STAY

SUGARLAND

SONGWRITER: JENNIFER O. NETTLES

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ENJOY THE RIDE

LABEL: MERCURY NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2006

 

       Sugarland is an American country music duo founded in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles(lead vocals) and Kristian Bush (vocals, guitar, mandolin). The group was founded in 2002 by Nettles and Bush with Kristen Hall(vocals, guitar). Hall left the group after its first album. All three members had experience in folk rock: Nettles had recorded in the groups Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band, Bush had recorded two albums as one-half of the duo Billy Pilgrim, and Hall had recorded two solo albums.

       Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2004, Sugarland recorded four studio albums, one Christmas album, and one live album for that label between then and 2010. These albums accounted for fifteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the number-one singles "Want To", "Settlin'", "All I Want to Do", "Already Gone", and "It Happens". Nettles was also a featured vocalist on rock band Bon Jovi's late 2005-early 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", which also topped the country music charts. Their four studio albums for this label—Twice the Speed of Life, Enjoy the Ride, Love on the Inside, and The Incredible Machine—are all certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA). The duo went on hiatus in 2012, during which time both Nettles and Bush recorded solo albums. They reunited officially in 2017 for Bigger, a studio album issued on Big Machine Records.

        Enjoy the Ride is the second studio album by country music duo Sugarland, released on November 7, 2006 on Mercury Nashville Records. The album is the first one released with Sugarland as a duo (comprising Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush), as former member Kristen Hall had departed earlier in 2006.

        The album debuted at Nº 4 on the US Billboard 200 and at Nº 2 on the US Country Album Chart, selling 211,000 copies in its first week; these were also its peak positions on the two charts. The album is certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for shipments of 3 million copies.

        The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, all of which were Top Ten hits. "Want To" and "Settlin'" (respectively the first and second singles) were both Number One hits, with the former being their first U.S. Number One. "Everyday America", the third single, was a Nº 9 on the country charts and was used on the TV series Good Morning America. The final single was the acoustic ballad "Stay", which peaked at Nº 2.

I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall

And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call

It's just another call from home

And you'll get it and be gone

And I'll be crying

 

And I'll be begging you, baby

Beg you not to leave

But I'll be left here waiting

With my heart on my sleeve

Oh, for the next time we'll be here

Seems like a million years

And I think I'm dying

 

What do I have to do to make you see

She can't love you like me?

 

Why don't you stay

I'm down on my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

Don't I give you what you need?

When she calls you to go

There is one thing you should know

We don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay?

 

You keep telling me, baby

There will come a time

When you will leave her arms

And forever be in mine

But I don't think that's the truth

And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting

It's too much pain to have to bear

To love a man you have to share

 

Why don't you stay

I'm down on my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

Don't I give you what you need?

When she calls you to go

There is one thing you should know

We don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay?

 

I can't take it any longer

But my will is getting stronger

And I think I know just what I have to do

I can't waste another minute

After all that I've put in it

I've given you my best

Why does she get the best of you?

So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine

 

Why don't you stay

I'm up off my knees

I'm so tired of being lonely

You can't give me what I need

When she begs you not to go

There is one thing you should know

I don't have to live this way

Baby, why don't you stay? Yeah

Oh! Oh! oh!

THE MAN I WANT TO BE

CHRIS YOUNG

SONGWRITERS: TIM NICHOLS & BRETT CORNELIUS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE MAN I WANT TO BE

LABEL: RCA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2009

 

            Christopher Alan Young (born June 12, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2006, he was the Season 4 winner of the television program Nashville Star, a singing competition on USA.

        After winning, he was signed to RCA Records Nashville, releasing his self-titled debut album that same year. It produced two singles on Hot Country Songs with "Drinkin' Me Lonely" and "You're Gonna Love Me". His second album, The Man I Want to Be, was released September 1, 2009. It included the singles "Voices", "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)", and the title track, all of which went to number 1. Young's third album, Neon, produced two more number ones in "Tomorrow" and "You" in 2011 as well as the top 5 hit "I Can Take It from There" in 2012. The follow-up, 2013's A.M., produced three new singles with the top 5 hits "Aw Naw", "Who I Am with You", and "Lonely Eyes". His fifth album, I'm Comin' Over, was released on November 13, 2015. In 2017, Young gained one of the crowning achievements in country music, becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

          The Man I Want to Be is the second studio album of American country music artist Chris Young. It was released on September 1, 2009 via RCA Nashville. The album includes the singles "Voices", "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)", and "The Man I Want to Be", all of which reached Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

God, I'm down here on my knees

Cause it's the last place left to fall

Beggin' for another chance

If there's any chance at all

That you might still be listenin'

Lovin' and forgivin' guys like me

 

I've spent my whole life gettin' it all wrong

And I sure could use your help cause from now on

 

I wanna be a good man

A 'do like I should' man

I wanna be the kind of man the mirror likes to see

I wanna be a strong man

And admit that I was wrong, man

God I'm asking you to come change me

To the man I wanna be

 

There's anyway for her and me to make another start

Could you see what you could do

To put some love back in her heart

Cause' it going to take a miracle

After all I've done to really make her see

 

That I wanna be a stay man

I wanna be a great man

I wanna be the kind of man that she sees in her dreams

God, I wanna be your man

And I wanna be her man

God, I only hope she still believes

In the man I wanna be

 

Well, I know this late at night that talk is cheap

Lord, don't give up on me

 

I wanna be a givin' man

I wanna really start livin' man

God, I'm asking you to come change me

To the man I wanna be.

THE KEEPER OF THE STARS

TRACY BYRD

SONGWRITERS: DICKEY LEE; DANNY MAYO & KAREN STALEY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: NO ORDINARY MAN

LABEL: MCA N. RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1995

 

        Tracy Lynn Byrd(born December 17, 1966) is an American country music artist. Signed to MCA Nashville Records in 1992, Byrd broke through on the country music scene that year with his 1993 single "Holdin' Heaven", which reached Number One on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Although he did not land a second Number One until 2002's "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo", Byrd has charted more than thirty hit singles in his career, including eleven additional Top Ten hits. He has also released ten studio albums and two greatest-hits albums, with four gold certifications and one double-platinum certification from the RIAA. He was the on-air spokesman for the TNN Outdoors block from 1998 to 2000.

        "The Keeper of the Stars" is a song written by Dickey Lee, Danny Mayo and Karen Staley, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in February 1995 as the fourth and last single from his álbum No Ordinary Man, it went on to reach a peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, behind "I Can Love You Like That" by John Michael Montgomery. A year after its release, it was named Song of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.

It was no accident me finding you

Someone had a hand in it

Long before we ever knew

Now I just can't believe you're in my life

Heaven's smilin' down on me

As I look at you tonight

 

I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars

He sure knew what he was doin'

When he joined these two hearts

I hold everything

When I hold you in my arms

I've got all I'll ever need

Thanks to the keeper of the stars

 

Soft moonlight on your face oh how you shine

It takes my breath away

Just to look into your eyes

I know I don't deserve a treasure like you

There really are no words

To show my gratitude

 

I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars

He sure knew what he was doin'

When he joined these two hearts

I hold everything

When I hold you in my arms

I've got all I'll ever need

Thanks to the keeper of the stars

 

It was no accident me finding you

Someone had a hand in it

Long before we ever knew.

AMAZED

LONESTAR

SONGWRITERS: MARU GREEN; AIMEE MAYO & CHRIS LINDSEY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: LONELY GRILL

LABEL: BNA RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1999

 

        Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (keyboards, acoustic guitar, background vocals), and Keech Rainwater (drums). The group was founded in 1992 by Britt, Sams, Rainwater, lead vocalist Richie McDonald, and bass guitarist/vocalist John Rich. Rich exited the band in 1998 and went on to become one-half of the duo Big & Rich. Since his departure, Lonestar has relied alternatingly on session and touring musicians for bass guitar accompaniment. McDonald exited the band in 2007 to record as a solo artist, and was replaced by former McAlyster vocalist Cody Collins before returning in 2011. After leaving the band a second time in 2021, McDonald was replaced by Womack, previously the lead vocalist of Sons of the Desert.

          Lonestar has charted more than 20 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart, including 9 that reached Nº 1: "No News", "Come Cryin' to Me", "Amazed", "Smile", "What About Now", "Tell Her", "I'm Already There", "My Front Porch Looking In", and "Mr. Mom". "Amazed" also charted at Nº 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first country song to do so since "Islands in the Stream" in 1983. "Amazed" and "My Front Porch Looking In" were the top country songs of 1999 and 2003, respectively, on Billboard Year-End. The group has recorded seven albums, one EP, and a greatest hits package for the defunct BNA Records, and one album each for three different independent labels. Three of their albums have been certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA). The band's first two albums were defined by honky-tonk and neotraditionalist country influences, but subsequent albums largely drew from country pop. Along with his work with the band, McDonald has co-written singles for Clay Walker, The Wilkinsons, Billy Dean, and Sara Evans, in addition to singing guest vocals on Mindy McCready's 1996 single "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now".

      Lonely Grill is the third studio album by American country music group Lonestar, released in the United States on June 1, 1999 by BNA Records. It reached number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart, and number three on the Top Country Albums chart. With sales of three million copies in the United States, it has been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. This was Lonestar's first studio album to have a crossover-friendly country-pop sound, which was a departure from their earlier neotraditional country sound. It is also their first studio album to be recorded as a four-piece, as bassist and second lead vocalist John Rich left the band the previous year in 1998. Instead of replacing him with a new member, the band hired several session bassists to play the album's bass parts.

Every time our eyes meet

This feeling inside me

Is almost more than I can take

 

Baby, when you touch me

I can feel how much you love me

And it just blows me away

 

I've never been this close to anyone or anything

I can hear your thoughts, I can see your dreams

 

I don't know how you do what you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

 

I wanna spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

 

Every little thing that you do

Baby, I'm amazed by you

 

The smell of your skin

The taste of your kiss

The way you whisper in the dark

 

Your hair all around me

Baby, you surround me

 

You touch every place in my heart

Oh, it feels like the first time every time

I wanna spend the whole night in your eyes

I don't know how you do what you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

 

I wanna spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

 

Every little thing that you do

Baby, I'm amazed by you

 

Every little thing that you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

 

I wanna spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

 

Every little thing that you do

Oh, every little thing that you do

Baby, I'm amazed by you.

I HOPE YOU DANCE

LEE ANN WOMACK

SONGWRITERS: SANDERS MARK DANIEL & SILLERS TIA M

COUNTRY: U. S. A,

ALBUM: LEE ANN WOMACK

LABEL: MCA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2000

 

         Lee Ann Womack(/ˈwoʊmæk/; born August 19, 1966) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her 2000 single, "I Hope You Dance" was a major crossover music hit, reaching Nº 1 on the Billboard Country Chart and the Top 15 of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her signature song.

      When Womack emerged as a contemporary country artist in 1997, her material resembled that of Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette, except for the way Womack's music mixed an old-fashioned style with contemporary elements. Her 2000 album I Hope You Dance had an entirely different sound, using pop music elements instead of traditional country. It was not until the release of There's More Where That Came From in 2005 that Womack returned to recording traditional country music. After a hiatus in 2008, Womack returned in 2014 with a new album (The Way I'm Livin') and a new sound which blended country and Americana.

       Womack has released a total of nine studio albums and two compilations. Four of her studio albums have received a Gold certification or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America. Additionally, she has received five Academy of Country Music Awards, six Country Music Association Awards, and a Grammy Award. She has sold over 6 million albums worldwide. Womack is married to record producer Frank Liddell, and was previously married to songwriter and musician Jason Sellers; her daughter with the latter, Aubrie Sellers, is also a country music artist.

         I Hope You Dance is the third studio album by American country music singer Lee Ann Womack. It was released on May 23, 2000, as her first album for MCA Nashville. The title track was a crossover hit in 2000, becoming Womack's only number one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, while "Ashes by Now", "Why They Call It Falling", and "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" also peaked in the top 40 region of that chart.

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,

You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,

May you never take one single breath for granted,

God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,

 

Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance... I hope you dance...

 

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,

Never settle for the path of least resistance,

Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin',

Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin',

Don't let some Hell bent heart leave you bitter,

When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,

Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

 

I hope you dance... I hope you dance.

I hope you dance... I hope you dance.

(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,

Tell me who wants to look back on their years

And wonder where those years have gone.)

 

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,

Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

 

Dance... I hope you dance.

I hope you dance... I hope you dance.

I hope you dance... I hope you dance.

(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,

Tell me who wants to look back on their years

And wonder where those years have gone.).

WE DANCED

BRAD PAISLEY

SONGWRITERS: CHRIS DUBOIS & BRAD DOUGLAS PAISLEY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: WHO NEEDS PICTURES

LABEL: ARISTA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2000

          Brad Douglas Paisley(born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut álbum Who Needs Pictures, he has released eleven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. He has scored 32 Top 10 singles on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart, 19 of which have reached number 1. He set a new record in 2009 for the most consecutive singles (10) reaching the top spot on that chart.

          Paisley has sold over 11 million albums and has won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards, and two American Music Awards. He has also earned country music's crowning achievement, becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Paisley also wrote songs for Pixar's Cars franchise("Behind the Clouds", "Find Yourself", "Collision of Worlds" (along with Robbie Williams), "Nobody's Fool", etc.).

          "We Danced" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in June 2000 as the fourth and final single from his debut álbum Who Needs Pictures. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs. Paisley wrote this song with Chris DuBois.

The bar was empty

I was sweeping up the floor

That's when she walked in

I said, I'm sorry but we're closed

And she said "I know

But I'm afraid I left my purse"

I said, "I put one back behind the bar

I bet it's probably yours"

And the next thing that I knew

There we were, lost in conversation

Before I handed her her purse

I said, "You'll only get this back on one condition"

 

And we danced

Out there on that empty hardwood floor

The chairs up and the lights turned way down low

The music played, we held each other close

And we danced

 

And from that moment

There was never any doubt

I had found the one

That I had always dreamed about

And then one evenin'

When she stopped by after work

I pulled a diamond ring out of the pocket of my shirt

And as her eyes filled up with tears

She said, "This is the last thing I expected"

And then she took me by the hand

And said, "I'll only marry you on one condition"

 

And we danced

Out there on that empty hardwood floor

The chairs up and the lights turned way down low

The music played, we held each other close

And we danced

 

Like no one else had ever danced before

I can't explain what happened on that floor

But the music played

We held each other close

And we danced

Yeah, we danced.