lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LOVE TAKES A LOT OF MY TIME

(Ronny Light)
« © '71 High Harmony Music, BMI »
You might say I'm workin' for a lovin'
Scrubbin' floors and dishes all day long
It's my job to keep the homefires burnin'
And it's his way to never treat me wrong

Doin' housework keeps my body busy
And it sure helps to pass the day away
Not that I don't like my way of livin'
But night time is my favorite time of day

Love takes a lot of my time
From sunset to sunrise he's mine
He comes home to my loving arms
Then it's his job just to keep me warm
Love takes a lot of my time

I don't know the kind of words to tell him
All the things a lover ought to know
But when I'm in his arms I try to show him
Cause lovin' has a language of its own

Love takes a lot of my time...
Love takes a lot of my time
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2.

I CAN'T SEEM TO SAY GOODBYE

(Don Robertson)
« © '61 Don Robertson Music, ASCAP »
Gone is the sunshine that we knew before
Now we're just living a lie
But when it comes time love to walk out the door
I can't seem to say goodbye

I can't say it's all right dear we'll make it somehow
Hold me close I'll try not to cry
I can say I love you till the day that I die
But I can't seem to say goodbye
[ steel - fiddle] I can't say it's all right dear we'll make it we'll make it somehow
Hold me close I'll try not to cry
I can say I love you till the day that I die
But I can't seem to say goodbye
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3.

FIRE AND RAIN

(James Taylor)
« © '69 Blackwood Music, BMI / Country Road Music, ASCAP »
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Sweet Baby Jane the plans they made put an end to you
Walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
Just can't remember who to send it to

I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

Won't you look down upon me Jesus you gotta help me make a stand
You just gotta see me through another day
My body's aching and my time is at hand
I won't make it any other way

I've seen fire and I've seen rain...
[ banjo - dobro] I've been workin' my mind through an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold winds blow it'll turn your head around
There are the times on the telephone lines to talk about the times to come
Sweet dreams and flyin' machines and pieces on the ground

I've seen fire and I've seen rain...
Oh I always thought that I'd see you again
Oh I always thought that I'd see you again
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4.

MAMA YOUR BIG GIRL'S BOUT TO CRY

(Skeeter Davis)
« © '71 High Harmony Music, BMI »
Mama mama I need your help today
Mama mama is there something you can say
You used to kiss the hurt away and brush the teardrops from my eyes
Now mama your big girl's bout to cry

Mama he owned my heart and he possessed my soul
But then he wanted someone else he asked me to let him go
And every promise he made me turned out to be a lie
Mama your big girl's bout to cry

When I was just a little girl I'd hurt myself at play
And then you'd take me on your lap and kiss the hurt away

Now mama I've got more hurt than my poor heart can take
Mama mama do something for my sake
Tell me what I'm gonna do without him by my side
Mama your big girl's bout to cry
Oh mama your big girl's bout to cry
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5.

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND

(Carole King)
« © '70 Colgems Music, ASCAP »
When you're down and troubled and you need some loving care
And nothing nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter spring summer or fall all you've got to do is call
And I'll be there yes I will
You've got a friend

If the sky above you goes dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter spring summer or fall all you've got to do is call
And I'll be there

Now ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you desert you and take your soul if you let them
Oh but don't you let them

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am...
You've got a friend ain' it good to know
You've got a friend you've got a friend
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6.

HELLO DARLIN'

(Conway Twitty)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Hello darlin' nice to see you it's been a long time
You're just as handsome as you used to be
How's your new love are you happy hope you're doing fine
Just to know it means so much to me

What's that darlin' how'm I doing guess I'm doing all right
Except I can't sleep and I cry all night till dawn
What I'm trying to say is I love you and I miss you
I'm so sorry that I did you wrong

Look up darlin' won't you kiss me just for old time sake
Won't you hold me in your arms one more time
Thank you darlin' may God bless you may each step you take
Bring you closer to the things you seek to find

Goodbye darlin' I gotta go now gotta try to find a way
To lose these mem'ries of your love so warm and true
But if you should ever find it in your heart to forgive me
Come back darlin' I'll be waiting for you
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7.

IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND

(Gordon Lightfoot)
« © '69 Early Morning Music, SESAC »
If you could read my mind love what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a caste the dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost that you can't see

If I could read your mind love what a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel the kind the drug stores sell
Then you reached the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me but heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again because the endingis just too hard to take
[ steel] I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script enter No 2
A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love let's be real
I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back

If you could read my mind love what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a caste the dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines you'd know that I'm just trying to understand
The feeling's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back
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8.

HE WAKES ME WITH A KISS EVERY MORNING

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '71 Acuff-Rose Music »
He wakes me with a kiss every morning
And he loves me to sleep every night

How lucky I am to have searched for and found
The beginning of the rest of my life
He wakes me with a kiss every morning
And he loves me to sleep every night

His goal for each day is to find some new way
To please me and to keep me satisfied
He wakes me with a kiss every morning
And he loves me to sleep every night

His love is too strong to let me be wrong
Even when we both know I'm to blame
When trouble and hard times are raining
His love soaks up my share of the rain

He never complains and I've only seen
Love in his baby blue eyes
He wakes me with a kiss every morning
And he loves me to sleep every night

He wakes me with a kiss every morning
And he loves me to sleep every night
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9.

YOU CALL THIS LOVE (I CALL IT HATE)

(Skeeter Davis)
« © '66 High Harmony Music, BMI »
You call this love I call it hate

You tell me you love me but that can't be true
Or you wouldn't hurt me the way that you do
You tell me such sweet things but you treat me so bad
Why you're even smiling when you make me sad

You call this love how can it be
This can't be love you feel for me
Your mind must be twisted you don't have things straight
You call this love I call it hate
[ fiddle] You ask my forgiveness and tell me you'll change
Each time I forgive you you hurt me again
You say let's start over but now it's too late
What you call love I know as hate

You call this love how can it be...
You call this love I call it hate
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10.

AMAZING GRACE

(John Newton - Bill Walker - William J. Gaither)
« © '52 Bridge Building Music, BMI »
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relived
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
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