lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

DETROIT CITY

(Mel Tillis - Danny Dill) « © '63 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home
I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home
[ guitar ] Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
But by day I make the cars by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines

Cause you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time
So I just think I'll take my foolish pride
And put it on a Southbound freight and ride
And go on back to the loved ones the ones that I left waitin' so far behind

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home
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2.

IT'S ALL RIGHT

(Bobby Bare) « © '65 Central Songs, BMI »
Hey little one don't you cry you must be brave so dry your eyes
You know tomorrow will find me gone because the wild leads me on
Peace of mind is hard to find lots of worries in this heart of mine
Why do I wonder so endlessly and leave the girl the girl that loves me
It's all right it's all right it's all right I'll be back someday

Over the hill by the setting sun my love goes back to my little one
Bless and keep her oh Lord above and send to her all my love

And carry me oh lonesome train over these hills back to my love again
This will be my last time to roam
And down in that valley that's where we'll build our home

Just in time to be too late my little one got married today
Carry me oh lonesome train behind these hills to hide my shame
It's all right it's all right it's all right I'll be on my way
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3.

FOUR STRONG WINDS

(Ian Tyson) « © '63 WB Music, ASCAP »
Four strong winds that blow lonely seven seas that run high
All these things that don't change come what may
But my good times are all gone and I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way

I may go out to Alberta weather's good there in the fall
Got some friends that I can go to workin' for
Still I wish you'd change your mind if I asked you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more

If I get there before the snow flies and things are going good
You could join me if I sent you down the fare
But if you'll wait until it's winter it would do no good
But the winds sure can blow cold way out there

Four strong winds that blow lonely...
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4.

MILLER'S CAVE

(Jack Clement) « © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Way down in the state of Georgia
Among the swamps and the everglades
There's a big hole in Tiger Mountain
God help the men who gets lost in Miller's Cave

I had a girl in way cross Georgia
But she had unfaithful ways
She made me feel I was unwanted
Like the birds and the bears in Miller's Cave

I caught her out Sunday morning
With some guy they call Big Dave
The meanest man in way cross Georgia
I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave

So I said you're gonna pay both you and Davy
Cause I'm gonna see you in your grave
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em
And then I dragged their cheatin' skin and bones into Miller's Cave

I couldn't stand the way she did me
Cause I guess I showed her I was brave
The most wanted man in the state of Georgia
But they'll never gonna find me cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave
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5.

I'D FIGHT THE WORLD

(Hank Cochran - Joe Allison) « © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I don't care what anybody thinks of me
For my pride is gone and here I am on bended knee
I only know I need you and I love you so
And I'd fight the world before I'd ever let go go

I'd gladly beg or steal I'd borrow
I'd turn my back on everyone I know
I'd do these things with no fear of tomorrow
I'd fight the world before I'd let go go

Yes I've heard 'em talkin' about me lovin' you like I do
And they are sayin' things like none should love anyone as much as I love you
But I don't care if the world stops and the sun explodes
Or the moon turns to ashes
I'd gladly stand and fight the world before I'd let you go

I'd gladly beg or steal I'd borrow...
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6.

TIMES ARE GETTIN' HARD

(Bobby Bare) « © '65 Central Songs, BMI »
Times're gettin' hard boy money's almost gone
Times're gettin' hard boy time to move along
Gonna take my true love by the hand lead her from this town
Times're gettin' hard boy we're California bound

Pack up everything we own that won't take us long
Say goodbye today because tomorrow we'll be gone
It's hard to leave this place it's been hometown for so long
Oh but the men can't live with nothing's right and everything goes wrong
Sometimes I drink cause sometimes I think maybe I was born with a curse
Things don't get no better for me they just go from bad to worse
You know I spent my entire life learned my trade and working hard
Then one day the bossman brought some big machines
And next day he told me I was fired

Times're gettin' hard boy...
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7.

ALL AMERICAN BOY

(Bill Parsons - Orville Lunsford) « © '58 Dream City Music, BMI »
Gather round cats and I'll tell you a story
Bout how to become an all American boy
Buy you a guitar and put it in tune
You'll be a rockin' and a rollin' soon
Impressin' the girls pickin' hot licks and all that jazz

Ah I bought me a guitar a year ago
Learned how to play in a day or so
And all around town it was well understood
That I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B Goode
Hot licks showin' off ah number one

Yeah I practiced all day and up into the night
My papa's hair was turnin' white
Cause he didn't like rock'n roll
He said you can stay boy but that's gotta go
He's a square he just didn't dig me at all

So I took my guitar picks and all
Bid farewell to my poor ol' pa
Split for Memphis where they say y'all
Them swingin' cats are havin' a ball
Sessions hot licks and all they dig me

I was rockin' and a boppin' and I was gettin' the breaks
The girls all said that I have what it takes
When up stepped a man with big cigar
He said come here cat I'm gonna make you a star
I'll put you on bandstand buy you a Cadillac sign here kid

I signed my name and became a star havin' a ball with my guitar
Drivin' a big long Cadillac and fightin' the girls off of my back
They just kept a comin' a screamin' yeah they liked it

So I picked my guitar with a great big grin
And the money just kept on pourin' in
But then one day my Uncle Sam he said (bang bang) here I am
Uncle Sam needs you boy I'm a gonna cut your hair off
Ah take this rifle kid give me that guitar yeah
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8.

SHAME ON ME

(Lawton Williams - Bill Enis) « © '62 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Shame on me for hurting you what can I say what can I do
Last night I was blind but today I see I did you wrong shame on me

You say you won't be seein' me again you say we're through
I wouldn't want to see the sunrise tomorrow if I knew that to be true
I know that just sayin' sorry doesn't sound out a lot
But the girl you saw me with last night means no more to me
Than the thousand stars to the great clouds that cover the night
The more I look at her the more I realize how much I love you

Shame on me for hurting you...

I'll admit I shouldn't have given into love's wild temptation
With someone I cared nothing for I was blind and I hurt you
Can you ever forgive the fool the fool who really loves you
Last night I was blind but today I see I did you wrong shame on me
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9.

500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME

(Bobby Bare - Charlie Williams) « © '63 Central Songs, BMI »
I'm five hundred miles away from home
Teardrops fell on mama's note when I read the things she wrote
She said we miss you son we love you come on home
Well I didn't have to pack I had it all right on my back
Now I'm five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home cold and tired and all alone
Yes I'm five hundred miles away from home

I know this is the same road I took the day I left home
But it sure looks different now
Cause I guess I look different too cause time changes everything
I wonder what they'll say when they see their boy looking this way
Oh I wonder what they'll say when I get home

Can't remember when I ate it's just thumb and walk and wait
And I'm still five hundred miles away from home
If my luck had been just right I'd be with them all tonight
But I'm still five hundred miles away from home

Away from home away from home...
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10.

DEAR WASTEBASKET

(Bobby Bare - Curtis Leach) « © '62 Central Songs, BMI »
I've been writin' Mary Lou letters every day
But I just found out lately how she throws them all away
She don't even bother to read the things I say
So I'm gonna write just one last time and I'll begin this way
I'll say oh dear wastebasket care of Mary Lou
If you see her say I need her like I'll always do
She won't read my letters now I write to you
Dear wastebasket care of Mary Lou
[ trumpet ] No she don't even bother...
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11.

HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE

(Harlan Howard - Bobby Bare) « © '64 Central Songs, BMI »
He was a friend of mine he was a friend of mine
He died without a penny he didn't have a dime
He was a friend of mine

He died neath the midnight sun he died neath the midnight sun
His wanderin' days are over his loneliness is done
Yes he died neath the midnight sun

I have a lot of buddies in my time but he was the best buddy I ever had
The kind of friend you can lean on and turn to when times're goin' bad
He could have been a rich man or maybe he could be the President
But he was just a friend of mine the one who had died without a cent

I soughed away and cried I soughed away and cried
Tears fell like raindrops the night my best friend died
He was a friend of mine he was a friend of mine
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12.

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS (IN CHICAGO)

(Scott Turner - Audie Murphy) « © '64 Irving Music, BMI »
Well here I am in Chicago
All alone near the place where we met
I walk through the rain the wind whispers your name
Oh why won't they let me forget

Cause when the wind blows I get lonely
And one day for sure you will find
That the wind always blows in Chicago
So I'm lonely most all of the time

Folks look so happy here on State Street
They don't know that our love's not the same
There's a crowd all around but I don't hear a sound
Just the wind when it whispers your name

And when the wind blows I get lonely...
Yes I'm lonely most all of the time
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