lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HEAD TO TOE

(Bobby Braddock)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Your hair is soft your eyes are bright
Your nose is small your mouth is right
Your skin is smooth your waist is small
Your legs are curved you've got dainty feet I love it all

Head to toe can't you see I love you head to toe
I can't get enough of you
I told you now you know I love you head to toe
[ guitar ] Your sparkling eyes they shine with love
Your hungry lips can't get enough
Your loving arms they're clinging vines
Your body's warm and when we're close I know it's mine

Head to toe can't you see...
Head to toe can't you see...
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2.

COME BACK

(Dave Kirby - Danny Morrison)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My feet don't have much use for a new pair of shoes
First I wasn't crazy bout the St Louis blues
And I recall there was a time I used to hate to dance
But I'm glad I gave them all a second chance

(Come back) come back baby (come back)
This time we'll make our bed on higher ground
(Come back) I need you baby (come back)
It'll be better the second time around

Once is not enough and goodbye is not the end
How many times did we go see Gone With The Wind

(Come back) come back baby...
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3.

WE HELD ON

(Joe Tex - Lois Johnson - Ed King)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
We held on darling we held on baby we hold on to what we had
They couldn't break us up baby
We held on baby we held on baby we held on to what we had
One two three you and me baby we held on to what we had

People on a showstop tryin' to play God claiming to know just when
And where you're gonna fall
When they don't know nothin' they said we'd last six months and no more
But that was fifteen long years ago

We're still together now baby we held on...
[ piano ] Now they came after us from the left and the right
We had to put up one heck of a fight
Yeah we hit 'em where it hurts they said our love was a big mistake
And I laughed when you told 'em to go jump in the lake go jump in the lake

We held on baby we held on...
They tried everything to stop us but we held on...
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4.

MOVIE QUEEN

(Paul Kelly)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
This is a song about a girl from the bayou down in Louisiana country
The story simply says

She left home at sixteen said she was gonna be a movie queen
Said her hometown was just too small
And she had roaches and rats wall to wall
So without a bag of beans she made a change of scenes
Hitched a ride up to New Orleans
With just the clothes on her back and a little brown sack
Said hello to the city where she would learn to act

Gonna be a movie queen gonna be on the big wide screen
Fancy clothes and diamond rings have all the better things

She took a part time job at the Burger King
Went to school at night oh she was doin' her things
Then she started hangin' out with the evening crowd
Gettin' high acclaim before she knew it she was all strung out
She still had that dream of bein' a movie queen
So she decided she'd have to leave New Orleans
Hollywood bound but with her feet on the ground
When she got to the city she took a look around

Said gonna be a movie queen...

Oh but things didn't work out that way
They found her dead in her room today
But in my mind I can hear her say I can still hear her say

Gonna be a movie queen...
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5.

STILL THE ONE

(John Hall - Joanna Hall)
« © '77 Blackwood Music, BMI »
We've been together since way back when
Sometimes I never want to see you again
But I want you to know after all these years
You're still the one I want whispering in my ear

You're still the one I wanna talk to in bed
Still the one that turns my head
We're still havin' fun and you're still the one

I looked at your face every day
But I never saw it till I went away
Then winter came I just wanted to go
Deep in the desert I longed for the snow

You're still the one that makes me laugh
Still the one that's my better half
We're still havin' fun and you're still the one

You're still the one that makes me strong
Still the one I wanna take along
We're still havin' fun and you're still the one
[ steel - guitar ] (Changes of love grow and grow
Even though we grow old it grows new)

Still the one I love to touch
Still the one and I can't get enough
We're still havin' fun and you're still the one

You're still the one that can scratch my itch
Still the one and I wouldn't switch
We're still havin' fun and you're still the one

You are still the one who makes me shout
Still the one that I dream about
We're still havin' fun and you're still the one

You're still the one still the one
We're still havin' fun and you're still the one
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6.

VELVET AND STEEL

(Bobby Braddock)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Sometimes she's a child I love her that way
Her little girl smile just begging to play
But when I'm confused and when I am weak
She rocks me gently takes me to her bosom
Feeds me her love and gives me her strenghts

She's velvet and steel (she's gentle and strong)
She's a lamb (she's a tiger) and I'll stand beside her
My beautiful spider spinning her web of velvet and steel
[ strings ] Blow in my mind like a soft evening breeze
She's patient and kind so anxious to please
But she's like a storm if she needs to be
Like a tornado wiping out anything that gets in her way
She does it for me

She's velvet and steel...
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7.

MAMA NEVER GOT TO ROCK US

(Jerri Kelly)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Mama never got to rock us mama never got to love us
But papa rocked and loved us night and day
Mama never got to sing to us mama never got to teach us
But papa taught us what and not to say
And I can still remember every cold December
Red roses in the snow on mama's grave
And twin little boys in overalls with big brown eyes watched their papa cry
Every single year come mama's birhday

Mama died when we were born and folks say papa never would've lived on
Except mama told him how she wanted us raised
Our papa was a good man with a light heart and a heavy hand
And he kept us well in line throughout our childhood days
Papa never spoke of mama much but someohow I knew they kept in touch
Cause sometimes papa's thoughts would just sorta drift away
He raised us just like mama asked
Got us ready for the future and gave us a happy past
And then on our twenty first birthday papa passed away

Mama never got to rock us...
Mama never got to rock us...
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8.

LOVE SONG FOR JACKIE

(Bill Anderson)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
He stopped at the bar on his way to the bandstand
To strenghten his courage and weaken his pride
On an old paper napkin he wrote me this message
When the snow's over Mister could I see you outside

To look on his face said it's no laughing matter
I nodded and cautiously walked to the door
Clutching my sleeve he said Mister it's Jackie
She left me and said she won't be back no more

Please sing a love song for Jackie
Sing it on record and on the TV
She's always said you were her favorite singer
And she listened to you fore she listened to me
Please tell Jackie I love her tell her
I'm dying without her it's true
Please sing a love song for Jackie

So Jackie wherever you are and whatever you're doing right now
I want you to know this song's for you
Jackie it's wrong don't you leave him
He can't live without you any fool can see
This is my love song for Jackie
Don't hurt him Jackie you don't know how much he loves you
Go back to him just don't ever tell him that you left him for me
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9.

THIS OLE SUITCASE

(Bill Anderson)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(I want to respectfully dedicate this next song
To every man that ever drove a truck
Every travelin' salesman whoever rode the highways
And every guitar picker whoever chased a dream
And ended up in a motel room starin' at four walls talkin' to himself
Feelin' like the only friend he's got in this world is his ole suitcase)

She's been my pillow when I've needed a place to lay my weary head
She's been my blanket when the ground beneath my body was my only bed
She's been the table where I've dined on T-bone steak and cheep red wine
I've shared the gravy and the grind with this ole suitcase mhm

She's been my traveling companion
When the road stretched out in front of me for miles
She's had to catch my salty tears
But she's been around to see my happy smiles
I sing her my songs in their unfancy and she listens patiently
I've carried her and she's carried me this ole suitcase mhm

And the people who don't know
Say Lord ain't it hard livin' out of a suitcase
And I guess if you ain't been there
You might not understand it but it's my case

She's been my traveling companion
When the road stretched out in front of me for miles
She's had to catch my salty tears
But she's been around to see my happy smiles
From New York City to Kangka Ki in a 707 or in a GMC
I've carried her and she's carried me this ole suitcase mhm

From New York City to Kangka Ki in a 707 or in a GMC
And when I die just bury me in this ole suitcase mhm
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10.

YOU'RE WORTH WAITING FOR

(Bill Anderson)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Someday we're gonna get away and spend some time together
Someday I'll hold you in my arms and not just my dreams
But as much as I want to love you and feel what lies in store
I don't worry I'm in no hurry cause you're worth waiting for

You're like a present with a pretty ribbon shining on a birthday morn
And I'm like a little boy who can't wait to untie the bow
But until the grapes are ripened and the wine is ready to pour
I don't worry I'm in no hurry cause you're worth waiting for

I can tell you're well worth waiting for everyday only makes me want you more
It's hard to stand outside and wait this close to heaven's door
But I don't worry I'm in no hurry cause you're worth waiting for
I don't worry I'm in no hurry cause you're worth waiting for
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