THE WILD SIDE OF TOWN
(Tower DT-5137)
February/1969
Produced by Jack Clement
Recorded: Aug/1968, Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
WILD SIDE OF TOWN
(Dick Curless - Manny Hobbs)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm back in the wild side of town
Cross the tracks where the losers hang around
I'm back holding down same old stool
Putting dimes in the jukebox like a fool
Two bit bars and honky tonk women are a part of me
Try to fancin' myself livin' way up town drinking Scotch and Hennessee
So bartender come and hear my tale
And I'll tell ye how a loser gets to fail
And pour those two across the way around
Yeah I'm back in the wild side of town
I'm back in the wild side of town
Cross the tracks where the losers hang around
No use for you to say I told you so
To find out for myself I had to go
Two bit bars and honky tonk women...
Yeah I'm back in the wild side of town
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2.
BLUE IS A BEAUTIFUL COLOR
(Hank Cochran)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Blue is a beautiful color except when it's on your mind
Love is a lovely word till it's used on somebody new
Blue is a beautiful color and I wore it since I lost you
[ steel ]
Blue is a beautiful color except when it's on your mind
Hope is a hopeless word unless you're that somebody new
Blue is a beautiful color and I wore it since I lost you
And I wore it since I lost you
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3.
GOOD YEAR FOR THE WINE
(Fred Burch - Tandy Rice)
« © '68 Sublime Music, BMI »
Some people say I drink because you left me
And they say that wine won't drown your memory
The reason that I drink is not to try to ease my mind
I just heard this was a good year for the wine
It doesn't bother me now that you're gone
And I haven't thought about you in so long
And I'm not in this honky tonk cause you're no longer mine
I just heard this was a good year for the wine
[ piano ]
It's not the neon lights that lured me to this tavern
All the lonely souls you're running to inside
And it's not the thought of you that keeps me stumbling all the time
I just heard this was a good year for the wine
I just heard this was a good year for the wine
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4.
OVER THE EDGE
(Hank Cochran)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
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5.
DOWN ON THE CORNER AT A BAR CALLED KELLY'S
(Johnny Paycheck - Aubrey Mayhew - Michael McGivern)
« © '68 Dream City Music, BMI »
I used to work all week in a factory nine to four
I used to give my old woman all of my money
But I wouldn't give her the time a day anymore
Cause I got tired and I'm comin' home tired
And always findin' her gone
So now you can find me down on the corner
At a bar called Kelly's Gettin' Stoned
I got tired of eatin' supper that was cold and made the day before
I get tired of wadin' through last week's junk on the floor
And when I did find her home I find her layin' in bed
A wantin' to fuss and hollerin' loud enough to wake the dead
So I left her screamin' bout a week ago and found me a brand new home
Now you can always find me down on the corner
At a bar called Kelly's Gettin' Stoned
[ steel ]
I got tired of eatin' supper...
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6.
EASY WOMAN
(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '68 Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Easy woman how your love hurts me but I can't change the way I feel
Just because I know what you are easy woman I'm a fool for lovin' you
Everybody talks about you and they say that you're no good
I know everybody knows you easy woman and it hurts because they do
Midnight walker of city sidewalks everybody knows your love is free
You don't care how the town talks easy woman your love's killin' me
Easy woman are you heartless don't you care that I love you
The same desire that binds me to you someday may destroy you easy woman
[ steel ]
Midnight walker of city sidewalks...
Easy woman are you heartless...
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7.
NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU ARE DOWN AND OUT
(Jimmie Cox)
« © '23 Universal MCA Music, ASCAP »
Once lived the life of a millionaire
Spending my money and I didn't care
Taking all my friends out for a mighty good time
Buying high price liquors champagne and wine
But when I began fall so low no more friends no place to go
Why ever I get my hands on a dollar bill again
I'm gonna hold on to it till the eagle grins
Nobody knows you when you're down and out
In your pocket not one penny and your friends haven't any
If I ever get upon my feet again
Everybody wants to be my long lost friend
It's mighty strange beyond a doubt
There nobody knows you when you're down and out
[ ac.guitar ]
If I ever get upon my feet again...
I mean when you're down and out
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8.
THINGS
(Bobby Darin)
« © '63 Alley Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Every night I sit here by my window staring at the lonely avenue
Watching lovers holding hands and laughing
Well I'm a thinking bout things we used to do
(Thinkin' bout things) yeah like a walk in the park
(Things) like a kiss in the dark
(Things) like a sailboat ride what about the night we cried
Things like a lover's vow things that we don't do now
Thinking bout the things we used to do
Memories are all I have to cling to
Heartaches are the friends I'm talking to
I'm not thinking just about how much I love you
I'm just thinking about the things we used to do
(Thinking bout things) yeah like a walk in the park...
I can still hear the jukebox softly playing
Every face I see belongs to you
Though there's not a single sound there's nobody else around
I'm just thinking about the things we used to do
(Thinkin' bout things) yeah like a walk in the park...
Staring at the lonely avenue
Heartaches are the friends I'm talking to
Well I'm thinking bout the things we used to do
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9.
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT MY ANGEL'S HALO FELL
(Don Wright)
« © '66 Vanjo Music, BMI »
Tonight you're with him and I can tell
Tonight's the night my angel's halo fell
Yesterday evening I was so cruel the words I said made you cry
In anger I accused you of being no angel although I knew it was a lie
For me there can be no tomorrow after tonight memory
Because tonight you're with him and I know too well
Tonight's the night my angel's halo fell
You descended from heaven tonight and surrendered to the shame
Thinking of me while he held you tight so really I'm the one to blame
For me there can be no tomorrow...
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10.
MAYBE I'LL CRY OVER YOU
(Elton Britt)
« © '54 Southern Music, ASCAP »
Maybe I'll cry the day you'll say we're parting
But darling you'll never know
And maybe I'll weep each night I should be sleeping
And maybe my heart will break in two
But each time that I see you I'm gonna wear a great big smile
But when I'm alone tears may fall
But my pride will hide a broken heart inside me
And if I if I'll ever cry you'll never know
[ steel ]
But each time that I see you...
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