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Touché

by Beth Williams Music

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Cut Run Don't Freeze 03:41
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Don’t worry I heard you loud and clear Don’t worry I heard you and I’m already outta here One of us is crazy and your screamin in my ear Shatters like a crashing mirror Solumn shadows of the beauty and the balladeer (Chorus) It’s time to cut run go and disappear It’s time to cut cut run don’t freeze It’s time to cut run go on disappear It’s time to cut run don’t freeze Work like a river pullin’ you along Then 8 years bittered by your belief that I was wrong You feel like the heroine in some sacred Haggard song Where noone gives a dog a bone And lonely victims volunteer too long (Chorus) Go into your shell girl your fairytales begun Say you been through hell, maybe you just married one (Chorus)
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The Last One to Know 04:43
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You are a cowboy yea you rope them cows and ya ride the range You sure love those horses & you love your freedom just the same I watch you workin’ in the cool of the mornin’, throw that hay and I laugh as you run yelling’ out the backgate all those horses tryin’ to get away (Chorus) I might be in love with you Darlin’ you’ll be the last one to know You could be the one to make my dreams come true Lord or make me wanna let them go I been a dreamin’, tall dark handsome man just like you And it’s been a dream of mine seems like forever You could be the one to make them come true But now I’m leavin’ for Texas coz honey you got your life here and there I’ve got mine Sweet cowboy take care of you and those horses While I dream on of love I never seem to find. (Chorus)
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Kicking Up Dust 03:13
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Hey buddy do you wanna kick some dust with me Bands playin I’m swayin footloose and fancy free Aint no place else this gal would rather be no no Than underneath these stars, you kickin up dust with me Forget about all those nights out on the trail Silent moon above the coyotes longing wail Think instead about the sweet perfume you smell. Come on and dance with me I’ll be your nightingale. YODEL Hey buddy do you wanna kick some dust with me Bands playin I’m swayin footloose and fancy free Aint no place else this gal would rather be no no Than underneath these stars, you kickin up dust with me Forget about Charlene, she was untrue Only broke your heart and make a fool of you Think istread about the sweet perfume you smell Come on dance with me, I’ll be your nightingale
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The Boat Joke 03:37
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What do you mean I don’t float your boat What do you mean I don’t move you What’s the deal here, I can’t cope With your unsolicited, unwelcome truth (Chorus) It was a dry spell when I fell Into the dry well I fell (I fell) Olly Olly in come, in come free Thought I heard you callin’ me Olly Olly in come, in come free Guess the float your boat jokes on me How am I gonna look you in the eye Without letting my hurt feelings show Or be a big girl who don’t cry When I turn and watch you go (Chorus) (Bridge) As I fell, you never tried to catch , help hold me or lift me up You set sail in search of a much better deal Yeah that’s my luck
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Mexico Song 03:35
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She packed up her bags and said I’m moving away I got to find me a sunnier day My feet are itchin’ and my mind is on edge I got to find another place for my head Maybe I’ll head onto Mexico where noone knows my name Hang out in the bars where noone knows who you are The whiskey pours like rain…Maybe I’ll just go home She looked at me with those tears in her eyes She say somehow I got tangled up in these lies I gotta get out of this little town There ain’t nobody here to keep me around Maybe I’ll take to the highway, take things as they come Hang out on the road till a pot full of gold Comes streamin’ in like the sun…Maybe I’ll just go home I looked in the mirror and saw tears in my eyes Didn’t I once say time does not fly Was that old woman lookin’ back at me Really the young girl I used to be Yes I made it to Mexico, I took the highway too And that pot of gold was never within my hold The whiskey made me blue…maybe I’ll just go home She packed up her bags and said I’m movin away I got to find me a sunnier day
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No Radio Playing 03:24
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She’s so happy she feels like the star in a picture show caught up in a fairy tale The kind where the boy gets the girl, the girl gets the boy Two lucky pennies in a wishing well Happy ever after says the street sign on the hill She’s singing love songs, hanging clothes while she watches him plow the field. When he comes down off the tractor, She got dinner waiting there for him Dogs howling at their laughter, and she’s thankful to be living in (Chorus) The middle of a hit love song though no radio’s playing He’s humming as she strums along and their bodies are swaying On 1 back porch with 1 guitar where he’s in heaven and she’s the star in the middle of a hit love song, no radio playin’. – – Forty years later she’s watching the garden grow still singing sweet and low, sheets hanging out on the line Moo moo says the cow to the kittens meow chickens peck the ground right in time to the hum of the distant tractor, she looks up in time to see horses thunder, beatin’ like a drummer cross the field running wild and free. Wind chimes play in harmony, it’s such a beautiful thing as she starts to dance to the rhythm of the ranch and her heart strings as they swing. (Chorus) Nothing like the sight of a gray haired woman spinning round like she’s 14 The old man watching her from the field thanks the Lord for his country queen. (Chorus)
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She Cries 04:17
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There she goes again, walkin’ up that mountain Wishin’ like an eagle she had wings to fly I hear tell on the top there is a fountain Where she cries and cries, cries and cries into a fountain of sorrow she cries Won’t be long now till that fountains overflowing What will she do with the sadness she can’t hide Guess those tears are gonna roll right down the mountain As she cries and cries, cries and cries Into a fountain of sorrow she cries (Bridge) She hears the night wind calling, it whispers her name saying let this flowing river ease your pain Still she knows in her heart, she’ll never be the same She lost love…now theres nothing left to gain It’s been years now since she went up on that mountain Wonder if she ever found the wings to fly I hear tell she dove right into the fountain Where she cries and cries, cries and cries Now she’s the fountain of sorrow she cries Where she cries and cries, cries and cries Now she’s the fountain of sorrow, she cries
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Touché 02:26
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Hey she’s a little troubled waitin’ on Mae West A hayseed in the rubble, vacillating at best While romantically weeping “One wish from the well” She cries, frantically sweeping the heartbreak no tell CHORUS Singing…Hey hey hey touche’ Hey touche’ stay away Hey Touche’ Stay and sway Hey she’s out of season a fettered borderline Half crazy in deceiving a red letter dark design Feeling a little fragile by the sea where shes left Reelin’ in the agile spirit of Mae West (CHORUS) The worn weathered through and through passage of time Cannot mountains of mem’ries erase from her mind “Whisper to me,” she said, “run with the wind Give me one reason Miss Mae to love you again”
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Your Good Man 03:27
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Girls you better keep an eye on your good man There’s somebody waiting to catch him if she can She waits in the shadows like a china doll Steal your man from you, then she’ll watch you fall Girls you better keep an eye on your good man – – Girls you better show your man the way you feel There’s somebody waiting around this town who will She’s just like a cat sneakin’ in the dark Waits for a chance to steal your good mans heart Girls you better show your man the way you feel. (Bridge) Everybody knows what I’m talking about. It’s the gal with no guy of her own I been watching her watching your man Just waiting to catch him alone. So girls you better keep an eye on your good man.
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Times Not Healing 04:27
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Red lipstick on white cigarettes remind me of you Yellow roses in the backyard are left alone Cause you’re not home to bring them to (Chorus) Times not healing…someone said it would Times not healing the fact you’re gone for good Times not healing, whoa times not healing Times not healing losing you Quiet footsteps in the kitchen Whisper softly to me of days gone by The lonely beating of a heart so needing to hear you say it’s okay, now don’t you cry (Bridge) In the back roads of my mind I know this was meant to be But the highway to my heart leads straight back to your memory
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You Have My Heart 03:55
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YOU HAVE MY HEART (For Mozelle) - Written by Beth Williams Music ©2013 When I lost you I thought I would die torn from my arms I screamed "Why? Why?" My whole world was just a falling sky there was nothing to do my cry I honestly wanted to die Couldn't let go, couldn't give in to you not being here , to see that chapter end Woke up this morning, heard a new song telling me to stop holding on let you go coz you're already gone. But I want you to know you have my heart Wherever you go, we're not apart If you ever feel scared or along in the dark Remember this. You have my heart. It's been hard in these mountains here without you I carried on but barely made it through I'll never get over this though I believe You are right now where you're meant to be (you want to be) I did my best, I know someday you'll see. But I want you to know you have my heart Wherever you go, we're not apart If you ever feel scared or along in the dark Remember this. You have my heart. Sometimes this life doesn't make sense You just gotta hold on and remember this I want you to know you have my heart Wherever you go, we're not apart If you ever feel scared or along in the dark Remember this. You have my heart.
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Dogs 03:10
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I like dogs and dogs like me but I don’t get along with most people I see I’m sure the whole problem is I’m just ornery I don’t play well with others so glad I discovered that I like dogs and dogs like me No matter what I say. No matter what I do. Can’t get people to act like they should or should I say like I want them to I guess I’m just destined to live life almost alone I don’t worry, I’ve got a bunch of furry friendly fluffy dogs at home. (Chorus) If God has a dog it’s an English Mastiff and her name is Grace She weighs 200 pounds and has a big soft face He knows she would never ever sin against him When he created the dog, that wise ole God made a picture perfect friend. (Chorus) (Bridge) My husband says he wants to come back as one of my dogs in his next life. I treat them better than kings and queens and it’s the only time I’m really nice.

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“TOUCHE, Songs from Before” is a collection of songs written between 1978 – 2000, and finally recorded in Beth's small home studio in 2015.

“As I brushed the dust off these songs, it was like looking at old snapshots of my life…where I’ve been, who I’ve known and hopefully, what I’ve learned.”

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released January 1, 2015

Beth Williams - Guitar and Vocals
David Snider - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Slide Guitar
Recorded in Beth's Hill Country Recording Studio
Mixed and mastered by Bill Green at BGM Network in San Antonio, Texas.

All words and music by Beth Williams

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Beth Williams is an American singer songwriter transplanted from TX to Colorado in 2012. Her songs have charted in BILLBOARD & CASHBOX, as well as numerous Indie charts. An ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC NOMINEE for BEST NEW FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR, she was voted BEST INDEPENDENT FEMALE VOCALIST in CASHBOX magazine & BEST FEMALE PERFORMER in the Independent News. More at www.bethwilliamsmusic.com ... more

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