lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

JUNKIE AND THE JUICEHEAD (MINUS ME)

(Kris Kristofferson)
« © '74 Combine Music, BMI »
I was a stumble bummin' down the neon Music City sidewalks
With the Junkie and the Juicehead who had problems of their own
Stuck with luck that kept me standin' just a step away from starvin'
And the talent that I swore I'd show before I'd go back home
Ninety days out of the army makin' neither love nor money
And my only set of clothes was gettin' closer to the bone
And the Junkie placed an order with the Prophet on the corner
And he told him of the soul that he'd been sellin' for a song
He said my future was my fortune but I let it slip away
Slowly smokin' myself broke on eighty cigarettes a day
Findin' out that crime ain't all there is that dudn't pay
And writin' words that no one's gonna see but the Juicehead who said
I can read my fortune in the bottom of a glass
And I can see it's time for me to make my last request
Won't you fill my grave with whiskey when I'm laid away to rest
So the boys can say I drank myself to death
Well I drank the whole thing over puttin' one and two together
And it added up to more of what I didn't wanna be
I ain't blamin' Music City but it's only gonna see me
One more day and the wake up and the time it takes to leave
Cause I got a dirty picture of what could have been my future
In a Prophet pushin' day dreams on a corner for a fee
And the wino lookin' lonely at a bottle gettin' empty
And a hungry lookin' junkie huntin' tea and sympathy
And I'll bet that junkie's laughin' at the life he threw away
Slowly smokin' himself broke on eighty cigarettes a day
Pleadin' down the Prophet to a price that he can pay
And writin' words that no one's gonna see but the Juicehead who said
Ev'ry empty bottle is my private crystal ball
And starin' into the future findin' nothin' there at all
Which is what I'll miss tomorrow when them neon shadows fall
On the Junkie and the Juicehead minus me
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2.

DON'T TAKE YOUR GUNS TO TOWN

(Johnny Cash)
« © '58 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
A young school cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm
A boy filled with wanderlust who really meant no harm
He changed his clothes and shined his boots and he combed his dark hair down
And his mother cried as he walked out

Don't take your guns to town son leave your guns at home Bill
Don't take your guns to town

He laughed and kissed his mom and said your Billy Joe is a man
I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can
But I wouldn't shoot without a cause I'd gun nobody down
But she cried again as he drove away

Don't take your guns to town...

He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shakin' hand
And he tried to tell himself at last he had become a man
But a big bad man standin' at his side began to laugh him down
And his mother's words echoed again

Don't take your guns...

Filled with rage then Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw
But the stranger drew his gun and fired before he even saw
As Billy Joe fell to the floor the crowd all gathered round
And wondered at his final words

Don't take your guns to town...
Don't take your guns to town...
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3.

BROKEN FREEDOM SONG

(Kris Kristofferson)
« © '74 Resaca Music, BMI »
[ Rosanne Cash ]
I got a song about a sister waitin' somewhere by the phone
For some man who never missed her ever since he come and gone
And it's harder for a woman with a baby on the way
That's the price of bein' human when you're poor enough to pay

And she listens to the freedom in the silence at her door
No one's listenin' when you need 'em it ain't no fun to sing that song no more

Got a song about a saviour lookin' lonesome and afraid
At a city full of strangers and a cross he never made
And he's sadder than he's wiser and a longer way from home
And he wonders why his father left him bleeding and alone

Just a broken song of freedom and the closing of a door
No one's missin' till you need 'em it ain't no fun to sing that song no more

Just a broken song...
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4.

I DO BELIEVE

(Johnny Cash)
« © '74 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I do believe that I won't make it through the night
If you don't come on back to me and love me now
There ain't no way that I can say that it's all right
I do believe that you're not thinkin' anyhow

But I believe if you'll remember how it was a little while
If you'll recall that what we had was hard to beat
And I believe that if you'll meet me half way down that second mile
We will trade in all the bitter for the sweet
I do believe that you're not happy without me
I think you feel the way I'm feelin' without you
Come on and give in to that feelin' one more time
I do believe you won't regret it if you do
[ guitar ] But I believe if you'll remember...
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5.

OLE SLEW FOOT

(Howard Hausey - Eddie Manney)
« © '59 Little Hurry Music, BMI »
[ with June Carter and Family ]
High on the mountaintop what do I see
There's bear tracks bear tracks lookin' back at me
You better get your rifle boys before it's too late
That bear's got a little pig and headed for the gate

He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' forty feet jumps
Ain't never been caught he ain't never been treed
Some folks say he looks a lot like me
[ banjo ] Well I got me some money and I got me some bees
And they started makin' honey way up in the trees
I chopped down the tree but my honey's all gone
Old Slew foot's done made himself at home

He's bigg around the middle...
Some folks say he looks a lot like daddy
[ banjo ] Winter's comin' on and it's forty below
The river's frozen over so where can he go
I'd get me a rifle boys and run him in the well
Then I'd shoot him in the bottom just to hear him yell

He's bigg around the middle...
Some folks say he looks a lot like my Johnny
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6.

KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE

(A.P. Carter)
« © '60 Peer International, BMI »
[ with June Carter and the Family ]
There's a dark and a trouble side of life there's a bright and a sunny side too
Though we meet with the darkness and strife the sunny side we also may view

Keep on the sunny side always on the sunny side keep on the sunny side of life
It will help us ev'ryday it will brighten all the way
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

Let us greet with a song of hope each day though the moments be cloudy or fair
Let us trust that the Saviour always will keep us ev'ryone in his care

Keep on the sunny side...

Oh the storm in its fury broke today crushin' hopes that I cherish so dear
Storms and clouds will in time pass away and the sun again will shine bright and clear

Keep on the sunny side...
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7.

FATHER AND DAUGHTER (FATHER AND SON)

(Cat Stevens)
« © '70 Beechwood Music, BMI »
[ with Rosey Nix ]
It's not time to make a change just relax and take it easy
You're still young that's your fault there's so much you have to know
Find a boy settle down and if you want you can marry
Look at me gettin' old but I'm happy

I was once like you are now and I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you found somethin' goin' on
But take your time think a lot why think of ev'ry thing you've got
For you'll still be here tomorrow but your dreams may not

How can I try to explain cause when I do he turns away again
And it's always been the same same ol' story
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away

It's not time to make a change just sit down and take it slowly
You're still young that's your fault there's so much you have to go through
Find a boy settle down and if you want you can marry
Look at me gettin' old but I'm happy

All the times that I have cried keeping all the things I knew inside
It's hard but it's harder to ignore it (oh stay)
If they were right I'd agree but it's them they know not me
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away I know I have to go away
(Oh please stay please don't go away)
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8.

CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS AND BURGUNDY

(Jack Wesley Routh)
« © '74 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
This boxcar's been my home since San Antone
Cause this ankle of mine I turned while hoppin' on
Shoots pain that feeds my dreams with luxuries
I see crystal chandeliers and burgundy

I can feel my mother's heartbeat from the track
It's the rhythm of a son that won't be back
Lord knows where my mind is takin' me
I see crystal chandeliers and burgundy

If that conductor only knew all the trouble I've been through
Just to be here on this train once again
Freedom of a hobo ain't so bad
You can dream of all the wealth you mighta had
I guess livin' on this train is gettin' to me
I see crystal chandeliers and burgundy
[ guitar ] If that conductor only knew all the trouble I've been through
Just to be here on this train once again
If there's nothin' in this world I've gotta do
But to ride these rails of steel my whole life through
Then take away these visions that I see of crystal chandeliers and burgundy
Of crystal chandeliers and burgundy of crystal chandeliers and burgundy
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9.

FRIENDLY GATES

(Jack Wesley Routh)
« © '74 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
[ Carlene Routh ] I keep puttin' off my letters hopin' tomorrow will bring better news
Of what's to come my darlin'
I know it's so hard for you to sit while I try and do
The things I am I'm not a man
So I'll kick up the dust while I wonder through the fields that I must
Knowin' all the time that I'm just
Walkin' toward those friendly gates I trust

I keep prayin' ev'ry night that the land I have in sight
Won't be gone when the mornin' comesfor the faith you placed in me
Is all the ground there needs to be for ev'rything I've ever dreamed
So I'll kick up the dust while I wonder through the fields that I must
Knowin' all the time that I'm just
Walkin' toward those friendly gates I trust

The feelin' that I get from the candles you have lit
In my lonely mind I got to find
For me to give up now would be the only reasons
How I could never live the way I wanna live
So I'll kick up the dust while I wonder through the fields that I must
Knowin' all the time that I'm just
Walkin' toward those friendly gates I trust
Walkin toward those friendly gates I trust
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10.

BILLY AND REX AND ORAL AND BOB

(Johnny Cash)
« © '74 House Of Cash, BMI »
Ordained for proclaimin' the gospel of Jesus
The great super preachers go crusadin' on
And the people all gather in big congregations
To hear of the Saviour who came to atone
And they kneel at the altar and they walk away happy
Then the devil starts gossip about money and sex
Makin' it hard on the good men of God like Billy and Bob and Oral and Rex
Old Billy Sunday is dead and gone young Jim Robertson's comin' on strong
And Billy and Rex and Oral and Bob are talkin' about Jesus and doin' their job

Millions of people tune in Katherine Coolman
And see her face shine with an unearthly light
Garner Ted warns of the world of tomorrow
But they criticized him and the reverend died
Cause the devil is after the great super preachers
He'd try to discredit the gospel they bring
But Billy and Rex and Oral and Bob hold to their commitment to Jesus the King
Ole Billy Sunday is dead and gone young Tommy Barnett is comin' on strong
And Billy and Rex and Oral and Rex are talkin' about Jesus and doin' their job
Ole Billy Sunday is dead and gone young Jimmy Snow is comin' on strong
And Billy and Rex and Oral and Bob are talkin' about Jesus and doin' their job
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11.

JESUS

(L.F. Hutchins)
« © '74 House Of Cash, BMI »
[ with June Carter ]
Now you know and I know I'm not the man I used to be any more
And you don't see me hangin' round downtown like you could before
Cause one day down upon my knees I found what I'd never had before
I found Jesus I found my Lord
And now I sing a harmony like I never ever knew the word before

J-e-s-u-s E everlasting love is Jesus
S for soul set free U for you and me S the son of God who died upon the tree

One day a man came up to me said son you've got to change or you won't last
I thought it over what he said saw deep inside the shadow of my past
A still small voice then spoke to me my heart beat like it never had before
And I found Jesus I found my Lord
And now I sing a harmony...

J-e-s-u-s...
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12.

LAY BACK WITH MY WOMAN

(Jack Wesley Routh)
« © '74 Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
Well my saddle's on my horse but I ain't goin' nowhere
Cause my ridin' days are over and there's vultures in the air
Well the trails have been a brother and a devil all in one
I'm gonna lay back with my woman and throw away my fightin' gun
Well I spent many lonely evenin' listenin' to the howl of the wolfe
Talk about a lack of lovin' did you ever kiss a horses' hoof
They keep puttin' up all them fences to section off the country mile
I'm gonna lay back with my woman and take it easy for a while
[ banjo ] Yes there's danger on the prairie there's rattlesnakes that bite
In ev'ry little town you come to there's always a good ol' fight
Well there's nothin' like this at her place I wouldn't say it if I didn't know
I'm gonna lay back with my woman and love her sweet country soul
Well you see her arms are ready and the kitchen's full of food
She's got a smile that's pretty but then it all looks kinda good
Can you blame a guy for thinkin' he'd be crazy to hit the trail
I'm gonna lay back with my woman and put my horses up for sale
I'm gonna lay back with my woman put my horses up for sale
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