lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ROSE GARDEN

(Joe South)
« © '67 ATV Songs, BMI »
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
When you take you got to give so live and let live or let go
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover so you better think it over
When it's sweet talking you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter but what would it matter
So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
[ strings ] I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you
I'd just as soon let you go but there's one thing I want you to know
You better look before you leap still waters run deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
So smile for a while...
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2.

CRY

(Churchill Koleman)
« © '51 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye it's no secret you feel better if you cry
When waking from a bad dream don't you sometimes think it's real
But it's only false emotions that you feel
If your heartaches seem to hang around too long
And your blues keep getting bluer with each song
Remember sunshine can be found behind the cloudy sky
So let your head down and go on and cry
If your heartaches seem to...
Oh let your head down and go on and cry
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3.

HOW CAN I UNLOVE YOU

(Joe South)
« © '71 ATV Songs, BMI »
How can I unsay the things I said to you
How can I undo the things that we used to do
Tell me how can I unfeel the way I feel for you how can I unlove you
How can I untight the hold that you got on me
When you won't unchain my heart and set me free
How can I unremember every memory so how can I unlove you
I'll never never uncry tears that I cried when you said goodbye
No I'll never never unmiss the thrill that I missed when we used to kiss
How can I unsay the things I said to you
And how can I undo the things that we used to do
Tell me how can I unfeel the way I feel for you how can I unlove you
[ strings ] Oh I'll never never uncry...
How can I unlove you how can I unlove you how can I unlove you
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4.

STAY THERE 'TIL I GET THERE

(Glenn Sutton)
« © '70 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
The telephone's ringin' and it's three a.m. and I know just who's callin'
From the same ole spot and you're about half shot almost to the point of crawlin'
Why is it ev'rytime we have a little fuss you take your wounded pride
And you head right straight for a bar and a bottle and try your best to crawl inside

Please stay there till I get there and we'll work it out together
We'll take a little walk and have a little talk and you'll feel a whole lot better
[ harmonica - steel ] Just when I wonder if you're really worth the trouble that you put me through
Then you roll them baby blue eyes at me and I jump like a kangaroo

Stay there till I get there and we'll work it out together...
[ banjo ] Well I thought about leavin' you many times and I've even packed my bags a few
Then the telephone rings and I can't do a thing but run right straight to you

Baby stay there till I get there and we'll work it out together...
Please stay there till I get there and we'll work it out together...
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5.

THAT'S WHAT LOVING YOU HAS MEANT TO ME

(Glenn Sutton)
« © '71 Peer Music, BMI »
Did you ever watched a youngster's eyes when you gave him his first puppy
Or see a prisoner smile when the warden says you're free
Or a sinner cry with happiness when the Lord just filled his needs
Well that's what loving you has meant to me
Did you ever stand beside someone when you knew that they were wrong
Or watch an acorn grow into a tree
Did you ever have your ship come in when you thought that it was lost
Well that's what loving you has meant to me
That's what loving you has meant to me
If there's such a place as heaven then desist it for me
I'll never want somebody new when your world ends then mine ends too
That's what loving you has meant to me
That's what loving you has meant to me...
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6.

LISTEN TO A COUNTRY SONG

(J. Massina - A. Garth)
« © '72 Peer Music, BMI »
It's Saturday night and my daddy's up late pickin' with my uncle Bill
The neighbors don't mind cause they have a good time sippin' on my pappy's still
Old brother Ben got a fiddle in his hands and mama's on the mandolin
When the music is right and the band gets tight you wanna see 'em pick and grin
And everybody starts movin' to the sound of the guitar strums
Everybody starts groovin' to the beat of the rhythm and drums
So come on along let yourself really gn rock to the music and fun
Sip that wine and have a really good time and listen to a country song

Old sheriff Brown he never comes around knockin' on a cold backdoor
It's a matter of fact you can find him outback pickin' on his old banjo
My brother Jack sneaks out from the back tryin' to get to sister Sue
Well she throws him on the ground without turnin' around she knows a little jujitsu
Everybody starts movin'...
[ fiddle - guitar ] Everybody starts movin'...
Just sip that wine and have a really good time and listen to a country song
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7.

YOU'RE MY MAN

(Glenn Sutton)
« © '71 Peer Music, BMI »
For once in my life I know the meaning of happiness
And what it means to have a dream come true
Cause every day I wake up singing livin' on the sunshine love is bringing
And it's wonderful knowin' that I owe it all to you
At last I've got a reason to be a living
I'm at the end of the rainbow and the gold is in my hands
Your love is so sweet I can't refuse it heaven help me if I ever lose it
Cause my whole world's just knowing you're my man

I don't understand you but God knows I love you you're my man
I feel so safe when I'm in your arms cause you're all man
You're heaven on earth and so dependable
Together we're a team that's just unbendable
I want the whole wide world to know you're my man
[ strings ] At last I've got a reason...
Oh my whole world's just knowing you're my man my man my man
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8.

NO LOVE AT ALL

(Wayne Carson Thompson - Johnny Christopher)
« © '70 Budde Songs, BMI / Screen Gems Music, BMI »
I see in the paper nearly everyday
People breaking up and just walking away
From love and that's wrong that's so wrong
A happy little home comes up for sale
Because two fools half tired and failed
To get along and you know that's wrong
A man hurts a woman and a woman hurts a man
And neither one of them won't love and understand
And take it with a grain of salt

But I believe that a little bit of love is better than no love
Even sad love's better than no love
Even bad love is better than no love at all
A little bit of love is better than no love
Even sad love's better than no love
Any kind of love is better than no love at all

No love at all is a poor old man

Standing on the corner with his hat in his hand
And thare's no place to go and he's feeling low
No love at all is a child in the street
Dodging traffic and a begging to eat
On the tennament row and that's a rough row to hoe
No love at all is a troubled young girl
Standing on the bridge on the edge of the world
And it's a mnighty short fall

But I believe that a little bit of love is better than no love...

March out with love to the beat of the drum
Give out your love got to give it to someone
Give a little kindness spread a little goodness
Come on people try it one time yeah

A little bit of love is better than no love...
A little bit of love is better than no love...
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9.

DON'T SAY THINGS YOU DON'T MEAN

(Glenn Sutton)
« © '71 Peer Music, BMI »
Don't promise me you love me then go and leave me blue
Don't say I mean the world to you unless I really do
Don't flower up the things you say to make my life a dream
Unless you really love me don't say things you don't mean
Don't let me feel your loving arms and then push me away
Don't talk about forever if you don't plan to stay
Don't tell me that you'll be my king or that I'll be your queen
Unless you really love me don't say things you don't mean
Don't let me build my world around a dream that won't come true
Can't you see that everything I do is just for you
Don't flower up the things you say to make my life a dream
Unless you really love me don't say things you don't mean
Don't let me build my world around...
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10.

I'M GONNA WRITE A SONG

(Glenn Sutton)
« © '71 Peer Music, BMI »
Folks sit around with their face in a frown and gape about the way things they are
They're happy to recieve but they hardly ever want to give
I'm so tired of complaining and so in the time remaining
I'm gonna do my best to make the world a better place to live
I'm gonna write a song that the whole wide world can sing
It's gonna be about sunshine and praise every living thing
It's gonna be about love the one thing the world needs a lot more of
I'm gonna write a song that the whole wide world can sing
[ piano - steel ] Our fourfathers had only faith in God and they willed to make the nation strong
So the old time religion could help 'em find a better way
We need more soul saving and a lot more people flag waving
And there's no better time for us to start than today
I'm gonna write a song...
I'm gonna write a song...
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11.

NOTHING BETWEEN US

(Lynn Anderson)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I guess 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 now everyone has seen us
Now nothing stands between us but there's nothing between us
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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