REFLECTIONS
(Everest 1229)
1965
Produced by W.S. Stevenson & Owen Bradley
Grady Martin, Hank Garland - lead guitar
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Jimmy Day - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Floyd Cramer - piano
Bill Pursell - organ
Vocals:
Millie Kirkham
The Jordanaires (Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker)
Recorded:
Apr 22/1956, Music City Recording, Nashville (6,11)
Dec 13/1957, Bradley Film& Recording Studio, Nashville (4,9)
Feb 13/958, Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville (10)
Jan 8-9/1959, Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville (1,2,3,7,8)
Jul 3/1959, Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville (5,12)
1.
I'M MOVING ALONG
(Johnny Starr)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(Just moving moving along just moving moving along)
Well I'm chasin' the blues right out of my mind
I'm leavin' my cares and worries behind
Cause I'm on my way I'm leavin' town doday
(Just moving moving along)
My lonesome ole heart is broken in two
I'll be walkin' the floor ever night over you
But our love is all gone I'm moving along I'm a leavin' town doday
I got no love no cares no heartaches I'm leavin' them all behind
Like the sun and the moon and the stars above we're gonna be one of a kind
Well I'm moving along I gotta be free I'll find a new love wherever I'll be
But my old love is all gone I'm moving on I'm a leavin' town doday
(I got no love no cares no heartaches I'm leavin' them all behind)
Like the sun and the moon and the stars above we're gonna be one of a kind
Well I'm moving along I gotta be free I'll find a new love wherever I'll be
But my old love is all gone I'm moving on I'm a leavin' town doday
I'm leavin' this town doday
(Just moving moving along just moving moving along)
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2.
GOTTA LOT OF RHYTHM IN MY SOUL
(W.S. Stevenson - Barbara Vaughn)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Come on dad get with the jive let's let 'em know that we're alive
Until the break of dawn we'll yell for more more more
Gonna live it up and tear it down get in the groove and paint the town
Gotta lotta rhythm in my soul
Well now baby baby let's go tonight together you and me
Baby baby when you hold me tight oh-whee what'cha do to me
The big black hands on the clock tell me that it's time to rock
Gotta lotta rhythm in my soul
[ guitar ]
Big back beat with the crazy bop when the lights are low and the music's hot
Dance from two to three and then to half past four
When that sun peeps over the hill I won't stop I'll be rockin still
Gotta lotta rhythm in my soul
Well now baby baby let's go tonight...
[ guitar ]
Well now baby baby let's go tonight...
Gotta lotta rhythm in my soul
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3.
YES I UNDERSTAND
(W.S. Stevenson - Clyde C. Beam - Charles L. Jiles)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Yes I understand that I'm to set you free
Yes I understand you love her more than me
I understand she won your heart stoled your love drew us apart
I understand and so I'll let you go
I tried my best to do the things I thought would please you dear
I never dreamed the time would come when you would not be here
Yes I understand what I'm supposed to do
Find me someone else to take the place of you
And if I live a hundred years I'll find some way to hide these tears
I understand and so I'll let you go
(I tried my best to do the things I thought would please you dear)
I never dreamed the time would come when you would not be here
Yes I understand what I'm supposed to do...
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4.
IF I COULD SEE THE WORLD (THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD)
(Sammy Masters - Richard Pope - Tex Satterwhite)
« © '57 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
If I could see the world through the eyes of a child
What a wonderful world this would be
There'd be no trouble and no strife just a big happy life
With a bluebird in every tree
I could see right no wrong I could see good no bad
I could see all the good things in life I've never had
If I could see the world through the eyes of a child
What a wonderful world this would be
[ guitar ]
If I could see the world through the eyes of a child
Smiling faces would greet me all the while
Like a lovely work of art it would warm my weary heart
Just to see through the eyes of a child
I could see right no wrong...
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5.
JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
(Traditional)
« © '49 Bridge Building Music, BMI »
(Just a closer walk with Thee)
I am weak but Thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong
I'll be satisfied as long as I walk let me walk close to Thee
Just a closer walk with Thee grant it Jesus is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee let it be dear Lord let it be
When my feeble life is o'er time for me will be no more
Guide me gently safely o'er to Thy kingdom shores to Thy shores
Just a closer walk with Thee...
(Just a closer walk with Thee)
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6.
DEAR GOD
(Virgil F. Stewart)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I go to church on a Sunday
The vows that I make I break them on Monday
The rest of the week I do as I please
Then come Sunday morning I pray on my knees
Dear God I know I'm not worthy
But I need you so please won't you hurry
And help me turn back from the path I have trod
You'll never be sorry dear God
[ steel ]
Each day we read in the paper
Of the carryin's on of some of our neighbors
We're sinnin' and lyin' and forgetting the faith
Then we have the nerve to ask is it to late
Dear God I know I'm not worthy...
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7.
I'M BLUE AGAIN
(W.S. Stevenson - Clyde C. Beam - Charles L. Jiles)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm blue again my friends all said I'd be
I'm blue again because you're leavin' me
This heart of mine so well remembers you
Although I've lost your love to someone new
The nights are long so long my darling hear me
I pray that dawn will come and somehow you'll be near me
I'm blue again my heart is filled with tears
I'm blue again as I think of weasted years
(The nights are long so long my darling hear me)
I pray that dawn will come and somehow you'll be near me
I'm blue again my heart is filled with tears
I'm blue again as I think of weasted years
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8.
LOVE ME LOVE ME HONEY DO
(W.S. Stevenson - Clyde C. Beam - Charles L. Jiles)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
My love is deeper than the world's deepest sea
My love is stronger than the mightiest tree
My love is real my love is true
Darlin' you know that's the love I have for you
Well love me love me honey do you know I'll always be true
Love me honey squeeze me tight hug me honey with all of your might
Love me love me honey do
Your love is warmer than a bright shiny day
It makes me tingle and I like it that way
Your love is sweet sweet as can be
Darlin' please say that your love is all for me
Well love me love me honey do...
My love is deeper than the world's deepest sea
My love is stronger than the mightiest tree
Your love is sweet sweet as can be
Darlin' please say that your love is all for me
Well love me love me honey do...
Love me love me honey do love me love me honey do
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9.
STOP THE WORLD (AND LET ME OFF)
(Carl Belew - W.S. Stevenson)
« © '57 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Oh stop the world and let me off I'm tired of goin' round and round
I have played the game of love and lost so stop the world and let me off
My heart is shattered can't you see cause you no longer care for me
But someday I'm sure you'll see loving you did best to me
My dream world tumbled to the ground the one I love has let me down
I've lost the wonder of his kiss how could he leave me here like this
So stop the world and let me off...
[ guitar ]
Lock all this burning up inside I know his love for me has died
I lost the wonder of his kiss how could he leave me here like this
So stop the world and let me off...
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10.
I CAN SEE AN ANGEL WALKING
(Kay Adelman)
« © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I can see an angel walking someone else's by her side
I can hear an angel talking and he looks so satisfied
I can see an angel smiling by his side I'll never be
In my heart I go on crying only tears are left for me
Time will change many things new seasons will come and go
But I will never change all my life I'll love him so
I can see an angel laughing he's the one that I adore
I will always keep on hiding all my life forever more
(Time will change many things new seasons will come and go
But I will never change) all my life I'll love him so
I can see an angel laughing he's the one that I adore
I will always keep on hidin' all my life forever more
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11.
HE WILL DO FOR YOU
(Virgil F. Stewart - Chas Hitt)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Once my soul was in sin and my heart was in shame
I didn't know Jesus not even his name
Then I heard a voice say won't you come unto me
And he will do for you what he's done for me
Give him a chance and let him prove it his love is best of all
Give him a chance and let him show you he'll answer when you call
His love is the sweetest his promise is free
For he will do for you what he's done for me
[ fiddle - steel ]
Give him a chance and let him prove it...
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12.
LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN
(M.E. Abbey - Charles Tillman - J.R. Baxter)
« © '57 Bridge Building Music, BMI »
Life is like a mountain railroad with an engineer that's brave
We must make the run successful from the cradle to the grave
Watch the curves the hills the tunnels never falter never fail
Keep your hand upon the throttle and your eye upon the rail
Blessed Savior Thou wilt guide us till we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us in God's praise forevermore
Blessed Savior Thou wilt guide us...
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