WHATEVER I SAY MEANS I LOVE YOU
(Dot DOSD-2029)
July/1975
Produced by Stan Silver
Billy Sanford, Jimmy Capps - guitar
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Pete Drake - steel
Leon Rhodes - bass guitar
Bob Moore - bass
Jerry Carrigan - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins, Jerry Smith - piano
Buddy Spicher - fiddle
Farrell Morris - percussion
The Nashville String Machine - strings
Buzz Cason, Wendy Suits, Diane Tidwell, Bergen White, Shirley Temple Choir - vocals
Arrangements by Bill Justis
Recorded:
1975, Ray Stevens Sound Lab, Nashville
1.
HELLO LITTLE BLUEBIRD
(Donna Fargo)
« © '75 Embassy Music, BMI »
Hello little bluebird I know how you feel
One time I thought I'd never learn too
But someone came along and helped me like I'm helping you
And if I can fly I'll bet you can too
I don't know what misfortune kept you down this time
But there's usually a reason for it all
You'll run into things that hurt you all the time
And the higher up the harder that you fall
First thing you have to do is be sure you wanna fly
Cause no one in the world can do it for you
Then practice what you learn by doin' all that you can do
Cause if I can fly I'll bet you can too
I don't know what misfortune...
So go spread your little bluebird wings and fly away
May the melodies of love always be with you
And someday you'll help someone remember what I'm telling you
If I can fly I'll bet you can too
La la da da la la la la if I can fly I'll bet you can too
(La la da da la la la la) if I can fly I'll bet you can too
(La la da da la la la la) if I can fly I'll bet you can too
(La la da da la la la la) if I can fly I'll bet you can too
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2.
WHATEVER I SAY (MEANS I LOVE YOU)
(Donna Fargo)
« © '75 Embassy Music, BMI »
I wouldn't love me if I were you
When I treat you the way I just did but I didn't mean to
I'm ashamed to ask you anymore to forgive me
But I'm sorry and it may sound like to you
I'm makin' excuses for what I do
But while I'm changing just love me and remember
That whatever I say means I love you
Whatever foolish thing I do means I care for you
When you sort it all out you're what I'm all about
If you can love me long enough I'll learn to show you
You say it sounds like to you when I ask you where were you
That I don't trust you but I just worry and I miss you
And I need missing sometimes too
And when the fighting and the crying lead to saying that we're through
Recall the words that I inscribed on my heart for you
Whatever I say means I love you...
Whatever I say means I love you...
That whatever I say means I love you
If you can love me long enough I'll learn to show you
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3.
I DIDN'T MEAN (TO RUN HIM AWAY)
(Donna Fargo)
« © '74 Embassy Music, BMI »
I didn't mean to run him away
I didn't mean Lord knows it breaks his heart not for anything
I didn't mean to mess up our lives and I still can't believe I ran him away
If you see this boy I left crying if you see this boy I left trying
To get over one of the dumbest things I've ever done
Tell him I didn't mean to hurt him like he said only I could
Tell him that I still love him so
If you see this boy lookin' lonely like he's lost his one and only
The one I looked for so long then like a fool let him go
Tell him that I'm sorry and if he'll only come on back to me
Tell him I wouldn't ever hurt him again
And I didn't mean to run him away
I didn't mean Lord knows to break his heart not for anything
I didn't mean to mess up our lives and I still can't believe I ran him away
The best part of me I ran him away
If you see this boy tell him I love him if you see this boy tell him I need him
And if he cares at all to come on back and save my life
Tell him it would be such a shame to let our love go down the drain
And that everyone you know makes mistakes
And I didn't mean to run him away...
I didn't mean to run him away...
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4.
2 SWEET 2 BE 4 GOTTEN
(Donna Fargo)
« © '74 Embassy Music, BMI »
Too sweet to be forgotten what could have been could be
Too right to be too wrong for me and too real to be only a sweet memory
The moon is just another candle to read my feelings by
Reflecting on leftover yesterdays my how time does fly
You're welcome in all of my daydreams so nice to have on my mind
Why should I try to forget you you're almost all that I left behind
Too sweet to be forgotten...
So until you find another playground you're welcome to play on my mind
Why should I try to forget you you're almost all that I left behind
Too sweet to be forgotten...
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5.
SING SING SING
(Donna Fargo)
« © '74 Embassy Music, BMI »
Clap your hands sing along join together in this love song
Open up your heart and mind and sing sing sing
It ain't too complicated it won't hurt you one bit
In fact it'll make you feel a whole lot better if you let it
Let the good life take over you don't worry about a thing
Just open up your heart and mind and sing sing sing
Clap your hands sing along join together in this love song
Lift your voices to the sky thank God you're alive
And set your spirit free brother sing sing sing
I used to take my grandma to an old tent-meeting church
Where they weren't afraid to tell you that you must be born again
Shouting glory hallelujah praise the Lord I am saved
Let's all join together and let's sing sing sing
Clap your hands sing along...
Clap your hands sing along...
Clap your hands sing along...
Clap your hands sing along...
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6.
YOU'RE NOT CHARLIE BROWN (AND I'M NOT RAGGEDY ANN)
(Donna Fargo)
« © '75 Embassy Music, BMI »
If I was yours and you were mine I'd spank your bottom every time
You drink too much and smoke too much or talk too much look who's talking
Sometimes I think how it would be if I loved you and you loved me
What we'd do differently than what we're doing now but I'm just talking
Cause you're not Charlie Brown and I'm not Raggedy Ann
And this ain't a little cigar band I'm wearing on my hand
We're not playing spin the battle in a world of make believe
Like the heros in a storybook that we can't wait to read
But I wonder if there's be any harm for you to hold me in your arms
And steal a kiss or two then I could forget about you
Listen to me talking no I'm not yours and you're not mine
And kissing on you'd be out of line
And the kind of hearts we have are the kind that break in two
Over people like me and you
Cause you're not Charlie Brown...
No you're not Charlie Brown...
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7.
HIP ON HAPPINESS
(Donna Fargo)
« © '75 Embassy Music, BMI »
I'm hip on happiness high on love
Hooked on a feeling I can't get enough of
It's a sweet I love you note in the pocket of my jeans
Some bubble gum you left for my surprise
It's knowing I can wake you up just to tell you I can't sleep
And the look of love that sparkles in your eyes
I'm hip on happiness high on love
Hooked on a feeling that I try to be worthy of
A giving and a getting back over and above
When your cup of kindness runs over with love
It's a friend ney believing a lie somebody told
A little fella asking God to bless me too
It's a gentle little lady who told me I touched her life
A withered hand thanking me for what I do
I'm hip on happiness...
So if you can't find somebody to sing your love song to
And if you don't like the way you're going home
Change the color of your morning by the way you look at life
It's too late to start all over when it's gone
Get hip on happiness high on love
Hooked on a feeling that you try to be worthy of
Start giving and getting back over and above
Fill your cup with kindness running over with love
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8.
WHAT WILL THE NEW YEAR BRING
(Donna Fargo)
« © '74 Embassy Music, BMI »
This past year was good to us the one before just a little rough
The one before that was an awful thing what will the new year bring
Will it bring us a little boy to fill our lives with love and joy
We've had our share of growing pains what will the new year bring
You're still one and one makes two now one and one make one
I hope you will love me throughout the year to come
We've made our mistakes with love we learned that it can't promise us
Tomorrow and forever things what will the new year bring
Wish I hadn't read our horoscope things look stormy for Scorpios
Virgo's posed to sprout their wings what will the new year bring
Will you want me to love you the way you know I do
And will you walk through life with me another year or two
Or three or four or five or six hundred years or more
Happy New Year darling for whatever is in store
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9.
RAIN SONG
(Donna Fargo)
« © '74 Embassy Music, BMI »
Four walls and a lot cups of coffee make a lot of conversations in my mind
And a whole lot more question unanswered like I wonder why the rain doesn't shine
Picked up the old guitar and I strummed it
But it didn't seem to want to hear what was on my mind
Found a lonely man and we almost made some music
But sad and lonely songs are out of style
Just like a sad and lonely girl peddling a melody
Coming up with a whole lot of words tryin' to find a chance to rhyme
Sing me a rain song a sweet sounding rain song I wonder why the rain doesn't shine
Midnights only underline the loneliness
And the sound of hearts beating out of time
We could've talked about a lot of things together
Don't you wonder why the rain doesn't shine
But if I miss you better than I loved you
It's because I had more practice you know me
And since neither one of us had a chance to do
A good job of loving let's try to be a loving memory
Just like a sad and lonely girl...
Just remember a sad and lonely girl...
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10.
I HAVE THE STRANGEST FEELING (YOU'RE GONE)
(Donna Fargo)
« © '75 Embassy Music, BMI »
You just kissed me good morning so I know you're standing there
But can you hear the sounds before goodbye and nobody cares
Maybe I'm wrong but I have the strangest feeling you're gone
What was that you said to me my mind was out to play
With some mem'ries I saved up especially for this kind of day
Guess I'm wrong but I have the strangest feeling you're gone
There's no need to hide it we're just putting off the pain
And goodbye ain't so bad it's just a different kind of rain
Like lonely dewdrops on a daisy when the evening sun goes down
Or like hearing footsteps echo in an empty neon town
Go on and get it over with if can't hurt me anymore
Than these transparent blindfolds that love put on before
Wish I was wrong but I have the strangest feeling you're gone
Go on and built a better world I'll do what I can with mine
Maybe someday we can love again at some other place or time
Goodbye darling I have the strangest feeling you're gone
Goodbye darling I have the strangest feeling you're gone
Goodbye hoss
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11.
ONE MORE MEMORY
(Donna Fargo)
« © '75 Embassy Music, BMI »
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