lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LET'S GO SHOPPING TODAY

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Let's go shopping today I wanna get you a dream
I wanna get you a rainbow get you a cloud in the spring
The cloud will have silver inside the stream will have fishes and ducks
There'll be a pot at the end of the rainbow filled with good health and good luck
Let's go shopping today all you must do is believe
You'll have everything you'll ever need if you'll go shopping with me

Let's go shopping today I wanna get you the sun
I wanna get you a place to walk get you a place to run
The place to walk will be cool the sun will be right out of June
I wanna get you a small shiny star get you an extra large moon
Let's go shopping today we won't leave a thing on the shelf
You'll have everything you'll ever need if you'll go shopping with me

Let's go shopping today I wanna get you a smile
I wanna get you a faith that lives forever and then for awhile
You'll have a smile you can share you'll have a faith that is true
You'll be someone the world can love someone the heaven's can use
Let's go shopping today we won't need dollars or dimes
All of these things I've mentioned are free if you'll go shopping with me
Let's go shopping today
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2.

FOX HOLLOW'S ANIMAL TRAIN

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When we took off we almost had a critter of each kind
We had a duckbill platypus and we had big ole lion
We had a horse with two front teeth and a monkey on a chain
Ridin' on Fox Hollow's Animal Train

Well the skunk got off in Skenectady we's glad to see him go
The duck got off in Kentucky and the bear got off in Buffalo
The horse got off in Austin the mink got off in Maine
Ridin' on Fox Hollow's Animal Train

Well the cat jumped on the kangaroo and the elephant fell down
The monkey blew the whistle everytime we passed a town
The lion fell asleep and left his tail out in the rain
A ridin' on Fox Hollow's Animal Train

The beaver lost his toothbrush and the zebra lost his shirt
The possum played the banjo and the pig played in the dirt
We got off in Nashville just to play this little song
Fox Hollow's Animal Train keeps movin' on

And now the possum will play the banjo
[ banjo ] If you hear this train a comin' you just listen for this sound
That means that we're in town
Get on board and we'll all laugh and play some silly games
Ridin' on Fox Hollow's Animal Train
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3.

WORD SONG

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I don't like big long words like Geography
All the little words are good enough for me
Everytime I try to say a big word I get stuck
Like fortopolyismin aww shucks

I like little words that only have one part
Rat and cat and dog they make me sound so smart
I try to say big words but I mess up each time I do
Like fortopolyismin aww bull

well I wish they didn't have so many words so long
It makes it even worse when they get in a song
I know that big long words were never meant for me
Like fortopolyismin well I'll be

I'd like to learn one big word to impress my friends
But I know I could never ever get it in
One word that I know I will never ever learn to say
Is fortopolyismingpreedinphycholay
Hey I did it
Fortopolyismin aww shucks
Fortopolyismin pfffffffffff
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4.

DANCING TREE

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
There's a little ole tree that grows out in my yard
He's not very wide or too tall or too large
He stands there so still 'til the wind comes to call
When the wind blows the little tree starts having a ball

He swings and he sways and he shakes all his limbs
The little ole tree loves to dance with the wind
He rustles and bustles when the wind comes to call
He dances so hard I'm afraid he will fall

He dances all summer and when snow comes down
He dances and throws all his leaves on the ground
He makes me so mad I say hey if you please
Would you stop that dancin' each time there's a breeze

He swings and he sways and he shakes all his limbs...

Now I cannot dance very well you'll agree
But sometimes I wish I could dance like a tree
I'd swing and I'd sway and I'd shake all my limbs
And I'd never fall down cause I'd be just like him

He swings and he sways and he shakes all his limbs
The little ole tree loves to dance with the wind
He rustles and bustles when the wind comes to call
I'm afraid he will fall but he never does
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5.

LET'S PLAY REMEMBER

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Let's play remember let's play remember
Remember the way that it's played

Remember the day that we went to the moon
We went to the moon in the middle of June
And as we flew over we met an ole cow
I know you remember that now

Let's play remember let's play remember...

Remember the time we were seven feet tall
We used to pick apples and play basketball
Aur beds were too short so we slept on the floor
And you bumped your head on the door

Let's play remember let's play remember...

Remember the time that we dressed up like clowns
Our smiles were real big and our noses were round
We did it I know you remember the clowns

Remember the time we were both on TV
And everyone said that they loved you and me
We sang and we danced and we played and we grinned
And they told us they loved us again

Remember the time we were both millionaires
We didn't have worries we didn't have cares
We fed all the hungry the poor and the weak
Next day we were back on the streets oh well

Let's play remember let's play remember...
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6.

YOU ARE A STAR (BRITTNI'S SONG)

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You are wonderful you are great
How old are you now four five six seven eight
You are wonderful you're so nice
How many times have I told you that eight seven six five four three twice
You are beautiful yes you are
You know what you are you are a star

You are fabulous you're so neat
How tall are you now oh yeah so many inches or feet
And you are marvelous you're so fine
How many times have I told you that umpteen million times
You are beautiful yes you are
You know what you are you are a star
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7.

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO SAY NO

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Why is it so hard to say no it's only a two letter word
It's not that we say something weird
It's nothing that they haven't heard
Why is it so hard to say no it's just as easy as yes
Some people do things that they shouldn't be doing
Because they can't say no I guess

Why is it so hard to say no are there some feeling's to hurt
What do they expect when someone suggests
Let's go outside and eat dirt
Why is it so hard to say no instead of just saying OK
No means I don't and I won't and I can't
In other words no means no way
[ strings ] Why is it so hard to say no it's hard to say no to a friend
But sometimes a friend can be wrong about things
You have to say no in the end
Why is it so hard to say no we don't like to let people down
But we must learn to say it and say it politely
Or people will push us around

So here is our lesson today a word that can make people frown
A word that can sometimes hurt feelings
No means only a sound
Just put your tongue at the top is everyone ready to go
We're saying that word that is so hard to say
Are you ready yes well OK it's no
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8.

RANDY RACCOON

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
This is the story of Randy Raccoon
He stays up all night and he sleeps until noon
He's been up so long he's got rings on his tail
He's wearing a mask like he should be in jail

He washes his food by the side of the creek
I guess his mother taught him to be neat
He climbs up a tree and he sleeps underground
I guess he knows everybody in town

He wears a furcoat it's all that he's got
He wears that furcoat when it's cold and it's hot
And when it starts rainin' he goes right on out
His fur turns into a raincoat no doubt

When the weather gets cold and there's snow on the ground
Randy goes down to his bed underground
He curls himself up with his nose at his feet
And Randy Raccoon gets to sleep for a week

This is the story of Randy Raccoon...

You know one time I put out some food for my cat
And that's how I found out how Randy got fat
That rascal came by in the still of the night
He cleaned up the dish and he ate every bite

This is the story of Randy Raccoon...
And he can see in the dark
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9.

THAT'S WHAT SONGS ARE FOR

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Laugh your little head off cry your little eyes out
Dance a hole in the floor
That's what music's all about that's what songs are for
Tell someone you love them tell someone you miss them
It's all been said before
That's what music's all about that 's what songs are for

Sing in the sunshine sing in the rain
Forget your troubles be happy again
Laugh your little head off cry your little eyes out
Dance a hole in the floor
That's what music's all about that's what songs are for
[ mandolin - strings ] Bring back mem'ries good time mem'ries
Go out and make some more
That's what music's all about that's what songs are for
If you say you're sorry if you say you're lonely
Songs can say that and more
That's what music's all about that's what songs are for
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10.

DUCK AND THE ROOSTER

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
It'd take me a minute to tell you this rhyme
Of the duck and the rooster that I knew one time
A little duck hatched out a day or two late
His mama had already gone to the lake

The little red rooster had broken his foot
So I put him into a little ole coop
The little white duck was left out on his own
So I put them together until they were grown

Well the duck thought the rooster was limping and lame
The rooster believed that the duck was the same
And so they were pals in the coop in the barn
They huddled together when it came a storm

Well the weeks they went by and the little guys grew
The little duck quacked and the rooster cocky dooed
The duck loved the water and the rooster would scratch
And neither one knew why they acted like that
[ guitar ] Well one day I turned them both free on the farm
The rooster went straight to a roost in the barn
The little duck went to the lake for a swim
They liked different things even though they were friends

Well now you should hear them when they say hello
Though it may sound funny I know that it is so
I know that is strange but I'll tell you it's true
When they talk they go quacky doodle do
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11.

LET'S SPEND CHRISTMAS AT MY HOUSE

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '88 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Let's spend Christmas at my house I have a wonderful tree
We'll have some turkey and trimmings and stuffing
And I've got a fruitcake that's nuttier than me
(Nuttier than me)

Let's spend Christmas at my house we'll have a real Christmas ball
I'll light the fire place I'll roast some chestnuts
We'll sing some carols and I'll deck the halls
(I'll deck the halls)

Let's spend Christmas at my house I know you'd bring me such cheer
Nothing would please me more than for you to be
At my house for Christmas this year

Let's spend Christmas at my house we'll have a wonderful time
This is the season I lose my reason
And if you don't come I'll go out of my mind
(Out of my mind)

Let's spend Christmas at my house I dream of a Christmas like that
Hearts all together light as a feather
If you don't love it then I'll eat my hat
(I'll eat my hat)
Let's spend Christmas at my house I know you'd bring me such cheer
Nothing would please me more than for you to be
At my house for Christmas this year
(At our house for Christmas this year)
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