ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION / MAYBE – Directed by Rocky Schenck

Lyrics:

Yesterday the odds were stacked in favor of my expectations
Lying above the rest, never falling from the nest
Tuesday came and went and now I’m in a little situation
Maybe it’s for the best, I can live alone I guess

Maybe I can stand alone
Maybe I’m strong as stone
Even though the bird has flown
Maybe he’ll fly on home

Forgive me if I’m keeping you apart from better conversation
I’m numb from all my doubt, trying to sort the whole thing out
Tell me that I’m smart enough to deal with all the information
Spinning inside my head, every word he ever said

Maybe I can stand alone
Maybe I’m strong as stone
Even though the bird has flown
Maybe he’ll fly on home

(Instrumentals and Background Vocals)

Maybe I can stand alone
Maybe I’m strong as stone
Even though the bird has flown
Maybe he’ll fly on home

Forget About It is the eighth studio album by Alison Krauss, released in 1999. It reached number 5 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The lead single, “Forget About It”, peaked at number 67 on the Country Singles Chart, and “Stay” reached number 28 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Track listing

1. “Stay” (Larry Byrom, Allyson Taylor) – 3:25
2. “Forget About It” (Robert Lee Castleman) – 3:30
3. “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference” (Todd Rundgren)– 4:28
4. “Maybe” (Gordon Kennedy, Phil Madeira) – 3:47
5. “Empty Hearts” (Michael McDonald, Michael Johnson) – 3:24
6. “Never Got Off the Ground” (Danny O’Keefe) – 3:40
7. “Ghost in This House” (Hugh Prestwood) – 4:04
8. “It Don’t Matter Now” (Michael McDonald) – 2:50
9. “That Kind of Love” (Pat Bergeson, Michael McDonald) – 3:43
10. “Could You Lie” (Ron Block) – 2:54
11. “Dreaming My Dreams With You” (Allen Reynolds) – 4:28

Personnel

• Alison Krauss – fiddle, vocals, harmony vocals
• Viktor Krauss – bass
• Barry Bales – bass, harmony vocals
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Kenny Malone – drums
• Pat Bergeson – guitar
• Ron Block – guitar, harmony vocals
• Sam Bush – mandolin, slide mandolin, harmony vocals
• Lyle Lovett – harmony vocals on “Dreaming My Dreams With You”
• Evelyn Cox – harmony vocals
• Sidney Cox – harmony vocals
• Suzanne Cox – harmony vocals
• Dolly Parton – harmony vocals on “Dreaming My Dreams With You”
• Jerry Douglas – dobro, lap steel guitar
• Joey Miskulin – accordion
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Dan Tyminski – guitar, harmony vocals

Production notes:

• Gary Paczosa – engineer, mixing
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Sandy Jenkins – engineer, assistant engineer
• Thomas “Snake” Johnson – engineer, assistant engineer
• Tim Waters – assistant engineer
• Chuck Turner – digital editing
• Tracy Martinson – digital editing
• Matthew Barnes – photography
• Nancy Given – art direction, design

Chart performance

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