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01 I Know Why
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02 Perfect Lie
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03 Good Is Good
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04 Chances Are
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05 Wildflower
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06 Lifetimes
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07 Letter To God
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08 Live It Up
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09 I Don’t Wanna Know
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10 Always On Your Side
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11 Where Has All The Love Gone
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01 I Know Why
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02 Perfect Lie
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03 Good Is Good
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04 Chances Are
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05 Wildflower
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06 Lifetimes
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07 Letter To God
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08 Live It Up
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09 I Don’t Wanna Know

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10 Always On Your Side

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11 Where Has All The Love Gone

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I Know Why
They say that love keeps on growin’
It’s the one thing that I’ve felt I’ve
always known Cause it wouldn’t
matter where you’re going Cause
where you are is where I want to go •
I know why the heart gets lonely
Everytime you give your love away
But if you think that you are only
A shadow in the wind Blowin’ ‘round
but when You let somebody in They
might fade away • Tell me why the
road keeps turning When everything
you want is straight ahead And
everything I thought worth learning
Is forgotten when I see your face
instead • I know why the heart gets
lonely Everytime you give your love
away And if you think that you are
only A shadow in the wind Blowin’
‘round but when You let somebody
in They might fade away • Ah you
say it’s so overrated Holding onto
yesterday Along the way it can get
Too complicated to stay • I know why
the heart gets lonely Everytime you
give your love away And if you think
that you are only A shadow in the
wind You better think again I know
why the heart gets lonely Everytime
you give you love away And if you
think that you are only Feathers in
the wind blowin’ ‘round but when
You let somebody in They might
fade away Fade away
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW
SHERYL CROW: LEAD AND BACKGROUND VOCALS,
PIANO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR ABE LABORIEL JR.: DRUMS
JOHN SHANKS: BASS, ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUI-
TARS, BANJO, BACKGROUND VOCALAS
DAVID CAMPBELL: STRING ARRANGEMENT
CONCERTMASTER: JOEL DEROUIN
• TROTT: PIANO, WURLITZER, ELECTRIC GUITARS, SLIDE
•
Perfect Lie
Burn like a cigarette Hole inside my
head Reminding me not to forget
Words Words I’d never say Things
along the way Like telling me that
I’m the best • Look at your face
It doesn’t look like it did You give
away Everything now that you’ve
hid • You You wanted me only
To never be lonely So you opened
your arms and took me in But this is
our last goodbye This is a perfect lie
Told by someone that I used to know
back then • Help Help is on the way
That’s what they all say But the thing
that they don’t know Is I I know
everything And maybe it’s just a ring
But help won’t make me let it go •
Look at your face It doesn’t look
like it did You give away Everything
that you once hid • You You wanted
me only To never be lonely So you
opened your arms and let me in
But this is our last goodbye This is a
perfect lie Told by someone that
I used to know back then • Look at
your face It doesn’t look like it did
You hide the love that you’re not
Willing now to give Willing now to
give • You You wanted me only
To never be lonely So you opened
your arms and took me in But this
is our last goodbye This is a perfect
lie Told by someone that I used to
know back then • And this is the last
goodbye And this is the final lie That
I never have to hear that voice again
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW
SHERYL CROW: LEAD AND BACKGROUND VOCALS,
ACOUSTIC GUITAR ABE LABORIEL JR.: DRUMS JOHN
SHANKS: BASS, ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS, KEY-
BOARDS, BACKGROUND VOCALS
DAVID CAMPBELL: STRING ARRANGEMENT
CONCERTMASTER: JOEL DEROUIN
• GUITAR, DRUM PROGRAMMING, BACKGROUND
•
Good Is Good
Good is good and bad is bad
You don’t know which one you
had She put your books out on the
sidewalk Now they’re blowing ‘round
They won’t help you when you’re
down • Love’s on your list of things
to do To bring your good luck
back to you And if you think that
everything’s unfair Would you care
if you’re the last one standing there •
And everytime you hear the rolling
thunder You turn around before the
lightening strikes And does it ever
make you stop and wonder If all
your good times pass you by • I don’t
hold no mystery But I can show you
how to turn the key Cause all I know
is where I started So downhearted
And that’s not where you want to be
• And everytime you hear the rolling
thunder You turn around before
the lightening strikes And you could
find a rock to crawl right under If all
your good times pass you by • When
the day is done And the world is
sleeping And the moon is on its way
to shine When your friends are gone
You thought were so worth keeping
You feel you don’t belong And you
don’t know why • And everytime you
hear the rolling thunder You turn
around before the lightening strikes
And does it ever make you stop and
wonder If all your good times pass
you by • When the day is done And
the world is sleeping And the moon
is on its way to shine When your
friends are gone You thought
were so worth keeping You feel
you don’t belong Neither do I
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW AND JEFF TROTT
SHERYL CROW: LEAD AND BACKGROUND VOCALS,
PIANO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR JEFF ROTHSCHILD: DRUMS,
PROGRAMMING JOHN SHANKS: BASS, ACOUSTIC AND
ELECTRIC GUITARS, BACKGROUND VOCALS JEFF
VOCALS DAVID CAMPBELL: STRING ARRANGEMENT
CONCERTMASTER: JOEL DEROUIN
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Chances Are
I was lost inside a daydream
Swimming through the saline
I looked at you and you breathed
in That’s the way it’s always been •
It all comes down to creating time
You don’t always have to make it
right We’ll all drive by in our hybrid
lives • Chances are we’ll make it
back • I was doing time in the LA jail
My karma was living inside of failure
No matter how, it don’t matter now
Rest assured the rest is blurred •
It all comes down to doing time
We don’t always have to make
it a crime We’ll all drive off in our
hybrid lives Chances are we’ll
make it back We’ll make it back
We’ll make it back • Terror runs for
king I said It is better to explore with-
in We were apes before we spoke
of sin The cosmos sits on the tip of a
pin • It all comes down to creating
time You don’t always have to
make it all right We’ll
all drive by with our hybrid lives
Chances are Chances are
Chances are we’ll make it back
We’ll make it back We’ll make
it back We’ll make it back
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW AND JEFF TROTT
SHERYL CROW: LEAD VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
JEFF TROTT: ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SYNTH BASS KEITH
SCHREINER: ATMOSPHERIC SYNTHS, DRUM PROGRAM-
MING BRUCE KAPHAN: PEDAL STEEL GUITAR GREG
LEISZ: PEDAL STEEL GUITAR DAVID CAMPBELL: STRING
ARRANGEMENT CONCERTMASTER: JOEL DEROUIN
•
• Take off your halo Take off your
Wildflower
Quiet hours You have always
been my Wildflower Showing up
wherever Beauty’s lost its way Your
heart must break • I was free Until
I heard the song You sang to me
Pulling me away from Everything
I knew To be with you • Everything
I know Just fades away Everytime
you go It hurts me so I don’t know
why When I know we’re free Free
to fly • Here we are Burning faster
than the Closest star Falling back
down to the earth I love you so
It sometimes hurts • Closer still You
will find me Standing on the hill
Waiting for you with my Arms
stretched open wide Now come
inside • Everything I know Just fades
away Everytime you go It hurts me
so I don’t know why When I know
we’re free Free to fly • Everything
I know Just fades away When a
wildflower grows It picks its space
But that’s the way it is When nature
plays Its lovely hand You’ll under-
stand Everything
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW
SHERYL CROW: LEAD VOCAL JOHN SHANKS:
ACOUSTIC GUITARS, KEYBOARDS MIKE ELIZONDO:
BASS DAVID CAMPBELL: STRING ARRANGEMENT
CONCERTMASTER: JOEL DEROUIN
• TARS, BACKGROUND VOCALS DAVID CAMPBELL:
•
Lifetimes
golden crown The spotlight’s off,
the shades are down • Where are
your friends now? They’re ghosts in
a window pane Sometimes it’s hard
to stay the same • We could live life-
times in a single day No matter
what you do I love you anyway
You say you feel lost inside Well
I get lonely too Even in the worst
of times I give my best to you •
I dreamed I was swimming Fighting
the undertow Drifting in circles, no
place to go • And when I woke up
I was wringing wet So much stronger
than before • We could live lifetimes
in a single day No matter what you
do I love you anyway You say you
feel lost inside Well I get lonely too
Even in the worst of times I give
my best to you • No words escape
The silence made No looks betray
I’m not afraid at all • We could live
lifetimes in a single day No matter
what you do I love you anyway
You say you feel lost inside And I get
lonely too Even in the worst of times
I give my best to you • Even in the
worst of times I give my best to you
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW AND JEFF TROTT
SHERYL CROW: LEAD AND BACKGROUND VOCALS,
BASS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, WURLITZER, KEYBOARDS
DAN CHASE: DRUMS, PROGRAMMING JEFF TROTT:
ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS,BASS, BACK-
GROUND VOCALS JOHN SHANKS: ACOUSTIC GUI-
STRING ARRANGEMENT CONCERTMASTER: JOEL
DEROUIN
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• by, barely in the picture But never
Letter To God
I woke up late Put my sweater
on and I walked down to the shop
I stood in line ‘til the line was gone
and my turn to win was lost • What
do you do when you look to the left
and to the right And find no clue?
Well I’m sending a letter to God
How will it be when I’m gone? And
what if everyone is wrong? • I took
you in Made a bed for you and in
turn you gave me some Words to go
on Told me I was saved But you
never said what from • What do you
do when you look to the left and to
the right And find no clues To the
questions you ask yourself at night?
Who will come through? You’ll be
sending a letter to God How will it
be when you’re gone? And what if
everyone is wrong? • A solid case for
the innocent Could be made and
laid to rest They say, “it wont do If
you aren’t like us then you’ve failed
the final test” • What do you feel
when you look to the east and to
the west If this is real Does it feel like
some never ending test? A finance
deal If this is my one last chance to
invest I’ve one request I’ll be send-
ing a letter to God To know where
will I go when I’m gone And what if
everyone is wrong?
WRITTEN BY SHERYL CROW AND JEFF TROTT
SHERYL CROW: LEAD VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
BRIAN MACLEOD: DRUMS DAN CHASE: PROGRAM-
MING, PERCUSSION MIKE ELIZONDO: BASS JEFF
TROTT: ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS, PIANO,
DRUM PROGRAMMING DAVID CAMPBELL: STRING
ARRANGEMENT CONCERTMASTER: JOEL DEROUIN
• this time get it right this time
•
Live It Up
You get high jacked, waiting
at the bus stop By Jesus, whose
working at the pawn shop Escaped
far from the lens You’d never risk it,
inherently self-conscious So twisted,
resting on your haunches So mystic,
paintin’ in a poncho You better get
ready, everybody’s out to have
a good time • Live it up, like there’s
no time left Just like there’s no
tomorrow Live it up, like there’s no
time left There’s no time to kill Live
it up, like there’s no time left No time
left to borrow • Why don’t you try to
get it right this time Get it right this
time • You get worked up, jammed
and overloaded Your times up,
before you even know it But you
can’t stop, working on the outcome
You’re hawking your latest sins Put
on your backpack, take a trip to
nowhere Your sidetracked, on your
way you somewhere You wind up,
right back where you started You
better get ready, everybody’s out
to have a good time • Live it up, like
there’s no time left Just like there’s
no tomorrow Live it up, like there’s
no time left And there’s no time to
kill Live it up, like there’s no time left
No time left to borrow • Why don’t
we try to get it right this time This
time • No reason to worry, even if it
isn’t goin’ our way Forget about
tomorrow, because all we really
have is today • Live it up, like there’s
no time left Just like there’s no
tomorrow Live it up, like there’s
no time left And there’s no time to
kill Live it up, like there’s no time left
No time left to borrow • Why don’t
we try to get it right Why don’t we
try to get it right Why don’t we try
to get it right this time Get it right
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW AND JEFF TROTT
SHERYL CROW: LEAD VOCALS, HARMONY VOCALS
JEFF TROTT: ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITARS, BACK-
ING VOCALS MIKE ELIZONDO: BASS BRIAN
MACLEOD: DRUMS ROGER MANNING: PIANO
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•
I Don’t Wanna Know
I heard the sound it was all around
Everyone’s quitting Everyone’s
breaking down I called your
house on the telephone Nobody
answered But I know you’re home •
All in all it’s nature’s poetry I can’t
understand the way it flows • But
I don’t wanna know No I don’t
wanna know Cause everything
I know Makes me feel so low
No, I don’t wanna know • I pushed
a button just to find my way I got
directions But I’m still lost today She
was smiling but her eyes were dead
Nobody’s crying That’s what the
paper said • All in all it’s natures
poetry I can’t understand the way
it goes • So I don’t wanna know
No I don’t wanna know Cause
everything I know Makes me feel
so low No, I don’t wanna know •
All in all it’s nature’s poetry Can’t
understand the way it flows • So
I don’t wanna know No I don’t
wanna know Cause everything
I know Makes me feel so low No
I don’t wanna know • (No I don’t
wanna know) (No I don’t wanna
know) (No I don’t wanna know) •
Cause everything I know Makes me
feel so low I don’t wanna know
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW AND JEFF TROTT
SHERYL CROW- LEAD AND BACKGROUND VOCALS,
ACOUSTIC GUITAR BRIAN MACLEOD: DRUMS MIKE
ELIZONDO: BASS JEFF TROTT: ACOUSTIC AND ELEC-
TRIC GUITARS, KEYBOARDS GREG LEISZ: BARITONE
GUITAR, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR JOHN SHANKS: BACK-
GROUND VOCALS
DAVID CAMPBELL: STRING ARRANGEMENT
CONCERTMASTER: JOEL DEROUIN
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Always On Your Side
My yesterdays are all boxed up
And neatly put away But every now
and then you come to mind Cause
you were always waiting To be
picked to play the game But when
your name was called You found a
place to hide When your name was
called You found a place to hide
(when you knew that I was always on
your side) • Everything was easy then
So sweet and innocent But your
demons and your angels reappeared
Leaving only traces of the man you
thought you’d be Leaving me no
place left to go from here Leaving
me so many questions all these years
• Well is there someplace faraway
Someplace where all is clear Easy to
start over With the ones you hold so
dear Or are you left to wander all
alone eternally This isn’t how it’s real-
ly meant to be No it isn’t how it’s
really meant to be • Well they say
that love is in the air Never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay
Butterflies are free to fly and so they
fly away And I’m left to carry on and
wonder why Even through it all I’m
always on your side • Well is there
someplace faraway Someplace
where all is clear Easy to start over
With the ones you hold so dear
Or are we left to wander all alone
eternally Well is this how it’s really
meant to be Now is this how it’s real-
ly meant to be • Well they say that
love is in the air Never is it clear How
to pull it close and make it stay If
butterflies are free to fly why do they
fly away Leaving me to carry on and
wonder why Was it you that kept me
wandering Through this life When
you know that I was always
on your side
WRITTEN BY SHERYL CROW
SHERYL CROW: LEAD VOCAL, PIANO ABE LABORIEL
JR.: DRUMS JOHN SHANKS: BASS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
JAMIE MUHOBERAC: KEYBOARDS DAVID CAMPBELL:
STRING ARRANGEMENT CONCERTMASTER: JOEL
DEROUIN
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Where Has All The Love Gone
Today, I saw the strangest thing
On the evening news A man who
isn’t sad at all By what’s going on •
And even though I’m trying to smile
With everything I see It could take a
while • I’ve been looking Everywhere
I go Where has all the love Where
has all the love gone I’ve been look-
ing All around to know Where has all
the love Where has all the love gone
• Yesterday, I heard you say You’d
never close your eyes Sometimes the
world’s a scary ride It’s hard to hang
on • Along the way we got off track
Now, if we turn around Could we
ever get back? I’ve been looking
Everywhere I go Where has all the
love Where has all the love gone
I’ve been looking all around to know
Where has all the love Where has all
the love gone Where has all the love
gone • I know it was there when we
were gone Where has all the love
gone • Today,
I saw the flag roll by On a wooden
box If it’s true, we’ve lost our way
(Chorus) Today, I saw the strangest
thing Then, what have we got
WRITTEN BY: SHERYL CROW AND JEFF TROTT
SHERYL CROW: LEAD AND BACKGROUND VOCALS,
PIANO DAN CHASE: DRUMS, PROGRAMMING, PER-
CUSSION, CASIO KEYBOARD MIKE ELIZONDO: BASS
JEFF TROTT: ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITARS, BASS.
BACKGROUND VOCALS JOHN SHANKS: ELECTRIC GUI-
TARS DAVID CAMPBELL: STRING ARRANGEMENT
CONCERTMASTER: JOEL DEROUIN
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PRODUCED BY
JEFF TROTT AND SHERYL CROW: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 11
PRODUCED BY
JOHN SHANKS AND SHERYL CROW: 1, 2, 5 & 10
PRODUCED BY
JOHN SHANKS, JEFF TROTT, SHERYL CROW: 3
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION:
JOHN SHANKS: 6 & 11
ALL SONGS MIXED BY BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN
AT MIX THIS, PACIFIC PALISADES, CA
EXCEPT 1 & 6 MIXED BY JEFF ROTHSCHILD AND
JOHN SHANKS AT HENSON RECORDING STUDIOS,
HOLLYWOOD, CA AND No.4 MIXED BY ANDY
WALLACE AT SOUND TRACK, NYC, NY
MASTERED BY BOB LUDWIG
AT GATEWAY MASTERING
ENGINEERED BY DAN CHASE,
JEFF ROTHSCHILD, TRINA SHOEMAKER,
DAVE WAY, DEAN BASKERVILLE
STRINGS RECORDED BY ALLEN SIDES
AND STEVE CHURCHYARD
RECORDED AT: HENSON RECORDING STUDIOS,
HOLLYWOOD, CA; LARRABEE SOUND STUDIOS,
HOLLYWOOD, CA; MUSIC LANE RECORDING,
AUSTIN, TX ; OCEAN WAY RECORDING,
HOLLYWOOD, CA; CAPITOL RECORDING
STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD, CA; SAGE AND
SOUND RECORDING, HOLLYWOOD, CA;
SUNSET SOUND, HOLLYWOOD, CA;
TALENTSHOP RECORDERS NASHVILLE,TN;
BLACK APPLE STUDIOS PORTLAND, OR.
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PRODUCTION MANAGER: PAM WERTHEIMER
CONTRACTOR/PRODUCTION COORDINATOR:
SHARI SUTCLIFFE
STRINGS ARRANGED BY DAVID CAMPBELL
ASSISTANT: ALI HELNWEIN
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: KEVIN HARP,
BRANDON DUNCAN, JIMMY HOYSON,
ERRIN FAMILIA, ANDY SHARP, BRIAN VIBBERTS,
ERIC DANCHICK, JEFF MOSES,
MIMI “AUDIA” PARKER, DREW VONDEHAAR
MANAGEMENT: SCOOTER WEINTRAUB,
W MANAGEMENT, INC.
ART DIRECTION, DESIGN,
AND ILLUSTRATION: PSYOP
DESIGN PRODUCER: CATHERINE BERCLAZ
COVER PHOTOGRAPHY:
SHERYL NIELDS AND GUSTAVO PAPALEO
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY:
SHERYL NIELDS, CARTER SMITH
ALL TRACKS PUBLISHED BY WARNER-TAMERLANE
PUBLISHING CORP. / OLD CROW MUSIC (BMI)
EXCEPT FOR 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 PUBLISHED BY
WARNER - TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. / OLD
CROW MUSIC (BMI) / CYRILLIC SOUP (ASCAP)
ADMIN. BY WIXEN MUSIC PUBLISHING INC.
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TO LANCE WITH DEEP LOVE AND

APPRECIATION. THIS RECORD IS FOR YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SCOOTER FOR HAVING
THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FRIENDSHIP
REALLY MEANS AND DEMONSTRATING IT
TO ME ON A DAILY BASIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR
ALWAYS SHOWING ME THE DEPTHS OF LOVE.
I AM BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN BORN
INTO OUR CLAN.
I AM DEEPLY INDEBTED TO JEFF TROTT AND
JOHN SHANKS FOR SHARING THEIR AMAZING
TALENTS AND FOR MAKING THIS PROJECT
SO MUCH FUN.
ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK JIMMY IOVINE
FOR SHOWING SUCH GREAT FAITH IN ME.
THANKS TO PAM WERTHEIMER, CHRIS HUDSON
AND NANNETTE D'AQUILA. IT WOULD ALL
FALL APART WITHOUT YOU.
THANK YOU TIM SMITH, PETER STROUD,
MIKE ROWE, JEREMY STACEY, RICK PURCELL,
AND MY WHOLE CREW. THANK YOU
PAM ADAMS AND TYLER AREND AT
MANAGEMENT. A GIANT HEARTFELT THANKS
TO DOUG MORRIS. THANKS TO ALL THE
FOLKS AT A&M/INTERSCOPE RECORDS,
STEVE BERMAN, DAVE TOMBERLIN,
MARTIN KIERSZENBAUM, BRENDA ROMANO,
KATHY ANGSTADT, DAVID COHEN,
JULIE HOVSEPIAN, WENDY DIPLOCK,
COURTNEY HOLT, TONY SEYLER,
RAND HOFFMAN AND NICOLE FRANTZ.
SPECIAL THANKS TO DAVID CAMPBELL,
BILL VUYLSTEKE, JAY COOPER, JOHN MARX
AND THE FOLKS AT WILLIAM MORRIS
AGENCY, GREG DEMPSEY AND THE FAN
FORUM, ABDI ASSADI, LYNN KILLOP,
TRINA SHOEMAKER, BARBARA BARBOUR,
SHARI SUTCLIFFE, JEFF ROTHSCHILD,
DAN CHASE, TIM MCDANIEL,
REBECCA DUNLAP, MARK HIGGINS,
DAVE BOLCH, THE GOOD FOLKS AT
CAPITAL SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT,
NICOLE FERREIRA, BRIGITTE REISS ANDERSEN
THANKS TO ELTON JOHN
FOR HIS GREAT INSPIRATION
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