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Duet Featuring the great Vocalist, Dallis Craft, and John Lee Sanders
It's always a great thrill working with Dallis, live many times, such as Opryland in Nashville, and in Fantasy studio doing a jingle for Walmart.
San Francisco native Dallis Craft has earned a reputation as a talented and versatile entertainer. As a keyboard/rhythm guitar player and vocalist, she has performed and toured with K.T. Oslin, David Frizzell, Mandy Barnett, and actor Bruce Willis as a featured vocalist in his band, The Accelerators. She can be heard on numerous recordings, including those of Pee Wee Ellis, Huey Lewis and the News, John Lee Sanders, Jimmy Dillon, Melvin Seals, Jesse Colin Young and Greg Kihn. National television commercials include Red Lobster, AT&T, and Rice-a-Roni.
With a stage presence that is energetic and charismatic and vocal performances that can be described as world class, she has become a popular audience pleaser opening for such notables as Hall and Oates, Dwight Yoakam, Shawn Colvin, Tim McGraw, Rodney Crowell, and Steve Winwood and other rock, country, and pop headliners to sold-out amphitheater crowds - solo or with her band.
I studied music at the University of North Texas, in the early 70s, and this song was somewhat inspired by one of my relationships during these great years.
A torch song of first love drama never meant to be, a big west Texas sky, a cowgirl and her 1965 Mustang, from Abilene and a lot of poetic license.
The music track is a bit of romanticized wide open West, Inspired by Glen Campbell's twang baritone guitar, Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman", Tex-Mex Accordion, Willie's nylon string guitar, and Bruce Kaphan's haunting lonesome Pedal Steel Guitar.
lyrics
Lyrics By John Lee Sanders and Michael Decroix
(Male sings verse one)
For all this time I longed to be your man
Can't get no traction with my wheels in the sand
But the hit and run heartbreaks
Brought us back where we began
To that Texas town on Friday nights
Makin' out behind the bleacher lights
First time lovers, never felt that spark again
Somehow we settled for second best
"You headed east", "and you just drifted out West"
How could we lose the promise of love that was so blessed
We were somewhere in the middle
Of two broken hearts
Picking up the pieces
Wondering where to start
pulled in all directions
Young hearts torn apart
Somewhere in the middle of two broken hearts
(female sings verse 2)
For all this time I loved his uptown world
But somewhere inside I'm still that small town girl
They try to compromise you, and buy you with diamonds and pearls
(male)
And if I thought for awhile your heart would never stray
I'd dress you up in style if I only had my way
I'd walk you down the aisle,
But baby even then you wouldn't stay
(together)
Oh he was second hand, second best
I carried that flame inside of my chest
How could we lose the promise of love that was so blessed
Chorus
Bridge
Maybe we're just too easily persuaded
Living in a jaded limbo land
Baby I've waited, ultimated
Too many lines drawn in the sand
Love is too complicated, Overated
But life never turns out like we planned
When you gonna make a move
Cuz this love is fading
But it's so hard when you're standing somewhere
Somewhere in the middle
Chorus
credits
from Tweakin' Some Twang,
released October 30, 2018
Bruce Kaphan, Pedal Steel
Dewayne Pate, Bass
Kevin Hayes, Drums
John Lee Sanders, Vocals, Keys, Percussion, Drum Programming, Accordion, and other textures.
Dallis Craft, Vocal
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