lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

WHY DON'T THEY GO HOME

(Jimmy Gateley)
« © '68 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
They blink the lights to close the bar but not a soul has gone
I guess they're satyin' round to see me cry and carry on
I didn't plan to make a scene when I came here tonight
But seein' him with someone else was just too much to fight

I started weepin' and a cryin' told him I was dyin'
Beggin' for another chance
I started pleadin' and a screamin' told him I was leavin'
Oh oh oh what a laugh
He just turned his back and walked away and left me here alone
Now the crowd has their laugh tonight so why don't they go home
[ fiddle ] You'd think they'd never seen a girl do things like this before
The way they all keep standin' round hopin' they'll see more
I tried my best to just ignore the way he held her hand
But seein' him so close to her was more than I could stand

I started weepin' and a cryin' told them I was dyin'...
The crowd has their laugh tonight so why don't they go home
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2.

MAYBE NOT

(Liz Anderson)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Time I take the time to try to reason out these worries on my mind
More and more I feel I've had a bad deal a good deal of the time
Maybe like you've of'en said the love we had is really not so hot
Guess by now that's pretty plain and maybe I'm to blame and maybe not

Gossip has it now while I've been busy keepin' house for you alone
You've been keepin' busy in some house no one could ever call a home
That's the oldest story told but here in lies the thickenin' of the plot
Maybe I'll become like you then maybe I'll be true and maybe not

I've become suspicious I can't live on dreams and wishes till I die
First I lost a dream and now it seems as how my wishing well ran dry
Maybe it's unthinkable to think I'll maybe leave but it's a thought
So tonight when you come home well maybe I'll be here and maybe not
[ fiddle ] I've become suspicious I can't live on dreams and wishes till I die...
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3.

MONEY MARBLES AND CHALK

(Pop Eckler)
« © '49 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
I've got money marbles and chalk sweetheart
But I still feel like I am poor
Cause my money won't spend and my marbles won't roll
And my chalk won't write anymore

There's an ole saying that's been all around
I heard it before I could walk
How some's got health and some's got wealth
Others money marbles and chalk

I've got money marbles and chalk sweetheart...

Now the money and marbles and chalk are all right
For a miser who loves only gold
But give me a chance to save our romance
For I love you with all of my soul

I've got money marbles and chalk sweetheart...
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4.

I WALK ALONE

(Herbert W. Wilson)
« © '43 Adams Vee & Abbott Music, BMI »
I walk alone where once we wandered
It seems so strange since you are gone
Till you return I'll stay the same dear
I'll still be true and walk alone

By stars above I swear to love you
With all the love I've ever known
While we're apart you'll always own me
When teardrops start I walk alone

The flame of love is brightly burning
You know that I'm your very own
Each night I pray for your returning
But while you're gone I walk alone
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5.

WHAT'S MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS

(Glenn Sutton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
It's late I've been waiting and by now he should be home
I've walked the floor for hours listening for the telephone
But he's always weak where drinks so strong and I guess he'll always be
What made Milwaukee famous has made a fool out of me

I begged baby not to go so many times before
I told him love and happiness can't live behind those swingin' doors
I hate to see him live this way but I just can't set him free
What made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me
[ steel ] I begged baby not to go so many times before...
What made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me
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6.

THIS STRANGER (MY LITTLE GIRL)

(Ruby VanNoy - Ann Burns - Barbara Fairchild)
« © '68 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Today for her it's only been thirteen years of livin'
And for me it's been a wonderful thirteen years of givin'
She grows taller ev'ry day and farther from my world
God help me reach this stranger my little girl

Music I can't understand replaced her nursery rhymes
No longer can I even guess what's running through her mind
Her long straight hair has now forgot ribbons and soft curls
God please protect this stranger my little girl

Can she hear the worried sound in her mom's conversation
Can she see the anguish in my look of desperation
Can she feel my love for her pulling against her world
I love her so this stranger my little girl

Has she so soon forgotten how close we used to be
And how when something troubled her she'd always turn to me
But mom can't solve her problems she keeps locked inside her world
God help me reach this stranger my little girl

Can she hear the worried sound in her mom's conversation...
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7.

NOTHING BETWEEN US

(Lynn Anderson)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Perhaps the excitement of keeping a secret
The pleasure of playing a game
Made us scheme made us plan to erase the middleman
But now somehow things aren't the same

Now nothing stands between us no wedding bands between us
She set you free to come to me and ev'ryone has seen us
Now nothing stands between us but there's nothing between us
[ violin ] I guess that my eyes don't work well in the dark
For good was all I saw in you
But now I see the light what we did wasn't right
And I know that I've been a fool

Now nothing stands between us no wedding bands between us
Now nothing stands between us but there's nothing between us
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8.

FREE

(Liz Anderson)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Today's the day I always knew would come
Today I gained my liberty
I'll miss that prison you've release me
From the ties are gone at last I'm free

Free to choose the times and places where I'll cry
Find new peace of mind at least I'm free to try
Oh I'm free to live in misery
Your love is gone and now I'm free
[ fiddle ] I'm free to go where tear filled laughter
Flows where wine parades as happiness
The kind of place I've never cared to go
There's where I'll be I'm free at last

Free to choose the times and places where I cry...
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9.

WHEN THE GRASS GROWS OVER ME

(Don Chapel)
« © '68 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
When you left I thought that I would soon get over you
Even told myself that I would find somebody too
Time and tears have come and gone but not your memory
But I'll be over you when the grass grows over me

Yes I'll be over you when you're standing over me
And as you look down at the cold cold ground I'm sleeping in
Don't expect to hear me say that I still love you then
Cause I'll be over you when the grass grows over me
[ fiddle ] Even when my eyes are closed I keep on seein' you
Ev'ry minute I'm alive I'm hurtin' through and through
And as long as I live I know I won't be free
But I'll be over you when the grass grows over me

Yes I'll be over you when you're standing over me...
Yes I'll be over you when you're standing over me
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10.

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

(Bobby Braddock - Curly Putman)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E
But the words we're hiding from him now tear the heart right out of me

Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Watch him smile he thinks it's Christmas or his fifth birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurting words and I turn my head when I speak
Cause I can't spell away this hurt that's drippin' down my cheeks

Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today...
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11.

EYES DON'T COME CRYING TO ME

(Liz Anderson)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
The one you thought we'd never lose just up and walked away
Remember how I always said he'd do just that someday
He'd take so much and then no more I try to make you see
So eyes don't come cryin' to me

I feel the teardrops tryin' to break through
I wish I could feel sorrier for you
But I warned you this is how the end would be
So eyes don't come cryin' to me

He loved us so was true but no you had to look around
He just got tired of feelin' like the biggest fool in town
Right now I'm long on loneliness but short on sympathy
So eyes don't come cryin' to me

I feel the teardrops tryin' to break through...
So eyes don't come cryin' to me
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12.

I ALREADY KNOW (WHAT I'M GETTING FOR MY BIRTHDAY)

(Liz Anderson)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I already know what I'm getting for my birthday
It's something I been wanting all year
I'm gonna get myself a very special present
I'm gonna get myself a million miles from here

There never was much happiness between us
More tears and angry words than there were smiles
But now there'll be a lot of things between us
And ev'ry one of them would be a mile

I already know what I'm getting for my birthday...
[ guitar ] At last I'm getting happy for my birthday
By getting where your face won't spoil the view
If absence ever makes my heart grow fonder
It would grow fonder of my freedom not of you

I already know what I'm getting for my birthday...
I'm gonna get myself a million miles from here
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