lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ALCOHOL AND TEARS

(Buddy Mize - Ray Salter) « © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
So many times I've put a cold towel on your head
I helped you up when you were down and low
I stood by and loved you through all these wasted years
And all you gave me in return was alcohol and tears

Alcohol and tears were our only past time
Alcohol and tears down to our finish line
Our home was just your hobby a place to drink your beer
There wasn't much to celebrate just alcohol and tears
[ steel ] Just like a thief late at night you'd come sneaking in
Ashamed to face our children or tell me where you'd been
Now you've left us for another but I often wonder dear
If she'll love you like we have through alcohol and tears

Alcohol and tears were our only past time...
There wasn't much to celebrate just alcohol and tears
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2.

I LET A STRANGER (BUY THE WINE)

(Kay Adams) « © '67 Airfield Music, BMI »
Tonight I tasted liquor for the first time
In a barroom where I never thought I'd go
Cross the bar I could see me in the mirror
As I tipped my glass and drink it like a pro

When a stranger asked if he could buy the next one
Refuse him never even crossed my mind
Right or wrong it was good to have his company
Tonight I let a stranger buy the one

Loneliness does funny thing to girls like me
Could it be I've really lost my mind
Tomorrow there's no telling what I'll think of me
Cause tonight I let a stranger buy the one

Loneliness does funny thing to girls like me...
Cause tonight I let a stranger buy the one
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3.

TILL TEMPTATION GETS THE BETTER OF ME

(Billy Mize) « © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
You know that I am not the kind to cheat at love and still I find
That there's danger every time you come my way
And when I'm dancing close to you the same desire comes rushing through
And I wonder just how long it will be till temptation gets the better of me

I don't go in for breaking rules a loser's game that's played for fools
And I tell my anxcious heart oh please be strong
But when I look into your eyes I want you so can I be wise
That I wonder just how long it will be till temptation gets the better of me

What's the matter with me this is wrong and I can see
That only heartaches and pain can come way
Yet I long to feel your touch and I want your love so much
That I wonder just how long it will be till temptation gets the better of me
Till temptation gets the better of me
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4.

CLOSE UP THE HONKY TONKS

(Red Simpson) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
He's in some honky tonk tonight I know
He's dancin' where the music's loud and lights are low
In a crowded bar he likes to hang around
And as long as there's a honky tonk he'll never settle down

Close up the honky tonks lock all the doors
Don't let the one I love go there anymore
Close up the honky tonks throw away the key
Then maybe the one I love will come back to me
[ steel ] I wish I had the power to turn back the time
And live again the hours when he was all mine
It hurts to see him running with that crowd downtown
But as long as there's a honky tonk he'll never settle down

Close up the honky tonks lock all the doors...
Maybe the one I love will come back to me
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5.

DAY YOU LEFT ME

(Cindy Walker) « © '58 Unichappell Music, BMI »
On the books this day will be know to all officially
As the day that you left me the day you left me
But if my heart could testify its fatest day is just a lie
Cause the day has long gone by the day you left me

Though you're here not really here I know oh well I know
You packed your dreams and you left my heart such a long long time ago
Though you've just walked out the door and you won't be back no more
You left me long before the day you left me
[ guitar ] Though you're here not really here...
You left me long before the day you left me
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6.

HUSBAND STEALER

(Willer Miller - Jimmy Snyder) « © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
Oh you're a husband stealer a wheeler and a dealer
Number one across the nation in your game
You've been called a little flirt probably all the names that hurt
But you're still a husband stealer just the same

Now you think you'll get my man your game is catch 'em if you can
But now honey I have got some news you see
You'll be alone so sad and blue when he learns your trick or two
Cause he'll turn around and come back home to me

Oh you're a husband stealer a wheeler and a dealer...
[ guitar - steel ] You in dark corners of bars and out parkin' in the car
Any place you think you can get my man
Oh you make him think you're tame with your huggin' kissin' game
But he'll think twice when he feels our weddin' band

Oh you're a husband stealer a wheeler and a dealer...
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7.

GET OUT OF MY HEART

(Bobby George) « © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
Get out of my heart you have no right being here
I can't be concerned with you while you're with her
And get off of my mind with takin' off all my thoughts
You're gonna tear them all apart get out of my heart

If you walk out away from her and come back and try again
Then I've got to make some room where a brand new love can live
So get out of my heart you shouldn't be here at all
You're gonna tear me all apart get out of my heart
[ steel ] If you walk out away from her...
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8.

CHEATIN' GOOD TIME

(Beth Moore) « © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
Oh you think you've got me down the way you cheat and run around
If you only knew that I'm no longer blind
You've always had your way what I've learned that two can play
Now we both have a cheatin' good time

You like to play the game of have your cake and eat it too
I used to be so tame now I take on after you
You'd never think your wife would ever cheat and lie
But after you leave I'm right behind
And I'm always home before you've come sneaking through the door
And we both have a cheatin' good time
[ guitar ] You like to play the game of have your cake and eat it too
I used to be so tame now I take on after you
Now I play your game so well oh but you could never tell
Your fish took the bait and left your line
And I'm always home before you've come sneaking through the door
And we both have a cheatin' good time
Yes we both have a cheatin' good time
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9.

BOTTLE BABY

(Bobby Austin - Kay Adams) « © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
Oh you're on bottle baby but you ain't my baby no more
While I sit home at night with the kids you're out with the boys to roar
You're on bottle baby but you ain't my baby no more
But don't be too surprised when you come in and your key don't fits the door

You come in with the milkman left all over your breath
Tellin' me a brand new story well I can laugh myself to death
You're on bottle baby but you ain't my baby no more
Now here's your grip go take your trip cause you ain't my baby no more
[ steel - guitar ] You drag in with the milkman left all over your breath...
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10.

WHO WILL BUY THE WINE

(Billy Mize) « © '59 Billy Mize Music, BMI »
Not long ago I held our baby's bottle
But the one I'm holding now's a different kind
And I never know whose lips I'll soon be kissin'
For it all depends on who will buy the wine

Whoever sets them up and tips the waitress
This kind of love just might as well be blind
I just sit and wait to be somebody's baby
And it all depends on who will buy the wine
[ steel ] My kind of life I'm living since you left me
Is not the kind of life I thought I chose
This honky tonky world is not so flashy
Bright lights and booze is all it really knows

Whoever sets them up and tips the waitress...
And it all depends on who will buy the wine
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