lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BROKEN DOWN IN TINY PIECES

(John Adrian)
« © '76 Pick-A-Hit Music, BMI »
Broken down in tiny pieces love ain't really all that much
Just a song you used to whisper or a smile I try to touch
Broken down in tiny pieces love ain't hardly worth the time
Just a nickel that I borrowed for a dream that cost a dime

Take me back to where I started you can help me mend
Here I am in tiny pieces please put me back together again

Broken down in tiny pieces love's a special kind of thing
Like a snawball in December you remember in the spring
And you were all that I remember of the things I tried to find
In between the broken pieces you keep running through my mind

Can't you see I'll always love you it will never end
Here I am in tiny pieces please put me back together again
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2.

DON JUAN

(Laying Martine)
« © '75 Ahab Music, BMI »
Well I was dancin' with my baby on a Saturday night
In a border town down in Texas
Yeah the records were spinnin' everybody was grinnin'
And you know the music was infectious
Well when we got to our seats I went for somethin' to eat
And when I came back my eyes stopped dead
Some guy was throwin' a line to that baby of mine and a this is a what I said

Don Juan Don Juan hey get your hands off my woman
But now I understand that you're a ladies man
But I'll pretend you didn't know I was comin'
A Don Juan Don Juan whoa you picked the wrong senorita
She belongs to me and when I count to three you better be gone a Don Juan
[ guitar ] Well he started to rise and there was blood in his eyes
And he yelled to the crowd he's gonna get me
But when my right hit his jaw you know he fell to the floor
A just as he was tryin' to deck me
And when he get to his feet he stumbled out on the street
And somebody shouted ole yi
He turned and shook his fist said you'll be sorry for this
And a once again I had to say

Don Juan Don Juan hey get your hands off my woman
Yeah I understand that you're a ladies man
But what you got from me you know you had comin'
Don Juan Don Juan whoa you picked the wrong senorita
She belongs to me and when I count to three you better be gone Don Juan
What do you mean you thought she was my sister
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3.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

(Jane Crouch - Joan Hager)
« © '76 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
People in love like we're in love don't always get along
Little quarrels raise their ugly heads and make everything seem wrong
We sit in silence all evenin' with hurt in both our hearts
We go to bed without a goodnight kiss and a thousand miles apart

But in the middle of the night familiar feelin's start to rise
And I forget all about the fight as I reach to hold you tight
In the middle of the night love is oh so right again
My world comes alive again in the middle of the night
[ steel ] Livin' together's not easy day in and day out
Sometimes we end up fightin' and we don't know what it's about
When things cool down I lie awake on my side of the bed
I tell myself comin' mornin' I'll be gone somehow instead

But in the middle of the night familiar feelin's start to rise...
In the middle of the night familiar feelin's start to rise...
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4.

TEAR FELL

(Eugene Randolph - Dorian Burton)
« © '76 Unichappell Music, BMI / Clyde Otis Music, BMI »
A fool am I a fool am I in love

A tear fell when I saw you in the arms of someone new
A tear fell when you left me all alone and feeling blue
A tear fell when you told me that your love was not for me
I didn't miss the teardrops but I missed you constantly

A fool am I a fool am I in love

The teardrops that you stepped on as you danced across the floor
Were crushed like my poor heart was when you walked out of the door
A tear fell when you told me that the flame in your heart died
Darlin' have I lost you like these teardrops from my eyes

A fool am I a fool am I in love

A tear fell when you told me that the flame in your heart died
Darling have I lost you like these teardrops from my eyes

A fool am I a fool am I in love
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5.

FOOTPRINTS ON THE WINDSHIELD UPSIDE DOWN

(O.B. McClinton - Bill Carlisle)
« © '76 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
Honey I'm gettin' worried about your drivin'
You must really be stylin' and profilin'
I get in the car after you've been a ridin' round
Find footprints on the windshield upside down

Now honey I had a driver education too
And I think I can drive girl as well as you
I can go forward backup and I can turn around
And never leave footprints on the windshield upside down

A footprints on the windshield upside down
But girl how in the world did you ever make it through town
A drivin' like that don't make no sense you could have a real bad accident
And leave footprints on the windshield upside down
[ fiddle - guitar ] (How you been makin' those footprints)

Honey there's one more thing I wanna say
A girl if you keep on a drivin' that way
Some good citizen's gonna get testy and you're gonna wind up bein' arrested
Leavin' footprints on the windshield upside down

A footprints on the windshield upside down
But girl how in the world did you ever make it through town
A drivin' like that don't make no sense you could have a real bad accident
And leave footprints on the windshield upside down

Look at you girl you done gone and made a real big mess
Look at all them people print on that glass
You're in a whole heap o'trouble woman get outta that car
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6.

SHAKE IT EASY

(Ron Chancey - Dale Morris - Billy C. Craddock)
« © '76 Pick A Hit Music, BMI »
My papa had a joint on the side of the road
This cute little southern belle was shiftin' her load
She had a real gone body like an hourglass
You should'd seen the way she was a showin' her class

I said shake it easy a baby you might break that thing
I said shake it easy well if you broke it it would sure be a shame
Shake it easy a honey you shake it so well
Well if you don't take it easy you'll wind up like the Liberty Bell
[ guitar ] Aw shake it um all right yeah

There's a form with a crack in the Liberty Bell
After 200 years well it still rings well
If you keep shakin' that thing like you're doin' tonight
My little southern belle ain't gonna ring just right

I said a shake it easy a baby you might break that thing...
Shake it now shake it easy a baby you might break that thing...
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7.

THERE'S MORE TO HER THAN MEETS THE EYE

(Rory Bourke - Gene Dobbins - Johnny Wilson)
« © '76 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
Well in a beauty pageant I doubt if she would win
They couldn't see the beauty she has beneath her skin
And I'm so glad that she's been over looked by all you guys
There's more to her than meets the eye
There's so much more than meets the eye

She's not the kind of woman that you would notice twice
You may think she's never warm and always cold as ice
I'll bet that you don't know that she's a lover in disguise
There's more to her than meets the eye
There's so much more than meets the eye

She dresses plain and simple in a waitress uniform
Just someone who comes around and keeps your coffee warm
She always keeps her hair pinned up whenever you're around
And you should know the feelin' when it comes tumblin' down

She don't show much promise so you don't even try
You're lookin' for a show thing so you just pass her by
You think she doesn't have the things to make you wanna fly
There's more to her than meets the eye
There's so much more than meets the eye

There's more to her than meets the eye
There's so much more than meets the eye
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8.

WATER'S TOO ROUGH TONIGHT

(Johnny Irwin - Tony Moon)
« © '76 Harpeth Music, ASCAP »
Remember the day when you loved me like you should
But it seems here lately that your heart's made outta wood
I try to please ya but nothin' I do seems right
I wanna row row row your boat but the water's too rough tonight

There's somethin' you could give that sure would ease my pain
A just last night you called me by some other fool's name
We oughta be lovin' instead of havin' ten round fights
I wanna row row row your boat but the water's too rough tonight

Well now only you can save me I'm slowly sinkin' daily
I gotta hold to somethin' tight
You keep my love from growin' when you don't do no rowin'
So let me row your boat tonight
[ guitar - steel - fiddle ] Well a only you can save me I'm slowly sinkin' daily...

You keep a turnin' me off when I'm tryin' to turn you on
All the right moves just seem to be movin' you wrong
You keep pullin' up my anchor when land starts comin' in sight
I wanna row row row your boat but the water's too rough tonight
I wanna row row row your boat but the water's too rough tonight
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9.

TWO PRETTY WORDS THAT DO NOT RHYME

(John Adrian)
« © '76 Pick A Hit Music, BMI »
Look at us love solid gold turn to rust love
Marble columns turned to dust love
Two clocks tickin' out of time
Two pretty words that do not rhyme

Look at me love not the man you thought I'd be love
Now you want to set me free love
Sweet grapes sour on the vine
Two pretty words that do not rhyme

No one's right no one's wrong
We just never learned to sing each other's song
We must have pledged our love beneath a misbegotten moon
Makin' pretty promises we both forgot too soon

Look at you love your love's been tryin' but not too true love
I guess that means that we are through love
Two thirsty people out of wine
Two pretty words that do not rhyme
Two pretty words that do not rhyme
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10.

JUST A LITTLE THING

(Lying Martine)
« © '76 Ray Stevens Music, BMI »
Gotta a little somethin' for you in my pocket
Don't light up like a bulb in a socket
It's just a little thing babe whoa just a little thing hon
A little diamond ring cause you're everything to me

Ah sit down close your eyes say please
Ready or not open up I'm down on my knees
Cause it's just a little thing babe uh just a little thing hon
And if you want it too well it belongs to you tonight

Aw let's get it
[ sax - guitar ] It's just a little thing babe a little tiny thing hon
I know it's just a little thing babe but it's a pretty little thing
And if you want it too well it belongs to you tonight
Let's get it

Ah tell me what you're thinkin' honey what's on your mind
Tell me baby are you happy honey are you satisfied
You know it's just a little thing babe a little tiny thing hon
But if you want it too well it belongs to you tonight

Aw it's just a little thing babe aw it's just a little thing hon
Aw it's just a little thing aw it's just a little thing
Aw it's just a little thing aw it's just a little thing
Aw it's just a little thing aw it's just a little thing
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11.

WHY'D THE LAST TIME HAVE TO BE THE BEST

(Red Williams)
« © '76 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
As I lay here by my woman I know I'm where I belong again
When I think of you beside me I just see his ring on your hand

We used common sense to work it out
We quit before the word got out
We hurt each other instead of hurtin' all the rest
Why'd the last time have to be the best
Why'd the last time have to be the time
The time we made our poem rhyme
You were perfect no more no less
Lord why'd the last time have to be the best

Today I passed our old meeting place
It's not hidden like we used to think it was
We were just blinded by passion runnin' with a burning love

We used common sense to work it out...
Why'd the last time have to be the time...
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