lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HILLBILLY SONG

(Skeeter Davis)
« © '72 High Harmony Music, BMI »
Do you want to hear a hillbilly song
You can even cry or sing along
The music may seem sad and the words might sound all wrong
But it's me and my hillbilly song

I was born in old Kentucky I always loved the hills
And I always sang my hillbilly songs
Sometimes folks would laugh at me and sometimes they would cry
Sometimes they clap their hands and sing along

They say to take my music and go to Tennessee
The Grand Ole Opry that's where I belong
And though I can't believe I'd made it this record then you knew
It's me and my hillbilly song

Do you want to hear a hillbilly song...
[ dobro - fiddle ] I met a man who loved me oh at least I thought he did
But he just used me for his stepping stone
And when he didn't need me he left me all alone
A singing my hillbilly song

Now the fiddle's sounding sad and the guitar's playing cool
And the steel is crying like I sometimes do
And if you like this kind of music and it ain't the shame to say
This song is especially for you

Do you want to hear a hillbilly song...
It's just me and my hillbilly song
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2.

COLOR OF THE BLUES

(Lawton Williams - George Jones)
« © '57 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Up above me are the skies like the twinkle in your eyes
These things are the colors of the blues
In the mail your letter came the ink and paper looked the same
Blue must be the color of the blues

Bluebirds singing in the trees seem to sympathize with me
They're not singing like they used to do
The pretty waters in the sea feel as cold as you left me
Blue must be the color of the blues
[ steel ] There's a rainbow overhead with more blue than gold or red
Blue must be the color angels choose
A blue suit you proudly wore when you left to return no more
Blue must be the color of the blues

Blue days come and blue days go how I feel nobody knows
Life is mighty empty without you
There's a blue note in each song that I sing since you've been gone
Blue must be the color of the blues
Blue must be the color of the blues
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3.

YOU DONE ME WRONG

(Ray Price - Stan Jones)
« © '56 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Well you tell me that you care but now you're gone you got me cryin'
No use denyin' you done me wrong
If I could look inside your heart then maybe I would know the reason
Why you were leavin' me all alone

Well you know it's not so when you say it's right for you know you lie
I didn't do one wrong thing to you
Won't you tell me baby why you went and left me here so lonely
I miss you only for I love you
[ fiddle - steel ] Did I ever make you sad so you'd be mad enough to hurt me
And desert me for so long
Well you're tellin' everyone what you done you think it's funny
Well listen honey you done me wrong

Well you know it's not so when you say...
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4.

MAKING BELIEVE

(Jimmy Work)
« © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Making believe that you still love me
Is leaving me alone and so blue
But I'll always dream though I'll never own you
Making believe is all I can do

I can't hold you close when you're not with me
You're somebody's love you'll never be mine
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime
Loving you and making believe

Making believe that I never lost you
But my happy hour I'll find are so few
My plans for the future will never come true
Making believe what else can I do

I can't hold you close when you're not with me...
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5.

TRY JESUS

(Skeeter Davis)
« © '72 High Harmony Music, BMI »
You're tryin' everything from drink to drugs and still you cannot find
The answer to the questions that circle in your mind
Let me tell you bout Jesus and what he'll do for you
He can save your soul from hell and nobody else can do

That except Jesus
He will be your friend try Jesus he will take you in
He'll rescue you like he did me he'll save your soul he'll set you free
Oh what a friend we have in Jesus

As you travel down life's road I'm sure you want to find
The one thing in this troubled world that'll give you peace of mind
If you'll just try Jesus I promise you will see
The meaning of what real peace is and what it's like to be free

Try Jesus he will be your friend try Jesus he will take you in
He'll rescue you like he did me he'll save your soul he'll set you free
Oh what a friend we have in Jesus

Jesus he will be your friend...
Oh what a friend we have in Jesus
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6.

CRAZY ARMS

(Ralph Mooney - Chuck Seals)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Blue ain't the world for the way that I feel
And the storm is brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
[ steel ] Please take the treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms may hold somebody new
But now I'm so lonely all the time

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new...
Yes that's why I'm lonely all the time
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7.

MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU

(Bob Wills - Lee Ross)
« © '56 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I may say that I don't care hold my head up in the air
Even tell my friends I'm glad that you don't call
But when the day is through my heartaches start anew
And that's when I miss you most of all

And my arms keep reaching for you my eyes keep searching for you
My lips keep calling for you and my shoes keep walking back to you
[ fiddle - steel ] No matter how much I pretend I wish I had you back again
Cause nothing else means half as much as you
My world just seemed to die the day you said goodbye
And I can't forget no matter what I do

And my arms keep reaching for you...
My shoes keep walking back to you
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8.

IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS

(Jimmy D. Miller)
« © '52 Peer International, BMI »
As I sit here tonight the jukebox's playing
A tune about the wild side of life
As I listen to the words you are saying
It brings mem'ries when I was a trusting wife

It was't God who made honky tonk angels
Like you said in the words of your song
Too many times married men think they're still single
That has caused many a good girl to go wrong
[ fiddle ] It's a shame that all the blame is on us women
It's not true that only you men feel the same
From the start most every heart that's ever broken
Was because there always was a man to blame

It was't God who made honky tonk angels...
It was't God who made honky tonk angels...
That has caused many a good girl to go wrong
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9.

HALF A MIND

(Roger Miller)
« © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I don't love you like I used to do
But I'm afraid to tell you so
I've got half a mind to leave you
But only half a heart to go

Words to tell you just don't come to me
I guess my courage is too slow
I've got half a mind to leave you
But only half a heart to go
[ steel ] Maybe time will prove you're not to blame
But now the time I need to know
I've got half a mind to leave you
But only half a heart to go

Yes I've got half a mind to leave you
But only half a heart to go
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10.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN

(Mosie Lister)
« © '57 Mosie Lister Songs, BMI »
How long has it been since you talked with the Lord
And told him your heart's hidden secrets
How long since you prayed how long since you stayed
On your knees till the light shone through

How long has it been since your mind felt at ease
How long since your heart knew no burden
Can you call him your friend how long has it been
Since you knew that he cared for you
[ piano ] How long has it been since you knelt by your bed
And prayed to the Lord up in heaven
How long since you knew that he'd asnewer you
And would keep you the long night through

How long has it been since you woke with the dawn
And felt that life was worth living
Can you call him your friend how long has it been
Since you knew that he cared for you
Do you know that he cares for you
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