lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BUS FARE TO KENTUCKY

(Ronny Light)
« © '70 High Harmony Music, BMI »
I know I'm just a country girl I hadn't seen much of the world
Today my bus pulled out of old Kentucky
My daddy waved and mama cried and I felt all choked up inside
Cause I was leavin' everyone that loved me

The first I saw of city ways went against how I was raised
This country girl was really out of place
And I was set to go back home but I was broke and all alone
And I couldn't find another friendly face

But I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
Or this city would have seen the last of me
I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky
And that old Grey Dog won't let me ride for free
[ guitar ] I met a boy from Tennessee and I guess he reminded me
Of someone that I knew in old Kentucky
It was good to have a friend and it was good to laugh with him
And it was good to hear him say he loved me

I never thought he'd do me wrong so I gladly went along
I loved him more than any man I've known
And after he had all his fun he told me that our love was done
And then he left this country girl alone

I didn't have the bus fare to Kentucky...

I can't afford to go first class so I'll make it the best I can
Anything to get my feet on that good Kentucky land
My thumb is in the air and my suitcase by my side
Won't somebody give this poor old country girl a ride

Kentucky I'm a comin' home I'll never leave you anymore
Kentucky I don't know why I ever strayed
Kentucky your bluegrass bridges and your valleys call to me
Kentucky I'm comin' home to stay
Kentucky I'm a comin' home I'll never leave you anymore
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2.

I LOOK UP (AND SEE YOU ON MY MIND)

(Skeeter Davis)
« © '70 High Harmony Music, BMI »
I take myself to places where we didn't go
I surround myself with faces that we didn't know
I think this way I'll leave our past behind
Then I look up and see you on my mind

I tell my friends that now I'm really over you
I say I'll find a new love but I never do
For even with somebody else I find
I look up and see you on my mind

I see you on my mind so real I can feel you
And I reach up to hold you close so you will stay
But then I realize that I just see your memory
And a dream of love that just won't go away

I make my heart a promise that I'll soon forget
But if there is a way I haven't found it yet
And even after death I'll bet I'll find
I'll look up and see you on my mind
Yes I'll look up and see you on my mind
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3.

INSTINCT FOR SURVIVAL

(Jim Glaser)
« © '68 Ensign Music, BMI »
Believe me I ain't sayin' this just to hurt your pride
But I can live without you without breaking up inside
I just can't stay here with you now the way you're doing me wrong
Guess my instinct for survival is a little too strong a little too strong

It's hard for me to understand just what you're searchin' for
And why the touch that thrilled you doesn't move you anymore
You're like the friends you're runnin' with and I just don't belong
Guess my instinct for survival is a little too strong a little too strong

There's something deep inside of me that's begging me to leave
And I can't stop this feeling without killing part of me

If I sound cold and uncaring well I don't mean to be
You know the love I have for you is such a part of me
But before I'll let you ruin my life I'll pack up and be gone
Guess my instinct for survival is a little too strong a little too strong
A little too strong
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4.

SAD SITUATION

(Clyde Pitts - Billy Deaton)
« © '68 Careers Music, BMI / Court Of Kings, BMI »
Well I've known some sad situations before
And I've faced a lot of temptations before
Yes I've known others like you with a heart made of stone
And by now I guess I should be used to living alone

It's a sad situation not just because I'm so blue
It's a sad situation cause I'm still loving you
[ piano ] I never thought I'd be feeling like this
Living on mem'ries of your tender kiss
You're not the first one that I thought my heart wanted so
But you'll be the first one to take part of me when you go

It's a sad situation not just because I'm so blue
It's a sad situation cause I'm still loving you
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5.

HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT

(Kris Kristofferson)
« © '70 Combine Music, BMI »
Take the ribbon from my hair shake it loose and let it fall
Laying soft against your skin like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light
All I'm taking is your time help me make it through the night

I don't know what's right or wrong though I try to understand
I got no promise of tomorrow and tonight I need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight
It's so sad to be alone help me make it through the night
Mhmm mhmm mhmm mhmm
I don't want to be alone help me make it through the night
Please don't let me stay alone help me make it through the night
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6.

THERE'S A FOOL BORN EVERY MINUTE

(Paul Evans - Paul Parnes)
« © '68 Port Music, ASCAP »
I'm in a depression I can't shake the blues
I just read your letter goodbye was today's bad news

Oh there's a fool born every minute every minute of the day
And I'm the fool who was born today
Yes there's a fool born every minute every minute of the day
And life is cruel when you're a fool

There's no one to turn too I chased them away
When I thought you loved me and now all that I can say

Is there's a fool born every minute...
[ steel ] I don't go to places where friends of mine go
I can't stand their faces when they say I told you so

Oh there's a fool born every minute...
Well there's a fool born every day and today it looks like I'm it
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7.

STRANGER IN MY PLACE

(Kenny Rogers - Kin Vassy)
« © '70 Devon Music, BMI / Flea Show Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I just can't see a stranger in my place

I see the town where we were born I see the place we were raised
I see all the things you wanted that I never gave
I see sadness I see sorrow I see pain on your face
But I just can't see a stranger in my place

I can see now where we quarreled I can see now I was wrong
I can see how you might weaken when I wasn't strong
I see mem'ries of a love gone bad that time cannot erase
But I just can't see a stranger in my place

No one seems to know me quite like you do
No one knows the things that make me cry
Now looking back it seems I never showed you
And now I lay alone and wonder why

I can see now where you might grow tired of dreams that don't come true
I can see where I have fallen short of the things I promised you
I can see now through my tear filled eyes no love on your face
But I just can't see a stranger in my place
I just can't see a stranger in my place
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8.

FALL IN WITH THE BAND

(Leslie Chandler)
« © '70 Leslie Ward Music, BMI »
Get out your junkshop banjo get out your walkin' shoes
Fall in with the band you can play too
You don't have to be real good now you don't have to know the songs
Fall in with the band and play along

Maybe we can get the people to singin' songs that they never sung
Get to them one by one I hope they listen
Maybe if we keep 'em busy singin' they won't have time to hate
Maybe we can get 'em straight if they listen

March out across the desert march out across the sea
Fall in with the band and come with me
You don't have to sign no papers you don't have to pay no dues
Fall in with the band you just can't lose

Maybe we can get the people to singin' songs that they never sung
Get to them one by one I hope they listen
Maybe if we keep 'em busy singin' they won't have time to hate
Maybe we can get 'em straight if they listen

Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa fall in with the band and play along
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa fall in with the band and sing this song
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa fall in with the band and play along
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
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9.

RACHEL

(Skeeter Davis)
« © '70 High Harmony Music, BMI »
Rachel Rachel that's the name you kept callin' last night while you were asleep
I kissed you and woke you and you hugged me tightly and said you were having a dream
I teased you and asked you now who is this Rachel you said I imagined the name
But I knew as soon as I asked you the question that I'd hear of Rachel again

I've noticed lately while you sleep you've been smilin'
And you've never done this before
And I've noticed lately and I just can't help but wonder
Why I never smile anymore
Well I guess a woman has some way of knowin'
When her man don't feel quiet the same
Some other woman is making you smile now
While you slept you told me her name

Now you lie here sleepin' I lie here cryin' I love you I can't set you free
You're smilin' and dreamin' that you're with your Rachel
But you'll die in your sleep holdin' me
And I'll die wondering who's Rachel
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10.

I STILL BELONG TO YOU

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '70 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
I thought of leaving you a note but every time I start
There's nothing blue enough to write this feeling in my heart
Sometimes I'd like to run away but where would I run to
My heart would keep reminding me I still belong to you

Many times I've had the urge to pack my things and leave
But this feeling comes and goes so I'll never do
Cause I love you enough to stand the things you've put tme through
No matter what you'd do to me I still belong to you

I'm hurt inside but what's his pride it won't keep me warm at night
It has no arms to take me in and hold me like you do
What a little bit of love you give is all I'm clinging to
It takes your love to make me live I still belong to you
It takes your love to make me live I still belong to you
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