lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ALL THE LONELY WOMEN IN THE WORLD

(Bill Anderson)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
This song's for all the lonely women in the world
Drivin' a car sittin' in a bar wherever you are
This song's for all the lonely women in the world
Ringin' your hands thinkin' no man understands

To me there's nothing sadder than to see a lonely one
Neglected by the one she loves so much
Chances are she works all day and then goes home to night
And sits all night just longin' for his touch

Yet I've known girls with husbands in the house and still they're lonely
They've lost him to the TV and the beer
I guess somehow my heart goes out to all the lonely women
In love with all the men who just don't care

This song's for all the lonely women in the world
Sittin' at home watchin' the phone on and on
This song's for all the lonely women in the world
Ringin' your hands thinkin' no man understands
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2.

MORNIN' AFTER BABY LET ME DOWN

(Ray Griff)
« © '72 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
The alarm clock woke my sleeping but I lay there for a minute
With a million cobwebs clinging to my brain
I stopped the bell from ringing in the times it takes a heartbeat
Then I settled back and closed my eyes again
I reached out for my baby for some early morning loving
Then the terrible truth came staggering through my head
There was nothing but the fragrance of her perfume on the pillow
Baby wasn't there beside me in the bed

It's the mornin' after baby let me down
It's the daybreak and the heartbreak that I found
Only silence to torment me no soft hands to touch me gently
It's the mornin' after baby let me down

There was nothing to hold on to except the sheets that fell around me
And I started into tremblin' like a leaf
How could that woman leave me she was more than just a lover
She was every bit a lady warm and sweet
I can taste the salty teardrops God it's gettin' hard to swallow
I hope a glass of bourbon can take the pain away
I got no appetite for eatin' just a sick and empty feelin'
What a good for nothing way to start the day

It's the mornin' after baby...
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3.

LONELY IS EVERYTHING

(Jimmy Gateley)
« © '72 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Lonely is everything you said it would be

A cup of coffee by myself starts off my day
With eyes so red from crying I can't see
The minutes seem like hours since you went away
Yes lonely is everything you said it would be

You said that I'd be sorry for the things I've done
That someday it would all come back to me
Well you were right I'm payin' now for all my fun
And lonely is everything you said it would be

The telephone at my house doesn't ring anymore
And there's never any letters left for me
Old friends we knew don't come by like they did before
Yes lonely is everything you said it would be

You said that I'd be sorry...
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4.

HERE COMES HONEY AGAIN

(Sonny James - Carole Smith)
« © '71 Mike Curb Music, BMI »
Just about the time I pull myself together
When the hurt in me gets better than it's been
Just about the time I feel life's still worth living
It's funny here comes honey again

Honey comes and honey stays just long enough to tear my mind up
Then she leaves me just the way I knew she would
And I have to start all over start to picking up the pieces
Times like this I almost wish she'd go for good

Just about the time I'd find myself a new love
When this broken heart she left me starts to mend
Then that's just about the time that I'll be saying
It's funny here comes honey again
[ steel ] Just about the time I feel life's till worth living
It's funny here comes honey again
It's funny here comes honey again
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5.

IF I LOVED YOU TOO MUCH (I'M SORRY)

(Bill Anderson)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
In your letter you said please don't try to find me
I'm leaving cause you're choking me to death
Your love is like a chain that ties and binds me
And I'm goin' off somewhere to get my breath
I didn't mean to come on strong believe me
I've just always loved you in a hungry way
And now to think that's causing you to leave me
I'm so confused and hurt by what you say

If I loved you too much I'm sorry if I loved you too much and make you go
If I loved you too much forgive me but I loved you in the only way I know
[ steel + piano ] If I loved you too much I'm sorry if I loved you too much and made you sad
If I loved you too much forgive me but you were all I had
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6.

MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE

(Hank Williams)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight I'm alone and oh so blue tonight
Like a piece of driftwood on the sea may you never be alone like me
I believed the lies you told to me when you whispered dear I worship Thee
Now here am I alone and blue all because I loved no one but you
[ guitar - steel ] I gave up my friends I left my home when you promised you'd be mine alone
Now you're gone our love can never be may you never be alone like me
In the Bible God's own word to say for every wrong someday you'll pay
I pray the Lord to set me free may you never be alone like me
I hope you'll never have to be alone like me
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7.

OH LONESOME ME

(Don Gibson)
« © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me

A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see oh lonesome me

I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
Flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new
I thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me oh lonesome me
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8.

LONELY TOGETHER

(Bill Anderson)
« © '72 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Once upon a time you and I were so in love
The whole wide world was gay and happy then
I don't know how or why our love began to die
Till it vanished like a straw in the wind

We're side by side but we're lonely together
Clinging to the pieces of a vow
Everybody used to say we were perfect together
But we're lonely together now
[ guitar - steel ] It's a mighty big roof that we've nailed upon our house
For it stretches from your world to mine
It keeps out the rain but it can't keep out the pain
And the tears that I see falling all the time

We're side by side...
Oh we're lonely together now
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9.

I WONDER WHAT THE WEATHER'S LIKE IN CHARLESTON

(Moneen Carpenter)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Though you never talked of all ways you were gentle
And life was simple just because you cared
I never thought too much about tomorrow
I just could not imagine you're not here

I wonder what the weather's like in Charleston
Someone said they heard that's where you've gone
I hope it doesn't rain today in Charleston
For I want you always walking in the sun
[ piano + steel ] I'm sure you never meant to leave me hurtin'
But I guess the urge to go got out of hand
So you left without a word of explanation
I hope somehow you know I understand

I wonder what the weather's like...
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10.

LONELY WEEKENDS

(Charlie Rich)
« © '61 Hi-Lo Music, BMI »
Well I make it alright (well I make it alright)
From Monday morning till Friday night
But oh those lonely weekends

Since you left me (since you left me)
I'm as lonely as can be oh those lonely weekends

Said you'd be good to me said our love would never die
Said you'd be good to me but baby you didn't even try

Well I make it alright (well I make it alright)
From Monday morning till Friday night
But oh those lonely weekends
[ guitar + steel ] Said you'd be good to me...
Oh those lonely weekends oh those lonely weekends
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11.

IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON ANYWAY

(Bill Anderson)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You slipped in and really caught me by surprice
When you told me you were leaving me today
You say you've found another you love better
Well it was time for me to move on anyway

I've already loved you longer than I meant to
And I'd've had to tell you so someday
All you've done is help to make it easy
It was time for me to move on anyway

Thanks for the shelter and the coffee
And the softest lips I've ever kissed
Which one will I miss the most I can't say
Thanks for the shoulder that I cried on and relied on you're takin' it away
But that's okay it was time for me to move on anyway

We've had lots of fun just living life together fun
But in a deeper kind of way
I guess it's really best that you'll be leaving
Cause it was time for me to move on anyway
I just hate to leave a woman standin' cryin'
And I've loved a few and left 'em in my day
I just never heard the door slam from the inside
It was time for me to move on anyway

Thanks for the shelter and the coffee...
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