Unreleased Songs

T. Graham Brown Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Darlene (1988)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
Darlene (1988)
Darlene, sit down I need to talk to you
Then you do what you wanna do, just hear me through

Darlene, you don't need no other guy
When you gonna realize, how much I love you

Darlene, go in there and pack up all your dreams
I'll have all I'll ever need, if you go with me
Darlene, sugar I can give you everything
And I want you for my darling, Darlene

Darlene, we're both tired of just hanging around
Tired of dreaming in this sleepy town, the rest is history

Darlene, go in there and pack up all your dreams
I'll have all I'll ever need, if you go with me
Darlene, sugar I can give you everything
And I want you for my darling, Darlene
So I need you for my darling, Darlene
And I want you for my darling, Darlene


2.Brilliant Conversationalist (1987)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
Brilliant Conversationalist (1987)
Cocktail talk, idle chatter
Lipstick lips that flirt and flatter
Not a word that I hadn't heard before
Till I saw her coming through the door
She let her walking do her talking
She's a brilliant conversationalist

The more she moved the more I was amazed
How gracefully she turned a phrase
Every thought so well expressed
Every line so picturesque
She let her walking do her talking
She's a brilliant conversationalist

She had so many nice things to say
And I had never seen it put quite that way
Her nylons were whispering an invitation
Her high heels provided all the punctuation

I spent the whole night watching her
She had me hanging on her every word
She let me know what she had in mind
I walked her home one step behind
She let her walking do her talking
She's a brilliant conversationalist

She let her walking do her talking
She's a brilliant conversationalist


3.I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again (1986)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again (1986)
Oh I wish that I could hurt that way again
At least I had you every now and then
In between the sorrow at least there always was tomorrow
And as long as there's tomorrow there's no end
Oh I wish that I could hurt that way again

Oh I wish that we could play that game again
Even though I'd always lose and you would win
Times you would desert me how the emptiness would hurt me
But your coming back was always worth the pain
Lord I wish that I could hurt that way again

I'd love to hear you tell me you don't need me anymore
Just like you used to tell me everyday
And I'd love to watch you leaving like a hundred times before
At least my eyes could see you walk away

Oh I wish that I could hurt that way again
At least I had you every now and then
In between the sorrow at least there always was tomorrow
And as long as there's tomorrow there's no end
Oh I wish that I could hurt that way again


4.I Tell It Like It Used To Be (1986)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
I Tell It Like It Used To Be (1986)
They say that I'm the kind of man who always speaks my mind
To me there's nothing stronger then the truth
You can ask me almost anything and I'll tell you like it is
But darling when they ask me about you

I tell it like it use to be when you were still in love with me
Before you got to use to me and wanted someone new
I tell it like it ought to be cause how it is, is killing me
When they ask about you and me I tell it like it use to be

I wish that I was stronger I could tell them that you've gone
But that's one thing that I may never do
If they want to hear about our love and how it all went wrong
Then darling they will just have to talk to you

I tell it like it use to be when you were still in love with me
Before you got to use to me and wanted someone new
I tell it like it ought to be cause how it is, is killing me
When they ask about you and me I tell it like it use to be

I tell it like it use to be when you were still in love with me
Before you got to use to me and wanted someone new
I tell it like it ought to be cause how it is, is killing me
When they ask about you and me I tell it like it use to be


5.Hell And High Water (1986)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
Hell And High Water (1986)
Now baby don't worry, if he troubles your mind
Cause it'll all wash away girl, in the river of time
If you need a shoulder, I'll be around
I'll be your rock to hold onto, till the river goes down

It's hell and high water, that you're going thru
But come hell and high water, I'll be here waiting for you

Can't keep you from crying, and I can't stop your pain
Bright instant sunshine, never could stop the rain
But you know that I'll be there, just like that old sun
To be your good morning, when your cryings all done

It's hell and high water, that you're going thru
But come hell or high water, I'll be here waiting for you

It's hell and high water, that you're going thru
But come hell or high water, I'll be here waiting for you


6.Don't Go To Strangers (1987)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
Don't Go To Strangers (1987)
All over town the bars are closing down one by one the lights
grow dim
I've been sitting here drinking thinking about you out somewhere
with him
He's just one of the many men you've tried still you tell me you
ain't satisfied
He won't run, don't go to strangers

I've seen you out on the prowl like this night after night after
night
Looking for love but you settle for a kiss and unknown arms to
hold you tight
But it seems no matter what you do it never turn out like you
wanted it to
You wanted love, real true love, if you want love don't go to
strangers

Every night I have this dream you're gonna wake up and
understand
That all the love you've been looking for is right here in your
hand oh my love

How many nights are you gonna lay down your sweet love to
someone you don't really want
Don't you see that you'd be better off with me I'd be much more
that your confidant
All's I'm the one you tell you troubles to you told me
everything but I love you
Oh my love, true love if you want some love don't go to
strangers


7.Come As You Were (1989)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
Come As You Were (1989)
I giving a party tonight
With Champaign and pink party lights
I hope you'll attend if you're free
Come as you were before you stopped loving me

The party is BYOM
So bring your old love you once felt
Don't bother to RSVP no
Just come as you were before you stopped loving me

If you're sorry that you've hurt me and you've seen the light
Do me a party favor girl and love me tonight

My party could be so much fun
If only you'd just say you'd come
If here's where you want to be
Just come as you were before you stopped loving me

If here's where you want to be
Just come as you were before you stopped loving me
Come as you were before you stopped loving me


8.Last Resort (1988)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
Last Resort (1988)
I'm glad we took this holiday
At least we got a week or two to stay
Just get away

Away of all the hurrying
Forget about the worrying I like
Just you and I

Now we've come back to try to find
That part of loves we left behind
Can we save our love
Make it the way it was before
Here at the last resort

Remember when we first came here
It doesn't seem like that many years ago
We were so close

Time can erase those memories
But time has been our worse enemy
We both know our love's dying slow

Now we've come back to try to find
That part of loves we left behind
Can we save our love
Make it the way it was before
Here at the last resort

So this is where it all began
Let's don't let this be where it ends

Cause we've come back to try to find
That part of loves we left behind
Can we save our love
Make it the way it was before
Here at the last resort
At the last resort
This is our last resort


9.If You Could Only See Me Now (1990)

T Graham Brown
Miscellaneous
If You Could Only See Me Now (1990)
I tried to be just what you wanted
Whoa but I was always wishing on the moon
Things were always going wrong thou it took so long
You just left me way too soon

If you could only see me now, now I turned my life around
completely
If I could bring you back somehow I know that I would make you
proud to love me
Oh I think you would be surprised I'd be something in your eyes
If you could only see me now

Some crazy dream was always waiting
Down some road I had to follow to the end
I meant to come back home time kept rolling on
I'd love to have that chance again

If you could only see me now, now I turned my life around
completely
If I could bring you back somehow I know that I would make you
proud to love me
Oh I think you would be surprised I'd be something in your eyes
If you could only see me now
I think you would be surprised I'd be something in your eyes
If you could only see me now


10.Wine Into Water

Lyricist:T Graham Brown, Bruce Burch, Ted Hewitt

You've heard a multitude of prayers on my behalf
I pray one more is not too much to ask
I've tried to fight this battle by myself
But it's a war that I can't win without Your help

Tonight, I'm as low as any man can go
I'm down and I can't fall much farther
And once upon a time, You turned the water into wine
An' now, on my knees, I'm turning to You, Father
Could You help me turn the wine back into water?

So many times I've hurt the ones I love
I pushed them to the edge of giving up
They've stood by me but how much can they stand
If I don't put this bottle in Your hands?

Tonight, I'm as low as any man can go
I'm down and I can't fall much farther
And once upon a time, You turned the water into wine
An' now, on my knees, I'm turning to You, Father
Could You help me turn the wine back into water?

I shook my fist at heaven for all the hell that I've been
through
Now I'm begging for forgiveness and a miracle from You

'Cause tonight, I'm as low as any man can go
I'm down and I can't fall much farther
And once upon a time, You turned the water into wine
An' now, on my knees, I'm turning to You, Father
Could You help me turn the wine back into water?

Could You help me turn this wine back into water?
Yeah, yeah


11.Brilliant Conversationalist

Lyricist:J Hadley, G Nicholson

Lipstick lips that flirt and flatter
Not a word that I hadn't heard before
Till I saw her coming through the doorv
She let her walking do her talking
She's a brilliant conversationalist

The more she moved, the more I was amazed
How gracefully she turned a phrase
Every thought, so well expressed
Every line, so picturesque

She let her walking do her talkingv
She's a brilliant conversationalist

She had so many nice things to say
And I had never seen it put, quite that way
Her nylons were whispering an invitation
Her high heels provided all the punctuation

I spent the whole night watching her
She had me hanging on her every word

She let me know what she had in mind
I walked her home, one step behind
She let her walking do her talking
She's a brilliant conversationalist

She let her walking do her talking
She's a brilliant conversationalist


12.The Last Resort

Lyricist:Bruce Bouton, Graham Brown, Bruce Burch

I'm glad we took this holiday
At least we got a week or two to stay
Just get away

Away of all the hurrying
Forget about worrying our lives
Just you and I

Now we've come back to try to find
Part of us we left behind
Can we save our love?
Make it the way it was before
Here at The Last Resort

Remember when we first came here
It doesn't seem like that many years ago
We were so close

Time can erase those memories
Time has been our worse enemy
We both know our love's dying slow

Now we've come back to try to find
That part of us we left behind
Can we save our love?
Make it the way it was before
Here at The Last Resort

So this is where it all began
Let's don't let this be where it ends

'Cause we've come back to try to find
That part of us we left behind
We can save our love
Make it the way it was before
Here at The Last Resort
At The Last Resort
This is our last resort


13.The Next Right Thing

Lyricist:T. Graham Brown, Chuck Jones, Gary Nicholson

Caught myself worrying again today
Seems like it's always something, something I can't change
I'm either looking back, haunted by regret
Or finding trouble with tomorrow that hasn't even happened yet

Everyday the choices just keep on comin' up
And I know it all comes down to fear, oh Lord
And I surrender myself to what the future will bring
Well, I'm just trying to do the next right thing
I'm just trying to do the next right thing

Every time I try to be a man I wanna be
There's a world of sweet temptation calling out to me
And there's that voice inside that whispers sweet and low
Always waiting to remind me of all the truth I already know

Everyday the choices just keep on comin' up
And I know it all comes down to fear, oh Lord
I surrender myself to what the future will bring
Well, I'm just trying to do the next right thing
I'm just trying to do the next right thing

I surrender myself to what the future will bring
I'm just trying to do the next right thing
I'm just trying to do the next right thing
Yes, I'm trying to do the next right thing
Oh, I'm trying, trying, trying, trying to do


14.Come As You Were

Lyricist:Paul Charles Craft

I'm giving a party tonight
With Champagne and pink party lights
Hope you'll attend if you're free
Come as you were before you stopped loving me

The party is BYOM
So bring your old love you once felt
Don't bother to RSVP, no
Just come as you were before you stopped loving me

If you're sorry that you've hurt me
You've seen the light
Do me a party favor, girl
And love me tonight

'Cause my party could be so much fun
If only you'd just say you'd come
If here's where you want to be
Just come as you were before you stopped loving me

If here's where you want to be
Just come as you were before you stopped loving me
Come as you were before you stopped loving me


15.Don't Go to Strangers

Lyricist:J.d. Martin, Howard Smith

All over town the bars are closing down
One by one the lights grow dim
I've been sitting here drinking
Thinking about you out somewhere with him

He's just one of the many men you've tried
Still you tell me you ain't satisfied
If you want love don't go to strangers

I've seen you out on the prowl like this
Night after night after night
Looking for love but you settle for a kiss
And unknown arms to hold you tight

But it seems no matter what you do
It never turns out like you wanted it to
You wanted love, real true love
If you want love don't go to strangers

Every night I have this dream
You're gonna wake up and understand
That all the love you've been looking for
Is right here in your hand, oh, my love

How many nights you're gonna lay down your sweet love
To someone you don't really want?
Can't you see you'd be happy with me?
I'd be much more than your confidant

All's I'm the one you tell your troubles to
You told me everything but I love you
Oh, my love, true love
If you want some love go to strangers


16.Hell and High Water

Lyricist:T Graham Brown, Harvey

Now baby don't worry if he troubles your mind
It'll all wash away, girl,in the river of time
If you need a shoulder, I'll be around
Be your rock to hold on to till the river goes down

It's hell and high water, that your goin' through
But come hell or high water, I'll be here waiting for you

I can't keep you from cryin' and I can't stop your pain
The brightest of sunshine never could stop the rain
But you know that I'll be there just like that ol' sun
To be your good morning when your cryin's all done

It's hell and high water, that your goin' through
But come hell or high water, I'll be here waiting for you

It's hell and high water, that your goin' through
But come hell or high water, I'll be here waiting for you

It's hell and high water, that your goin' through
But come hell or high water, I'll be here waiting for you


17.Darlene

Lyricist:Geiger, Mullis, Rector

Darlene, sit down I need to talk to you
Then you do what you wanna do, just hear me through

Darlene, you don't need no other guy
When you gonna realize, how much I love you

Darlene, go in there and pack up all your dreams
I'll have all I'll ever need, if you go with me
Darlene, sugar I can give you everything
And I want you for my darling, Darlene

Darlene, we're both tired of just hanging around
Tired of dreaming in this sleepy town, the rest is history

Darlene, go in there and pack up all your dreams
I'll have all I'll ever need, if you go with me
Darlene, sugar I can give you everything
And I want you for my darling, Darlene

So I need you for my darling, Darlene
And I want you for my darling, Darlene


18.As If You Didn't Know

Lyricist:Donnie Fritts, Gary Nicholson

Every time we're alone like this
There's so much I wanna say
But we both know what we're feeling
Words just get in the way

But tonight I wanna hold you
And tell you I still love you so
It feels so good to say the words again
As if you didn't know

You were there to reach out and rescue me
When I was sinking helplessly
And nobody else believed

You were there to help me rise above
With your warm and tender love
You never once gave up and I love you so
As if you didn't know

Now there's one thing you can be sure of
You'll never be alone
I'll always be here for you
As if you didn't know

'Cause you were there to reach out and rescue me
When I was sinking helplessly
And nobody else believed

And you were there to help me rise above
With your warm and tender love
You never once gave up and I love you so
As if you didn't know, as if you didn't know
As if you didn't know, as if you didn't know
As if you didn't know


19.I Tell It Like It Used to Be

Lyricist:M Garvin, R Hellard, B Jones

They say that I'm the kind of man who always speaks his mind
To me there's nothing stronger than the truth
You can ask me almost anything and I'll tell you like it is
But darling when they ask me about you

I tell it like it used to be when you were still in love with me
Before you got to used to me and wanted someone new
I tell it like it ought to be 'cause how it is, is killing me
When they ask about you and me, I tell it like it used to be

I wish that I was stronger, I could tell them that you've gone
But that's one thing that I may never do
If they want to hear about our love and how it all went wrong
Then darling they will just have to talk to you

I tell it like it used to be when you were still in love with me
Before you got to used to me and wanted someone new
I tell it like it ought to be 'cause how it is, is killing me
When they ask about you and me, I tell it like it used to be

I tell it like it used to be when you were still in love with me
Before you got to used to me and wanted someone new
I tell it like it ought to be 'cause how it is, is killing me
When they ask about you and me, I tell it like it used to be


20.I Wish I Could Hurt That Way Again

Lyricist:Don Cook, Claude Putnam, Rafe Vanhoy

Oh, I wish that I could hurt that way again
At least I had you every now and then
In in-between the sorrow there always was tomorrow
And as long as there's tomorrow there's no end
Oh, I wish that I could hurt that way again

Oh, I wish that we could play that game again
Even though I'd always lose and you would win
And times you would desert me, how the emptiness would hurt me
But your coming back was always worth the pain
Oh, I wish that I could hurt that way again

'Cause I'd love to hear you tell me, you don't need me anymore
Just like you used to tell me everyday
And I'd love to watch you leaving like a hundred times before
At least my eyes could see you walk away

Oh, I wish that I could hurt that way again
At least I had you every now and then
In in-between the sorrow there always was tomorrow
And as long as there's tomorrow there's no end
And I wish that I hurt that way again


21.Here Comes Santa Claus

Lyricist:Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman

Well, jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushes of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
I love to go riding in my one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up, jingle horse, pick up your feet
And jingle around the clock
Mix and mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell rock

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
I love to go riding in my one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up, jingle horse, pick up your feet
And jingle around the clock
Mix and mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell, that's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell rock
That's the jingle bell rock