(Decca DL-74217)
1962
Produced by Owen Bradley
Grady Martin - lead guitar
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Hal Rugg, Pete Drake - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Floyd Cramer - piano
Recorded:
1961-1962, Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
FOOLIN' AROUND
(Harlan Howard - Buck Owens)
« © '61 Central Songs, BMI »
I know that you've been foolin' round on me right from the start
So I'll give back my ring and I'll take back my heart
And when you're tired of foolin' round with 2-0-3
Come on home and fool around with me
I wasn't foolin' round the day I said I'd do
But many a night I wished that I've been foolin' too
I know it's foolish makin' all this misery
For when it's you a fool I'll always be
I know that you've been foolin' round on me...
[ guitar ]
So honey fool around you'll know right where I'm at
And don't worry if I'm lonesome cause I'm used to that
And when you're tired of foolin' round with 2-0-3
Come on home and fool around with me
I know that you've been foolin' round on me...
Come on home and fool around with me
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2.
KEY TO YOUR WORLD
(Harold Donny - Connie Hall)
« © '62 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
I hold the key to your world in my hand
Do you think you could make her understand
How you could live so ragglesly cheating her and fooling me
I hold the key to your world in my hand
You took my love although you wasn't free
Just like a child you ran from her to me
Now with all that you possess I still hold your happiness
I hold the key to your world in my hand
[ steel ]
I could gain a sweet revenge for my hear
I could turn the key and tear your world apart
But the truth I won't reveal and your weakness I conceal
I hold the key to your world in my hand
You took my love although you wasn't free...
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3.
YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING
(Jack Toombs - Chuck Gregory)
« © '54 Golden West Melodies, BMI »
Are you thinking that I don't care for you
Could it be you believe that I've been untrue
Oh listen sweetheart it just cannot be
For you're the only good thing that happened to me
We've had our ups and downs like all lovers do
But you know in your heart that I worship you
So don't ever think of setting me free
For you're the only good thing that happened to me
If you ever should think that I don't love you
That I'm not satisfied with the things that you do
I want you to know and please understand
There's nothing in this world worth the touch of your hand
We've had our ups and downs like all lovers do...
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4.
YELLOW ROSES
(Ken Devine - Sam Nichols)
« © '53 Unart Catalog, BMI »
I just received sweetheart your yellow roses
You tell me dear they mean that we're all through
You tell me that tonight your heart is broken
But you should know I was never untrue
I'll place them near your photograph and as the petals fall
They'll hide from you my lonely tears that shouldn't fall at all
Then they will slowly fade away and die
But I'll still love you though yellow roses say goodbye
[ steel ]
I'll place them near your photograph...
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5.
SLOWLY
(Webb Pierce - Tommy Hill)
« © '52 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
Slowly you're winning a heart that can be true
Now I can't hide my feelings for it's so plain and true
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
More and more I need you and want you by my side
More and more I love you as each day passes by
No need to hide my feelings for it's so plain and true
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
[ steel ]
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you...
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6.
PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN
(Harlan Howard)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You were mine for just a while now you're puttin' on the style
And you've never once looked back at your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town but my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down when you're blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy but they'll find another toy
Then they'll take away your crown pick me up on your way down
[ steel ]
They have changed your attitude made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame underneath you're still the same
When you've learned these things are true I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down...
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7.
FOOLS LIKE ME
(Jack Clement - Murphy Maddux)
« © '58 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Everybody tells me love is blind
Maybe so but I refuse to see
Everybody tells me things you do
But I don't care cause I'm a fool for you
It doesn't really matter what you are
It only matters what you are to me
Maybe I'm not wise enough to see
But where would love be without fools like me
Maybe loving you was not so smart
And maybe in the end you break my heart
I really should've loved you but I do
And I don't care cause I'm a fool for you
I only hope this time your is real
Cause I can't ever change the way I feel
Maybe I'm not wise enough to see
But where would love be without fools like me
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8.
LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME
(Carl Belew - W.S. Stevenson - Tommy Blake)
« © '62 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I've never known a heartache since the first day that we met
They said the blues would come around and someday you'd forget
I can't recall a single time I wanted to be free
Yes I'm still yours and you're still mine love's been good to me
Love was so good to me it gave me you
But how could I feel different you've been so true
I can't recall a single time I wanted to be free
Yes I'm still yours and you're still mine love's been good to me
[ steel ]
Love was so good to me it gave me you...
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9.
WHAT A PLEASURE
(Ray Lunsford)
« © '62 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
What a pleasure life have been just loving you
All the years I spent without you were just wasted now I see
Many times I've cried when dreams felt to come true
Then a new day dawn had brought me happiness and peace of mind
What a pleasure life have been just loving you
What a pleasure in just knowing that you'll always be my own
By my side to help with every thing I do
No more loneliness no heartaches no more blues when day is done
What a pleasure life have been just loving you
[ guitar ]
Once the shadows of an old love made me doubt there ever be
Anyone who'd want share my world of blue
Then a heaart that knew contentment filled a new world for my own
And what a pleasure life have been just loving you
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10.
I MISS YOU EVERY DAY
(Jack Rhodes - Gertrude Cox)
« © '62 Cental Songs, BMI »
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11.
SLEEP BABY SLEEP
(Curly Putman - Bill Anderson - Buddy Killen)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Just dream on like he was home sleep baby sleep
The night is dark and lonely our dreames have ceased to be
Your daddy's gone and left us now there's just you and me
You're sleeping in your cradle while I'm tossing in my bed
And praying you will never learn the things your daddy did
Sleep baby sleep oh please don't you awaken
I don't you to know that we have been forsaken
Sleep baby sleep and please don't call for daddy
Just dream on like he was home sleep baby sleep
[ piano - steel ]
Spends his evenings in a tavern holding hands and drinking wine
And kissing lips that he wants more than he did yours and mine
I begged him not to leave and hurt the one who loves him so
But darling please stay fast asleep you're much too young to know
Sleep baby sleep and please don't call for daddy
Just dream on like he was home sleep baby sleep
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12.
MANY TEARS AGO
(Jenny Lou Carson)
« © '45 Adams Vee & Abbott Inc, BMI »
Many tears ago you said you'd love me
Oh how happy was this heart of mine
Then a dark cloud came from out of nowhere
And the sun went down no more to shine
Many tears ago was in the springtime
When you said goodbye and went away
Oh how well this aching heart remembers
Many many tears ago today
[ piano ]
Many tears ago you called me darling
In my dreams I hear you say it now
I can almost feel your arms around me
Arms that never meant to keep the vow
Many tears ago I learned too well love
What it means to bear a heavy load
I found out just what has meant by sorrow
Many tears ago along life's road
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