BILL ANDERSON
SHOWCASE
Decca DL-74600
November 23/1964
Produced by Owen Bradley
Recorded:
July 1/1963, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (6)
Oct 14/1963, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (11)
Nov 26/1963, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (2)
Aug 18/1964, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (5,9,10)
Aug 20/1964, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (3,12)
Aug 28/1964, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (1,4,8)
Sept 3/1964, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (7)
1.
YOU CAN HAVE HER
(William S. Cook)
« © '61 Big Billy Music, BMI / Grove Park Music, BMI »
The one I love found another
She ran away with my best friend
Came home last night for just an hour
Daylight came she's gone again
Well you can have her I don't want her
Ahe never loved me anyway
She only wanted someone to play with
But all I wanted was love to stay
[ guitar ]
Well if you get the wrong woman
There's only one thing you can do
Just dig a hole crawl right in it
And pull the ground in after you
Well you can have her...
[ steel ]
Life without love is mighty empty
When you've got no one that you can hold
I'd rather have love I can cling to
Than have the world and all of its gold
Well you can have her...
Well you can have her...
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2.
ME
(Alex Zanetis)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(Me) that's all I ever thought about
(Me) that's all I ever cared about
(Me) I turned my back on the love that I now cry for
(Me) I pushed aside what some men die for
(You) you wanted so little for yourself
(You) you wanted my love and nothing else
(You) you gave me my chance I just waited too long
(You) I never realized how much I loved you untill you've gone
(We) that's much a small and simple word
(We) you wanted to hear it but you never heard
(We) it would have meant so much to you then
(We) you might still be in love if it hadn't been for
(Me) what kind of a man would close the door
(Me) on the very thing that he searches for
(Me) I've been around but I've failed to see
(Me) anywhere in this world a bigger fool than (me)
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3.
IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT
(Cindy Walker)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
Anyplace is all right long as I'm with you
In a faraway land by the trophic sea sand
If your hand's in my hand I won't be blue
Way up on the mountain a way down in the valley
I know I'll be happy anyplace anywhere I don't care
In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
Anyplace is all right long as you are there
I could be happy in one little room with only a table and a chair
As happy as I'd be in a kingdom by the sea darling if you were there
And I could be rich or I could be poor in fact if you were by my side
I could be anything in the whole wide world and I know I'd be satisfied
Way up on the mountain...
In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
Anyplace is all right long as you are there
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4.
THEN I'LL STOP LOVING YOU
(Jim Reeves)
« © '53 Unichappell Music, BMI »
If there's water in the desert sand out in the sea
If you were not an angel sweet as you can be
You could turn the night to day make all my dreams come true
Say how far it is to heaven then I'll stop loving you
If the earth is up above us stars are down below
If there are daisies in the desert roses in the snow
If today can be tomorrow if old things can be new
If you can live without a heartbeat then I'll stop loving you
There's no daisies in the desert no roses in the snow
The earth is not above us the stars are not below
Today can't be tomorrow old things can't be new
I can't live without a heartbeat and I can't stop loving you
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5.
MEMORY NO. 1
(Wayne P. Walker - Max Powell)
« © '64 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
(You're my memory No 1)
I've got lots of golden memories
Of a million things I've said and done
But when I seperate them darling
You're my memory No 1
I've called lots of other sweethearts
And I admit I've had some fun
But when I stop and think of true love
You're my memory No 1
Even fools sometimes get lonesome
And I guess that's what this fool has gone and done
For tonight I'm thinking of old memories
And you're my memory No 1
[ piano ]
Even fools sometimes get lonesome...
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6.
I'LL BE SOMEWHERE
(Roger Miller)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(I'll be somewhere somewhere)
When he holds you I'll be somewhere
When he kisses you I'll be somewhere
And then when he takes you in his arms
And you go where the music's soft and the lights are dim
I'll be somewhere wishing I were him
(I'll be somewhere wishing)
Wishing that I have my arms around you
(I'll be somewhere wishing )
Wishing you still cared for me the way it used to be
And then when you hold him tight and you tell him
That you'll never ever love another again
I'll be somewhere wishing I were him
(I'll be somewhere crying I'll be somewhere)
And then when you hold him tight and tell him
That you'll never ever love another again
I'll be somewhere wishing I were him
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7.
THREE A.M.
(Bill Anderson)
« © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Look at me walking the streets at 3 a.m.
And you're saying what a crazy fool I am
But the one I love is out tonight with him
Somewhere making love at 3 a.m.
I need a drink but all the bars are locked up tight
A lonely man gets mighty thirsty late at night
I won't ever kiss her sweet sweet lips again
This old world's an awful place at 3 a.m.
[ steel ]
There's the river here's the bridge it's too late now
I've got nothing left to live for anyhow
In the news they'll say he couldn't even swim
And he gave his love for love at 3 a.m.
Yes he gave his life for love at 3 a.m.
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8.
WORRY
(Chip Taylor)
« © '64 Ridge Music, BMI »
Worry the nights away worry all through the day
I worry what's come over you
Worry somehow you've changed worry you seem so strange
I worry what am I gonna do
Your lips keep saying that you care but your heart just isn't there
And your eyes reveal the lies your lips have told
No use pretending nothing's wrong guess I've known it all along
I'm slowly losing you and all that I can do is
Worry the nights away worry all through the day
I worry I'm so in love with you
(That's why I worry) I'm so in love with you
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9.
IN CASE YOU EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND
(Bill Anderson)
« © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
(I'll be waiting till the end of time in case you ever change your mind
In case you ever change your mind)
He came down from the mansion on the mountain
He kissed you and he handed you a line
I begged you not to go I said darling don't forget me
In case you ever change your mind
Yes the grass grows greener on the mountain
And the berries grow redder on the vine
But the candle still glows in the window in the valley
In case you ever change your mind
Just in case you ever change your mind
And long to hold the love you left behind
I'll be waiting till the end of time
In case you ever change your mind
(Just in case you ever change your mind)
Are the stars any bigger on the mountain
Is the sun any brighter when it shines
Would comin' back to me be like stepping down from heaven
In case you ever change your mind
Just in case you ever change your mind...
(In case you ever change your mind)
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10.
I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY
(Don Robertson)
« © '64 Don Robertson Music, ASCAP »
They said our love was just emotion
That time would slowly fade away
But time just deepen my devotion
I love you more and more every day
The day you made those tender vows beside me
My joy was more than words could ever say
And darling still it grows and grows inside me
I love you more and more every day
[ steel ]
The day you made those tender vows beside me...
I love you more and more every day
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11.
CINCINNATI OHIO
(Bill Anderson)
« © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
(Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio)
One more hour and I'll be home close my eyes and rest my bones
Can't be more than a mile or so from Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
Cincinnati where the river winds cross the Mason and the Dixie Line
Heaven waits for me I know in Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
I guess perhaps the memories got too strong
Grabbed me by the heart strings and pulled me home
I got to thinkin' bout some friends I know
In Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
(Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio)
I walked half way from Lewieville now there she lies at the foot of the hill
Shining like a jewel in the valley below Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
Cincinnati where the river winds...
Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
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12.
THEN AND ONLY THEN
(Bill Anderson)
« © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
In your haste you left and said you'd be returning
In my sorrow I forgot to ask you when
In my lonely room I sit and count the hours
Every minute hopin' I'll look up and you'll come walkin' in
For then and only then will I stop crying
And this aching breaking heart of mind will mend
Not until I feel your arms around me
Will I be happy and I live for then and only then
[ steel ]
All that's left inside my heart is just an echo
And the tiny thread of hope to which I cling
But if I keep holding on maybe some day
You'll remember where you left me and come back for me again
For then and only then...
And I live for then and only then
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