Gibson covers songs from four of country music's greatest songwriters. An interesting album, it doesn't work quite as well as one would hope.

DON GIBSON
SOME FAVORITES OF MINE
(RCA Victor LSP-2448)
June/1962
Produced by Chet Atkins
Recorded March 13-17/1962, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville

Jerry Reed, Harold Bradley, Sam Pruett, Kenneth Carlisle - guitar
Bob Moore, Roy Huskey - bass
Buddy Harman, Norris Palmer - drums
Floyd Cramer - piano
The Jordanaires (Hoyt Hawkins, Raymond Walker, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker) - vocals
1.
WHERE IS YOUR HEART TONIGHT
(Boudleaux Bryant - Benny Martin - Robert Castellow) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Where is your heart tonight you look at me with eyes that do not see
Where is your heart tonight mhm some love thief must have stolen it from me
Yes tomorrow you'll be different I'm hoping you'll end it all that everything's all right
But now though I'm holding you tight I wonder dear where is your heart tonight
[ guitar ] Tomorrow you'll be different...
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2.

BLUE DREAM
(Boudleaux Bryant) « © '62 House Of Bryant, BMI »
Last night I had a blue dream cause in my dream you told me we were through
I cried cause in my blue dream I saw you away with someone new
And then beside the blue stream I saw him makin' a fairy love to you
Last night it was just a blue dream
But tonight I'm blue because my blue dream came true
[ guitar ] And then beside the blue stream...
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3.

HOW'S THE WORLD TREATING YOU
(Boudleaux Bryant - Chet Atkins) « © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I have nothing but sorrow since you said we were through
Tthere's no hope for tomorrow how's the world treatin' you
Every sweet thing that mattered has been broken in two
All my dreams have been shattered how's the world treating you
[ guitar ] Do you wonder about me like I'm hoping you do
Are you lonesome without me have you found someone new
Are you burning and yearning do you ever get blue
Do you think of returning how's the world treating you
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4.

MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE
(Hank Williams) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight I'm alone and oh so blue tonight
Like a piece of driftwood on the sea may you never never be alone like me
I believed the lies you told to me when you whispered dear I worship Thee
Now here am I alone and blue all because I loved no one but you
[ guitar - whistle ] I gave up my friends I left my home when you promised you'd be mine alone
Now you're gone our love could never be may you never never be alone like me
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5.

SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE
(Fred Rose - Ed G. Nelson) « © '52 Milene Music, ASCAP »
Comb your hair and paint and powder you act proud and I'll act prouder
You sing loud and I'll sing louder tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You're my gal and I'm your feller dress up in your frock and yeller
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller settin' the woods on fire
We'll take in all the honky tonks tonight we're havin' fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance that never has been done
Well I don't care who thinks we're silly you'll be daffy and I'll be dilly
Order up two bowls of chili settin' the woods on fire
[ guitar ] Mhm I'll gas up my hot rod stoker we'll get hotter than a poker
You'll be broke but I'll be broker tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
We'll sit close to one another up our street and down the other
We'll have us a time oh brother settin' the woods on fire
We'll put aside a little time to fix a flat or two
My trey and tubes are doin' fine the air's showin' through
You clap hands and I'll start bowin' we'll do all the law's allowin'
Tomorrow I'll be right back plowin' settin' the woods on fire
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6.

WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS
(Fred Rose) « © '58 Milene Music, ASCAP »
We live in two different worlds dear that's why we're so far apart
You made your world out of vows that were broken I built the world in my heart

Everyone here tried to warn me you were just a playing game
I told them all we were made for each other I thought our worlds were the same
[ guitar ] We live in two different worlds dear...
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7.

BABY WE'RE REALLY IN LOVE
(Hank Williams) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you baby we're really in love
If you're happy with me like I'm happy with you old Cupid just gave us a shove
If you're thinkin' of me like I'm thinkin' of you I know what you're thinkin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you baby we're really in love
Well I run around in circles and turn in fire alarms
I'm nut as fruitbake when you're not in my arms
If you're meant for me like I'm meant for you baby we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you baby we're really in love
[ guitar ] If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you baby we're really in love
If you're countin' on me like I'm countin' on you old Cupid just gave us a shove
If you're dreamin' of me like I'm dreamin' of you I know what you're dreamin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you baby we're really in love
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8.

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW
(Floyd Tillman - Jimmie Davis) « © '39 Peer International, BMI »
Makes no difference now what kind of life they hand me
I'll get along without you now that's plain to see
I don't care what happens next I'll get by somehow
And I don't worry cause it makes no difference now
It was just a year ago I first met you
I learned to love you and I thought you loved me too
That's all in the past I'll forget somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now
[ guitar - piano ] Mhm now that we have really parted I can't believe we're through
I don't blame myself and I'm sure I can't blame you
There was something had to happen it happened somehow
I don't worry cause it makes no difference now
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9.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH (IT HURTS) (Floyd Tillman) « © '56 Peer International, BMI »
I love you so much it hurts me darling that's why I'm so blue
I'm so afraid to go to bed at night afraid of losing you
I love you so much it hurts me and there's nothing I can do
I wanna hold you my dear forever and ever I love you so much it hurts me so
[ ac.guitar ] I wanna hold you my dear forever and ever I love you so much it hurts me so
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10.

IT'S A SIN
(Fred Rose - Zeb Turner) « © '47 Milene Music, ASCAP »
It's a sin my darling how I love you because I know our love could never be
It's a sin to keep this mem'ry of you when silence proves that you've forgotten me
Yes the dream I built for us has tumbled each promise broken like my heart
It's a sin my darling how I love you so much in love and yet so far apart
[ ac.guitar ] Yes I'm sure you're happy with another who shares the love I couldn't win
Why pretend that I can't live without you when deep inside I know that it's a sin
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11.

I'M SORRY FOR YOU MY FRIEND
(Hank Williams) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You'd known so long that you were wrong but still you have your way
You told her lies and alibies and hurt her more each day
But now your conscience bothers you you've reached your journey's end
You're asking me for sympathy I'm sorry for you my friend
You laughed inside each time she cried you tried to make her blue
She tugged along through right or wrong because she worshipped you
You know that you're the one to blame there's no use to pretend
Today's the day you start to pay I'm sorry for you my friend
[ ac.guitar ] Today as she walked arm in arm at someone else's side
It made you stop and realize that time has turned to tide
You should've known you'd be alone cause cheaters never win
You tried and lost now pay the cost I'm sorry for you my friend
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12.

THIS COLD WAR WITH YOU
(Floyd Tillman) « © '49 Peer International, BMI »
The sun goes down it leaves me sad and blue
The iron curtain falls on this cold war with you
Through you won't speak and I won't speak that's true
Two stubborn people with a cold war to go through
Oh why oh why should love ever come to couples like you and me
Whose cold cold wars are never won and whose hearts just can't be free
Oh let's do right or let's just say we're through
I just can't stand another cold cold war with you
[ ac.guitar ] Oh why oh why should love...
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