lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HOUSE OF MEMORIES

(Merle Haggard)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My house of mem'ries is all I own
I live in mis'ry now that you're gone
A constant reminder of what used to be
Is torturing me in my house of mem'ries

My house is a prison where mem'ries surround me
There's no place to hide where your mem'ry won't find me
For my house of mem'ries is all I own
And I'm all alone in my house of mem'ries

My house is a prison where mem'ries surround me...
My house of mem'ries
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2.

STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

(Bob Morris)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Just like a fool I followed you downtown
You said that you were goin' shoppin' around
You headed for the first bar that you came along
And you walked in just like you were at home

And I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
And it's so dark inside that I can't see
I can hear you laughing over all the others now and then
Standing on the outside lookin' in
[ steel ] Oh I know that I should turn and run away
But my heart keeps tellin' me that I should stay
Our friends all say that you're forgettin' me
Oh but how can I believe what I can't see

And I'm standing on the outside lookin' in...
Standing on the outside lookin' in
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3.

TRY AND LEAVE ME

(Dick Curless)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I know you've been thinkin' bout leavin' me behind
How do I know how how can I tell ha-ha-ha-ha I know that little mind
You get all upset over those little things like do I love ye
And are you still just mine
Well go ahead leave today go right now
Just go away and try and leave me behind

I know you won't go no further than the porch
Cause when you look back at me you'll plainly see
This great big ole torch I'm carryin' for you
And you know I have Hon all the time
Well go ahead leave today go right now
Just go away and try and leave me behind

I know you won't go no further than the porch...
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4.

GAME OF LOVE AND POKER

(Dick Curless)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Did you know that fallin' in live is just like poker
You start with the deal and hope you're not the joker
You get a pretty little hand and each shows a heart
Then comes a diamond and a flush at the start

You risk everthing you own by just sittin' in
But you're not alone when the queen and you begin
To play the game of love depends on who you hold
And if you don't feel right you better pass or fold

If you lay all your cards on the table
And you stay straight you both will soon be able
To have a full house and if that's not your aim
Then be happy as a pair and just play the game
[ dobro ] You risk ev'rything you own by just sittin' in...
Yeah be happy as a pair and just play the game
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5.

I DIDN'T KNOW LOVE WAS THIS WAY

(Dick Curless)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Darlin' you are the one you're the one in my heart
And there'll never be another
If you could only see what's been happennin' to me
Well you'd wonder
How I can walk around off the ground
With all my senses reelin'
Oh what a treat for me to meet you
And tell you of this happy feelin'

It's like Christmas in the middle of July
It's like ice cream and home made apple pie
It's like birthdays and all the nicest things
Like a wedding with a golden set of rings
Each time that we kiss I can feel my heart miss
And it scares me
Didn't know love was this way didn't find out till today
That you'd marry me
[ guitar ] It's like Christmas in the middle of July...
Didn't know love was this way didn't find out till today
That you'd marry me
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6.

ALL OF ME BELONGS TO YOU

(Merle Haggard)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
All of me belongs to you all the time
You're the only one that's ever on my mind
There's no way that I would ever be untrue
There's not one single part of me that don't miss you through and through
Cause all of me belongs to you

Eyes are worthless cause you're not here to see
Lips are so forgotten cause you forgotten me
My arms ache from reaching out to you the way they do
There's not one single part of me that don't miss you through and through
Cause all of me belongs to you

Fingers claw the darkness in my dreams
Searching for the love I lost but can't redeem
I'm yours and I can't give my heart to someone new
And there's not one single part of me taht my heart don't include
Cause all of me belongs to you
Yes all of me belongs to you
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7.

MY SIDE OF THE NIGHT

(Dick Curless)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You have heard many times bout the wrong side of life
Of drinkin' and gamblin' and a new love ev'ry night
Of dancin' romancin' in all those pretty lights
But it's just to ease the loneliness on my side of the night

Now there's a pretty girl see her whirl her eyes twinklin' bright
She looks so very happy in her new dress of white
Though she looks so fine I know it's wine that makes her feel so light
Oh it's just to ease the loneliness on my side of the night
[ dobro ] Oh there's money made on hearts that paid from a love that was untrue
But do they enjoy their fortune from people feeling blue
Oh I guess you know we need a place to go whether we are wrong or right
Oh there's ev'ry kind but we don't mind on my side of the night
Yes there's ev'ry kind but we don't mind on my side of the night
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8.

MEMORIES AND OLD PICTURE AND A RING

(Dick Curless)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm far away from my homeland out across the sea
A place they call Vietnam in a fight for liberty
My only hope that I may return is strength in God in prayer
It's the one and only precious thing that'll bring me safe back there

I had to leave my darlin' wife who soon a child would bring
But all she has to help her now
Are old mem'ries an old picture and a ring

Memories of our love so fine will ease the pain somehow
Of all our hopes and little dreams and all those little vows
For better or for worse we said those words so right so true
We'll stick together till the end we can do it me and you

The picture that I have of you oh sweet thoughts it does bring
Although it's soiled and wrinkled now
I still have those mem'ries and old picture and a ring

The golden ring is on my hand it has been since that day
I wear it dear with faith and pride and that I'm proud to say
For you're the only one I love and our baby when he's there
I long to see his big blue eyes and his mommie's wavin' hair

Tell him daddy's gone away when he does return he'll bring
Something nice and sweet for him
Beside old mem'ries an old picture and a ring
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9.

GOOD JOB HUNTIN' AND FISHIN'

(Dan Fulkerson)
« © '66 Aroostock Music, BMI »
I'm gonna write the unemployment bureau
Down at the White House first thing early in the mornin'
And what I say in this letter of mine is gonna take 'em without any warnin'
Well I'm just the kinda guy I know for which they've been a wishin'
I'm ready to go back to work if they'll find me a good job huntin' and fishin'

Oh there won't be any unemployment ever anymore
I've got the plan the government has been a searchin' for
I got a million men that are rarein' to go in fact they're all a wishin'
That the government will put 'em to work at a good job huntin' and fishin'
[ guitar ] When the unemployment bureau down at the White House get's this letter of mine
They're gonna know that this ole boy has turned out real fine
Well I'm just the kinda guy I know for which they've been a wishin'
I'll do any kind of work at all as long as it's huntin' and fishin'

Oh there won't be any unemployment ever anymore...
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10.

BARON

(Dick Curless - Manny Hobbs)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
High in the sky of war torn France in the year of seventeen
There flew a brave young baron in a crimson flyin' machine
His cunning flight and flashing guns brought many to the ground
Twas the will of all the cockade boys to shoot the baron down

He flew a fokker triplane the terror of the skies
And hiding in the morning sun he took 'em by surprise
The stads and the camel tried to bring him down in flames
But many met their death in tryin' to play the baron's game

The hunter and the hunted was the game he liked to play
He knew some day he'd meet his match he knew some day he'd pay
Vicker sights on the Maltese cross someday would have to fall
The hunter becomes the hunted and destiny to call

One April morn o'er cappy town the Baron seeked his prey
He hunted down a camel t'was flown by Willie May
Then diving down from nowhere there came young Roy Brown
He fired a burst so straight and true and brought the Baron down

And now the Baron's fallen no more he roams the sky
But like his wish he met his fate the hunter not to die
So written in the annals of men born to fly
The baron died a hero's death in the battle of the sky

High in the sky of war torn France in the year of seventeen
There flew a brave young baron in a crimson flyin' machine
His cunning flight and flashing guns brought many to the ground
Twas the will of all the cockade boys to shoot the baron down
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