Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter
Last updated: Sunday 31. May 1998

Little Acts Of Treason
(written by Carlene Carter)

You could say that we were destined
For one another's arms
Or maybe we were wishin'
For the moon and stars
No matter what the reason
It's a deadly game we play
These little acts of treason
Will see the light of day

You tell me you don't love her
Then tell me why you stay
You made me a believer
You said it'd be OK
Now I'm standing in the darkness
And we hold each other tight
These little acts of treason
Have never felt so right

With a passion as pure as an angel's heart
While rivers flow, we'll never part
With a passion that's blind to all who can see
These little acts of treason
Tell on you and me

I don't want to be a liar
I wanna tell the truth
But I'll probably burn in fire
These things I do for you
So I rage at the heavens
And I'll love you deep inside
These little acts of treason
Are so hard to hide
These little acts of treason
Have never felt so right
These little acts of treason
Are so hard to hide

Little Love Letter #1
(written by Carlene Carter, Howie Epstein and Benmont Tench)

My answer machine is feelin' lonely and blue
'Cause it ain't seen had message in an hour or two
And my fax machine has tears in its eyes
'Cause there ain't no words burnin' through its wires
Is it something I did
Is it something I said
Is it something I sang
Or is it something you read
Come clean with me or else instead
I'm gonna wash my hands of you
Hey like Elvis said, "We're goin' seperate ways"
I'm gonna wash my hands of you

Little Love Letter #2
(written by Carlene Carter, Howie Epstein and Benmont Tench)

You used to love me a lot, you said that I was the best
Although you didn't agree with the way that I dressed
We were the business, oh what a team
Now our hillbilly heaven's turned into a bad, bad dream
Is it something you drank, is it something you ate
Did I somehow rain on your hit parade
I can't please you, no there ain't no way
I'm gonna wash my hands of you
I'm gonna wash my hands of you

Long Hard Fall
(written by Carlene Carter and Howie Epstein)

It was sometime late September
The leaves were gold and green
My baby's eyes were the saddest sight I'd ever seen
Two summers back I loved him
Two years I cried and tried
But I tell you, too many teardrops falling down cannot be dried

(Chorus)
It's been a long hard fall
Long hard fall
Long hard fall

So something came between us
A feeling cold as ice
By October there was frost and I knew our love was lost
November made me bitter
As the wind blew through my heart
Oh, so empty in the deepest darkest tiny part

(Repeat chorus)

There'd be snow come mid-December
And I'll be frozen to the bone
Oh, but by then it will all be over
It's been a long hard fall
Long hard fall
Long hard fall
It's been a long hard fall
Long hard fall

Love Like This
(written by Pat Bunch, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy)

A king would trade his finest crown
For love - love like this
And warriors have laid weapons down
For love - love like this
Hearts will break a thousand times
For love - love like this
And arms will wait a thousand nights
For love - love like this

(Chorus)
Love may come and love may go
But here inside your arms I know
That only you will ever show me
Love like this

You and I have finally found
Love - love like this
A place to lay our burdens down
In love - love like this
And hearts can speak without a sound
In love - love like this
What makes the world keep turning 'round
Is love - love like this

(Repeat chorus)

The moon has never shown before
On love - love like this
And I have never wanted more than
A love - love like this
Whoa a love - love like this
Whoa a love - love like this

Whoa a love
Whoa a love

Me And The Wildwood Rose
(written by Carlene Carter)

In my Grandma's house her children would sing
Guitars a twangin' and their laughter would ring
I was little but I was the biggest kid
I wanted to do what the grown-ups did

In a big shiny car we'd headed down the road
To sing for the miners who brought out the coal
Many a time I slept on the floorboard cold
On a quilt with my little sister
The Wildwood Rose

(Chorus)
And if I could change a thing in this world
I'd go back to the days
When Grandma and her girls
Were singing sweat and low
For me and the Wildwood Rose

We'd be way down the road by the break of dawn
Biscuits and gravy and a truck stop song
In a world all my own I saw what I saw
And in the rear view mirror I'd get a wink from my Grandma

(Repeat chorus)

A lee a o a lee a o o lay dee who
A lee o lay dee

Oh I'll always remember the day that she died
My daddy he called me and he started to cry
I rode on an airplane with all of my pain
My tears would not stop
We stood in a circle and sang

(Repeat chorus)

For me and the Wildwood Rose
For me and the Wildwood Rose
A lee a o
A lee a o lay dee who
A lee a o
A lee a o lay dee who

My Dixie Darlin'
(written by A. P. Carter)

(Chorus)
My Dixie darlin' listen to this song I sing
Beneath the silver moon
With my banjo right in tune
My heart is ever true, I love no one but you
My Dixie darlin' my Dixie dream

A way down below the Mason-Dixon Line
Down where the honeysuckles are entwined
There's where the southern winds are blowin'
There's where the daisies growing
Girls of the North in their gay finery
Whirling around in their high society
Singing a song of Dixie darlin'
Where I long to be

(Repeat chorus)

I'm going down south to have a big time
See my boy in ole Caroline
I'll drink his booze and do as I please
All them boys I long to squeeze
Singin' the song of Dixie darlin'
There's where I long to be going
Down where the jelly roll's growing
With my Dixie dream

(Repeat chorus)

My Dixie darlin' my Dixie dream

Nowhere Train
(written by Carlene Carter and Annie O'Brien)

Two blue hearts steppin' off a nowhere train
Standin' on a one-way street dreamin' 'bout a long sea cruise
Gonna have a brand new start
Gonna have a grand new part to play
We're gettin' off a nowhere train

We won't turn back, we got some place to be
A better life ahead for the likes of you and me
Leave our sorrows behind
That was a bad old time we had
We're gettin' off a nowhere train

We were young and we were runnin'
Like our life depended on it
But that ain't no way to live, now is it dear
There were stars a fallin' far and wide
To guide us on our nowhere ride
You don't know where you're goin'
'Til it's the end of the line

Two blue hearts standin' on a dead-end track
Lookin' like the cat drug in dreamin' 'bout a moonlit kiss
Gonna have a life real sweet
Keep it all nice and neat somehow
We're gettin' off a nowhere train

With this change of reservation
We'll arrive our destination
No memories to haunt us in this world
With these miles of life behind us
There's no sadness here to bind us
No reason to look back
Now we're just lookin' up ahead

Two blue hearts steppin' off a nowhere train
Standin' on a one way street dreamin' 'bout a long sea-cruise
Gonna have a life real sweet
Keep it all nice and neat somehow
We're gettin' off a nowhere train
Oh darlin', you and me
We're gettin' off a nowhere train

One Love
(written by Carlene Carter, Howie Epstein and Perry Lamek)

Time and time again I've tried
To give it up and stop my roving eye
I think I'd really like to settle down
But I can't find a man to keep my feet from running 'round

My mama told me when I was a child
To play the field but don't go running wild
'Cause somewhere there is someone just for me
Some great big love just waitin' for this girl from Tennessee

(Chorus)
One love, one love, one great big love
One love, one love, one great big love
One love, one love, one great big love

I'm searching for a love that's gonna last
The kind of love that won't be fading fast
I'm lookin' for a kiss that's gonna start
A raging fire in my soul to melt my aching heart

(Repeat chorus twice)

Ring Of Fire
(written by J. Carter and Kilgore)

Love is a burnin' thing
And it makes a firy ring
Bound by love's desire
I fell into the ring of fire

(Chorus)
I fell into your burnin' ring of fire
I went down down down
And the flames went higher
And it burns burns burns
The ring of fire
The ring of fire

Taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Ooh, but the fire went wild

(Repeat chorus twice)

Love is a burnin' thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into the ring of fire

(Repeat chorus twice)

And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire
The ring of fire

Something Already Gone
(written by Carlene Carter and Al Anderson)

There was a time
When every thing felt right
I was your darlin' girl
You saw me in a perfect light
But baby what's goin' on
Everything's feelin' wrong
Don't wanna be holding on
To something already gone
Oh whoa whoa
Something already gone

We used to laugh a lot
And hold each other tight
You were my love
And did every little thing just right
What I'm wishin' for
Is we should be kissin' more
Don't want to be missin' no
Something already gone
Oh whoa whoa
Something already gone

(Chorus)
Something already gone and lost forever
I wish there was something we could do
If we'd just put our hearts together
Just give me something I can hold on to
Don't wanta be lost without your sweet love
I want you to hold me all night long
But something here inside says "Something already gone"

(Repeat chorus)

But something here inside says "Something already gone"

Sweet Meant To Be
(written by Carlene Carter and Howie Epstein)

On a night not unlike this
With a chill in the wind
And a moonlit mist
Daddy took Mama down by the bay
Kissed her and showed her
What words cannot say

They were meant to be
Sweet meant to be
Sweet meant to be
They were meant to be
Sweet meant to be, sweet meant to be

I know in my heart
I feel it right here
With you and me darlin' I have no fear
When our hearts meet on
Common groud
Our purpose is clear
And our faith is sound

We were meant to be
Sweet meant to be
Sweet meant to be
Oh, we were meant to be
Sweet meant to be, sweet meant to be

You can dream, you can wish, but
Some things you know
You got the vision and I got the hope
Set a course for our mission
Together we'll carry it home

We are meant to be
Sweet meant to be
Sweet meant to be
Oh, we are meant to be
Sweet meant to be, sweet meant to be
Oh, we are meant to be
Sweet meant to be, sweet meant to be

The Leavin' Side
(written by Carlene Carter, Keith Christopher and Tom Gray)

Hey baby there's two sides to every story
I've heard them one too many times
Just stop callin' I'm not falling anymore
I've had enough of all your charms

(Chorus)
Once and for all that's enough for a life time
Love's lost at long last it's over
Close the door and walk away
On the leavin' side

You can cry all night and I won't listen
I can't hear you anymore
You can lie your lies and I won't miss 'em
Hey just walk out that door

(Repeat chorus)

Hey baby love may come and love may go
But now it's gone for good
Just stop tryin' I'm not buyin' anymore
I've taken all I could

(Repeat chorus)

Oh it's over close the door
And walk away on the leavin' side
Na na na na...

The Lucky Ones
(written by Carlene Carter)

We are the lucky ones, we know the truth
Our daughters and sons just like us in our youth
Generations before us watch over from above
They filled us with their faith and they showered us with love

My girl's like her mama, loves with all her heart
And my son keeps me smilin' when life seems too hard
We're lucky that we have their love
'Cause some can only dream
So I never take for granted what I know means everything

(Chorus)
We are the lucky ones
We are the lucky ones

We are the lucky ones, we know the score
There's you and there's me and those fools at our door
They want what we have, but they don't understand
It's a secret that keeps us still holdin' hands

(Repeat chorus twice)

Time keeps on tickin' while we watch the clock
We learn from mistakes, yeah we've been around the block
The way that this cruel world turns some upside down
It's amazing to me that we're still hangin' 'round

Strange as it seems
I live my life like some sweet dream
One day I'm flying through the air
Next I'm danglin' by a string
Tell me, am I walkin' on coals or treadin' on thin ice
To have a little heaven here on earth
Well, hell I'll pay the price

(Repeat chorus four times)

The Rain
(written by Carlene Carter and Bernie Taupin)

How long
Has it been dear
Since we felt the rain
Endless were our summers
Until the weather changed
Our love was lifted like a harvest
No winter in your eyes
Now cold winds cut right through us
And so the harvest dies

Stranded and lost without you
My pain lives in this house
It's like your heart here
Empty and cold dear
My wild birds flying south
I know that you can hear me crying
Where did I
Go wrong
What brought this storm
Into your heart
After loving me so long

Someday
Maybe you'll blame
All this on the rain
But until then
Love's the one thing
I'll never feel again
And after all my tears have
Drowned me
And nothing else
Remains
I'll be one step short of heaven
Seeking shelter from the rain
Someday
Maybe you'll blame
All this on the rain
But until then
Love's the one thing
I'll never feel again

The Sweetest Thing
(written by Carlene Carter and Robert Ellis Orrall)

In the stillness of the dawn
Our love is dead and gone
The sunrise warms my heart
With memories of you
It's the sweetest thing - remembering

There's a picture in the hall
That I'm leaving on the wall
'Cause there'a a look in your eyes
That always made me fall apart
It's the sweetest thing - remembering

When I close my eyes to cry
I can't help but feel a smile
'Cause I think of you and I forget
It hurt to say goodbye

(Chorus)
But after all we've been through
It's amazing to me
The sweetest thing's remembering
Oh the sweetest thing - remembering

Oh the sweetest thing - remembering

We wanted love to last forever
And the good Lord knows we tried
But when the rain came pouring down
There was no place left to hide

(Repeat chorus)

It's the sweetest thing - remembering

Too Bad About Sandy
(written by Carlene Carter)

Sandy lost her head to a man with no heart
Lately I know 'cause I inflicted his scar
I'm not ashamed I was not to blame
It was purely self-defence
One shot that sucker down in flame

(Chorus)
Love that cold cash
Love that cold hard cash
Won't mess around with American Express
I'm living that low life
I love that sweet low life
Glad I'm not mad you know
It's just too bad about Sandy

Sandy lost her mind
It's a family disease
Every little sister gotta have what she pleases
I don't forbid her but I don't feel nice
Who would've thought that lightning
Could strike this family twice

(Repeat chorus)

Sandy lost her pride
Asked me for advice
I said, "Honey, can't be love if you've gotta ask twice"
Sandy went blind
Couldn't see what kind of man
Would have her countin' pennies
While she's sittin' on the can

(Repeat chorus twice)

(Repeat chorus)

Too Drunk (To Rememeber)
(written by A. O'Brien)

Well I woke up this morning
To a telephone call
And that's when I noticed
Strange shoes in the hall
Well my head is reelin'
You say "Hi, how you feelin'?"
But I don't recognize you at all

(Chorus) I was too drunk to remember
I was too blind to see
I had a hell of a time
But it just slipped my mind
At least I got home in one piece

Well I look in the mirror
Filled with disgrace
Mascara runnin' all over my face
How can I endure
When it's all just a blur
Things that go bump in the night

(Repeat chorus)

Well darlin', you know that I love you
If you're sure that's what I said
I mean it's so hard to recognize you
You just wearin' that bag on your head
Well my head is reelin'
You say "Hi, how you feelin'?"
But I don't recognize you at all

(Repeat chorus)

I said at least I got home with one piece

Too Proud
(written by Carlene Carter)

Too proud to say we were wrong
You let me leave you
And you knew that I was gone
Long before I stopped pretending

The one who chose my love so carefully
You should have loved me better
I'm not one to call to blame
Fools at love they're all the same
Too proud to say they're wrong
Too proud and then they're gone

And who was I to think I'd change at all
I've always been alone
And bet I often freedom and not a prisoner to the cause
And all my pain was by my own hands

The one who thought that love could last forever
Guess I should have checked my record
'Cause now I see that love is not blind
It just stands, falls, and watch it from behind

Too proud to say I'm wrong
Too proud and then I'm gone
Too proud to say we're wrong
Too proud it's all gone

Unbreakable Heart
(written by Benmont Tench)

An empty house
A broken fairy tale
A hollow girl with empty arms
From an angel's tears
God made the stars
Why can't he make me an unbreakable heart

In my blue world
You shone like heaven's fire
And left me cryin' in the dark
How could anyone
Be so hard
Did you think I had
An unbreakable heart

I suppose I should know
Sometimes love just comes and goes
But I believed, foolish me
We'd go on and on
One day someone will come to you
And rock you tightly in her arms
Please remember this when you drop your guard
Nobody has an unbreakable heart

From an angel's wings to a fallen star
God makes everything
But unbreakable hearts

Wastin' Time With You
(written by Carlene Carter, Howie Epstein and Benmont Tench)

Get out of bed you sleepy head
And shake a leg or two
The sun is up
Pour some coffee in the cup
The rent is way past due
Could I rewind the hands of time
Back to my wasted youth
I'd lay the days all out in a line
And waste my time with you

The freeway's like a parkin' lot
And I'm runnin' low on time
I'm workin' double shifts to find
I'm barely scrapin' by
What I would give if I could live
The way the rich folks do
Just kickin' back in my Cadillac
And wastin' time with you

We could take the time
So hard to find
And wrestle it to the floor
Then up and do nothin' like it's
Never been done before

Sometimes at night my
Thoughts ignite
In dreams of great escape
A couple sticks of dynamite
And no more workin' late
I'm sure the cops would understand
They're workin' people too
And I'd like to take this
Chance to thank
Those hard workin' boys in blue

Just kickin' back in our Cadillac
And wastin' time with you
Just wastin' time with
I wanna be wastin' time with you

World Of Miracles
(written by Carlene Carter and Howie Epstein)

I'll be waitin' by the door when you come home
Waiting for the words
I've wanted to hear from you for so long
Everything could change
Anything is possible
In this world of miracles

I'm here, you're there
We're worlds apart
But still we share love deep in our hearts
I still cry over you at the drop of the hat
I lose control just like that

(Chorus)
It's not too late
It's not too late
My love will wait
It's not too late
Anything is possible
In this world of miracles

There's never been anyone for me but you
For all my runnin' it's you I keep coming back to
We can move this mountain
Together anything's possible
In this world of miracles

(Repeat chorus)

We can move us mountains
In this world of miracles
Anything is possible
In this world of miracles

You Are The One
(written by Leon Payne)

(Chorus)
Oh you are the one
You're the one in my heart
You're my darlin'
My life's greatest thrill
You are the one in my heart
And I know that I love you
And I always will

Well I've had some sweethearts
And dear, so have you
I know that I've done things
That I shouldn't do
We've both tasted life
Both the bitter and the sweet
It helped us to know love
When we chanced to meet

(Repeat chorus)

We paid for our future
With tears from the past
It helped us to know when we'd
Found love at last
I didn't know what joy was
Still actin' blue
I didn't know what love was
'Till I met you

(Repeat chorus twice)

Oh I know that I love you
And I always will
Oh I know that I love you
And I always will

You'll Be The One
(written by Carlene Carter)

You'll be the one I can't forget
When all's said and done, you'll be the one
And when I'm alone I might regret
Things that I've left undone
There's been some
Like the beating of my heart
I can't stop it once it starts
Darlin' whisper in my ear
And I'll hear what I wanna hear
'Cause, when all's said and done,
You'll be the one

I'll be the one at your fingertips
And when you reach out, I'll be the one
I wanna hear from your sweet lips
Things that you tell no one
Say I'm the one
Like a star in the darkest night
You're my bright and shining light
And when you whisper in my ear
I just hear what I wanna hear
Babe when all's said and done
You'll be the one

You'll be the one
That makes my life so sweet
That keeps me off these dead-end streets
You'll be the one
That gave me something more
More than all the rest, that I knew before you
You'll be the one

When I'm old and looking back
I wanna know that you'll be the one
That keeps me from losing track
Things that I've left undone
There've been some
When I lay down beside you each night
I'm gonna know that I lived my life right
When you whisper in my ear
I'll still hear what I wanna hear
'Cause when all's said and done
You'll be the one
You'll be the one
You'll be the one

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