Rumor Has It

(jesse winchester)

They say no one should call on you
Unless she's your permission to
But me, i just came anyway
I couldn't care less what you say
'cause i know you from long before
You hid behind a stained glass door
And walked around
And looked your old friends up and down

But anyway, i thought i'd come give you a look
At where you're from and let you know
I still recall what a child you are underneath it all

Chorus:
You remember me the funny way i cry
The funny way i sit there when someone says goodbye
The funny way i wind up lost when someone sets me free
Why sure, you remember me

Well, i won't take up your whole day
I've said about all i have to say
I guess i'll be moving on
I know you'll be glad to see me gone
Tonight is our last night in town
So don't worry 'bout me hanging around
Tomorrow night it's calgary
And you'll be good and rid of me

Repeat chorus twice

(donny kees/shawna harrington)

What a surprise
Never thought i'd hear from you
Whatever made you call
From out of the blue
What did you say
I must be hearing things
Things that i never thought would come from you

Chorus:
Now you tell me
That you love me desperately
Why did you wait so long to say those words to me
Oh you made me crazy
I don't know what to do
Now you tell me
Not that's there's somebody new

I think you should know
There's someone here with me
O bet he can tell you must be someone dear to me
So i better go
'cause you still get to me
Just when i thought i was over you
This is all i need

Repeat chorus & tag

(jon imms)

He says he loves her...what can you say to that
He's made up his mind and there ain't nothin' you can do
And as you swallow hard...maybe you drive all night
Tryin' to figure out where the whole thing started goin' wrong
And in the silence something begins to unravel
You never knew him like you'll be knowing him now

Chorus:
Fallin' out of love and back into your life
Pullin' your heart out from under the knife
Closin' the door on all those dreams you used to know
Fallin' out of love and back on your feet
Turnin' away from that dead end street
Finding out that nothing feels as good as letting go

That's when he called you up out of the blue one day
And you know he thinks he's talkin' to the girl you used to be
So when you tell him he's just a memory
Ain't it funny how his voice cracks when you're sayin' goodbye
And in the silence something begins to unravel
He never knew you like he'll be knowing you now

Repeat chorus

Tag:
Oh and nothing feels as good as letting go
He said he loved her

(bobbie gentry)

I remember it all very well lookin' back
It was the summer i turned eighteen
We lived in a one room, rundown shack
On the outskirts of new orleans
We didn't have money for food or rent
To say the least we were hard pressed
Then mama spent every last penny we had
To buy me a dancin' dress

Mama washed and combed and curled my hair
And she painted my eyes and lips then i stepped into a satin
Dancin' dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hip
It was red velvet trim and it fit me good
Standin' back from the lookin' glass
There stood a woman where a half gown kid had stood

She said here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down

Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck
And she kissed my cheek
Then i saw the tears wellin' up in her troubled eyes
When she started to speak
She looked at a pitiful shack
And then she looked at me and took a ragged breath
She said your pa's run off and i'm real sick
And the baby's gonna starve to death

She handed me a heart shaped locket that said
"to thine own self be true"
And i shivered as i watched a roach crawl across
The tow of my high heel shoe
It sounded like somebody else that was talkin'
Askin' mama what do i do
She said just be nice to the gentlemen fancy
And they'll be nice to you

She said here's your chance fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
Lord forgive me for what i do, but if you want out
Well it's up to you
Now don't let me down you better start movin' uptown

Well, that was the last time i saw my ma
The night i left that rickety shack
The welfare people came and took the baby
Mama died and i ain't been back

But the wheels of fate had started to turn
And for me there was no way out
And it wasn't very long 'til i knew exactly
What my mama's been talkin' about

I knew what i had to do but i made myself this solemn vow
That i's gonna be a lady someday
Though i don't know when or how
I couldn't see spending the rest of my life
With my head hung down in shame you know
I might have been born just plain white trash
But fancy was my name

Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down

It wasn't very long after a benevolent man
Took me off the street
And one week later i was pourin' his tea
In a five room hotel suite

I charmed a king, a congressman
And an occasional aristocrat
Then i got me a georgia mansion
In an elegant new york townhouse flat
And i ain't done bad

Now in this world there's a lot of self-righteous hippocrits
That would call me bad
And criticize mama for turning me out
No matter how little we had

But though i ain't had to worry 'bout nothin'
For nigh on fifteen years
I can still hear the desperation in my poor
Mama's voice ringin' in my ear

She said, here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
Here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
Lord, forgive me for what i do
But if you want out well it's up to you
Now don't let me down
Your mama's gonna help you uptown

I guess she did

(don schlitz/reba mcentire)

Red sun a-rising, over the hill
I've had enough of this desert to last from now until
I'm tired of living day-to-day and hand-to-mouth
This could be the day i finally find my way out

Chorus:
I'm gonna climb that mountain high
I'm gonna see what's on the other side
I'm gonna kiss this town good-bye
I'm gonna climb that mountain

How i arrived here, heaven only knows
Seems more like the kind of place the devil would've chose
To spend my life here, is more than i can do
I know somewhere down the road my dream will come true

Repeat chorus

If i stay here forever
What will i have to show
But if i make it over
Then everyone will know
I'm gonna climb that mountain high

Repeat chorus