DON GIBSON
ALL TIME COUNTRY GOLD
(RCA Victor LSP-4169)
June/1969
Produced by Chet Atkins & Danny Davis

Recorded:
April 14-17/1969, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville

1.
HALF AS MUCH
(Curley Williams) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If you loved me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down

And if you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
[ steel ] And if you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
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2.

TENNESSEE WALTZ
(Pee Wee King - Redd Stewart) « © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
Introduced him to my loved one and while they were waltzing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much have I lost
Yes I lost my little darling the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz
[ steel ] I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz...
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3.

BONAPARTE'S RETREAT
(Pee Wee King) « © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I met a girl I loved in a town way down in Dixie
Neath the stars above the sweetest thing I ever did see
So I held her in my arms I told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat

And all the world seemed bright as I held her on that night
And I heard her say please don't you ever go away
So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat
[ guitar - steel ] Well I met a girl I loved in a town way down in Dixie...
And all the world seemed bright as I held her on that night...
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4.

ALMOST PERSUADED
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton) « © '66 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
And I was almost persuaded to strip myself of my pride
Almost persuaded to push my conscience aside

Last night all alone in a barroom I met a girl with a drink in her hand
She had ruby red lips and coal black hair and eyes that would tempt any man

Then we danced and she whispered I need you
Take me away from here and be my man
Then I looked into her eyes and I saw it
The reflection of my wedding band

And I was almost persuaded to let strange lips lead me on
Almost persuaded but your sweet love made me stop and go home
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5.

LITTLE BITTY TEAR
(Hank Cochran) « © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
A little bitty tear let me down and spoiled my act as a clown
I had it made up not to make a frown but a little bitty tear let me down

I said I'd laugh when you left me full of funny as you went out the door
That I'd have another one waiting to wave goodbye as you go

A little bitty tear let me down...
[ guitar ] Yes and everything went out like I planned it and I really put on quite a show
And I thought I was gonna stand it till you walked with your grip through the door

Then a little bitty tear let me down...
Yes a little bitty tear let me down
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6.

FOUR WALLS
(George Campbell - Marvin Moore) « © '57 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Out where the bright lights are glowing you're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing while I sit and whisper your name

Four walls to hear me four walls to see
Four walls too near me closing in on me

And sometimes I ask why I'm waiting but my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating so here where you left me I'll stay

Four walls to hear me four walls to see
Four walls too near me closing in on me
Closing in on me
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7.

GOOD DEAL LUCILLE
(Jimmy D. Miller - Al Terry - Charles Theriot) « © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Goodbye Lou cherche vous another man
Say l'amour portoujour if you can
You're high class you've got a past now you're a wheel
Mhm ho ho good deal lucille

Go your way and leave today that's your plan
Leave me here cherche vous another man
Paint the town sorrows drown that's how I feel
Ho ho good deal Lucille
[ guitar ] Parlez vous here's to you it's your game
If I'm here or if I'm gone all the same
Call the tune stack the cards this is your deal
Mhm ho ho good deal Lucille
Yes ho ho good deal Lucille
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8.

I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU
(Don Gibson) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I can't stop loving you I've made up my mind
To live in memories of old lonesome times
I can't stop wanting you it's useless to say
So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday

Those happy hours that we once knew
Though long ago still make me blue
They say that time heals a broken heart
But time has stood still since we've been apart

And I can't stop loving you...
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9.

ONE HAS MY NAME (THE OTHER HAS MY HEART) (Eddie Dean - Dixie Dean - Hal Blair) « © '48 Southern Music, ASCAP »
One has my name the other has my heart
With one I'll remain that's how my heartaches start
One has brown eyes the other's eyes are blue
To one I am tied to the other I am true

One has my love the other only me
But what good is love to a heart that can't be free
And if I'll go on living my life's just the same
One who has my heart will also have my name

Well honey one has my name the other has my heart
With one I'll remain that's how my heartaches start
And if I could live over all my life's just the same
One who has my heart will also have my name
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10.

OH LONESOME ME
(Don Gibson) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Everybody's going out having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home having none
I can't get over how she 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 paint the town
A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see oh lonesome me

I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
A flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find somebody new
Thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me
[ steel - guitar ] I'll bet she's not like me...
Well there must be some way...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me
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11.

HERE COMES MY BABY BACK AGAIN
(Dottie West - Bill West) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Here comes more tears to cry here comes more heartaches by
Here comes my baby back again
Here comes more misery here comes old memories
Here comes my baby back again

My arms are open wide to let more hurt inside
Here comes my baby back again
She's sorry once again once more I'll understand
Here comes my baby back again
[ guitar ] My arms are open wide...
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12.

AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET
(Carl Belew - W.S. Stevenson) « © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You say you've found somebody new that won't stop my loving you
I just can't let you walk away forget the love I had for you

Yes I could find somebody too but I don't want no one but you
Yeah how could you leave with no regret am I that easy to forget

Before you leave be sure you find you want his love much more than mine
Cause I'll just say we've never met I'm that easy to forget
[ steel ] How could you leave with no regret am I that easy to forget
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