lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ORIGINAL TRAVELING MAN

(Tom T. Hall - Dave Dudley) « © '72 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I knew the state of ol' Wisconsin back when I was eight
I sang all over Minneapolis lookin' for a break
I rode the rapid rivers through the Chiquoia Indian tribe
I traveled on my thumb though it injured my pride

I'm the world's worst world's first
Go-while-you-can original traveling man
The world's best forget the rest
One night stand original traveling man

I've traveled down to Nashville just a looking for a song
I've traveled down to Mexico just a looking for a home
I guess I've got a self-winding watch for a mind
I start runnin' down if I ain't movin' all the time

I'm the world's worst world's first...
[ guitar ] I've traveled in a PT boat and fought for Uncle Sam
I've been as close to death as any living man
I've traveled in a limousine and I've traveled in a truck
I've traveled by myself ma'm but thank you very much

I'm the world's worst world's first...
Hey I'm the world's worst world's first...
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2.

BULLSHIPPERS

(Red Simpson) « © '72 Central Songs, BMI »
This ol' rig that I'm drivin' ain't the sharpest on the road
These ol' bulls that I'm haulin' ain't perfumed
But if it wasn't for a lot of those truck drivers just like me
Then who would bring those T-bone steaks to you

We're the bullshippers big bullshippers
A haulin' them ol' bulls across the land
We're the bullshippers big bullshippers
Bullshippin' truck drivin' men

This ain't the best job in this world that I know
And some people may look down their nose at me
But I'd rather be a struggling with these ol' rowdy bulls
Than a haulin' a load of TNT

We're the bullshippers...

There's a lotta pretty wairesses that I always see
Every time I'm making my run
Well I tell 'em that I love 'em but they just laugh and say
You big bullshippin' son of a gun

We're the bullshippers...
Yeah we're the bullshippers...
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3.

MY BODY'S AT HOME (BUT MY HEART'S ON THE ROAD)

(Bill Anderson) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm sittin' back easy in my easy chair
Watchin' the morning dawnin' fair
My wife's cookin' breakfast and my little girl
Is looking at her daddy like he owns the world
I've got everything that a man could want
My lips oughta smile but somehow they don't
I feel a guilty lump in my throat
My body's at home but my heart's on the road

Alberquerque and New Orleans hamburgers and pinto beans
Big mountains and river beds happy anywhere I lay my head
I feel like I'm about to explode
My body's at home but my heart's on the road

I love my family and I always will
But I'm just no good when I'm sittin' still
A quiet kind of life and me don't mix
And you can't teach an old dog new tricks
So kiss me baby and hold me tight
I'll try to get back by Saturday night
I don't mean to hurt you Lord knows I don't
But my body's at home but my heart's on the road

Alberquerque and New Orleans...
Alberquerque and New Orleans...
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4.

PULLIN' DOUBLE

(Dave Dudley) « © '72 Southern Arts Music, BMI »
I got sleep in my eyes and my bones ain't tellin' lies
Wish this rig could drive itself I'd rest a while
Can't go too fast or slow why I keep drivin' I don't know
Pullin' double's double trouble turnpike miles

If I ever start to slide I can kiss this world goodbye
Must be two miles down that mountain side
I'm always lookin' up ahead and I think my leg is goin' dead
Pullin' double's double trouble turnpike miles

Rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
When you're runnin' good you gotta keep on goin'
Always scared the guardrail's gonna get you
Knowin' if it does your drivin' days are through

You know comin' down from Maine Chicago's all the same
One wrong turnpike will surely change my style
And those clouds are lookin' sick and I bet up ahead it's turnin' slick
Pullin' double's double trouble turnpike miles

And this road gets mighty rough and you see some curvy stuff
You know some of it ain't surprisin' by a mile
But I can't be wastin' time I gotta keep moving on down that line
Pullin' double's double trouble turnpike miles

Rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'...
I'm rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'...
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5.

1953 DEAR JOHN HONKY TONK BLUES

(Don Reid - Harold Reid) « © '66 House Of Cash, BMI »
I keep the radio on most all night long listen to the songs they play
Sometimes I hum tap along with my thumb listen to the words they say
And I have to admit those yesterday hits take me back a year or two
I get those 1953 Dear John Honky Tonk Blues for you
I get those 1953 Dear John Honky Tonk Blues

Well I need help when I hear No Help Wanted
Remembering where we first heard Lovesick Blues
Old songs make me wonder what you're doing
I get those 1953 Dear John Honky Tonk Blues

Gonna play this song for Rollin' John the Wild Side Of Life
It's Rolly Polly a golden oldie for Carl and his brand new wife
Makes me feel sad but it ain't half bad rememberin' the things I'd do
I get those 1953 Dear John Honky Tonk Blues for you
I get those 1953 Dear John Honky Tonk Blues

Well I need help when I hear No Help Wanted...
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6.

IF IT FEELS GOOD DO IT

(Jerry Chesnut) « © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Some folks call me a laughin' boy some say I'm a clown
But till you've tried my way of life don't ever put it down

And if it feels good do it if it hurts just let it lie
Now there's no mistery to it just a better way to look at life

Some folks worry bout growin' old but that don't bother me
Old age is one thing I hope that I live long enough to see

Forget your disappointments pretend they wasn't there
But when they pass out happiness be sure you get your share

And if it feels good do it...
[ guitar ] One day when I'm old and gray lookin' back at what I've done
I can face the world and say that livin' sure was fun

And if it feels good do it...
If it feels good do it...
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7.

YOU'VE GOT TO CRY GIRL

(Dave Dudley - Richard Barish) « © '72 Southern Arts Music, BMI »
Oh you've got to cry girl then you'll know how I miss you
Well I've grown up girl I've learned how to be a man
I've cried tears felt the pain have memories when you hurt me
But now look at me I still know I can stand

Say are you listening girl do you hear what I'm saying
And do you know girl the reason that I walked out
Well you're young right now but tomorrow the world may find you
So learn from life and find what love's about

Oh you've got to cry girl before you can be a woman
And you've gotta hurt girl before you will understand
You need tears and time sad memories to complete you
So I wish you all the heartaches you can stand
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8.

ROCKY TOP

(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant) « © '67 House Of Bryant, BMI »
Wish that I was on old Rocky Top down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top ain't no telephone bills

Once I had a girl on Rocky Top half bear the other half cat
Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop I still dream about that

Rocky Top you'll always be home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top Rocky Top Tennessee Rocky Top Tennessee

Once two strangers climbed old Rocky Top looking for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top reckon they never will

Now corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top get that corn from a jar

Rocky Top you'll always be...
[ harmonica ] I've had years of cramped up city life trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life can't get simple again

Rocky Top you'll always be...
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9.

SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE

(Dave Dudley) « © '72 Southern Arts Music, BMI »
Everything's fine because you are mine
But somehow I know that's a lie
I don't know what it is but I'll make my guess
That sometime in the future I'll cry

It's not what you say or the way that you lay
In my arms when I hold you each night
Cause there's love in your eyes but I still realize
That sometime in the future I'll cry

Oh sometime in the future I'll cry a lot
But for now I feel we should love a lot
All of my fears I feel will be tears
So I'll keep my heart standing by
I know you mean what you say that you love me today
But sometime in the future I'll cry
Oh yeah sometime in the future I'll cry
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10.

SINGING AWAY

(Dave Dudley) « © '72 Southern Arts Music, BMI »
The poundin' of the big bustyres on a hot tarline I gotta play another matinee
This old guitar's gettin' worn but not as worn as me but I just keep on singing away
You should understand that all us picking Nashville cats are tired
And we're thinkin' bout a love of yesterday
Well that'll keep us goin' for another show or two and I'll just keep on singing away

Played a show last night in Tuscon Arizona
The one tonight's about three days away
If I ever get back home I bet the kids won't know me
Here comes Mr Daddy hear they'll say

Spent too many hours with those good ol' friends of mine
Could be late for that show we're gonna play
If my head will let me make it I'll make it through the night
And I'll just keep on singing away
[ guitar ] Played a show last night in Tuscon Arizona...

I'd give a hundred dollars for a homecooked meal
If I make it back I think I'm gonna stay
That's what my mind keeps thinking but I know that won't change
And I'll just keep on singing away

How about that Toronto to Houston to Chicago trip in that order
I know gets to be some sorta drag but we keep at it
Imagine that seems like you're goin' to bed at 3:45
And gettin' up at quarter to four never changes
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11.

THING CALLED LOVE

(Jerry Reed Hubbard) « © '68 Vector Music, BMI / Sixteen Stars Music, BMI »
Six foot six he stood on the ground
Weighed two hundred and thirty five pounds
But I saw that giant of a man brought down to his knees by love
He was the kind of a man that would gamble on luck
Look you in the eye and never back up
But I saw him crying like a little whipped pup because of love

Can see it with your eyes hold it in your hand
But like the wind that covers our land
Strong enough to rule the heart of any man this thing called love
It can lift you up it can let you down
Take your world and turn it all around
Ever since time nothing's ever been found stronger than love

Most men are like me they struggle in doubt
They trouble their minds day in and day out
Too busy with livin' to worry about a word called love
But when I see a mother's tenderness
As she holds her young close to her brest
Then I thank God that the world's been blessed with a word called love

Can see it with your eyes...
Ever since time nothing's ever been found stronger than love
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