Merrill Osmond - What I like

Merrill Osmond - What I Like - 1989

Album: Merrill Osmond - What I Like (Cassette)
Released: 1989
Produced by Merrill Osmond

Side one

01. Heartbreak Radio
02. Sly Little Fox
03. Save That Dress
04. Hope of America
05. This Is America
06. Yes Ma’am

Side Two

01. Takin’ Country To The City
02. Step By Step
03. Waltzin’ in 4/4 Time
04. Singin’ Again
05. There’s A Man Who Loves You
06. Stayin’ Together

Side One

1. Heartbreak Radio

Hometown sweetheart
hung around in the dark.
Only make a move or two
I was just a young fool.
Never been to night school
Didn’t know enough to be cool

So she found another lover
they went undercover
The way she stole
my love was a crime
In order to keep the peace
callin out the police
Finally thought I lose my mind

Oh, the woman I love
done gone and left me alone
She’s got a big bad record
on the heartbreak radio.

A complete investigation,
what’s her destination
Did she leave a trace at all
Book on her suspicion
just look at my condition.
She left me here to take the fall

That girl can surely play it rough
she oughta be in handcuffs.
Make her wear a ball and chain
oh, she’s just a heart stealer.
Sweetest kind of love dealer
she knows how to fix a game.

Oh, the woman I love done
gone and left me alone
She’s got a big bad record
on the heartbreak radio

Lonely heart in distress
sending out an S.O.S
all across the U.S. of A.
come on back and
serve your time
right here in these arms of mine
gotta have you home today

The FBI, CID, help me,
help me, help me please

The woman I love done
gone and left me alone, oh
She’s got a big bad record
on the heartbreak radio
Oh spin it one more time

Well the woman I love done
gone and left me alone
She’s gone, she’s gone, she’s gone
She’s got a big bad record
on the heartbreak radio
She’s got a real record
on the heartbreak radio

The woman I love done
gone and left me alone
She’s gone, she’s gone, yeah
She’s got a big bad
record on the heartbreak radio

2. Sly Little Fox

Lots of people talkin’,
it’s all over town
That you’re the one that
someone should get close to
I tried to get your number,
your telephone line
But all I get is no way
to get hold of you

I wanna be your baby,
I’d like to be a friend
I wanna do the things
that you wanna do
You really got me thinking’,
some serious thinkin’
There’s got to be some
way to get close to you

Help me!
Oh I think I’m in love
You sly little fox

I like to go to parties
and party all night
I try to pick you up
but you’re out the door
There’s got to be an answer,
got to find a way
You’ve got to find the time
to give me some time

I really wanna see ya.
You’ve got me hypnotized
Don’t make me take a number,
no stand in line
You are a mystery woman.
Someone I need to know
There’s got to be some way
to get close to you

Help me!
Oh I think I’m in love
You sly little fox

Talk to me!
Pretty lady!
Walk with me.
Be my baby

I finally got your number,
your telephone line
It looks like the chance
to get close to you
I’ll pick you up on Tuesday,
a quarter to 9
I’ll finally get the chance
to get close to you

I wanna be your lover.
Oh, to be your man
I wanna spend the time
to get peace of mind
You’re doin’ somethin’ to me.
I like how it feels
I finally get the chance
to get close to you

Help me!
Oh I think I’m in love
You sly litle fox
(be my baby)
Come down my way,
you sly little fox
be my baby

3. Save That Dress

A goodwill truck was pulling up
and backing into our drive way
Me and my baby were
going through some things
That we had planned
to give away

There was a neru shirt and
a mini skirt and a
tie dye from 68
We were waving goodbye
But something caught my eye
And I said hey stop, hey wait

Baby save that dress
don’t let it out of my sight
Save that dress
It still fits you so right
You can let them
have all the rest
but baby save that dress

I’ll remember that night
for the rest of my life
as if it was yesterday
A wash and wear cotton red
and white polka dotted and
it never got in the way
Laying in the back
of my dad’s Pontiac
Rock and roll radio blaring
It still gets to me
every time I see that
crazy little number
you were wearing

Save that dress
don’t let it out of my sight
Save that dress,
It still fits you so right
You can let ’em
have all the rest
but baby save that dress

It’s a mumu no sleeves what a dress

4. Hope of America

We’re the hope of America
Where there’s hope
there’s America
She’s a land that we love
Blessed from God up above
Please protect our rights and liberty

We’re the hope of America
Stand and shout for America
Where the brave,
where the strong,
Where the dreams belong
The hope of America

We’re the hope of America
Where there’s hope
there’s America
She’s a land that we love
Blessed from God up above
Please protect our rights and liberty

We’re the hope of America
Stand and shout for America
Where the brave,
where the strong,
Where the dreams belong
The hope of America

America, America
America my home.

5. This Is America

We believe that man
Will surely conquer
With faith in God
He’ll lead us on our way
That all mankind
Might know his worth
And serve his fellowman
Yes, this is America

We believe that brotherhood
Is greatness
Arm and Arm
The strength to pull us through
We’ll keep our spirit
Heart and soul
In everything we do
Yes, this is America
America

We believe
We believe that man will surely conquer
We believe
We belive he’ll lead us on our way
We believe
All mankind might know his worth
And serve his fellow man
Yes, this is America

We Believe
We believe that brotherhood
Is greatness
Is greatness
We believe
Arm and Arm
The strength to pull us through
We’ll keep our spirit
Heart and soul
In everything we do
oh, this is America
Oh, this is America

6. Yes Ma’am

Oh my baby called me on my
down at work phone this morning
She said I don’t wanna push you none
but I’m givin’ you warning
You’ve been working late
all week oh and darling
You’re talking to a woman
highly in the need of love

I said yes ma’am
I hear you talking, talking
Oh and yes ma’am and
I’m already walkin’
out the door now now
I said yes ma’am
I hear what you’re saying, saying
And don’t you do nothing rash
baby I’m on my way

She said it’s been a long time
and if I didn’t mind she’d be waitin’
She said it’s been way too long
I had something at home I’d forsaken
She said I love all the things
that your money can bring
and you’ve been makin’
But just for my sake
you take a break for love

I said yes ma’am
I hear you talking, talking
Oh and yes ma’am and
I’m already walkin’
I said yes ma’am
I hear what you’re
saying, saying
Don’t you do nothing rash
baby I’m on my way

I said yes ma’am
I hear you talking, talking
Oh and yes ma’am
and I’m already walkin’
out the door now now

Side Two

1. Takin’ Country To The City

Music, another Friday
the work day blues are long gone
Music, keep me singing
a good time country song
Full moon over Texas,
shine on Oklahoma
Their winding down
a ten hour day
But in Forth Worth, Tulsa,
Houston, Okie City
They’ll be jumping
when the band starts to play

I’m taking country
to the city tonight
We’ll be hanging
till the morning light
I got the honky tonk fever
and I got to leave here
And head for where
the bright lights shine

I got me two hot feet
with a two steppin’ beat
Someone to hold me tight
I love that country steel
with a city feel
Takin country to
the city tonight

Music drive me crazy
Keep my country boy
Goin’ strong
Music keep me grinding
Keep on pushing it all
Week long
The sun is burning
The big wheels are turning
But I just keep on grinning all day
Cos when the sun goes down
I’m taking country to town
The working man
Knows where to play

Taking country to the city tonight
Keep hanging until the morning light
I got the honky tonk fever
And I’ve got to leave here
And head for where the
bright light shines

I got me two hot feet
with a two steppin’ beat
Someone to hold me tight
I love that country steel
with a city feel
Takin country to
the city tonight

Boston, Tucson, Harlem,
Albuquerque can you
Break out your blue suede shoes
They’re rocking the planet
And their gone to Alabama
Everyone else keeps
singing the blues.

They’re riding broncs up
in New York City
They’re ropin’ down Rodeo Drive
If it’s Broadway, Sunset,
Lonestar, Palomino
Coast to Coast their doing it right.

Taking country to the city tonight
Keep hanging until the morning light
I got the honky tonk fever
And I’ve got to leave here
And head for where the
bright light shines

I got me two hot feet
with a two steppin’ beat
Someone to hold me tight
I love that country steel
with a city feel
Takin country to the city
Country to the city
Country to the city
Tonight

2. Step By Step

Snow is fallin’
all is calm
It’s the end of the day.
I’m glad to be home.
You come to me gently.
I hold you so tight.
In my world everything’s all right.

I ask how your day was,
you say nothing’s new.
Heather came down
with a touch of the flu
Nothin’ is shaken,
just me and my wife.
In a small town, livin’ our lives.

We take it step by step
You’re right here by my side
We take one day at a time
Just livin’ our lives

The kids and their questions
are all tucked away
The house grows so quiet,
it’s our time of day
The fire is burnin’.
Gonna sit here all night.
We found love
just livin’ our lives.

We take it step by step
You’re right here by my side
We take one day at a time
Just livin’ our lives

Oh, step by step
And we take one day at a time
Just livin’ our lives
We take it step by step
We take it step by step
We take it step by step
And you’re right here by my side

3. Waltzin’ In 4/4 Time

My Texas rose and I
waltzed to the Playboys melody
The violins went round
our hearts sweet and tenderly
So hypnotized that starry night.
Love overtook our minds
With hazy eyes
we stole the prize
Waltzing in 4/4 time.

Odessa moonlight all around
that old sagebrush and sand
My Texas Rose and I swayed off
to heaven hand in hand
Bob Wills would call
and love would fall
That steel guitar would whine
We danced that night,
and half our lives
Waltzing in 4/4 time

Darlin’ as I look back
on our memories
I feel you wrapped up in my arms
Somehow it seems
it was just a dream
That slowly faded away
If you could only see Odessa now
And maybe you could still
feel me waltzing with you
Like we did the night Bob Wills
and Playboys’ band came through

My Texas Rose has faded now
just like our memories
Sometimes I hear the violins
and feel her close to me
The music’s changed
and I’m the same
And some sweet day in time
Once more I’ll hold my Texas Rose
Waltzing in 4/4 time

Once more I’ll hold
my Texas Rose
Waltzing in 4/4 time

4. Singin’ Again

I wish someone here could tell me
How so many loves could fail me
When I gave it everything that I had
Well I sure got tired of hurtin’
Seems like nothin’ ain’t for certain
I was sure a singing
note just went bad

Well I thought I hit my limit
Just can’t play this game and win it
I swore I’d never try it again
Then one cold lonely day
You came passin’ by my way
I was right back singin’
love songs again

Oh well you, you chanced along,
you changed the whole song
Like a melody I’ve waited to hear
I thought I could never
know a heart so low
But oh darling,
you got me singin’ again

You know last time love had hit me
It just turned around and quit me
Let me with such an ache in my heart
I thought there wasn’t born a lady
Who was more than just a maybe
Who wouldn’t take the dreams all apart

But now since you’ve been around
You’ve turned my whole
world upside down
And I think this time
forever won’t end
I’ve laid my blues down in the past
I believe in love at last
You sure have got me singin’ again

Oh well you, you chanced along,
you changed the whole song
Like a melody I’ve waited to hear
I thought I could never know
a heart so low
But oh darling,
you got me singin’ again
But oh darling,
you got me singin’ again

Oh well you, you chanced along,
you changed the whole song
Like a melody I’ve waited ta hear
I thought I could never
know a heart so low
But oh darling,
you got me singin’ again
But oh darling,

5. There’s A Man Who Loves You

Those eyes are back to cryin’
Another man walked out your door
You say this time you
won’t be back for more
Bitter tears and broken hearts
How love can be so blind
There’s someone here
who’s loved you all the time

Well there’s a man
who loves you
That I know, yes I know
He’ll dry your tears
and ease your pain
And never let you go
Well there’s a man
who wants you
All his own, all his own
Let me be that man
who brings you home

I’ve watched you
through all your lovers
They all left and set you free
I wondered if I could
ever make you see
If I could have you
for my own
You’d know what
real love means
You wake up,
it’s still here not just a dream

Well there’s a man
who loves you
That I know,
yes I know
He’ll dry your tears
and ease your pain
And never let you go
Well there’s a man
who wants you
All his own, all his own
Let me be that man
who brings you home

6. Stayin’ Together

The devil’s workin’ overtime
To drown the world in tears
He’s broken up a million hearts
That stayed in love for years

Just last night he came around
And tried to talk to me
This is what I said to him
I hope that you’ll agree

I said we’re stayin’ together
It’s gettin’ better and better
If you’re wonderin’ whether
we’ll make it forever
but we’re stayin’ together

He pointed out the problems
That the two of us have had
And tempted me with younger girls
Who had no strings attached
The last thing I remember
He was tryin’ to put you down
This is what I told him when I
Got him to the ground

I said we’re stayin’ together
It’s gettin’ better and better
If you’re wonderin’ whether
we’ll make it forever
We’re stayin’ together

So when he comes to see you
Tryin’ every trick he can
And he says that he can free you
From that ring that’s on your hand

Tell him that we’re stayin’ together
It’s gettin’ better and better
If you’re wonderin’ whether
we’ll make it forever
We’re stayin’ together

And if you’re wonderin’ whether
we’ll make it forever
We’re stayin’ together.