lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ME COMMITTED

(Bobby Braddock)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
They're gonna have me committed
To that big white house on the outskirts of the city
I'll go brur all day long until my mind is gone
They're gonna have me committed

I dropped by the nut house today
I asked em to admit me right away
When I showed 'em a picture of you they believed it must be true
That I'm crazy to have let you get away

They're gonna have me committed
My Jacket will be straight and custom fitted
I'll imagine crawling ants and big purple elephants
They're gonna have me committed
[ guitar ] With tears in my eyes I told them
How wonderful and sweet she'd always been
When I showed 'em a photograph of the hag they caught me with
The little white suited men came charging in

They're gonna have me committed
To that big white house on the outskirts of the city
I'll go brur all day long until my mind is gone
They're gonna have me committed

Please let me know if you should want me back
I'll be back in your arms in no time flat
I'll discard my paper doll tear the pattern of the wall
Cause I'm crazy over you and that's a fact

They're gonna have me committed
To that big white house on the outskirts of the city
I'll go brur all day long until my mind is gone
They're gonna have me committed
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2.

I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY

(Hank Williams)
« © '49 Fred Rose Music, BMI »
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long when time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud to hide its face and cry
[ guitar - steel ] Did you ever see a robin weep when leaves began to die
That means he's lost the will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could cry
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3.

I LOVE LUCY BROWN

(Dallas Frazier)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
They tell me Homer Jones was huntin' bears
When a big ole grizzly killed his favorite hound
The Great Find says a mob has plans of burning down our town
But it don't worry me cause I love Lucy Brown

I sifted many hearts before I found a perfect pearl
To hold my hand while travelin' through this world
So let the sun come up and shine or let the sun go down
It don't worry me cause I love Lucy Brown
[ steel ] Received a letter from the folks today
Locutus eat the corn crops to the ground
The morning paper said that beef went up ten cents a pound
But it don't worry me cause I love Lucy Brown

I sifted many hearts before...
It don't worry me cause I love Lucy Brown
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4.

YOU WOULDN'T CROSS THE STREET TO SAY GOODBYE

(Willie Nelson)
« © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Today I stood across the street and watched you leave with him
Right before my disbelieving eyes
And when you saw me standing there you turned the other way
You wouldn't cross the street to say goodbye

Once you said you'd do most anything to keep our love
You'd tear out your tongue before you'd tell me lies
Once you said you'd go to any lengths to be with me
But you wouldn't cross the street to say goodbye
[ steel ] Once you said you'd do most anything to keep our love
You'd tear out your tongue before you'd tell me lies
Once you said you'd crawl on hands and knees to be with me
But you wouldn't cross the street to say goodbye
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5.

I CAME SO CLOSE TO LIVING ALONE

(Jimmy Dickens - Ken Hunt)
« © '68 Jimmy Dickens Music, BMI »
I came close so close to failure
I came close to losing my home
I know the kids still love me and their mommy
But I came so close to living alone

I felt small enough to drown in each teardrop
But big enough to admit I was wrong
Now I'm trying hard to be the man I ought to be
But I came so close to living alone
[ steel ] I didn't know just how much they meant to me
I guess sometimes a man must be shown
When I think of what I've done a chill goes through me
I came so close to living alone

I felt small enough to drown...
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6.

I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)

(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
Somebody else stood by your side and he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you
Then suddenly I got that old time feeling
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
[ guitar - steel ] It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way I used to do
Oh heaven only knows how much I miss you
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
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7.

THERE'LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT

(Hank Williams)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'll pretend I'm free from sorrow make believe that wrong is right
Your wedding day will be tomorrow but there'll be no teardrops tonight

Why oh why should you desert me are you doing it for spite
If you only wanted to hurt me then there'll be no teardrops tonight
[ guitar - piano ] I'll believe that you still love me when you wear your veil of white
But you think that you're above me oh there'll be no teardrops tonight

Shame oh shame for what you're doing other's arms will hold you tight
You don't care whose life you ruin but there'll be no teardrops tonight
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8.

DADDY AND THE WINE

(Gene Crysler)
« © '68 Southtown Music, BMI »
A child walked in a candy store in faded overalls
Threw a nickel on the counter said I think I'll spend it all
I've carried it three months or more you can tell it by the shine
I need a sack of candy like my daddy needs his wine

Daddy and the wine go back three years out of my age
In the old days we were happy dad worked hours long and late
Then one day mommie disappeared one so did daddy's mind
Now it's me and daddy mostly daddy and the wine
[ piano ] The child picked up the sack and then he wandered on outside
I saw a robe of green among the jelly beens inside
The clerk was broke and so was I we gave him our last dime
A stranger stole his mommie now his daddy's on the wine

Daddy and the wine go back...
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9.

IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG

(Hank Cochran)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It didn't take me long to miss you
You were out of sight till I wished I'd begged you stay
And I would have and I've known how I feel when you were gone
No it didn't take me long to miss you

It didn't take me long to miss you
You hadn't gone a mile till I'd began to cry
You hadn't realy gone till I knew I was wrong
No it didn't take me long to miss you

But I'll avoid and I'll call and somehow I'll get you back
And you won't believe the things I'll do the way I'll change or how I'll act

It didn't take me long to miss you...
Oh it didn't take me long to miss you
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10.

HEARTBREAK AVENUE

(Mel Foree)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm alone in a house made of sorrow
And each room is haunted with you
Should the end of the world come tomorrow
I'll be waiting on Heartbreak Avenue

I scattered all our promises behind me
There's no use to hope that they'll come true
But if you change your mind I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting on Heartbreak Avenue
[ steel ] I was warned that some day you'd desert me
I'd wake up and find we were through
They all told me that you'd only hurt me
And I'd wind up on Heartbreak Avenue

Someday you may understand this yearning
When somebody does the same to you
Then when deep in your heart there's a yearning
We'll be neighbors on Heartbreak Avenue
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11.

I WEAR IT WELL

(Autry Inman)
« © '65 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
No one knows that I miss you since you since you're not arnoud
They can't see I'm still locked in your spell
Cause I wait till I'm alone to come unwound
This broken heart that you left I wear it well

When they speak of you is when I really shine
I just smile and say that name sure rings a bell
They don't even suspect that you were ever mine
This broken heart that you left I wear it well
[ steel ] Many nights I barely make it to my lonely room
Before my tears tell the world I'm living still
Then I spend another night inside my tomb
This broken heart that you left I wear it well

When they speak of you...
This broken heart that you left I wear it well
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