lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU

(Floyd Tillman) « © '58 Peer International, BMI »
If the world keeps on turning as I'm sure it's bound to do
Then I'll keep on loving you
If the dawn comes tomorrow and we know that it is true
Then I'll keep on loving you

What the thing changes sky to fall
The dawn wouldn't come the world wouldn't stall
I wouldn't care as long as you're near it wouldn't matter to me at all
If the stars stay in heaven and the moon stay in the blue
Then I'll keep on loving you
[ guitar ] If I ever should lose you then I know just what I'll do
I'll just keep on loving you
You are heaven to me dear my every dream come true
And I'll keep on loving you

Life is sweet when you're near I couldn't do without you dear
I love you so I want you to know I think of you wherever I go
I will always be faithful and I'm sure that you'll be too
And I'll keep on loving you
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2.

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU

(Scott Wiseman) « © '45 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Have I told you lately that I love you
Could I tell you once again somehow
Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you
Well darling I'm telling you now

This heart would break in two if you refuse me
I'm no good without you anyhow
Dear have I told you lately that I love you
Well darling I'm telling you now
[ guitar ] Have I told you lately how I miss you
When the stars are shining in the sky
Have I told how all the nights are long when you're not with me
Well darling I'm telling you now

This heart would break in two if you refuse me...
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3.

I OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID (WHILE SEARCHING FOR A ROSE)

(Carl Story - Shirl Lyn - Carl Smith) « © '50 Peer International, BMI »
The orchid is a flower that blooms so tenderly
To thrill the fairest lady of the land
If placed beside a blushing rose the rose would not compare
But how was such as I to understand

I overlooked an orchid while searching for a rose
The orchid that I overlooked was you
The rose that I was searching for has proved to be untrue
The orchid now I find my dear was you
[ guitar ] The rose has lost its color but the orchid is the same
And I'm alone to face these lonely years
I didn't see the orchid I was searching for a rose
And now I pay the price with bitter tears

I overlooked an orchid while searching for a rose...
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4.

I WONDER IF YOU FEEL THE WAY I DO

(Bob Wills) « © '50 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Eight weeks ago the night we parted it's so hard to realize we're through
When we kissed you said you'll always love me now I wonder if you feel the way I do

It's just strange to stand the sweetest love dear that two people ever knew
You told me that I need not worry that forever you'd be true
[ guitar ] I can't forget our days together even though we know they're very few
I love you then and will forever now I wonder if you feel the way I do

It makes no difference where I wander no matter what I say or do
I'll always think of you my darling and I wonder if you feel the way I do
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5.

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 and mansions so fine
And I cannot offer you the clothes that your young body craves
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow you'll save
[ guitar ] When you are lonely and tired of another man's gold
When you are weary 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

While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you are broking so free
But to this old world I will soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me
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6.

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW

(Floyd Tillman - Jimmie Davis) « © '39 Peer International, BMI »
Makes no difference now what kind of life they hand me
I'll get along without you now that's plain to see
I don't care what happens next for I'll get by somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now

It was just a year ago when I first met you
I learned to love you and I thought you'd love me too
There was something had to happen and it happened somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now
[ guitar ] Now that we have really parted I can't believe we're through
I don't blame myself and I'm sure I can't blame you
There was something had to happen and it happened somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now

After all it's said and done I'll soon forget you
Although I know that it will be so hard to do
Let things happen as they will and I'll get by somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now
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7.

OKLAHOMA HILLS

(Woody Guthrie - Jack Guthrie) « © '45 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Many months have come and gone since I wandered from my home
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born
Many a page of life has turned many a lesson I have learned
Well I feel like in those hills I still belong

Way down yonder in the Indian nation ride my pony on reservation
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born
Now way down yonder in the Indian nation a cowboy's life is my occupation
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born
[ guitar ] But as I sit here today many miles I am away
From a place I rode my pony through the drove
Why the old black jack could freeze kiss the cowboy prairie breeze
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born

Way down yonder in the Indian nation...
[ guitar ] Now as I turn life a page to the land of a great old stage
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born
While the Blackbony River flows and the snow white cotton grows
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born

Now way down yonder in the Indian nation...
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8.

BROKEN ENGAGEMENT

(Wayne P. Walker - Max Powell - Mary C. Rhodes) « © '53 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
They were standing by a window as the night winds kissed her cheek
And he'd waited long in silence waited long for her to speak
Till at last she murmured sadly as she raised her tearful life
With a look so full of anguish that had filled him with surprice

I have promised you my darling so that I may tell you all
Hear those vows by angels driften are forever past recall
For they say you love another that you never did love me
If those cruel words are through dear I'll forever set you free
[ guitar ] Yes it's true he answered hostly through by yonder stars above
To decieve I nearly tended when I told you of my love
Fare thee well he added gently as he sees her outstretched hands
Covered in with burning kissed whispering God will understand

God in mercy sent an angel to relive her from all care
For he knew the way what sorrow was far more than she could bear
She was taken home to heaven to the mansions of the bless
Where the sad heart knows no aching and the weary are at rest
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9.

LET'S LIVE A LITTLE (BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE)

(Ruth E. Coletharp) « © '51 Peer International, BMI »
Take your little lips and kiss me take your little arms and squeeze me
Let's live a little before we say goodbye
I'll draw my money out of the bank I'll buy you roses and pretty things
Let's live a little before we say goodbye

You'll wear a yellow ribbon in your wavy hair
I'll wear the suit you like and a big bowtie
We'll pretend we're happy though we know it's a lie
So let's live a little before we say goodbye
[ guitar ] You'll be my queen of beauty I'll be proud of you my cuty
Let's live a little before we say goodbye
Someday our hair will turn grey and we will dream of yesterday
Let's live a little before we say goodbye

The band will be playing a waltz just for two
And I will be saying darling I love you
We'll pretend we're happy though we know it's a lie
So let's live a little before we say goodbye
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10.

I'M JUST HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL

(Karl Davis - Harty Taylor) « © '34 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
I'm not in your town to stay said a lady old and gray
To the warden of a penitentiary
I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Yes warden I'm just here to get my baby out of jail

I've tried to raise my baby right I have prayed both day and night
That he'd never follow footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide and I had feared that he had died
And at ast I'd find my baby here in jail
Yes warden but it's good to find my baby here in jail
[ guitar ] I will pawn you my watch I will pawn you my chain
I will pawn you my diamond ring
I will wash all your clothes I will scrub all your floors
If that will get my baby out of jail
Yes warden you know I want my darling out of jail

Then we heard the warden say to this lady old and gray
I will bring your baby boy to your side
Two iron gates swung wide apart she held her darlin' to her heart
She kissed her baby boy then she died
But smiling in the arms of her dear boy there she died
In the arms of her dear boy there she died
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11.

SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK

(James W. Blake - Charles E. Lawlor) « © '20 Edward B Marks Music, BMI »
Down in front of Casey's on an old brown wooden stool
On a summer's evening we formed a merry group
Boys and girls together we would sing and waltz
While Tony played the organ on the sidewalks of New York

East side West side all around the town
The tots sang ring-a-rosie London bridge is falling down
Boys and girls together me and Mamie O'Rourke
Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York
[ guitar ] That's where Johnny Casey and little Jimmy Crow
With Jakey Crouse the baker who always had the dough
Pretty Nellie Shannon with a do as light as corn
First picked up the waltz step on the sidewalks of New York

East side West side all around the town...
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12.

GREAT SPECKLED BIRD

(Roy Carter - Guy Smith) « © '36 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
What a beautiful thought I am thinking concerning the great speckled bird
Remember her name is recorded on the pages of pure shining gold

All the other birds flock around her she is so despised by the squad
But the great speckled bird in the Bible represents the great church of God

She is spreading her wings for a journey that she's going to meet by and by
When the trumpet shall sound in the morning she will rise and go up in the sky
[ guitar ] Oh I'm glad I have learned of her meekness oh I'm glad that my name's on the book
For I want to be one never fearing on the face of my Saviour to look

When he comes a descending from heaven on the cloud as he write in his word
I'll be joyfully carried to meet him on the wings of the great speckled bird
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