lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

IT'S A CHEATING SITUATION

(Curly Putman - Sonny Throckmorton)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
[ with Janie Fricke ]
It's a cheatin' situation a stealin' invitation
To take what's not really ours and make it through the midnight hours
It's a cheatin' situation just a cheap imitation
Doin' what we have to do when there's no love at home

There's no use pretending there'll be a happy ending
Where our love's concerned sweetheart we both know
We'll take love where we find it love and try to hide it
It's all we got for we know they're not gonna let us go

It's a cheatin' situation a stealin' invitation...
It's a cheatin' situation when there's no love at home
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2.

BARSTOOL MOUNTAIN

(Wayne C. Thompson - Donn Tankersley)
« © '76 Budde Songs, BMI »
I finally found a place where I can take it
All this loneliness you've left behind
On a mountain that's no hill for a climber
Just one step up sit back and pour the wine

And I climb up on barstool mountain
High above your world where there's no pain
And I'm the king of barstool mountain
Pretending I don't love you once again
[ steel ] At closing time I step down off the mountain
I'm strong enough to make it without you
I know that I'll be right back here tomorrow
To weak to sober up and face the truth

And I climb up on barstool mountain...
Pretending I don't love you once again
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3.

CHEATERS NEVER WIN

(Arthur Leo Owens - Sanger D. Shafer)
« © '78 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I don't know how long you left me here alone
But I sure was a lonesome someone
And I learned from a friend how cheaters never win
Oh but we sure have more fun

When empty arms need someone soft to fill them
They'll start reaching out for almost anyone
My stood to couldn't stand and cheaters never win
Oh but we sure have more fun

Watching that TV and watching it watch me
I knew my mind was coming undone
I know that it's a sin and cheaters never win
Oh but we sure have more fun

When empty arms need someone soft to fill them...
Oh but we sure have more fun
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4.

CONSCIENCE WHERE WERE YOU (WHEN I NEEDED YOU LAST NIGHT)

(Sanger D. Shafer - Warren Robb)
« © '78 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You came to me this mornin' several hours late
I looked for you last night she would not wait
You tell me I"ve been cheatin' your voice cuts like a knife
But conscience where were you when I needed you last night

Her lips held on like honey her eyes were secret blue
While you were gone my arms were so untrue
I started once to leave her but her skin was all night white
Conscience where were you when I needed you last night

Conscience where were you when passion started pushing
Where were you when she came on just right
You know I love my woman I'd never make her cry
Conscience where were you when I needed you last night
[ steel ] I started once to leave her but her skin was all night white
Conscience where were you when I needed you last night
Conscience where were you when I needed you last night
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5.

TRY MY LOVE ON FOR SIZE

(Herb McCullough)
« © '78 Colgems Music, ASCAP »
You say you're too confused to know exactly what you want
You're just shoppin' round to see what you can find
Well here's a free trial offer you surely can't refuse
There won't be another love to fit like mine

So try my love on for size
It'll never shrink or run or fade away
Yes try my love on for size
Never return it if you're fully satisfied
[ fiddle - guitar - steel ] Yeah slip into my arms I think you'll find a perfect fit
They'll keep you warm throughout the coldest nights
And these lips will cool the fires that burn you deep inside
My love will hold you close but not too tight

So try my love on for size...
Yes try my love on for size...
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6.

TO CHEAT OR NOT TO CHEAT

(Bobby Barker)
« © '78 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
While she watches the late show on the TV
I'm watchin' some girl I just met take down her hair
At home she's turnin' down the bed and fluffin' pillows
While I wonder will I stay here when I should be there

To cheat or not to cheat that's the question
That's been runnin' through my mind all evenin' long
To cheat or not to cheat what's the answer
Should I stay with her or should I go home

While she's standin' by the window watchin' for me
Another stands by me just two steps away
My mind can see her in the blue gown I bought for her
But my eyes are fixed on a see through negligee

To cheat or not to cheat that's the question...

While she makes another midnight pot of coffee
We're mixin' up just one last glass of gin
And before I even cheat I'm feelin' guilty
And gin can't dim these butterflies within

To cheat or not to cheat that's the question
That's been runnin' through my mind all evenin' long
To cheat or not to cheat what's the answer
Now I'm pullin' in my driveway here at home
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7.

SHE STAYS IN THE NAME OF LOVE

(Max D. Barnes)
« © '76 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
I've been everything that a man shouldn't be
I've done things a man won't do
And it's hard to believe what she sees in me
After all that I put her through
But I guess that she knows when the bars finally close
She's the one that I'm thinkin' of
Well she could leave in the name of a heart full of pain
But she stays in the name of love

She cries in the name of a feelin' that same ole feelin' each time I'm gone
She knows when I say I'll be home right away that it might take all night long
She tries to pretend I won't hurt her again
When Lord knows she's hurt enough
She could leave in the name of a heart full of pain
But she stays in the name of love
[ fiddle - piano ] I go to the same ole places the same ole faces are all I see
But I stay ev'ry night in the dim red light while she waits all alone for me
She could have any man in the palm of her hand
But I guess that she cares too much
Well she could leave in the name of a heart full of pain
But she stays in the name of love

She cries in the name of a feelin' that same...

She could leave in the name of a heart full of pain
But she stays in the name of love
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8.

IT JUST HELPS TO KEEP THE HURT FROM HURTIN'

(Cindy Walker)
« © '78 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
The barroom atmosphere really brings my heart no cheer
Watchin' bubbles in my beer don't ease my mind
It just helps to keep the hurt from hurting
Like I keep hurting since you're no longer mine

The jukebox songs I play don't make heartaches go away
Or the pretty girls I pay to pass the time
They just help to kee the hurt from hurting
Like I keep hurting since you're no longer mine

And so if ever you should ask what happened to
Your old use to be darlin' meanin' me
And they say that I've become a sort of barroom bum
Well maybe so but what do they know

If just a drink or two cools the hell I'm goin' through
Cause I'm still in love with you then please be kind
It just helps to keep the hurt from hurting
Like I keep hurting since you're no longer mine
[ piano ] And they say that I've become a sort of barroom bum
Well maybe so but what do they know

If just a drink or two cools the hell I'm goin' through...
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9.

WHEN MY WORKING GIRL COMES HOME (AND WORKS ON ME)

(Carl Belew - Van Givens)
« © '78 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I don't have to tell you it's not easy
I make enough to pay the rent and eat
We both go to work at eight each mornin'
My woman took a job so we could make ends meet

All day long I think about the evenin'
When that quittin' whistle sets me free
I rush right on home and wait and dream alone
Till my working girl comes home and works on me

Work on me woman work on me
Yeah you've got what it takes I'll guarantee
I forget that daily grind Lord I darn near lose my mind
When my working girl comes home and works on me
[ fiddle ] She knows what I like and how I like it
That's what baby always gives to me
I'm what you'd call a poor hard working rich boy
When it comes to love I'm wealthy as can be

Every thing we do we do together
Let me make it plain as plain can be
The best part of my day is when it's time to play
And my working girl comes home to work on me

Work on me woman work on me...
When my working girl comes home and works on me
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10.

THEY HAVEN'T MADE THE DRINK (THAT CAN GET ME OVER YOU)

(Arthur Leo Owens - Sanger D. Shafer)
« © '78 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
The face on my watch stares up through a scratched up crystal
As if to say I'm sorry it's too early for the booze
Sometimes my mind wonders from the bottle to the pistol
Cause they haven't made the drink that can get me over you

The bartender's local called a special meeting
They came up with a drink called What's The Use
I must have drank a dozen before I broke down cryin'
Cause they haven't made the drink that can get me over you
[ fiddle ] The dawn finds me here with your mem'ry for a shadow
Searchin' for that magic drink that will make you cut me loose
But I'm too much to work with and bartenders ain't magicians
Cause they haven't made a drink that can get me over you

The bartender's local called a special meeting...
No they haven't made the drink that can get me over you
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