JOHN ANDERSON
GREATEST HITS 1
(Warner Bros 25169)
September/1984
Produced by Norro Wilson, Frank Jones, Lou Bradley
1.
SWINGIN'
(John D. Anderson - Lionel A. Delmore)
« © '82 Irving Music, BMI »
There's a little girl in our neighborhood
Her name is Charlotte Johnson and she's really looking good
I had to go and see her so I called her on the phone
I walked over to her house and this was goin' on
Her brother was on the sofa eatin' chocolate pie
Her mama was in the kitchen cuttin' chicken up to fry
Her daddy was in the backyard rolling up a garden hose
I was on the porch with Charlotte feeling love down to my toes
And we were swingin' yes we were swingin'
Little Charlotte she's as pretty as the angels when they sing
I can't believe I'm out here on her front porch
In the swing just a swingin'
[ organ ]
And we'll be swingin' yes we were swingin'...
Now Charlotte she's a darlin' she's the apple of my eye
When I'm on the swing with her it makes me almost high
And Charlotte is my lover and she has been since the spring
I just can't believe it started on her front porch in the swing
Just a swingin'...
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2.
I JUST CAME HOME TO COUNT THE MEMORIES
(Glenn Ray)
« © '74 Contention Music, ASCAP »
I saw roses choking in the grass flaking paint in a broken window pane
A mailbox barely standin' by the driveway I can almost read the name
A swing set and forgotten toys where little girls and boys played happy games
Everything I gave a damn about is gone now but all the mem'ries still remain
The old man from the house across the street asked how's it goin' and I said fine
But the expression on his face would make me think that he could almost read my mind
That Johnson boy from down the road was asking if the kids could come and play
Lord I wish I could have told them yes but I just said I guess son not today
I just came home to count the mem'ries that I've been counting in my mind
Just came home to count the mem'ries from a better day and time
All the birds that sang a pretty song aren't singing like they did when we were here
Cause there's no happiness in music if someobody isn't close enough to care
I picked arraged daisy from its home out in the corner of the yard
She loves me she loves me not now I don't have to wonder anymore
I just came home to count the mem'ries that I've been counting in my mind
I just came home to count the mem'ries I guess it's time to say goodbye
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3.
SHE JUST STARTED LIKING CHEATIN' SONGS
(Kent M. Robbins)
« © '80 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
She just started liking cheatin' songs and what's bothering me
I don't know if it's the cheatin' she likes or just the melodies
I've never had any reason to doubt her as far as I know she's been true
But lately she's had a different look in her eye I wonder if she's seeing somebody new
You can't blame a body for looking when there's whole world of people out there
But I hope she's not taking any closer looks I tell you lately frankly I've been scared
Cause she just started liking...
[ fiddle - guitar ]
I've got to admit I do some looking too but she's the only one I love
She still tells me she still loves me but I wonder if my love's enough
Cause she just started liking...
Yes she just started liking...
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4.
1959
(Gary Gentry)
« © '79 Taylor & Watts Music, BMI »
Cigarettes were a quarter then Bobby-socks and jeans were in
Elvis sang the songs that we loved so
And the most important thing to us was keeping gas in my old truck
So I could take us to the drive-in show
Then graduation finally came Uncle Sam called me away
You married someone else while I was gone
But I kept your letters all these years and I can't help but shed a tear
When I read the words you wrote me years ago
Baby I'm yours I'll love you always
I'm gonna stand by you until the end of time
Remember all of the good things that we shared together
Signed love Betty 1959
I never will forget the day when you and I went all the way
I was the first for you and you for me
I've still got the truck that we loved in it takes me back there now and then
Back to '59 in my memory
And baby I'm yours I'll love you always...
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5.
CHICKEN TRUCK
(John D. Anderson - Ervan Parker - Monroe Fields)
« © '81 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Well it was mornin' when I left Alabama
It must have been around in Mid July
I got behind a chicken truck from Georgia
And the feathers were a flyin' like snow out of the sky
I couldn't get up the speed enough to pass him
And a funny smell was a gettin' close to me
And somethin' keeps on messing up my windsheild
And the farther I go the harder it get's to see
Chicken truck chicken truck behind it I'm stuck
Chicken truck chicken truck it's just my luck chicken truck on Highway 65
Well the hens are a sqaukin' and the roosters are a crowin'
Slowin' me down when I need to get goin' chicken truck on Highway 65
[ guitar ]
He slowed down and I tried to drive around him
On a big long hill just south of Tennesee
He had a box of Colonel Sander's on his dashboard
And he was eatin' fried chicken and throwin' his bones on me
Chicken truck chicken truck...
Chicken truck chicken truck...
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6.
I'M JUST AN OLD CHUNK OF COAL
(Billy Joe Shaver)
« © '77 ATV Songs, BMI »
Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal but I'm gonna be a diamond some day
I'm gonna grow and glow till I'm so blue pure perfect
I'm gonna put a smile on everybody's face
I'm gonna kneel and pray every day last I should become vain along the way
I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord but I'm gonna be a diamond some day
I'm gonna learn the best way to walk gonna search and find a better way to talk
I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough edged self till I get rid of every single flaw
I'm gonna be the world's best friend gonna go round shaking everybody's hand
I'm gonna be the cotton pickin' rage of the age I'm gonna be a diamond some day
[ guitar - fiddle - dobro - piano ]
Now I'm just an old chunk of coal...
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7.
WOULD YOU CATCH A FALLING STAR
(Bobby Braddock)
« © '81 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You know the crowd was very small for a country music show
But he faked a curtain call just like it was years ago
And then a lady grabbed his arm as he staggered down the aisle
And with all his country charm he addressed her with a smile
Would you catch a falling star before he crashes to the ground
Don't you know how people are nobody loves you when you're down
Pick me up and take me home and I'll bring my old guitar
Sing a golden oldie song if you'll catch a falling star
[ steel ]
He had a silver plated bus and a million country fans
Now there's just a few of us and he drives a little van
They were beatin' down his door lovely women left and right
And now he's on a hardwood floor a wonderin' where he'll spend the night
Would you catch a falling star before he crashes to the ground
Don't you know how people are nobody loves you when you're down
Pick him up and take him home and he'll bring my old guitar
Sing a golden oldie song if you'll catch a falling star
Sing a golden oldie song if you'll catch a falling star
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8.
WILD AND BLUE
(John Scott Sherrill)
« © '82 Candy Cane Music, BMI »
Way across town a phone rings off the wall
If you know he ain't home why do you keep callin'
You're gonna drive yourself crazy and you know that it's true
It's making you wild and blue
Wild and blue it's no wonder look at the things that you do
They could just take you up to yonder you're already wild and blue
In somebody's room on the far side of town
With your mind all made up and the shades all pulled down
Someone is trying to satisfy you
He don't know you're wild and you're blue
Wild and blue it's no wonder...
[ fiddle ]
It's four in the morning and you're all alone
With no place to go why don't you come home
I'll be right here baby waitin' for you
I know you've been wild and blue
Wild and blue it's no wonder...
Wild and blue it's no wonder...
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9.
YOUR LYING BLUE EYES
(Ken McDuffie)
« © '80 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Your lying blue eyes used to charm me hypnotize me through and through
Like a fool Lord I've been dreaming your lying blue eyes just told on you
All those stories I've been hearing I wouldn't believe that they were true
But just this morning over coffee your lying blue eyes just told on you
Your lying blue eyes...
For a long time I have loved you and I've thought that you loved me too
Now all my questions have been answered your lying blue eyes just told on you
Your lying blue eyes...
Your lying blue eyes just told on you
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10.
BLACK SHEEP
(Dan Darst - Robert Altman)
« © '83 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
My daddy was a brakeman on a highball traveling train
Mama she raised four little children and the family had a good name
And papa and mama wanted all for us they never had
Big brother little brother sister too none of them turned out half bad
Cept me I'm the black sheep of the family
Big brother went to college and became a doctor man
I guess he makes about a million dollars a year off the folks own insurance plan
He's got a big long Mercedes Benz and a house overlooking the town
He sits in his Jacuzzi and he watches the sun go down
And he feels real sorry for me I'm the black sheep of the family
Yeah I drive me a big ol' semi truck I'm makin' payments on a two room shack
My wife she waits on tables and at night she rubs my back
And I tell her what my papa said to my mama when he got off a highball train
Wake me up early be good to my dogs and teach my children to pray
Little sister married a banker yeah he owns a country club
He bought her a big ol' racing horse and a funny lookin' little dog
He buys her big rings and diamonds and a brand new Japanese yacht
They like to get together and talk about all the things they've got
But they never mention me I'm the black sheep of the family
Yeah I drive me a big ol' semi truck...
I'm sayin' woman wake me up early be good to my dogs
And teach my children to pray
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