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(buddy johnson)

Reba:
When you just give love

Natalie:
And never get love

Reba:
You better let love be part

Natalie:
I know that it's so
And yeah i know

Reba:
I can't get you out of my heart

Natalie:
You, you, you, you, you, you
You make me leave my happy home
You took my love and now you're gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Since i fell for you
Oh yeah

Reba:
Oh love

Natalie:
(sing reba)

Reba:
Brings such misery and pain
I guess i'll never
Oh i guess i'll never be the same
Since i fell for you

Natalie:
(i gotta say this right here)
Well, well it's too bad

Reba:
Oh it's too bad

Natalie:
Oh and it's too sad

Reba:
Oh it's too sad

Natalie:
But i'm in love, i'm in love with you

Natalie:
Oh oh, you love me

Reba:
Oh you loved me

Natalie:
And then you snubbed me

Reba:
You bad boy

Natalie:
Oh but what can i do
I'm still in love with you

Reba:
I, i guess i'll never see the light

Natalie:
Never gonna see the light

Reba:
I get the blues i get the blues most every night
Since i fell for you

Natalie:
Oh come on come on come on tell them about it

Reba:
Oh it's too bad

Natalie:
It's too bad

Reba:
And it's too sad

Natalie:
Oh it's much too sad

Reba:
Cause i'm still in love with you

Reba:
You loved me

Natalie:
Oh you love me

Reba:
Then you snubbed me

Natalie:
Oh then you snubbed me baby

Reba:
Oh what can i do
I'm still in love with you

Reba:
I, i guess i'll never see the light

Natalie:
Never, never, never, never
I get the blues most every single night
Since i, since i fell, since i fell for you

Both:
Since i fell for you

Have you ever made a quilt? i have. it's one of the most therapeutic and calming things i've ever done. and i had a huge sense of accomplishment when i finished.

Both of my grandmothers made quilts, my mama did, and my aunt jeannie did. i loved to open that big box at christmastime knowing it was a quilt that one of them had made. i was so flattered that after all the time and energy they had spent on that quilt, they had selected me to receive it. even as a young girl, i knew a quilt was a gift i would cherish always.

Back when i was living at home, i remember during the winter months mama would set up her sewing machine in the living room over by the window. at night when we'd all be in there watching tv after supper, mama would be over at her sewing machine, making another quilt from the scraps left over
From a dress or blouse she had made for one of us earlier.

Then, when she had sewn all the squares sewn together, she'd lay the batting on the living room floor, lay the quilted piece on top of that, and then start tacking it down. when that was completed, she'd sew the border around it. then it was finished. all that remained was for mama to decide who would be the proud recipient of her precious handiwork which represented so many hours of love.

I feel very blessed to have received one of mama's quilts. i sleep under it every night i'm home. it doesn't match the fancy comforter we bought in los angelos, but it feels better than anything you can imagine. just because i know my mama made it just for me.

When daddy's mother died in 1950, one year before my sister alice was born, mama got the trunk that held all of the quilts, china, crystal, silverware, and knickknacks that grandma had collected during her lifetime. mama discovered that grandma's trunk also included a few quilt pieces that she had started but had never finished. my sister susie eventually wound up with those quilt pieces and we all figured she would finish them out and keep them for herself.

But as only susie would do, she cut the makings of the quilt into four squares, had them quilted, put a picture of grandma mcentire and a descripion of the quilt ogether, and had them framed for alice's, my brother pake's, and my christmas present.

That's how thoughtful susie is. she could have kept the quilt for herself, but, instead, she shared with her brother and sisters something so special, which had belonged to a woman none of us had ever met. that's part of susie's charm.

That's also the charm of a quilt. like a mother, it wraps its arms around you-sosoft, yet so sturdy, and so comforting. in my grandma's time the sewing of a quilt would bring friends and neighbors together, and in quilting circles today that lovely tradition continues. now we live in a time when so many women do not even have a sewing machine in their home and when country quilts hang in the fanciest boutiques and galleries selling as "decorative art." that would sure give my grandma and her circle a good laugh and more than a few shakes of the head.

Can you just imagine the visiting, the stories, and the fellowship that have gone on during the making of all the wonderful quilts through the years? and can you imagine all the children who have been tucked in securely underneath them in their beds night after night? and us adults too?

That's what you call "comfort from a country quilt." i hope this book is as comforting to you as my mama's quilt has always been to me. like a quilt, this book is made up of small pieces of material-some of my favorite stories, memorable experiences, and more than a few opinions-written, rather than sewn, from the stuff of my life. i have stitched these pieces together with my sincere hope that you will find the "quilt" of a book friendly, warm, and enjoyable, something you can turn to for comfort and entertainment and for sharing with friends and family.

So grab your favorite quilt, wra up, get comfortable, and enjoy.
From me to you.
Love,
Reba

(robert ellis orrall, anna wilson, rebecca maples)

I think about
Holding you and kissing you
Wanting you and missing you

Clock is ticking and the wind is howling and
I'm just staring at the candle burning
Bottle of red that we never opened
Your voice in my head tossing and turning

The radio is playing our song
Can't sing along, can't even listen
I dial your number but i don't let it ring

Chorus:
I think about holding you and kissing you
Wanting you and missing you
Building up and breaking down walls
I dream about finding you and keeping you
Loving you and living you
I'm telling you
I want it all, all of you

I can't let go and i can't keep
Holdin' on to nothing but i just
Keep trying to tell myself there's
A damn good reason but it's not
Enough to keep me from crying

I've memorized every look, every touch
Every time you told me our hearts weren't lying
I'm wondering now do you even know

Repeat chorus

I can't break free of you
I don't know how
Oh i'm not about
To let go
Of you
I love you
I need you now

Repeat chorus

All of you

(diane warren)

Sometimes i don't understand.
Feels like i'm living in a world gone mad.
Look around, all around it's just the same.
People just rush everywhere.
No time to ever take the time to care.
We're the ones.
We're the losers in this game.
So where is the tenderness we scarifice for progress.
And where is the love we need.
You know it makes me wonder.

What if everybody, what if everybody reached out with just one hand (reached with just one hand).
What if everybody, what if everybody sang out with just one voice (sang with just one voice).
Maybe we could change things.
What if everybody, what if everybody cared with just one heart (cared with their own heart).
What if everybody, what if everybody tried to light one spark (tried to light one spark).
Maybe we could change things somehow.

Somehow it's all up to us.
Gotta take this world, make it a world of love.
Gotta do it now.
Gotta find a way to make a change somehow.
There's gotta be a way for us to make it better.

What if everybody, what if everybody reached out with just one hand (reached with just one hand).
What if everybody, what if everybody sang out with just one voice (sang with just one voice).
Maybe we could change things.
What if everybody, what if everybody cared with just one heart (cared with their own heart).
What if everybody, what if everybody tried to light one spark (tried to light one spark).
Maybe we could change things somehow.

Here in our hearts.
Oh the answer is there.
If we only would look inside them.
We can make it better, we can make it better...if we try together.

What if everybody, what if everybody reached out with just one hand (reached with just one hand).
What if everybody, what if everybody sang out with just one voice (sang with just one voice).
Maybe we could change things.
What if everybody, what if everybody cared with just one heart (cared with their own heart).
What if everybody, what if everybody tried to light one spark (tried to light one spark).
Maybe we could change things somehow

(a duet with reba mcentire)
(mark d. sanders, tim nichols)

Linda:
You jet from coast to coast
Dressed in designer clothes
When you appear somewhere
Your chauffeur drives you there
I wouldn't think twice
If i could live your life

Reba:
You see your friends at the store
Your sister lives next door
You kiss your babies goodnight
Your husband's there at your side
I'd love to give it a try
If i could live your life

Chorus:
Both:
If i could trade places with you

Linda:
Hear the roar of the crowd

Reba:
And the church bells in a quiet town

Both:
Just for one moment in time
I wonder what this world would be like
If i could live your life

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Linda:
Saw your picture in "people" today

Reba:
And i see you're in the pta

Linda:
You're living everyone's dream

Reba:
It isn't all that it seems

Both:
Wouldn't it be nice
If i could live your life

Repeat chorus
(reba only sings last line "if i could live your life"

Linda:
If i could live your life

Both:
If i could live your life