Spades & Roses

SPADES & ROSES is one of the best albums in my listening experience.

Scroll down. Links to all 11 songs (lyrics below).


1. HEART OF SOMEBODY

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Heart of Somebody

(Caroline Spence / Chris Tuttle)

I’ve been going out, I’ve been making plans

Trying to pretend this is who I am

But I need something more, I want something else

This is the well and I want the top shelf

       I wanna lose myself in the heart of somebody

       Want them to need me there, not just to want me

       I wanna lose myself in the heart of somebody

       And see the love I give return to me

Empty glasses and empty promises

Filling up my nights but in the morning I just wanna forget

I want to be full and bursting at the seams

With love, unconditionally

       I wanna lose myself in the heart of somebody

       Want them to need me there, not just to want me

       I wanna lose myself in the heart of somebody

       And see the love I give return to me

       Just want the love I give to return to me


2. HOTEL AMARILLO

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Hotel Amarillo 

(Caroline Spence)

I’m just passing through, it’ll only be the night

I just need somewhere to crash where I can turn off all the lights

I put 500 miles on my sweet old ride

Now I’m pulling into Hotel Amarillo with a bottle of wine

I’ve been playing shows out west with no guarantee

That anybody’s ever gonna give a damn about me

But I made enough last night to fill the tank up one more time

And to pull on into Hotel Amarillo with a bottle of wine

I’ve got no one to sleep on the other half of this king size bed

But that lady still gave me two keys when I checked in

I wish that didn’t make me think about how you’ve been spending your time

Glad I pulled on into Hotel Amarillo with a bottle of wine

Out here it’s the little things that you start to miss

That long, hot shower, that slow, deep kiss

Things like where you are and the date and time

Or the name of the hotel and what happened to the wine


3. ALL THE BEDS I'VE MADE

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All The Beds I’ve Made 

 (Caroline Spence / Stephanie Lambring)

Of all the beds I’ve made, this is the hardest to leave

Oh, the world is cold out there without your arms around me

Lying here with you, I don’t need no sleep

Oh, but when I close my eyes, all my dreams are sweet

       There’s no wrong side to get up on

       No ghost keeping me awake

       Honey, this love’s gunna make up

       For all the beds I’ve made

Of all the beds I’ve made, I’ve messed up a few

Lies tangled up like sheets, all sorts of shades of blue

And I’d lie in them so long, I thought I would never move

But I tossed and turned around, and I found my way to you

       There’s no wrong side to get up on

       No ghost keeping me awake

       Honey, this love’s gunna make up

       For all the beds I’ve made

Good love is easy, like falling asleep

It’ll take you over and give you all that you need

       There’s no wrong side to get up on

       No ghost keeping me awake

       Honey, this love’s gunna make up

       For all the beds I’ve made

       Honey, this love’s gunna make up

       For all the beds I’ve made

4. YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD (COCAINE)

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You Don’t Look So Good (Cocaine)  

(Caroline Spence)

Honey, I love you, you’ve got a piece of my heart

But it’s hard to watch you falling apart

To the untrained eye, you’re just the life of the party

But they don’t know what it’s like if you finish what you’re starting

       You get so high, you can’t come back down

       Can’t see what you lose except a couple of pounds

       I’m a broken record, you know what I’m gunna say

       You don’t look so good when you do cocaine

Some people can handle it, oh honey, you can’t

Can’t find a way to go to the ball and sit out for a dance

Some people see roses, you only see thorns

At the first little drop of pain you wish you’d never been born

       You get so high, you can’t come back down

       Can’t see what you lose except a couple of pounds

       I’m a broken record, you know what I’m gunna say

       You don’t look so good when you do cocaine

And I call it like I see it and I can see from the look in your eye

You’ve been chasing that feeling, you’ve been walking a fine line

       You get so high, you can’t come back down

       Can’t see what you lose except a couple of pounds

       I’m a broken record, you know what I’m gunna say

       You don’t look so good when you do cocain

       No, you don’t look so good when you do cocaine


5. SOUTHERN ACCIDENT

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Southern Accident 

(Caroline Spence)

Your momma and your daddy, they knew their love was true

But I came out eight months after my momma said “I Do”

It’s not that they were lying, they were looking down the road

But I can’t help but to think of love as something that can come and go

       So honey, I’m doubtful

       Honey, I’m hopeful

       Honey, I’m a handful but I’m a hand you can hold

       Honey, I’m reticent

       I’m a southern accident

       But, honey, I’m here and I’m gonna let it go

You took family vacation, I never learned to sky

On weekends I’d hide in my bedroom, watch too much MTV

It’s not that there was yelling, but the silence was thick

That’s why when I get angry, you’d never know it

       So honey, I’m doubtful

       Honey, I’m hopeful

       Honey, I’m a handful but I’m a hand you can hold

       Honey, I’m reticent

       I’m a southern accident

       But, honey, I’m here and I’m gonna let it go

Oh, it’s a coming of age and a ticking of the clock

Some folks dream to settle, some folks say “why not?”

But I don’t see the hurry, wanna love you through all the seasons

And you see the good, the bad and leave me

Don’t love me for any other reason

       Then that I’m doubtful

       Honey, I’m hopeful

       Honey, I’m a handful but I’m a hand you can hold

       Honey, I’m reticent

       I’m a southern accident

       But, honey, I’m here and I’m gonna let it go


6. SLOW DANCER

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Slow Dancer 

(Caroline Spence / Stephanie Lambring )

Same old bar, same old stools

I’m used to following the same old rules

First date, arm’s length, nice try, no thanks

I think I better get going

       Oh, but how do you do it, I’m lost in the music

       I’m floating around like there’s nothing to it

       Found that part of my heart won’t take no for an answer

       You turned me into a slow dancer

       You turned me into a slow dancer

I’ve been known to drag my feet

I’ve never been one to believe

True love, first sight, rest of your life

Now I think that I think too much

       Oh, but how do you do it, I’m lost in the music

       I’m floating around like there’s nothing to it

       Found that part of my heart won’t take no for an answer

       You turned me into a slow dancer

       You turned me into a slow dancer

How do you know where to go?

How do you know when you know?

       Oh, but how do you do it, I’m lost in the music

       I’m floating around like there’s nothing to it

       Found that part of my heart won’t take no for an answer

       You turned me into a slow dancer

       You turned me into a slow dancer 

       You turned me into a slow dancer



7.  SOFTBALL

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Softball 

(Caroline Spence)

That old tree house in the neighbor’s yard

with the sign that says “No Girl’s Allowed”

I’d break on in and climb up high

Get the prettiest view of the town

And I’d think

One day Coach will put me in

I’ve been working hard

I can catch any pop fly

and hit one out of the yard

If there’s one thing that I’m sure of

It’s I could win them all

And when I make it to the majors

they ain’t gonna call it softball

Now I work all day at the boy’s club

78 cents on the dollar

Some girls bow their heads or just bow out

And I can’t help but want to holler

Still saying

Hey, Coach won’t you put me in

I’ve been working hard

I can catch any pop fly

and hit one out of the yard

If there’s one thing that I’m learning

You can’t win them all

And even when you’re stealing the base

They’re still gunna call it softball

When I’m done working I wanna blow off steam

And wear my best dress out

But outside of my grass-stained jeans

They keep thinking I was asking for something I wasn’t thinking about

I’m only asking

Hey coach won’t you put me in

I’ve been working hard

I can catch any pop fly

and hit one out of the yard

If there’s one thing that I’m sure of

You can’t win them all

And they’ll go to strike you out

And say “cheer up it’s only softball”

Hey coach won’t you put me in

I’ve been working hard

8. TO GO DOWN

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To Go Down 

(Pete Lindberg)

Luck owes you nothing and it ain’t work wondering

when yours is gonna change

Your ship is sinking, soon you’ll be swimming

at the mercy of the wave

I owe you nothing but I’ll give you something

That you can hold onto

Though my heart is breaking, it’s yours for the taking

If that’s what’ll get you through

       Will it be your time to go down

       Or will your luck come around?

       Will it be your time to go down

       Or will your luck come around?

The wind is changing, a sparrow’s singing

For you down in the sand

His eyes are open, his wings are broken

He will fall into your hands

       Will it be your time to go down

       Or will your luck come around?

       Will it be your time to go down

       Or could my love keep you around?

9. WISHING WELL

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Wishing Well

(Caroline Spence)

If I had a dollar every time I thought of you

I’d get rich so quick I wouldn’t know what to do

If I had a nickel every time you crossed my mind

I could make a dollar so quick I’d leave all of my worries behind

       But if I can’t have you I’ll just be

       Sinking like a penny in the wishing well

       If I can’t have you I’ll just be

       Wasting all my pennies in the wishing well

       Penny in the wishing well

I don’t make money and I don’t make sense

Just sitting here writing songs, wondering where the love went

You could buy a car with the quarters I spent

In the jukebox playing our song again and again

       But if I can’t have you I’ll just be

       Sinking like a penny in the wishing well

       If I can’t have you I’ll just be

       Wasting all my pennies in the wishing well

       Penny in the wishing well

Take a chance, make a splash

One of these days a stone you throw

Is gunna leave a ripple that lasts

One day it’s gunna last

       But if I can’t have you I’ll just be

       Sinking like a penny in the wishing well

       If I can’t have you I’ll just be

       Wasting all my pennies in the wishing well

       Penny in the wishing well

10. I CAN'T COMPLAIN

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I Can’t Complain 

(Caroline Spence)

I’ve had flat tires and bad ideas

I’ve been there when I should have been here

I’ve been burned in the sunshine, I’ve been stuck out in the rain

But after all, I can’t complain

I’ve been caught red handed, I’ve been caught off guard

I’ve been caught watching the grass grower greener in the neighbor’s yard

I’ve got a to-do list the size of Spain

But after all, I can’t complain

       Cause if I die tomorrow they’ll find me with a roof over my head

       And there’s a chance there was eloquence in the very last words I said

       It’s all love and it’s all pain

       And after all I can’t complain

I have drank til I forgot

I have taken the impossible half-court shot

I’ve lived large and I’ve loved in vain

But after all, I can’t complain

       Cause if I die tomorrow they’ll find me with a roof over my head

       And there’s a chance there was eloquence in the very last words I said

       It’s all love and it’s all pain

       And after all I can’t complain

I’ve been the belle of the ball, I’ve been the beast of burden

I’ve been known to leave a heart hurting

I’ve been one of a kind, I’ve been one and the same

But after all, I can’t complain

       Cause if I die tomorrow they’ll find me with a roof over my head

       And there’s a chance there was eloquence in the very last words I said

       It’s all love and it’s all pain

       And after all I can’t complain

       You get what you give if you don’t give to gain

       And after all I can’t complain

11. GOODBYE BYGONES

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Goodbye Bygones 

(Caroline Spence / Danny Mitchell)

Let it be, don’t you know

You cannot call a spade a rose

Again I find the sweetest thing

Is to let you go

Soon I’ll be the one before

Cause what you need is something more

Than you and I on other sides

Of a closing door

       This love was made for the past

       And there’s no sense in looking back

       So I keep on singing the same little song

       Goodbye bygones

       Goodbye gone

Down the road you will find someone

Who makes you forget you were mine

And I’ll just be some small piece

Of another time

       This love was made for the past

       And there’s no sense in looking back

       So I keep on singing the same little song

       Goodbye bygones

       Goodbye gone

Let it be goodbye

Let it be goodbye

Let it be gone

       This love was made for the past

       And there’s no sense in looking back

       So I keep on singing the same little song

       Goodbye bygones

       Goodbye gone