lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

FOLLOWING THE FEELING

(Charlie Craig)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
[ with Judy Bailey ]
Your eyes are not the eyes I should be seen in
But right now they're all I want to see
Your touch is not the touch I belong to
But tonight you're the one that's reachin' me

Oh ain't it easy following the feeling
It started with a smile and hello
We're hardly more than strangers ignoring all the dangers
Following the feeling down a cheatin' road
[ steel - fiddle ] I know tomorrow I'll be sorry
Lovin' you might be too much to pay
But tonight you're in my arms not on my conscience
And I can't think beyond where we lay

Oh ain't it easy following the feeling...
Following the feeling down a cheatin' road
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2.

TODAY I ALMOST STOPPED LOVING YOU

(Dan Mitchell)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
I stopped hurting today at least as much as I ever will
I stopped crying today and let my broken heart heal
I quit fooling myself I admitted that we're through
Oh day I almost stopped loving you

I stopped caring today at least as much as I ever will
I stopped remembering today it's like time stood still
I quit reliving the past and all we used to do
Oh today I almost stopped loving you

Today I thought it over and I guess I always knew
That for me to go on living I must stop loving you

I started smiling today at least as much as I ever will
I started living today an empty life you'll never fill
I say I'm ready for tomorrow but my heart knows it's not true
Oh today I almost stopped loving you
Yes today I almost stopped loving you
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3.

WOULD YOU MIND IF I JUST CALL YOU JULIE

(Shirl Milete - Warren Robb)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI / Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
You sure are a lonely lookin' lady
And I sure am a lonely lonely man
Let's share a drink and dance to some old slow song
Tonight we both look like we need a friend

But would you mind too much if I just call you Julie
Could you try to understand my needs tonight
Would you mind too much if I just call you Julie
And you can call me anything you like
[ fiddle ] It feels so good just lying here beside you
Making love sure seems to make things right
But you and I already know the ending
Cause we're only two ships passing in the night

So would you mind too much if I just call you Julie...

Would you mind too much if I just call you Julie
And you can call me anything you like
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4.

MEXICO WINTER

(Buck Moore - Jim Mundy)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI / Colgems Music, ASCAP »
Packed up my toolbox picked up my lunchbox today I am through
I just can't fight it and if they don't like they know what they can do
Picked up my paycheck it's rainin' down my neck but that's OK
Things will get better I'm spendin' the winter down Mexico way

Tropical nights stars shining bright
Rum and tequila sweet senorita to love every night
Sunshiny days sleep in the shade
Time doesn't matter I'm spending the winter down Mexico way
[ steel ] I'll work when I have to love when I want to and go where I want
Make a few pesos and in a day or so it will all be gone
Makin' cantinas drinkin' sangria while the guitars play
It's gonna be better I'm spendin' the winter down Mexico way

Tropical nights stars shining bright...
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5.

LIQUOR EMOTION

(Richard Hill - Moe Bandy)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
It was only liquor emotion I drank every word that I said
And it was only liquor emotion I was talkin' out of my head

I told her that I'd always love her
That I'd always been so alone
But there's one thing that I never told her
About a good woman that I've got at home

And it was only liquor emotion...
[ fiddle ] A fool lets the booze do his talkin'
A man lets his heart run his life
I let the booze do my talkin'
Almost lost a good family and a wife

And it was only liquor emotion...
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6.

MY WOMAN LOVES THE DEVIL OUT OF ME

(Bobby P. Barker)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
Sometimes when I'm drinkin' and I've had two or three
I get a little outta line when I meet something cute and sweet
That old devil gets in me and he says go on and cheat
But I run on home to my woman who loves the devil out of me

My woman loves the devil out of me
She delivers me from evil I swear she's got wings
She's just like an angel she's all I'll ever need
My woman loves the devil out of me
[ steel ] My woman knows I love her and I'm not the cheatin' kind
But mixing drinks with sweet young things can make you change your mind
But it's that old devil talkin' and temptin' me to cheat
So I run on home to my woman who loves the devil out of me

My woman loves the devil out of me...
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7.

IT'S YOU AND ME AGAIN

(Dan Mitchell - Johnny McColumn)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
[ with Judy Bailey ]
It was some misunderstanding who neglected who
You put all the blame on me I put it all on you
We tried to go our separate ways but love would not give in
We put it back together now it's you and me again

It's you and me again no true love ever ends
Who says broken hearts don't mend
It's you and me again
[ steel ] Two fools have learned a lesson in the game of broken hearts
You seldom get a second chance once love falls apart
But this time it's forever we're the best we've ever been
Love put us back together now it's you and me again

It's you and me again no true love ever ends...

Who says broken hearts don't mend
It's you and me again
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8.

I'VE GOT YOUR LOVE ALL OVER ME

(Merrill Lane)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI / Little Ann Music, BMI »
Like a fool I strayed away from you dear
And the sweet taste of your love every night
But here I am I've come around to loving you don't you see
Once again I've got your love all over me

Once again I've got your love all over me
And time can't wash away the ecstasy
Midnight oil of love that flowed so free
Once again I've got your love all over me
[ piano ] I know you're tired of the cheating games I used to play
And living with my rambling ways
When we turn out the lights tonight you'll find a different man
Once again I've got your love all over me

Once again I've got your love all over me...
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9.

IF I LAY DOWN THE BOTTLE

(Dave Kirby - Warren Robb)
« © '80 Screen Gems Music, BMI / Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
Me and that ole sunshine is sinking mighty low
The difference is that lucky sun has got some place to go
This whiskey world I'm living in is not where I want to be
If I lay down the bottle would you lay back down with me

I really mean it this time cross my heart
I didn't take a drink today at least that's a start
I'm beggin' you like I should do right down on my knees
If I lay down the bottle would you lay back down with me

My life seems like it's been a thousand bad dreams ago
The whiskey had me all dressed up with no place to go
Can your mind remember the man I used to be
If I lay down the bottle would you lay back down with me

I really mean it this time cross my heart...
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10.

IT'S BETTER THAN BEING ALONE

(Ed Penney)
« © '80 Colgems Music, ASCAP »
You're a beautiful woman but you look so sad
All alone at a table for two
Would you mind if I sit down beside you awhile
I'm just as lonely as you

Let's pretend we were lovers a long time ago
Who happened to meet once again
We'll dance to the jukebox and drink to the past
And we'll talk about what might have been

Help me find what my arms have been missing
Help me feel your sweet lips on mine
We'll both say I love you although it's not true
But it's better than bein' alone

Tomorrow I'll go back to lips that are cold
And house that's no longer a home
But tonight I've got nothing but time on my hands
And too much to spend all alone

Help me find what my arms have been missing...
Yes it's better than bein' alone
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