lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

KNOCK THREE TIMES

(Irwin Levine - Russell L. Brown)
« © '70 Sosaha Music, BMI / Forty West Music, BMI / Irwin Levine Music, BMI »
Hey girl what you're doing down there
Dancing alone every night while I live right above you
I can hear your music playing yeah I can feel your body swaying
One floor below me you don't even know me I love you

Oh my darling knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Oh twice on the pipes if the answer is no
Oh my sweetness (bang bang bang) means you'll meet me in the hallway
Hmm twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

If you look out your window tonight
Pulling the string with the note that's attached to my heart
Count how many times I saw you how in my silence I adore you
And only in my dreams did that wall between us come apart

Oh my darling knock three times...
[ fiddle ] Oh my darling knock three times...
Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show
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2.

COUNTRY PRIDE

(Dale Morris - Jim Sahnger)
« © '70 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Did you ever see the winter skies through cracks in bedroom walls
From a bed you slept on sideways to make room
For three brothers and your sister under blankets thin and small
And you prayed to God make springtime come real soon

In the morning you would hit the floor before the rooster crows
Then you'd feel the flash of cold run through your veins
On the way down to the schoolhouse you would curse the winter snow
Cause you have no boots to stop the freezing pain

Country pride country pride
You may leave there but you carry it inside
There's no man this side of heaven who should ever try to hide
That he made his way in this ole world because of country pride

Mama fixed our lunch the best she could but never had enough
To feed growing kids with hungry in their eyes
But we always seemed to make it even though the times were tuff
We were country folks and we had country pride

Country pride country pride ...
That he made his way in this ole world because of country pride
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3.

HIDE AND SEEK

(Paul Winley - Ethel Byrd)
« © '56 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Come on little baby play hide and go seek with me
Come on little baby play hide and go seek with me
We're gonna play the game the way it oughta be

Now I spy hit him in the eye
I'm gonna guess you sweet as pie
Oh boy oh boy oh boy have me some fun tonight

Go way over yonder and hide behind a big oak tree
Go way over yonder and hide behind a big oak tree
Ain't nobody gonna play this game but you and me

Now 10 20 25 30 35 40 Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Oh boy oh boy oh boy have me some love tonight
[ fiddle - steel ] Now I spy hit him in the eye
I'm gonna guess you sweet as pie
Oh boy oh boy oh boy havein' some fun tonight

Are you ready are you ready are you ready are you ready
Uh here I come
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4.

CONFIDENCE AND COMMON SENCE

(Durwood Haddock)
« © '70 Universal Music, ASCAP »
Well daddy had confidence and common sense
And a woman like Mama to lean against
Nothin' in this world would get'em down

Mama was twenty and daddy was twenty-one
Left the hometown loaded down with nothin' but faith and love
They had a change of clothes and heaven knows
How they made it in dad's ole car
Roadside parks were where they slept and the meals were candybars

Well they got as far as money would go one night
Daddy looked around kinda liked the town and he found a job all right
Oh the pay was small but after all he had to start somewhere
A mouth to feed was on the way yes I would soon be there

No they never dreamed there was a chance that they might fail in life
Oh a cold impersonal world was all they found
But daddy had confidence and common sense
And a woman like mama to lean against
Nothin' in this world would get'em down
[ steel ] They made their home in a house where the rent was low
Yeah it looked pretty bad but they were glad they've found a place to go
No it wasn't too much but for forty a month won't buy you everything
To them it was a castle mom a queen and dad a king

As time went by things were bound to change
So here I am a full grown man and proud of my family name
Cause my folks taught me how to be strong and to see life through
Things are tuff and I'd smart enough to know what I must do

No I've never dreamed there was a chance that I might fail in life
Though a cold impersonal world was all I found
But I've got confidence and common sense
And a woman like mama to lean against
Nothin' in this world's gonna get me down
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5.

HOME IN TENNESSEE

(Conrad Pierce)
« © '70 Milene Music, ASCAP »

Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm

I sit here in my lonely room my guitar and my bed
With pen and paper writing these ole songs
And I can't keep the thoughts of her from entering my head
And how this life I'm livin' seems so wrong

I came and joined the echos of the lonesome city lights
To try to find some comfort for my mind
And here in all this darkness somehow I see the lights
But it's too late to learn to read the signs

And what I'd give to see the wind go blowin' through her hair
And see those lovin' eyes look at me
And to feel that gentle touch that I still need so much
And to share again that home in Tennessee
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm

friend if someday you should get the wonderin' in your bones
Don't answer the call of the wild
There's nothing out there better than your woman back at home
And nothin' holds as well as your own child

And what I'd give to see the wind go blowin' through her hair...
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6.

MENTION MY NAME

(Ron Chancey)
« © '68 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
You are her best friend and I know she trusts you
She'll listen to the things you have to say
Although I wronged her please put in a word for me
She wouldn't even talk to me today

Mention my name if you should see her
Tell her I miss her more every day
Tell her I'm sorry but in case she won't listen
Would you at least mention my name

Since you're her friend you prob'ly think I'm evil
But I love her in my funny kind of way
Now it's too late but I wish I still had her
When you talk please tell her what I had to say

Mention my name if you should see her...
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7.

LONELY BOY

(Paul Anka)
« © '58 Chrysalis Standards, BMI / Spanka Music, BMI »
I'm just a lonely boy lonely and blue
I'm all alone with nothing to do
I've got everything you could think of
But all I want is someone to love

Someone yes someone yes someone to love someone to kiss
Someone to hold at a moment like this
I'd like to hear somebody say
I'll give you my love each night and day
[ steel ] I'm just a lonely boy lonely and blue...

Somebody somebody somebody please send her to me
I'll make her happy just wait and see
I've prayed so hard to the heavens above
That I'm gonna find me someone to love
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8.

I RAN OUT OF TIME

(Dale Morris)
« © '70 Universal Music, ASCAP »
I wanted an education just to finish high school
I didn't want to be like Willy he's an educated fool
And I quit school for the factory where I wanted to be boss
But like school it's complicated and my ambitions were lost

Then I wanted to be a soldier and helped to win the war
But I didn't believe in what we were fighting for
Then I wanted to be married to a fine up-standing girl
But her parents they let me know I didn't fit in their world

Well I just left this party where I had a bad trip
I was just experimenting I was trying to forget
And as I sit here on this bridge Lord it's so dark I feel blind
You know I wanted so many things Lord but I just ran out of time

And as I sit here on this bridge Lord it's so dark I feel blind
You know I wanted I wanted so many things but I just ran out of time
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9.

TREAT HER RIGHT

(Roy Head - Gene Kurtz)
« © '58 Songs Of Universal, BMI / Music Force, BMI »
I wanna tell you a story every man oughta know
If you want a little loving you gotta start real slow
She's gonna love you tonight now well if you just treat her right now

Ah squeeze her little real tight you gotta make you feel good
Tell her that you love her like you know you should
And if you don't treat her right she won't love you tonight now

Hey hey hey hey alright
You too much now oh play it children yeah uh

Well if you practise my maintance just as hard as you can
You gonna get the reputation of the loving man now
And you'll be glad day and night that you'll treat her right now

One more time hey hey hey hey alright
Uh yeah you too much now hey
Hey hey hey hey alright uh alright baby
Oh play it children
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10.

BEST I EVER HAD

(Ron Chancey - Dale Morris)
« © '70 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I thought that I'd known true love in my lifetime
But thoughts of other loves are gone and you're on my mind
No matter where I look it's you I always see
Cause the best I ever had was the love you gave to me

Yes the best I ever had was the love you gave to me
A love so warm I can't forget now you've set me free
If you would only come back I'd get down on bended knees
Cause the best I ever had was the love you gave to me

I look down in my drink and I see your face
We played the game of love but I lost my place
Now all that's left for me are these haunting memories
Cause the best I ever had was the love you gave to me

Yes the best I ever had was the love you gave to me...
Yes the best I ever had was the love you gave to me
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