lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BUT FOR LOVE

(Terry Cashman - Gene Pistilli - T.P. West)
« © '69 MCA Music, ASCAP »
So it's rainin' again and the wind's up in a roar
I've been swept through the streets to be washed up at your door
But you're with him I know so I'll crawl back later on
Why do I need you so but for love I'd be gone

With my back to the wind I'm wondering what it is about you
That makes it so hard to stay and harder yet to live without you
So I'll look all around but there's nothing here for me
Like a prisoner I'm bound but for you I'd be free

But for you I'd be on a jet leavin' today
For a place in the sun far away

But the rain still comes down and the chilly winds keep blowing
Down these cold empty streets I'm wondering what keeps me going
So I say to myself why do you linger on
And my heart cries to me but for love I'd be gone
But for love I'd be gone
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2.

YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN

(Marty Robbins)
« © '66 Mariposa Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Born in the heat of the desert my mother died giving me life
Deprived of the love of a father blamed for the loss of his wife
You know Lord I've been in a prison for something that I've never done
It's been one hill after another but I've climbed them all one by one

But this time Lord you gave me a mountain a mountain I may never climb
And it isn't a hill any longer you gave me a mountain this time

My woman got tired of the hardships tired of the grief and the strife
So tired of working for nothing tired of being my wife
She took my one ray of sunshine she took my pride and my joy
She took my reason for living she took my small baby boy

So this time Lord you gave me a mountain...
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3.

THEN SHE'S A LOVER

(Bobby Russell)
« © '69 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
She comes in about six o'clock trippin' over toys and pickin' up socks
And you think her day had been a ton of trouble
She's been doing important things with tradin' stamps and turnip greens
And have I noticed how the price of soap has doubled

She's as normal as she can be and she never misses Jeapardy
And I think that she'd elope with Dick VanDyke
And when the kids have all been fed and when I lay me down to bed
She gives me my time of the night

Then she's a lover she comes to my side
Right around midnight after her day's been so confused
That's why I love her and that's why I do right
And if there's a reason God gave me a feeling baby it's you

She hates tangerines she loves the rain volunteers me for everything
And the bank has never been right in her life
She thinks my Uncle Bill's a sap and she's taught me words like over draft
And the only number she remembers is her shoe size

She had words with a guy next door and almost started a neighborhood war
Cause he said something smart to our son Bob
And therefore I had to invite him in and apologize and convince him
That she really didn't mean he was a big fat slob

She's as normal as she can be...
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4.

HEAVEN BELOW

(Jerry Fuller)
« © '69 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I fly the midwestern skyways each long day through
And I live for the nights when I glide down the runway lights to you

Then I'm up with the sun back on my run wanting and needing you so
Counting minutes till I can go down to heaven below

With the help of the tailwind through a cloudless blue
I can pick up some time to unwind and ease my mind with you

Then I'm up with the sun...
[ horns ] Then I'm up with the sun...
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5.

JUST A BEND IN THE ROAD

(Judy West)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Are you weary and tired of living
Does it all seem to be thankless giving
Don't worry my friend it isn't the end
It's just a bend in the road

Have you reached for someone's hand
And found that's she just doesn't understand
Keep reaching my friend it isn't the end
It's just a bend in the road

It's never the end there's always one more bend
Another day another way a year or two
So walk one more mile remember with the smile
Happiness can afford to lose you

Although at times you feel so lonely
And you try to find someone to love you only
Keep looking my friend it isn't the end
There'll may be someone around the bend in the road
There'll may be someone around the bend in the road
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6.

AS LONG AS I LOVE

(Bob Montgomery - Fred Carter)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
As long as I love I will love you
As long as the stars may shine above you
You can be sure my heart will be true for as long as I love

As long as the waves touch the seashore
You'll be the one I will live for
There'll never be one I could love more for as long as I love

In this world of changing times I'm so glad to say that I'm
Unchangeably in love with you
In this world of doubt and fear I feel nothing when you're near
Cause I know that you love me too

As long as the dream stirs the willows
As long as the dew falls on the meadows
My heart is yours and it will be so for as long as I love
As long as I love
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7.

TOWN AND COUNTRY

(Bobby Russell)
« © '69 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
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8.

SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH

(Ray Griff)
« © '69 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
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9.

GLORY OF LOVE

(Billy Hill)
« © '57 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
You've got to give a little take a little and let your poor heart break a little
That's the story of that's the glory of love
You've got to laugh a little cry a little before the clouds roll by a little
That's the story of that's the glory of love

As long as there's the two of us we've got the world and all its charms
And when the world is through with us we've got each other's arms
You've got to win a little lose a little and always have the blues a little
That's the story of that's the glory of love

(As long as there's the two of us we've got the world and all its charms)
And when the world is through with us we've got each other's arms
You've got to win a little lose a little and always have the blues a little
That's the story of that's the glory of love
That's the story of that's the glory of love
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10.

PLEASE DON'T GO

(Les Reed - Jackie Rae)
« © '69 Feist Catalog, ASCAP »
Please don't go I beg you don't go for I need you here with me
If we part down deep in my heart I know what the end will be

No one else can take your place the love that I have known
If I don't see your sweet face my life I'll live alone

Stay here with me that's the way it should be
The world can see that I can't set you free

Just this once I beg you this once forgive for what I've done
I adore you I was meant for you much more than anyone

Darling I love you so more than you seemed to know
Say you would meet please don't go
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11.

FAITHFULLY

(Stanley H. Styne - Larry Grossman)
« © '69 Alley Music, BMI »
Faithfully ray as the day may be
Somehow we always seek hope in tomorrow
Faithfully dark as the night may seem
We close our eyes and dream of a new day

Why do we have such strong belief
Oh such a long belief in tomorrow
Because we know as long as it may be showed
Our prayers will be answered so faithfully
[ horns ] Why do we have such strong belief...
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12.

SONG OF LONG AGO

(Johnny Mercer - Hoagy Carmichael)
« © '69 Songs Of Peer, ASCAP »
A lullaby can make me cry like the song of long ago
I still can see another me and the girl I used to know
I should forget but I won't let little mem'ries overflow
And through the tears and misty years like the stardust as I go

I think of when she loved me then and of how she told me so
The words unsung when we were young like the song of long ago
But where's the end there is no end to the timeless after glow
A sweet regret I always get from the song of long ago
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