lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

THAT LUCKY OLD SUN

(Beasley Smith - Haven Gillespie)
« © '55 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP »
Up in the morning out on the job
I work like the devil for my pay
And that lucky old sun ain't got nothing to do
But roam around heaven all day

I fuss with my woman work for my kids
Sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
While that lucky old sun ain't got nothing to do
But loaf around heaven all day

Lord above don't you see me cryin'
Tears all in my eyes
Send down that cloud with that silvery linin'
Lift me to paradise

Show me that river take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun give me nothing to do
But roam around heaven all day

Like that lucky old sun give me nothing to do
But roam around heaven all day
**********

2.

BAR WITH NO BEER

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '84 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
The beach comber works by the ocean all day
He gets what the tourists and the sea throw away
He's hot and he's thirsty and the words hurt his ears
When they tell him he's stopped in a bar with no beer

It's lonesome away from your kin folks at home
By the campfires at night where the buffalo roam
But there's nothing so lonesome so morbid and drear
Than to sit on a stool in a bar with no beer

there's a dog on the sidewalk for his master he waits
But his boss is inside drinking wine with his mate
He hurries for cover and cringes in fear
Ain't no place for a dog round a bar with no beer
[ guitar ] Now Billy the barfly first time in his life
He went home cold sober to his loving wife
He walks in the kitchen she says you're early my dear
He breaks down and tells her the bar's got no beer

The owner is anxious for the beer man to come
There's a far away look on the face of the bum
The waitress is cranky she says it's lonely in here
What a terrible place is a bar with no beer

Well I've had me some trouble I've had me some pain
Been locked up in the cold and left out in the rain
I've fought with the law but there's one thing I fear
To get stuck in a town in a bar with no beer
**********

3.

I HAVE FRIENDS

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '84 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I have friends who won't tell me that I'm out of my mind
Friends who don't mention the passing of time
They were there in the beginning they'll be there in the end
And when I sum it up I'm glad I have friends

I have friends who won't scold me if I drink to excess
When I'm down and I'm moody they don't get upset
And I try to be grateful in the way that I can
For what am I if I don't have friends

I have friends who remember the time I was great
And friends who've forgotten the times I was late
And anyway you said it it's true it's all true
The best friend I have ever had is you
**********

4.

SONG IN A SEASHELL

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '84 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I heard a song in a seashell down by the ocean one day
Beautiful song in a seashell played by the wind in the waves
It's a song about happiness it's a song about the sky above
It's a song about the ocean blue it's a song about love

I took the song in the seashell back to the mountains with me
Now I hear the song in a seashell any old time that I please
It's a song about happiness it's a song about love trust
It's a song about you and me it's a song about us
[ guitar ] Now I have a song in a seashell to follow me all of my days
Beautiful song in a seashell played by the wind in the waves
It's a song about having fun it's a song about being true
It's a song about an old true love it's a song about me and you

It's a song about having fun it's a song about being true
It's a song about an old true love it's a song about me and you
**********

5.

RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET

(Jimmy Kennedy - Hugh Williams)
« © '35 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me
She sailed at the dawning all day I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset I'm trustin' in you

Swift wings you must borrow make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow she'll go sailing no more
Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me
[ keyboards ] Swift wings you must borrow...
**********

6.

DOWN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '84 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I bought my ukulele in a pawnshop
I bought a red pair of shorts and a shirt
I left my Gucci loafers and my Brooks Brothers suit
In a trash can out behind the Methodist Church

I bought me a cooler and a loaf of bologne
And a little loaf of whole wheat bread
I'm hangin' out on the beach where I can't be reached
By the local authorities or Feds

Oh I'm down in the Florida Keys
Sleepin' in a southern breeze
I'm down in the Florida Keys
And there ain't nobody down on me

I got a good credit card and a telephone number
Just in case they find me flyin' too low
I ordered up a Margarete bout an hour fore lunch
Thought I might need it cause the weather's so cold

It got down to sixty at the early mornin' tide
Caught a three pound grouper from the bridge
I ain't a hurtin' nobody and I wouldn't hurt me
I guess I'd lie about it if I did

Oh I'm down in the Florida Keys...

Well I would a written sooner but I didn't have change
A stamp has gone to twenty-two cents
I ain't got no pockets I can't carry much
I left a lotta baggage at the airport fence

You can do somethin' for me you can tell all my friends
I'm glad of bein' out of their hair
I'm sittin' down here sippin' on a Beck beer
I got central heat and the air

Cause I'm down in the Florida Keys...
I'm down in the Florida Keys...
I'm down in the Florida Keys...
**********

7.

LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND

(Nick Kenny - Charles Kenny - Fred J. Coots)
« © '57 Bourne Co, ASCAP / Toy Town Tunes, ASCAP »
On a day like today we pass the time away
Writing love letters in the sand
How you laughed when I cried each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand

You made a vow that you would always be true
Somehow that vow meant nothing to you
Now my poor heart just aches with every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
[ guitar ] Now my poor heart just aches with every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
**********

8.

THIS AIN'T EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '84 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You ask me how I'm doin' friend well I will tell you true
I guess I shouldn't say this cause I've had a drink or two
But I was just now looking back on other days and times
And this ain't exactly what I had in mind

Now everybody's saying hey what's with this stupid guy
In all his dreams it seems he's always reaching for the sky
But you know me calls for three and I show up with nine
Well it ain't exactly what I had in mind

Ah it seems like only yesterday when I was just a kid
I always thought I had to be the best at what I did
I was always looking for a mountain I could climb
And this ain't exactly what I had in mind

Remember when we won the game that was in '62
And we bet all our money and we gave a few points too
And Bo went deep and caught the pass and Bubba held the line
Well this ain't exactly what I had in mind

Like Eisenhower you know that I have always loved my wife
And some say we should never try to make a deal with life
But you know me I'm just a fool here crying in my wine
But this ain't exactly what I had in mind

Hey to tell the truth did you believe we'd ever come this far
Remember when our big ambition was to own a car
Why I oughta have my butt kicked I've been lucky life's been kind
But this ain't exactly what I had in mind
It just ain't exactly what I had in mind
**********

9.

GONE FISHIN'

(Nick Kenny - Charles Kenny)
« © '58 Bourne Co, ASCAP / Feist Catalong, ASCAP »
Gone fishin' there's a sign upon my door
Gone fishin' I ain't workin' anymore
There's a hoe out in the sun where I left a row half done
I say hoein' ain't no fun I ain't got no ambition

Gone fishin' by a shady wady pool
Gone fishin' out of work and out of school
I don't want to be annoyed by Reagan or by Freud
Gone fishin' instead of just wishin'
[ piano ] I don't want to be annoyed by Reagan or by Freud
Gone fishin' instead of just wishin'

I'll make you an offer
I'll catch 'em you clean 'em you fry 'em and I'll eat 'em
Gone fishin'
Closed for the holidays
And they are Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
**********

10.

WE'RE ALL THROUGH DANCING

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '84 Hallnote Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
We're all through dancing they've turned on the lights
We're all through dancing goodnight

You take my boutineer dried flowers souvenir
Carry your dancing shoes and a wine glass too

I never thought that we would cry at melodies
Either that punch was strong or some old song

We're all through dancing they've turned on the lights
We're all through dancing goodnight
[ guitar + steel ] We're all through dancing this dusty floor
We're all through dancing no more
**********