lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

END OF THE WORLD

(Arthur Kent - Sylvia Dee)
« © '62 Edward Proffitt Music, ASCAP / Music Sales, ASCAP »
Why does the sun go on shining
Why does the sea rush to shore
Don't they know it's the end of the world
Cause you don't love me anymore

Why do the birds go on singing
Why do the stars glow above
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand no I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does

Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye

Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes of mine cry
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye
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2.

SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES

(Jack Rhodes - Dick Reynolds)
« © '56 Central Songs, BMI / Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room
All I want's the love you promised beneath the halo'd moon
But you think I should be happy with your money and your name
And hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheatin' games

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine
But you think I should be happy with your money and your name
And hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheatin' game
[ strings ] Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
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3.

MINE IS A LONELY LIFE

(Justin Tubb)
« © '62 Tenn-Tex Music, BMI »
Two rooms so dark and bare a bed and one old chair
A heart too blue to care mine is a lonely life
A mind that's losing track of nights so cold and black
Four walls that can't call back mine is a lonely life

A heart that lives in dread of what tomorrow brings
A phone that must be dead it never rings
Two eyes that know no sleep for price that's much too steep
For love I couldn't keep mine is a lonely life
[ strings ] For love I couldn't keep mine is a lonely life
Mine is a lonely life
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4.

ONCE UPON A TIME

(Harlan Howard)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Once upon a time a boy and a girl met
He handed her a line she'll never forget
Now when he sees her she's always cryin'
But she used to be happy once upon a time

Now the boy was you the girl was me
You wanted your freedom well now you're free
I'm back to a life of loneliness no one would ever guess

Once upon a time I even smiled
I looked at life like a happy child
I wasn't always this low in mind
Somebody used to love me once upon a time
[ banjo ] Once upon a time I even smiled...
Once upon a time once upon a time
Once upon a time once upon a time
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5.

WHY I'M WALKIN'

(Melvin Endsley - Stonewall Jackson)
« © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Ernest Tubb Music, BMI »
I've got my sweet love on my mind that's why I'm walkin'
There's such an ache in my heart now I ain't talkin'
The hand that held mine tight just waved goodbye tonight
I've got my sweet man on my mind that's why I'm walkin'

With an old love on your mind life's not worth livin'
I breathe his name with every breath I'm breathin'
Why could I never see how much he meant to me
I've got a sweet love on my mind that's why I'm walkin'
[ strings ] Why could I never see how much he meant to me
I've got a sweet man on my mind that's why I'm walkin'
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6.

DON'T LET ME CROSS OVER

(Penny Jay)
« © '62 Troy Martin Music, BMI »
I'm tempted my darling to steal you away
Don't let me cross over stay out of my way
You know that I love you and I'm not the cheating kind
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line

Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
You belong to another you can never be mine
I know one step closer would be heaven divine
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
[ strings ] I've tried to forget you but what else can I do
When your eyes keep saying that you love me too
I know if I lose you not a dream would I have left
I don't want to cheat dear but I can't help myself

Don't let me cross over love's cheating line...
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7.

MY COLORING BOOK

(John Kander - Fred Ebb)
« © '62 Alley Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
For those who fancy coloring book lots of people do
Here's a new one for you
A most unusual coloring book the kind you'll never see
Crayons ready very well begin to color me

These are the eyes that watched him as he walked away
Color them gray
This is the heart that thought he would always be true
Color it blue
These are the arms that held him and touched him
Then lost him somehow
Color them empty now

These are the beads I wore until she come between
Color them green
This is the room that I sleep in and walk in and weep in
And hiding when nobody sees
Color it lonely please
This is the man the one I depended upon
Color him gone
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8.

I WANT TO GO WHERE NOBODY KNOWS ME

(Dick Flood)
« © '62 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I want to go where no one knows me where I can start my life anew
I want to go where no one knows me no one will ask me about you

A cherrish friend a worship sweetheart the oldest story ever told
I trusted you and you deceived me I have more grief than I can hold
[ steel - strings ] I want to go where no one knows me my soul is sick my heart is sore
I want to go where all are strangers I don't believe in friends no more

I want to go where no one knows me where I can start my life anew
I want to go where no one knows me no one will ask me about you
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9.

KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABY

(Carole King - Gerry Goffin)
« © '62 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
We've been friends for oh so long I let you share what's mine
But when it comes to the boy I love is time to draw the line

Keep your hands off my baby
I'm gonna tell you but one more time
So keep your hands off my baby
Girl you get it through your head that boy is mine

I don't mind lendin' you my clothes my jewerly and such
But honey let's get something straight there's one thing you don't touch
So keep your hands off my baby
Girl you get it through your head that boy is mine
[ guitar ] Keep your hands off my baby...
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10.

SOMETHING PRECIOUS

(Lorene Mann)
« © '61 Buttercup Music, BMI »
I had something precious something very hard to find
But I didn't know it till it was no longer mine
And now now when I lost it and there's nothing I can do
I know that something precious was you

I had something precious something very sweet and rare
But I didn't want it till it was no longer there
And now now that another has wonder love I refused
I know that something precious was you

You were one I wanted (yes you were one I wanted)
What I was looking for (just what I was looking for)
And I kept on searching (yes I kept on searching)
For something close to love
And now now that another has wonder love I refused
I know that something precious was you
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11.

LONGING TO HOLD YOU AGAIN

(Don Robertson)
« © '62 Don Robertson Music, ASCAP »
All alone here am I so lonely I could cry
Cause I'm longing to hold you again
Missing you is all I do I dream the whole day through
Cause I'm longing to hold you again

The world is cold the world is gray you took the sunshine away
You'll never know how empty my arms have been
Till once more you're close to me as close as we can be
I'll be longing to hold you again

The world is cold the world is gray...
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12.

HE CALLED ME BABY

(Harlan Howard)
« © '61 Central Songs, BMI »
He called me baby baby all night long
Used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
Then one day I awoke and he was gone
There's no more baby baby all night long

He called me baby baby all night long
Kissed my tears away when things went wrong
What I'd give if he'd just come back home
And call me baby baby all night long
[ guitar - piano ] He called me baby baby all night long
Held me up so high and made me strong
Now each time in dreams just like a song
I still hear baby baby all night long
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