lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

WHERE'S THE PLAYGROUND BOBBY

(Jim Webb)
« © '68 Jobete Music, ASCAP »
The end has come and found us here
With our toys scattered all around us here
The puzzle that we couldn't find an answer for
Still asks us darlin' just what all the games were for
And here we stand in a box of sand

Where's the playground Bobby
You're the one who's supposed to know his way around
Where's the playground Bobby
If I don't stay around if I don't stay around
[ piano ] The carousel that stopped us here
It twirled a time or two and then it dropped us here
And still you're not content with something about me
But what merry-go-round could you ride without me
To take your hand oh how would you stand

Where's the playground Bobby
If I decide to let you go and play around
Where's the playground Bobby
If I don't stay around if I don't stay around

Where's the playground Bobby...
Where's the playground Bobby...
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2.

TAKE ME HOME

(Betty Jo Gibson)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
In here the lights are dim but all around
My eyes see things they're wishin' that they'd never even found
Your party's gettin' rough and this party's seen enough
To know that I had best be homeward bound

Take me home please take me home
I'm not your kind of girl
Take me home please take me home
I don't belong here in your world

It hits my mind like water in the face
The kind of girl you thought I was to bring me to this place
I guess I'm just naive but somehow I believe
There's more to life than livin' in disgrace

Take me home please take me home...
I don't belong here in your world
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3.

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

(Joe South)
« © '68 ATV Songs, BMI »
Oh the games people now ev'ry night and ev'ry day now
Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean
So they wile away the hours in their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine

Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee
Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play

Oh we make one another cry break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die that the other was to blame
But neither one will ever give in so we gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been and it's a dirty rotten shame

Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee...
[ steel ] People walkin' up a to ya singin' glory hallelujah
Then they try to sock it to ya in the name of the Lord
They're gonna teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate
And furthermore forget about hate come on get on board

Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee...

A look around and tell me what you see what's happenin' to you and to me
God grand me the serenity to just remember who I am
Cause you've given up our sanity for our pride and our vanity
Turn our backs on humanity and we don't give a da da da

Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee...
Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee...
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4.

SINGING MY SONG

(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton - Tammy Wynette)
« © '69 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Here's a song I love to sing
It's about the man who wears my ring
And even though he's tempted he knows
I'll make sure that he gets ev'rything

Cause when he's cold he knows I'm warm
And I'll warm him in my arms
And when he's sad ah I'll make him glad
And I'm his shelter from the storm

I'm his song when he feels like singin'
And a swing when he feels like swingin'
I don't know what I does that's right
But it makes him come home at night
And when he's home I make sure he's never alone
And that's why I keep singin' my song

And when he's home I make sure he's never alone
And that's why I keep singin' my song
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5.

I'M ALRIGHT

(Bill Anderson)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm alright I'm alright
I'm a little bit red in the eyes
A little bit hurt in the heart
A little bit weary in the soul
But I'm alright I'm alright

You mean I'm worth the dime it took to call me on the phone
Since when are you concerned about the way things are at home
We're doin' just fine and without you thank you me and the dog and the cat
I don't care what you're doin' and I care less where you are at

Cause I'm alright I'm alright...
[ guitar ] The rent's paid through December and there's groceries on the shelf
You're not here to take care of me so I'm takin' care of myself
No I haven't got a job but I have a friend who does
I know that don't sound much like me but I'm not the girl I was

But I'm alright I'm alright...
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6.

FULL HOUSE

(Glenn Sutton - Buck Maxwell)
« © '69 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Tonight you're down at Charlie's Place again
But it's not drinks or company that you seek
Cause Charlie has a card game in the backroom
I knew you've been playin' poker there all week

Right now I bet you're drawin' to a straight
Three of a kind two pair are standin' pat
But if it's a full house that's you're looking for
Then come on home cause this is where it's at

Yes there's a full house right here at home
A wife and children you've left all alone
So if a broken heart is worth than a dime
A then come on home you got five of a kind
[ steel ] If you could only see their little faces
You'd hurry home before the next hand starts
You're sittin' down at Charlie's holdin' aces
While here at home we're holdin' broken hearts

Yes there's a full house right here at home...
Then come on home you got five of a kind
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7.

ROCKY TOP

(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)
« © '67 House Of Bryant, BMI »
Wish that I was on ole Rocky Top down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top ain't no telephone bills
Once I had a man on Rocky Top half bear the other half cat
Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop and I still dream about that

Rocky Top you'll always be home sweet home to me
Good ole Rocky Top Rocky Top Tennessee
Rocky Top Tennessee

Once two strangers climbed ole Rocky Top lookin' for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top I reckon they never will
Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top the dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top get their corn from a jar

Rocky Top you'll always be home sweet home to me...
[ banjo - steel ] I've had years of cramped up city life trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life can't be simple again

Rocky Top you'll always be home sweet home to me...
Rocky Top Tennessee
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8.

IF SILENCE IS GOLDEN

(Liz Anderson)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(Silence is golden)

If silence is golden like they say it to be
If silence is golden then how rich I must be

Once this house with love and laughter used to sing
So much happiness the rafters seemed to ring
Now you're gone there's only silence from the bottom to the top
It's so quiet now I can almost hear a teardrop

If silence is golden like they say it to be...
[ piano ] Once this room with footsteps echoed ev'rywhere
Sounds of happy people walking here and there
Then one day our paths divided you walked out and didn't stop
It's so quiet now I can almost hear a teardrop

If silence is golden like they say it to be...
If silence is golden then how rich I must be
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9.

MR. WALKER IT'S ALL OVER

(Gene Crysler)
« © '69 Barmour Music, BMI »
I left Garden City Kansas with a ticket and a yen to see New York
I type eigty words a minute so your corporation let me go to work
I fetch paper clips and coffee even help you dodge your domineerin' wife
Mr Walker it's all over I don't like the New York secretary's life

In this buildin' there's a lotta guys with ole familiar thoughts upon their minds
That's a lot of hands a reachin' out to grab the things that I consider mine
And the president pursues me even though he's old and hair is turnin' white
Mr Walker it's all over I don't like the New York secretary's life

There's a flat in Greenwich Village that I took because the subways wasn't far
But a trumpet player's upstairs and below me there's a jumpin' all night bar
And to frost the bitter cake I have to share the place with bugs and big ol' mice
Mr Walker it's all over I don't like the New York secretary's life

Your sweetheart in personnel said I should give her written notice like the rest
So I wrote goodbye with my brightest lipstick right across her big expensive desk
You'd better call the Times and tell 'em put your wanted ad right back in classified
Mr Walker it's all over I don't like the New York secretary's life

There's a greyhound at the station and a mom at home with open arms for me
Garden City's lookin' better ev'ry minute now since I have learned to see
And the boy next door don't know it but come June he's gonna gain himself a wife
Mr Walker it's all over I don't like the New York secretary's life
Mr Walker it's all over I don't like the New York secretary's life
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10.

JIM DANDY

(Lincoln Chase)
« © '61 Embassy Music, BMI »
Jim Dandy to the rescue Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue go Jim Dandy go Jim Dandy
Jim Dandy on a mountain top ten thousand feet to drop
He spied a lady on a runaway horse ha ha that's a ride of course
Jim Dandy to the rescue go Jim Dandy go Jim Dandy
A Jim Dandy had a girl named Sue she was feelin' kinda blue
Jim Dandy is the kinda guy he never like to see a woman cry
A Jim Dandy to the rescue go Jim Dandy get 'em Jim
[ guitar ] A Jim Dandy in a submarine he got it taken it from a mermaid queen
She was hangin' from a fishin' line a Jim Dandy didn't waste no time
Jim Dandy to the rescue hook it Jim Dandy
A Jim Dandy had a golden mane he got a ticket on a DC Plane
Jim Dandy didn't need no suit he was hip but a ready to boot
Jim Dandy to the rescue go Jim Dandy get 'em boy
A Jim Dandy to the rescue Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue Jim Dandy to the rescue
Jim Dandy to the rescue sock it to 'em Jim
Jim Dandy to the rescue Jim Dandy to the rescue
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11.

THAT'S A NO NO

(Ben Peters)
« © '69 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
You had quite good thing goin' with the girls you're used to knowin'
You went up and down your list just like a yo-yo
And though it may be hard to stop it I'm afraid you'll have to drop it
Cause if you want me to love you that's a no no

I know you're used to goin' places with dim lights and painted faces
Where the dancin' girls do somethin' they call a go-go
I don't wanna stop your fun now but if I'm the only one now
And if you want me to love you that's a no no

You know a no no means baby shouldn't touch
If baby really loves his mama so much
So if you just can't resist 'em and they're not out of your system
And if there's some more wild oats you've got to go sow
Just remember while you're sowin' I'll be a packin' up and goin'
Cause I've told you many times that that's a no no
[ steel ] A you know a no no means baby shouldn't touch
If baby really loves his mama so much
So if some ole flame starts burnin' or if you should get to yearnin'
To go back to where those women that you know go
A don't come home expectin' mama's a waitin' here in her pajamas
Cause I've told you many times that that's a no no
Oh you should know by now that that's a no no
Yeah you should know by now that that's a no no
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12.

I USED TO KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS

(Liz Anderson)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I used to know all those things like honeymoons and wedding rings
The happiness that love can bring I used to know all those things
A morning kiss an evening touch those hours of doing nothing much
That special way a heart can sing I used to know all those things

Our happy home with love inside was weakened soon and then destroyed
When we made a room for foolish pride there too
Once happy times were mine to know they seem to be so long ago
But once upon a wedding ring I used to know all those things
[ steel ] Our happy home with love inside was weakened soon and then destroyed
When we made a room for foolish pride there too
Those happy times I used to know they seem to be so long ago
But once upon a wedding ring I used to know all those things
Oh once upon a wedding ring I used to know all those things
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