lp discography - covers & lyrics

SKEETER DAVIS

WRITTEN BY THE STARS

RCA Victor LSP-3382
June/1965
Produced by Chet Atkins
Cover Recorded:
Jan/1965, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (4)
Feb/1965, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville

1.

OH LONESOME ME

(Don Gibson)
« © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how he set set me free
Oh lonesome me

A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see
Oh lonesome me

I'll bet he's not like me he's out and fancy free
Flirtin' with the girls with all the charms
But I still love him so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome him right back here in my arms

There must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z
Oh lonesome me
[ guitar ] I'll bet he's not like me he's out and fancy free...
There must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues...
Oh lonesome me
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2.

WHEN I STOP DREAMING

(Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin)
« © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you

The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
The first time I ever have wanted to die
Was the night when you told me you loved someone else
And asked me if I could forget

When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you

You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget

When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop crying for you
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3.

IN THE SUMMERTIME (YOU DON'T WANT MY LOVE)

(Roger Miller)
« © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green
And the red bird sings I'll be blue cause you don't want my love
Some other time that's what you say when I want you
Then you laugh at me and make me cry cause you don't want my love

You don't seem to care a thing about me you'd rather live without me
Than to have my arms around you when the nights are cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green
And the red bird sings I'll be blue cause you don't want my love
[ guitar ] Once upon a time you used to smile and wave to me
And walked with me but now you don't cause you don't want my love
Some other girl is taking up all your time
You don't have time for me cause you don't want my love

You don't seem to care a thing about me...
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4.

I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)

(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
Somebody else walked by your side and she looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you
Suddenly I've got that old time feeling
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And she'll hold you just the way I used to do
Heaven only knows how much I miss you
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

I can't help it no I can't help it
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
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5.

RIGHT OR WRONG (I'LL BE WITH YOU)

(Wanda Jackson)
« © '60 Combine Music, BMI »
Right or wrong I'll be with you I'll do what you ask me to
For I believe that I belong by your side right or wrong

Right or wrong it's gotta be always you always me
Won't you take me along to be with you right or wrong

If it's right for me to love you it can't be wrong for you to care
If you will say you love me my life with you I'll share

Right or wrong day by day oh my love all the way
I believe that I belong by your side right or wrong
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6.

WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU

(Ernest Tubb)
« © '41 Unichappell Music, BMI »
You left me and you went away
You said that you'd be back in just a day
You've broken your promise and you left me here alone
I don't know why you did dear but I do know that you're gone

I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you
[ guitar ] Now someday you may be lonesome too
Walking the floor is good for you
Just keep right on a walking and it won't hurt your pride
Remember that I loved you and I will to the day I die

I'm walking the floor over you...
Walking walking
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7.

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

(Hank Locklin)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Send me the pillow that you dream on
Don't you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling I can dream on it too

Each night while I'm sleeping oh so lonely
I share your love in dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling I can dream on it too
[ guitar ] I've waited so long for you to write me
But just a memory's all I have of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling I can dream on it too
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8.

MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT

(Buck Owens)
« © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Now my heart skips a beat when we walk down the street
I feel a trembling in my knees
And just to know you're mine until the end of time
Makes my heart skip a beat

Well I did double take the day I met you
My heart turned a flip as I stood next to you
And I knew right there I never could forget you
For you are my every dream come true

And my heart skips a beat...
[ harmonica ] You came into my life without a warning
And you turned my cloudy skies from grey to blue
You're my sunshine that comes up every morning
Yes you are my every dream come true

And my heart skips a beat...
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9.

ANOTHER (JUST LIKE ME)

(Vic McAlpin - Roy Drusky)
« © '60 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
You didn't love me long until the thrill was gone
Then another made me your old used to be
How long can her love last when a new wears oh so fast
There'll always be another then another and another just like me

Just like me she'll understand the sorrow
Of loving you today and losing you tomorrow
I'd warned her but she called it jealousy
So let her be another then another and another just like me
[ guitar ] Now you'll go anywhere for a brand new love affair
Somebody new who thrills you instantly
When the thrill has ceased to chill and from the past I know it will
There'll always be another then another and another just like me

Just like me she'll understand the sorrow...
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10.

STILL

(Bill Anderson)
« © '63 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Still though you broke my heart still though we're far apart
I love you still
Still after all this time still you're still on my mind
I love you still

I've lost count of the hours and I've lost track of the day
In fact I've lost just about everything since you went away
Everything that is except the mem'ries you left me
And that's one things that no one can mar
I don't know who you're with and I don't even know where you've found
My only hope is that some day you might hear this song
And you'll know that I sung it for I love you wherever you are

Still though you broke my heart still though we're far apart
I love you still
Still after all this time still you're still on my mind
I love you still

This flame in my heart is like an eternal fire
For every day it burns hotter and every day it burns higher
And I haven't been able to put out one little flicker
Not even with all my tears
Youn know all my friends think I'm crazy well maybe I am
But I'll carry this torch just as long as I can
For someday you might just decide to come home
And I want you to know I'm still be there

Still though you broke my heart still though we're far apart
I love you still
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11.

I WALK THE LINE

(Johnny Cash)
« © '56 House Of Cash, BMI »
Mhm I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine I walk the line

I find it very very easy to be true
I find myself alone when day is through
Yes I'll admit that I'm a fool for you
Because you're mine I walk the line

Mhm as sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine I walk the line

You've got a way to keep me by your side
You give me cause for love that I can't hide
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide
Because you're mine I walk the line

Mhm I keep a close watch on this heart of mine...
Because you're mine I walk the line
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12.

DON'T WORRY BOUT ME

(Marty Robbins)
« © '56 Mariposa Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Don't worry bout me it's all over now
Though I may be blue I'll manage somehow
Love can't be explained it can't be controled
One day it's warm next day it's cold

Don't pity me cause I'm feeling blue
Don't be ashamed it might happen to you
Oh oh oh oh oh love kiss me one time then go love
I'll understand don't worry bout me
[ guitar ] Sweet sweet sweet love I want you to be
As happy as I when you love me
I'll never forget you your sweet memory
It's all over now don't worry bout me

When one heart tells one heart goodbye
One heart is free one heart will cry
Oh oh oh oh oh sweet sweet baby sweet baby sweet
It's all right don't you worry bout me
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