lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

JUST OUT OF REACH

(Virgil F. Stewart)
« © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Love that runs away from me
Dreams that just won't let me be
Blues that keep on bothering me
Chains that just won't set me free
Too far away from you and all your charms
Just out of reach of my two empty arms

Each night in dreams I see your face
Mem'ries time cannot erase
Then I awake and find you gone
I'm so blue and all alone
So far away from lips so sweet and warm
Just out of reach of my two empty arms

That lonesome feeling all the time
Knowing you cannot be mine
Dreams that hurt me in my sleep
Vows that we could never keep
Too far away from lips so sweet and warm
Just out of reach of my two empty arms
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2.

POISON RED BERRIES

(Mickey Newbury)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You know I don't think much about her no more
Seldom if ever does she cross my mind
Yesterday's gone Lord it's better forgotten
Like the poison red berries to die on the vine

This morning at dawn Lord I pulled into town
Had some coffee and talked with some old friends of mine
Laughing at all the good times they rememberd
And then I remembered the time

Oh Lord I can see the bright lights back in Dallas
As yesterday moves like a dream through my mind
I didn't suppose that I'd ever forget her
And you know it took such a long time

But you know I don't think much about her no more
And seldom if ever does she ever cross my mind
Yesterday's gone and it's better forgotten
It's like a poison red berry that clings to the mind
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3.

IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTIN'

(Johnny Tillotson)
« © '61 Ridge Music, BMI »
I cry myself to sleep each night wishing I could hold you tight
Life seems so empty since you went away
The pillow where you lay your head now holds my lonely tears instead
And it keeps right on a hurtin' since you're gone

It keeps right on a hurtin' every minute of the day
Every hour you're away I feel so lonely
And I can't help it I don't think I can go on
And it keeps right on a hurtin' since you're gone

They say a man should never cry but when I see you passing by
My heart breaks down and cries a million tears
You broke my heart and set me free but you forgot your memory
And it keeps right on a hurtin' since you're gone

It keeps right on a hurtin'...
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4.

LONELY PEOPLE

[ # 38 country hit ] (Harlan Howard)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Late at night a disc jockey plays a sad song by request
For some lonely girl in a one room world whose tears won't let her rest
For she lives every word of the song she just heard
As she clutches her pillow so tight
She's just one of those lonely people in the night

It's three a.m. in New York City but the wino he doesn't know
His bottle is empty his pockets are empty and where did his pals all go
He shared with them and he cared for them
For a while everything was all right
Now he's one of those lonely people in the night

Just look at the lonely people in this world
There's too many women without a man and boys without a girl
If we lonely people could find one another
What a happy world this could be
For there's too many lonely people just like me
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5.

YOU MAY BE TOO MUCH FOR MEMPHIS BABY

(Paul Hampton)
« © '72 Edwin Morris & Co, ASCAP »
Today you say the one who loves you is turn into a ball
This town and all the people bug you and now you want much more
You think your ment for a better life for the sunshines every day
But you may be too much for Memphis baby you're not enough for LA

There's so many pretty girls like you out there they all cansel out each other
The only way you can turn someone's head is run your part to another
All the chew you up in that all pieces if you lucky that's quits you away
Cause you may be too much for Memphis baby you're not enough for LA

Now let one day you'd be putting on your face and the first sign of line you see
You'll grab the first train or the first bus or plane and come running back to me
And then you'll say you was a town that eased your way beyond your tears
At the sunset strip don't seems so hip when seem the lonely tear
And you finally realize just where it is tho' it hurts you so to say
Well come on back to Memphis baby cause you're much too nice for LA
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6.

BORN TO LOSE

(Frankie Brown)
« © '43 Peer International, BMI »
Born to lose I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose it seems so hard to bear
How I long to always have you near
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose my every hope is gone
It's so hard to face an empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
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7.

LAST LETTER

(Rex Griffin)
« © '39 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that makes you so different and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old

I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow you'll save

When you were lonely and tired of another one's gold
When you were weary remember this letter my own
Don't try to answer though I've suffered anguish untold
If you don't love me I wish you would leave me alone

While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you are broking so free
But to this old world I will soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me
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8.

HERE WE GO AGAIN

(Russell Steagall - Don Lanier)
« © '67 Dirk Music, BMI »
Here we go again she's back in town again
I'll take her back again one more time
Here we go again the phone will ring again
I'll be her fool again one more time

I've been there before and I'll try it again
But any fool knows that there's no way to win
Here we go again she'll break my heart again
I'll play the part again one more time

Oh I've been there before...
I'll play the part again one more time
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9.

IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU

(Kenny O'Dell - Larry Henley)
« © '71 Warner House Of Music, BMI »
If it's all right with you I'd like to stay here and love you
And hold you at least until the daylight comes
And if it's all right with you I'd like to think that when tomorrow comes
It'll be way too soon if it's all right with you

If it's all right with you I think I'll love you
If it's all right with you I think I'll love you
When the morning sun arrives then we'll decide if I should stay or go

If it's all right with you we won't think about tomorrow
Or yesterday tonight could be a lifetime
And if it's all right with you I'll dim the light and close the world away
Oh I really wanna stay if it's all right with you

If it's all right with you...
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10.

IT'S FOUR IN THE MORNING

(Jerry Chesnut)
« © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's four in the morning once more the dawning
Just woke up the wanting in me
Wishing I'd never met her knowing if I'd forget her
How much better off she would be
The longer I hold on and the longer this goes on the harder it's gonna be
But it's four in the morning and once more the dawning
Just woke up the wanting in me

I've never deserved her God knows when I hurt her
It's the last thing that I want to do
She tries but she can't tell how she feels but I know
Too well what she's going through
If I love her so much I don't know why I can't do
The right thing and just let her be
But it's four in the morning and once more the dawning
Just woke up the wanting in me

Last night I told her this time it's all over
Making ten times I told her goodbye
Last night we broke up this morning I woke up
And for the tenth time I'm changing my mind
I saw more love in her eyes when I left her
Than most foolish men will ever see
And it's four in the morning and once more the dawning
Just woke up the wanting in me
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