lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

DON'T FENCE ME IN

(Cole Porter)
« © '56 WB Music, ASCAP »
Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me out forever but I ask you please don't fence me in

Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western skies
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
Can't look at hubbles and I can't stand fences don't fence me in

Just turn me loose let me straddle...
Don't fence me in
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2.

TENNESSEE WALTZ

(Pee Wee King - Redd Stewart)
« © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I was waltzing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I untroduced him to my loved one and while they were waltzing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes I lost my little darling the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz
[ steel ] I remember the night...
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3.

SHAME ON YOU

(Spade Cooley)
« © '56 Peer International, BMI »
Shame shame on you shame shame on you
Took my heart as a token when return it was broken
Hide your face shame on you
Shame shame on you shame shame on you
Took my car and my money tell you girl that ain't funny
Darn your hide shame on you
[ steel ] Shame shame on you shame shame on you
Ran around with other guys and and try to lie when I got wise
Foolish girl shame on you
Shame shame on you shame shame on you
Took and play your little game you'll find out who was to blame
Hide your face shame on you
[ guitar ] Shame shame on you shame shame on you
Can you hold your head up high look your friends right in the eyes
No you can't shame on you no no no shame on you
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4.

SOMEDAY (YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU)

(Jimmy Hodges)
« © '54 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
I know that someday you'll want me to want you
When I'm in love with somebody else
You expect me to be true and keep on loving you
Though I am feeling blue you think I can't forget you
Until someday you'll want me to want you
When I am strong for somebody new
And though you don't want me now I'll get along somehow
And then I won't no I won't want you
[ piano - guitar ] I know that someday...
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5.

YOU CAN'T BE TRUE DEAR

(Gerhard Ebeler - Hans Otten - Hal Cotton)
« © '54 Essex Music, ASCAP »
You can't be true dear there's nothing more to say
I trusted you dear hoping we find the way
Your kisses tell me that you and I are through
But I'll keep loving you although you can't be true
[ steel ] You can't be true dear...
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6.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH (IT HURTS)

(Floyd Tillman)
« © '56 Peer International, BMI »
I love you so much it hurts me darling that's why I'm so blue
I'm so afraid to go to bed at night afraid of losing you
I love you so much it hurts me and there's nothing I can do
I want to hold you my dear forever and ever
I love you so much it hurts me so
[ guitar ] I love you so much...
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7.

SO ROUND SO FIRM SO FULLY PACKED

(Merle Travis - Cliffie Stone - Eddie Kirk)
« © '46 Unichappell Music, BMI »
So round so firm so fully packed that's my gal
So complete front to back that's my pal
Tosted by the sun and I'm a son of a gun
She don't make my five o'clock shadow come around at one
You can bet your boots had walked for miles through the snow
Just to see her tooth face smile they mentioned on the radio
If you don't think she's lot of fun just as the man who once wants
So round so firm so fully packed that's my gal
[ steel - guitar ] So round so firm so fully packed she's for me
She's just like a money bag guarantee
Like a barfly goes for drink like a bobysocks go for Frank
And just like Jesse James he go for money in the bank
From ahead to foot she's a perfect size she's a wist
But she wears a forty-five gun that is
She's got a look that's so impression she's got furs that's sorta fashion
So round so firm so fully packed that's my gal
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8.

COLD COLD HEART

(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A mem'ry from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In anger unkind words are said that make those teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
[ guitar ] There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I see your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
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9.

SIXTEEN TONS

(Merle Travis)
« © '46 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bone
With a mind that's weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons what do you get
Another day older and deeper and debt
St Peter don't you call me cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
[ guitar ] I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Loaded sicteen tons of No 9 coal
And the storeboss said well bless my soul

You load sixteen tons...
[ guitar ] I was born one mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
Figtin' and trouble are my middle name
Risin' the cane break by an old mountain lion
Ain't no hightoned woman makes me walk the line

You load sixteen tons...
[ guitar ] If you see me comin' better step aside
A lotta men didn't a lotta men died
One fist of iron the other of steel
If the right one don't get you then the left one will
You load sixteen tons...
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10.

I DON'T HURT ANYMORE

(Don Robertson - Jack Rollins)
« © '53 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
I don't hurt anymore all my teardrops are dried
No more walking the floor with that burning inside
Just to think it could be time has opened the door
And at last I am free I don't hurt anymore

No use to deny I wanted to die the day you said we were through
But now that I find you're out of my mind I can't believe that it's true
I've forgotten somehow that I cared so before
And it's so wonderful now I don't hurt anymore
[ steel + guitar ] No use to deny...
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11.

SLOWPOKE

(Pee Wee King - Redd Stewart - Chilton Price)
« © '51 Ridgeway Music, BMI »
You keep me waitin' till it's gettin' aggravatin' you're a slowpoke
I wait and worry but you never seem to hurry you're a slowpoke
Time means nothing to you I wait and then late again
Eight o'clock nine o'clock quarter to ten

Why should I linger everytime you snap your finger little slowpoke
Why can't you hasten when you see the time's a wastin' you're a slowpoke
Dear why should I keep trying to change you it's not the thing to do
I guess I'll have to learn to be a slowpoke too
[ guitar ] Why should I linger...
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12.

(NOW AND THEN THERE'S A) FOOL SUCH AS I

(Bill Trader)
« © '52 MCA Music, ASCAP »
Pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye
Don't be angry with me should I cry
When you're gone yet I'll dream a little dreams as years go by
Now and then there's a fool such as I

Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love and now you say that we are through
I'm a fool but I'll love you dear until the day I die
Now and then there's a fool such as I
[ guitar ] Now and then there's a fool...
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