lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ELVIRA

(Dallas Frazier) « © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well tonight I'm gonna meet her at hungry house cafe
And I'm gonna give her all the lovin' I can
She's gonna jump and holler cause I saved up two dollars
And we gonna search and find that preacher man

Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire for Elvira

She's got eyes that look like heaven and lips like a cherry wine
And sure nuff how to make a real poor boy feel fine
Yes she's gonna jump and holler cause I saved up two dollars
We gonna search and find that preacher man

Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire for Elvira

She said gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow
Gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow hi yo silver away
[ piano - guitar ] Well tonight I'm gonna meet her at hungry house cafe...

Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire for Elvira
Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire for Elvira

Gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow
Gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow hi yo silver away
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2.

(NOW AND THEN THERE'S A) FOOL SUCH AS I

(Bill Trader) « © '52 MCA Music, ASCAP »
Pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye
Don't be angry with me should I cry
I'm a fool but I'll love you dear until the day I die
Now and then there's a fool such as I

Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love and now you say that we are through
I'm a fool but I'll love you dear until the day I die
Now and then there's a fool such as I
[ guitar ] Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you...
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3.

LEAVING LOUISIANA IN THE BROAD DAYLIGHT

(Rodney Crowell - Donivan Cowart) « © '77 Happy Sack Music, ASCAP / Drunk Monkey Music, ASCAP »
Lord Mary took to running with a travelin' man
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
Such a sad case so broken hearted
She say momma I got to go I gotta get outta here
I gotta get out of town I'm tired of hanging around
I gotta roll on between the ditches
It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go
Around and around nobody knows but the highway goes on forever
That ol' highway rolls on forever

Lord she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a travelin' man
If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances
She say daughter let me tell you bout the travelin' kind
Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time
He'll be long gone before you know it
He'll be long gone before you know it

She say never ever have I known it when it felt so good
Never ever have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
[ guitar ] This is down in the swampland anything goes
It's alligator bait and the bars don't close
It's the real thing down in Louisianna
Did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad
When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
It gets real hot down in Louisiana
And the stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
It ain't no time for lenthy speeches
Ain't no time for lenthy speeches

She say never ever have I known it when it felt so good...
She say never ever have I known it when it felt so good...

It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go
Round and round nobody knows
But the highwaay goes on forever
There ain't no way to stop the water
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4.

VOILA AN AMERICAN DREAM

(Rodney Crowell) « © '78 Tessa Publishing, BMI »
I beg your pardon momma what did you say
My mind was drifting on a Martinque day
It's not that I'm not interested you see
Augusta Georgia is just no place to be

I think Jamaica in the moonlight
Sandy beaches drinking rum every night
We've got no money momma but we can go
We'll split the difference go to Coconut grove

Keep on talking momma I can hear
Your voice it tickles down inside of my ear
I feel a tropical vacation this year
Might be the answer to this Hillbilly beer

I think Jamaica in the moonlight...

Voila an American dream
We can travel girl without any means
When it's as easy as closing your eyes
And dream Jamaica is a big neon sign
[ guitar ] Just keep on talking momma I like the sound
It goes so good with that rain pouring down
I feel a tropical vacation this year
Might be the answer to this Hillbilly beer

I think Jamaica in the moonlight...
Voila an American dream...
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5.

I AIN'T LIVING LONG LIKE THIS

(Rodney Crowell) « © '76 Happy Sack Music, ASCAP »
I looked for trouble and I found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
I'd try to run but I don't think I can
You make one move and you're a dead man friend

I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
Then left me freezing on a steelrail truck
I got 'em all in the jailhouse
I ain't they baby I ain't living long like this

Grew up in Houston off of wayside drive
Son of a carhop in some old night dive
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember was a drunk man's breath

I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
We know the story how the wheel goes round
Don't let 'em take you to the man downtown
Can't sleep at all in the jailhouse baby
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
[ guitar ] I live for angel she's a roadhouse queen
Make Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but you don't know how
I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now

I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
You know the story bout the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it but just don't get caught
Got 'em all in the jailhouse baby
I ain't living long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
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6.

BABY BETTER START TURNIN' 'EM DOWN

(Rodney Crowell) « © '78 Happy Sack Music, ASCAP »
In this modern world we're livin' in the rules ain't like they've ever been
Sparkin' of spreading it thin that's what you do flashing your soul
That ain't no way to treat your lover it ain't no way to act with feelings
Baby we better start turnin' 'em down
It's a brave new wave we're roarin' in
Hanging out out on the rock and roll fringe
Speaking of running around all over town lettin' it show
That ain't no way to treat your lover it ain't no way to act in public
Baby better start turnin' 'em down

Sure is clear ain't nothin' easy anymore
Sure gets cloudy when I look in all directions
Sure is rainin' like this feeling in my heart
Sure is crazy how you're acting
[ guitar ] In this latest craze or current trend burnin' money every way that you can
Speakin' of goin' for broke that's how it is and lettin' it show
That ain't no way to treat your lover ain't no way to act with strangers
Baby better start turnin' 'em down
I said baby better start turnin' 'em
Baby better start turnin' 'em
Baby better start turnin' 'em down
[ harmonica ] **********

7.

SONG FOR THE LIFE

(Rodney Crowell) « © '76 Tessa Publishing, BMI »
I don't drink as much as I ought to
Lately that just ain't my style
The hard times don't hurt like they used to
They pass quicker like when I was wild

Somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the sun going down
In the magic that morning is bringing
There's a song for the life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground
[ guitar - dobro ] The mid summer days ain't so heavy
They just flow like a breeze through your mind
And nothing appears in a hurry
To make up for some old lost times

And somehow I've learned how to listen...
Somehow I've learned how to listen...
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8.

I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME

(Lee Emerson) « © '56 Golden West Melodies, BMI »
You said goodbye to me this morning
With only those words to explain
You said you've found someone you love better
Lord I still hear your voice call my name

I thought I heard you calling my name
Lord it's funny how I still feel this way
Your voice seemed so close but I knew
That by now you were many miles away
[ guitar - fiddle ] I walk through the streets of your city
People passing by think it's so strange
I'm talking but there's no one beside me
Lord I still hear you calling my name

I thought I heard you calling my name...
Yes by now you were many miles away
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9.

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE (A WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON)

(Rodney Crowell) « © '78 Happy Sack Music, ASCAP »
There was a California earthquake in the year of '83
It shook the living daylights out of the Owens County Seat
There weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away
Just a rumble in the distance all the way to San Andrea

Sherman Buck was driving his old mule into town
When a big one came and shook so hard that it knocked him to the ground
Lord there opened up a hole so big he thought his time was up
Lord it swallowed up that poor old mule and it just missed Sherman Buck

California earthquake you just don't know what you've done
We may fall off in the ocean Lord you'll never make us run
You're a partner of the devil Lord we ain't afraid of him
We'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again
[ dobro ] Then came the quake of '99 that levelled Mission Creek
The earth was like an ocean churning with waves of twenty feet
Lord it sounded like a thousand trains were screaming underground
Clean across to San Joachim they heard that mournful sound

California earthquake you just don't know what you've done...

Then came one day the holocaust Lord on rocks of Franciso Bay
Miles of walls came down like old Jericho that day
Might near everything the earthquake missed a holy fire consumed
Just left 'em smoke and the ashes of the dreams that can't be ruined

California earthquake you just don't know what you've done...
Lord we'll build ourselves another town you can tear it down again
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