lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I CAN'T GET OVER ME (NOT GETTING OVER YOU)

(Wayne P. Walker - Chuck Reed)
« © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I can't get over me not getting over you
I thought that it would be so easy to do
The love I threw away belongs to someone new
I can't get over me not getting over you

I bought new clothes and found new friends changed all the things I do
But I'm not really happy I'm a different shade of blue
And now the pain is you a long time overdue
I can't get over me not getting over you
[ fiddle - steel ] I bought new clothes and found new friends...
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2.

MY EYES ARE JEALOUS

(Jimmy Day)
« © '65 Careers Music, BMI / Jimmie Dickens Music, BMI »
Your eyes aren't like the stars they're just your eyes
Your hair's not like an angels it's your own
Compliments don't seem to become you
Compared to anything you stand alone

A tall mountain cedar needs no tinsel
Each sunset always has it's share of gold
When I look at you my eyes are jealous
Of each other for the beauty they behold

The words to say I love you haven't found me
You're all words can say ten thousand fold
And when I look at you my eyes are jealous
Of each other for the beauty they behold
[ fiddle ] And when I look at you my eyes are jealous
Of each other for the beauty they behold
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3.

HONKY TONK TROUBLES

(Wayne P. Walker - Irene Stanton)
« © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I got honky tonk troubles every payday
Money's gone I don't know where it went
I got honky tonk troubles every payday
I can't get home with more than fifty cents

I work all week and take my lunch tryin' to save a dime
I don't know why I bother anymore
Friday finally rolls around and I get my takehome pay
But I just can't get by that tavern door

I got honky tonk troubles every payday...

Groceries due the kids need shoes they ain't had none since June
And they wear hand me downs at Christmas time
The wife I took's the wife I got but she's still good and true
Though I nearly make her lose her mind

With my honky tonk troubles every payday...
[ fiddle ] Grandpa died and how I cried until they read the will
And I found out just what he left to me
The only all night place in town that never closes down
I found out he owned it secretly

I got honky tonk troubles every payday
Wish I'd took the wife and kids and headed south
I got honky tonk troubles every payday
All my buddies want a drink upon the house
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4.

COLLECTION OF FAILURES

(Gordon Terry - Curtis Maze)
« © '65 Central Songs, BMI »
Alone and rejected the multitude stands
On grounds of cruel judgement where losers shake hands
All prisoners of sorrow life termers of pain
All sharing misfortune cause they're losers again

Collection of failures the club diary reads
Each member's a victim of a lover's ill deeds
Sleep walker day dreamer oh who could that be
An example of fiction a description of me
[ fiddle ] Collection of failures the club diary reads...
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5.

CALL HIM ME

(Jimmy Dickens - Skip Graves)
« © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
If you ever get to feeling that you want me back again
Cause your new love's not what you thought he would be
Well my angel don't be crying you can have me anytime
If you find yourself another and call him me

You can have the heart you've broken here's a torn up Valentine
To remind you of the wreck you made of me
You can have me if you want me but ole me has changed a lot
You can have me back if you'll find someone else and call him me
[ fiddle ] If you ever ever miss me then here's the thing to do
Make believe you're in a world of fantasty
Use your charms and lovin' sweet talk and pick out any fool
And you'll have me for a lifetime if you'll only call him me

You can have the heart you've broken...
[ guitar ] You can have the heart you've broken...
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6.

TWICE THE FOOL

(Jimmy Dickens - Skip Graves)
« © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
This morning I am leaving I've been up all night long
You're right I'm tired of waiting for you to come home
I begged and tried to change you but you grow worse each day
If I'm a fool for leaving I'd be twice the fool to stay

I'd rather be called foolish and find somebody else
Than to be a fool forever and not forgive myself
I'm exactly what you've made me but I hope to change someday
If I'm a fool for leaving I'd be twice the fool to stay
[ fiddle - steel ] I'd rather be called foolish and find somebody else...
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7.

MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE

(Neal Merritt)
« © '65 Central Songs, BMI »
One fine day as I was walking down the street
I spied a beggar man with rags upon his feet
Took a penny from my pocket in his tin cup I did drop it
And I heard him say as I made my retreat

May the bird of paradise fly up your nose
May an elephant careless you with its toes
May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose
[ guitar ] My laundry man is really on his toes
Found a hundred dollar bill among my clothes
When he called me I came running
Gave him back his dime for phoning
And I heard him saying as I turned to go

May the bird of paradise fly up your nose...
[ guitar ] I was way behind one day to catch a train
The taxi driver said we'll make it just the same
A speed cop made it with us and as he wrote out the ticket
I stood by politely waitin' for my change

May the bird of paradise fly up your nose...
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose...
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8.

BACK OF MY HAND

(Jimmy Dickens - Skip Graves)
« © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
You're leaving again your things are all packed
Like a letter with no postage I know you'll come back
You'll always be restless you're shiftless as sand
I know you like the back of my hand

Like a book I just read I know how you'll end
Heartbroken and crying in my arms again
Like a wave in the high tide you're bound to come in
I know you like the back of my hand
[ fiddle - steel ] You've been gone a year now but you'll come around
Like a raindrop that's falling you've got to come down
You love me and hurt me cause you know you can
I know you like the back of my hand

Like a book I just read I know how you'll end...
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9.

HE KNOCKED ME RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX

(Harlan Howard)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
He knocked me right out of the box
I'm a walkin' to the bench kickin' rocks
I might as well hang up my glove and socks
He knocked me right out of the box

Thought the game was in the bag and all I had to do
Was coast along for just another inning or two
Then he stepped up to the plate and with one mighty swing
He won the game my baby's heart and I guess everything

He knocked me right out of the box...
[ guitar ] He sent me to the showers my head was in a spin
And I don't think I'll ever play the game of love again
But if I ever do you can bet without a doubt
I ain't gonna think I've won until the final out

He knocked me right out of the box...
He knocked me right out of the box
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10.

MAKE ME AN OFFER

(Hugh X. Lewis - Benny Jay)
« © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
So you'd like to step into my shoes I don't mind one bit
You'll have to live an awful lot before these shoes will fit
You like my way of livin' you say I've got it made
Make me an offer and I'll be glad to trade

You've got someone to hold you tight I've got blue and lonely nights
If you walk in my shoes what would you gain
You must be out of your mind I'll trade places anytime
Make me an offer and I'll be glad to change
[ fiddle ] I know folks with money but it can't buy everything
There's such a thing as happiness that only love can bring
You've got everything to live for why you'd give it up is strange
Make me an offer and I'll be glad to change

You've got someone to hold you tight ...
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11.

HALFWAY LOVED

(Wayne P. Walker - Max Powell)
« © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I'd rather be loved by many
And make believe that every one is true
Than think that I'd be more than halfway happy
If I let myself be halfway loved by you

I'd rather have sweethearts aplenty
A new one almost everyday or two
I know that I'd be more than halfway sorry
If I let myself be halfway loved by you

Half a love is all you've ever offered
Ask any heart you've left broken in two
I'd rather be safe and lonely
And give up half the dreams that might come true
The chance I'd have to take is just not worth it
If I let myself be halfway loved by you
[ fiddle - steel ] I'd rather be safe and lonely ...
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12.

ROSE FROM THE BRIDE'S BOUQUET

(Jimmy Dickens - Clarke Van Hess - Marty Hale)
« © '49 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I went to a wedding one fine summer day
The bride was a beauty and the people were gay
Alone in the corner I stood till the end
For the girl was my sweetheart and the boy my best friend

The service was over when beside the church door
I picked up a rose that fell on the floor
Alone and neglected as I was that day
Was my sweet little rose from the bride's bouquet
[ fiddle - steel ] Each petal reminds me of a mament of bliss
A sweet tender love word a lingering kiss
Like the love that she gave me it faded away
My sweet little rose from the bride's bouquet
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