MENTAL JOURNEY
(Ashley ALPS-3700)
1970
Produced by Leon Ashley
1.
MENTAL JOURNEY
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
If I've ever planted flowers in your garden
Or my feet walked across your bedroom floor
Don't be surprised if I'd break the silence of the night
With a knock upon your door
I'm just taking mental journey
And my thoughts may wander back from time to time
Don't be alarmed cause I mean you no harm
I'm just walking with the mem'ries of my mind
When loneliness surrounds me and my future is my past
I escape into my dreams
I carefully choose in mem'ries from the medals of my past
That once were green and once again
I'm just taking mental journey...
I'm just taking mental journey...
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2.
HONEY
(Bobby Russell)
« © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
See the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad the first day that she planted it
Was just a twig
Then the first snow came and she ran out to brush the snow away
So it wouldn't die
Came running in all excited slipped and almost hurt herself
and laughed till I cried
She was always young at heart kinda dumb and kinda smart
And I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy kept me up all Christmas Eve
Two years ago
And t would sure embarrass her I came in from working late
Cause she would know
That she'd been sitting there and crying over some sad and silly
Late late show
And honey I miss you and I'm being good
I'd love to be with you if only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad and so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be guess you could say she saw through me
She hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly and caught her crying needlessly
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early spring when flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away
And honey I miss you and I'm being good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could
One day while I was not at home while she was there and all alone
The angels came
Now all I have is memories of honey and I wake up nights
I call her name
Now my life's an empty stage where honey lived and honey played
And love grew up
A small cloud passes overhead and cries down on the flower bed
That honey loved
I see the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long it wasn't big
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3.
AS MUCH AS I CAN STAND
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
When the walls start talking and the windows start crying
And footsteps start walking when there's nobody there
And I start seeing mem'ries and my arms reaxch to hold them
And that's when I've had about all I can stand
So I just hurry up to get lost in the crowd trying to escape from myself
I know there's no needing money cause I'm running from mem'ries
And I've had about all I can stand
I answer the phone when it's not even ringing
There's a knock on the door but nobody's there
Then I start reading letters that she never wrote me
And that's when I've had about all I can stand
So I just hurry up to get lost in the crowd...
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4.
I WANNA LIVE
(John D. Loudermilk)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Flowers have blooms the ocean has waves the sky has clouds people have babes
I wanna live till I get old I wanna watch all of this grow
I wanna live live and let live I want all the love this life has to give
I wanna smile and be friendly with you I wanna live and let you live some too
Rover is big Tabby is small Betty she's short Jimmy is tall
They wanna live live and let live they want all the love this life has to give
They wanna smile and be friendly with you they wanna live and let you live some too
Oh we wanna live oh don't you
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5.
YOU'RE WHAT I NEED
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
The patterns of your mind are impossible to read
They're wilder than the patterns of your clothes
Your seldom touch of gentleness is all the hold I need
To know I've known you keeps me satisfied
I know you're not the woman I thought you to be
But that's alright you're what I need
You fill the peace that comes with acclerated speed
You're leavin' tracks far ahead of time
Your carefree way of livin' has stunned society
You're the image of the life they'd like to lead
I know you're not the woman I thought you to be
But that's alright you're what I need
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6.
ANOTHER PLACE ANOTHER TIME
(Jerry Chesnut)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
One by one they're turning out the lights
I've been feeding that old jukebox just to hold you tight
Guess it's for the best I just put in my last dime
Heard you whisper we'd meet me again another place another time
Chairs are stacked all on the tables and it's closing time they say
I could wait right here forever if they'd only let me stay
Anywhere would be much better than that lonely room of mine
And the sleepless nights are waiting for another place another time
Won't that room of mine be a lonely place to be
After I've been holding you so close to me
And won't that old stairway be just a little hard to climb
To lonely room to wait for another place another time
Won't that old stairway be just a little hard to climb
To lonely room to wait for another place another time
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7.
FLOWER OF LOVE
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Well that ain't a gonna be as long as it has been
I got a feelin' that me and love are in tune
And that ain't a gonna be as long as it has been
Some wilt the flower of love that's waitin' to bloom
Sunshine and laughter just over the hill all I got to do is fly
Someone is waitin' true love to give just over on the other side
And that ain't a gonna be as long as it has been...
[ dobro ]
Sunshine and laughter just over the hill...
And that ain't a gonna be as long as it has been...
Some wilt the flower of love that's waitin' to bloom
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8.
PRAYERS CAN'T REACH ME
(Leon Ashley - Merle Kilgore)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
By this time the church will be crowded
Soon my family will be down on their knees
Holding faith I found myself they're praying constantly
But here the music's loud and through the smoke filled crowd
Their prayers just can't reach me
Prayers can't reach me here cause this just ain't the place
For a man to find the faith to start anew
The little courage that I'd find grows numb with the wine
And it leaves me here with prayers just can't reach me
[ guitar ]
If I could only find the strenght I'd be with them
But such a miracle is more than I should ask
Cause I'm not the man today that they saw walk away
And in the end I'd be back here again with prayes just can't reach me
Their prayers can't reach me here...
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9.
SOMEWHERE IN THE CLOSET
(Leon Ashley - Merle Kilgore)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
The mayor of our town died last summer
I stopped by to pay respects like all the rest
In my faded old suit I met his widder
In her eyes I saw the chance to take his place
But let no man ever condem me
Or say I moved in and took it all
Cause we still have his dusty ole picture
And it's somewhere in the closet in the hall
Ain't it strange how a casual acquaintance
Can change the social standing of a man
All my failures were quickly forgotten
When she put the mayor's checkbook in my hand
But let no man ever condem me
Or say I moved in and took it all
Cause we still have his dusty ole picture
And it's somewhere in the closet in the hall
His achievements may soon be forgotten
I for one can say that they were not in vain
Tho I'm kept busy watching his fortune
Now and then I find the time to drop his name
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10.
ANNA I'M TAKING YOU HOME
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Anna take off that tight fittin' dress
Take off those cheep looking shoes from your feet
Wash that paint and powder from your face
Cause Anna I'm taking you home
Turn out the scarlet light in your window
That tells the world the kind of girl you've become
I'm taking you back where there's folks that love you
Anna I'm taking you home
There's eighteen acres of cotton to hoe
A field of corn that I've got to plow
But I need my woman when the day of work is done
So Anna I'm taking you home
Turn out the scarlet light in your window...
Anna I'm taking you home Anna I'm taking you home
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11.
YOU'RE JUST IN TIME
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '67 Ashmar Music, BMI »
If you fail to see me in the barroom tonight
Don't worry bout me cause I'm doing fine
You see I just been waiting for a new decent line
And she came along just in time
Just in time her lips so close to mine
Took away my taste for the wine
I was headed for the barroom and just couldn't seem to stop
But she came along just in time
[ dobro ]
With a lost love in my mem'ry I kissed new lips each night
And pretended this was my kind of life
But a little hope is for me true love could still be mine
I guess she came along just in time
Just in time her lips so close to mine...
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12.
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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