AS LONG AS THE WINDS BLOW
(United Artists UAS-6490)
April/1966
Produced by Bob Montgomery
Jerry Kennedy - guitar/dobro
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar/banjo
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Charlie McCoy - harmonica/vibes
Vocal accompaniment by The Anita Kerr Singers
Recorded:
1965-1966 in Nashville
1.
AS LONG AS THE WINDS BLOW
(Curly Putman)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
No one can ever hold the wind
So don't waste your time holding on to me
Just let me love then I'll be gone again
For there's one thing little girl you must see
As long as the winds blow as long as the rivers flow
As long as the train whistles scream
As long as the wild goose flies as long as the flood tides rise
There's just no way of holding me
Mister this chain gang can never hold
A man with such a wandering restless soul
Just turn your back and that's the last time you'll see
This old wandering boy from Tennessee
As long as the winds blow...
Mama it's so good to be back home
And it's not right for you and papa to be alone
But listen was that the late evening train
Well I could have sworn I heard it call my name
As long as the winds blow...
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2.
LOVE ME TILL THEN
(Fred Carter)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I leave in the morning on that northern bound train
The time may be long till I see you again
I'll be returning but I can't say when
So hold me and love me till then
Till then I will miss you every hour of overey day
So promise you'll be true while I'm away
When it's all over I'll come home again
So hold me and love me till then
I'll do as I'm ordered I'll shoot the poor man down
Yes I'll fire the rifle but I don't like the sound
Then when it's over I'll thumb home again
So hold me and love me till then
Till then I will miss you every hour of overey day...
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3.
PASSIN' THROUGH
(Bobby Bare)
« © '64 Central Songs, BMI »
The first sound I heard was a woman's cry
The first word I learned to say was goodbye
So forgive me if I'm wrong in what I do to you
Like the cold north wind I'm just a passin' through
Happiness for me has not been found
Cause yet I still search from town to town
No offence but I don't think I'll find it here with you
Goodbye babe I'm just a passin' through
Passin' through your life like a raging river
No woman needs or can hold the love I give her
Please understand that I can't control the things I do
While passin' through just passin' through
What was that did you say you thought you loved me
That's too bad girl cause if you really do
You'll just awaken with the dawn and find that love has gone
With the cold north wind that was passin' through
Passin' through your life like a raging river...
Like the cold north wind I'm just a passin' through
Like the cold north wind I'm just a passin' through
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4.
DON'T TELL MY LITTLE GIRL
(Kris Kristofferson - Eddie White)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
A stranger laid dyin' I could tell he'd been cryin'
On the ground where he laid the whole night long
At first I thought he was prayin' but then I heard him sayin'
Please don't tell my little girl why daddy's gone
I thought when I left her I could make her life better
And I never meant to stay away so long
But the wine and the women just kept my head a swimmin'
And the bars became my home away from home
You say I promised when I left her I'd be coming home again
When spring had come to melt away the snow
And I know she still waits for me to come and take her little hand
And go to places that we used to go
So won't you please send my daughter these little things I bought her
And tell her that I won't be gone too long
If you've got time for a letter tell her I won't forget her
Just don't tell my little girl why daddy's gone
You say I promised when I left her...
So won't you please send my daughter...
Just don't tell my little girl why daddy's gone
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5.
FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE
(Bobby Bare - Charlie Williams)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
(Won't you kiss me one more time for old time's sake)
Hold me close and kiss me once again
Let's remember all the things that might have been
You can lie to me and watch my poor heart break
So won't you kiss me one more time for old time's sake
If you let me build my dreams around you just once more
Then I'll let you tear them down just like you did before
You once taught me all the ways a heart can break
So won't you kiss me one more time for old time's sake
Have you forgotten all the ways you made me cry
Well I be you could remember if you try
Then you'll be surprised how much a heart can take
So won't you show me one more time for old time's sake
If you let me build my dreams...
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6.
BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS
(Liz Anderson)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Here I am I'm waiting at your feet again
Hoping that a crumb of love might fall
Wishing you'd give all your love to me but then
Beggars can't be choosers after all
Hand me down your hand-me-downs I don't care
Old left-over kisses I'm not proud
I'll take any love you think you can spare
Beggars can't be choosers anyhow
Why can't our love be the way it used to be
That would take a miracle I guess
Maybe you've forgotten darling this is me
Begging one more chance for happiness
Hand me down your hand-me-downs I don't care...
Beggars can't be choosers anyhow
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7.
GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
(Curly Putman)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(It's so good to touch the green green grass of home)
The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
And down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Yes they'll all come to meet me arms areaching smiling sweetly
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me at the grey walls that surround me
And I realize that I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's that sad old padre arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
Again I'll touch the green green grass of home
Yes they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me neath the green green grass of home
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8.
JOHNNIE LOSE IT ALL
(B. Hughey - B. Smith)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I always wanted to go to Radio City
And see my name on a big marquee in lights
My friends all thought me clever and so witty
But they don't see the way I spend my nights
I get to thinkin' bout the many hearts I've broken
I'd like to run when old mem'ries start to call
I've gained fame in the eyes of many people
But really I'm a Johnnie Lose It All
Oh well the crowd keeps howlin' and I keep bawlin'
Then the curtain starts to fall
Oh but here where I stand is a lonely empty man
I'm an idol but I'm a Johnnie Lose It All
I left my home down in Cullman
I left my Mary my mom and dear old dad
When I left I didn't try to pull them
And I laughed even though they looked so sad
But I see as I return it wasn't worth it
Mary's married mom and dad passed on last fall
And though everyone is out there to meet me
I'm a lost one a Johnnie Lose It All
Oh well the crowd keeps howlin'...
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9.
DEEPENING SNOW
(Harlan Howard)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's snowing out there in the gloaming I've sat here and watched it all night
The kids will be thrilled when they awaken and look at the fields deep and white
But the snow makes me think of my darling for she hated the snow and the cold
Now she lies in a grave back in Knoxville with a headstone that's just one year old
Oh please make the winter go quick Lord so the flowers around her can grow
For I can't stand the thought of my darling lying there in the deepening snow
Little Nancy climbs up on my knee now saying daddy just what causes snow
And I tell of the wonderful father who cares for us all here below
Then I hold her so close and I kiss her and she kissing back doesn't know
That my kiss is meant for her mother lying there in the deepening snow
Oh please make the winter go quick Lord...
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10.
ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS ON THE LEFT
(Jack Clement)
« © '65 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
There once was a musical troop a pickin' singin' folk group
They sang the mountain ballads and the folk songs of our land
They were long on musical ability folks thought they would go far
But political incompatibility led to their downfall
Well the one on the right was on the left
And the one on the middle was on the right
And the one on the left was in the middle
And the guy in the rear was a baptist
This musical aggregation toured the entire nation
Singing traditinal ballads and the folk songs of our land
They performed with great virtuosity and soon they were the rage
But political animosity prevailed upon the stage
Well the one on the right was on the left
And the one in the middle was on the right
And the one on the left was in the middle
And the guy in the rear burned his driver's licence
The curtain had ascended a hush fell on the crowd
As thousand there were gathered to hear the folk songs of our land
But they took their politics seriously and that night at the concert hall
As the audience watched deliriously they had a free for all
Well the one on the right was on the bottom
And the one in the middle was on the top
And the one on the left got a broken arm
And the guy in the rear said oh dear
Now this should be a lesson if you plan to start a folk group
Don't go mixing politics with the folk songs of our land
Just work on harmony and diction play your banjo well
And if you have politicial convictions keep 'em to yourself
Now the one on the left works in the bank
And the one in the middle drives a truck
The one on the right's an all night DJ
And the guy in the rear got drafted
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11.
HABIT I CAN'T BREAK
(Hillous Butrum - Kelso Herston)
« © '66 Be-Are Music, BMI »
(Please forgive me it's a habit I can't break)
Should I pass your window every night just to be near you
Please forgive me it's a habit I can't break
And should you hear me call your name when dawn comes breaking through
Please forgive me it's a habit I can't break
I turn to someone with the hope that I could love anew
But how could I love someone else when the torch still burns for you
Should I reach out to touch you when you're with someone new
Please forgive me it's a habit I can't break
[ guitar ]
I turn to someone with the hope...
Please forgive me it's a habit I can't break
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12.
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN'
(Lee Hazlewood)
« © '66 Criterion Music, ASCAP »
You keep saying you got something for me
Something you call love but confess
You've been messin' where you shouldn't been a messin'
And now someone else is gettin' all your best
These boots are made for walkin' and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
You keep lying when you oughta be true then
And you keep loosing when you ought enough bad
You keep samin' when you oughta be changin'
Now what's right is right but you ain't been right yet
These boots are made for walkin'...
You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing
And you keep thinking that you'll never get burned
I've just found me a brand new box of matches
And what she knows you ain't that time to learn
These boots are made for walkin'...
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