lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY

(Liz Anderson)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Oh mama mama who told you that lie
Whoever told you that big girls don't cry

When I was a baby on my mama's knee
She would kiss all my teardrops away so tenderly
I'd get hurt and a tear would well up in my eye
Then she hold me and tell me that big girls don't cry

Oh mama mama who told you that lie
Whoever told you that big girls don't cry

Then out of nowhere like an angel he came
I fell for his kisses and he promised me a ring
He held me caressed me then told me goodbye
Mama don't let them tell you that big girls don't cry

Oh mama mama he told me goodbye
Don't let them tell you that big girls don't cry
Oh mama mama who told you that lie
Whoever told you that big girls don't cry
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2.

PICK OF THE WEEK

(Liz Anderson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
(I was just your pick of the week)

You only say hello so you can say goodbye
While you're finding victims for your kisses sweet
You pick out the hearts that break to make your ego high
And I was just your pick of the week

For you could see that I would be the perfect fool
To wrap around your finger nice'n neat
That there would be no end to what I'd take from you
So I was just your pick of the week
[ guitar ] A heart that you can break is all you're lookin' for
Just the kind that you can trample at your feet
Even after breakin' mine I know there'll still be more
I was just your pick of the week

For you could see that I would be the perfect fool...
So I was just your pick of the week
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3.

HONEY

(Bobby Russell)
« © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
See the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
And I laughed at him and he got mad the first day that he planted it
It was just a twig
Then the first snow came and he ran out to brush the snow away
So it wouldn't die
Came runnin' in all excited slipped and almost hurt himself
And I laughed till I cried
He was always young at heart kinda dumb kinda smart
And I loved him so
And I surprised him with a puppy kept us up all Christmas Eve
Two years ago
And it would sure embarrass me when he'd come in from workin' late
Cause he'd always know
If I'd been sittin' there and cryin' over some sad and silly
Late late show
And honey I miss you and I'm being good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could

He wrecked the car and he was sad and so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be guess you could say he saw thru me
And hugged my neck
He came home unexpectedly and caught me cryin' needlessly
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early spring when flowers bloom and robins sing
He went away
And honey I miss you and I'm being good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could

One day when I was not at home and he was there all alone
The angels came
Now all I have are memories of honey and I wake up nights
And call his name
Now my life's an empty stage where honey lived and honey played
And love grew up
And a small cloud passes overhead and cries down on the flower bed
That honey loved

And see the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
And I laughed at him and he got mad the first day that he planted it
It was just a twig
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4.

JUST BETWEEN THE TWO OF US

(Liz Anderson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
People think it's wonderful how love can be so true
You never say an angry word no matter what I do
And I have so much faith in you I trust you anywhere
But the reason if they only knew is that we just don't care

Just between the two of us let's give up this fantasy
For we no longer care enough to even disagree
Ev'rybody envies us and the way we get along
But just between the two of us we know our love is gone
[ guitar ] Wish we could go back again to the days that used to be
We fought a lot but even then I knew you cared for me
Now we get along so well no teardrops ever fall
But there's no love no anything there's nothing left at all

Just between the two of us let's give up this fantasy...
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5.

I LIVE TO LOVE YOU

(Glenn Sutton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
(I live to love you)

Can't you tell by the look in these eyes of mine
Can't you feel a sweet warmth when your hand touches mine
And when you kiss my lips you can find it there too
So if there's any doubt then it's time you found out that I live to love you

Just to know that you're near makes life seem so sweet
Things that once were just dreams are now so complete
You took my grey skies and you painted them blue
And I'll want you forever so don't leave me ever cause I live to love you

Yes I live to love you and there's nobody who
Could ever ever take the place of you
And it's so good to know that you love me too
So as long as I live I'll give all I can give cause I live to love you
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6.

(ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GONNA BE) STRANGERS

(Liz Anderson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
All the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I'm all through ever trusting anyone
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believin' in you and now you are gone
[ harmonica - steel ] It amazes me not knowing any better
Than to think I had a love that could be true
Why I should be taken out tarred and feathered
To have let myself be taken in by you

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers...
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7.

PILLOW THAT WHISPERS

(Cal Veale)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(He's gone now he's gone now)

As dawn melts the darkness a lonely night ends
I cry the hurt seems so strong now
My arms just keep reachin' where your head used to lay
On the pillow that whispers he's gone now

Echos roam down the hall when I talk to the wall
It would be easy to lose all control now
Cause here next to me where my baby used to be
Is a pillow that whispers he's gone now
[ piano ] A fool is so lonely and how the tears burn
I know I must stop this hurt somehow
I'm so tired of sleeping I've been cryin' all night
On the pillow that whispers he's gone now

Echos roam down the hall when I talk to the wall...
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8.

RING OF FIRE
(Merle Kilgore - June Carter)
« © '62 Painted Desert Music, BMI »
Love is a burnin' thing and it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire

I fell into a burnin' ring of fire
I went down down down and the flames went higher
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire
The ring of fire the ring of fire
[ trumpet ] The taste of love is sweet when two fiery hearts meet
I fell for you like a child oh but the fire went wild

I fell into a burnin' ring of fire...
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9.

COME ON HOME

(Jack Rhodes - George Richey)
« © '68 Central Songs, BMI »
Go on with your new love have a good good time
Take her out show her off fill her tall glass with wine
Live all you can I'll forgive you when the last thrill is gone
Just remember ole faithful I'm waiting at home

Bright lights had you blinded for a long long time
Your rose colored world is a long way from mine
I'm just a teardrop from a breakdown and so all alone
Take your time but when you wake up won't you please come on home

Come on home come on home
Never more to roam
I've opened wide my arms for love
It's all right come on home
Yes I've opened wide my arms for love
It's all right come on home
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10.

WANDERING MIND

(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Wanderin' mind wanderin' mind
Wonderin' where you are and how you spend your time
Wonderin' if you're wonderin' of the one you left behind

My heart is weak but my mind's a little bit stronger
I keep a tellin' myself ev'ryday of my life
But the strain of losin' you has overloaded my mind
Leavin' thoughts of you workin' over time

Wandering mind wanderin' mind...

My mind wakes up each day a little bit sooner
To start each day of wonder right on time
But each day ends with my question still unanswered
Of why you left me here with a wanderin' mind

Wanderin' mind wanderin' mind...
Wanderin' mind wanderin' mind...
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11.

YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME

(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Daylight comes and bluebirds sing
Outside the grass is green
But I don't care if it's sunshine or it's rain
Cause I'm happy as I can be
As long as you will stand by me
And nothin' this side a heaven can make me change

Cause you (I love you I love you
You make all my dreams come true)
You mean all the world to me
Yes you (I love you I love you
You make all my dreams come true)
Yes you you mean all the world to me
[ steel ] You start my day with one sweet kiss
You keep my world turnin' with tenderness
And you always say the right thing when I'm blue uh huh
When dark clouds threaten to cover my sky
And temptation looks me right straight in the eye
It all disappears when you say I love you

Cause you (I love you I love you...
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12.

I KEEP FORGETTIN' THAT I FORGOT ABOUT YOU

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I keep forgettin' to not remember you put you outta my mind
Never more to be swayed by many charms
I keep forgettin' to never think of you oh so much of the time
How I wish you had stayed here in my arms

There's no sleep for me no more I stay awake and walk the floor
I keep forgettin' that we're supposed to be through
Loneliness is my downfall for sometimes I almost climb the wall
I keep forgettin' that I forgot about you
[ steel - guitar ] I can't get used to it there's no end to it feelin' lonely all day
Almost I did forget but just about then
Aw some ol' memory comes to torture me and I know right away
That I'll have to forget all over again

There's no sleep for me no more I stay awake and walk the floor...
Oh I keep forgettin' that I forgot about you
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