PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW
(Decca DL-75090)
June/1969
Produced by Owen Bradley
Grady Martin - lead guitar
Ray Edenton, Jimmy Capps - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Lloyd Green, Hal Rugg - steel
Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano/organ
Charlie McCoy - harmonica/acordeon
Vocal accompaniment by The Jordanaires
Recorded:
1969, Bradley's Barn, Mt.Juliet
1.
PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW
(Ray Griff)
« © '69 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
Parting is such sweet sorrow after all these precious dreams we've realized
Parting is such sweet sorrow it's hard to keep from being mistyized
I told you love was not a bed of roses
But you were sure there'll be no hope for us
You got a taste of hurt that life discloses
And the pain was just a little bit too much
Parting is such sweet sorrow looking into your heart before that last goodbye
Parting is such sweet sorrow I still believe we'll make it if we try
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2.
WALK THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH ME
(Sandy Seamons - Kaye Savage)
« © '66 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
Walk through this world with me go where I go
Share all my dreams with me I need you so
In life we search and some of us find
I've looked for you a long long time
And now that I found you new horizons I see
Come take my hand and walk through this world with me
And now that I found you...
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3.
UNTIL MY DREAMS COME TRUE
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true
Until these arms of mine surround you all the time
I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true
Until your heart can see what burns inside of me
I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true
Every day I cry a lonely tear a tear of love especially just for you
Until my fantasy becomes reality
I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true
Every day I cry a lonely tear...
I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true
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4.
LOOK AT THE LAUGHTER
(Tony Senn - Tommy Stough)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
The hurtin' is over my heart's doing fine
I've driven your mem'ry right out of my mind
I'm feeling much better than I have in weeks
Just look at the laughter rolling down on my cheek
Oh suddenly my life's full of fun
Too many fish in the sea why worry bout one
I'm glad that it's over it's good to be free
Just look at the laughter rolling down on my cheek
Oh suddenly my life's full of fun...
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5.
LOVE TAKES CARE OF ME
(Jimmy Peppers)
« © '68 Husky Music, BMI »
Cause your love takes good care of me yes your love takes good care of me
And when the rain falls and the wind blows and the storm is on the sea
I'll be safe your love takes care of me
When life for me gets weary and the sun refuses to shine
I run to the arms of the one I love and there I'll hide
You know just what to do and say you make my life worth while
And when I look into your face I see heaven in your smile
Cause your love takes good care of me...
I'll be safe your love takes care of me
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6.
ONLY MAMA THAT'LL WALK THE LINE
(Ivy J. Bryant)
« © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
Everybody knows you been steppin' on my toes
And I'm gettin' pretty tired of it
You keep steppin' out of line and a messin' with my mind
If you had any sense you'd quit
Ever since I was a little bitty teeny girl
You said I was the only girl in this whole world
You bettter do some thinkin' then you'll find
You got the only mama that'll walk the line
I keep a workin' every day all you wanna do is play
And I'm tired of stayin' out all night
I'm a comin' unglued from your funny little moods
Now honey baby that ain't right
Ever since I was a little bitty teeny girl...
[ guitar ]
When I start to pack my clothes baby then you gonna know
That I'm not a puttin' you on
When you start a walkin' gonna hear you start a squawkin'
And a beggin' me to come back home
Cause ever since I was a little bitty teeny girl...
You got the only mama that'll walk the line
You got the only mama that'll walk the line
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7.
SHINE A LITTLE SUN ON ME
(Orville Couch)
« © '69 High Rise Music, BMI »
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8.
TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN
(Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
Then today I started loving you again
What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I've cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun
Today I started loving you again...
Then today I started loving you again
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9.
SWEET PROMISES
(Hank Mills)
« © '69 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Your love and your sweet promises keeps my heart at a steady beat
Your love and your sweet promises even makes the bitter taste sweet
Once I was alone no love of my own
Then you came along now I'm really living
Your love and your sweet promises keeps my feet on solid ground
Your love and your sweet promises makes my world happy merry-go-round
[ organ ]
Your love and your sweet promises keeps my heart at a steady beat
Your love and your sweet promises even makes the bitter taste sweet
Your warm tender lips are such trueful lips
No more lyin' lips to the dreams to shatter
Your love and your sweet promises keeps my feet on solid ground
Your love and your sweet promises makes my world happy merry-go-round
Makes my world happy merry-go-round
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10.
I DON'T SEE ME IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE
(Bennie Benjamin - George Weiss)
« © '49 Bennie Benjamin Music, ASCAP »
I don't see me in your eyes anymore
Oh why can't I make them shine as before
I don't see you or your heart in a kiss
When you should sigh you're mine you resist
There was a time life was mine love was life was ecstasy
But now I doubt what the outcome will be
I pray you'll say I'm the one you adore
Then I'll see me in your eyes as before
There was a time...
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11.
WHEN YOU ARE GONE
(Jim Reeves - Dean Manuel)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
When you are gone there's no fun with the crowd
And I find myself crying even crying out loud
I could find fun but I'd still be alone
Cause my world simply stands still when you are gone
When you are gone my heart knows it well
And it just won't believe all these stories I tell
Just can't get used to this being alone
And there's nothing to live for when you are gone
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