lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

JOSHUA

(Dolly Parton)
« © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Well the good ways down the railroad track
There was a little old rundown shack
And in it lived a man I'd never seen
Folks said he was a mean and vicious man
And you better not set foot on his land
But I didn't think nobody could be that mean

So I took me a walking down the railroad track
I was gonna go down to that little old shack
And just find out if all them things I heard was true
There was a big black dog a lying in the yard
And he growled at me and I swallowed hard
And I heard somebody say well who are you

Oh there he stood in the door of his shack
With beer in his hand and with hair long and black
He was the biggest man I'd ever seen
When he spoke his voice was low and mean
But he just didn't frighten me
Cause somehow I just knew he wasn't mean

He said what you doing snoopin' round my place
And I saw a smile come across his face
So I smiled back and I told him who I was
He said come on in and pull you up a chair
You might as well cause you're already here
And he said you call me Joshua

Joshua Joshua what you doing living all alone
Joshua Joshua ain't you got nobody to call your own

We talked till the sun went out of sight
And we was still talkin' when it turned daylight
Cause there was just so much we had to say
Now I'd spend my life in an orphan's home
And just like him I was all alone
So I said yeah when he asked me if I'd stay

Well we grew closer as time went on
And that little old shack was a happy home
And we just couldn't help but fall in love
And that big black dog and that little old shack
A sittin' down there by the railroad track
Was plenty good enough for me and Joshua

Joshua Joshua why you're just what I been looking for
Joshua Joshua we ain't gonna be lonely anymore

(It just sounds like Dolly doesn't it)
It's just story of me and Joshua
Real love story me and Joshua me and Joshua
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2.

PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW

(Dolly Parton - Bill Owens)
« © '66 Combine Music, BMI »
Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today

You say our love is over that you have found another
You say you're going away
But leave me tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today

You've hurt me enough today I can't believe those words you say
I must accept the fact you won't be coming back
So stay just one more day loneliness isn't far away

Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today
Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today
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3.

GYPSY JOE AND ME

(Dolly Parton)
« © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
We might have slept in the mayor's yard or camped by the river banks
We fed ourselves from the fruit of the land and quenched our thirst with rain
We never did allow no roots to grow beneath our feet
Life just had no pattern for Gypsy Joe and me
All we had was each other and the rags upon our backs
The closest thing to a home we new was some abandoned shack
But we had all we wanted and the rest we didn't need
Life was free and simple for Gypsy Joe and me

Now Gypsy was my little dog I found by the road in a ditch
And so I named him Gypsy cause that name just seemed to fit
Oh and Joe he was my man he was the flower of my soul
Though he never said he loved me I just always seemed to know
While standing by the highway a thumbin' for a ride
The speeding wheels of a passing car took Gypsy's life
I lost him where I found him and his loss was misery
Now there's no more Gypsy there's just Joe and me

Well the winter came and the snow did fall and the night was cold and still
And the rags we wore were not enough and Joe he caught the chill
He told me how he loved me and in my arms he went to sleep
Now there's no more Gypsy no more Joe there's just me
While standing here on the edge of this bridge looking down I see
The face of Joe and Gypsy a looking up at me
And somewhere in the distance I can hear them calling me
Tonight we'll be together again Gypsy Joe and me
Tonight we'll be together again Gypsy Joe and me
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4.

FUEL TO THE FLAME

(Dolly Parton - Bill Owens)
« © '67 Combine Music, BMI »
You kindle the fire of love inside me each time our lips meet
I'm not strong when we're alone your kisses make me weak
You must know how I feel but do you feel the same
Every time you kiss me you add fuel to the flame

My eyes light up when I see you I burn with desire
Each time you're near you say you care but still I'm not sure
Olease don't ask me to love you if you're not going to change my name
Cause every time you kiss me you add fuel to the flame

This fire of love you started inside of me has reached my very soul
You're adding fuel to a flame that's already burning out of control
When you give me your name I'll give you everything
Yes everytime you kiss me you add fuel to the flame
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5.

JUST THE WAY I AM

(Dolly Parton)
« © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
If you hear me crying in the night pretend that you don't hear me it's all right
Don't ask me why I'm crying please don't make a sound
I don't know why it's just the way I am
And if you think I act a little strange and you don't understand when I do things
Like running through the fields while the rain is pouring down
I don't know why it's just the way I am

Even though you may not understand me I hope that you'll accept me like I am
For there are many sides of me my mind and spirit must be free
I might smile while other folks would frown I don't know why it's just the way I am

I might go out chasing butterflies and if I fail to catch one I might fly
If you want me you might find me in the meadow walking round
I don't know why it's just the way I am
I might be home and busy cleaning house and in the middle of my work I might go out
To go play game to children at the playground
It makes me happy that's just the way I am

And even though you may not understand me...
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6.

TOUCH YOUR WOMAN

(Dolly Parton)
« © '72 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
We can't always both be right we sometimes disagree
But you've got the right to speak your mind and it's the same with me
When the anger's at an end and you're warm inside my arms again
All you have to do to make it right
It's just touch your woman touch your woman everything's gonna be all right
Touch your woman touch your woman
Let me know let me know everything's all right

There are times when I should be strong when I'm awfuly weak
When the sudden blows of life had brought me to my knees
Woman needs a helping hand needs someone to understand
Needs a man she loves that would stand
So touch your woman touch your woman
Let me know let me know everything's all right

When the busy day is done and you lay by side
You know exactly what it takes to keep me satisfied
You know exactly what I need and I'll always go to sleep in peace
Thankin' God only you belong to me
So touch your woman touch your woman
Let me know let me know everything's all right
Touch your woman touch your woman
Let me know let me know everything's all right
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7.

DOWN FROM DOVER

(Dolly Parton)
« © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of clover
And time is running out for me I wish that he would hurry down from Dover

He's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep upon the ground
And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown
And any time a tiny face will show itself cause waiting's almost over
But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from Dover

My parents didn't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home place
My daddy said if folks found out he would be ashamed to ever show his face
My mother said I was a fool and she did not believe me when I told her
But everything would be all right cause soon he would be coming down from Dover

I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed me
He was the only man I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was using me
He couldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be so it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this so long he'll be coming down from Dover

My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where I'm lying
Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much too still I hear no crying
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a daddy's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover
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8.

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS (WHEN TIMES WERE BAD)

(Dolly Parton)
« © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
We get up before sunup to get the work done up
We'd work in the fields till the sun had gone down
We've stood and we've cried as we helplessly watched
A hailstorm a beating our crops to the ground
We've gone to bed hungry many nights in our past
In the good old days when times were bad

No ammount of money could buy from me
The mem'ries that I have of them
No ammount of money could pay me
To go back and live through it again

I've seen daddy's hands break open and bleed
And I've seen him work till he's stiff as a board
And I've seen mother lay and suffer in sickness
In need of a doctor we couldn't afford
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad

We've got up before we found ice on the floor
Where the wind would blew snow through the cracks in the wall
And I couldn't enjoy then havin' the boy friend
I had nothin' decent to wear at all
So I longed for love that I never had
In the good old days when times were bad

No ammount of money...
In the good old days when times were bad
In the good old days when times were bad
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9.

TOMORROW IS FOREVER

(Dolly Parton)
« © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever

Take my hand and run with me out of the past called yesterday
And walk with me into the future of tomorrow
Yesterday must be forgot no looking back no matter what
There's nothing there but mem'ries that bring sorrow
Yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
No more crying tears leave tracks and mem'ries find their way back
Tomorrow's watin' let's journey there together
Yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
I care not for yesterday I love you as you are today
Yesterday just helped to pass the time while waiting
We must forget the passing time my love for you is the real kind
The kind that won't hurt you no never
Yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
Yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
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10.

DADDY WAS AN OLD TIME PREACHER MAN

(Dolly Parton - Dorothy Jo Hope)
« © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Daddy was an old time preacher man
He preached the word of God throughout the land
He praeached so plain a child could understand
Yes daddy was an old time preacher man

He told the people of the need to pray
He talked about God's wrath on Judgement Day
He preached about that great eternity
He breathed hell so hot that you could feel the heat
Daddy was an old time preacher man and Leona would get up to testify
And we'd sing in the sweet by and by then we'd sing I'm on my way to Canaan Land
Yes daddy was an old time preacher man

Revivals and camps meetin's with four weeks
Folks came from all around to hear him preach
Daddy said if one is saved it's worth it all
But the aisles were allways filled at altar calls
Daddy was an old time preacher man...

Daddy worked for God but asked no pay for he believed that God provides away
We never had a lot but we got by yes it's cause the Lord was on my daddy's side
Daddy was an old time preacher man
In the sweet by and by we shall meet on that beautiful shore
I'm on my way to Canaan's Land yes daddy was an old time preacher man
In the sweet by and by we shall meet on that beautiful shore
I'm on my way to Canaan Land yes daddy was an old time preacher man
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