lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

WILD WEEKEND

(Bill Anderson)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Got the alarm clock set for seven got the taxi called for nine
Plane takes off at eleven and I gotta be there on time
Told the boss I was going to my mother's told mama I was gonna see a friend
Don't want no one to know I'm slippin' out of town on a wild weekend

Gonna have a wild weekend gonna have a wild weekend
With the pretty little blond haired blue eyed darling
Gonna have a wild weekend
[ steel ] Well we might go up to the mountains we might go down to the sea
Somewhere off from the big wide world just my baby and me
Baby's gonna cook me breakfast baby's gonna tuck me in
Baby's gonna warm my cold cold lips with kisses on a wild weekend

Gonna have a wild weekend...
[ steel ] I guess we'll talk about the future make a lotta plans and stuff
Mostly though we're just gonna sit by the fire and make a lotta love
Every man oughta try it least one time in his life
Just get away on a wild weekend like I'm gonna do with my wife

Gonna have a wild weekend gonna have a wild weekend
With the pretty little mother of my two children
Gonna have a wild weekend
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2.

LITTLE GREEN APPLES

(Bobby Russell)
« © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
And I wake up in the mornin' with my hair down in my eyes and she says hi
And I stumble to the breakfast table while the kids're goin' off to school goodbye
And she reaches out and takes my hand and squeezes it and says how you feelin' hon
And I look across at smilin' lips that warm my heart and see my morning sun
And if that's not lovin' me then all I gotta say

God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
There's no such thing as Doctor Suess
Disneyland and Mother Goose is no nursery rhyme
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And when myself is feelin' low I think about her face aglow and ease my mind

Sometimes I'll call her up at home knowin' she's busy
And I'll ask her if she'd get away and come downtown and meet me
And maybe we could grab a bite to eat
And she drops what she's doin' and she hurries down to meet me and I'm always late
But she sits waitin' patiently and smiles when she first sees me
Cause she's made that way
And if that's not lovin' me then all I gotta say

God didn't make little green apples
And it don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes
There's no such think as make believe puppy dogs and autumn leaves and BB guns
God didn't make little green apples and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And when myself is feelin' low I think about her face aglow and ease my mind
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3.

WON'T IT EVER BE MORNING

(Bill Anderson)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Won't it ever be morning won't the dawn ever break
Won't it ever quit hurtin' how much can I take
A man could go crazy in the shape that I'm in
I love you and miss you so much won't it ever be morning again

It's barely twelve o'clock but I've already spent a lifetime
Just sittin' here and wishin' it was any time but nighttime
Outside the winds are moanin' low and I just heard it thunder
Your picture on the wall just laughed at me and I just wonder

Won't it ever be morning...
I love you and miss you so much won't it ever be morning again
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4.

LAST THING ON MY MIND

(Tom Paxton)
« © '66 UA Music, ASCAP »
A lesson too late for a learning made of sand made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul was turning in your hand in your hand

Are you going away with no words of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
I could've loved you better didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind

As I walk alone my thoughts're tumbling round and round round and round
Underneath my feet a subway rumbling underground underground

Are you going away with no words of farewell...
[ guitar - steel ] You've got reasons of plenty for going this I know this I know
The weeds have been steadily growing please don't go please don't go

Are you going away with no words of farewell...
You know that was the last thing on my mind
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5.

RING AROUND A ROSIE

(Ray Griff)
« © '68 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
Children play ring around a rosie laugh and sing like you always do
Children play ring around a rosie mommy will be home in a day or two

Remember the story I read to you when I tucked you in last night
About the pretty princess who loved the party life
Well that's the way that mommy is but she'll be home after while
So dry your tears my little ones and give your daddy a smile

Children play ring around a rosie...

Mommy's away at the castle now where party people go
She's likely dancing with the king her pretty eyes aglow
But she'll be home on Sunday dears to go to church with us
We'll tell her not to leave again cause we love her so much

Children play ring around a rosie...
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6.

LONG AND WARM AGO

(Moneen Carpenter)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Lost in long and warm ago
I just caressed a mem'ry and took it from my mind
It fell around me like a gentle glow
A smile of sadness curved my lips my thoughts rushed back in time
To when you loved me long and warm ago

The breeze that cooled our faces is now an icy wind
It chills me to the bone and makes me know
That nothing is forever and everything must end
And be just a part of long and warm ago

We tasted of the rain we trusted in the sun
We talked of holding hands when we grew old
But you left and now tomorrow like yesterday is gone
Lost in long and warm ago
Lost in long and warm ago
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7.

NO ONE'S GONNA HURT YOU ANYMORE

(Steve Karliski - Ted Cooper)
« © '67 Painted Desert Music, BMI »
You've cried the last tear you're gonna cry
You've kissed your last lips that cheat and lie
Forget him baby he's just not worth hurtin' for
Your heartache's over it's all gone I'll make you happy from now on
And no one's gonna hurt you anymore

You've been mistreated neglected and cheated
Out of the love you should've had
But give me a while and I'll make you smile
For the times he's made you sad
You've cried the last tear you're gonna cry
You've kissed your last lips that cheat and lie
Baby no one's gonna hurt you anymore

Don't be afraid darling come to me cling to me and I'll kiss away all of your tears
Here in my arms you'll be safe from harm now and for all the coming years
Your heartache's over it's all gone I'll make you happy from now on
No one's gonna hurt you anymore baby no one's gonna hurt you anymore
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8.

ROCKY TOP

(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)
« © '67 House Of Bryant, BMI »
Wish that I was on old Rocky Top down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top ain't no telephone bills
Once I had a girl on Rocky Top part bear the other part cat
Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop I still dream about that

Rocky Top you'll always be home sweet home to me
Good ole Rocky Top Rocky Top Tennessee Rocky Top Tennessee

Once two strangers climbed old Rocky Top lookin' for a moonshine still
Straingers ain't come down from Rocky Top reckon they never will
Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top ground's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top get their corn from a jar

Rocky Top you'll always be...
[ steel - banjo ] I've had years of cramped up city life trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life can't be simple again

Rocky Top you'll always be...
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9.

BIG RAILROAD MAN

(Curtis Leach - Neal Jones)
« © '68 Saran Music, BMI »
The birthday party was over toys were scattered here and there
Seven candles laid by the last piece of cake in front of an empty chair
A mother said son I know you're disappointed but please try to understand
Your daddy's been awfuly busy cause he's a big railroad man
So you go on to sleep now she kissed him and turned out the light
Moments later a window opened and the young boy slipped out into the night
He was on his way to the depot the express wasn't due till ten
But they they just might run a special if they knew that dad was comin' in
The mighty scream of the 9:15 tore through the winter night
The whirl of the wheels and the clang of the steel jarred the country side
The southbound freight was running late desperate to make up time
When a giant of a man with a sack in his hand leaped off like a mountain lion
He hit and rolled like an old pro and he got up off the ground
He brushed the snow from off his grimy clothes and said
Hey kid what's the name of this town
The frightened boy said Grandville sir the man said well what do ya know
Ha I used to live in this little one horse town
I guess about six or maybe it was seven years ago
I told my wife when I left here that I'd be coming back in style
Ha oh well anyway it looks like I'm back I guess I just might as well visit awhile
So if you'll be so kind as to point the way to the Joneses
Why I'll go now and leave you be
The young boy said sir the only Joneses that live around here
Is my mama and my daddy and me
Course dad he's been gone a long time now
Course now he don't want to be ye understand
It's just that daddy's got lots of important things to do
You see he's a big railroad man
He sends me birthday presents and mama reads me what he writes
In his last letter daddy promised that he was gonna try and make it home tonight
The old man scratched the side of his head and he said
Grandville Grandville I thought you said Denville oh well I guess that's natural mistake
Now if you'll just point the way to the depot
Why I'll be checking on the next fast freight
Tell you what you run on home now and you tell your mom
To go ahead and fix up your daddy's room
Cause I've got the strangest feeling
That your daddy just might be coming home pretty soon
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10.

GENTLE ON MY MIND

(John Hartford)
« © '67 Ensign Music, BMI »
It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotten words and bons
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that binds me
Or something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
For hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheet fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman crying to her mother cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And a summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walking on the back roads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

I dipped my cup of soap back from a gurgling crackling caltron in some train yard
My beard a roughen coal pile and a dirty hat that pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands around a tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waving from the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind
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11.

SLEEP

(Jack Clement)
« © '67 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Sleep sweet and deep close my eyes with a smile
Sleep come over me let me rest and dream awhile
I want to dream of two young lovers holding hands
The dreams that I used to dream way back when
All the things that could and should've been
Before the eternal sadness set in
Sleep sweet and deep let me rest and dream awhile
[ steel ] Let me dream of the sunlight shining in her hair
Of the days with laughter in the air
Take me back to my world of happiness again
Nefore the eternal sadness set in

Sleep sweet and deep let me rest and dream awhile
Let me rest and dream awhile
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