lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

(Fred Rose - Mel Foree)
« © '45 Milene Music, ASCAP »
No one will ever know my heart is breaking
Although a million teardrops start to flow
I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling
You've hurt me but no one will ever know

I'll tell them we grew tired of each other
And realized our dreams could never be
I'll even make believe I never loved you
Then no one will ever know the truth but me
[ piano - steel ] I'll tell them I found true love with another
That I'll be glad the day you set me free
I'll even make believe I never loved you
Then no one will ever know the truth but me
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2.

WALK OUT BACKWARDS

(Bill Anderson)
« © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'd rather live a life of lies and fantasy
Than face the truth and realize you're leavin' me
You built me up so high my heart can't stand the fall
And life without your love just isn't life at all

So walk out backwards if you must go
And please don't wave goodbye just wave one last hello
The truth won't hurt so much if I can just pretend
So walk out backwards and I'll think you're walkin' in
[ steel ] You walked into my heart in search of sympathy
From that day down to this you've walked all over me
And now you're walkin' out to love somebody new
But you're not by yourself cause my heart's leavin' too

So walk out backwards if you must go...
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3.

SO MUCH FOR ME SO MUCH FOR YOU

(Liz Anderson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Oh how hard we fought today behind that courtroom door
Dividing up the things we both had worked together for
Now we go our separate ways the ties no longer bind
And so much will belong to you and so much will be mine

It's over now the paper's signed
What once was ours is yours or mine
Let's not forget to divide the heartaches too
So much for me so much for you
[ steel ] We signed our names and thanked the judge and walked out in the hall
Too confused to realize the reason for it all
We should have tried as hard to make our love grow fine and strong
As we have fought to prove which one of us was right or wrong

It's over now the paper's signed...
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4.

TIPPY TOEING

(Bobby Harden)
« © '65 Careers Music, BMI »
Well mama go a tippy tippy toein' through the house
Gotta see what's the matter with the baby
It's been bawlin' and a squallin' and a kickin' on the wall
A-well I guess it's dropped its little bottle maybe

Oh daddy come a runnin' with the water and a rag
Gonna need another little diaper maybe
No need a hesitatin' or a wonderin' and a waitin'
I know what's the matter with baby
No need a hesitatin' or a wonderin' and a waitin'
We know what's the matter with baby

Oh mama rock a baby daddy rock a baby too
It's a yawnin' and a gettin' sleepy maybe
So mama keep a rockin' daddy rock a little too
And at last it's a sleeping little baby
[ guitar ] Well mama tippy toein' daddy tippy toein' too
Gonna try and do a little sleepin' maybe
Whether it'll be a minute or an hour or two
Is dependin' entirely on the baby

Well I hear the clock a ringin' just a dongin' and a dingin'
Daddy go and make a little money maybe
Mama sleep a little longer but but while your daddy's gone
Mama gonna have to take care of the baby
After all it's just a little bitty baby

Oh mama rock a baby daddy rock a baby too...
And at last it's a sleeping little baby
And at last it's a sleeping little baby
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5.

HUNDRED TIMES TODAY

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I once believed those mournful songs about when love is gone
They say you simply can't forget but now I know they're wrong
Forgetting is an easy thing for since you went away
Already I've forgotten you a hundred times today

Forgetting you is no big thing I do that all the time
The hard part is remembering that you're no longer mine
But when I find you on my mind I just don't let you stay
Already I've forgotten you a hundred times today

Why I forgot you right away when you walked out the door
Within a few short minutes I forgot a few times more
And so it goes through ev'ryday I do that quite a lot
There's nothing to forgetting you you just don't stay forgot

Forgetting you is no big thing I do that all the time...
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6.

BE QUIET MIND

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(Please be quiet mind I want to go to sleep now)

Ev'ry night and ev'ry day you go on the same ol' way
Do you have to keep reminding me he's gone now
And you're sayin' I was wrong but I knew that all along
So be quiet mind we've stayed awake too long now

Now that he's no longer mine you think of him all the time
If you let me be I might forget him somehow
Yes I've lost my love it's true do I have to lose you too
Please be quiet mind I want to go to sleep now
[ steel ] Well it's almost breakin' dawn must you still go on and on
We'll just have to learn to get along without him
For the only thing you'll do is to drive me out of you
So be quiet mind let's hear no more about him

Now that he's no longer mine you think of him all the time...
Please be quiet mind I want to go to sleep now
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7.

TO THE LANDLORD

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Since you fighting for our land to keep it free
I'm just counting days till you come back to me
I've become a down right stay at home it's true
For the only one I care about is you

To the landlord I'm the occupant apartment thirty-four
To the mailman just a number in the hall
But to you I'm someone special I'm the one you're fighting for
And to me that's all that matters after all
[ steel ] When I meet the milkman goin' on his way
To himself he says there goes one quart a day
To my friends I'm just a fool who has no fun
But I'm happy bein' true till you come home

To the landlord I'm the occupant apartment thirty-four...
To the landlord I'm the occupant apartment thirty-four...
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8.

I'VE CRIED THE RAIN DOWN

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Dawn never breaks without breaking my heart
Eternity is not forever just since we're apart
Even in the silence I can hear your voice ring
And I shiver in the coldness that the warm teardrops bring

And I've cried the rain down stared the stars out of the sky
Talk the wind under the table since you said goodbye
Though I cry the day is coming when my cryin' is done
And then I'll show your smiles that will outshine the sun

Each night as I walk down memory lane
Each step that I take brings a little less pain
I know the lowest ebb is the turn of the tide
And my sorrows will drown in the tears that I cry

And I've cried the rain down stared the stars out of the sky...
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9.

TOO MANY RIVERS

(Harlan Howard)
« © '64 Combine Music, BMI »
I wish I could come back to you dear
I know that you want me to
But too much water's run under that ole bridge
There's too many rivers between me and you

Too many rivers to cross dear
Too many dreams have been lost
Too many long nights that I've turned and tossed
Too many rivers to cross

Don't think for a moment I blame only you
We both killed the fruit on the vine
But when you try to put love back together
There's always a few little pieces you can't find

Too many rivers to cross dear...
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10.

MAMA SPANK

(Liz Anderson)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When the big hand is on twelve and the little hand on six
You come home tonight and no more childish pranks
You come home from work real quick or your mama get stick
Yes your mama get stick and mama spank

Ev'ry night you don't come home from the way you're out alone
Who would ever think that you're a married man
I would guess your age to be twenty eight goin' on three
So I'll speak in language you can understand

When the big hand is on twelve and the little hand on six...

Yes I know you like to play but we've got our bills to pay
And the kids need shoes much more than you need fun
Up to now I've been too mild you've been acting like a child
So I'll have to just start treating you like one

When the big hand is on twelve and the little hand on six...
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11.

HOW TO BREAK UP

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You find so much wrong your love must be gone
For faults are thick when love is thin
You keep tellin' me to take it or leave
Those words are finally sinkin' in

But how to break up without really cryin'
I have to leave and that's for sure
I know I'll be lonely without even tryin'
But you don't love me anymore
[ steel ] For how true it is they say
Loneliness is worse than anything could be
But then after you and what I've been through
Loneliness looks good to me

But how to break up without really cryin'...
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12.

RELEASE ME (AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN)

(Eddie Miller - W.S. Stevenson - Robert Yount - Dub Williams)
« © '54 Roschelle Publishing, BMI »
Please release me let me go I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin release me and let me love again

I have found a new love dear and I'll always want him near
His lips are warm while yours are cold release me darlin' let me go

Please release me let me go I don't love you anymore...
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