we wait
We can chase these dreams down the interstate
And be long gone 'fore the world moves on and makes another round
What about now

What about now

DOWN AT THE TWIST AND SHOUT

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans
Never have drifted down a bayou stream
But I heard that music on the radio
And I swore some day I was gonna go
Down Highway 10 past Lafayette
To Baton Rouge and I won't forget
To send you a card with my regrets
'Cause I'm never gonna come back home

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

They got an alligator stew and a crawfish pie
A gulf storm blowing into town tonight
Living on the delta's quite a show
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
But here up north it's a cold, cold rain
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
Except when the paper says Beausoleil
Is a-coming into town, baby let's go down

It's Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
They got lots of music and lots of room
When they play you a waltz from a-1910
You're gonna feel a little bit young again
Well you learned to dance with your rock and roll
You learned to swing with a do-si-do
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do
When you hear a little Jolie Blon

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

NOTHIN' BUT THE TAILLIGHTS

Blue Kentucky highway, headin' for the line
She hadn't said a word all night, but the wheels are turning in her mind
Now I was ridin' shotgun, and I knew things were going right
Just as soon as she dropped me off at the side of the road
And she let that gravel fly

Chorus:
Now I'm walking in the moonlight
Seein' nothin' but the taillights
That's a pair of taillights
I may never see again
She hit me with a left and right
Showin' me nothin' but the taillights
That's about as lonely as a highway has ever been
Back here with my thumb out in the wind

Verse 2:
Was it something that I did to her, or the things I never said
I wonder if the way we were was only in my head
Now if I even make it back alive before the sun comes up
I'm gonna hit every parking spot around
'Till I find that pickup truck

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
Well I'll bet right now she's laughin' it out
She even brought me to my knees
But she won't be laughin' half as loud when she gives me back my keys

Repeat Chorus