lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LONGTIME TRAVELING

(Oscar Brand - Paul Nassau)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Been a longtime traveling many a day
I left a lotta footprints lost in the clay
And I get to thinkin' I don't wanna roam
I gotta find me some place and call it home

Come to many places I'm sorry I came
Left a lotta faces looking the same
Been a longtime traveling going nowhere
I gotta find me some place and set me there

And in this someplace maybe I'll see
Someone who's longtime lonely like me
[ guitar ] Been a long time traveling many a mile
I've been breathing road dust for a long while
And I got me nothing no nothing to show
But the clothes I'm wearing and the songs I know

But I got a feeling something is near
And my longtime traveling maybe ends right here
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2.

RAMBLIN' MAN

(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I can settle down and we do just fine
Till I hear that old train rollin' down the line
Then I hurry straight home and I pack
And if I didn't go I believe I'd blow my stack
I love you babe you gotta understand
That when the Lord made me he made a ramblin' man
[ guitar ] Now some folks might say that I'm just no good
That I wouldn't settle down if I could
But when that open road starts to callin' me
There's something o'er the hill that I just gotta see
I love to see the towns a passing by
And to ride these rails neath God's blue sky
And when I'm gone and at my grave you stand
Just say God's called home your ramblin' man
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3.

GOTTA TRAVEL ON

(Paul Clayton)
« © '60 Sanga Music, BMI »
I've laid around and played around this old town too long
Summer's almost gone yes winter's comin' on
I've laid around and played around this old town too long
And I feel like I've gotta travel on

Papa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home
Johnny can't come home no Johnny can't come home
Papa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home
Cause he's been on the chain gang too long

High sheriff and police ridin' after me
Ridin' after me yes comin' after me
High sheriff and police ridin' after me
And I feel like I've gotta travel on

I've laid around and played around...

Wanna see my honey I wanna see her bad
Wanna see her bad yes I wanna see her bad
I wanna see my honey I wanna see her bad
She's the best girl this poor boy ever had

I've laid around and played around...
Travel on travel on travel on
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4.

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE

(Geoff Mack)
« © '62 Rightsong Music, BMI »
I was totin' my pack along the dusty Winemaca road
When along came a semi with high and canvas covered load
If you're goin't to Winemaca Mack with me you can ride
So I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside
He asked me if I seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said listen bud I've traveled every road in this here land

I've been everywhere man I've been everywhere man
Cross the deserts bare man I've breathed the mountain air man
Of travel I've had my share man I've been everywhere

I've been to Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota
Wichita Tulsa Ottawa Oklahoma Tampa Panama Mattawa La Paloma
Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo Tocopilla Barranquilla and Padilla I'm a killer

I've been everywhere man...

Boston Charleston Dayton Louisiana Washington Houston Kingston Texarkana
Monterey Ferriday Santa Fe Tallapoosa Glen Rock Black Rock Little Rock Oskaloosa
Tennessee Hennessey Chicopee Spirit Lake
Grand Lake Devil's Lake Crater Lake for Pete's sake

I've been everywhere man...

Louisville Nashville Knoxville Ombabika
Shefferville Jacksonville Waterville Costa Rica
Pittsfiels Springfield Bakersfield Shreveport
Hackensack Cadillac Fond Du Lac Davenport
Idaho Jellicoe Argentina Diamontina Pasadena Catalina see what I mean Sir

I've been everywhere man...

Pittsburgh Parkersburg Gravellburg Colorado Ellensburg Rexburg Vicksburg Eldorado
Larrimore Atmore Haverstraw Chattanika Chaska Nebraska Alaska Opelika
Baraboo Waterloo Kalamazoo Kansas City Sioux City Dodge City what a pity

I've been everywhere man...
(I know some place you haven't been) I've been everywhere
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5.

TRAVELIN' MAN

(Jerry Fuller)
« © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm a travelin' man I made a lotta stops all over the world
And in every port I own the heart of at least one lovely girl
Got a pretty senorita waitin' for me down in old Mexico
And if you're ever in Alaska stop and see my cute little Eskimo

Oh my sweet Fraulein down in Berlin town makes my heart start to yearn
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong waits for my return
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea I remember the night
When we walked in the sands of Waikiki and I held her oh so tight
[ guitar - steel ] Oh my sweet Fraulein down in Berlin town...
Yeah I'm a travelin' man yeah I'm a travelin' man
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6.

I WON'T BE LONG IN YOUR TOWN

(Claude King)
« © '65 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Nobody knows where I came from nobody even knows my name
Nobody cares where I'm goin' or if I'll ever pass this way again
I guess that I was born to wander never seem like I could settle down
I'm as free as the wind that is blowin' I won't be long in your town

Hey hey little girl I won't marry I never will be that kind
Love me now if you want to then I'll be movin' on down the line
[ guitar ] I don't wanna cause you no trouble the road that I travel has no end
Little girl I don't know when I'll be leavin' or if I'll ever pass this way again
Kiss me one time fore I leave little girl don't cry when I'm gone
The good things in life are not many I'm a wayward son with no home

Love me now if you want to don't ever try to tie me down
I'm as free as the wind that is blowin' I won't be long in your town
Oh no I won't be long in your town I won't be long in your town
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7.

WALKING ON NEW GRASS

(Ray Pennington)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm like a cloud drifting from town to town
And each new love just helps me on my way
No one woman's ever gonna tie me down
When one gets too close I just back up and say

That I gotta be walking on new grass singing a new song
Tomorrow there's no telling where I'll be
But I'll be walking on new grass singing a new song
The next town up the road keeps calling me

Now I'm warning you don't fall in love with me
Cause I don't plan on being here too long
You're just a leaf caught in a playfull breeze
I'll carry you a while then I'll be movin' on

And I'll be walking on new grass...

I won't take roots I never stay that long
And a bad seed just won't grow anywhere
This rolling stone don't wanna gather no moss
So when the grass starts to grow then I'll be on my way

And I'll be walking on new grass...
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8.

MY ELUSIVE DREAMS

(Billy Sherrill - Curly Putman)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You followed me to Texas you followed me to Utah
We didn't find it there so we moved on
Then you went with me to Alabam things look good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there so we moved on

I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams

You had my child in Memphis then I heard of work in Nashville
But we didn't find it there so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska to a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there so we moved on

And now we've left Alaska because there was no gold mine
But this time only two of us moves on
And now all we have is each other with a little mem'ry to cling to
And still you won't let me go on all alone

I know you're tired of following...
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams
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9.

AS LONG AS I'M TRAVELING

(Scott Turner - Chris Robert)
« © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
I can't afford a ticket so when I get ready to go
I just wait by the railroad track for freight that's moving slow
Rest my head on a boxcar floor hear the wheels click time
It's the only life I ever known and that suits me fine

As long as I'm traveling going somewhere
As long as I'm traveling I don't have a care

Never have to pay no rent or wonder how I'll eat
I just look for a kindly soul and stop him on the street
The conversation that I offered him is usually worth a dime
And that would get me on my way and that suits me fine

As long as I'm traveling going somewhere
As long as I'm traveling I don't have a care
As long as I'm traveling I don't have a care
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10.

WAIKIKI SAND

(Scott Turner)
« © '67 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Unlucky in love so I thought I'd take a trip across the sea to sunny Honolulu
I thought I could forget her while lyin' on the Waikiki sand
But every day it seemed to get a little worse cause everybody here all seem so happy
And nothin' was goin' the way that I had it planned

Pretty Hula girls made me think of her as they danced the night away
And the gentle sound of the soft guitars made me miss her more each day

So there was nothin' to do but write my baby tell her to come over to sunny Honolulu
Ask her to forgive me for the bad things I had done
Here I am a waitin' for the answer hopin' that my baby hasn't find another
I hope we will be together here neath the Waikiki sun
[ guitar ] Pretty Hula girls made me think of her...
So there was nothin' to do but writin' my baby...
I hope we will be together here neath the Waikiki sun
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11.

CINCINNATI STRANGER

(Scott Turner - Ray Chafin)
« © '67 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Cincinnati stranger you're always on my mind
And I don't know why I left you far behind

The roads I walked weren't paved with gold like pictures that I've seen
And the miles of time are showing on my face
Few memories of days gone by don't satisfy my soul
Cause the light of love has passed me by one time

And she's my Cincinnati stranger and she's always on my mind
And I don't know why I left her far behind
[ piano ] I've never known a place called home in all the towns I've seen
And the girls I've had could never tie me down
But memories of sweet perfume still linger on my mind
Cause the only one I've loved is far behind

And she's my Cincinnati stranger in that lonesome river town
I'll be on my way before the sun goes down
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