discography : Lead Me Not

Lead Me Not
Lead Me Not
Release Date: 
April 4, 1993

Producer: Rodney Crowell, Steuart Smith, Lari White

The album peaked at #36 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers charts.

Tracks

1

Itty Bitty Little Single Solitary Piece Of My Heart

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Lari White, John Rotch

I know what it is you`re tryin` 
When you`re tryin` to be so cool 
Everywhere you go you`re a Romeo 
With a smile and a line so smooth 

But the trail of hearts lying in your wake 
It looks like a six lane interstate 
And there`s a big, bright, red light telling me tonight 
Not to slow down, get my heart out of sight 

So you won`t get the taste of this, not even a kiss 
The fact your middle name is heartache ain`t no coincidence 
You made a livin` out of lovin` and leavin` `em to fall apart 
So now you better understand you`ll never lay a hand on one 
Itty bitty little single solitary piece o` my heart 

I know what it is you`re doin` 
With all that cooin` and a wooin` 
But you can`t fool me, I got a degree 
I learned a lot from hard knock schoolin` 
Well, I used to jump in wholehearted 
Every time a new love started 
But it was just a chase, then replaced heart, thrown in my face 
Not any more, my love is to good to waste 

So you won`t get the taste of this, not even a kiss 
The fact your middle name is heartache ain`t no coincidence 
You made a livin` out of lovin` and leavin` `em to fall apart 
So now you better understand you`ll never lay a hand on one 
Itty bitty little single solitary piece o` my heart 

I said now you better understand, you`ll never lay a hand on one 
Itty bitty little single solitary piece o` my heart 

2

Just Thinking

Lari White

I was just thinking how nice it would be 
To have someone to kiss me good night 
I was just thinking what I really need 
Is someone to hold me real tight 
I was just thinking 
Of finding somebody I could mean everything to 
And it`s funny you should happen to walk into my life 
`Cause I was just thinking of you 

I was just thinking of a walk in the rain 
Underneath an umbrella for two 
I was just thinking of the sound of my name 
On the lips of a lover so true 

I was just thinking 
Of a moment of magic that lasts a whole lifetime through 
And it`s funny you should happen to walk into my life 
`Cause I was just thinking of you 

I`ve felt your tender touch in every romance I`ve read 
And I`ve seen your sweet smile in my dreams 
There`s a feeling I get, like we`ve already met 
And it`s almost too good to believe 

I was just thinking of a moment of magic 
That lasts a whole lifetime through 
And it`s funny you should happen to walk into my life 
`Cause I was just thinking of you

3

Lay Around and Love on You

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Bobby David, David Gillon

Monday mornin`, 6 a.m. 
Time for me to go to work again 
But all I wanna do is 
Lay around and love on you 
7:30, but I don`t care 
What you`re doing is gonna keep me here 
`Cause all I wanna do is 
Lay around and love on you 

Lay around and love 
Lay around and love on you 
You`ve got me so turned on 
Honey, I can`t turn you loose 
Hope nobody calls 
Got the phone off the hook 
We`re gonna try everything in the book 
All I wanna do is 
Lay around and love on you 

Lay around and love 
Lay around and love on you 
You`ve got me so turned on 
Honey, I can`t turn you loose 
It`s so much fun just foolin` around 
I`m gonna be here when the sun goes down 
`Cause all I wanna do is 
Lay around and love on you 
Yeah, all I wanna do is 
Lay around and love on you 

4

Lead Me Not

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Lari White

Well, I should have been home hours ago 
I always lose track of the time 
I`ll just hold up this wall while I try to recall 
A thought from the back of my mind 

Oh yeah I remember, it began with a wink 
When you caught me looking at you 
So don`t ask me if you can buy me a drink 
I know what you`re trying to do 

Lead me not into temptation 
I already know the road all too well 
Lead me not into temptation 
I can find it all by myself 

I`ve the best of intentions, Lord, I mean to be good 
And stick to the path I should go 
But seems the harder I try, the further I slide 
`Til I`m lost down that same dead end road 

Now you`re a good lookin` thing, and that must be the best 
Proposition that I`ve had all day 
But there`s no need for subtlety, darlin`, just get thee 
Behind me and I`ll show you the way 

Lead me not into temptation 
I already know the road all too well 
Lead me not into temptation 
I can find it all by myself 

5

Made to Be Broken

Lari White

So it begins 
Learning the language of poets and thieves 
She`s crying again 
He`s making promise no one could keep 
They sound so sweet 
But they are 

Made to be broken 
Made to be broken 
Even as they are spoken 
They are made to be broken 

She`s nobody`s fool 
Collecting the hearts of the lovers she`s known 
But she locks up her own 
`Cause hearts were 

Made to be broken 
Made to be broken 
Love`s only token 
It was made to be broken 

No one defends 
The spirits of wild horses and children 
Made to be broken 

Who makes the rules 
That tell us by nature we`re destined to fail 
We wrote them ourselves 
And they were 

Made to be broken 
Made to be broken 
Rules were made to be broken 
Made to be broken

6

What A Woman Wants

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Lari White, Chuck Cannon

Come here darlin`, let me whisper in your ear 
A precious little secret that I think you need to hear 
With the way the women`s movement`s always making the news 
I can see how a man might get confused 
Now a woman doesn`t mind a man holding the door 
But slaving in some kitchen ain`t what God made a woman for 
We`ve come a long way baby, but way down deep we`re still the same 
What a woman wants will never change 

What a woman wants is to be treated like a queen 
By a man who deserves to be treated like a king 
What a woman wants, what keeps her holding on 
Is a loving man who understands what a woman wants 

Now that ain`t so complicated, baby, you know what to do 
Just do onto me like you want to be done to 
Put me on a pedestral and I`ll put you on a throne 
I bet you`re gonna love what a woman wants 

What a woman wants is to be treated like a queen 
By a man who deserves to be treated like a king 
What a woman wants, what keeps her holding on 
Is a loving man who understands what a woman wants 

What a woman wants is to be treated like a queen 
By a man who deserves to be treated like a king 
What a woman wants, what keeps her holding on 
Is a loving man who understands what a woman wants

7

Anything Goes

Verlon Thompson, Suzi Ragsdale

Sometimes you, sometimes I push, we shove 
We know heaven knows 
In the game of love, sweet love 
Anything goes 

I know you won`t ever do what I could never forgive 
You know that I know that you`ll love me as long as you live 
Forever 

Sometimes you, sometimes I push, we shove 
We know heaven knows 
In the game of love, sweet love 
Anything goes 

Just when we think we know just what we`re thinking - surprise! 
Sometimes it seems that the rule is that no rule applies 
Ai, ai, ai, ai.... 
Anything goes 

Sometimes you, sometimes I push, we shove 
We know heaven knows 
In the game of love, sweet love 
Anything goes 

Ai, ai, ai, ai.... 
Anything goes 

In the game of love, my love 
Anything goes

8

Where the Lights Are Low

Lari White, Chris Waters

It`s been awhile since I`ve seen you around 
You don`t come down to the lonely side of town 
Since we`ve been out of touch 
I`m not too hard to find 
But it doesn`t hurt so much 
`Cause I spend all my time 

Where the lights are low 
Where the jukebox plays 
The saddest song it knows 
Through a smoky haze 
Since you`ve been gone 
That`s where I go 
`Cause everything looks better 
Where the lights are low 

In the dark I`m just part of the crowd 
It`s hard to tell who it is I`m there without 
In some tall stranger`s arms 
Your memory`s not so clear 
I can cry all night long 
`Cause no one sees the tears 

Where the lights are low 
Where the jukebox plays 
The saddest song it knows 
Through a smoky haze 
Since you`ve been gone 
That`s where I go 
`Cause everything looks better 
Where the lights are low 

Yes, everything looks better 
Where the lights are low

9

Don't Leave Me Lonely

Lari White, Chuck Cannon

I step across the danger line 
And feel this crazy heart of mine 
Go midnight blue 
Somewhere an angel sheds a tear 
For all the beauty and the fear 
Of loving you 
It`s true that only heaven knows 
The way love comes and goes 
But I don`t have heaven`s eyes 
I`ve seen too many sad goodbyes 

Don`t leave me lonely 
Don`t leave me blue 
Don`t leave me loving you 
Don`t leave me loving you 

Through the shadows of my doubt 
I see the love I`ve lived without 
Shine in your eyes 
But love can break the truest heart 
And leave it in the deepest dark 
If the fire dies 
It`s up to us to tend the flame 
Don`t let the wind and rain 
Keep you from holding on 
Baby, please be strong 

Don`t leave me lonely 
Don`t leave me blue 
Don`t leave me loving you 
Don`t leave me loving you 

Don`t leave me loving you 
Baby, be true 
Don`t leave me loving you

10

Good Good Love

Lari White, John Rotch

If you want a good good love 
Hold on when the times are bad 
`Cause if you jump ship when trouble hits 
Good for nothin` is all you`ll have 
You gotta anchor down in the winds of doubt 
You can`t give in and you can`t bail out 
If the water`s high hold your head above 
And hang on for that good good love 

When love sets sail it`s always a sunny day 
And when the skies are blue it`s so easy to make love stay 
But when the clouds roll in and the ship begins to strain 
You gotta try a little harder 
Go on, test the water 
`Cause the air is so much sweeter 
After a real good rain 

If you want a good good love 
Hold on when the times are bad 
`Cause if you jump ship when trouble hits 
Good for nothin` is all you`ll have 
You gotta anchor down in the winds of doubt 
You can`t give in and you can`t bail out 
If the water`s high hold your head above 
And hang on for that good good love 

Now a few dark days don`t mean that love has died 
`Cause just above the storm you know the sun always shines 
And you can`t say love is true until it`s tried 
So there ain`t no need to fret 
You`re gonna get just a little wet 
But you won`t go under with the thunder 
If you let the faith hold you high 

If you want a good good love 
Hold on when the times are bad 
`Cause if you jump ship when trouble hits 
Good for nothin` is all you`ll have 
You gotta anchor down in the winds of doubt 
You can`t give in and you can`t bail out 
If the water`s high hold your head above 
And hang on for that good good love

Reviews for Lead Me Not

4/5 STARS
White's ambitious debut covered a lot of musical territory, from straight country ("Where the Lights Are Low") to torch ballad ("Just Thinking"), from Latin-flavored pop ("Made to Be Broken") to fervid gospel ("Good Good Love"). The breadth of her talent turned out to be something of a problem. Since nobody could get a handle on her, none of the album's three singles ("What a Woman Wants," "Lead Me Not," and "Lay Around and Love on You") broke the Top 40.