ROY CLARK
EVERLOVIN' SOUL
(Dot DLP-25972)
December/1969
Produced by Joe Allison
Recorded:
Sept/1969, Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet
1.
THEN SHE'S A LOVER
(Bobby Russell)
« © '69 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
She comes in about six o'clock trippin' over toys and pickin' up socks
And you think her day had been a ton of trouble
She's been doing important things with tarding stamps and turnip greens
And have I noticed how the price of soap has doubled
She's as normal as she can be she never misses Jeapardy
And I think that she'd elope with Dick VanDyke
And when the kids have all been fed and when I lay me down to bed
She gives me my time of the night
Then she's a lover she comes to my side
Right around midnight after her day's been so confused
That's why I love her and that's why I do right
And if there's a reason God gave me a feelin' baby it's you
She hates tangerines she loves the rain volunteers me for everything
And the bank has never been right in her life
She thinks my Uncle Bill's a sap she's taught me words like over draft
The only number she remembers is her shoe size
She had words with a guy next door and almost started a neighborhood war
Cause he said something smart to our son Bob
And therefore I had to invite him in and apologize and convince him
That she really didn't mean he was a big fat slob
She's as normal as she can be...
Then she's a lover she comes to my side...
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2.
UNCHAINED MELODY
(Hy Zaret - Alex North)
« © '55 Frank Music, ASCAP »
Oh my love my darling I've hungered for your touch
Alone lonely time
Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much
Are you still mine
I need your love I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely riverside wait for me wait for me
I'll be coming home wait for me
Oh my love my darling...
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3.
ME AND BOBBY McGEE
(Kris Kristofferson - Fred Foster)
« © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
Busted flat in Baton Rouge headed for the trains
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
Took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my ol' har'poon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues
With the windshield whipers slappin' time
And Bobby clappin' hands we finally
Sang up ever song that driver knew
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standing right beside me Lord through everything I done
And every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let her slip away
Looking for the home I hope she'll find
I'd trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holding her body close to mine
Freedom's just another word...
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4.
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
(Ronald Miller - Orlando Murden)
« © '65 Stone Diamond Music, BMI / Jobete Music, ASCAP »
For once in my life I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once unafraid I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I'll be strong
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of long before I knew
Someone warm like you would make my dreams come true
For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me not like it hurt me before
For once I have something I know won't desert me I'm not alone anymore
For once I can say this is mine you can't take it
As long as I know I have love I can make it
For once in my life I have someone who needs me
For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me...
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5.
ALL THE WAY
(Sammy Cahn - James VanHeusen)
« © '57 Maraville Music, ASCAP »
When somebody loves you it's no good unless she loves you all the way
Happy to be near you when you need someone to cheer you come what may
Taller than the tallest tree is that's how it's got to be
And deeper than the deep blue sea is that's how deep it goes if it's real
When somebody needs you it's not good unless she needs you all the way
Through the good or lean years and through all the end between years come what may
Who knows where the love will lead us only a fool would say
But if you let me love you it's for sure I'm gonna love you all the way all the way
All the way come what may
Who knows where the love will lead us only a fool would say
But if you let me love you it's for sure I'm gonna love you all the way all the way
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6.
LAST LETTER
(Rex Griffin)
« © '39 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that has made you so different and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds or mansions so fine
I cannot offer you all the clothes that your young body crave
But if you'll say that forever you will be mine
Just think of the heartaches all the tears and the sorrow you'll save
When you are weary and tired of another one's gold
When you are lonely remember this letter my own
Don't try to answer though I've suffered anguish untold
If you don't love me I wish you would leave me alone
As I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you are breaking so free
But soon I'll bid my farewell to this old world and you at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me
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7.
RIGHT OR LEFT AT OAK STREET
(Charlie Williams - Joe Nixon)
« © '69 ATV Songs, BMI »
The alarm rang at seven this morning the same time it did yesterday
Seven thirty's my breakfast time and know what the wife's gonna say
The Crawfords next door got a new swimming pool and the Miller's got a color TV
Mr Wilson's job's not as good as yours but his wife dresses better than me
I get to the school at eight-o-five and drop off the kids at the gate
Then I drive past the clock outside the bank it's exactly quarter past eight
When I reach the stop sign at Oak Street the same thing crosses my mind
Should I turn right like I always have or left and leave it behind
Right or left at Oak Street that's the choice I face every day
And I don't know which takes more courage staying or running away
A left turn would take me to somewhere leave alarm clock and shedules behind
And the world wouldn't care if I'm not somewhere at some particular time
Where a man can do if he wants to do and no one expects him to give
All of this time to the same old routine in the one life that he has to live
I'm not sure which way is the best way but I've always turned right before
And it might be strange at the end of the day if they weren't there at the door
A man must make his dicisions but he must consider the stakes
For every man's life is a gamble it depends on the turn that he takes
Right or left at Oak Street...
Right or left at Oak Street...
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8.
TODAY
(Randy Sparks)
« © '64 New Christy Music, BMI »
Today while the blossoms still cling to the wine
I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
And I forget all the joy that is mine today
I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I'll feast at your table and I'll lie in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring
Today while the blossoms still cling to the wine...
I can't be contended with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing
Today while the blossoms still cling to the wine...
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9.
MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
(Dick Manning - Larry Scott)
« © '69 WB Music, ASCAP »
There was a girl there was a boy
If they have met they might have found a world of joy
But she lived on the morning side of the mountain
And he lived and the twilight side of the hill
They never met they never kissed
And they have never known what happiness they missed
For she lives on the morning side of the mountain
And he lives and the twilight side of the hill
For love's a rose that never grows without a kiss mof a morning dew
And every Jack must have a Jude to know the thrill of a dream that comes true
And you and I are just like they
For all we know our love is just a kiss away
But you are on the morning side of the mountain
And I am on the twilight side of the hill
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10.
I NEED TO BE NEEDED
(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)
« © '69 House Of Bryant, BMI »
They say you're too possessed of me
With love like this who wants to be free
I need to be needed I need to be needed
So baby it's all right with me
They say you're full of jealousy too
That I can't make a move without you
I need to be needed I need to be needed
So baby it's all right with me
Foot loose people seem to have a lot of fun
But foot loose people cry a lot when the party's done
I need to be needed I need to be needed
So baby it's all right with me
So baby it's all right with me
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11.
YOU DON'T HAVE VERY FAR TO GO
(Merle Haggard - Red Simpson)
« © '64 Owen Publications, BMI »
If you're trying to break my heart you don't have very far to go
You always find the way to hurt my pride
If I'm not crying you're not satisfied
You can't love me and still want to hurt me so
If you're trying to break my heart you don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go before the heartaches begin
Cause I already feel the sadness of a heartbreak setting in
You're turning down the flame of love too low
If you're trying to break my heart you don't have very far to go
If you're trying to break my heart you don't have very far to go
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12.
SAY AMEN
(Charles Zeigler - Coy Zeigler)
« © '69 ATV Songs, BMI »
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