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Reba - Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor Album Lyrics



Reba - Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor Lyrics






I'm A Survivor

I was born three months too early
The doctor gave me thirty days
But I must have had my mama's will
And God's amazing grace

So I guess I'll keep on livin'
Even if this loves to die for
'Cause your bags are packed and I ain't cryin'
You're walking out and I'm not trying
To change your mind 'cause I was born to be

The baby girl without a chance
A victim of circumstance
The one who ought to give up
But she's just too hard-headed
A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter
I'm a survivor

I don't believe in self pity
It only brings you down
Maybe the queen of broken hearts
But I won't hide behind the crown
And when the deck is stacked against me
I just play a different game
My roots are planted in the past
And though my life is changing fast
Who I am is who I want to be

The baby girl without a chance
A victim of circumstance
The one who ought to give up
But she's just too hard-headed
A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter
I'm a survivor

A single mom who works two jobs
Who loves her kids and never stops
With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter
I'm a survivor

Oh, I must have had my mama's will
And God's amazing grace
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Writer: Phillip White, Shelby Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.







Forever Love

The first time I laid my eyes on you I knew
We'd spend this life side by side
I still feel the same though you're so far away
I swear that you'll always be my

Forever love
I promise you
Someday we'll be together
Forever love
I won't give up
No matter what
I'll be waiting for you
Forever love

Minutes and hours and years may go by
But my heart knows nothing of time
So don't cry, just keep me right there
In your dreams
And hold on to these words of mine

Forever love
I promise you
Someday we'll be together
Forever love
I won't give up
No matter what
I'll be waiting for you
Forever love

Is the road to our destiny
Nothing can change what is meant to be

Forever love
(Forever love)

Oh, I won't give up
No matter what
I'll be waiting for you
Forever love

I'll be waiting for you
Forever love

Forever love
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Writer: Deanna Bryant, Liz Hengber, Sunny Russ
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.







The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

She came in looking good and looking around
She's checking out every man in the room right now
Don't go telling her about right or wrong
She's been alone for way too long

Well, the heart is a lonely hunter
With only one desire
To find some lasting comfort in the arms of a lovers fire
Driven by a desperate hunger
To the dark of the neon light
The heart is a lonely hunter
When there's no sign of a love in sight

She hears him say, hey, can I buy you a drink
And sees the pale white circle where he wears his ring
She knows she's dealing her a dangerous hand
The consequences of a one night stand

But the heart is a lonely hunter
With only one desire
To find some lasting comfort in the arms of a lovers fire
Driven by a desperate hunger
To the dark of the neon light
The heart is a lonely hunter
When there's no sign of a love in sight

From somewhere deep inside, she tells him no
Before she starts to cry, she turns to go

Hunter, hunter

Oh, the heart is a lonely hunter
With only one desire
To find some lasting comfort in the arms of a lover's fire
Driven by a desperate hunger
To the dark of the neon light
Oh, the heart is a lonely hunter
When there's no sign of a love in sight

Oh, the heart is a lonely hunter
When there's no sign of a love in sight
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Writer: Kim Williams, Mark Sanders, Ed Hill
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.







And Still

Thousands of people live in this town
and i had to run into him
when i saw him there on that busy street
those feelings came back again
there was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide
he walked up to me looked in my eyes

and still the world stood still
i couldn't move and all i could feel
was the aching in my heart saying
i love him still

he said how have you been? its great to see you again,
your really sad your eyes i said i can't complain
oh i'm doin' fine, we talked about old times,
and all we've went through
thats when he hugged me and said i miss you

and still, the world stood still
i could move and all i could feel was
this acheing in my heart
saying i loved him still

thats when she walked up to him, he said this is my wife
i gave my best smile but i was dieing inside
he said we gotta go now
its getting late it was so good to see you
and as they walked away

and still, the world stood still
i couldn't move and all i could feel
was this acheing in my heart
saying i love him still
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Writer: LIZ HENGBER, TOMMY LEE JAMES
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.







If You See Him / If You See Her

If you see him
Tell him I wish him well
How am I doin'?
Well, sometimes it's hard to tell

I still miss him more than ever
But please don't say a word
If you see him
Oh, if you see him

If you see her
Tell her I'm doin' fine
And if you want to
Say that I think of her from time to time

Ask her if she ever wonders
Where we both went wrong
If you see her
If you see her

Oh, I still want her
And I still need him so
Oh, I don't know why
We let each other go

If you see her
Tell her the light's still on for her
Nothing's changed
Deep down the fire still burns for him

And even if it takes forever
Say I'll still be here

If you see him
If you see her
If you see him
If you see her
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Writer: Tommy Lee James, Jennifer K Kimball, Terry Mc Bride
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.







The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

He was on his way home from Candletop
Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop
At Web's and have him a drink for he went home to her
Andy Wo-Lo said hello
He said "Hi what's new?"
And Wo said "Sit down I got some bad news that's gonna hurt"
Said I'm your best friend and you know that's right
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Since you been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy Seth
Now he got mad and he saw red
Andy said boy don't you lose your head
Cause to tell you the truth I've been with her myself

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Don't trust your soul to no back woods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hand

Well Andy got scared and left the bar
Walking on home cause he didn't live far you see
Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one
Brother thought his wife must've left town
So he went home and finally found the only thing
Daddy had left him and that was a gun
He went off to Andy's house
Slipping through the back woods quiet as a mouse
Came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make

He looked through the screen at the back porch door
He saw Andy lying on the floor
In a puddle of blood and he started to **shake**

The Georgia patrol was making their rounds
So he fired a shot just to flag 'em down
And the big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said
"Why'd you do it?"

The judge said guilty on a make believe trial
Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile
And said supper's waiting at home and i gotta get to it

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Don't trust your soul to no back woods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

They hung my brother before I could say
The tracks he saw while on his way
To Andy's house and back that night were mine
And his cheatin' wife had never left town
And that's one body that'll never be found
You see little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Don't trust your soul to no back woods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hand

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Don't trust your soul to no back woods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hand
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Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher







Fallin Out Of Love

He says he loves her, what can you say to that
He's made up his mind and there ain't nothin' you can do
And as you swallow hard, maybe you drive all night
Tryin' to figure out where the whole thing started goin' wrong
And in the silence something begins to unravel
You never knew him like you'll be knowing him now

[Chorus]
Fallin' out of love and back into your life
Pullin' your heart out from under the knife
Closin' the door on all those dreams you used to know
Fallin' out of love and back on your feet
Turnin' away from that dead end street
Finding out that nothing feels as good as letting go

That's when he called you up out of the blue one day
And you know he thinks he's talkin' to the girl you used to be
So when you tell him he's just a memory
Ain't it funny how his voice cracks when you're sayin' goodbye
And in the silence something begins to unravel
He never knew you like he'll be knowing you now

[Chorus]

Oh and nothing feels as good as letting go
He said he loved her
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Writer: John Charles Ims
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management







The Heart Wont Lie

Looking back over the years
Of all the things I've always meant to say
But the words didn't come easily
So many times, through empty fears
Of all of the nights I tried to pick up the phone
So scared of who might be answering

You try to live your life from day to day (ooh)
But seeing you across the room tonight
Just gives me away

'Cause the heart won't lie
Sometimes life gets in the way
But there's one thing that won't change (ooh)
I know I've tried
The heart won't lie
You can live your alibi
Who can see you're lost inside a foolish disguise (ooh)
The heart won't lie

Long after tonight
Will you still hear my voice through the radio?
Old desires make us act carelessly
Long after tonight, after the fire
After the scattered ashes fly
Through the four winds blown and gone
Will you come back to me?

You try to live your life from day to day (ooh)
But seeing you across the room tonight
Just gives me away

'Cause the heart won't lie
Sometimes life gets in the way
But there's one thing that won't change (ooh)
I know I've tried
The heart won't lie
You can live your alibi
Who can see you're lost inside a foolish disguise (ooh)
The heart won't lie

The heart won't lie
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Writer: Donna Weiss, Kim Carnes
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group







Take It Back

You talked me into moving in and giving you my key
You said you'd be a mess now if it hadn't been for me
You said I stole your heart away by looking in your eyes
I wonder now how many times you sold that pack of lies

If this is how you act when you give your heart away
Well, take it back
Take it back

You told me I was everything you wanted and more
Then tell me what you're doing now sneaking out the back door
You're bringing home flowers and a bottle of Chablis
You forgot I don't drink wine I know that bottle's not for me

Oh, you must think I'm blind
And I don't smell your new cologne
You don't think I notice
All the nights I spend alone

Well, I'm not one for sitting 'round in some ole pity pool
You think you got a ticket and I must be some kind of fool
I hate to steal your thunder but your playing days are through
At least they are with me cause babe, I got no use for you

Tonight laying on the street
Babe, your bag is packed
So, take it back
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Writer: KRISTY JACKSON
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid, FEVER PITCH MUSIC







She Thinks His Name Was John

She can account for all of the men in her past
Where they are now, who they married, how many kids they have
She knew their backgrounds, family and friends
A few she even talks to now and then

But there is one
She can't put her finger on
There is one who never leaves her thoughts
And she thinks
His name was John

A chance meeting, a party a few years back
Broad shoulders and blue eyes, his hair was so black
He was a friend of a friend you could say
She let his smile just sweep her away

And in her heart though she knew that it was wrong
But too much wine and she left his bed at dawn
And she thinks
His name was John

Now each day is one day that's left in her life
She won't know love, have a marriage or sing lullabies
She lays all alone and cries herself to sleep
'Cause she let a stranger kill her hopes and her dreams

And all her friends say, "What a pity, what a loss"
And in the end when she was barely hanging on
All she could say is she thinks
His name was John

She thinks
His name was John
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Writer: Sandy Knox, Steve Rosen
Copyright: Lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp.







The Fear Of Being Alone

We ordered up one more bottle of wine
You told me your story and I thought about mine
You said when you lost her you lost everything
It all started having a familiar ring

So I asked you to take me some place quiet
We wound up at the river for the rest of the night
Somewhere around the break of day
I could hear it coming from a mile away

So don't say that word
Not the one we both heard too much
You may think you do but you don't
It's just the fear of being alone

Reckless hearts can clear a path
Wider than a hurricane's aftermath
We've both traveled down that road
Where in the name of love anything goes
Like a child in the night
With no one to hold you
And tell you everything's gonna be all right
I must admit it's been fun
But that's no reason to jump the gun
If this is real time will tell
So let me bite my tongue and remind myself
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Writer: Bruce Miller, Walt Aldridge
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, THE MUSIC GOES ROUND







Why Havent I Heard From You

Well back in 1876 an ol' boy named Bell
Invented a contraption that we know so well
By the 1950's they were in everybody's home
There's a crazy little thing they call the telephone
Now there's one on every corner, in the back of every bar
You can get one in your briefcase, on a plane or in your car

So tell me why, haven't I, heard from you
Tell me why, haven't I heard from you
I said now darlin', honey, what is your excuse
Why haven't I heard from you

There's no problem gettin' to me
Baby you can dial direct
I got call forwarding, call waiting
You can even call collect

When the service man he told me that my phone was workin' fine
And I've come to the conclusion the trouble isn't with my line
I'm sure the operator will be glad to put you through
So dial zero for assistance if this all confuses you

So tell me why, haven't I, heard from you
Tell me why, haven't I heard from you
I said now darlin', honey, what is your excuse
Why haven't I heard from you

There better been a flood, a landslide of mud
A fire that burns up the wires
And thunder so loud with a black funnel cloud
A natural disaster I know nothin' about

Tell me why, haven't I, heard from you
Tell me why, haven't I heard from you
I said now darlin', honey, what is your excuse
Why haven't I heard from you

Tell me why, haven't I, heard from you
Tell me why, haven't I heard from you
I said now darlin', honey, what is your excuse
Why haven't I heard from you
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Writer: Sandy Knox, T.W. Hale
Copyright: Lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp., LIFE OF THE RECORD MUSIC







One Honest Heart

Times are tough on an honest heart.
People don't follow through with what they start.
Lyin' eyes looking at me up and down.
Makin' talk that's only cheap.
Makin' promises they never keep.
But I keep lookin' for what I still haven't found.

[Chorus]
One honest heart.
That I can believe in.
Two lovin' arms that will never let me go.
One good man that I can count on.
It shouldn't be so hard.
Findin' one honest heart.

Now I've been close a time or two.
I thought I saw my dream comin' true.
But I was just livin' in a fairy tale.
I won't play the fool again.
I won't play a game that I can't win.
But I still have faith and keep tellin' myself.
There's

[Chorus]
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Writer: FRANK MYERS, GARY B. BAKER, DAVID MALLOY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.







Myself Without You

When you walked out that door
I was so sure my world had ended
So sure I'd never get over you

On that first night alone
I cried so many tears it scared me
So many dreams that I had to let go
But now I know

That the world still turns and the sun still burns
And that's what I've learned without you
And the days roll on and my heart gets stronger too
Don't think I didn't love you
Just because I made it through
But I learned to love myself
Without you

I take myself to dinner
And I go to the movies solo
That's something I never did before

You may not understand this
But I don't' wait on invitations
I'm not afraid of the great unknown
Of being alone cause the

The world still turns and the sun still burns
And that's what I've learned without you
And the days roll on and my heart gets stronger too
Don't think I didn't love you
Just because I made it through
But I learned to love myself
Without you

I can even see myself
Falling in love with somebody else
Ready to take that chance again
Cause I know now
What I didn't know then

That the world still turns and the sun still burns
And that's what I've learned without you
And the days roll on and my heart gets stronger too
Don't think I didn't love you
Just because I made it through
But I learned to love myself
Without you
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Writer: BOB DIPIERO, VICTORIA SHAW
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.







Sweet Music Man

Sing a song sweet music man 'cause I won't be there
To hold your hand like I used to, I'm through with you
You're a heck of a singer and powerful man but you surround yourself
With people who demand so little of you

You touched my soul with your beautiful song
You even had me singin' along right with you, you said
"I need you", then you changed the words and added harmony
Then you sang the song you had written for me to someone new

Oh, but nobody sings a love song quite like you do
Oh, and nobody else can make me sing along
Nobody else can make me feel things are right
When I know they're wrong, nobody sings a love song quite like you

Sing your song sweet music man, travel the world
With a six piece band that does for you what you tell 'em to
And you try to stay young but the songs are sung
To so many people who've all begun came back on you

Sing your song sad music man, makin' your living
Doing one night stands, they're through with you
They don't need you, you're still a heck of a singer but a broken man
But you'll keep on lookin' for one last fan to sing to

Oh, and nobody sings a love song quite like you do
Oh, and nobody else can make me sing along and nobody else
Can make me feel things are right when they're wrong with a song
Nobody sings a love song quite like you

Sing your song sweet music man, I believe in you
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Writer: Kenny Rogers
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management







Back to: Reba


Greatest Hits Volume III: I'm a Survivor is the third greatest hits compilation released by Reba McEntire. It is her third compilation album following Reba McEntire's Greatest Hits (1987) and Greatest Hits Volume Two (1993). It was released on October 23, 2001, via MCA Nashville. The compilation includes 12 of McEntire's hit singles of the 1990's decades, along with three newly recorded tracks.

The lead single, "I'm a Survivor", was released in July 2001; the song would also become the theme song for her TV show Reba (2001-2007) albeit in an alternate version. It was a huge hit, peaking at number three on the US Hot Country Songs chart and becoming one of her signature hits. McEntire's cover of Kenny Rogers's 1977 single "Sweet Music Man" was a moderate hit, peaking at number 36.

The album debuted atop the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on November 10, 2001 with first week sales of 147,000 copies.
Performed By: Reba
Genre(s): Country
Producer(s): Tony Brown, John Guess, Alison Krauss, Reba McEntire
Length: 56:24
Released: October 23rd, 2001
Year: 2001

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