Only Worn One Time

“Dulcie is writing from way down deep, almost as if she is having a catharsis. I love the reality she is writing from where many times we never get over someone we love, we simply learn to live with the pain. This piece is a great opener and so well produced by George Nauful and Tyson Leonard, both of whom have worked with the best.”
Joseph Miller/High Notes Reviews

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ON A RAINY DAY (Taylor / Williams)

In the middle of a drought, the worst in years
Don’t know how much longer I can hold back my tears
Watching the TV for the weather report
I’m hoping for a downpour

I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
When the sun’s behind the clouds and the sky is gray
Let the tears of heaven hide my pain away
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day

Momma always said, “Never let ‘em see you cry
You can get back on your feet if you still got your pride”
Staring out the window, my head in my hands
I’m working from a simple plan

I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
When the sun’s behind the clouds and the sky is gray
Let the tears of heaven hide my pain away
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day

Telling myself to let you go
Is like standing in a storm telling the wind not to blow
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day

When the sun’s behind the clouds and the sky is gray
Let the tears of heaven hide my pain away
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day
I’ll wait to cry on a rainy day

Only Worn One Time (Taylor / Williams)

You can tell it when you walk through his front door
His woman doesn’t live here anymore
She must have meant to hurt him bad
When she left she took everything they had

He’s trying hard to make this house a home
Trying hard to get used to life alone
He was feeling more himself
Then he found one long box high on a shelf

Today he gave away that long box and what’s inside
To a local charity, to help the ones in need
He sent it on with his best
He hopes someone will find just what they want, only worn one time
Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress

There are nights he hates to go to sleep
He can feel when she’ll come walking through his dreams
She never answers when he calls
Love is the biggest risk of all

Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress
He took it from the box, he held it to the light
And for a moment held it to his chest
He hopes someone will find just what they want, only worn one time
Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress

He wonders does she know she left
One long box high on a shelf

Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress
Today he gave away a white lace wedding dress

Lost On Some Sea (Recupido)

Now I’m finding myself lost
In a restless situation
Should I rise, should I fall
Set myself in motion
Should I even move from here at all

Will there be someone to tell me
All the things that I don’t know
Will there be a way for me
To get to where I’m going
Will I ever move from here at all

Stealing tired and hungry glances
Through a hazy whiskey pain
Wishing for somewhere to be
Home at last or lost on some sea

Stealing tired and hungry glances
Through a hazy whiskey pain
Wishing for somewhere to be
Home at last or lost on some sea

Now I’m finding myself lost
In a restless situation
Should I rise, should I fall
Set myself in motion
Should I even move from here at all
Should I rise, should I fall
Set myself in motion
Should I even move from here at all
Should I rise, should I fall
Set myself in motion
Should I even move from here at all

New Stone (Taylor)

There’s a little country graveyard
Outside of my hometown
Where my family’s gone for ages
When it’s time to lay them down

All the last names on the markers
Are of people I have known
Some have ground that is well-tended
Some with weeds are overgrown

As a child I walked down every path
And read every stone
And those words are still in my heart
Wherever I roam

Oh time can take our loved ones
And wear us down with care
But it cannot take the memories
Of the love that we have shared

As a child I walked down every path
And read every stone
And those words are still in my heart
Wherever I roam

I live many miles away now
But whenever I go home
I go see the folks who’ve loved me
Some are here and some are gone

There’s a new stone under a willow
That’s brought me back this way
It has these simple, loving words
“We miss you, Momma, everyday”

Take A Chance (Taylor / Nauful)

Like two kids circling on a playground
Acting like we don’t need nobody
Working hard to fake it
I’m afraid if I hold out my hand
You might not take it

Nobody knows more than I do
How scary all of this can be
We are worth the risk, baby
Take a chance with me

Let’s play a game, we’ll make up the rules
A just for fun thing, nobody plays the fool
We’ll both get gold stars
Like we were back in school

Nobody knows more than I do
How scary all of this can be
We are worth the risk, baby
Take a chance with me
Take a chance with me

Remember when you were little
And somebody dared you, do something that scared you
Remember how it made you feel
You stepped up to it, you knew you could do it

Don’t look down, it’s a long way to the water
We both had the courage to walk out on this high dive
Let’s hold hands and jump, baby
Together we’ll be alright

Nobody knows more than I do
How scary all of this can be
We are worth the risk, baby
Take a chance with me
We are worth the risk, baby
Take a chance with me
C’mon take a chance with me
Take a chance with me

Anna Marie (Nauful)

I saw her last night in the shimmering light
Her eyes a sea-faring blue
I left her alone as I sailed into the night
Not knowing if I’d get through

Sail away, sail away on the ocean blue
As the song of my love fades away
And the girl I left on the bayou that day
Was my sweet Anna Marie

The nights pass by holding onto her memory
As the sea rocks me to sleep
The sun, the wind, and the rain always change
But never my love so deep

Sail away, sail away on the ocean blue
As the song of my love fades away
And the girl I left on the bayou that day
Was my sweet Anna Marie

If I should make it through and the wind sets me free
I’d sail right back to you
The dreams of a thousand miles won’t ever change
And neither will my love so true

Sail away, sail away on the ocean blue
As the song of my love fades away
And the girl I left on the bayou that day
Was my sweet Anna Marie

And the girl I left on the bayou that day
Was my sweet Anna Marie

Can’t Even Pray (Taylor / Nauful)

I need to lay my body down, I’m weary and tired
I’ll probably just lie there in the dark, awake and wired
The nights when I can’t stop my mind, it has a mind of its own
It tells me things I don’t need to hear, takes me places I shouldn’t go

I don’t wanna be the woman who can’t sleep at night
Who finally gives up and turns on the light
Who looks up to heaven with nothing to say
You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even pray

I’m re-reading a five book autobiography
I’m stuck somewhere in pre-World War One and that’s just fine with me
I’m running, running from this world on the road I’m going down
I tell myself someday soon I’ll turn back around

I don’t wanna be the woman who can’t sleep at night
Who finally gives up and turns on the light
Who looks up to heaven with nothing to say
You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even pray, pray

Maybe if I close my eyes, give it one more try
Maybe I’ll just drift away, into a beautiful dream

Then I won’t be the woman who can’t sleep tonight
Who finally gives up and turns on the light
Who looks up to heaven with nothing to say
You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even pray
Pray
Pray

Like My Momma Loved Me (Taylor)

What would I give words cannot say
To have seen the morning light on her baby face
For just one moment, I held her close
Then I gave her up, I thought it best
To let her go

Now that I’ve found her, let her believe
From today who I’ll be
Is somebody she can lean on
I’ll love her just like my momma loved me

Somebody showed her what to do
When she got that first pair of high-heeled shoes
First prom date gave her a flower for her dress
She probably blushed, I don’t know, I can only guess

Now that I’ve found her, let her believe
From today who I’ll be
Is somebody she can lean on
I’ll love her just like my momma loved me

I’ve always imagined who she’d be
But she’s more beautiful than I dreamed

Now that I’ve found her, let her believe
From today who I’ll be
Is somebody she can lean on
I’ll love her just like my momma loved me
I’ll love her just like my momma loved me

Love Let Go (Recupido)

Out of control, out of the race
Out of my mind since you lied to my face
Down on my luck, down on the ground
Down on my knees where you got me now

You say it’s love, I say no way
And I can’t take it for another day
I can’t believe I can’t be strong
I can’t believe you could do me so wrong

Your love’s got a hold on me
Oh love let go of me

I can’t stay but I can’t leave
I wear my feelings on the end of my sleeve
If I had it all to do again
Don’t think that I would even call you my friend

Your love’s got a hold on me
Oh love let go of me

Head over heels, in way too deep
I can’t eat you know that I can’t sleep
Over my head, over the falls
You left me standing here with nothing at all

Your love’s got a hold on me
Oh love let go of me
Your love’s got a hold on me
Oh love let go of me

Dug A Hole (Taylor / Nauful)

Down to the bare walls, nothing left you took it all
What an ugly thing to do
The song that I sing, even my sweet dreams
You took those too
Somehow I still believe in love, at least you didn’t get that

You dug a hole and put my heart down in it
Threw in some dirt, walked off and just left it
Now you say you want me back, am I supposed to laugh
You ain’t funny

I never thought I’d see such sensitivity
From the man I used to know
Doing everything you can to make me understand
How bad you wanna come home
I felt a little sympathy ‘til I remembered what you did

You dug a hole and put my heart down in it
Threw in some dirt, walked off and just left it
Now you say you’ve changed your mind, is that a punchline
I ain’t laughing

If there could be two of me
One woman could forgive you
Maybe one woman might fall
In love with you all over again

You dug a hole and put my heart down in it
Threw in some dirt, walked off and just left it
Now you say your poor heart’s broke, that’s just another bad joke
I aint laughing
You ain’t funny
Still not laughing

America In A Day (Nauful)

The white line led the way
Through the streets of all the cities
Down the roads to all the junctions
‘Cross the plains to all the shores
The white line guided me everywhere
In search of tomorrow, escaping today
Past the playgrounds, through the mountains
Across America in just a day

Through the streets of my own city
I saw America
I saw America in a day

The white line led the way
Through the passions of the people
Through the ups and downs and cafes
Into the heart of my own heart
Finding myself in yourself
In search of what I am and wasn’t yesterday

Past the dumps and the ghettos
Into the avenues
Across America in a just a day

Through the streets of my own city
I saw America
I saw America in a day

Our fathers spoke the truths that led to where we are
And the freedoms that we live now
Have passed the test of time for all the world to see

The white line led the way
Through the streets of all the cities
Down the roads to all the junctions
‘Cross the plains to all the shores
Into the heart of my own heart
Finding myself in yourself
In search of what I am and wasn’t yesterday

Past the dumps and the ghettos
Into the avenues
Across America in a just a day

Through the streets of my own city
I found America
I found America in a day

I found America
I found America
I found America in a day