lp discography - covers & lyrics

SKEETER DAVIS

SKEETER SINGS STANDARDS

RCA Victor LSP-3463
November/1965
Produced by Chet Atkins & Anita Kerr
Cover Cover Jerry Kennedy, Chet Atkins - guitar
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Pete Drake - steel
Henry Strzelecki, Norbert Putnam - bass
Jerry Carrigan - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Floyd Cramer - organ/vibes
Jerry Smith - vibes
Recorded:
July/1965, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville

1.

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE

(Edward Heyman - Victor Young)
« © '52 Chappell & Co, ASCAP / Intersong USA, ASCAP »
When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you
When I fall in love with you
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2.

ALL OF ME

(Seymour Simons - Gerald Marks)
« © '31 Marlong Music, ASCAP »
All of me why not take all of me
Can't you see I'm no good without you
Take my lips I want to lose them
Take my arms I'll never use them

Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on without you
You took the part that once was my heart
So why not take all of me
[ piano - strings ] Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry...
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3.

IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE

(Mack David - Fred Spielman)
« © '56 September Music, ASCAP / Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
It only hurts for a little while
That's what they tell me that's what they say
It only hurts for a little while
Then all your heartaches will pass away

It's so easy to be smart with somebody else's heart
But I don't know how to start forgetting you what can I do

It only hurts for a little while
That's what they tell me just wait and see
But I will hurt till you come back to me
[ guitar ] It only hurts for a little while
That's what they tell me just wait and see
But I will hurt till you come back to me
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4.

DEAR HEART

(Jay Livingston - Ray Evans - Henry Mancini)
« © '65 Northridge Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Dear heart wish you were here to warm this night
My dear heart it seems like a year since you went out of my sight

A single room a table for one it's a lonesome town alright
But soon I'll kiss you hello at our front door
And dear heart I want to know I'll leave your arms never more
[ tube ] A single room a table for one it's a lonesome town alright...
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5.

FLY ME TO THE MOON (IN OTHER WORDS)

(Bart Howard)
« © '63 WB Music, ASCAP »
Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars
In other words hold my hand in other words darling kiss me
Fill my heart with song and let me sing forever more
You are all I long for all I worship and adore
In other words please be true in other words I love you
[ strings ] In other words please be true in other words I love you
I love you
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6.

SECRET LOVE

(Paul F. Webster - Sammy Fain)
« © '53 WB Music, ASCAP »
Once I had a secret love that lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love became impatient to be free

So I told a friendly star the way that dreamers often do
Just how wonderful you are and why I'm so in love with you

Now I shout it from the highest hill
Even told the golden daffodills
At last my heart's an open door
And my secret love's no secret anymore

Once I had a secret love
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7.

CRY ME A RIVER

(Arthur Hamilton)
« © '53 Chappell & Co, ASCAP / Harmony Grace Publishing, ASCAP »
Now you say you're lonely you cried the long night through
Well you can cry cryme a river cry cry me a river
I cried a river over you

Now you say you're sorry for being so untrue
Well you can cry cry me a river cry cry me a river
I cried a river over you

You drove me nearly drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember I remember all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian told me you were through with me

And now you say you love me well just to prove you do
Come on and cry cry me a river cry cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Come on and cry cry me a river cry cry me a river
I cried a river over you
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8.

AL-DI-LA

(Carlo Donida - Ervin Drake - Giulio Rapetti)
« © '65 Lindabet Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
La la la la la la la la la la la la
[ strings ] Al-di-la means you are far above me very far
Al-di-la as distant as the lovely evening star
Where you walk flowers bloom when you smile all the gloom turn to sunshine
And my heart openes wide when you're gone it fades inside
And seems to have died

Al-di-la I wonder as I drifted where you were
Al-di-la the fog around me lifted there you were
And the kiss that I gave was the love I have saved for the lifetime
Then I knew all of you was completely mine
[ piano ] And the kiss that I gave was the love I have saved for the lifetime
Then I knew all of you was completely mine
[ strings ] La la la la la la la la la la la la
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9.

YOU TELL ME YOUR DREAM

(Skeeter Davis)
« © '65 High Harmony Music, BMI »
All day today I was thinking of the time a long time ago
When I told you I had a dream and my dream you wanted to know
I couldn't tell you my secret so I laughed and just shook my head
You didn't give up that easy and I still hear the words that you said

You had a dream dear I had one too
My dream was the best cause it was of you
Come sweetheart tell me now is the time
You tell me your dream I'll tell you mine
[ strings ] You said you dreamed I had promised that someday we would be wed
And that was exactly like my dream and I couldn't believe of what you said
But now we're both so happy everything turned out fine
You tell me your dream I'll tell you mine
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10.

TOO YOUNG

(Sylvia Dee - Sidney Lippman)
« © '51 Aria Music, ASCAP / Edward Proffitt Music, ASCAP »
They try to tell us we're too young
Too young to really be in love
They say that love's a word a word'd be only heard
But can't begin to know the meaning of

And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then someday they may recall
We were not too young at all
[ strings ] And then someday they may recall
We were not too young at all
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11.

I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU

(Harry Ruby - Herbert Stothart - Bert Kalmar)
« © '65 Edwin H Morris Co, ASCAP / Ruby Harry Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
I wanna be loved by you just you and nobody else but you
I wanna be loved by you alone
Dup pup pi dup boo pup pi do
I wanna be kissed by you just you and nobody else but you
I wanna be kissed by you alone

I couldn't inspire to anything higher
Than feel this desire to make you my own
Dup pup pi dup boo pup pi do
I wanna be loved by you just you and nobody else but you
I wanna be loved by you alone
[ horns ] I couldn't inspire to anything higher...
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12.

SMILE

(Geoffrey Parsons - John Turner - Charles Chaplin)
« © '54 Bourne Co, ASCAP »
Smile though your heart is aching smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying smile what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile if you just smile

Light up your face with gladness hide every trace of sadness...
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