lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

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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2.

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 some times 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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3.

BE QUIET MIND

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Ev'ry night and ev'ry day you go on the same old 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 stayed awahe 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 do is to drive me out of you
Please 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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4.

TOO MANY DOLLARS NOT ENOUGH SENSE

(Liz Anderson)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
This world is filled with many kinds of people
Most of them so poor they can hardly pay the rent
Then there's another kind lots of funny people
Too many dollars not enough sense
[ harmonica ] Rich man's son he goes away to college
Has such fun no work and all play
He's not there for gettin' any knowledge
He'll have his daddy bus'ness some day

Rich boy fails and daddy wonders what he did
Chewin' his nails all nervous and tense
Never figures out that the trouble was he gave the kid
Too many dollars not enough sense
[ harmonica ] Poor little poor girl young and so beautuful
Marries ole man with foot in the grave
Marries him for money now she gonna spend it all
Gonna throw away ev'ry dollar he saved

Man wakes up one morning all useless
Pretty girl gone and money all spent
Was his own fault for turnin' her loose
With too many dollars not enough sense
[ harmonica ] Injun live all life on reservation
All he know is sweatin' and toil
White man come and dig in reservation
Poke around and bring 'em up oil

Injun rich now gotta have a Cadillac
Him buy five and a Mercedes Benz
Take to reservation park 'em all back to back
Too many dollars not enough sense

This world is filled with many kinds of people...
Too many dollars not enough sense
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5.

FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE

(Liz Anderson)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I noticed how you smiled just now surprised at having seen
How I ate up your flattery then licked the platter clean
I've been so starved for pretty words however insincere
Till as for me flattery will get you ev'rywhere

So brag me up and make me smile and I'll do things your way
Say pretty words to me and I'll do anything you say
Don't worry if they're true or not the truth is I don't care
And as for me flattery will get you ev'rywhere

Another love said hurtin' words until our love was gone
He'd always get the shoe to fit and I'd have to put it on
Say words unkind and soon my mind will close from ear to ear
And as for me flattery will get you ev'rywhere

So brag me up and make me smile and I'll do things your way...
And as for me flattery will get you everywhere
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6.

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 a stick
Yes your mama get a 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...
[ steel ] 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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7.

IF I KISS YOU (WILL YOU GO AWAY)

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If I kiss you will you go away
Like in the game my mother used to play
You're so much hurt I wish you wouldn't stay
If I kiss you will you go away

My mom would come when I'd get hurt at play
She'd kiss my hurt and it would go away
But now I'm grown I don't know what to do
I've never known a bigger hurt than you

If I kiss you will you go away...

I've seen a kiss make sorrow disappear
A kiss can dry away the biggest tear
A kiss can make a heartache vanish too
I don't see why it wouldn't work on you

If I kiss you will you go away...
If I kiss you will you go away
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8.

(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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9.

IF THIS IS LOVE

(Liz Anderson)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(If this is love the whole world is in trouble)
I've been thinking quite a lot about you and I
We don't get along no matter how we try
Seems to me we're always fighting always hurtin'
People say that this is love but I'm not certain
If this is love the whole world is in trouble
There must be more to love than I can see
If this is love the whole world will soon be rubble
If this is love the whole world is in trouble

A they say love is sometimes happy sometimes sad
We must learn to take the good times with the bad
But there haven't been too many good times in it
You and I can't get along for fifteen minutes
If this is love the whole world is in trouble
It's not what I expected it to be
And just from what I seen I'm worried double
If this is love the whole world is in trouble
[ steel ] (If this is love the whole world is in trouble)

I can't really say which one of us is worse
A we both tried so hard to have the last word first
When we know we're wrong nobody will admit it
A if this is love I'll just as soon forget it
If this is love the whole world is in trouble
I'm really just as worried as can be
If this is love the whole world will soon be rubble
If this is love the whole world is in trouble
If this is love the whole world is in trouble
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10.

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'd 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 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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11.

RIDE RIDE RIDE

(Liz Anderson)
« © '63 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If you don't want me baby if you're not satisfied
If you don't care get on your horse and ride ride ride

Since you got on your high horse those fancy friends you've found
You've had a hard time seeing me you're always looking down

If you don't want me baby if you're not satisfied...

You talked about me honey you tried to tear me down
But while you're throwin' dirt at me you're slowly losin' around
If you don't want me baby...
[ steel ] I'll have your second fiddle returned to you today
Cause baby that's one instrument I've never learned to play

If you don't want me baby if you're not satisfied...
If you don't want me baby if you're not satisfied...
And ride ride ride
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12.

BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS

(Liz Anderson)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Beggars can't be choosers anyhow

Here I am I'm waiting at your feet again
Hoping that a crumb of love might fall
Wishing you'd give all your love to me
But then beggars can't be choosers after all

Hand me down your hand-me-downs I don't care
Old left-over kisses I'm not proud
I'll take any love you think you can spare
Beggars can't be choosers anyhow
[ steel - guitar ] Why can't our love be the way it used to b
That would take a miracle I guess
Maybe you've forgotten oh baby this is me
Begging one more chance for happiness

Hand me down your hand-me-downs...

I'll take any love you think you can spare
Beggars can't be choosers anyhow
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