lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH IT (I CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT)

(Bill Anderson)
« © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You say you've found another another you love better
You say you're gonna leave me pack up and go
You don't wanna hurt me but you've just gotta have him
And how will I take it you want to know

Well if you can live with it I can live without it
If you can face your conscience I can face my pride
If you can live with it I can live without it
Cause I did the only thing I could do baby I tried
[ guitar + fiddle + steel ] Can you really take your rings off without feeling kinda dirty
Can you really kiss him while you're wearing my name
Can you run your fingers all across his body
Without missin' me a little and feeling ashamed

If you can live with it...
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2.

LOOK HOW I LOVE YOU

(James Gilbreath)
« © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Love you look how I love you look how I love you
See it shining in my eyes

Little drops of love falling from my eyes
Tell an old familiar story you're telling me goodbye
And I still love you look how I love you
Look how I love you see it falling from my eyes

Won't you ever turn your head take one last look as you leave
Give you something to remember in your victory over me
And I still love you look how I love you
Look how I love you see it falling from my eyes
[ guitar ] I never was a lover like others you have known
But I'll be waiting for you when the great ones have all gone
Because I love you yes I still love you
Look how I love you see it falling from my eyes mhm mhm
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3.

HOME AND THINGS

(Bill Anderson)
« © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Never thought I'd miss that little old shack where I was born
Never thought I'd miss that little hick town
But then I never thought I'd wander quite this far away
Or my dreams would get turned quite this upside down

Home and things are heavy on my mind tonight
And I'd fly south if only I had wings
This big old world can make you miss the simple life you used to live
Oh what I'd give to just see home and things

Things like my mama coolin' off her applepies and the window sill
And dryin' her washin' on a limb from a hickory tree
Things like my daddy takin' his lunch to work in a paper sack
And tellin' all of his buddies how proud he is of me

Things like the preacher standin' in the pulpit early on Sunday morning
Preachin' to the sinners and leadin' everybody in a prayer
Oh the sun was yellow and the grass was green
And the folks they were warm and friendly
And your soul could take a good deep breath of God's fresh air

Home and things are heavy...
Home and things are heavy on my mind tonight
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4.

BABY'S BLUE AGAIN

(Jim Weatherly)
« © '73 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Lord you know she's packing up her clothes
And telling me one more time it's the end
But you and I Lord we know she'll never go
It's just that baby's blue again
[ choir ] It happens Lord everytime before it rains
When the sky turns green and leaves tumble in the wind
Most folks about would think that she's insane
But it's just that baby's blue again

(Baby's blue again) oh Lord and I can't even help her
All I can do is just wait until the clouds're all blown away
Cause I know that just as soon as the sun comes up and stars shinin' again
Baby's gonna come runnin' back to me she's gonna tell me that she wants to stay
[ choir ] It's been like this since that storm in '62
That took the lives of Mary Jo and little Dan
So Lord we know what baby's going through
And it looks like baby's blue again
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5.

NUMBER ONE

(Jerry Chesnut)
« © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I don't wanna see no lips of all the lips you've ever kissed
I just wanna be your No 1
I don't need no one to warm me I don't care who came before me
I just wanna be your No 1

All that happened yesterday is now a part of history
Let me be your destiny let's do what's right for you and me
I don't wanna try and undo all the wrong somebody done you
I just wanna be your No 1
[ guitar ] My whole world revolves around you life began the day I found you
I just wanna be your No 1
Let's not spend no time discussin' anything that don't mean nothin'
I just wanna be your No 1

Take me in your arms turn out the light lock the door
And I won't even wonder if somebody had a key before
I don't wanna solve no mist'ry yesterday belongs to hist'ry
I just wanna be your No 1 No 1 I just wanna be your No 1
I just wanna be your No 1 I just wanna be your No 1
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6.

ALTOGETHER NOW LET'S FALL APART

(Johnny Koonse)
« © '72 Flattown Music, BMI »
Lips are you ready to tremble hands are you ready to shake
Eyes get ready to cry heart get ready to break
Here she comes now she's gettin' closer is everyone ready to start
Altogether now let's fall apart

Nerves you'll be going to pieces tears you'll stream down my face
Head you'll be spinning around it's time every one take your place
We're all in this thing together my body my mind and my heart
Altogether now let's fall apart

I couldn't keep her from leaving though I tried oh Lord I tried
But heart you let me cheat then lips you went and lied
Here she comes now she's gettin' closer does everyone remember his part
Altogether now let's fall apart altogether now let's fall apart
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7.

CORNER OF MY LIFE

(Bill Anderson)
« © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm not looking for a sweetheart just a gentle lady friend
Someone I can softly turn to when I need to now and then
When my head gets kinda tangled and my soul is layin' bare
I reach over in the corner of my life and I find you waiting there

You're a number I can phone you're a letter I can write
You're my water when I'm thirsty in the middle of the night
You're a warm and tender body you're a woman not a wife
And just knowing you has brightened the corner of my life
[ guitar ] There's a special kind of feeling when we're simply touching hands
There's a special kind of comfort knowing someone understands
I'm no knight in shining armor I'll never carry you away
But you're filling up the corner of my life in the nicest kind of way

You're a number I can phone...
I can count the way you've brightened all the corners of my life mhm
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8.

GONNA SHINE IT ON AGAIN

(Jim Weatherly)
« © '73 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
There's just no way to tie a river down
No way to hold back the wind
Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall
And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again

The only life I've ever known is driftin' a little
Somethin' I've picked up from my dad
Watchin' the sunset from a town he'd never been
Was the only dream he ever had

I guess this way of life rubbed off on me
Cause when I stay in one place too long
I start to hear the strains of a distant melody
And I'm off to sing that old highway song

There's just no way to tie a river down...

Once I met a girl in Colorado
And I thought for a chance I'd settled down
But just when I thought I would make it
I was on the highway leadin' out of town

Cause wonderin' where that long road would take me
Has its own special brand of charm
And it doesn't matter how much I'd like to
I can't stay too long in one pair of arms

There's just no way to tie a river down...
There's just no way to tie a river down...
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9.

WORLD OF MAKE BELIEVE

(Pee Wee Maddux - Mario Carpenter - Pete McCord)
« © '59 Embassy Music, BMI »
I make believe
I make believe that you're here with me yes I do
I make believe I make believe that you'll always be my very own yes I do
I guess I'm all wrapped up in a world of make believe

I make believe
I make believe every time the phone rings that it's you yes I do
I make believe every time that there's a knock on the door
I make believe it's you yes I do baby
I guess I'm all wrapped up in a world of make believe

And yet faith can move mountains and behind
even the darkest cloud the sun can shine
(If you'll make believe) if you'll just make believe
Then I'll be there with you and all of our dreams will come true
And we'll both live in a world of make believe
And we'll both live in a world of make believe
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10.

I CAN'T MEND IT

(Ray Griff)
« © '73 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
I can take a little cement and mend our patio
I can fill in all the rough spots so they won't even show
I can mend a roof of shingles with a hammer and some nails
But baby when I try to mend your broken heart I fail

I can't mend it I can't mend it
Your big heartbreak was my mistake but I did not indent it
I lost my head and words were said but that's no cause to end it
Give me the parts to patch your heart I can't mend it

I can hand a shaky table and mend the legs with glue
I can send it down and paint it so you'd think it was new
I can mend a shattered window that a storm has torn apart
But I don't know which way to go to mend your broken heart

I can't mend it I can't mend it...
I can't mend it I can't mend it...
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11.

HAVE YOU SEEN HER

(Eugene Record - Barbara Acklin)
« © '57 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I see her face everywhere I go on the street even at the picture show
Have you seen her tell me have you seen her
Oh I hear her voice as the cold winds blow and the sweet music on my radio
Have you seen her tell me have you seen her

Why oh why did she go away
I needed her to lean on and I'm lost baby I'm lost
She left her kiss upon my lips she left her break within my heart
Have you seen her tell me have you seen her

Oh I see her hand reaching out to me only she can set me free
Have you seen her tell me have you seen her

Why oh why did she go away
I needed that woman to lean on and I'm lost baby I'm lost
Doo-doo-doo have you seen her tell me have you seen her
Doo-doo-doo have you seen her tell me have you seen her
And I thought I had her in the palm of my hand
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