Now&Then

Michelle Wright Now&Then Lyrics
1.Take It Like A Man

(tony haselden)
(track 1 - time 3:58)

Boy meets girl it's a delicate thing
So much time spent wondering if
What you see is what you get
I keep looking for a friend and a lover
When i find one he ain't the other
Sometimes, i just want to quit
One wants a maid one needs his mother
They either want space or they want to smother me
And my poor heart needs somebody who

Can take it like a man, steady and strong
Not a lot of fuss and carrying on
True to a promise i can ride in a storm
Take it like a man who knows about love
And every little things that a girl dreams of
Someone wise enough to understand
If you want this woman's heart
Take it like a man

I met somebody the other night
Started thinking he was mr. right..wrong
I might have never known
If a friend hadn't brought it to my attention
He's got a wife he forgot to mention
Girl, leave that fool alone
I keep hoping and telling myself
Somewhere there's one good one left
'cause my poor heart need somebody who

Can take it like a man, steady and strong
Not a lot of fuss and carrying on
True to a promise i can ride in a storm
Take it like a man who knows about love
And every little things that a girl dreams of
Someone wise enough to understand
If you want this woman's heart
Take it like a man

Take it like a man, steady and strong
Not a lot of fuss and carrying on
True to a promise i can ride in a storm
Take it like a man who knows about love
And every little things that a girl dreams of
Someone wise enough to understand
If you want this woman's heart
Take it like a man
Take it like a man
Well honey if you want my heart
You gotta take it like a man
Take it like a man


2.If I'm Over You

(mark sanders/trisha yearwood)
(track 2 - time 3:09)

I have a dream
That keeps coming back night after night
I dream i finally wake up
Wake up without you on my mind
But the sun comes up and there you are
And there's nothing i can do
But i swear someday i'm gonna make that dream come true
If i'm ever over you

And i don't know when and i don't know how
But i know i can't live like i'm living now
Gonna leave behind this hell i'm going through
If i'm ever over you

I fall asleep
Saying the same simple prayer
Lord won't you give me one day
One day without wanting him here
I haven't heard an answer yet
And it's long overdue
But i believe that sweet day will be here soon
If i'm ever over you

And i don't know when and i don't know how
But i know i can't live like i'm living now
Gonna leave behind this hell i'm going through
If i'm ever over you

And i don't know when and i don't know how
But i know i can't live like i'm living now
Gonna leave behind this hell i'm going through
If i'm ever over you
Ever over you
Ever over you


3.Now & Then

(karen staley/gary harrison)
(track 3 - time 3:48)

Look at me so strong and free
I've got a front row seat here on the top of the world
People say i get my way
My life's a holiday
And i'm such a independant girl
I play the game by my own rules
No one can tear me apart
Love was only meant for fools
Who gamble with their hearts

Now and then
I can't escape what used to be
Now and then
His memory rolls right down my cheek
Now and then
I stay up all night long
Think about a love that's gone
I'll never know again
It's lost somewhere between
Now and then

I've built a wall so wide and tall
No one can make me fall
No one can make me change my mind
I've got a plan and i understand
How dreams made out of sand
Can disappear with nothin' left behind
Oh but there's another side of me
Nobody really knows about
A shadow that only i can see
When the lights go out

Now and then
I can't escape what used to be
Now and then
His memory rolls right down my cheek
Now and then
I stay up all night long
Think about a love that's gone
I'll never know again
It's lost somewhere between
Now and then

Now and then
I stay up all night long
Think about a love that's gone
I'll never know again
It's lost somewhere between
Now and then


4.One Time Around

(chapin hartford/don pfrimmer)
(track 4 - time 3:34)

I just realized tonight
You're not like all the others
Till now i never wanted love i only wanted lovers
Now me and you have things to do
And no time to be wrong
'cause life is just a circle and the circle ain't that long

You get one time around
One roll of the dice
One walk through the garden
One quick look at life
The time that you loose
Can never be found
The world keeps turning
You get one time around
You get one time around

I know i can't taste it all
There's just too many flavors
Now you've got me thinkin' 'bout home, kids and neighbors
Tomorrow's coming right on time
The clock ain't gonna stop
But it sure would make a difference if you're in my arms or not

You get one time around
One roll of the dice
One walk through the garden
One quick look at life
The time that you loose
Can never be found
The world keeps turning
You get one time around
You get one time around

And we can't go back
And we can't see the road ahead
But we're on the right track
Let's make the rest of it the best of it
'cause we only get...

One time around
One roll of the dice
One walk through the garden
One quick look at life
The time that you loose
Can never be found
The world keeps turning
You get one time around
You get one time around

You get one time around
One roll of the dice
One walk through the garden
One quick look at life
The time that you loose
Can never be found
The world keeps turning
You get one time around
You get one time around

You get one time around
One roll of the dice
One walk through the garden
One quick look at life
The time that you loose
Can never be found
The world keeps turning


5.He Would Be Sixteen

(jill colucci/charlie black/austin roberts)
(track 5 - time 3:46)

She gets in her car october friday night
Home from work down 31 past franklin high
She can see the stadium lights she can hear the band
A thousand crazy high school kids screamin' in the stands
Quarterback and homecoming queen
Love to young to know what it means
She goes back in time oh in her mind it's like a dream

He would be would sixteen
The son she never knew
It hurt so much to give him up
But what else could she do
He would be sixteen

A child should have a home she knows her folks were right
She never heard the couple's name just that they were nice
She wonders if he's taller than his father was
Does he drive a car by now has he been in love
She shakes back to reality she knows
Things turn out the way they should be
But she just can help but ask herself does he know about me

He would be would sixteen
The son she never knew
It hurt so much to give him up
But what else could she do
He would be sixteen

She never even got to hold him
And nights like this hurts to miss
The son she's never seen
He would be sixteen
He would be sixteen


6.The Change

(steve bogard/rick giles)
(track 6 - time 3:44)

Been a long time lonely - grown set in my ways
No eye for tomorrow - just a chain of yesterday
You were the first time - i knew where i stood
Now i walk a new line - and i think the change is gonna do me
good

Gonna suit me fine - bring me back again
It's just a matter of time
Gonna play my cards right, gonna knock on wood
I know that it's comin' i think the change is gonna do me good

Stone cold sober in the broad daylight
Downtown dancin' on saturday night
Thinkin' about you makes me feel all right
It's the way that you love me the way that you love me

You love is a shadow - across all my dreams
I wake up and want you- and your face is all i see
The words are unspoken, it's all understood
My heart is wide open - and i think the change is gonna do me
good

Gonna suit me fine - bring me back again
It's just a matter of time
Gonna play my cards right, gonna knock on wood
I know that it's comin' and i think the change is gonna do me
good

I think the change is gonna do me good
I think the change is gonna do me good
I think the change is gonna do me good
I think the change is gonna do me good


7.Don't Start With Me

(steve bogard/michael clark)
(track 7 - time 3:36)

I know what you're feeling inside
Hunger that can cut like a knife
I can see the wanting in you
I know 'cause i'm feeling it too
But i don't want you tonight
I want forever...

Don't start with me
Unless you're gonna love me endlessly
Until you're through will all your used-to-be's
Look in my eyes
And tell me that you're never gonna tell me lies
You say you've never broken a heart
Baby don't start with me

I'm ready to believe what you say
That this is more than just the love that we'll make
But if there is a shadow of doubt
Baby turn and walk away now
'cause losing you would tear me apart
Once we're together

Don't start with me
Unless you're gonna love me endlessly
Until you're through will all your used-to-be's
Look in my eyes
And tell me that you're never gonna tell me lies
You say you've never broken a heart
Baby don't start with me

I don't want to learn
That all it's about is now
'cause when i begin to burn
I don't want the fire going out

Don't start with me
Unless you're gonna love me endlessly
Until you're through will all your used-to-be's
Look in my eyes
And tell me that you're never gonna tell me lies
You say you've never broken a heart
Baby don't start with me

Unless you're gonna love me endlessly
Until you're through will all your used-to-be's
Look in my eyes
And tell me that you're never gonna tell me lies
You've never broken a heart
Baby don't start with me


8.Guitar Talk

(steve bogard/colin linden)
(track 8 - time 3:35)

Sally's puttin' on her perfume - slippin' into high-heeled shoes
Sally used to have a boyfriend play the blues
Billy's puttin' gas in the pick-up - combin' his hair just right
Money burnin' holes in his pocket till tonight

'cause it's nine o'clock - time to rock
Goin' downtown - gonna hear a little guitar talk

Mama does her time at the factory
Daddy minds the local store
Nothin' much to say about it anymore
When they get lost in the music - under the dancehall lights
Mama still makes lovin' daddy feel all right

'cause it's nine o'clock - time to rock
Goin' downtown - gonna hear a little guitar talk

When the guitar talks, when the bass man walks
There's a place down deep inside your heart it will unlock
When there's singin' strings, and the guitar rings
Everywhere around the world the message is the same

Weatherman tells the weather - tv man reads the news
But there's nothin' like a fender talkin' 'bout blue suede shoes
And if your baby leaves you, and if it's been a low down day
Listen what a good old six-string has to say

'cause it's nine o'clock - time to rock
Goin' downtown - gonna hear a little guitar talk

All around the block - we're all gonna rock
Goin' downtown - goona hear a little guitar talk
Hear a little guitar talk
Hear a little guitar talk
Hear a little guitar talk
Hear a little guitar talk


9.Fastest Healing Wounded Heart

(pat bunch/curtis stone)
(track 9 - time 3:01)

You're not gonna drive me crazy
Someone new can call me baby
Someone who knows how to treat me right

I'm leavin' you on the old back burner
Cross my heart i'm no slow learner
I'm not sittin' home alone
With a full moon out tonight

When the sun goes down i'm dressin' up
And i won't be wearin' blue
I'll be out there
Gettin' over you
So if you see me comin' step aside
You can't keep me down
I've got the fastest healin' wounded heart in town

A touch is worth a thousand words
So don't act like you haven't heard
You can't walk a line my heart took back

When the jukebox talks i'm gonna listen
I'm not cryin' i'm not quitin'
I'm chalkin' up your memory
And gettin' better fast

When the sun goes down i'm dressin' up
And i won't be wearin' blue
And i'll be out there
Gettin' over you
So if you see me comin' step aside
You can't keep me down
I've got the fastest healin' wounded heart in town

When the sun goes down i'm dressin' up
And i won't be wearin' blue
And i'll be out there
Gettin' over you
So if you see me comin' step aside
You can't keep me down
I've got the fastest healin' wounded heart
The fastest healin' wounded heart
The fastest healin' wounded heart in town


10.A Little More Comfortable

(chapin hartford)
(track 10 - time 3:46)

This thing don't fit me
This thing between you and me can't be love
'cause this thing is killing me
It's been pinching and pulling
Till it feels like i've been poured into my little sister's blue
jeans
And somebody's too-tight brand new high-heeled shoes

I'm gonna slip away from you babe
And the hurtin' things you do
I'm gonna slip into something a little more comfortable

I'm tired of the fire
It's this burning churning all comsuming ache
I can't take
I'm gonna find me a simple man
I'm gonna jump out of this frying pan
I'm gonna cool off in somebody's down-home downright comfortable
love

I'm gonna slip away from you babe
And the hurtin' things you do
I'm gonna slip into something a little more comfortable

'cause i don't believe love has to be
Like a prison
I may not know what love is
But i know what it isn't

I'm gonna slip away from you babe
And the hurtin' things you do
I'm gonna slip into something a little more comfortable
I'm gonna slip into something a little more comfortable