COUNTRY SONGS
(Vocalion VL-73752)
June/1965
Produced by Owen Bradley
Recorded:
1962-1964, Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville
Columbia Studio, Nashville
1.
DON'T TEMPT ME
(Skeeter Davis)
« © '63 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
(Don't cause me shame don't tempt me)
Don't tempt me I don't want a cheap affair
And you can't offer me true love cause you're not free
Please don't say love words you know I'd like to hear
Although I'm lonely don't tempt me
Yes it's true I care for you more than a friend
But if you don't tempt me I can find the will to keep from sin
They say fire dies out if no one fans the flame
Don't cause me shame don't tempt me
[ ac.guitar ]
Yes it's true I care for you...
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2.
SECOND BEST
(Marie Wilson)
« © '61 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I know you'll never love me the way I love you
And I'll always be second best it's true
But in my heart I'd rather have just part of you
Than all of someone else for there's no one else like you
I'd rather be the second one you'd love and not to know
This feeling that I get each time you let me hold you close
And anything to keep you with me I would do
I'm glad that I can be second best to you
[ steel ]
If it's wrong to worship you then wrong I'll be
No one else can do the things you do to me
And just what little time that you can spend with me
Means more than all the rest even though I'm second best
I'd rather be the second one...
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3.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT
(Harlan Howard)
« © '65 Cental Songs, BMI »
Your fickle heart could not resist temptation
And yet I'll take you back just one more time
But I'm giving back my heart with reservation
For I reserve the right to change my mind
So many times you lied to me so sweetly
To win my trust may take a long long time
So I can't give you back my heart completely
And I reserve the right to change my mind
[ steel ]
At first our love was tenderness and gladness
Then later on I've thought I'd lose my mind
Now if you've changed I'll soon forget the sadness
But I reserve the right to change my mind
You tell me that without me you were lonely
And cried yourself to sleep so many times
So I'll believe that I'm your one and only
But I reserve the right to change my mind
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4.
MARK ON MY FINGER
(Hank Cochran - Carl Belew)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I was the first one to love you so honey don't laugh at me
There's a mark on my finger where his ring used to be
It's true he may think he loves you but once he thought he'd love me
See this mark on my finger where his ring used to be
And when he says that he loves you you better hope that it's true
For it was just yesterday that I was replaced by you
So don't laugh you might lose him for once he thought he'd love me
See this mark on my finger where his ring used to be
[ steel ]
And when he says that he loves you...
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5.
SITTIN' OUT THE LAST DANCE
(Jimmie Skinner - Harold Donny)
« © '64 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI / Papa Lou Recordings, BMI »
Don't ask me to dance please Mister
I just came here to think where the lights are dim
If I seem to be rude you'll forgive me
I'm just sittin' out this last dance for him
It's a table where he used to sit beside me
And those nights I keep thinking about them
I'm just trying to be true to a mem'ry
By sittin' out this last dance for him
Ten years and a day is a long time
My hopes like the lights are so dim
It's a long time to wait when you're lonesome
Still I'm sittin' out this last dance for him
[ piano ]
All the old familiar faces around me
They've forgotten but I still remember them
They're still free while my guy does a long time
And I'm sittin' out this last dance for him
I'm no angel and I get so lonesome
My heart's like a glass filled to the brim
I can't listen while you sweet talk me Mister
I'm just sittin' out this last dance for him
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6.
DADDY DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
(Connie Hall)
« © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
When she agreed to set you free I thought that I had won
But you never told me you had a little son
My world just died inside of me when I called you on the phone
And a little boy it answered said daddy's not at home
Daddy doesn't live here anymore
Mommie says he loves me but you know I'm not so sure
I saw him on the street one day a stranger by his side
So if my daddy loves me why does my mommie cry
He didn't know that I was that stranger but it made me stop and realize
Just what this would do to a little boy his size
By now I was crying and so ashamed of my part
For what I knew is breaking his heart
So no matter how much I love you I couldn't rob him his dad
But he wasn't finished yet and I listened as he said
Because you see us now and then but it always hurts me so
He only said a little while though I begged him not to go
Why don't he stay at home with us the way he used to do
Please tell my dad I need him and mommie needs him too
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7.
I'M AS LONELY AS ANYONE CAN BE
(Marie Wilson - Skeeter Davis)
« © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
While other people sleep I can be found
Walking these dirty streets downtown
Nothing means anything to me
And I'm as lonely as anyone can be
On any corner you will find a fool in love like me
Lost and lonely souls like mine are common sights to see
And I'm as lonely as anyone can be
[ steel ]
Night after night I walk the blues and me
With echoes from my steps for company
Blinded so by tears till I can't see
And I'm as lonely as anyone can be
On any corner you will find a fool in love like me...
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8.
YES THERE'S A REASON
(Warner McPherson)
« © '64 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
(Yes there's a reason I keep on wanting you)
Yes there's a reason why I can't forget your kiss
There must be a reason why your love I can't resist
Could it be that I love you though I know it's wrong to do
Yes there's a reason I keep on wanting you
I hang my head in sorrow each time I hear your name
Cause deep inside I know sweetheart you'll cause me grief and shame
Afraid to say that I love you cause I know it could be true
Yes there's a reason I keep on wanting you
[ steel ]
I hang my head in sorrow...
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9.
FOOL ME ONCE
(Bill Anderson - Moneen Carpenter)
« © '62 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me
You broke my heart and told me lies and everybody sympathized
With the fool who loves you so much she was blind
But when I took you back once more and you hurt me like you did before
The only sympathy I got was mine
Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me
[ steel ]
Shame on me for giving in and taking your love back again
I should have gone and found somebody else
How big a fool can one girl be for once you made a fool of me
And now I made a fool out of myself
Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me
Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me
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10.
IT'S NOT REVENGE I WANT
(Fred Burch)
« © '63 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I'd never try to hurt you the way that you've hurt me
For even if I could hurt you what good would that do me
I'll never try to break your heart though you've broke mine in two
Oh no it's not revenge I want I just want you
And if you see me out tonight don't think I'm out for spite
It's just because I can't stay home and cry again tonight
And if I hide my lonely tears and smile at someone new
You'll know it's not revenge I want I just want you
They say in time that each one pays well I'll just wait and see
But I won't be the one to make you'll pay for hurting me
I love you much too much for that and what good would it do
Beside it's not revenge I want I just want you
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11.
HALF THE TIME
(Chuck Glaser)
« © '62 Ensign Music, BMI »
Half the time I don't think about you
And I'm so sure I've put you from my mind
Then nighttime comes with its lights so bright and gay
And I find that I still love you half the time
Every day I started like the day before
So sure that I don't love you anymore
Then nighttime comes with its mem'ries stealing back
And half the time I love you even more
Half the time I'm me half the time I'm someone else
I never know which half the time I'm really myself
Half the time I'm sure that I don't want you
And half the time I'm just sure I do
But if I only have your love to guide me
I know that I would love you all the time
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12.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH IN COMMON (ANYMORE)
(Penny Jay - Connie Hall)
« © '62 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
We had so much in common you and me
So we told the world our love just had to be
But things have changend then we both know it's through
Now we don't have much in common me and you
You never love me like you used to do
And the loneliness just keeps on showing through
Things are not the way they were before
Cause we don't have much in common anymore
[ steel ]
The only things we have in common now
Are the dreams that we are slowly tearing down
And the way we hurt each other day by day
For the touch of real true love has slipped away
You never love me like you used to do...
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