DON GIBSON
THE KING OF COUNTRY SOUL
(RCA Victor LSP-3974)
April/1968
Produced by Chet Atkins

Recorded:
Dec 14-15/1967 RCA Victor Studio, Nashville

1.
ASHES OF LOVE
(Johnny Wright - Jack Anglin - Jim Anglin) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Ashes of love cold as ice you made the debt I'll pay the price
Our love is gone there's no doubt ashes of love the flames burned out

Well the love that gleams in your eyes has gone out to my surprise
Well we said goodbye my heart bled I can't revive your love is dead

Ashes of love cold as ice...
[ guitar ] Well I trusted dear our love would stand your every wish was my command
My heart tells me I must forget I loved you then and still love you yet

Ashes of love cold as ice...
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2.

FADED LOVE
(Bob Wills - John Wills) « © '51 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
As I look at the letters that you wrote to me
Oh it's you that I am thinking of
As I read the lines that to me are so sweet
I remember our faded love

Oh I miss you darling more and more every day
As heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat I still think of you
And I remember our faded love
[ guitar ] Yes and I miss you darling more and more every day...
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3.

THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME
(Leon Payne) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one who's smiling face the Gods would see
Cause she'll walk along beside me up to golden stairs
Oh they'll never never take her love from me

What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And to see her love turn into sympathy
It's the one regret that I'll carry with me to my grave
Oh they'll never ever take her love from me
[ guitar ] What a fool I was to go...
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4.

HEADIN' DOWN THE WRONG HIGHWAY
(Ted Daffan) « © '45 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Too many sweethearts and none of them true
I done too many things I shouldn't do
I made lots of money spent the wrong way
Headin' down the wrong highway

I made lots of friends now they're all gone
Too many mem'ries that still linger on
I had too many dreams both night and day
Headin' down that ol' wrong highway
[ strings ] Too many heartaches and too many tears
Crowded too much in just a few years
I want to go right I've lost my way
Headin' down the wrong highway
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5.

MAIDEN'S PRAYER
(Bob Wills) « © '40 Bourne Co, ASCAP »
The twilight falls and the evening shadows find
There alone a maiden so fair divine
The moon upon high seems to see her there
And in her eyes is a light shining ever so bright
As she whispers her maiden's prayer
[ guitar - steel ] Yes in her eyes is a light shining ever so bright
As she whispers her maiden's prayer
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6.

THING CALLED SADNESS
(Harlan Howard) « © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's been here since you've been gone
It's been hanging round too long
A thing called sadness not much of a friend
When you walked out it walked in

In every chair where I sit down
It follows me all over town
A thing called sadness is not much of a friend
When you walked out it walked in

Well what in the world am I gonna do
This old friend can't take the place of you
It only brings back memories
And all the things we used to do

It's been here since you've been gone...
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7.

WHAT NOW MY LOVE
(Carl Sigman - Pierre Delanoe - Gilbert Becaud) « © '62 BMG Songs, ASCAP / Major Songs, ASCAP »
What now my love now that you left me how can I live through another day
Watching my dreams turn into ashes and my hopes into bits of clay

Once I could see once I could feel now I'm numb I've become unreal
I walk the night without a goal stripped to my heart my soul

What now my love now that it's over I feel the world closing in on me
Here come the stars tumbling around me there's the sky where the sea should be
[ strings ] Once I could see once I could feel...
What now my love now that it's over...
What now my love
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8.

YOU'VE STILL GOT A PLACE IN MY HEART
(Leon Payne) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If the one you love is true ever turns his back on you
You've still got a place in my heart
If every road you take proves you made a big mistake
You've still got a place in my heart

Yes if I'm a fool to pray that you'll come back some day
I'll know a million fools love has made that way
If every road you take proves you made a mistake
You've still got a place in my heart
[ steel - guitar ] Yes if I'm a fool to pray...
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9.

EVERLOVIN' NEVER CHANGIN' MIND
(Melvin Endsley) « © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I wish I had another life to live so I could have a twice as much to give
I wish for you a special star to shine your everlovin' never changin' mind

You're everlovin' never changin' mind and understand the heart is much too kind
That's why I'm gonna please you all the time your everlovin' never changin' mind

Well I took a look around just to see everything was like it seemed to be
Well somethin' that is rather hard to find you're everlovin' never changin' mind
[ guitar - steel ] You're everlovin' never changin' mind and understand the heart is hard to find
That's why I'm gonna please you all the time your everlovin' never changin' mind

We came together with one point of view there's nothing takes the place of being true
Behind the heart as pure as gold I find your everlovin' never changin' mind
And everlovin' never changin' mind
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10.

GOOD MORNING DEAR
(Mickey Newbury) « © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
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11.

I JUST SAID GOODBYE TO MY DREAMS
(Leon Payne) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I gambled with love and I lost now I know what heartache really means
It's so hard to have to pay the cost yes I just said goodbye to my dreams

For me nothing turns out right future no longer brightly gleams
I've lost the only love I had yes I just said goodbye to my dreams

I gambled with love and I lost...
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12.

WHAT LOCKS THE DOOR
(Vic McAlpin) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
What locks the door to the world you're living in
What kind of key do I need to get in
I've tried everything solid gold to tin
What locks the door to the world you're living in

You can't relive your past with the dream that's gone
You can't find love that will last in your world alone
A hurt so tall has built the wall where fate begins
What locks the door to the world you're living in

What locks the door...
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