lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

DADDY SANG BASS

(Carl Perkins)
« © '68 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / House Of Cash, BMI »
As when I was a little girl times were hard in this whole world
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud
Just poor people that's all we were tryin' to make a livin' out of black land dirt
We'd get together in a family circle and sing out loud

(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor)
Me and little brother would join right in there
Singin' seems to help us troubled soul
One of these days and it won't be long I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne
No the circle won't be broken by and by Lord by and by
(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor)
Me and little brother would join right in there in the sky Lord in the sky
[ guitar ] Now I remember after work mama would call in all of us
You could hear us singin' for a country mile
Now little brother has done gone on but I'll rejoin him in a song
We'll be together again up yonder in a while

(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor...
In the sky Lord in the sky
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2.

WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND

(Alan Bergman - Marvin Bergman - Michel LeGrand)
« © '68 U Catalog, ASCAP »
Round like a circle in a spiral like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain or a carnival baloon
Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
Like a clock those hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind

Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a peble someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock those hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind

Keys that jingle in your pocket words that jingle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly was it something that you said
Lovers walk along the shore and leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand
Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song
Half remembered names and faces but to whom do they belong
When you knew what it was over you were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of his hair

Like a circle in a spiral like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
As the images unwind like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
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3.

SON OF A PREACHER MAN

(Ronnie Wilkins - John Hurley)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Billy Ray was a preacher's son and when his daddy would visit he'd come along
When they gathered round and started talkin' that's when Billy would take me walkin'
Out through the backyard we'd go walkin'
And then he'd look into my eyes Lord know to my surprise

The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me was the son of a preacher man
Yes he was he was oh yes he was

Bein' good isn't always easy no matter how hard I try
When he started sweet talkin' to me he'd come and tell me everything is alright
He'd kiss and tell me everything's alright and can we get away again tonight

The only one who could ever reach me...
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4.

SOMEDAY SOON

(Ian Tyson)
« © '63 WB Music, ASCAP »
There's a young man that I know his age is twenty one
Comes from down in southern Colorado
Just out of the service and he's looking for his fun
Someday soon goin' with him someday soon

My parents cannot stand him cause he rides the rodeo
My father says that he will leave me crying
I would follow him right down the toughest road I know
Someday soon goin' with him someday soon

Then when he comes to call my pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess it's cause he's just as wild in the younger days
So blow you ol' blue northern blow my love to me
He's driving in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon goin' with him someday soon
[ steel - guitar ] Then when he comes to call...
Someday soon goin' with him someday soon
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5.

ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

(Jerry Butler - Kenneth Gamble - Leona Huff)
« © '69 Ensign Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I remember my first love affair
Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
And my mamma had some great advice
So I thought I'd put it into words of this song
I can still hear her sayin'

Girl oh I see you're sittin' out there all alone
Cryin' your eyes out cause the man that you love has gone
There's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
So listen to me get up off your knees cause only the strong survive

That's what she said only the strong survive only the strong survive
So you've gotta be strong you'd better hold on
Don't go don't go around with your head hung down
Well I wouldn't let the little boy know
I wouldn't let him know that he made me feel like a clown

There's a whole lotta men looking for a good girl like you
But you know you'll never meet 'em if you give up now and say your life is through

And then she said only the strong survive only the strong survive
If you wanna get a man you've got to take a stand only the strong survive

Only the strong surviveonly the strong survive
So you've gotta be strong you'd better hold on...
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6.

SINGING MY SONG

(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton - Tammy Wynette)
« © '69 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Here's a song I love to sing
It's about the man that wears my ring
And even though he's tempted he knows
I'll make sure that he gets everything

Cause when he's cold he knows I'm warm
And I warm him in my arms
And when he's sad then I make him so glad
And I'm his shelter from the storm

I'm his song when he feels like singing
And I swing when he feels like swinging
I don't know what I do that's right but it makes him come home at night
And when he's home I make sure he's never alone
And that's why I keep singing my song

And when he's home I make sure he's never alone
And that's why I keep singing my song
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7.

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 why 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...
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8.

I DIDN'T CRY TODAY

(Skeeter Davis)
« © '69 High Harmony Music, BMI »
The hurt's gettin' sore it don't hurt so bad and might even go away
I've been cryin' a long long time but I didn't cry today
I thought my tears would never leave they been faithful since he went away
Yes my tears have gone to another's eyes cause I didn't cry today

For the first time in a long time I didn't frown
My lips started smile down I look so up instead of down
I might just find me a new love if a new love comes my way
My hopes're high my eyes're dry I didn't cry today
[ steel ] For the first time in a long time I didn't frown...
I didn't cry today uhuh I didn't cry today I started smilin' I didn't cry today
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9.

TEACH ME TO LOVE YOU

(Bernie Miller - Lisa Miller)
« © '69 Iris Properties Music, BMI »
Teach me to love you teach me what I ought to know
Show me where my arms should go when you hold me when you hold me
Teach me to love you I am wearing you at this
Do I close my eyes to kiss will you teach me baby teach me
[ strings ] Teach me to love you you will find me quick to know
Then I'll teach you in return how to love me how you love me

Teach me to love you teach me what I ought to know
Show me where my arms should go
Teach me to love you la la la la la la la
Baby teach me baby
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10.

BOTH SIDES NOW

(Joni Mitchell)
« © '67 Crazy Crow Music, ASCAP »
Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air
And feathered canyons everywhere I'd look at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun they rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done the clouds got in my way

I'd look at clouds from both sides now from up and down and still somehow
It's cloud delusion I recall I really don't know cloud at all
[ guitar ] Moons and Junes and fairy squeels the dizzi dancing way you feel
Is every fairytale complete I'd look at love that way
But now it's just another show we've been laughin' when you go
And if you care don't let them know don't give yourself away

I'd look at love from both sides now from up and down and still somehow
It's cloud delusion I recall I really don't know cloud at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud say I love you right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I'd look at love that way
But now old friends are acting strange they shake their heads they say I'd change
But something's lost and something's gained in living every day

I'd look at love from both sides now...
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11.

PRESCRIPTION FOR THE BLUES

(Earl Montgomery - Theo Saunders)
« © '69 Jet Music, BMI »
All day long I worry all night long I'm blue
I feel so awfully lonesome I don't know what to do
And so I ask you doctor to see if you can find
Something in your sachet to pacify my mind
Oh doctor doctor write me a prescription for the blues
I've got those blues

Latly tell you doctor why I'm in misery
Once I had a lover he went away from me
I went to see the ejection and the voodoo doctors too
They shook their heads and told me there was nothing they could do
Oh doctor doctor why not write me a prescription for the blues

Just like a little baby all night night long I cry
Now doctor if you can't cure me why I just as soon to die
So give me something poison doctor won't you please
And then I'll sign a peper sayin' I die with heart disease
Oh doctor doctor write me a prescription for the blues
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12.

CHOKIN' KIND

(Harlan Howard)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I only meant to love you don't you know it babe
Why couldn't you be contented with the love I gave
I gave you my heart and now you want my mind
Your love scares me to death boy it's the chokin' kind

You can kill a girl with poison or a gun or knife
But it hurts her more to take her pride and ruin her life
Whatever it is you want I surely hope you'll find
But boy your hat don't fit my head it's the chokin' kind

When you fall in love again boy take a tip from me
If you don't like the peaches just walk on by the tree
Find what you want and keep it treat it sweet and kind
But let it breathe don't make your love the chokin' kind
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