lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

COLOR OF LOVE

(Billy Ed Wheeler)
« © '72 Family Of Man Music, ASCAP »
Well I used think the color of love would be a rosy red or a pretty pink
And I thought it would be a thirsty man crawlin' home to get a big ol' drink
And I thought love was spelled like a bell B-E-double L bell that you ring
Stead of wham bam hit your man with a pan
Hit him on the head and listen to the birdies sing
Oh you heart breakin' love makin' cut-me-a-piece-of-bacon man of mine
Oh you money shiftin' flour siftin' nose liftin' rose of woman kind
Just keep on doin' what you're doin' what you're doin' suits me just fine
And love I tell you somethin' else you blow my mind

Well I used to think the color of love would be a soft green like a pea in a pod
And I thought love would strike like a light flashin' down a big old lightnin' rod
And I thought love was spelled W-E-double L well that would never run dry
Instead of choke choke I'm so broke and dry I can't afford a little bitty tear to cry
Ha oh you money turnin' egg churnin' butter burnin' baby of mine
You half crazy lean and lazy pretty as a wilted daisy man of mine
Just keep on doin' what you're doin' what you're doin' suits me just fine
And love I tell you somethin' else you blow my mind
You day and night alright love me till I'm old and goin' blind
And love you're somethin' else you blow my mind
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2.

SATURDAY NIGHT IN HICKMAN COUNTY

(Johnny Cash)
« © '72 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
When the sun goes down in Nashville go out that Memphis highway
Between Centerville and Dickson on the gravel roads and byways
They'll be runnin' off the shine that will be bringin' in the bounty
Saturday night in Hickman County

At the beer joint on the black top country music's playin' steady
And the workin' men are drinkin' and they're rough and they are ready
And the girl behind the counter who has all the boys a buzzin'
Will be leavin' with her husband Saturday night in Hickman County

Down upon the Piney River parked beside the pretty water
In the backseat of a Chevy is your next door neighbor's daughter
They have split up into pairs the four that went off datin' double
Gettin' that po' girl into trouble Saturday night in Hickman County

All the farmers in the valley will be sittin' by the fire
Watch the late news on the TV then they'll quietly retire
Thankful just to be a livin' thankful that tomorrow's Sunday
Sorry that the next day's Monday Saturday night in Hickman County
Saturday night in Hickman County
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3.

ALLEGHENY

(Chris Gantry)
« © '70 Combine Music, BMI »
How she got that junk car runnin' guess I'll never know
It never ran but once and set two winters in the snow
Well imagine runnin' out on me when I lay sound asleep Allegheny
Well my big mistake was thinkin' she was somethin' I could keep

She stole my winter's food supply and somethin' else I fear
My savin's in the mattress have strangely disappeared
Now those who know me best knows he who robs me best beware Allegheny
I'm gonna call up the dogs and hunt you down drag you back here by the hair

Oh Allegheny something tells me you're dis-satisfied
Well could it be because I've been your mail-order bride
There's a half of you that's French yeah and I need to crave a better style
And a half of you is Cherokee yeah and I've gone wild Allegheny

She's got a head start on me as a crow flies half a day
And unless I miss my guess she'll stop to rest in Monterey
But if I take the Knoxville Highway thirteen hours it will be Allegheny
Well she forgot I knew the shortcut I'll be there in less than three

Oh Allegheny something tells me you're dis-satisfied...

I signaled for my dogs to wait outside the hotel door
I described her to the desk clerk he said try the second floor
And then he mentioned she's got company
And that marks the stranget's doom Allegheny
I wish I was her so I could see my face when I bust into the room

Oh Allegheny something tells me you're dis-satisfied...
Allegheny Allegheny come back here Allegheny Allegheny
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4.

LIFE HAS ITS LITTLE UPS AND DOWNS

(Margaret Ann Rich)
« © '69 Makamillion Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I don't know how to tell her I didn't get that raise in pay today
(That's all right John)
Cause I know how much she wanted that dress in Baker's window
And it breaks my heart to tell her she'll have to wait
And cancel all the plans we made to celebrate
But I just know that she can take it with a smile and not a frown

Cause she knows life has its little ups and downs
Like ponies on a merry-go-round
And no one grabs a brass ring ev'ry time but she don't mind
(I don't mind)
She wears a gold ring on her finger and it's mine

Those new house plans we've had so long I guess will gather dust another year
And the daffodils are bloomin' that she planted way last fall upon the hill
And over by the gate God knows I hate to say again we'll have to wait
But I just know that she can take it with a smile and not a frown

Cause she knows life has its little ups and downs...
She wears a gold ring on her finger and it's mine
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5.

MATTHEW 24 (IS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR)

(Johnny Cash)
« © '73 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I heard on the radio there's rumors of war
People gettin' ready for battle and there may be just one more
I heard about an earthquake and the toll it took away
These are the signs of the times we're in today

Matthew 24 is knockin' at the door
And there can't be too much more to come to past (come to past)
Matthew 24 is knockin' at the door
And today or one day more could be the last
[ guitar ] The great bear from the Northland has risen from his sleep
And the army ranks in red are near two hundred million deep
The young and old now prophesy a coming prince of peace
And last night I dreamed of lightening in the East

Matthew 24 is knockin' at the door...
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6.

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

(Steve Goodman)
« © '69 Jurisdad Music, ASCAP »
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
3 conductors and 24 sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey the train rolls out of Kankakee
And moves along past houses farms and fields
Passin' trains that have no name and switchyards full of ole black men
And graveyards full of rusted automobiles

Good morning America how are you
Say don't you know me I'm your native son
I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Dealin' cards with an ol' man on the club car
Penny a point nobody's keepin' score
Hey now pass that paper bag that holds the bottle
And feel the wheels a rumblin' neath the floor
And the sons of poor men porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their daddy's magic carpet made of steel
Mothers with their babes asleep rockin' to that gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel

Good morning America how are you...

Night time on the City of New Orleans
Changin' cars in Memphis Tennessee
Half way home and we'll be there by mornin'
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea
And all the towns and the people seem to fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his song again the passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearin' railroad blues

Good morning America how are you...
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
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7.

TONY

(David Earl Powers)
« © '73 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
This is the story of Tweedle-O-Twist
And a cowboy that I knew named Tony
From Blithe Fresno ol' Sant Joe Washoe go rodeo
Pendleton Santa Ana Baker Bozeman and Burley
From Chamber to Payson Rapid City to Akron
We'd sing just to ease all the hurts that we gained
A bandage to wrap the aches and a few turns of tape
Held us together and stopped the blood stains
Well sometimes we'd draw bad and the stock wouldn't buck
And there was times when the luck wasn't goin' our way
But a credit card that I'd found would get us to the next town
With just a switch of his Montana plates
I remember at Evanston when a bull broke his arm
And we had to make it on into Beulah the next day
I broke out the CB and the only doctor Tony seen
Was me and a can of ether
There in the Beulah shoot gates
And it was at Louisville that I went down in the well
And a suicide wrap I held in my hand
The clown just shook his broom while I dangled near doom
It was Tony that saved my life then
Then a year from that week we pulled up at Mesquite
Where I drew number twelve from the herd
And Tony my side kick pulled Tweedle-O-Twist
That bull's famous from Prairie to Evansburg
All right now cowboys kinda clear the way
Let that ambulance through there let that ambulance on through
Looks like a pretty bad wreck out there folks
Hold up folks we go one more ride left down there in the shoots
Wait a minute it looks like they're turnin' ole number twelve out
So that's all for today folks
I'll finish the story of Tweedle-O-Twist
And the cowboy that I knew named Tony
From Sterling to Abilene Loveland to New Orleans
I've got a new partner travelin' with me
But I never could explain why I called him the wrong name
When I get drunk I call him Tony
And sometimes he'll ask me why I pass Montana by
You know at Butte they got money
But that's where I met him my side kickin' friend
I've got more than enough of his memories
For down in Mesquite there's a cowboy a sleepin'
Where bulls ain't a buckin' ain't a buckin' ole Tony
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8.

PINE TREE

(Billy Ed Wheeler)
« © '73 Family Of Man Music, ASCAP »
I lean my back against you thinkin' you were an oak
I knew the wind could bend you but I can't believe you broke
Naw the wind could never break me only your false love
Honey I've been true I swear by God above

I thought you were a willow but you never wept for me
You went roamin' in the wildwood like a ship that roams the see
The willow tree is fickle and it weeps in the mornin' dew
My love is a pine tree cause and that's the only tree that's true

If I was mistaken then take my eyes away
You made a bed in the wildwood and that's where I saw you lay
Honey your eyes deceived you it's true I touched the ground
But I never slept there I never let my long hair down mhm
[ guitar ] Love is like a thorn bush touch it and you will find
You'll prick your fingers and leave the sweetest flower behind
Love oh love oh what you done to me
You set me a driftin' like a ship upon the sea

Yes a ship there is I see you and you belong to me
My love is the ocean and deeper love cannot be
Yeah well I guess I was mistaken and woman I want you back
You never have left my heart now honey baby that's a fact

Come to me pine tree and we will never part
We'll put our roots down deep in each other's heart

Come to me pine tree and we will never part
We'll put our roots down deep in each other's heart
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9.

WE'RE FOR LOVE

(Larry Lee - Glenn D. Tubb)
« © '73 Dream City Music, BMI »
I'm for you I'm for you I'm for anything that starts with us
You're for me you're for me that makes both of us for love

And if we're for each other we won't be bothered
By how much the world may push and shove
It makes no difference who stands against us
As long as you and I are both for love
[ guitar ] I'm worm all over when you're around me
Honey I can't seem to get enough
Let's stay together like this forever
And show the world that we're for love

And if we're for each other we won't be bothered...
As you and I are both for love
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10.

GODSHINE

(David Earl Powers)
« © '73 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Well a light from the sun comes shinin' oh happy day oh happy day
And then along come a big ole moon to light my way
And then the stars kinda twinkle and they light this path of mine and mine
I can't see a thing in this world without a little Godshine

Well Jesus is the beam on the left of me
Comin' right through the shadow on the right
Lord all the dark corners within my soul need your fire day and night
Well the sun and the moon and the stars wouldn't even hold a candle in my life
I'm in the dark when the sun is high I need just a little bit of Godshine

Well Jesus died and there's a lot of folks feel regret
But on the other hand there are people that are laughin' yet
Laughin' bout a man that lived and died divine
He coulda lived on but he wouldn't stop spreadin' that Godshine

Well Jesus is the beam on the left of me...
Well Jesus is the beam on the left of me...
I'm in the dark when the sun is high I need just a little bit of Godshine
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