lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BAD NEWS

(John D. Loudermilk)
« © '63 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Bad news travels like wild fire good news travels slow
They all call me a Wildfire cause everybody knows

That I'm bad news everywhere I go
Always a gettin' in the trouble ha ha ha
And leavin' little girls who hate to see me go

I've picked peaches down in Georgia lumberjacked up in Maine
I've been hired and jailed in every state you can name

Because I'm bad news...

From north to south from east to west the story is the same
From one state to the other I have to change my name

Because I'm bad news...

Now they tried to hang me down in Oakland and they did in San Frisco
But I wouldn't choke and I broke their rope they had to let me go

Because I'm bad news...
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2.

TELL 'EM WHERE YOU GOT YOUR BLUES

(Glenn Sutton - Merle Kilgore)
« © '65 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
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3.

WE'LL SING IN THE SUNSHINE

(Gale Garnett)
« © '64 Lupercalia Music, ASCAP »
We'll sing in the sunshine we'll laugh every day
We'll sing in the sunshine then I'll be on my way

I will never love you the cost of love's too dear
But though I'll never love you I'll stay with you one year

And we'll sing in the sunshine...

I'll sing to you each morning I'll kiss you every night
But darling don't cling to me I'll soon be out of sight

But we'll sing in the sunshine...

My daddy he once told me don't you love you any woman
Just take what they may give you and give but what you can

And we'll sing in the sunshine...

And when our year has ended and I have gone away
You'll often speak about me and this is what you'll say

We sang in the sunshine we laughed every day
We sang in the sunshine and I went on my way
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4.

IT'S MY PLEASURE

(Ollie Jones)
« © '65 Bro'n Sis Music, BMI »
It's my pleasure just to please you
It's my pleasure and I'm glad to
If you let me make you happy it's my pleasure

It's so easy to adore you every moment living for you
When your sweet lips smile to greet me it's my pleasure

Every little thing I'd do for you it only pleases me when it pleases you
Just to see the smile upon your face only makes me love you more

It's my pleasure to be near you it's my pleasure when I hear you
Say you'll always want me near you for it's my pleasure

It's my pleasure just to please you...
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5.

TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE

(John Latouche - Ted Fetter - Vernon Duke)
« © '40 Miller Catalog, ASCAP »
Here I go again I hear those trumpets blow again
All aglow again taking a chance on love
Here I slide again about to take that ride again
Starry eyed again taking a chance on love

I thought that cards were a frame up I never would try
But now I'm taking the game up and the ace of hearts is high
Things are mending now I see a rainbow blending now
We'll have a happy ending now taking a chance on love

(Here he comes again) I'm gonna make things hum again
Acting numb again taking a chance on love
(Now and then he stands again) about the beat of band again
Feeling grand again taking a chance on love

I never dreamed in my sombres and that's where to prove
But now I'm playing the numbers on a little dream for two
Waiting in again I'm leaving with my chin again
I'm finding out to win again taking a chance on love
We'll have a happy ending now taking a chance on love
Taking a chance on love taking a chance on love
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6.

BABY I'VE GOT IT

(Merle Kilgore)
« © '65 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
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7.

UNDERSTAND YOUR MAN

(Johnny Cash)
« © '64 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Don't call my name out your window I'm leavin'
I won't even turn my head
Don't send your kinfolks to give me no talkin'
I'll be gone like I said
You'd say the same old things you been sayin' all along
Lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shot till I'm gone
Don't give me that old familiar cryin' cussin' moan
Understand your man
Tidy your bad mouth and understand your man
[ guitar - trumpet ] You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army
And everything else I leave behind
I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my traveling
While I'm untangling my mind
I ain't goin' to repear what I said anymore
While I'm breathing air that ain't been breathed before
I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter
Then you'll understand your man
Better tided understand your man
Look out understand your man
Uh huh understand your man
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8.

MY HEART'S NOT MADE THAT WAY

(Merle Kilgore)
« © '65 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Pretty words that you told me belong to yesterday
And the things you said to hold me have no power to make me stay
Maybe somebody else will date you but only good thing my heart can say
No I'll never put you down babe cause my heart's not made that way
(Cause my heart's not made that way)

Well love is like a whirl wind time goes by so fast
Good times are not forever and we reached the end at last
I know you cried like a little child even that could make me stay
But I'll never put you down babe cause my heart's not made that way
(Cause my heart's not made that way)

Mem'ries may be big as mountains but you'll make your way across
Once you shared so much always ever really lost
No your hurt it won't be better for tomorrow's another day
And I'll never put you down babe cause my heart's not made that way
(And I'll never never put you down babe cause my heart's not made that way
And I'll never never put you down babe cause my heart's not made that way)
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9.

HE'LL HAVE TO GO

(Joe Allison - Audrey Allison)
« © '59 Central Songs, BMI »
Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Let's pretend that we're together all alone
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go

Whisper to me tell me do you love me true
Or is he holding you the way I do
Though love is blind make up your mind I've got to know
And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go

You can say the words I wanna hear while you're with another man
If you want me answer yes or no darling I will understand

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Let's pretend that we're together all alone
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go
And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go
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10.

EASY WAY

(Glenn Sutton - Merle Kilgore)
« © '65 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
I've always been a lover the easy going kind
I've known a million pretty girls but I left them all behind
Don't want no ties to hold me that's why I never stay
I just love 'em and leave 'em that's the easy way

The easy way is the system I use
Spread yourself around and you'll never have the blues
Forget about tomorrow when you greet a brand new day
Just love 'em and leave 'em that's the easy way

I know all the places where it's fast and it's fun
Lots of good times I have and I don't hurt anyone
So if folks talk about me one thing they have to say
The loving I get I get the easy way

The easy way is the system I use...

So take some good advice from a man who knows
To keep from gettin' trapped you gotta still your toes
You leave your heart at home when you're goin' out to play
Just love 'em and leave 'em that's the easy way

The easy way is the system I use...
Just love 'em and leave 'em that's the easy way
Just love 'em and leave 'em that's the easy way
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11.

I'VE BEEN TO TOWN

(Rod McKuen)
« © '65 Almo Music, ASCAP »
I've been to town I've walked the highways and the harbors too
I've done some things I never thought I'd ever do
Now as I stand here looking down at you
You ask me why it is I frown I guess it's cause I've been to town

I've been to town beyond the boulevard and down the beach
I've learned some things that only time can teach
For instance love is more than just a speech
It's got to find a common ground I know because I've been to town

Don't tell me any more lies I can't waste any more years
I've seen my image in your eyes dissolve in disappointed tears
I've been to town you ask me do I know the Milky Way
I do and furthermore I'd like to say it isn't milky white it's dirty gray
Especially when your world breaks down I know because I've been to town
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12.

WHATCHA GONNA DO

(Floyd Huddleston)
« © '65 Hirt Music, ASCAP »
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