lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I'M ALWAYS ON A MOUNTAIN WHEN I FALL

(Chuck Howard)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI / ATV Songs, BMI »
Most of my life I've almost been a winner
I've come so close but never really won
Just when I thought I finally made it
I found myself back where I started from

I hate to say I'm giving up but I believe
Losin's just become a way of life for me
Losin' wouldn't be so bad at all
But I'm always on a mountain when I fall

Then you came along and had me had me believing
For once in my life my luck had finally changed
And now you say you're gonna leave me
Seems everything I do winds up the same

I hate to say I'm giving up but I believe...
Losin' wouldn't be so bad at all
But I'm always on a mountain when I fall
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2.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON

(Merle Haggard)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Last night we had a hell raisin' time
Nippin' on tequila and suckin' on the vine
Sunrise chased the good times away
Good mornin' would have been the wrong thing to say

Cause the poundin' in the top of my head
Hey didn't leave me any too soon
I can't say we had a good morning
But dang it's been a good afternoon

Well you nursed me through the morning while I was really down
Then one rowdy afternooner got me up and around
Yes last night we had a hell raisin' time
But today won't be forgotten too soon
I can't say we had a good morning
But dang it's been a great afternoon
[ guitar - dobro ] Well you nursed me through the morning...
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3.

LOVE ME WHEN YOU CAN

(Merle Haggard)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I know you can't alway be here with me
You can't find what all you need is just one man
You're hardly ever free and seldom lonely
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can

And don't feel like I expect you to be through me
Any time you'll have leave I'll undertand
I don't have what all it takes to make you happy
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can
[ guitar ] Let me be the one you sometimes come to
You just barely have the time for one more friend
I'll be satisfied with any crumb you'll throw me
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can

Don't feel like I expect you to be through me
Any time you'll have leave I'll undertand
I'll be satisfied with any crumb you'll throw me
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can
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4.

THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER NOW

(Red Lane)
« © '76 Tree Publishing, BMI »
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5.

DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED (OF HURTIN' ME)

(Hank Cochran)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You make my eyes run over all the time
You're happy when I'm out out of my mind
You won't love me but you won't let me be
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me

Someone must have hurt you long ago
But why take revenge on me when I love you so
Surely there's another way for you to be
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me

You must think I look bad with a smile
For you haven't let me wear one in such a long long while
Why do I keep hanging on don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me
Still you never get tired of hurtin' me
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6.

LIFE OF A RODEO COWBOY

(Hank Cochran - Jeannie Seely)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well it really has been nice bein' with you
But I'm afraid that I've got to leave
As you know I'm a rodeo cowboy
And there's a rodeo down in Mesquite

That's the life of a rodeo cowboy
Breakin' broncs or gettin' broke
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy
And that's the only life I know

On the day you think your day is the big one
I'm walkin' away with all that they own
Then your lyin' hurtin' hearin' someone saying
Give him a hand that's all that cowboy is taking home

Hot beer and cold stale hamburgers
Makes a meal sorta hard to enjoy
And it kinda makes you think of momma's chicken
Ah that's the life of a rodeo cowboy

That's the life of a rodeo cowboy...
[ guitar - dobro ] When your down and your really feeling sorry
Well you go for a drink in some bar
Then someone points at you and you hear him whisper
Over there stands a rodeo star

That's the life of a rodeo cowboy...
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy...
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7.

THERE AIN'T NO GOOD CHAIN GANG

(Hal Bynum - Dave Kirby)
« © '76 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Bet it ain't a rainin' back home bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet mama's in the kitchen cookin' fried chicken wishin' that I hadn't went wrong
Oh but mama don't you worry everything's gonna be alright
They're teachin' us a lot of new things in here

There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writin' hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang
[ guitar ] Papa's readin' yesterday's mail wishin' that the hay was all baled
I bet that he's a wishin' we could go fishin'
Stead of me sittin' here in this ol' damned jail

There ain't no good in an evil hearted woman...
No there ain't no kinda good in an evil hearted woman...
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8.

DREAM

(Merle Haggard)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Last last I dreamed that you and I were in awful storm
With no place to go or shelter anywhere
And it took a while to realize the reason for the dream
Now the meaning of it all is coming clear

The storm was on the trouble we've been having
No shelter was the answer we can't find
And the screaming of the raging wind that chilled me to the bone
Must have been heavy on my mind

And when today you called to tell me it was over
Lord I knelt when the phone began to ring
Yeah it took a while to understand the reason of it all
But now I know the meaning of the dream

The storm was on the trouble we've been having
No shelter was the answer we can't find
And the screaming of the howling wind that chilled me to the bone
Must have been heavy on my mind
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9.

IMMIGRANT

(Merle Haggard - Dave Kirby)
« © '77 Tree Publishing, BMI »
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10.

MAMA I'VE GOT TO GO TO MEMPHIS

(Leona Williams)
« © '78 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Mama did she leave to go to Memphis
Are you taking care care of Braidy while she's gone
And mama is she down there drown the mem'ries
Surely she won't be in Memphis very long

Mama since I left her I've been crazy
I bet she thinks my love for her is gone
I stopped by because I thought she'd be here waiting
Mama Memphis can't be very far

She'll be back to get the baby
Could I stay with little Braidy while she's gone
She'll be back to get the baby
Surely she won't stay in Memphis very long
[ steel ] She'll be back to get the baby...
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