lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I GOT STRIPES

(Johnny Cash - Charlie Williams)
« © '59 House Of Cash, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
On a Monday I was arrested (uh huh)
On a Tuesday they locked me in the jail (poor boy)
On a Wednesday my trial was attested
On a Thursday they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell

I got stripes stripes around my shoulders
I got chains chains around my feet
I got stripes stripes around my shoulders
And them chains them chains they're bout to drag me down

On a Monday got my striped britches (uh huh)
On a Tuesday got my ball and chain (poor boy)
On a Wednesday I'm working diggin' ditches
On a Thursday Lord I begged them not to knock me down again

I got stripes stripes around my shoulders...

On a Monday my mama come to see me (uh huh)
On a Tuesday they caught me with a file (poor boy)
On a Wednesday I'm down in solitary
On a Thursday Lord I start on a bread and water for awhile

I got stripes stripes around my shoulders...
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2.

CERTAIN KINDA HURTIN'

(Johnny Cash)
« © '68 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I've got a certain kind of hurtin' since you've gone
I've got a pain I can't explain and it keeps on hangin' on
You were gone on mornin' and I held on tight
But I went all to pieces later on that night

I've got a certain kind of hurtin' since you've gone
I've got a tear that's very near to showin' through
I get too week to speak when I think of losin' you
You never got outta sight till I knew
That nothin's gonna ever be right without you
I've got a certain kind of hurtin' since you've gone
[ whistle - piano - guitar ] I've got a lonely heart that only beats for you
I hope you find I'm on your mind needin' me like I need you
You're not leavin' on a one way track
Cause I'm gonna come getcha and I'm bringin' you back
I've got a certain kind of hurtin' since you've gone
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3.

LITTLE AT A TIME

(Johnny Cash - Gordon Terry)
« © '62 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Stop lovin' me a little at a time
Let me lose you a little at a time
Walk away slow like you don't wanna go
Leave me a little at a time

For my benefit try to cry a little bit
For old times sake gimme a slow heartbreak
I'll put up a fight but I'll be all right
If you stop lovin' me a little at a time
[ lute ] Hurt me a little at a time
Turn me away a little at a time
Walk away slow like you don't wanna go
Leave me a little at a time

For my benefit try to cry a little bit...
A little at a time a little at a time
A little at a time a little at a time
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4.

ALL OVER AGAIN

(Johnny Cash)
« © '58 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Ev'ry time I look at you I fall in love all over again
Ev'ry time I think of you it all begins all over again

One little dream at night and I can dream all day
It only takes a memory to thrill me
One little kiss from you and I just fly away
Pour me out your love until you fill me
I wanna fall in love beginning from the start all over again
Show me how you stole away my heart all over again
[ guitar ] One little dream at night...
All over again all over again all over again all over again
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5.

STILL IN TOWN

(Harlan Howard - Hank Cochran)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
To love you so and still not have you will destroy me in time
So I'm goin' away where nobody knows me and get you off of my mind
I've packed my things a dozen times but unpack is all I do
Yes I'm still in town I'm still around and still in love with you

I made it to the edge of town and turned around
I made it to the bridge downtown but my nerve let me down
I tried to go but how can I leave when all roads lead to you
Yes I'm still in town still around and still in love with you
[ piano - steel ] I made it to the edge of town and turned around...
I'm still in town I'm still around and still in love with you
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6.

SMILING BILL McCALL

(Johnny Cash)
« © '60 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Well the whole town listened to the radio for the Smilin' Bill McCall Show
Ev'ryone in Nashville was listenin' to Bill
I don't wanna be layin' in bed when they pronounce me dead
He'd stand and breathe in the microphone with his guitar hangin' to his kneebone
All the girls'd just sat and dreamed when Bill began his sing
I don't want my hat to be hung when my last song is sung
But he never let fame go to his head this is Smilin' Bill McCall he said
Gonna pick and sing a song or two y'all listen till I'm through
And if you're at the house or in your car tune in this time tomorrow
To all the boys he was a big hero they'd glue their ears to the radio
Then talk in a most unusual drawl imitatin' Bill McCall
Daddy can I get me a guitar cause I wanna be a star
The girls'd would say of Bill McCall why I bet he's over six feet tall
Handsomest man in Nashville they said of Smilin' Bill
He won't be plantin' potato slips when he cashes in his chips
Then one day Bill didn't make the show didn't even show up for a week or so
The station's boss said to city hall find Smilin' Bill McCall
It won't be hard to track him down he's got the biggest feet in town
Well there's a creek that runs through Nashville
And on the bank they found Smilin' Bill
He's committin' suicide but they grabbed him fore he tried
Turn me loose I'm gonna jump he screamed cause I can't stand that theme
Let this be my final breath cause I'm scared half to death
The big brave Smilin' Bill McCall is only four feet tall
I'd rather be in the river dead than to hear 'em laughin' at my bald head
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7.

WIND CHANGES

(Johnny Cash)
« © '67 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Yes the wind changes and one mornin' early a good wind'll be blowin' for me
Yes the wind changes and one mornin' early a good wind'll be blowin' for me

Away like a bird you have flown and upon a wild wind you were blown
Where you're bound I don't know nor the way that you go
But the wonderlust beckons you on

But the wind changes...

The wind sings its song in the tree but the wind's song is never for me
When followin' your tracks the wind's at your back
Makin' whirlwinds where you used to be

But the wind changes...
[ mandocello ] The wind quietly hides in the night and it rises again with the light
But the days never fly they're slow to go by
And like you there's somethin' I can't fight

Yes the wind changes...
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8.

SONS OF KATIE ELDER

(Ernie Sheldon - Elmer Bernstein)
« © '68 Famous Music, ASCAP »
From the four winds we have come Katie Elder
Four brothers on the run Katie Elder
All your little ones have grown and we've reaped what we have sown
Yes we've reaped what we have sown Katie Elder

Oh the wind blows like the devil when it blows
And the boy grows up and like the wind he goes
So mothers teach your sons to not live by a gun
And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder
And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder

I think you'd understand Katie Elder
That a man is just a man Katie Elder
They're bound to cut him down if he doesn't stand his ground
But they haven't cut us down yet Katie Elder

Oh the wind blows...

We'll try to make it right Katie Elder
No more hidin' in the night Katie Elder
I vow it on your grave by all the things we never gave
And mistakes that we all made Katie Elder

Oh the wind blows...
And to not live like the sons of Katie Elder
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9.

DARK AS A DUNGEON

(Merle Travis)
« © '46 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Oh come all you young fellers young and so fine
Seek not your fortune in the dark dreary mines
It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal

Where it's dark as a dungeon damp as the dew
Danger is doubled pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls the sun never shines
It's a dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
[ trumpets ] Well I pray when I'm dead and the ages shall roll
That my body would blacken and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home
And pity the miner diggin' my bones

Where it's dark as a dungeon damp as the dew...
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10.

TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX

(Johnny Cash)
« © '61 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
In a little cabaret in a south Texas border town
Sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from all around
And all the girls from there to Austin
Were slippin' way from home and puttin' jewelry in hock
To take the trip to go and listen
To the little dark haired boy that played The Tennessee Flat Top Box
And he would play
[ guitar ] Well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never cared to make a dime
But give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time
And all the girls from nine to ninety
Were snappin' fingers tappin' toes and beggin' him don't stop
And hypnotized and fascinated
By the little dark haired boy that played The Tennessee Flat Top Box
And he would play
[ guitar ] Then one day he was gone and no one ever saw him round
He vanished like the breeze and they forgot him in the little town
But all the girls still dreamed about him
And hung around the cabaret until the doors ware locked
And then one day on the hitparade
Was a little dark haired boy that played a Tennessee Flat Top Box
And he would play
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11.

MATADOR

(Johnny Cash - June Carter)
« © '63 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
The crowd is waiting for the bull fight matador
My final fight the place is packed once more
Anita won't throw me a rose this fight
The one she wears is not for me tonight

She's watching now with her new love
I know walk proud and slow
Be strong and sure and give the crowd
Their show they want blood you know
You're still their idol as you were before
Kill just one more remind Anita you're the greatest matador
[ trumpets ] Walk on out forget Anita in the stand
Be a tall and brave and noble man
Be better than you've ever been before
Make this your greatest moment matador

She's watching now with her new love...
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12.

SEND A PICTURE OF MOTHER

(Johnny Cash)
« © '62 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
After seven years behind these bars together
I'll miss you more than a brother when you go (when you go)
If only I had not tried to escape they'd pardon me with you I know (yes I know)
Won't you tell the folks back home I'll soon be comin'
Don't let 'em know I never will be free (will be free)
Sometimes write and tell me how they're doin'
And send a picture of mother back to me

Say hello to dad and shake his poor hard workin' hand
And send a picture of mother if you can
[ harpsichord ] I'm happy for you that you got your freedom
But stay with me just another minute or so (or so)
After all this sweat and blood together
Who'll be my fightin' partner when you go (when you go)
The hardest time will be on Sunday mornin'
Church bells will ring on Heaven Hill (Heaven Hill)
Please ask Reverend Garrett to pray for me
And send a picture of mother if you will

Say hello to dad...
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13.

YOU DREAMER YOU

(Johnny Cash)
« © '59 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
(You dreamer you)
Well I dreamed I walked in a field of flowers (oh what a dream)
The houses all were silver towers (oh what a dream)
Beside the road an angel sat I said hello and tipped my hat
And stopped when I saw her smile and sat me down a while I sat me down a while
(You dreamer you)

Well I tried the angel for a kiss (oh what a dream)
But she turned away and my lips missed (oh what a dream)
She said sir I'll have you know I met you just a while ago
You're welcome for to sit but calm yourself a bit sir calm yourself a bit
(You dreamer you you dreamer you)

I fell in love like one two three (oh what a dream)
I asked the angel to marry me (oh what a dream)
She said sir I can't marry you but I'm a dream that can come true
There are dreams of much my worth that live upon the earth sir live upon the earth
(You dreamer you)

Then I awoke and found my love (oh what a dream)
As heavenly as the one above (oh what a dream)
We'll marry in a sea of flowers home will be a silver tower
There'll be heaven in my life with an angel for a wife with an angel for a wife
(You dreamer you)
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14.

RED VELVET

(Ian Tyson)
« © '67 WB Music, ASCAP »
Four months ago in April on a day-coach she came down
And the dusty autumn winds began to blow
Should've known I couldn't hold her livin' out so far from town
And the nights to come are long and slow to go

If I had known before we kissed
You can't keep red velvet on a poor dirt farm like this
Well now she's up and left me she went a walkin' down the line
And the dusty autumn winds began to blow
All dressed up in red velvet and her high-heel shoes so fine
And the nights to come are long and slow to go
[ guitar ] Well I'll sit and count December stars while they dance around
And the dusty autumn winds began to blow
Then I'll call my dog and I'll take the truck and I'll ride on into town
And the nights to come are long and slow to go

If I had known before we kissed...
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