lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ODE TO BILLIE JOE

(Bobbie Gentry)
« © '67 Northridge Music, ASCAP »
It was the third of June another sleepy dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was a bailin' hay
And then at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And mama hollered out the backdoor y'all remember to wipe your feet
And then she said I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today Billie Joe Macallister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Papa said to mama as he passed around the black eyed peas
Billie Joe never had a lick of sense pass the biscuits please
And I've five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow
And mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe anyhow
It seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billie Joe Ma Callister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
And wasn't I talkin' to him at the church last Sunday night
I'll have another piece of apple pie you know it don't seem right
Why I just saw him the sawmill yesterday up on Choctaw Ridge
And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Mama said to me child what's happened to your appetite
I been cookin' all mornin' and you haven't touched a single bite
That nice young preacher brother Taylor dropped by today
Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday oh by the way
He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge
And she and Billie Joe was throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Now a year's come and gone since we heard the news about Billie Joe
Brother married Becky Thompson and they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus goin' round papa caught it and he died last spring
And now mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything
And me I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Chotaw Ridge
And droppin' them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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2.

I'D BE MORE OF A WOMAN

(Liz Anderson)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm not too much of a woman at least that's what you say
But you want me to give all the love and it just don't work that way
You tell me I'm failin' you when I've done all I can
I'd be more of a woman if you'd be more of a man

I'd be more of a woman the way you want me to be
But you've gotta show me a better man if you wanna see the best in me
If I'm gonna make you happy you gotta give me a helpin' hand
And I'd be more of a woman if you'd be more of a man
[ steel ] You don't know much about women not near what you think you do
You think when you snap your fingers I oughta fall all over you
You're always talkin' bout other girls I can do anything they can
I'd be more of a woman if you'd be more of a man

I'd be more of a woman the way you want me to be...
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3.

APARTMENT NO. 9

(Johnny Paycheck - Bobby Austin)
« © '66 Dream City Music, BMI »
Just follow the stairway to this lonely world of mine
You'll find me waiting here in Apartment No 9

Not so very long ago you walked away from me
And after all the plans we made you decided to be free

Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me
And the sun will never shine in Apartment No 9
[ piano - steel ] I keep waiting in this lonely room just in case you change your mind
You'll find me waiting here in Apartment No 9

Loneliness surrounds me...
No the sun will never shine in Apartment No 9
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4.

DUMB BLONDE

(Curly Putman)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Don't try to fly your way out of this
Don't try to lie or I'll catch you in it
Don't try to make me feel sorry for you
Just because I'm blonde don't think I'm dumb
Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool

When you left you thought I'd sit
And you thought I'd wait and you thought I'd cry
You called me dumb blonde
Oh but somehow I lived through it and you know if there's one thing
This blonde has learned blondes have more fun

You flew too high off of the ground
Picked stormy weather had to come back down
But I found new thread for my ole spool
Just because I'm blonde don't think I'm dumb
Cause this dumb blond ain't nobody's fool
[ steel ] When you left you thought I'd sit...
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5.

LAY SOME HAPPINESS ON ME

(Jean Chapel - Bob Jennings)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Lay some happiness on me so the brighter side you'll see
No more loneliness to be lay some happiness on me

Tell me I'm great and I'll be greater build me up and I'll fly
Love me now and be glad later tell your troubles bye bye

Lay some happiness on me so the brighter side you'll see...
[ guitar ] Spill that cup of trouble and sorrow the sooner the better for you
Fill it up with a happy tomorrow we got some livin' to do

Lay some happiness on me so the brighter side you'll see...
[ steel ] Cuddle me up and I'll squeeze tighter honey lips kiss me do
A good good lover makes a bad bad fighter and I'm a not a pickin' on you

Lay some happiness on me so the brighter side you'll see...
Lay some happiness on me so the brighter side you'll see...
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6.

WHAT LOCKS THE DOOR

(Vic McAlpin)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
What locks the door to the world you're livin' in
What kind of key do I need to get in
I'd try anything from solid gold to sin
What locks the door to the world you're livin' in

You can't relive your past with a dream that's gone
You can't find love that will last in your world alone
A hurt so tall has built a wall where faith begins
What locks the door to the world you're livin' in

What locks the door you're livin' in...
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7.

THANKS A LOT FOR TRYING ANYWAY

(Jim Glaser)
« © '66 Ensign Music, BMI »
(Thanks a lot for tryin' anyway)

What a shock to hear you say you're gonna leave me
Though you tried to let me down the easy way
You can't say you're gonna leave without it hurtin'
But thanks a lot for tryin' anyway

You were careful with the words you chose to tell me
You couldn't break my heart in any nicer way
And you've done all that you could do to stop my teardrops
Well thanks a lot for tryin' anyway

I'm so sorry I didn't take it better
I'd give a lot if you had not seen me this way
It's not your fault you couldn't keep your love from dyin'
Well thanks a lot for tryin' anyway
[ piano ] (Thanks a lot for tryin' anyway)
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8.

I WASHED MY FACE IN THE MORNING DEW

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '67 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
The first strange town I was ever in the county was hangin' a man
Nobody cared if he lived or died and I just didn't understand

So I washed my face in the morning dew bathed my soul in the sun
Washed my face in the morning dew and kept on movin' along

The second strange town I was in they were laughin' at a poor crippled man
Beggin' for nickels and dimes on the street and I just didn't understand

So I washed my face in the morning dew bathed my soul in the sun...

The third strange town that I was in was settled peaceful and nice
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer and to me it just didn't seem right

So I washed my face in the morning dew bathed my soul in the sun...

Someday times are bound to change it can't be very far
And each injustice I have seen will come before the bar

Then I'll wash my face in the morning dew bathe my soul in the sun
Wash my face in the morning dew and my journey will be done

Then I'll wash my face in the morning dew bathe my soul in the sun...
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9.

YOUR TENDER LOVING CARE

(Buck Owens)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I don't need a ship to sail the ocean
I don't need fancy clothes to wear
I just need your sweet sweet lips to kiss me
I just need your tender lovin' care

Winter needs the north wind and the snowflakes
Springtime needs the flowers soft and rare
I just need to feel your arms around me
I just need your tender lovin' care
[ steel ] Days go by so slow when you're not with me
Nights are long and oh so hard to bear
Ev'rything is nothing dear without you
And I'm nothing without your tender lovin' care
I just need your tender loving care
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10.

GET WHILE THE GETTIN'S GOOD

(Bill Anderson)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've gotta get while the gettin's good honey get while the gettin's good
Out of your life into a life where I'll be understood
I need lots of tender love and your heart's made out of wood
If I'm ever gonna find peace of mind I gotta get while the gettin's good

You told me that love was one big bubble
We played the game by your rules and you won
And just today I figured out the trouble
I learned to crawl before I learned to run

I've gotta get while the gettin's good honey get while the gettin's good...
[ steel ] I've noticed I've quit singin' in the shower
I rarely ever laugh and I can tell
I'm waiting like the petals on a flower
There's nothing left to say now but farewell

I've gotta get while the gettin's good honey get while the gettin's good...
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11.

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN

(Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you

I love you so much I can't let you go
And sometimes I believe you love me
But somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a door without any key

Somewhere between your heart and mine...
[ piano ] Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a love I can't understand
It's there for a while then it fades like a smile
And I'm left in the middle again

Somewhere between your heart and mine...
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12.

SOMETHING CALLED HAPPINESS

(Liz Anderson - Donna Austin)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I found something that till you didn't exist
Something that makes up for all the love I've missed
It took love from you to find there was more to life than mine
Something called happiness I found when I found you

I discovered there are days of sunshine
That it wasn't rain that fell just my tears all the time
Something that makes loneliness only be a word there is
Something called happiness I found when I found you
[ piano ] I found out nights are to sleep not to cry through
That ol' mem'ries never keep when they're not used
Something that makes mockery of what I thought love to be
Something called happiness I found when I found you

I discovered there are days...
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