lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BOTTOM OF A MOUNTAIN

(Don McKinnon)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I was born in West Virginia where the land is black with coal
For a man to feed his family it takes twelve hours a day
A diggin' in a big black hole

Way down in the bottom of a mountain
Way down in the bottom of a hole
Way down in the bottom of a mountain
I'm diggin' and a shovelin' and a loadin' out the dirty black coal

Some men give their wives jewelry some men give their wives gold
But all I can give to my sweet woman
Are the few dollars I make from diggin' out the dirty black coal

Way down in the bottom...

I draw script for most of my money I never see a lot of that
I work all week and go to church on Sunday
Well the preacher gonna get what's left when they pass the hat

Way down in the bottom...
I'm diggin' and a shovelin' and a loadin' out the dirty black coal
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2.

YOU BEAT ALL I EVER SAW

(Johnny Cash)
« © '67 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I walked though ev'ry town saw fortunes lost and found
And when your trail failed I walked holes in both my soles
But I don't expect you back you're somewhere makin' tracks
I crossed your burning bridges and walked through miles of sand
Met the lawless and the law but you beat all I ever saw
[ trumpets ] I dreamed a million miles about your eyes and smiles
I tried to love the best and to turn from all the rest
But I'd scan the skies for you and I only saw your hue
They threw away your mold you were made of frozen gold
And your heart would never thaw you beat all I ever saw
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3.

PUT THE SUGAR TO BED

(Johnny Cash - Maybelle Carter)
« © '66 House Of Cash, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Out upon a shrimp boat I just dropped the net
When the wind she come to blowin' worse than bad oughta get
I look south east and golly me what I see
A black thundercloud with them fuzzy eyebrows
Come a lookin' direct towards Boudleaux and me
I turned to Boudleaux and me I said
Put the sugar to bed put the sugar to bed
Lock up the coffee and the coffee pot
Put the flour in your pillow cause it's all we got
Hang the lantern from the ceiling and watch your head
Ho Boudleaux put the sugar to bed Boudleaux O O O put the sugar to bed
[ guitar ] Well the sky she get dark and then she turn dark black
I yell she gonna blow one right out of the Almanac
A big raindrop smacked me right on the ear
And I hollered hey Boudleaux but the way the wind blow
He just as soon be deaf there wadn't no how to hear
I try to call to Boudleaux but slid instead
Then me and Boudleaux put the sugar to bed
[ trumpet - guitar ] Well the ends of that shrimpin' boat was switchin' around
She turned sideways and inners and outers and upside down
The water come in tryin' to drown the both of us
The closet pop open and the skillet went a flyin'
And me I hid my head and kinda cuss
But most all I proud when she calmed that I said
Put the sugar to bed put the sugar to bed
Ain't nothin' dry but my railroad
Watch the salt got soggy but we still can botch
We build a fire for the coffee and we chicory fed
Cause me and Boudleaux put the sugar to bed
Me and Boudleaux put the sugar to bed
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4.

BLUES FOR TWO

(Luther Perkins)
« © '60 House Of Cash, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

5.

GIRL FROM SASKATOON

(Johnny Cash - Johnny Horton)
« © '60 House Of Cash, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
I left a little town a little south of Hudson Bay
I couldn't find a thing to make a rounder want to stay
I fought the wind across the barren waste and the crystal dunes
Goin' for to marry the girl in Saskatoon

I'm glad I realized that no one could take her place
My heart was beatin' for her like the winter beat my face
But knowin' that I'd see her made my spirit bright as June
I'm freezin' but I'm burnin' for the girl in Saskatoon

South and west and followin' the cold December sun
I bedded down in the caragana when my daily trek was done
Then up and pressin' onward by the light of the mornin' moon
A prodigal returnin' to the girl in Saskatoon

Then I found a trail that had packed beneath the snow
I made the final miles where the prairie lilies grow
A steeple on a church glistened by the prairie moon
I'm freezin' but I'm burnin' for the girl in Saskatoon

But my journey was forgotten when I held her in my arms
My wonderlust was stifled by possession of her charms
And kneelin' neath the steeple where we couldn't wait till June
I found eternal spring with the girl in Saskatoon
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6.

TIME AND TIME AGAIN

(Johnny Cash - Maybelle Carter)
« © '68 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I wish my heart was stone cause you're hard on flesh and bone
But even if my heart was stone I couldn't stand it long
Cause time and time again you're gone with the wind
And even when you're here I know you're makin' plans to go
You come back and I take you back but you're like the shiftin' sand
And like the sand you shift right through my hands
Time and time again I gotcha time and time again
[ sax - guitar - piano ] You come back and I take you back but you like the shiftin' sand
And like the sand you shift right through my hands
Time and time again I lose you time and time again
I wanna be your man so I give in all I can
And when I give in all I can I give up time and time again
You take hold of my hand and I look at where I stand
And I say this is my last stand time and time again
You come back and I take you back but you like the shiftin' sand
And like the sand you shift right through my hands
Time and time again I gotcha time and time again
Time and time again I lose you time and time again
Time and time again I gotxha time and time again
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7.

JERI AND NINA'S MELODY

(Luther Perkins - Marshall Grant)
« © '60 House Of Cash, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
[ instrumental ] **********

8.

HONKY TONK GIRL

(Hank Thompson - Chuck Hardin)
« © '59 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Don't be fooled by big blue eyes
By a smile or a golden curl
Cause she'll love you now and then break ev'ry vow
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl

Breakin' hearts to her is just the way of havin' fun
She thinks ev'ry man's a fool and you're another one
She knows all the arts of love she'll give your heart a twirl
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
[ fiddle ] never change her way though you give her all the world
She's had more than one or two and each day there's someone new
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl

Breaking hearts to her...
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9.

LOCOMOTIVE MAN

(Johnny Cash)
« © '60 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I got a gal in Dallas I wave at when I go through
I got a gal in Tulsa that I toot my whistle to say how do
I got 'em all over the land I'm a locomotive man

Left my heart in Omaha Omaha and I never did quite get it back
I got a Sue in Sioux City waitin' by the railroad track
Keeps her money in a 'tater sack
I got 'em all over the land I'm a Locomotive man

Well I left a little switch engine bout forty miles south of Banger Maine
Couldn't keep the wheels a turnin' shouldn't try to pull my train
I got 'em all over the land I'm a Locomotive man

Well I had a gal in Jackson and it sure broke my heart to turn her loose
When I checked my time and moved on she's hooked on my caboose
I got 'em all over the land I'm a locomotive man
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10.

BANDANA

(Johnny Cash)
« © '59 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
[ instrumental ] **********

11.

SECOND HONEYMOON

(Autry Inman)
« © '59 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I walked up to the desk and asked the man about the room
I asked about the bridal suite I told him I'm the groom
Then I took the elevator to the floor I was assigned
I fumbled with the key the way I did that other time
Inside I thought of all the things that started in this room
But I'm alone on our second honeymoon

I hear the happy people laughing in the street below
But the lonliness I feel tonight I hope you never know
The life that was a happy song has ended much too soon
I'm alone on our second honeymoon
[ guitar ] I look around the room and see you standing ev'rywhere
The fregrance from your bridal flowers seem to fill the air
The blushin' bride that gave me such a free and eager kiss
Two lovin' arms around me as you offered wedded bliss
We said that we'd return to live it over in this room
But I'm alone on our second honeymoon
(Alone on our second honeymoon)
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12.

I'LL REMEMBER YOU

(Johnny Cash)
« © '59 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I'll remember you

Come to me sweetheart and let me hold you
One minute more will help me through the loneliness that's due
Give me another kiss that I can dream on
Then you'll know that where I go I'll remember you

Hold my hand and tell me that you love me
Look at me the same ol' way as only you can do
And when you're out of reach my heart will know what to turn to
When you remember me remember I'll remember you
I'll remember you I'll remember you
Honey how could I forget when I love you I'll remember you
[ piano + guitar ] No you don't have to worry I'll remember you I'll remember you
Honey how could I forget when I love you I'll remember you
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13.

WABASH BLUES

(Fred Meinken - Dave Ringle)
« © '50 Feist Catalog, ASCAP / Dave Ringle Music, ASCAP »
[ instrumental ] **********

14.

LORENA

(Charlie Williams)
« © '59 Central Songs, BMI »
The years creep slowly by Lorena snow is on the grass again
The sun is sinkin' low Lorena frost is where the flowers have been

The music's sad and low Lorena happy sounds have left the day
The banjos softly play Lorena where once they rang so loud and gay

I hardly feel the cold Lorena I pray this darkness soon will pass
We'll sing those songs again Lorena you'll be in my arms at last
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15.

ROLL CALL

(Billy Joe Carnahan)
« © '67 House Of Cash, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
To Annabel in Memphis it was just another day
But her sweetheart and his buddies died ten thousand miles away
[ trumpet ] A captain sadly walked the muddy bloody battlefield
The smoke had cleared away and it was terrible and still
In his pocket was a roster of the fallen fighting men
And the captain had his orders so the roll call begin
Atkins Baker Carter Calahan Clement Jones Johnson Moran
McCoy Perkins Rivers and Revere Stafford Thomas Wilson why can’t any of you hear
[ trumpet ] The roll call was completed but no sign of life was there
Not one man had answered not one accounted for
He turned around and he walked away and looked up to the sky
When he heard his own voice echo and the answer from on high
Atkins (here) Baker (here) Carter (here) Calahan (here)
Clement (here) Jones (here) Johnson (here) Moran (here)
McCoy (here) Perkins (here) Rivers (here) and Revere (here)
Stafford (here) Thomas (here) Wilson (yes sir we're all here)
We are present sir and all accounted for
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