lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE WITH YOU

(Lester Flatt)
« © '50 Peer International, BMI »
I think I'll go across the ocean if I don't lose my notion
I just got to forget you if I can
I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
Because I'm head over heels in love with you

Every day is sad and lonely cause I'm thinkin' of you only
I can't bear the thought of losin' you
I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
Because I'm head over heels in love with you
[ steel ] My nights are always dreary all I do is sit and worry
I just can't bear the thought of losin' you
I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
Because I'm head over heels in love with you

I'd like to be forgiven but my life just ain't worth livin'
If all I do is worry over you
I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
Because I'm head over heels in love with you
[ dobro ] I think I'll go across the ocean...

I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
Because I'm head over heels in love with you
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2.

DOWN THE ROAD

(Lester Flatt)
« © '49 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Down the road a mile or two lives a boy named Billy Blue
Bout so tall hair of brown handsomest man in this town

Now anytime you want to know where I'm going down the road
Get my man on the line you'll find me there most anytime
[ banjo ] Everyday and Sunday too I go to see my Billy Blue
Before you hear the rooster crow you'll see me headed down the road

Now everytime I get the blues I walk the soles right off my shoes
Don't know why I love him so that man of mine lives down the road
[ steel ] Down the road a mile or two lives a boy named Billy Blue
Bout so tall hair of brown handsomest man in this town

Now everytime I get the blues I walk the soles right off my shoes
Don't know why I love him so that man of mine lives down the road
[ banjo ] **********

3.

I'LL NEVER LOVE ANOTHER

(Lester Flatt)
« © '49 Peer International, BMI »
I'll never love another now that you've gone away
And left me here to grieve dear all alone
It seems I always lose my dear no matter how I try
I'll never love another until the day I die

I'll never love another now that you've proved untrue
Without your lovin' darling what am I to do
I spent my life for you dear now you've left me blue
I'll never love another if I can't have you
[ fiddle ] My castles now have tumbled that we had built for two
And all my dreams have vanished dear with you
I'll find no one to take your place so I'll not even try
I'll never love another until the day I die

I'll never love another now that you've proved untrue...
[ steel ] Now you don't know my heartaches that you caused me to bear
Or you would not have gone away from me
I'll have to live my life alone and think of days gone by
I'll never love another until the day I die

I'll never love another now that you've proved untrue...
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4.

I STILL MISS SOMEONE

(Johnny Cash - Ray Cash Jr)
« © '58 House Of Cash, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
At my door the leaves are falling a cold wild wind will come
Sweethearts walk by together and I still miss someone

For I never got over those blue eyes I see them everywehere
I miss those arms that held me when all the love was there
[ fiddle ] I go out on a party to look for a little fun
All I find is a darkened corner cause I still miss someone

For I never got over those blue eyes...
[ banjo - steel ] I wonder if he's sorry for leaving what we'd begun
There's someone for me somewhere but I still miss someone

For I never got over those blue eyes...
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5.

JIMMY BROWN THE NEWSBOY

(A.P. Carter)
« © '51 Peer International, BMI »
He sells the morning papers his name is Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows that he's the newsboy of the town
You could hear me yelling Morning Star run along the street
Got no hat upon his head no shoes upon his feet
[ guitar ] Never mind sir how he looks don't look at him and frown
He sells the morning papers his name is Jimmy Brown
He's awful cold and hungry his clothes are mighty thin
He wanders round from place to place his daily bread to win
[ dobro ] His father died a drunkard I've heard his mother say
Now he helps his mother as he journeys on his way
His mother always tells me he's nothing in the world to lose
He'll get a place in heaven to sell the Gospel News
[ guitar ] He sells the morning papers his name is Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows that he's the newsboy of the town
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6.

GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs)
« © '48 Peer International, BMI »
I was a stranger brother out in sin
Didn't even have the love of God within
But now I found him and I'm glad to say
I love my Saviour every day

God loves his children brother yes I know
He will protect you anywhere you go
Just call upon him he will hear your prayer
God will protect you anywhere
[ guitar ] Brother take warning while yet you have time
Don't let no Satan lead you down the line
Just tell old Satan to stay out of your way
God loves his children everyday

God loves his children brother..
[ guitar ] I'm glad I've found him and I'm on my way
I'm gonna follow Jesus every day
Nothing can change me and I'm glad to say
God loves his children every day

God loves his children brother..
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7.

CALIFORNIA UPTIGHT BAND

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '67 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
I made a trip to California just last week
To get those cats to lay some sounds on me
There on the corner of a parking lot
Was six kids playin' dirty rock

It was the California Uptight Band
A way out hippy was the guitar man
I asked him to pick a little Wildwood Flower
He looked at me kinda sour

He said what's wild about a wood flower man
I told him maybe you don't understand
I hummed him a little till he found the beat
He nearly picked me off my feet

I stayed and I taught him a tune or two
A little Earl's Breakdown and some Mountain Dew
And now this group has got a brand new style
They're drivin' California wild

Now it's a brand new California Uptight Band
Now they're the leaders of the west coast plan
A little education from the country side
They're takin' California for a ride

I wouldn't put you on cause it ain't no gag
The Uptight Band has got a brand new bag
If you see the California Uptight Band
Tell them you're a wood flower man

Now it's a brand new California Uptight Band
Playin' a song about a wood flower man
Now it's a brand new California Uptight Band
Playin' a song about a wood flower man
A brand new California Uptight Band
Playin' a song about a wood flower man
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8.

I WON'T BE HANGING AROUND

(Marijohn Wilkin - Wayne P.Walker - Louise Certain)
« © '57 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
From now on I won't be hanging around
From now on I won't be hanging around
I've taken all I can so you can't be my man
From now on I won't be hanging around

It's a long time I waited my darling
Just hoping someday you'd settle down
But now it's too late it's all over
From now on I won't be hanging around

From now on I won't be hanging around...
[ banjo - dobro ] I've tried and I've tried make you love me
But night life and bright lights you found
It's the only love you'll ever know my darlin'
So from now on I won't be hanging around

From now on I won't be hanging around...
From now on I won't be hanging around
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9.

BEFORE I MET YOU

(Charles L. Seitz - Joe Lewis - Elmar Rader)
« © '55 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I thought I had seen handsome men in my time
That was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine
That was before I met you

I thought I was standing on top of the world
I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
But that was before I met you

I wanted to ramble and always be free
But that was before I met you
I said that no man could ever hold me
But that was before I met you

I thought I was standing on top of the world...
[ mandolin ] They tell me I'll reap just what I have sown
But darling I hope that's not true
For once I made plans about living alone
But that was before I met you

I thought I was standing on top of the world...
Yes that was before I met you
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10.

ON MY MIND

(Tommy James - Jerry Organ)
« © '55 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I can't eat and I can't sleep all I do is sit and cry
And listen for your footsteps at the door
I keep asking myself why we ever said goodbye
And I guess I shed a million tears or more

On my mind on my mind
You're always in my heart and on my mind
Once I thought my love had died but darling here's what I'd find
You're always in my heart and on my mind
[ fiddle - dobro ] Seems I miss you most of all when twilight shadows fall
What a fool I was to ever let you go
If longing for you now could only bring you back somehow
You'd be here in these lonely arms I know

On my mind on my mind...
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11.

CABIN ON THE HILL

(B.L. Shook - Walter Koken)
« © '43 Mudthumper Music, BMI »
There's a happy childhood home in my mem'ry I can see
Standing out upon the hill neath the shadow of the tree
If I only had my way if I'd give my heart a thrill
Just to simply wander back to the cabin on the hill

Oh I want to wander back to the cabin on the hill
Neath the shadow of the tree I would like to linger still
Just to be with those I love join my heart with all the fill
Just to simply wander back to the cabin on the hill

But the saddest of it all I can never more return
To that happy childhood home matters not how much I yearn
If I'd only had my way if I'd give my heart a thrill
Just to simply wander back to the cabin on the hill

Oh I want to wander back...
Oh I want to wander back...
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12.

FATHER'S TABLE GRACE

(Otho Jones - Homer Sewell)
« © '61 Unichappell Music, BMI »
As we sit at the table my family heads bowed low
My thoughts return to childhood and the finest man I know
He doesn't speak good English he's just a simple man
But when he's talkin' to the Lord even a little child can understand
I was young and foolish but the thought still comes to me
When I told daddy I felt I was old enough to leave
He sat there at the table and I looked him on his face
But he never spoke another word till he said the table grace
He said our graceous heavenly father we all gathered here today
To give these things of blessings so humbly we pray
Our oldest girl is leaving and I guess she knows what's best
But just in case would you stand by and help her to stand the test
Lord she's a little bit neglectful about church on Sunday morn
And when she gets with a wrong crowd would you let to hold her arm
And if she flies too high would you clip her wings
But don't let her fall too hard Lord I'm sure you can hand the things
I've tried my best from day to day to teach her right from wrong
And now she's grown to be a fine young lady and she always blessed our home
We pray dear Lord for guidance she won't build upon the sand
And we won't worry half as much if we know she's in your hands
And oh yes Lord it won't be long till I'll be coming home don't make mr wait too long
We pray dear Lord for guidance please cleance us from our sins
So we can all be together in heaven in Jesus name amen
The table was silent as tears ran down my face
And from that day on I base my life on father's table grace
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