lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

RAINBOWS AND ROSES

(Ted Harris)
« © '66 Plainspoken Music, ASCAP »
A rainbow always shows up when the storm is through
To decorate a fresh green world where life can start anew
Then the roses show their glory and the sun comes shining through
But there's no rainbows nor no roses in my stormy world with you

Oh I know I'd see the rainbows and the roses
If the storm that's raging in our world would end
Why can't we be happy like we used to
And bring the rainbows and the roses back again
[ guitar ] I don't know what happened to the love we knew
I wouldn't care what happen now if I knew what to do
To part these clouds of sadness and bring the sunshine through
So the rainbows and the roses would come back for me and you

Oh I know I'd see the rainbows...
And bring the rainbows and the roses back again
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2.

DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED (OF HURTIN' ME)

(Hank Cochran)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You make my eyes run over all the time
You're happy when I'm out of my mind
You won't love me but you won't let me be
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me

You must think I look bad with a smile
For you haven't let me have on in such a long long while
Still I keep coming back how can this be
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me
[ strings ] You must think I look bad...
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3.

WORKIN' MY WAY UP TO THE BOTTOM

(Eddie Rabbitt)
« © '66 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
Oh I'm workin' my way up to the bottom
Fighting back the tears that never stop
Yes I'm workin' my way up to the bottom
And I won't need you when I'll reach the top

When you left the bottom just fell out from under me
Like a nightmare I kept fallin' endlessly
When I stopped I found a place so dark and lonely
But the light of hope now I can almost see

And I'm workin' my way up...
[ steel ] Take away a blind man's cane you'll leave him helpless
That's what happened when you let go off my hand
As you turned away my arms reached out to hold you
And I fell into a well of pain as you ran

But now I'm workin' my way up...
Oh I'm workin' my way up...
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4.

YOU'RE MY WORLD

(Carl Sigman - Gino Paoli - Umberto Bindi)
« © '66 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
You're my world you're every breath I take you're my world you're every move I make
Other eyes see the stars up in the skies but for me they shine within your eyes
As the trees reach for the sun above so my arms reach out to you for love

With your hand resting in mine I feel a power so divine
You're my world you are my night my day you're my world you're every prayer I pray
If our love ceases to be then it's the end of my world for me
[ piano ] With your hand resting in mine...
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5.

TODAY

(Randy Sparks)
« © '64 New Christy Music, BMI »
Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Then I'll forget all the joy that is mine today
[ guitar ] I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I'll feast at your table I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine today
[ guitar ] I can't be contended with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing

Today while the blossoms...
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6.

I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY

(Hank Williams)
« © '49 Acuff-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 ever seen a night so long when time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud to hide its face and cry
[ strings ] 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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7.

UNLESS YOU MAKE HIM SET YOU FREE

(Roy Drusky)
« © '66 Funny Farm Music, BMI »
You want my admiration with your determination
That's somehow you'll make him set you free
You're such a sweet temptation but you know our destination
Unless you make him set you free
Don't be too long in doin' what you've got in mind of doin'
I've gotta have you here with me
We're in a situation that could ruin our reputation
Unless you make him set you free
[ bass ] You want my admiration with your determination
That's somehow you'll wind up with me
You're such a sweet temptation but you know our destination
Unless you make him set you free unless you make him set you free
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8.

CRYING TIME

(Buck Owens)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Oh it's crying time again you're gonna leave me
I can see that faraway look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darling
That it won't be long before it's crying time

Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder
And the tears are only rain to make love grow
Well my love for you could never grow
No stronger if I live to be a hundred years old

Oh it's crying time again...
[ strings ] Oh it's crying time again...
I can tell by the way you hold me darling
That it won't be long before it's crying time
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9.

TRY TO REMEMBER

(Harvey Schmidt - Tom Jones)
« © '60 Chappell&Co, ASCAP »
Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and though so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain was yellow
Try to remember the kind of September when you were a tender and lad old fellow
Try to remember and if you remember then follow
Try to remember when life was so tender that no one wept except the willow
Try to remember when life was so tender
When dreames were left beside your pillow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Too far of September that made us mellow
Deep in December it's nice to remember and follow
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10.

UNCHAINED MELODY

(Hy Zaret - Alex North)
« © '55 Frank Music, ASCAP »
Oh my love my darling I've hungered for your touch alone lonely time
Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much are you still mine
I need your love I need your love God steer your love to me

Lonely rivers flow to the sea to the sea to the open arms of the sea
Lonely riverside wait for me wait for me I'll be coming home wait for me

Oh my love my darling...
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11.

WORLD IS ROUND

(Tony Senn - Tommy Stough - Paul Johnson)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
All the world is round always remember when it seems you've reached the end
It might just be you've found the beginning something better than what has been

Once upon a time I was in your shoes my woman had let me down
I thought I was standing at the end of the world
But I learned that the world is round
All the world is round...
[ strings ] Yes I know how you feel I know what you've hurt
Your teardrops are tapping the ground
You think that you're standing at the end of the world
But you learned that the world is round

All the world is round...
All the world is round...
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12.

YOU DON'T KNOW ME

(Cindy Walker - Eddy Arnold)
« © '55 Unichappell Music, BMI »
You give your hand to me and then you say hello
And I can hardly speak my heart is beating so
And anyone can tell you think you know me well but you don't know me
No you don't know the one who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight
To you I'm just a friend that's all I've ever been but you don't know me
For I never knew the art of making love though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy I let my chance go by the chance you might have loved me too
You give your hand to me and then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away beside a lucky guy
You'll never never know the one who loves you so no you don't know me
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