lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES

(Jimmie Davis - Eva Sargent)
« © '59 Peer International, BMI »
Way down in Columbus Georgia
Wanna be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade
Friends have turned their backs on me

Oh go on and leave me if you wish to
Never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another
Leave me little darlin' I don't mind
[ guitar ] Last night as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I woke I was mistaken
I was peeping through the bars

Oh go on and leave me if you wish to...
Leave me little darlin' I don't mind
Leave me little darlin' I don't mind
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2.

AS LONG AS I LIVE

(Roy Acuff)
« © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
As long as I live if it be one hour
Or if it be one hundred years
I'll keep remembering forever and ever
I'll love you dear as long as I live

It was easy said the night we parted
That we'd forget we'd ever met
I haven't forgotten I wonder if you have
Or if your heart is full of regret

As long as I live...
[ steel ] I never thought the night we parted
That life without you could be so bad
I know it sounds funny but I can't forget
You the only happiness I've ever had

As long as I live...
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3.

NINETY-NINE

(Bill Anderson)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My mama always told me better than to play with a loaded gun
If I'd've just listened to her she'd've never had a prisoner for a son
The picture's still in front of my eyes the echo in my ears
When the jury said he's guilty and the judge said ninety-nine years

Oh for ninety-nine years I'll watch the sunrise over that some old sea
Ninety-nine years nothing but an empty cell for company
Yet there's not very much that stands between me and the freedom I hold dear
Just a thousand bars a big brick wall and a sentence of ninety-nine years

I kissed my darling on her tender lips and they took me by the hand
I had a nice little ride on a ferry boat to the rock where the prison stands
The warden said as he locked the door I hope you'll like it here
Just make yourself a home you're gonna be with us ninety-nine years

I've almost forgotten what my real name is been a number for so long
Making little bitty rocks out of great big rocks gets old as the days wear on
But I'll do my best for ninety-nine years just try to stay alive
Cause the Governor said if I'd be good I'd get out in ninety-five

Oh for ninety-nine years...
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4.

WALK OUT BACKWARDS

(Bill Anderson)
« © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'd rather live a life of lies and fantasy
Than face the truth and realize you're leaving me
You built me up so high my heart can't stand the fall
And life without you love just isn't life at all

So walk out backwards if you must go
And please don't wave goodbye just wave one last hello
The truth won't hurt so much if I can't just pretend
So walk out backwards and I'll think you're walking in
[ steel ] You walked into my heart in search of sympathy
From that day down to this you've walked all over me
And now you're walking out to love somebody new
But you're not by yourself cause my heart's leaving too

So walk out backwards...
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5.

YONDER COMES A SUCKER

(Jim Reeves)
« © '55 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Railroad steamboat river and cannal
Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my girl
And she's gone gone gone and she's gone gone gone
And I'll bid her my last farewell

I fell in love with a pretty little thing
I thought that wedding bells would ring
She was as sweet as she could be
Till I found out what she did to me

Railroad steamboat river and cannal...
[ guitar ] Now I won't cry my life away
Some other sucker will have to pay
And when he finds that she is gone
I bet I'll hear him sing this song

Railroad steamboat river and cannal...
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6.

IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN

(A.P. Carter)
« © '59 Peer International, BMI »
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long

This train I ride is twenty-one coaches long
Yeah this train I ride is twenty-one coaches long
This train I ride is twenty-one coaches long
The one I love she's on that train and gone

It takes a worried man...

I went across the river to lay me down to sleep
I went across the river to lay me down to sleep
I went across the river gonna me down to sleep
I woke up and I had shackles on my feet

It takes a worried man...
[ guitar ] I asked the judge what's gonna be my fine
I asked the judge what's gonna be my fine
I said old judge what's gonna be my fine
Twenty-one days on the Rocky Island Line
It takes a worried man...
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7.

THRILL OF MY LIFE

(Bill Anderson)
« © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
When I stood on the top of a high high mountain
And watched the sun rise in the dawn
I walked by aside a cold cold river
And heard the nightingale song

I once saw the king of a mighty nation
The princess and I had a conversation
But the great big thrill of my whole life
Was falling in love with you

I salied many times in a deep deep ocean
Watched waters roll on many sands
Spent a night just a looking at a high high heaven
And marvel that God's mighty hand

I tremble like a baby when I see a snowfall
Or standing in the forrest where the trees're so tall
But the great big thrill of my whole life
Was falling in love with you

Through the small port window of a big main whiner
I watched the cities rush by
And the gay shining wings of a great steel eagle
Were just aburn in the sky

Well I walked by myself in the low low valley
That every man could do
But the great big thrill of my whole life
Eas falling in love with you
[ fiddle ] Well I walked by myself in the low low valley
That every man could do
But the great big thrill of my whole life
Was falling in love with you
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8.

BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN

(Fred Rose)
« © '51 Milene Music, ASCAP »
In the twilight glow I see her blue eyes crying in the rain
As we kissed goodbye and parted I knew we'd never meet again

Love is like a dying ember only memories remain
Through the ages I'll remember blue eyes crying in the rain
[ piano ] Now my hair has turned to silver all my life I've loved in vain
I can see her star in heaven blue eyes crying in the rain

Some day when we meet up yonder we'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no parting and no blue eyes crying in the rain
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9.

IT'S NOT THE END OF EVERYTHING

(Bill Anderson)
« © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(It's not the end of everything)

Just because my love has gone
Don't think my life would still go on
Because she wanted to have her fling
It's not the end of everything

The world still turns the sun still shines
There's plenty of girls for hearts like mine
One never knows what tomorrow might bring
It's not the end of everything

Just look at the things I still possess
Like a heart that's filled with emptiness
A life of pure unhappiness
Two arms that hold just loneliness

My rooms overflow with blue blue songs
I think of the nights I can spend all alone
And all of the days I can just sit and dream
It's not the end of everything
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10.

WEDDING BELLS

(Claude Boone)
« © '49 Morley Music, ASCAP »
I have the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to see yoy change your name
I couldn't stand to see you wed another
I hope that you'll be happy just the same

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing now for you and me
And down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
[ steel ] I planned a little cottage in the valley
I even bought a little band of gold
I hope someday to place it on your finger
But now the future looks so dark and cold

I fancy that I see a bunch of roses
A blossom from an orange tree in your hair
And as the organ plays I'll love you truly
Just let me pretend that I am there

Wedding bells they say will ring in heaven
As the angel chorus sweetly sings
But as long as I am on this earth dear
Those wedding bells for me will never ring
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