GREATEST HITS
(MGM M3G-4946) '74
Produced by Jack Clement
1.
RINGS
(Alex Harvey - Eddie Reeves)
« © '72 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Ring ring telephone ring somebody says baby what you're doin'
I been wonderin' where you've been now and then I think about you and me
Now you swear about things I can't recall it don't matter now at all
Just come on in
Baby we laugh and sing we'll make love let the telephone ring
Ring ring doorbell ring baby come on in got my Haggard on stereo
I'm glad you come around I been feelin' down just talkin' by with Bill and Joe
You know they make good conversation still it ain't no consolation
Cause I've got love
Baby I hear that somebody comes listen doorbell ring
Ring ting golden ring around the sun around your pretty finger
Ring ring voices ring with a happy tune anybody could be a singer
The sun comes up across the city I swear you never looked so doggone pretty
Hand in hand we'll stand upon the sand with the preacher man
Let the wedding bells ring
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2.
FADED LOVE
(Bob Wills - John Wills)
« © '51 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
(You know folks started dance to the country music a long time ago
And it all started back in west Texas
When they gathered somebody's house on Saturday night and have a big dance
And the fellow that created the whole thing was Bob Wills
But Bob played the fiddle and fiddled along this time he did it all by himself
But he finally made enough money to hire a band ha ha one guitar
But he didn't stop there because he went on to create and organize
The biggest and most famous western dance band in the whole world
Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys)
[ fiddle ]
As I look at the letters that you wrote to me it's you that I am thinking of
As I read the lines that to me were so sweet I remember our faded love
I miss you darling more and more every day as heaven would miss the stars above
And with every heartbeat I still think of you and remember our faded love
I think of the past and all the treasures we've had
As we watch the mating of the dove
It was in the springtime when we said goodbye I remember our faded love
I miss you darling...
[ fiddle ]
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3.
GONE GIRL
(Jack Clement)
« © '70 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
She is deliciously tall sort of a long girl
She is delightfully small sort of a song girl
She freely admits to the world that she was a wrong girl
That's nothing compare to the fact that she is a gone girl
Gone like a knock on the door gone with yesterday and before
Gone with the wind for ever more
She'd never laid claim to the fact that she was a strong girl
So why should I loudly proclaim she was a wrong girl
I'd rather think of her name as some sort of song girl
And think poetical things to think of my gone girl
Gone like a knock on the door...
La la la la la...
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4.
THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE
(Jack Clement - Mitt Addington)
« © '67 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
This heart of mine belongs to you take care of it be kind
For I must go where you may lead the eyes of love are blind
I may not see the things that I should see the danger there might be in store
And I may do just what I shouldn't do because I'm looking through the eyes of love
My love is blind
It's true I know that eyes of love might dim the view for me
The eyes of love can see so much that other eyes don't see
A bluer sky the sparkle in your eyes all make me realize I'm yours
I see with you a world of dreams come true
Because I'm looking through the eyes of love
Don let me down
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5.
ALL THAT KEEPS YA GOIN'
(Bill Hoover)
« © '68 Famous Music, ASCAP »
When the princess and the peasants each look back at you the same
When a friend that you had known before can't quite recall your name
When each morning there's a cloudy sky to keep the sun from showin'
Then you know you are your own sometimes that's all that keeps ya goin' mhm
Neath the chimneys and the rooftops of a village safe and sound
No one sees the face nor hears the feet that walk the morning ground
And the stillness of the alleys and the highways keep a growin'
So you know you are your own and that alone will keep ya goin' mhm
[ ac.guitar ]
Through the dampness of the dawn now by the road you walk alone
And you think on days when you had laughed or of a love you'd known
But your head is low avoidin' thoughts of times you'll soon be knowin'
When to say you are your own ain't quite enough to keep ya goin' mhm
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6.
MOODS OF MARY
(Jack Clement - Allen Reynolds)
« © '63 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
She speaks with the voice of an angel she smiles a heavenly smile
Soft as the warm winds of April and pure as the heart of child
But that's just one of the moods of Mary one of her faces that I see
I know about the moods of Mary cause one of her moods is me
Mary will lie and decive me she can be fickle and cold
She'll offer her lips just to tease me and then give me heartaches untold
But that's just one of the moods of Mary part of her personality
I don't mind the moods of Mary when Mary's in the mood for me
Mary can change like the seasons she can be tender and kind
Then she hurts me without any reason and drives me out of my mind
But I can live with the moods of Mary if that's the way it has to be
I forget the other moods of Mary when Mary's in the mood for me
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7.
CALIFORNIA GIRL
(Jack Clement)
« © '69 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
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8.
WALK UNASHAMED
(Jim Glaser)
« © '69 Ensign Music, BMI »
I feel your gentle fingers reaching out to search the pockets of my mind
I watch your eyes to see what they will say to all the need you're gonna find
Will I be welcome when I reach for you
Will you grow soft and say you want me too
Baby walk unashamed with me out into the night
Don't be afraid to feel anything it's all right
Love is waiting there for us to take let's take it now I'll show you how
Pa pa pa pa pa pa...
Baby walk unashamed with me...
Pa pa pa pa pa pa...
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9.
WICKED CALIFORNIA
(Jack Clement)
« © '69 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
They tell me that you're wicked California they say that you're a woman of the world
But them that steal your fruit don't understand you
So tell me that you're not that kind of girl
Lay some kindness on me California baby please don't close your heart to mine
Treat me like a son who's come to see you and bathe me in that California sunshine
They talk about your bad side California they say that you're a painted tainted pearl
While clinging to your cliffs in little boxes so tell me that you're not that kind of girl
They think that they have made you California a fickle creature of a tinseled world
It's them that court your favors that misuse you
But show me that you're not that kind of girl
Hold me to your bosom California and tell me of the secrets in your mind
I've traveled many weary miles to see you and bathe me in the California sunshine
They talk about your bad side California...
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10.
GONE ON THE OTHER HAND
(Jack Clement)
« © '67 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Someday I think I'll take up thinking and try my best to understand
How she could be loving me forever and leaving on the other hand
Last night I thought I'd see a movie to help me get my thoughts in hand
I think what I saw was the western preacher or James Bond on the other hand
I placed the ring upon one finger of her left hand
The one who said she'd stay forever is gone on the other hand
(This is Joe Talbott on the Hawaiian steel guitar)
[ steel ]
But today the world looks brighter I feel just like a brand new man
I love her no longer I don't miss her I'm lying on the other hand
She's gone I know I'm being foolish I should act like a grown up man
But things could get worse I could start crying I do on the other hand
I placed the ring upon one finger...
The one who said she'd stay forever is gone on the other hand
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11.
GIRL LIKE YOU
(Tompall Glaser)
« © '64 Ensign Music, BMI »
There's a jukebox in my ear playing so loud I can hardly hear
And it's a telling a story bout a girl like you
And each selection that I make tells me how my heart will break
For falling in love with a girl like you
Well it's just an old machine without a heart and oh so mean
Says I probably spend my whole life feeling blue
So I'll just put in one more dime and play that same song one more time
Cause I want to hear about a girl like you
[ steel ]
Well it's just an old machine without a heart and oh so mean
Says I probably spend my whole life feeling blue
I guess that I should go on home but I can't stand to be alone
Cause I'll always dream about a girl like you
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