lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I'M SORRY FOR YOU MY FRIEND

(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You've known so long that you were wrong but still you had your way
You told her lies and alibis and hurt her more each day
But now your conscience bothers you you've reached your journey's end
You're asking me for sympathy I'm sorry for you my friend

You laughed inside each time she cried you tried to make her blue
She tagged along through right and wrong because she worshipped you
You know that you're the one to blame there's no use to pretend
Today's the day you start to pay I'm sorry for you my friend
[ steel - fiddle ] Today as she walked arm in arm at someone else's side
It made you stop and realize that time has turned the tide
You should have known you'd be alone cause cheaters never win
You tried and lost now pay the cost I'm sorry for you my friend
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2.

SOMEONE THAT I CAN FORGET

(Linda Hargrove - Pete Drake)
« © '74 Careers BMG Music, BMI »
I come here tonight to discover a lover that I'd never known
Someone to talk to and smile at and laugh with till I take her home

I come here to find me a stranger somebody that I never met
Someone to love me then leave me alone but someone that I can forget
[ steel ] You might say it's not unexpected neglected after being your man
You've left too many mem'ries to live with and I'm forgetting the best way I can

I come here to find me a stranger...
Yes I need someone that I can forget
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3.

LADY FROM THE COUNTRY (OF ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS)

(Jimmy Jay - Buck Evans)
« © '76 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
She was a lady from the country of eleven hundred springs
She could drink more beer than I could buy
She was a lady from the country of eleven hundred springs
I'd get wiped out but she would never get high

Well when I think about it I almost shed a tear
I know now where all my money went
She used to be a taster for a very well known beer
Well I ain't broke yet but I'm sure enough badly bent

She was a lady from the country of eleven hundred springs...
[ guitar - harmonica ] Well I done got it figured out why she's no longer there
The company couldn't stand the lose no more
She'd got too wrapped up in her work they were pulling out their hair
It was either let her go or close the door

She was a lady from the country of eleven hundred springs...
She was a lady from the country of eleven hundred springs...
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4.

SO MUCH FOR ME SO MUCH FOR YOU

(Liz Anderson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Oh how hard we fought today behind that courtroom door
Devidin' up the things we both had worked together for
Now we go our seperate ways the ties no longer bind
And so much will belong to you and so much will be mine

It's over now the paper's signed
What once was ours is yours or mine
But don't forget to divide the heartaches too
So much for me so much for you
[ steel ] We signed our names and thanked the judge and walked out in the hall
Too confused to realize the reason for it all
We should have fought as hard to make our love grow fine and strong
As we've fought to prove which one of us was right or wrong

It's over now the paper's signed...
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5.

ALL THE BEER AND ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GONE

(Bill Anderson - Mary Lou Turner)
« © '76 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(When all the beer and all my friends are gone)

It sure was fun having all the gang around tonight
Laughin' and singin' and talkin' about old times
We raised our glasses high and drank and ended up half tight
And not once did you even cross my mind

Now all the beer and all my friends are gone
And I'm laying in the darkness tryin' to go to sleep alone
Wonderin' why the radio plays the saddest songs
When all the beer and all my friends are gone
[ piano ] It's not too hard to tell my friends that I don't love you anymore
I lie and say I've found somebody else
I drink a beer and say that I don't miss you like before
But now I wonder what to tell myself

Now all the beer and all my friends are gone...
When all the beer and all my friends are gone
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6.

FOUR LETTER FOOL

(Kallie Jean)
« © '76 Milene Music, ASCAP »
I had everything in my favor under God's blue sky
Your good love and a baby girl homemade apple pie
A dog a cat two cars and a boat a home and a piece of land
And plain old ordinary everyday aims I had the world in my hands

Just a few forbidden pleasures can destroy a lifetime thing
Once it's gone you can't rebuild love with shattered dreams
It was happening all around us then it happened to me and you
In plain old ordinary everyday aims I was nothing but a four letter fool

You used to call me honey and remembering makes me cry
I never meant to hurt you and it makes me wanna die
Your heart just won't forgive me but I can't stop loving you
In plain old ordinary everyday aims I ain't nothing but a four letter fool
In plain old ordinary everyday aims I ain't nothing but a four letter fool
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7.

HIGH INFLATION BLUES

(Steve Collom)
« © '76 Milene Music, ASCAP »
Tryin' to make a livin' gets harder every day
By the time I see a dollar there's another bill to pay
I got a wife and family and the bills are pilin' high
These days it ain't easy for a working man to get by

I can't help but wonder what a man's suppose to do
I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues
[ steel ] By the time I get to payday the money's already gone
Someone's eatin' chicken all I git are the bones
My wife needs a new coat the kids need clothes for school
We're all out of grocery's and it's Tuesday afternoon

Well it could drive a man to drinkin' but I can't afford the booze
I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues
[ fiddle ] The cost of livin' keeps goin' up and taxes ain't goin' down
I'm just treadin' water and tryin' not to drown
Mr Carter I know you're up there and I should could use a hand
So won't you please have mercy on a common working man

I just keep on tryin' doin' all that I can do
I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues (yodel)
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8.

DOES FORT WORTH EVER CROSS YOUR MIND

(Sanger D. Shafer - Darlene Shafer)
« © '76 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Cold Fort Worth beer just ain't no good for jealous I try it night after night
You're in someone else's arms in Dallas does Fort Worth ever cross your mind

Darling while you're busy burning bridges burn one for me if you get time
Good memories don't fade so easy does Fort Worth ever cross your mind

You left me here to be with him in Dallas and I know it hurt you at the time
I wonder now if it makes a difference does Fort Worth ever cross your mind
[ fiddle ] Does Fort Worth ever cross your mind
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9.

SHE'S AN ANGEL

(Harlan Howard - Lolla Jean Dillon)
« © '76 Tree Publishing, BMI »
That's not really her she's not herself tonight
Or she'd never let someone like you hold her so tight
She'll leave here like she came here very much alone
She's an angel she just left her wings at home

She'll dance with you and drink with you and listen to your lies
But she's not the kind you had in mind that's only her disguise

That's not really her she'd never be this loud
She's a good girl over acting there's one in every crowd
For your girl once was my girl before I did her wrong
She's an angel she just left her wings at home
She's an angel she just left her wings at home
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10.

SHE'S EVERYBODY'S WOMAN I'M NOBODY'S MAN

(Sanger D. Shafer - Moe Bandy)
« © '76 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
This wild crazy look in my eyes
Only means I'm trying to drink her from my mind
And as I watch her at the bar with all those men around
I know before closin' time one or two won't be turned down

She's everybody's woman and I'm nobody's man
I'm starving for her love but she's got more than she can stand
I'm watching my world melt like castles in the sand
She's everybody's woman and I'm nobody's man
[ fiddle + steel ] Once she thought I was the only man
But when I cheated every night it made her understand
That she don't have to live a life of staying home alone
Even those I cheated with don't want a man that's all stone

She's everybody's woman...
She's everybody's woman and I'm nobody's man
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