lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ALWAYS ALONE

(Ted Daffan)
« © '58 Peer International, BMI »
Always alone alone and blue
I've got no one to tell my troubles to
No one to care to call my own
It seems that I must always be alone

The day you left you broke my heart
I need you so but we're so far apart
You didn't care I should have known
That you would go and leave me all alone
[ guitar ] There is no one to take your place
Each night in dreams I see your smiling face
Then I awake and find you gone
I know that I must always be alone
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2.

COUNTRY BOY

(Johnny Cash)
« © '57 House Of Cash, BMI »
Country boy ain't got no shoes country boy ain't got no blues
Well you work all day while you're wantin' to play
In the sun and the sand with a face that's tan
But at the end of the day when your work is done you ain't got nothin' but fun

Country boy ain't got no ills country boy don't owe no bills
You get a wiggly worm and then you watch him squirm
While you put him on a hook then you drop him in a brook
And of ev'rything's gonna turn out right you're gonna fry fish tonight
Country boy you're lucky free country boy I wish I was you and you was me
[ guitar ] Country boy got work to do country boy in the mornin' dew
You gotta cut the weeds you gotta plant the seeds
There's many a row you know you gotta hoe
But when it's quittin' time and your work is through there's a lot of life in you

Country boy got a shaggy dog country boy up a holler log
Well he comes in a run when you pick up your gun
And with a shell or two and your dog and you
When you get your rabbit you'll skin his hide he's gonna be good fried
Country boy you got lots to lose country boy how I wish I was in your shoes
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3.

GOODNIGHT IRENE

(Huddie Ledbetter - John A. Lomax)
« © '50 Ludlow Music, BMI »
Last Saturday night I got married me and my wife settled down
Now me and my wife are parted gonna take another stroll downtown

Irene goodnight Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene Goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams
[ guitar ] Sometimes I live in the country sometimes I live in town
Sometimes I take a fool notion to jump in the river and drown

Irene goodnight Irene goodnight...

Stop your ramblin' stop your gamblin' stop stayin' out late at night
Go home to your wife and family stay there by the fireside bright

Irene goodnight Irene goodnight...
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4.

WIDE OPEN ROAD

(Johnny Cash)
« © '55 House Of Cash, BMI »
Well you said you had enough you said that you were leavin'
I said shove off honey baby I ain't grievin'
Pack your bags and pull out this evenin' there's a wide open road
On Sunday mornin' you where nowhere about it

And so I searched the town but you had done pulled out
I looked north east and west and then a leadin' south I saw a wide open road
There's a wide open road it's leadin' south from my abode
If you stick around and turn your damper down there's a wide open road
[ guitar ] Well the reason I was lookin' for you all over town
Was to tell you that your kitty cat is still around
And you left your weddin' ring when you went down that wide open road
If you gonna stay away then honey let me know

How to cook hot biscuits how to roll the dough
Ev'rything's gone crazy since I told you to go down the wide open road
There's a wide open road and honey I want you to know
You can look down south or you could turn back home and there's a wide open road
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5.

THANKS A LOT

(Charlie Rich)
« © '58 Hi-Lo Music, BMI »
You're tellin' ev'ryone in town that I don't treat you right
You even say I stay away and don't come home at night
I'm losin' you and you are all I've got
Thanks a lot thanks a lot

It seems you like to hurt me and you know I'm good to you
I'd give you anything I own do anything you want me to
Yeah now you've really got me on the spot
Thanks a lot thanks a lot

Still I would forgive you if you'd let me
I'd be glad if we could try again
But it seems that you're just out to get me
And it looks as if you're just about to win

No matter what you do I always will love you
And you will never know how it hurts to see you go
And for callin' me those things you know I'm not
Thanks a lot thanks a lot
[ guitar - piano ] No matter what you do I always will love you
And you will never know how it hurts to see you go
You say I'm happy but you know I'm not
Thanks a lot thanks a lot thanks a lot
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6.

BIG RIVER

(Johnny Cash)
« © '57 House Of Cash, BMI »
Now I taught the weepin' willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

I met her accidentaly in St Paul Minnesota
And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl southern drawl
Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport
And I followed you Big River when you called
[ guitar ] Then you took me to St Louie later on down the river
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone boy she's gone
I found her trail in Memphis but she just walked up the block
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone

Now won't you bat it down by Baton Rouge River Queen roll it on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans New Orleans
Go on I've had enough dump my blues down in the gulf
She loves you Big River more than me
[ guitar ] Now I taught the weepin' willow how to cry...
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7.

BELSHAZAH

(Johnny Cash)
« © '57 House Of Cash, BMI »
Well the bible tells us about a man who ruled Babylon and all its land
Around the city he built a wall and declared that Babylon would never fall
He had concubines and wives he called his Babylon Paradise
On his throne he drank and ate but for Belshazah it was gettin' late
For he was weighed in the balance and found wanting
His kingdom was divided couldn't stand
He was weighed in the balance and found
Wanting his houses were built upon the sand
[ guitar ] Well the people feasted and drank their wine and praised the false gods of his time
All holy things they scorned and mocked but suddenly all their mocking stopped
For on the wall there appeared a hand nothin' else there was no man
In blood the hand began to write and Belshazah couldn't hide his fright
For he was weighed in the balance and found
Wanting his houses were built upon the sand
[ guitar ] Well no one around could understand what was written by the mystic hand
Belshazah tried but couldn't find a man who could give him peace of mind
But Daniel the prophet a man of God he saw the writing on the wall in blood
Belshazah asked him what it said and Daniel turned to the wall and read
My friend you're weighed in the balance and found wanting
Your kingdom is divided it can't stand
You're weighed in the balance and found
Wanting your houses are built upon the sand
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8.

BORN TO LOSE

(Frankie Brown)
« © '43 Peer International, BMI »
Born to lose I've lived my life in vain
Ev'ry dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose it seems so hard to bear
How I long to always have you near
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
[ guitar ] Born to lose my ev'ry hope is gone
It's so hard to face that empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose and now I'm losing you

There's no use to dream of happiness
All I see is only loneliness
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you
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9.

NEW MEXICO

(Leon Lambson - Johnny Johnson)
« © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
It was in the town of Griffin the year was '83
It was there an ol' cowpUnchar stepped up and said to me
How do you do young fellow and how would you like to go
And spend a pleasant summer out in New Mexico

I'll furnish you good wages your transportation too
If you will but go with me one summer season through
But if you should get homesick and back to Griffin go
Then I'll furnish you no horses from the hills of Mexico

We left the town of Griffin in the merry month of May
When all the world was lovely and ev'rything was gay
With saddles on our horses marchin' onward we did go
Until we reached Obocky out in New Mexico

It was there our pleasures ended and our troubles they began
The first hail storm fell on us those cattle how they run
Through all the thorns and thistles us cowboys had to go
While the Indians watched upon us out in New Mexico

Well when the drive was over the riders would not pay
To all you happy people this much I have to say
Go back to your friends and loved ones tell others not to go
To the God forsaken country they call New Mexico
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10.

I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET

(Stan Kesler - Charlie Feathers)
« © '58 Edward B Marks Music, BMI »
I forgot to remember to forget her
I can't seem to get her off my mind
I thought I'd never miss her but I found out somehow
I think about her almost all the time

The day she went away I made myself a promise
That I'd soon forget we'd ever met
But somethin' sure is wrong cause I'm so blue and lonely
I forgot to remember to forget her
[ piano ] The day she went away I made myself a promise...
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11.

TWO TIMIN' WOMAN

(Johnny Cash)
« © '54 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP »
I woke up this morning in a terrible mood
Now you talk about a woman treatin' a good man rude
She had me talkin' to myself gazin' at that mean ol' wall
She had another daddy waitin' down at the end of the hall

She changed with the weather like the leaves I recall
She blossoms in the spring but then she's gone in the fall
A two timin' woman with a heart of solid stone
She tells me that she loves me but her heart's a little undergrown
[ guitar ] Well she drifts around the country like a steamboat on a foam
She said she'd never leave me but she got the urge to roam
She never changes course she just goes along that same ol' way
Well I hope she keeps a driftin' rolls back home someday

Cause if I ever find her gonna chain her to the floor
And tell her now sit there woman you ain't leavin' no more
I'm gonna tame you mama till you're eatin' from my hand
It ain't that I don't love you honey it's just to make you understand
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12.

STORY OF A BROKEN HEART

(Sam Phillips)
« © '58 Hi-Lo Music, BMI »
Hmm the story of a broken heart

Well the sprinftime is coming and the honeybees are humming
And I just saw a robin flying by
While your wedding bells are ringing my poor heart is singing
The story of a broken heart hmm the story of a broken heart

When the trees start to blooding the mem'ries start to flooding
And my heart takes a trip to yesterday
When we walked neath the moon an our love was in bloom
Now we're two lovers drifted apart hmm the story of a broken heart
[ piano ] Now the wedding invitation forced out to your relation
But you ask me to give the pride away
Although I can't show it I think that you'll know it
A story that's told from my heart hmm the story of a broken heart
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