DIXIE CHICKS -
I Can't Find A Reason To Let Go
Even Though You've Found A New Love
And She Is What Your Dreams Are Made Of
I Can't Find A Reason To Hang On
What Went Wrong Can Be Forgiven
Without You It Ain't Worth Livin' Alone
Sometimes I Wake Up Cryin' At Night
And Sometimes I Scream Out Your Name
What Right Does She Have To Take You're Heart Away?
When For So Long You Were Mine
Took Out All The Pictures Of Our Wedding Day
It Was A Time Of Love And Laughter
Happy Every After
But Even Those Old Pictures Have Begun To Fade
Please Tell Me She Is Not Real
And That You Are Really Comin' Home, To Stay
Sometimes I Wake Up Cryin' At Night
And Sometimes I Scream Out Your Name
What Right Does She Have To Take You're Heart Away?
When For So Long You Were Mine
I Can Give You Two Good Reasons
To Show You Love's Not Blind
He's Two And She's Four And You Know They Adore You
So How Can I Tell Them
That You Changed Your Mind?
Sometimes I Wake Up Cryin' At Night
And Sometimes I Scream Out Your Name
What Right Does She Have To Take You're Heart Away?
When For So Long You Were Mine
I Remember When You Were Mine....
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire
Producer(s): Blake Chancey, Paul Worley
Dixie Chick Sisters, Martie Erwin Maguire And Emily Erwin Robison, Co-Wrote "You Were Mine" In 1995. It Is About Their Parents' Break-Up And Subsequent Divorce.
In 1995, The Erwin Sisters Invited Natalie Maines To Sing Lead Vocals On The Demo Of "You Were Mine." The Sisters Were So Impressed With Maines' Vocals That She Went On To Replace Laura Lynch, Who Was Dixie Chicks' Lead Singer At The Time.
Throughout The Track, Natalie Maines' Powerful, Grief-Stricken Lead Vocals Are Backed The Two Sisters' Gentle Harmonies And A Sorrowful Violin Played By Martie Erwin, Resulting In A Pungent Emission Of Sadness And Loss.
"You Were Mine" Is The Only Original Song To Appear On Dixie Chicks' Breakthrough Album, Wide Open Spaces. The Song Was A Commercial Success And Reached Number One On U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks.