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.

FOR THE GOOD TIMES

(Kris Kristofferson)
« © '68 Careers Music, BMI »
Don't look so sad I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that were burning

Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time for the good times

I'll get along you'll find another
Aand I'll be here if you should find you ever need me
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me

Lay your head upon my pillow...
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3.

ANOTHER LONELY NIGHT

(Jan Crutchfield - Larry Butler)
« © '70 Dixie Jane Music, BMI »
Crying in the darkness cause I'm going through another lonely night
Waiting till the morning brings you home
Trying to believe you cause you say each time you're gonna treat me right
And I'll never spend another night alone

So I'll take another chance with you though I know exactly what you'll do
You'll be gone until the morning light leavin' me another lonely night
[ guitar ] Every creaking sound I hear makes me sit up and cry out is that you
But the echo of my voice is all I hear
When I reach the point of giving up I hear your key unlocks the door
And the eyes that ask forgiveness the voice that says I love you seems sincere

So I'll take another chance...
So I'll take another chance...
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4.

I DON'T WANNA PLAY HOUSE

(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Today I sat alone at the window
And I watched our little girl outside at play
With the little boy next door like so many times before
But something didn't seem quite right today

So I went outside to see what they were doing
And then the teardrops made my eyes go dim
Cause I heard him name a game and I hung my head in shame
When I heard our little girl say to him

I don't wanna play house I know it can't be fun
I watched mommy and daddy and if that's the way it's done
I don't wanna play house it makes my mommy cry
Cause when she played house my daddy said goodbye

I don't wanna play house...
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5.

SNOWBIRD

(Gene McLellan)
« © '70 Blackwood Music, BMI »
Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring

When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me that's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life is the thing that I can't win

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you

The breeze along the river seems to say
That he'll only break my heart again should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow

Spread your tiny wings...
Yeah if I could you know that I would fly away with you
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6.

YOUR SWEET LOVE LIFTED ME

(Glenn Sutton - George Richey)
« © '70 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
I've thought the world for me had ended when he left
So my pride let me start feeling sorry for myself
I built the wall around my heart to give it security
Then your sweet love opened up a brand new life for me

Coulds of doubt were gone at last I saw the sunshine
Instead of crying now I feel like singing all the time
Yes at last I know how sweet the joys of love can be
And it all happened when your sweet love lifted me

Yes your sweet love lifted me
You showed me how your sweet love could satisfy me
I was blinded but you made me see
When your sweet love lifted me

Your sweet love lifted me...
Yes your sweet love lifted me
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7.

SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN

(Kris Kristofferson)
« © '70 Combine Music, BMI »
Well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for desert
Then I fumbled in my closet to my clothes and found my cleanest dirty skirt
And I washed my face and combed my hair stumbled down the stair to greed the day

I'd smoke my mind the night before with cigarettes and songs I've been a picking
But I lit my first and watched the small kid cursin' at a can that he was kicking
Then I crossed the empty street and caught the Sunday smell of someone frying chicken
And it took me back to something that I'd lost somewhere somehow along the way

On the Sunday morning sidewalk wishing Lord that I was stoned
Cause there's something in a Sunday makes a body feel alone
And there's nothing sure to dying half as lonely as the sound
Of the sleeping city sidewalk Sunday morning coming down

In the park I saw a daddy with the laughing little girl that he was swinging
And I stopped beside a Sunday school and listened to the songs they were singing
Then I headed back for home and somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing
And it echoed through the canyon like the disappearing dreams of yesterday

On the Sunday morning sidewalk...
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8.

I STILL BELONG TO YOU

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '70 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
I thought of leaving you a note but every time I start
There's nothing blue enough to write this feeling in my heart
Sometimes I packed to run away but where would I run to
My heart would keep reminding me I still belong to you

Many times I've had the urge to pack my things and leave
But this feeling comes and goes so I'll never do
If I love you enough to stand the things you've put tme through
No matter what you'd do to me I still belong to you

I'm hurt inside but what's his pride it won't keep me warm at night
It has no arms to take me in and hold me like you do
What a little bit of love you give is all I'm clinging to
It takes your love to make me live I still belong to you
It takes your love to make me live I still belong to you
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9.

I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BOY AGAIN

(Glenn Sutton - Darrell Edwards)
« © '71 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Just a few short years ago I'd played a lot with Bill and Joe
They seemed to think that I was quite a guy
I could climb the highest tree and they would always follow me
We had friendship I thought would never die

But soon I've change from tomboy girl and grew into a woman's world
And moved away leaving my old friends
Now I'm miles and years away but I still dream of childhood days
And I wish I was a little boy again

But girls grow into women and boys grow into men
And the world of make believe oh too soon must end
And I blame that awful change for the shape my life is in
Oh how I wish I was a little boy again

I married someone they don't know a social lead they're far below
The kind of life that I now have to live
The man I married is cold to me but though he's wealthy just can't see
That love cannot be bought it have to give

I wish I'd chosen one of them instead of being here with him
If I could leave right now I think I'd go
I'd trade this mansion I hate so for a small tree house with Bill or Joe
I wish I was a little boy again

But girls grow into women...
Oh how I wish I was a little boy again
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10.

IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE

(Conway Twitty - Jack Nance)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
People see us everywhere they all think you really care
But myself I can't deceive oh I know it's only make believe
My one and only prayer is that some day you'll care
My hopes my dreams come true my one and only you
No one will ever know how much I love you so
My only prayer will be some day you'll care for me but it's only make believe
My hopes my dreams come true my life I give for you
My heart or wedding ring my all my everything
My heart I can't control you lure my very soul
My plans my hopes my schemes you are my everything but it's only make believe
My one and only prayer is that some day you'll care
My hopes my dreams come true my one and only you
No one will ever know how much I love you so
My only prayer will be some day you'll care for me but it's only make believe
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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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