lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ANOTHER BRIDGE TO BURN

(Harlan Howard)
« © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've had to burn most every bridge I've crossed
It seems that everything I've loved I've lost
When I found you I thought my luck had turned
Our love's just another bridge to burn

I'll soon light the match and move on
I've already lingered much too long
I'm so hurt and you're so unconcerned
Our love's just another bridge to burn
[ fiddle ] Sometimes one must love enough for two
That's how it's been with me and you
I'll see your face no matter where I turn
Our love's just another bridge to burn

I'll soon light the match and move on...
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2.

IS GOODBYE THAT EASY TO SAY

(Marijohn Wilkin - Benny Joy)
« © '64 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
It hurts me so to see you go my darling
But I can see you don't really want to stay
Can you pretend that we've never known each other
Is goodbye that easy to say

Will you still feel the same way tomorrow
Or will you regret walking away
Can you leave without feeling any sorrow
Is goodbye that easy to say

Am I losing you forever
Is this the end of everything
Will you look back will you be sorry
Will you miss the love you threw away
How can you break the heart that really loves you
Is goodbye that easy to say
[ fiddle ] How can you break the heart that really loves you
Is goodbye that easy to say
Is goodbye that easy to say
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3.

WATCHING THE FIRE GO DOWN

(Harlan Howard)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Our love didn't end in a hurry
It's just kinda wasted away
I felt your warm kiss turned cold as the mist
Then I woke up alone one day

I'm watching the fire go down
Just watched that old bottle go down
Just like those last days when you were around
I'm watching the fire go down
[ fiddle - steel ] Was there another I wonder
I fought for your heart but in vain
For it wasn't enough I still lost your love
Now the ashes are all that there lay

I'm watching the fire go down...
Yes I'm watching the fire go down
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4.

I'LL SIT THIS ONE OUT

(Marijohn Wilkin - Fred Burch)
« © '63 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I've thought I had feedin' down sorrow
I've thought I'd forgotten pain
That I was in clover my troubles were over
But now you're back up again

Out of sight of my eyes is one thing
To see you another again
If you're thinking to be startin' over with me
I'll sit this one out if you please

I'll sit this one out if you please
You've already had the best part of me
It's hard to turn it down when I see you around
But I'll sit this one out if you please
[ fiddle - steel ] You're thinking that we can start over
Take up right where you left me
I remember too well the hurt and how I felt
I'll sit this one out if you please

I'll sit this one out if you please...
Yes I'll sit this one out if you please
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5.

SORROW'S TEARING DOWN THE HOUSE

(Mel Tillis - Kent Westberry)
« © '62 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Sorrow's tearing down the house that happiness once built

I met you and we married we planned our future well
Built our home on happiness then suddenly it fell
It wasn't long there after our love began to tilt
Now sorrow's tearing down the house that happiness once built

First came the weekend parties that never seemed to end
Then came the heartaches brought by so-called friends
I guess that I'm as much to blame and while we share the guilt
Sorrow's tearing down the house that happiness once built
[ steel ] First came the weekend parties...
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6.

I LEANED OVER BACKWARDS FOR YOU

(Harlan Howard)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've turned the other cheek so often
That my heart has become black and blue
So my conscience won't hurt when we part dear
For I've leaned over backwards for you

But I've leaned as far as a man can lean
Run along to your somebody new
After he breaks your heart you'll remember
How I leaned over backwards for you
[ fiddle ] I'd known for so long you don't love me
And that you had somebody new
I just stayed cause I thought you might need me
Yes I leaned over backwards for you

But I've leaned as far as a man can lean...
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7.

HE STANDS REAL TALL

(Cal Veale)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Folks know I'm a poor boy poor as I can be
But they all know I'm happy and they all envy me
I get to thinkin' I'm kinda big although I'm kinda small
But when good folks respect you it makes you stand real tall

Although I'm wearing ragged clothes you'll find their always clean
My wife works hard to keep 'em nice proudest girl I've seen
A little girl that loves me I'm the luckiest man of all
Find a man that's loved so much you'll find he stands real tall
[ steel ] I won't get rich a farmin' I'll do the best I can
I ain't got much but what we got I got it from this land
We've almost saved the money gonna pay it off next fall
And any man that has this much you'll find he stands real tall

It isn't clothes that make a man it's what you'll find inside
Don't judge a man or think he's weak because you seen him cry
A man can be a big man even though he's small
Find a man that's loved a lot you'll find he stands real tall
Find a man who's loved a lot you'll find he stands real tall
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8.

STEPPING STONE

(Smokey Stover)
« © '64 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
So you think this is the end love let you down you just can't win
A heartbreak is but a stepping stone to happiness
Just barren minded it's part your fault you've gotta crawl before you walk
A heartbreak is but a stepping stone to happiness

Memories keep haunting you you tell yourself this had be true
Surely love couldn't leave a hurt like this
Once again life knocked you down just get up and look around
A heartbreak is but a stepping stone to happiness
[ fiddle - steel ] Memories keep haunting you...
A heartbreak is but a stepping stone to happiness
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9.

SHE'S NOT FORGOTTEN YET

(Del Reeves - Elen Reeves)
« © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
You'll forget her in a little while you'll see
That's what everybody said to me
Well I've had a long time to forget
But still she's not forgotten yet

She's not forgotten yet or will she ever be
She's too much part of me to be just a memory
As sure as there's tomorrow I'll just bet
I'll still be saying she's not forgotten yet
[ steel ] A year and a heartache had almost passed
Since the time that I saw her last
Another's arms can help me to forget
Time has come and gone she's not forgotten yet

She's not forgotten yet...
I'll still be saying she's not forgotten yet
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10.

THINGS HAVE GONE TO PIECES

(Leon Payne)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
The faucet in the bathroom started leakin'
And your picture just fell from the wall
Today the boss said Joe I can't use you anymore
And last night the light went out in the hall

Things have gone to pieces since you left me
Nothing turns out half right now it seems
All that's in my pocket is three nickels and a dime
But I'm holding to a hand full of dreams
[ steel ] Tommy threw a baseball through my window
And these dresses are too short for little Sue
It's hard to raise two kids without a mother's love
But with God's help I'm gonna see them through

The pistol's lyin' right there on the table
Pick it up pick it up a wild boy screams
There'll be someone here to do for Tom and little Sue
And the peace for that hand full of dreams

Things have gone to pieces...
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11.

LIFE TURNED HER THAT WAY

(Harlan Howard)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
If she seems cold and bitter I beg of you
Just stop and consider all she's goin' through
Don't be quick to condemn her for things she might say
Just remember life turned her that way

She's been walked on and stepped on so many times
I hate to admit it but that last footprint's mine
She was crying when I met her she cries harder today
So don't blame her life turned her that way
[ steel - fiddle ] She's been walked on...
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12.

HANDLE WITH CARE

(Kent Westberry - Jimmy Dickens)
« © '64 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Handle with care please treat her gently
Don't break her heart like I did before
Don't do what I did I was unfair
Please love her for me but handle with care
[ steel ] Hold her forever don't let her go
You might lost her like I did a long long time ago
I've hurt her so deeply left her in dispair
Please love her for me but handle with care
[ fiddle ] Don't do what I did I was unfair
Oh please love her for me but handle with care
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