MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY - MAYBE THIS TIME

MAYBE THIS TIME

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY

SONGWRITERS: DAVE LOGGINS & RANDY GOODRUM

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE HEART NEVER LIES

LABEL: A & M RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1983

 

          Michael Martin Murphey(born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959. He has recorded the hit singles "Wildfire", "Carolina in the Pines", "What's Forever For", "A Long Line of Love", "What She Wants", "Don't Count the Rainy Days", and "Maybe This Time". Murphey is also the author of New Mexico's state ballad, "The Land of Enchantment". Murphey has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy.

       Michael Martin Murphey was born on March 14, 1945, to Pink Lavary Murphey and Lois (née Corbett) Murphey, in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas, where he grew up. He has a brother, Mark, who is three years younger. When he was 6 years old, he started riding horses on his grandfather's and uncle's ranches. Years later he would remember sleeping on his grandfather's porch under the stars, listening to the older man's stories and cowboy songs.

        He enjoyed being around these men of the land as they went about their work. These experiences made a deep impression on the young boy. During these early years, he developed a special love for cowboy songs and stories. He was also an avid reader, especially drawn to the books of Mark Twain and William Faulkner. As a youth, he enjoyed writing poetry and loved listening to his uncle's old 78 rpm records, particularly the music of country and folk artists such as Hank Williams, Bob Wills, and Woody Guthrie.

        The Heart Never Lies is the eleventh album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. The album peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Two old friends meet again

Wearin' older faces

And talk about the places they've been

 

Two old sweethearts who fell apart

Somewhere long ago

How are they to know

Someday they'd meet again

And have a need for more than reminiscin'

 

Maybe this time

It'll be lovin' they'll find

Maybe now they can be more than just friends

She's back in his life

And it feels so right

Maybe this time, love won't end

 

It's the same old feeling back again

It's the one that they had way back when

They were too young to know when love is real

But somehow, some things never change

And even time hasn't cooled the flame

It's burnin' even brighter than it did before

It got another chance, and if they take it...

 

Maybe this time

It'll be lovin' they'll find

Maybe now they can be more than just friends

She's back in his life

And it feels so right

Maybe this time, love won't end

 

She's smilin' like she used to smile way back then

She's feelin' like she used to feel way back when

They tried, but somethin' kept them

Waiting for this magic moment

 

Maybe this time

It'll be lovin' they'll find

Maybe now they can be more than just friends

She's back in his life

And it feels so right

Maybe this time...

 

Maybe this time

Maybe this time love won't end.