lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

THAT SONG IS DRIVING ME CRAZY

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
That song is driving me crazy I gotta hear it again
First time I heard it I was with some friends
It's a simple little song you can sing along with an old time melody
So would you play that crazy little song again for me

That song is driving me crazy...

I love that part about break my heart and baby please come home
And I love that line about hurtin' my mind and my beer ain't got no foam

That song is driving me crazy...
[ horns ] Well you'll sing high and I'll sing low and everybody sing along
But everybody quit while I get my kick singin' bring that boogie home

Mhm that song is a driving me crazy...
Okay gang well that song is driving me crazy...
That song is driving me crazy...
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2.

FORGET IT

(Tom T. Hall - Alan Pace) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I gave myself some good advice forget it
It's gonna drive me crazy if I let it
I forgot the line as soon as I had said it
But it's good advice for you and me forget it

Another day another place it's another year
We crossed too many bridges that brought us here
We both had too much fun to now regret it
It's good advice for you and me forget it
[ guitar ] A man has mornings when he thinks he'll find it
Oh it's just a little mountain I can climb it
So if some night your phone should ring just let it
It's good advice for you and me forget it

Another day another place it's another year...
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3.

GONE TO HELL IN A BASKET

(Tom T. Hall) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I fished the everglades for a while
Lookin' through the darkness at those alligators' eyes
Three days in the sun boys ah it made me well
But back in Nashville they're just a givin' me hell

Singing (he's gone to hell in a basket)
One of those hand woven caskets
You got a deep question please don't ask it
But I've gone to hell in a basket

Them airboat boys have got their nerve
Right now they're eatin' all of them terrible preserves
Singing my new song to a sixpack of beer
Back in Music City this is all you can hear

(He's gone to hell in a basket)
One of those hand woven caskets
You got a deep question friend don't ask it
But I've gone to hell in a basket

Okefanokee ain't so much
They say the grass ain't so tough
These sawgrass neighbors know what life's all about
Meanwhile back in Nashville they're still wearin' me out

With (he's gone to hell in a basket)...
What you say (he's gone to hell in a basket)...
Yeah I know he's gone to hell in a basket...
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4.

WHO NEEDS A BABY

(Tom T. Hall) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well I ask myself who needs a baby they sometimes cry
I ask myself who needs a baby they sometimes lie
Then I ask myself who needs a baby they make you blue
Who needs a baby baby I need you

Knowing you depend on me makes me just want to shout
Knowing that you're happy that's what it's all about
So when they tell me that I'm just babying you
I ask myself who needs a baby baby I need you
[ guitar ] Knowing you depend on me...
I ask myself who needs a baby baby I need you
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5.

I FEEL LIKE FLYING AWAY

(Tom T. Hall - Alan Pace) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I woke up this morning feeling so good
Feeling much better than I thought I could
Bluebird would you lend me your wings today
I feel like flying away I feel like flying away

Fly up to Mexico maybe to Spain
I've got some good friends who live up in Maine
Fly up to Paris and sample the wine
Ain't that a magnificient line

Oh forgive me for saying I'd always be blue
I should have known better that sun has come through
My silver lining is turned inside out
There's the sun everyone shouts
Oh I feel like flying away
[ harmonica ] Fly up to Mexico maybe to Spain...
I feel like flying away
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6.

COUNTRY IS

(Tom T. Hall) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Country is sittin' on the back porch
Listen to the whippoorwills late in the day
Country is mindin' your business
Helpin' a stranger if he comes your way

Country is livin' in the city
Knowin' your people knowin' your kind
Country is what you make it
Country is all in your mind
[ guitar ] Country is workin' for a living
Thinkin' your own thoughts lovin' your town
Country is teachin' your children
Find out what's right and stand your ground

Country is a havin' the good times
Listen to the music singin' your part
Country is walkin' in the moonlight
Country is all in your heart
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7.

LONELIEST GIRL IN THE CROWD

(Tom T. Hall) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
She's got to be the loneliest girl in the crowd
How can she look so sad when the music is playing so loud
Maybe she's waitin' on someone who'll make her feel proud
She's got to be the loneliest girl in the crowd

I took a chance and I asked her to dance but she put me down
While I was a lookin' for a big ole smile I found a big ole frown
So loving looking so calm and she's so well endowed
She's got to be the loneliest girl in the crowd
[ strings ] Somebody hurt her I don't understand it's so wrong
Why is she here she's mixing her tears with my happy song
She looks like an angel who just came down out of the clouds
But she's got to be the loneliest girl in the crowd

I took a chance and I asked her to dance...
She's got to be the loneliest girl in the crowd...
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8.

CANADIAN WOMEN CANADIAN CLUBS

(Tom T. Hall) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I guess you're surprised to see me back in Louisville
After all that talk about goin' up north to make my kill
Why people in Toronto fell in love with me
But you know how I am that night life just won't let me be

Canadian women Canadian clubs
I got away clean I didn't leave a thing but a ring around the tub
And up in Brandon Manitoba I left thirteen empty jugs
Canadian women Canadian clubs

Well old Tom taught me how to stomp a tune or two
I hung around awhile and I got those sad weary blues
They told me that I oughta look out for those northern lights
That's a good excuse to sleep all day and stay up every night

Canadian women Canadian clubs...

Gordon introduced me to a folk or two
Some I hadn't met and some that I already knew
Well I'm goin' back as soon as I can raise the cash
Cause Canada is not a place that I wanna had in my past

Canadian women Canadian clubs...
Canadian women Lord Canadian clubs
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9.

YOU LOVE EVERYBODY BUT YOU

(Tom T. Hall) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
God was right giving you the gift of love
You have used your gift of love so willingly
God was good giving you the hands to help
You've done well and I know he must be pleased

We know you're lonely I don't know what I can do
We know you're unhappy you love everybody but you

God was wise giving you the warming smile
You have warmed so many hearts unselfishly
God was great giving you the settling touch
God is great God is good endlessly

We know you're unhappy I don't know what I can do
We know you're lonely you love everybody but you
You love everybody but you
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10.

GOD CAME THROUGH BELLVILLE GEORGIA

(Tom T. Hall) « © '74 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'll tell you all the story that I think you'll understand
Travelin' through Georgia ramblin' cross the land
I passed the Bellville depot and something said to me
Stop here son there's something you should see

I stopped awhile and rested on the depot steps
The tall pines waved and in the breeze the air was clear and fresh
That Georgia winter sunshine was a warmin' up my back
And I saw a train comin' down the track

God came through Bellville Georgia he was ridin' on the noonday train
All power to him and praise his holy name
He never got off of the train he never got off of the train

I've never had a day like that since I have been alive
My body full of feelin' there was vision in my eyes
I've traveled this world over just to meet that certain train
And I know my life will never be the same

Well I don't know where he's going but I know he likes to ride
Across the hills and valleys thru the prairies thru the skies
And I know the time is comin' if the world don't ever change
Everybody's gotta meet that train

God came through Bellville Georgia...
He never does he never got off of the train he never got off of that train
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11.

OVER THE RAINBOW

(Harold Arlen - E.Y. Harburg) « © '62 Feist Catalog, ASCAP »
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
There is a land that I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue
And those dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops a way above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow why then oh why can't I
[ harmonica ] Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow why then oh why can't I
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