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Still Carrying A Flame

by John Miller and his Country Casuals

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1.
Take it from somebody who knows she’s not the one for you Take it from somebody who knows she’s gonna prove untrue Well I know she makes you happy you’ve been telling everyone in town But take it from somebody who knows she won’t stick around Take it from somebody who knows she may be nice and sweet But take it from somebody who knows what’s really underneath For below that warm exterior beats a heart as cold as ice Take it from somebody who knows or you’ll pay the price Take it from somebody who knows the way she really feels Her love is only just for show it ain’t the real deal Take it from somebody who knows before you say goodbye Take it from somebody who knows she’s gonna make you cry For you may win her heart tonight but tomorrow you’re bound to lose Take it from somebody who’s stood there in your shoes Take it from somebody who knows, who’s seen the way she acts She no sooner comes than goes. You gotta face the facts Take it from somebody who knows she’s not the one for you Take it from somebody who knows she’s gonna prove untrue Well I know she makes you happy you’ve been telling everyone in town But take it from somebody who knows she won’t stick around Take it from somebody who knows she won’t stick around
2.
I’m still carrying a flame of love in my heart For a girl I used to love even though we’re far apart I thought love was just a game. Guess I wasn’t too smart Now I’m still carrying a flame of love in my heart If I could take the hands of time and turn them back again I would set them to rewind to the love that I knew then If I’d only known when she was mine that I’d feel this way Then I would have held her tight and I wouldn’t let her walk away Now I’m still carrying a flame of love in my heart For a girl I used to love even though we’re far apart I thought love was just a game. Guess I wasn’t too smart Now I’m still carrying a flame of love in my heart I didn’t think the foolishness of youth would haunt me still today Kids all believe they know the truth no matter what their betters say And I believed that I was right to walk away with my pride When I should have stayed behind to fight to make that girl my bride Now I’m still carrying a flame of love in my heart For a girl I used to love even though we’re far apart I thought love was just a game. Guess I wasn’t too smart Now I’m still carrying a flame of love in my heart I thought that love was just a game. Guess I wasn’t too smart Now I’m still carrying a flame of love in my heart
3.
A fool and his gold are easily parted By a girl who knows how to play the game I woke up this morning broken hearted Without even two pennies to my name Now heavy hangs the head that last night wore the crown I offered her my kingdom while she showed me the town I thought I was king of the world it seems I’m just a clown Now heavy hangs the head that last night wore the crown She played me for a fool and I must testify I couldn’t see the truth while I was busy getting high And the only way to go from there is down And heavy hangs the head that last night wore the crown Now you may wonder why I keep on falling When I’ve been let down so many times before But every time the bright lights start to calling I’m beating a pathway to their door Now heavy hangs the head that last night wore the crown Yesterday was heaven, Today I’m sorrow bound I thought I was king of the world it seems I’m just a clown Now heavy hangs the head that last night wore the crown Heavy hangs the head that last night wore the crown
4.
No-one knows me here today, All my friends have moved away And sometimes it’s so hard to start all over again But I’ve found a new way of getting through the lonely day And facing all my troubles like a man You may think that it’s so hard to face each night alone But in my dreams there’s a party going on And here come all my old friends, my old lovers back again Here come all those folks who know just how to treat me right The party lights are glowing and the warm red wine is flowing At my dreaming party where I go every night You’ll never find me crying and you know that I’d be lying If I was to tell you that life sure gets me down Although my days are lonely it feels so good to know I only Have to wait till night time comes around I just have to close my eyes and sleep comes rolling in That’s when I find happiness again For here come all my old friends, my old lovers back again Here come all those folks who know just how to treat me right The party lights are glowing and the warm red wine is flowing At my dreaming party where I go every night The party lights are glowing and the warm red wine is flowing At my dreaming party where I go every night
5.
Well once I had myself a pretty baby She used to say she loved me every night And I guess it made me kind of lazy For I took her for granted though I knew it wasn’t right Now my baby’s gone and changed her point of view And she’s left me all alone for someone new Now my baby ain’t my baby anymore She’s got all the fellows hanging round her door I wish I’d loved her better when she was mine before Now my baby ain’t my baby anymore Well I know there ain’t enough love to go round Still I lost the one true love I’d found Now all you fellows better take a warning Never ever treat your baby wrong Or you’re gonna wake up one morning And just like me you’ll find out that your baby’s up and gone If you’re not prepared to shower her with love Then like this fool you’ll get what you deserve Now my baby ain’t my baby anymore She’s got all the fellows hanging round her door I wish I’d loved her better when she was mine before Now my baby ain’t my baby anymore Oh no, my baby ain’t my baby anymore Let me tell you my baby ain’t my baby anymore
6.
Mama Says No 02:21
Mama says no Papa says no and… you do too Baby Baby Baby I’ve got a love for you Baby Baby Baby you know that I do Now Baby Baby Baby I can’t believe it’s true That Mama says no Papa says no and… you do too Baby Baby Baby watch me bill and coo Baby Baby Baby I’m pitching woo But Baby Baby Baby I just haven’t got a clue Why Mama says no Papa says no and… you do too Just like a cow in clover my heart was filled with joy Now you say it’s over I’m one unhappy boy Baby Baby Baby Why’d you say were through? Baby Baby Baby you make me so blue Oh Baby Baby Baby tell me what am I to do? If Mama says no Papa says no and… you do too Just like the lark in springtime I was happy I was high Now like that lonesome whippoorwill I hang my haed and cry Baby Baby Baby here’s my point of view Baby Baby Baby I’m crazy over you But Baby Baby Baby It seems I missed my cue ’Cause Mama says no Papa says no and… you do too Mama says no Papa says no and… you do too
7.
I wake up every morning from dreams of you and I That’s when I realise we’re still apart I see the empty space beside me where you used to lie And it hits me like a freight train in my heart I see the empty pillow where I laid my head And my lonely blues take on a deeper hue That’s when I get to thinking I might as well be dead For I just can’t live without you I just can’t live without you by my side I don’t have my future and I don’t have my pride If I was a braver man I’d surely take my life For I just can’t live without you My days are the longest that I’ve ever known There’s just no end in sight that I can see And the night times are the coldest when you’re all alone And my lonely heart won’t let your memory be I play sad songs of love gone wrong on our old stereo And every word they seem to say is true But I find they just remind me why you had to go And I just can’t live without you I just can’t live without you by my side I don’t have my future and I don’t have my pride If I was a braver man I’d surely take my life For I just can’t live without you
8.
Take me back to San Francisco and scatter my soul to the wind I’ve always lived on the wrong side A constant companion of crime Now they’ve locked me down in this dirty old town To die ahead of my time The further I travelled from home Lord The further my life went astray Now I wait for the breath of the Angel of Death To take my freedom away To take me back to San Francisco To the only city that called me a friend Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson And scatter my soul to the wind Father I won’t ask for earthly forgiveness It’s not fair that you should decide Only the Lord can grant me that reward When I get to the other side But won’t you please tell the warden To grant me my final request Make him carry me away to the City on the Bay And lay my poor soul to rest Make him take me back to San Francisco To the only city that called me a friend Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson And scatter my soul to the wind Guess I was just a kid acting smart Believeing I was a man And I swear it’s just breaking my heart That I’ll never see that Golden Gate again So won’t you please tell the warden To grant me my final request Make him carry me away to the City on the Bay And lay this poor sinner to rest Make him take me back to San Francisco To the only city that called me a friend Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson And scatter my soul to the wind Scatter my soul to the wind
9.
Let Me Go 03:22
Lately something’s going wrong in our home Our love is strong yet I’ve never felt so all alone And even though you’re with me every day I feel like you’re a million miles away Don’t know how you came to be so cold But let me tell you now if I may be so bold There’s one thing I’ve found I’ve come to know You don’t want me around so let me go Let me go and you won’t see me again Let me go and I’ll always regard you as a friend If it’s so you don’t want me anymore Let me go and I’ll walk right out the door I can’t change overnight from loving you It isn’t right and I don’t think you’d expect me to And even though my heart must surely break I won’t tell you that you’re making a mistake And I won’t criticise the choice you’ve made Don’t act so surprised at all the things I’ve said And please don’t tell me lies or tell me no I can see it in your eyes so let me go Let me go and you won’t see me again Let me go and I’ll always regard you as a friend If it’s so you don’t want me anymore Let me go and I’ll walk right out the door Let me go and I’ll walk right out the door
10.
Those tiny sweetheart roses come back to haunt me each day In a tiny corner of the garden is a spot we once held dear Though it’s long been neglected it still blossoms each year And each time it blossoms I wish that you were here Standing right beside me to wipe away my tears You know that I have always loved you that much I can’t deny But I never imagined you’d become another’s bride And the heartache doesn’t stop when the blossoms have all died I can picture tham clearly each time I close my eyes Those tiny sweetheart roses in a wedding bouquet Take me back to the church where we stood on that day You said I do and I handed you away Now those tiny sweetheart roses come back to haunt me each day Those tiny sweetheart roses in a wedding bouquet Take me back to the church where we stood on that day You said I do and I handed you away Now those tiny sweetheart roses come back to haunt me each day Those tiny sweetheart roses come back to haunt me each day
11.
We’re sitting feeling sorry for ourselves Now we’ve gone our separate ways again It was your fault the last time this time it’s all mine Why must our love be a game Every time we try to start anew We always seem to break each other’s heart Though it’s hard to get along our love is just so strong We can’t seem to live apart I guess we’re stuck with each other There’s no-one else who wants to play Nobody wants somebody else’s lover If they’re too set in their ways So we’ll have to try to get along Or spend our whole lives on our own It’s me for you and you for me and that’s the way it’s gotta be If we don’t want to be alone It’s me for you and you for me and that’s the way it’s gotta be If we don’t want to be alone
12.
Well Baby you’re my Baby but I’m a big truck driving man I may be gone but not for long I’ll be back as soon as I can So don’t be crying I ain’t lying Honey you know it’s true When I’m done at the end of the run I’ll be trucking on back to you Honey girl you are my world but it’s gotta be this way I got a load to haul but I promise I’ll call at the end of every day I’m built to last and I’m going so fast I swear I almost flew But if I gotta fly at least I know why I’m trucking on back to you I’m in such a rush to get back to us I often forget to brake Then my eighteen wheels ride rims of steel on every little bend I take But it’ll be worthwhile and I’ll sure smile when our hometown comes in view The miles are long but I’m staying strong ‘cause I’m trucking on back to you Well I’m in such a rush to get back to us I often forget to brake Then my eighteen wheels ride rims of steel on every little bend I take But it’ll be worthwhile and I’ll sure smile when our hometown comes in view The miles are long but I’m staying strong ‘cause I’m trucking on back to you Now the road is filled with pretty girls but they don’t get a ride from me And the beauty in the blouse in any roadhouse is just another cup of coffee to me I swear that I’m a one woman guy and that’s what gets me through And when I unload at the end of the road I’ll be trucking on back to you When I unload at the end of the road I’ll be trucking on back to you

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Long awaited 3rd solo album from Scotland's favourite Honky Tonk Country Artist.
A Product of The Folk'n'Western Recording Co.

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released August 28, 2012

John Miller - Vocals, Guitar
Martin Barrett - Electric Guitar
Andy McDowell - Bass Guitar
Francis Macdonald - Drums
BJ Cole - Pedal Steel, Dobro
Seonaid Aitken - Fiddle, Vocals
David McClean - Piano, Organ
Johnny Cameron - Vocals

All songs written by John Miller
(c) 2012 John Miller Music/Copyright Control.
Under exclusive license to The Folk'n'Western Recording Co.
All rights reserved.
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Produced by John Miller and Duncan Cameron at Riverside Studios*, Busby, Scotland Tel: +44 (0)141 644 5571
*Pedal Steel and Dobro recorded in Southgate, London by BJ Cole

Cover photos by Marc Marnie at Stagefright Photography

Cover design by John Miller and Misisipi Mike Wolf

Contact: You can contact John Miller and his Country Casuals via Charles Staines, General Manager at The Folk'n'Western Recording Co.
Email: folknwestern@btinternet.com
Web: www.facebook.com/CountryCasuals

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John Miller and his Country Casuals Glasgow, UK

Miller’s a traditional country singer; there’s no gimmicks and no newfangled twists. If he can be dubbed alternative these days it’s because he cleaves to the verities, sure in the power and emotion of his own voice...
Consequently he’s the purest country singer practising his art on these islands, and the finest
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