“VOICES” is the CD that has been lurking in the back of my heart, and my musical filing cabinet, for several years. I was cleaning out my “old songs” closet and came across several cassettes…CASSETTES!!!… of songs from long ago. As I listened to them, I realized not only were these stories from my heart’s past, they were really GOOD! I was wondering how in the world I could let them out of this dark cabinet and into the world when my friend Fred Mollin, the genius music producer, called from Nashville and INSISTED that we record another CD together after lo, these many years. So I sent these songs to him along with some brand new ones, and he said “Yes! We have a whole CD here! Let’s do it!!!”
And we have. These are some of my favorite musical stories, along with a few songs by other writers that changed my life.
I have included the lyrics in a section here, in case you want to ponder them.
Thanks for listening!
Amanda
Album Lyrics
SOUTHBOUND TRAIN
Julie Gold
I’M SITTING ON A SOUTHBOUND TRAIN
STARING AT TH E SKY
I’M THINKING OF MY CHILDHOOD
AND I’M TRYING NOT TO CRY
WHILE A STRANGER SLEEPS AGAINST ME
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THE ROSE
Amanda McBroom
SOME SAY LOVE…IT IS A RIVER
THAT DROWNS THE TENDER REED.
SOME SAY LOVE…IT IS A RAZOR
THAT LEAVES YOUR SOUL TO BLEED.
SOME SAY LOVE…IT IS A HUNGER
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YARNELL HILL
Amanda McBroom/Michele Brourman
THE CALL CAME IN AT TWO. THE SKY WAS DESERT DARK.
A STORM UP ON THE MOUNTAIN
HAD THROWN A WAYWARD SPARK.
I HEARD YOU SOFTLY CURSING. I FELT YOU LEAVE THE BED.
YOU KISSED ME ON THE SHOULDER.
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WELCOME HOME
Amanda McBroom
I AM STANDING ON THE SHORE LINE,
WATCHING THE MORNING TIDE.
THERE’S A SHIP OUT ON THE OCEAN
WITH HER SAILS ALL WHITE AND WIDE.
SHE IS FLOATING LIKE A FEATHER
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VOICES THAT COME THROUGH THE WALL
Amanda McBroom/Gordon Hunt/Rand Bishop
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL, I DREAMED IN THE SUNLIGHT
IN A LITTLE BLUE BED ALL SLEEPY AND SMALL
HEARING THE SOUND OF THE HOT SUMMER BREEZES
AND THE MURMUR OF VOICES
THAT CAME THROUGH THE WALL
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MAKE A MEMORY
Amanda McBroom
I HAD TO GO BACK AND SELL THE PLACE
NOW THAT SHE WAS GONE
THERE WERE SO MANY DRAWERS OF MEMORY
TO GO THROUGH
AND THERE AMONG THE OLD CORSAGES
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TWELFTH OF NEVER
Paul Frances Webster/Jerry Livingston
YOU ASK HOW MUCH I NEED YOU
MUST I EXPLAIN?
I NEED YOU, OH MY DARLING
LIKE ROSES NEED RAIN
YOU ASK HOW LONG I’LL LOVE YOU
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FEET OF CLAY
Amanda McBroom/Kathie Bailey/Mike Bonagura
HE LEFT THE HOUSE THAT MORNING
WITH HIS BRIEFCASE AND HIS LUNCH,
AND HE DROVE OFF IN THAT BIG OLD FORD.
HE CAME BACK HOME THAT EVENING
IN A SHINY LITTLE RED THING
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OLD LOVE
Amanda McBroom/Michele Brourman
LATE LAST NOVEMBER THE TELEPHONE RANG.
SHE WAS SWEEPING THE KITCHEN FLOOR.
A VOICE FROM THE PAST SAID,”ARE YOU ANNA JEAN?
DID YOU LIVE IN GREENVILLE IN 1934?”
AND DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST BOY YOU KISSED
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THE LAST THING ON MY MIND
Tom Paxton
IT’S A LESSON TOO LATE FOR THE LEARNIN’
MADE OF SAND, MADE OF SAND
IN THE WINK OF AN EYE MY SOUL IS TURNIN’
IN YOUR HAND, IN YOUR HAND
ARE YOU GOIN’ AWAY WITH NO WORD OF FAREWELL?
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SOMETIMES
Amanda McBroom
WE WERE FLYING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
IN YOUR DAD’S OLD CADILLAC
WE WERE SINGING THAT OLD ROCK SONG
WE WERE NEVER LOOKING BACK
AND I WAS GRABBING AHOLD OF MY HEART
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I’M HERE FOR LIFE
Amanda McBroom/Randy Goodrum
I WON’T LOVE YOU TILL THE SEASONS TURN
I WILL LOVE YOU LONGER
I WON’T LEAVE YOU WHEN YOUR BRIDGES BURN
I’LL HELP YOU MAKE THEM STRONGER
I’LL BE HERE WHEN THE WINTER WIND
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HOPE FLOATS
Amanda McBroom/Michele Brourman
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL
THE RAIN WILL KEEP FALLING FOREVER
YOU’RE WASHING AWAY
LIKE A LOST LITTLE CREPE PAPER BOAT
YOU THINK THAT YOUR LIFE
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