lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MI CASA TU CASA

(Cy Coben)
« © '67 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
I was riding and drifting like the desert sand shifting
Just an outlaw with no place to go
When hungry and saddle sore I rode up to the door
Of a rancho in old Mexico

The elderly Patron he bid me good day
When he saw I was weary I heard him say

Mi casa tu casa my house is yours
Come in and sit down por favor
There's wine and there's bread here
There's rest for your head here
Mi casa tu casa Senor

To his table he lead me he wined me and fed me
I was served by his wife and I saw
She was so young and lovely and her black eyes said love me
That night came a knock at my door

And I knew a love like I'd never known
But each time she kissed me my conscience would moan

Mi casa tu casa my house is yours...
[ guitar ] The whole house is sleeping as I'm quietly creeping
Out the back door to the stables and then
I'll saddle my horse and ride but something in me will die
For I never will see her again

I've robbed and I've stolen this may be true
But how can you steal from the one who tells you

Mi casa tu casa my house is yours...
Mi casa tu casa Senor
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2.

TO A HOUSE FROM A HOME

(Kris Kristofferson - David Wilson)
« © '67 Careers Music, BMI »
People say I've been lost since I lost her
And I can't seem to find my way home
Well ole house if I'm gone more and more more and more
It's because you've been acting so wrong

Since she left you've grown so hard to live with
And I just can't stand to stay here too long
Cause you been goin' through such a hard change of life
On your way to a house from a home
[ guitar ] That ole clock on your wall keeps on frowning
And the phone keeps refusing to ring
And it seems like the dishes are trying to break
Even your mirrors look strange

And the fire has gone out in your fireplace
And your rooms have grown colder than stone
Cause you been goin' through such a hard change of life
On your way to a house from a home
On your way to a house from a home
On your way to a house from a home
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3.

I'M GONNA CHANGE EVERYTHING

(Alex Zanetis)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Yeah I'm gonna change everything that holds a mem'ry of you oh yeah

I'm gonna start with the halls take the pictures off the walls and burn 'em
Move the chairs around take the window curtains down and burn 'em
Everything I see reminds me you were here
Yeah I'm gonna change everything that holds a mem'ry of you oh yeah

The candle of your set you gave me on the night of my birthday
The records that you bought the hi-fi we loved to play
The decorating man will come and rearrange them
Yeah I'm gonna change everything that holds a mem'ry of you
[ guitar ] Take the carpet off the floor throw it out the door it's filled with tears
Everything I find that bring you to my mind must disappear
Every night I dream I'll dream of someone new
Yeah I'm gonna change everything that holds a mem'ry of you oh yeah
Mhmm mhmm
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4.

MANSION ON THE HILL

(Hank Williams - Fred Rose)
« © '48 Intersong USA, ASCAP / Milene Music, ASCAP »
Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here all alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill

Do you recall when we parted
The story to me you revealed
Oh you said you could live without love dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
[ steel ] Yes I've waited all through the years love
Just to give you a heart true and real
Cause I know that you're living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill

The light shines bright from your window
The trees stand so silent and still
And I know that you're alone with your pride dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
In your loveless mansion on the hill
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5.

MY ADOBE HACIENDA

(Lee Penny - Louise Massey)
« © '59 Peer International, BMI »
In my adobe hacienda there's a touch of Mexico
Cactus lovelier than orchids blooming in the patio

Soft desert stars and the strum of guitars
Make every evening seem so sweet
In my adobe hacienda life and love are more complete
[ guitar ] In my adobe hacienda nested in the western hills
Evening breezes softly murmur harmony with whippoorwills

When setting sun says the long day is done
Sweet music starts to fill the air
In my adobe hacienda harmony is everywhere
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6.

OUR HOUSE ON PAPER

(Mac Davis - Scott Turner)
« © '67 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Our house on paper is so worthless without you

Well here I stand with the plans for the home we were to share
On the freshly broken ground lies morning dew
Crumpled up in my hands is a lifetime of dreaming
On house on paper is so worthless without you

The love you said you had for me just wasn't real it seems
You found yourself a mansion to replace our blueprint dreams

Now the sun is getting high soon the workmen will be by
How it's gonna hurt to send them on their way
Our paper house lies at my feet in a thousand tattered pieces
And soon the wind will blow our blueprint dreams away
And soon the wind will blow our blueprint dreams away
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7.

SHUTTERS AND BOARDS

(Scott Turner - Audie Murphy)
« © '62 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Shutters and boards cover the windows
Of the house where we used to live
All I have left is a heart full of sorrow
Since you said you'd never forgive

The house that we've built was once filled with laughter
But I changed that laughter to tears
And now I live in a world without sunshine
Oh how I wish you were here

Shutters and boards cover the windows...

Last night I dreamed that you came to our house
To take an old book from the shelf
So if you'll open the shutters and I'll tear down the boards
Cause I drove every nail by myself

Shutters and boards cover the windows...
Shutters and boards cover the windows...
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8.

LIVIN' IN A HOUSE FULL OF LOVE

(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '64 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Now love is pourin' through the windows comin' in the door
I can feel it creepin' through the cracks in the floor
Bouncin' off the walls and the ceilin' up above
Since I found you I'm livin' in a house of love

All my life my heart's been walked on
Women said they loved me my how they talked on
Tellin' me lies and fillin' my eyes
With tears that I couldn't control
I couldn't get a hold of myself long enough to realize
They were only tryin' to pull the wool over my eyes
When I found you then the skies turned blue
And I'm livin' in a house of love

Now love is pourin' through the windows...
[ guitar - steel ] Once I lived in a hole like a rabbit
I couldn't find love the blues were a habit
A lonely man and I couldn't understand
Why everything I tried went wrong
Till you came along bless your heart
And showed me the right way
You dried my eyes and turned my night to day
And I'm so proud I wanna holler out loud
Tell the world about my house of love

Now love is pourin' through the windows...
Now love is pourin' through the windows...
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9.

WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

(Roger Miller)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
That's how it is when your house is not a home

I walk up to my door and hate to turn the key
Emptiness is all there is inside for me
That's how it is when the one you love is gone
That's how it is when your house is not a home

I look around and see things marked with his and hers
Things like these just seem to make things that much worse
That's how it is ask anyone who lives alone
That's how it is when your house is not a home
[ piano ] Is there a way out for a soul so torn as mine
Each day I'm living like a prisoner passin' time
That's how it is since I live my life alone
That's how it is when your house is not a home
That's how it is when your house is not a home
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10.

BLUE HOUSE PAINTED WHITE

(Buddy Word - Sonny Burns - Walter Breeland)
« © '62 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Misic, BMI »
The party's all over they're dimming the lights
Our friends are all leavin' and saying good night
It's time to go now to where the tears dim my sight
Where I live all alone in my blue house painted white

My teardrops start when I open the door
The silentness tells me that she's not here anymore
I guess it's by habit I call her name through the night
But to me there's no answer in my blue house painted white
[ steel ] Just a small bungelow we built just for two
We painted it white and we left out the blue
But too many parties and stayin' out nights
Is what put the blue in my blue house painted white

My teardrops start when I open the door...
To me there's no answer in my blue house painted white
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11.

IN A MANSION STANDS MY LOVE

(Johnny Russell)
« © '59 Jamie Music, BMI »
On a mountain stands a mansion so fine
And it looks down on this cabin of mine
Well I had a love and I loved her true
But along came a rich man and he loved her to
Now on the mountain in a mansion stands my love

Now he promised that he wouldd buy her a diamond ring
Yes he promised fancy dresses and things
He promised everything indeed
But he can't buy a love that her poor heart needs
On a mountain in a mansion so fine
[ guitar - piano ] Now I know that she's not happy there
And I know that she's got thing to bare
Well my only dream is that someday
She'll come right back here with me and stay
In the cabin in the valley with me
Now on a mountain stands a mansion so fine
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12.

CASA DE LLORANDO (HOUSE OF TEARS)

(Jerry Fuller - Will Rogers)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Misic, BMI »
I live in mi casa de ilorando
I had thought it would last through the years
For once it was a gay hacienda
Ssince you've gone it's a house of tears

The walls and the windows are crying
Down the hallway a lonely wind blows
And I still look all around searching upstairs and down
For my sweet little Mexican rose

Come back to mi casa de ilorando
While you're gone no sunshine appears
So I'll wait here for you in the darkness
And cry in my house of tears
[ guitar ] Together we built the foundation
With a love that I can't forget
Everywhere your memory haunts me
As I walk through the rooms of regret

The walls and the windows are crying...
Come back to mi casa de ilorando...
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