LAURA
(RCA Victor LSP-3900) '67
October/1967
Produced by Leon Ashley
1.
LAURA (WHAT HE'S GOT THAT I AIN'T GOT)
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Laura hold these hands and count my fingers
Laura touch these lips you once desired
Lay your head upon my chest hear my heart beat
Gently run your fingers through my hair
Touch these ears that's listened to your wishes
Most of them fullfilled and that's a lot
Let your soft gentle hands caress my body
Then tell me what he's got that I ain't got
Tell me what he's got I can't give you
Must be something I was born without
You took an awful chance to be with another man
So tell me what he's got that I ain't got
Laura see these walls that I built for you
Laura see this carpet that I layed
See those fancy curtains on the windows
Touch those satin pillows on your bed
Laura count the dresses in your closet
Note the name upon the checkbook in your bag
And if there's time before I pull this trigger
Then tell me what he's got that I ain't got
Tell me what he's got I can't give you
Must be something I was born without
And if there's time before I pull this trigger
Then tell me what he's got that I ain't got
Laura tell me what he's got that I ain't got
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2.
TELL HIM DADDY SAID HELLO
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
(If your conscience ever bothers you tell him daddy said hello)
The toys I sent came back today marked unclaimed
The telephone I used to call him off you have the number changed
You're looking for revenge and found the way it hurts the most
If your conscience ever bothers you tell him daddy said hello
Here's my pride I'm on my knees you wanna see a big man cry
Just name a time and place
To drive my mem'ry from his mind that's a way to hurt me most
If your conscience ever bothers you tell him daddy said hello
[ guitar ]
Here's my pride I'm on my knees...
If your conscience ever bothers you tell him daddy said hello
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3.
CURTAIN OF SADNESS
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
Like a curtain of darkness that brings night to a world
A world that's been bright all day long
You brought down the curtain of sadness on me
And you've turned out the hope in my world
I'm not blind and my eyes they're wide open
Yet not one ray of hope can I see
Cause you took off the love that gave light to my world
And you brought down the curtain of sadness on me
[ piano ]
I'm not blind and my eyes are wide open
Yet not one ray of light can I see
Cause you took off the love that gave light to my world
And you brought down the curtain of sadness on me
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4.
JUNGLE OF LIFE
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Unart Catalog, BMI »
See that girl drinking and dancing
With just any man who'll buy her the wine
Stop before you condemn her
Blame me cause I left her in this jungle of life
I held the key to a world in my hand
Wherever she is I'm the first that took her there
I taught her a feeling of passion
And I bought her the first glass of wine
Then I found me a new heart to play with
And left her alone in this jungle of life
[ steel ]
Stop before you condemn her
Blame me cause I left her in this jungle of life
Say how many have you left in this jungle of life
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5.
MOST MEN
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Lived a little more than most men
Loved a little more than most men
Lost a little more than most men most men are not losin' you
I've caused more hurt than most men
But now I'm hurtin' more than most men
I cry a little more than most men most men are not losin' you
I lived a lot but I lost a lot
I gamble with everything that I ever got
But I lost a little more a little bit more than I planned to
I lived a little more than most men
Loved a little more than most men
Lost a little more than most men most men are not losin' you
I lived a little more than most men...
I lived a little more than most men...
I lived a little more than most men...
I lived a little more than most men...
I lived a little more than most men...
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6.
WITH THE HELP OF THE WINE
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
Tonight I leave my past at the door of a barroom
Inside I just fell one of the crowd
The failure that surrounds me becomes success inside
I can be the man I wanna be with the help of the wine
With the help of the wine and the barroom crowd
The jukebox's playing loud to my last dime
The failure that surrounds me becomes success inside
I can be the man I wanna be with the help of the wine
[ steel ]
With the help of the wine...
I can be the man I wanna be with the help of the wine
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7.
WHEN LONELINESS MOVES IN
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
What makes me write these letters that I know I'll never mail
What makes me dial your number when I know that you're not there
I been talking to your pictures any fool knows they can't hear
But a man can do such foolish things when loneliness moves in
I wake up in the morning before I realize you've gone
For a moment this old house still seems like a home
But then I face reality and it's just four walls again
Since you moved out and loneliness moved in
I wake up in the morning...
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8.
KEEPING HER MEMORY ALIVE
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
(I'm just keeping her mem'ry alive)
If I talk to her when I'm all alone
If I order for two at a table for one
If I walk as though she's still by my side
I'm just keeping her mem'ry alive
I still have control of my sences
So don't think I'm losing my mind
If I talk to an empty chair at my side
I'm just keeping her mem'ry alive
[ piano ]
I'm glad to at least have these mem'ries
To help ease the hurt since she's gone
As long as I pretend she's still by my side
I'm just keeping her mem'ry alive
I still have control of my sences...
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9.
LITTLE MORE HURT
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
You hurt me just about every way that a woman can hurt a man
Still you keep on searching just to find a new way that you can hurt me again
But a little more hurt won't hurt me no more you see my feelings are gone
No little more hurt won't hurt me no more than you've already done
[ piano ]
If you're trying to put me to a test just to see how much I can stand
Go ahead have your fun cause you've already done all the demage to my heart you can
And a little more hurt won't hurt me no more...
Than you've already done than you've already done than you've already done
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10.
BEFORE YOU WERE MINE
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Blue Lake Music, BMI »
When you saw him last night something troubled my mind
I could tell by the look in your eyes
You were wondering if your past could destroy what we've found
But that was before you were mine
I know his lips kissed you like mine kiss you now
But that was before you were mine
And I know his arms held you like mine hold you now
But that was before you were mine
[ piano ]
There are things in your past that you'd like to forget
But loose gossip has kept them alive
My love is strong and I don't want to hear
What happened before you were mine
Yes I know his lips kissed you like mine kiss you now...
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11.
TODAY'S THE DAY AFTER
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
Yesterday she was mine but today she's gone
And with her went my will to go on
She was all that I lived for I built my dreams around her
Now today's the day after the end of my world
Surely in her world the sun must still shine
And the flowers bloom around her but not here in mine
I have no hope for the future she took mine with her
And today's the day after the end of my world
[ piano ]
Surely in her world the sun must still shine...
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12.
BRANDED MAN
(Merle Haggard)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
But they won't let my secret go untold
I paid the debt I owed 'em but they're still not satisfied
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
When they let me out of prison I held my head up high
Determined I would rise above the shame
But no matter where I'm living a black mark follows me
I'm branded with a number on my name
I'd like to hold my head up...
If I live to be a hundred I guess I'll never clear my name
Cause everybody knows I've been in jail
And no matter where I'm living I got to tell 'em where I been
Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail
I'd like to hold my head up...
Yes I'm a branded man out in the cold
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