LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT LOVE

THE JUDDS
SONGWRITERS: CARL PERKINS; PAUL KENNEDY & BRENT MAHER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: RIVER OF TIME
LABEL: RCA NASHVILLE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1989
 
           The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The duo signed to RCA Nashville in 1983 and released six studio albums between then and 1991. The Judds were one of the most successful acts in country music history, winning five Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and eight Country Music Association awards. They also had 25 singles on the country music charts between 1983 and 2000, of which 14 went to Nº.1. After eight successful years as a duet, the Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Soon after, Wynonna embarked on a highly successful solo career. The two have occasionally reunited for special tours, the most recent of which was in 2017.
          "Let Me Tell You About Love" is a song written by Carl Perkins, Paul Kennerley and Brent Maher, and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in June 1989 as the second single from the álbum River of Time. The song was The Judds' fourteenth and final number one on the country chart. The RCA/Curb single, 8947-7-R, b/w "Water of Love", went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart. The record also reached number one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
      Carl Perkins played lead guitar on the recording.
         The song appeared on their 1991 Greatest Hits Volume Two collection. It was also the last country number one by a duo or vocal collaboration until Brooks & Dunn's "Brand New Man" in 1991.
Well, ever since the day that time began
There's been this thing 'tween a woman and a man
Well, I don't know but I do believe
It started in the garden with Adam and Eve
 
Sampson and Delilah had their fling
'Til she cut his hair and clipped his wing
It don't matter how the story's told
Love stays young, it can't grow old
 
[Chorus]
Let me tell you about love
About the moon and stars above
It's what we've all been dreamin' of
Let me tell you about love
 
Well, Bonaparte and Josephine
I believe they had a pretty good scene
Until she said, "Bony boy, we're through!"
That's when he met his Waterloo
 
Julie baby and Romeo
Fell in love and stole the show
I know they are history
But there ain't been nothin' like you and me
 
[Repeat Chorus]
 
Now Sheba she was a beauty queen
The purtiest thing that you ever have seen
Soloman he was a mighty wise
'Til Sheba she done caught his eye
 
The world would be in a dreadful fix
If it wasn't for the love between the cats and chicks
This world wouldn't amount to much
Without a hug and a kiss and a tender touch
 
[Repeat Chorus]
 
Let me tell you about love
Let me tell you about love.

LONELIEST ROAD THAT I KNOW

GUY DAVIS
SONGWRITER: FRED MCDOWELL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: GIVE IN KINDE
LABEL: RED HOUSE RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 2002
 
           Guy Davis (born May 12, 1952) is an American blues guitarist, banjo player, and actor. He is the second child and the only son of the actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.
        Davis says his blues music is inspired by the Southern speech of his grandmother. Though raised in the New York City area, he grew up hearing accounts of life in the rural South from his parents and especially his grandparents, and they made their way into his own stories and songs. Davis taught himself the guitar (never having the patience to take formal lessons) and learned by listening to and watching other musicians. One night on a train from Boston to New York, he picked up finger picking from a nine-fingered guitar player. His first exposure to the blues was at a summer camp in Vermont run by Pete Seeger's brother John Seeger, where he learned how to play the five-string banjo.

Well that 61 highway is the loneliest road that I know
Well that 61 highway is the loneliest road that I know
She run from New York City run right by my baby’s door
 
Well some people say, say the Greyhound busses they don’t run
Well some people say, say the Greyhound busses they don’t run
Well, go to West Memphis baby look down Highway 61
 
Please. Please see somebody for me
Please. Please see somebody for me
If you see my baby tell her she’s alright, she’s alright with me
 
If I should happen to die doubt babe
Honey before you think my time have come
If I should happen to die doubt baby
Honey before you think my time have come
I want you to bury my body right there by Highway 61.

UNANSWERED PRAYERS
GARTH BROOKS
SONGWRITERS: GARTH BROOKS; LARRY BASTIAN & PAT ALGER
COUNTRY: u. s. a.
ÁLBUM: no fences
LABEL: capitol nashville
GENRE: country
YEAR: 1990
 
           Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. His integration of rock and pop elements into the country genre has earned him popularity, particularly in the United States with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.
           As of 2020, Brooks is now the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that achieved diamond status in the United States (surpassing the Beatles' former record of six); those albums are Garth Brooks (diamond), No Fences (17× platinum), Ropin' the Wind (14× platinum), The Chase (diamond), In Pieces (diamond), The Hits (diamond), Sevens (diamond), Double Live (21× platinum), and The Ultimate Hits (diamond). Since 1989, Brooks has released 23 records in all, which include 13 studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, three Christmas albums and four box sets, along with 77 singles. He has won several awards in his career, including two Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including "Artist of the '90s") and the RIAA Award for best-selling solo albums artist of the century in the U.S.
        Troubled by conflicts between career and family, Brooks retired from recording and performing from 2001 until 2005. During this time, he sold millions of albums through an exclusive distribution deal with Walmart and sporadically released new singles. In 2005, Brooks started a partial comeback, giving select performances and releasing two compilation albums. In 2009, he began Garth at Wynn, a periodic weekend concert residency at Las Vegas' Encore Theatre from December 2009 to January 2014. Following the conclusion of the residency, Brooks announced his signing with Sony Music Nashville in July 2014. In September 2014, he began his comeback world tour, with wife and musician Trisha Yearwood, which culminated in 2017. This was followed by his Stadium Tour, which began in 2019. His most recent album, Fun, was released in November 2020.
         Brooks is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 170 million records. As of 2020, according to the RIAA, he is the best-selling solo albums artist in the United States with 156 million domestic units sold, ahead of Elvis Presley, and is second only to the Beatles in total album sales overall. Brooks was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 21, 2012, having been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame the year before. He was also inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016 with his studio musicians, The G-Men. On March 4, 2020, Brooks received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. At age 58, he is the youngest recipient of the award.
            On January 20, 2021, Brooks performed "Amazing Grace" at the inauguration of Joe Biden. He said his performance was an opportunity "to serve" and is a "statement of unity.
        No Fences is the second studio album by the American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990, and reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album also reached Nº. 3 on the Billboard 200. On the latter chart it stayed in the top 40 for 126 weeks. No Fences remains Brooks' best-selling studio album to date with 18 million copies shipped in the US, and is the album that made him an international star. It was his first album issued in Europe (the original European release contained the four singles from his U.S. debut as bonus tracks).
Just the other night a hometown football game
My wife nd I ran into my old high school flame
And as I introduced them the past came back to me
And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be
 
She was the one that I'd wanted for all times
And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again
 
Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers
 
She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me
Inn her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all
 
And as she walked away and I looked at my wife
And then and there I thankedd the good Lord
For the gifts in my life
 
Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers
 
Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY

JOSH TURNER
SONGWRITER: BOBBY BRADDOCK & CURLY PUTMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: LIVE AT RYMAN
LABEL: MUSIQUE CATALOGUE CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 2007
 
          Joshua Otis Turner (born November 20, 1977) is an American country and gospel singer and actor. In 2003, he signed to MCA Nashville Records. That same year, his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train", was his breakthrough single release. His second album, Your Man (2006) accounted for his first two number-one hits: "Your Man" and "Would You Go with Me", while 2007's Everything Is Fine included a Nº.2 in "Firecracker". Haywire, released in 2010, produced his biggest hit, the four week Nº.1 "Why Don't We Just Dance" and another number one in "All Over Me". It was followed by Punching Bag (2012), whose lead-off single "Time Is Love" was the biggest country hit of 2012 according to Billboard Year-End.
 
He said I'll love you 'til I die
She told him you'll forget in time
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind.
 
He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again.
 
He kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single I love you.
 
I went to see him just today
Oh, but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
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First time I'd seen him smile in years.
 
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today.
 
Ya' know she came to see him one last time
Oh, we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good.
 
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today...