Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Mike Chapman Nicky Chinn

Producer: George Tobin

Straight out a' Texas
Down around San Antoine
Comin' straight out of heaven
Sweeter than you've ever known
Don't let me hear that sweet kid's name
Get your hands on me and I'll drive you insane
Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart
Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

Now you've been seen in the back of a limousine
I may not ouwn it but it's bigger than you've ever seen
Now don't talk to me about the girls that you knew
Cause they can't do what this girl can do
Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart
Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

Your legs start shakin' every time you call my name
You're no heart breaker but you know you'll never be the same
Now don't talk to me about the girls that you knew
Cause they can't do what this girl can do
Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart
Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

I can't say goodbye to the sights of San Antoine
Headin' to Hollywood High
And there I'm gonna make my home
And now I don't give a damn about the things that they've seen
They ain't seen nothin' like a Texas queen

Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart
Tear me apart if you wanna win my heart

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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