SOFT LIGHTS AND HARD COUNTRY MUSIC
(Columbia KC-35288)
February/1978
Produced by Ray Baker
Dave Kirby, Leo Jackson, Ray Edenton, Bobby Thompson - guitar
Weldon Myrick - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Kenny Malone - drums
Buddy Spicher - fiddle
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
The Jordanaires - vocals
1.
SOFT LIGHTS AND HARD COUNTRY MUSIC
(Sanger D. Shafer)
« © '77 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well it really tears me up when I hear a hurtin' song
And I'm someone who likes a good cold beer
Baby's gone and after hurtin' all day long
My heart feels the need to come in here
Cause I need soft lights and hard country music
Those cheatin' songs assure me that her leaving's a real
Yes I need soft lights and hard country music
A steel guitar in a dimly bar knows exactly how I feel
Well the tempo's up the lights're low and I'm a gettin' down
With that woman that I met in here last night
She's hurtin' like I am and we don't give a damn
So play that country music and keep it tight
Cause we need soft lights...
A steel guitar in a dim lit bar knows exactly how I feel
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2.
DARLING WILL YOU MARRY ME AGAIN
(Sanger D. Shafer - Warren Robb)
« © '78 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
It was mom and daddy's anniversary
You hugged my mom and kissed my daddy's hand
It had been three years since you left me
And it broke my heart to see you once again
Don't know how you knew I'd stopped drinkin'
But it was so good to kiss and hold the kids
Never seen so many eyes start cryin'
When you said darling will you marry me again
[ fiddle ]
Then we all held each other tightly
As if we knew the world would surely end
Never seen so many eyes start cryin'
When you said darling will you marry me again
Darlin' will you marry me again
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3.
PAPER CHAINS
(Steve Collom)
« © '78 Milene Music, ASCAP »
We're man and wife on paper but the things just ain't the same here
Lovers now are strangers how we've changed
It's the end of our forever and we just can't stay together
And I think it's time to break these paper chains
Paper chains can't hold us together
All we have in common is our name
Paper chains can't hold us forever
And I think it's time to break these paper chains
[ steel ]
There's nothing left between us now that love has gone to pieces
Love that's lost is seldom found again
Why should we keep tryin' while our hearts are slowly dyin'
Don't you think it's time to break these paper chains
Paper chains can't hold us together...
And I think it's time to break these paper chains
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4.
THIS HAUNTED HOUSE
(Sanger D. Shafer - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '78 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Your fingertips touched me round nightlight
Then your shadow crossed in front of my nightlife
I've done my best to make it here in this house since you've been gone
But the ghost of your memory stayed home
I've heard your voice from out in the kitchen
Then I saw your face in the mirror wall shavin'
I had to fight to stay here but darling I failed
And tomorrow this haunted house goes up for sale
This haunted house I live in is gettin' to my mind
I'll sell it lock stock and memories if I don't make a dime
I saw some tears leave your eyes in that picture
The one that you gave me for our last anniversary
Someone else will have to check the mailbox for your mail
Cause tomorrow this haunted house goes up for sale
Tomorrow this haunted house goes up for sale
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5.
IF SHE KEEPS LOVING ME
(Glenn Martin)
« © '78 Tree Publishing, BMI »
She'd like to give me things that you've stopped giving
She sees in me the things you used to see
And she'd like to feel these arms that you've left empty
So how long can I keep loving you if she keeps loving me
How long can I hold on to nothing
If she keeps holding on to me
And she wants the part of me that you've stopped wanting
So how long can I keep loving you if she keeps loving me
[ piano ]
She'd like to be the one that I come home to
And be all the things you used to be
And she'd like to be the one who sleeps beside me
So how long can I keep loving you if she keeps loving me
How long can I hold on to nothing...
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6.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE JUKEBOX PLAY
(Jimmy Work)
« © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I just spent my last nickel tryin' to drive my tears away
Tryin' to mend a broken heart that you once led astray
I know life is funny this old world is built that way
So many disappointments that's what makes the jukebox play
Every time I see a new love I bow my head and pray
That they always talk things over and understand each other's way
But sometimes it doesn't happen it's a fool like me who pays
To be alone in this old world that's what makes the jukebox play
[ steel - fiddle ]
Some people seem so happy they're laughin' and gay
Love to them is just a word tomorrow's another day
My life would be so empty for my heart won't live that way
All kinds of people make this world that's what makes the jukebox play
All kinds of people make this world that's what makes the jukebox play
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7.
THERE'S NOBODY HOME ON THE RANGE ANYMORE
(Ed Penney - Rob Parsons)
« © '78 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
The old man used to dream of the fortunes he'd seek
Now he lives in a room where you pay by the week
His hands're all battered and his pony's gone lame
And his bones always ache when the sky looks like rain
Well he dreams of the old days when bronc bustin' paid
And the wide open spaces where buffalo play
Deep in his mem'ry wild horses ride on
But he knows the good times have all come and gone
There's nobody home on the range anymore
They've closed down the bunkhouse and padlocked the door
Now there's oilwells and motels and folks by the score
But there's nobody home on the range anymore
[ guitar ]
Now the eagle stop flyin' the night wind is still
And the last coyote's howlin' on some lonely hill
The old man is longin' to lay all down
In his final box canyon the poor side of town
Cause he knows his last mountain is two flights of stairs
And his saddle's turned into an old rocking chair
Mornings he wakes up and wonders what for
Cause there's nobody home on the range anymore
There's nobody home on the range anymore...
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8.
ARE WE MAKING LOVE OR JUST MAKING FRIENDS
(Steve Collom)
« © '78 Milene Music, ASCAP »
It's not working the way that I planned it
We're no closer than we were at the start
I can find my way to your body
But I can't find my way to your heart
Are we making love or just making friends
Are we holding each other or just holding hands
Is this the beginning or is this how it ends
Are we making love ot just making friends
[ steel ]
It's not easy when I'm laying beside you
Never knowing if you really care
Do you love me or do you just need me
Are we growing or going nowhere
Are we making love...
Are we making love or just making friends
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9.
WOUND TIME CAN'T ERASE
(Bill D. Johnson)
« © '57 Harbor Hills Music, BMI »
Have you found since you turned me down
The one that you've been searching for
Are you glad that you made me sad
You know I vowed to love you ever more
What did you have in mind when you broke this heart of mine
And are you laughing in my face
Darling what did I do when you said we were through
You left a wound time can't erase
[ guitar ]
Tell me dear are you satisfied to be foot loose and fancy free
Is it power you won or the things you have done
What you gained I guess I'll never see
What did you have in mind...
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10.
BABY AND A SEWING MACHINE
(Ken McDuffie)
« © '78 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
A long time of loving her good timing man
He's fightin' his future in a hillbilly band
He promises the good life and a big diamond ring
All she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
Her big old brown eyes they sparkle with love
Nobody knows Lord what she's dreaming of
Well she could be on the cover of Playboy magazine
But all she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
A pretty little baby to rock and to swing
A sewing machine to make pretty things
A house on the corner to capture her dream
All she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
[ piano ]
This morning finds her walking downtown
Out window shopping just looking around
That good life she dreams of it's such a simple thing
All she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
All she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
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