lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

GOING WHERE THE LONELY GO

(Merle Haggard)
« © '82 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Rolling with the flow going where the lonely go
Anywhere the lights are low going where the lonely go
Making up things to do not running in all directions tryin' to find you
I'm just rolling with the flow going where the lonely go

And I've got to keep going I can't lay down
Sleep won't hardly come where there's loneliness all around
I've got to keep going a traveling down this lonesome road
I'll be rolling with the flow going where the lonely go
[ steel - guitar ] I've got to keep going I can't lay down
Sleep won't hardly come where there's loneliness all around
I've got to keep going a traveling down this lonesome road
I'll be rolling with the flow going where the lonely go
[ guitar - sax ] **********

2.

WHY AM I DRINKIN'

(Merle Haggard)
« © '82 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Hey why am I drinkin' there's no really reason to quit
And why am I thinkin' God know I'm trying to forget
And why does that woman who stay on my mind night and day
And why am I drinkin' why am I hurtin' this way

Is love just another word for mem'ry
And is love just another word of pain
The question is that love we really answered
And if so why is love so much to blame

If love is what we're really after
Then why am I runnin' away
And why am I drinkin' why am I hurtin' this way
[ steel ] If love is what what we're really after...
Yes honey why am I drinkin' why am I hurtin' this way
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3.

IF I HAD LEFT IT UP TO YOU

(Merle Haggard)
« © '64 Owen Publications, BMI »
You made plans to leave a thousand times I know
And a thousand times I should have let you go
But each time I'll always beg you back somehow
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now
It'd all be over now cept the crying I'd be used to spending my nights alone
Wish I'd found the way to let you go somehow
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now
[ guitar - fiddle ] It'd all be over now cept the crying...
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4.

I WON'T GIVE UP MY TRAIN

(Mark Yeary)
« © '76 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I pulled into Memphis thirteen minutes early first time in two weeks
There's where she came to meet me as I stepped down off of 51 and needed sleep
And the baby's overdue I know you need some things
But the more that we discuss it it's the same
Long train rolling got a feeling and I'm knowing she's not waitin' for me
These rails keep gettin' longer and this feeling's gettin' stronger she won't let me be
I love my woman fire and rain but I won't give up my train

Baby came in April while I was in Chicago in the pouring rain
Black ccar and rusty tanker three boxcars and an empty sack of mail
And though I get lonely sometimes I know there's just no other way to explain
Long train rolling...
[ guitar ] Long train rolling...
[ guitar ] **********

5.

SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA NEED YOUR FRIENDS AGAIN

(Leona Williams)
« © '82 Tree Publishing, BMI »
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6.

SHOPPING FOR DRESSES

(Merle Haggard - Jimmy Dickens)
« © '82 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Down through the ages men have died for their women
And they've done so so many times
But each time I loved one I always lost one
And I guess the right one is so hard to fine
So I'm shopping for dresses with no one to wear them
One in each color and one in each style
Maybe some day I'll find me a lady to wear them
And my shopping will be done for a while

I'll bet somewhere's a lady a shopping for riches
Comparing the valleys and praising each pair
Maybe someday the good Lord will let us together
And we'll both have a new wardrobe to wear
But I'm shopping for dresses...
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7.

YOU TAKE ME FOR GRANTED

(Leona Williams)
« © '81 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My legs and my feet have walked till they can't hardly move
From tryin' to please you
And my back is sore from bending all over backwards
To just lay the world at your door
And I'm trying so hard to put a smile on a sad face
While deep down it's breaking my heart
And as sure as the sun shines I'll be a lifetime
Not knowing if I've done my part
Cause you take me for granted and it's breaking my heart
And as sure as the sun shines I'll be a lifetime
Not knowing if I've done my part
[ guitar ] And as sure as the sun shines...
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8.

HALF A MAN

(Willie Nelson)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
If I only had one arm to hold you well better yet if I had none at all
Then I wouldn't have two arms that ache for you
And I'd have one less mem'ry to recall
If I only had one ear to listen to the lies that you told to me
Then I would more closely resemble the half a man that you've made of me
[ guitar - sax ] And if I only had one leg to stand on
Then how much how much truer picture you'd see
And then I would more closely resamble the half of man that you've made of me
Yeah then I would more closely resamble the half of man that you've made of me
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9.

FOR ALL I KNOW

(Merle Haggard)
« © '82 Tree Publishing, BMI »
For all I know you never cared about me
And chances are I never crossed your mind
Maybe you won't understand me calling
But darling it's been such a long long time
For all I know there may be someone with you now
But may be he won't mind the friendly call
You've already made it clear that you stopped loving me
And for all I know you never cared at all

I can't help it if I sound like I've been crying
Cause darling I've been crying all night long
I just call to let you know just how much I need you
And for all I know you may be there alone
Surely you must know I'd give the world to see you now
And could be you'd like to have me one more time
You've already made it clear that you stopped loving me
But for all I know I may have lost my mind
[ fiddle - guitar ] And for all I know I may have lost my mind
[ fiddle ] **********

10.

NOBODY'S DARLIN' BUT MINE

(Jimmie Davis)
« © '35 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Come lay by my side little darlin' come lay your cool hand on my brow
Promise me that you will always be nobody's darlin' but mine
You're as sweet as the flowers of springtime
You're as pure as the dew from the rose
And I'd rather be somebody's darlin' than a poor boy that nobody knows
Be nobody's darlin' but mine love be honest be faithful be kind
And promise me that you will always be nobody's darlin' but mine
[ ac.guitar ] Goodbye goodbye little darlin' I'm leaving this cold world behind
So promise me that you will never be nobody's darlin' but mine
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