lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LOVE IS A SOMETIMES THING

(Jan Howard)
« © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Love is a sometimes thing
Your love is a sometimes thing
It comes and goes like winter and spring
Yes your love is a sometimes thing

You told me you would always care
In time of need you'd always be there
But lately I've seen so little of you
Makes me wonder what you been up to

Love is a sometimes thing...
Love is a sometimes thing...
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2.

HONEY COME BACK

(Jim Webb)
« © '70 Audio Arts Publishing, ASCAP / Jobete Music, ASCAP / Seventh Son Music, ASCAP »
Well honey I know I've said it too many times before
I said I'd never say it again I guess I shouldn't say anything at all
Since you're supposed to belong to him
But I just can't let you go without tellin' you just how much I love you
So that is why I'm gonna say it one more time

Honey come back I just can't stand it each lonely day's a little bit longer
And the last time I held you seems like a hundred years ago
Back to his arms and never know the joy of love that used to taste like
Honey come back where you belong to only me

Well I guess that's about all I've got to say
I'm just gonna take my bags now I'm gonna walk
I know those bright lights're callin' you honey big fine cars and fancy clothes
But if you ever want somebody to just love you
And some day you just may you just give me a call
You know where I am and here's what I'll say

Honey come back I just can't stand it...
Honey come back where you belong to only me
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3.

YOU CAN CHANGE MY WORLD

(Ben Peters)
« © '70 Ben Peters Music, BMI »
I can see the dark clouds over head now I see raindrops falling from the sky
Seems every living thing is dead now ever since the day you said goodbye
I can hear the winter winds a blowing they chill my body to the bone
I can feel my life's slowly going livin' in a cold world all alone

But baby you can change my world by changing your mind
Drive away the clouds so the sun can shine
You can change it all by saying you're coming back and staying
You can change my world by changing your mind
[ guitar - steel ] Mine is a world of desolation everything I cared about is gone
Only you can change the situation and all you got to do is come back home

Oh baby you can change my world...
Oh baby you can change it all by saying...
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4.

I DON'T HAVE ANYPLACE TO GO

(Bill Anderson)
« © '65 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
You told me late last night you wished I'd leave you
Your love for me is gone and we both know
I'll do anything I can to make you happy
But I don't have anyplace to go

I can't go running home cause I don't have one
To stay in town would be like dying slow
For every day I'd run into your mem'ry
I don't have anyplace to go
[ steel ] The fault is mine for loving you so deeply
No man should ever love one woman so
For there you stand telling me to leave you
And I don't have anyplace to go
No I don't have anyplace to go
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5.

DADDY WHAT IF

(Shel Silverstein)
« © '70 Evil Eye Music, BMI »
[ with Susan Breast]
Daddy what if the sun stop shinin' what would happen then

If the sun stopped shinin' why you'd be so surprised
You'd stare up at the heavens with those big blue eyes
And the wind would carry all of your light up to the skies
And the sun would start shinin' again
(And the sun would start shinin' again)

But daddy what if the wind stopped blowin' what would happen then

If the wind stopped blowin' then the land would be dry
And your boat wouldn't sail and your kite wouldn't fly
And the grass would see all of your troubles and she'd tell the wind
And the wind would start blowin' again
(And the wind would start blowin' again)

(But daddy what if the grass stopped growin' what would happen then)

If the grass stopped growin' why you'd probably cry
And the ground would be wathered by the tears from your eyes
And then like your love for me the grass would grow so high
Yes the grass would start growin' again
(Yes the grass would start growin' again)

But daddy what if I stopped lovin' you what would happen then

If you stopped lovin' me then the grass would stop growin'
The sun would stop shinin' and the wind would stop blowin'
So honey if you want to keep this old world a goin'
Well you better start lovin' me again again
You better start lovin' me again
But I love you daddy
You do you mean you were just teasin' me
I was just teasin'
Well come o'er put your arms around me I'll tell you a story
I'm sorry
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6.

YOU AND YOUR SWEET LOVE

(Bill Anderson)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I wish you only knew all the days I've made it through
Because of you and your sweet love
I wish that I could count the times peace and comfort filled my mind
Because of you and your sweet love

You're what keeps me going the sun that lights my sky
The rose that blooms in winter the rain that cools July
Never try to tell me it wasn't God above
That sent me you and your sweet love
[ fiddle ] Almost every night it seems you come walking through my dreams
Precious you and your sweet love
And tonight though we're apart there's a fullness in my heart
Thanks to you and your sweet love

You're the rock I cling to the star I wish upon
The water in my desert the anchor in my storm
Never try to tell me it wasn't God above
That sent me you and your sweet love
He sent me you and your sweet love
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7.

NOT REALLY LIVING AT ALL

(Carl Watson - Del Trolinder)
« © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
What is my reason for going on living when I'm not really living at all

I come home in the evening there's no laughter there to fill the air
A cool lonely room to meet me nobody here to greed me
Where has our love gone
And then my thoughts begin to stray back to a happy yesterday
When love was here beside me your love was here to guide me
Where did I go wrong

What is my reason for going on living when I'm not really living at all

I reach down for the paper and I see a toy our little boy
Left layin' there it haunts me I wonder if he ever wants me
To play his little games
I guess I never took the time to fix a hurt or make a rhyme
Or carry him on my shoulder will he forgive me when he's older
Or will he remember my name

What is my reason for going on living when I'm not really living at all

I found a puppy down the street with big sad eyes and muddy feet
There's nobody here to claim him no wonder round here to name him
Or take him for a walk
I keep him here for company and he looks up so sad at me
Each time he sees me crying he knows inside I'm dying
If only he could talk

What is my reason for going on living when I'm not really living at all
What is my reason for going on living when I'm not really living at all
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8.

SHIRT

(Bill Anderson - Mike Strickland - George Bailey)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Last night I was prepparing to go to a party
And on the rack with my suits I found the shirt that I'd worn
When I held her in my arms for the very last time
The shirt that I vowed I'd never wear again

As I took it from the rack all my dreams came racin' back
The faint perfume of sweet love filled the night
I could see her face again she kissed my lips as then
And I almost felt my arms around her tight
A shirt that even the Gods must envy
For its arms once encircled the dream that only heavens could bring
Against this shirt once beat that wonderful heart in the whole wide world
And forever each thread shall remind me of her
I rolled down I turned up sleeve and scaresly could believe
For I found a strand of her soft golden hair
I slowly took it down like a star from an angel's crown
I closed my eyes and softly said a prayer
Then I walked to the window sill my eyes began to fill
I thought I heard the soft wind call her name
And the shirt across my arm grew strangely soft and warm
As if I'd reached and held it to a flame
And there I stood hearin' only the beat of my own aching heart
Lost in the dreams of what might have been
And the shirt seemed as sorrowful as I and just as empty body and soul
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9.

I'LL LIVE FOR YOU

(Bill Anderson)
« © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I can't settle down and marry you we both know that
But I dedicate my life to you each minute that I live
And if you'll only try and take me like I am
I'll give you what there is of me to give

I can't live with you but I'll live for you
Every minute every hour every day
I can't live with you but I'll live for you
And I'll try to make you happy in my own way
[ steel ] I'll ache for you each morning when the sun comes up
I'll dream of you at midnight when I lay me down to sleep
I'll be true to you with every single breath I take
All that's mine but me is yours to keep

I can't live with you...
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10.

MY ELUSIVE DREAMS

(Billy Sherrill - Curly Putman)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You followed me to Texas you followed me to Utah
We didn't find it there so we moved on
You followed me to Alabam things look good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there so we moved on

I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams
[ steel ] You had my child in Memphis I heard of work in Nashville
We didn't find it there so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska to a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there so we moved on

And now we've left Alaska because there was no gold mine
But this time only two of us move on
And now all we have is each other and a little memory to cling to
And still you won't let me go all alone

I know you're tired of following...
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams
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11.

AND I'M STILL MISSING YOU

(Chuck Glaser - James O. Payne)
« © '70 Ensign Music, BMI »
People laugh and love and cry and I'm still missing you

The paper boy still comes around (the paper boy still comes around)
Just like he used to do (just like he used to do)
But he's a little taller now and I'm still missing you

The leaves are piled against the fence (the leaves are piled against the fence)
The sky is hazy blue (the sky's hazy sorta blue)
There's talk about an early snow
And I'm still missing you and I'm still missing you

The swirlin' winds of time bring many changes
(You know the winds of time bring many changes)
But with me they only blow across the surface of my heart
And they can't cool this memory of you that burns so deep inside me
Dick and Jane came by today (Dick and Jane came by today)
Their baby's almost due (said their baby's almost due)
People laugh and love and cry
And I'm still missing you and I'm still missing you
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