lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

IT'S NOTHIN' TO ME

(Pat Patterson) « © '60 Gregmark Music, BMI / Libijon Music, BMI »
Take your drink to the end of the bar buddy
Let her be now don't be a fool
I'd rather have a hot seat in Sing Sing buddy
Than sit down by her on that stool

What's that you say
I guess you're right
It's nothin' to me

See that man she belongs to him buddy
You better drink up and go while you can
I can tell by the way he looks at you ol' buddy
He's sure a quick tempered jealous man

What's that you say
I reckon you're right

It ain't nothin' to me

There you are stretched out on the floor buddy
Just look what you made him do
Here they come they're gonna take him off to jail buddy
And tomorrow someone's gonna bury you

Oh well that's life
Or at least it was
It ain't nothin' to me
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2.

I DON'T MIND

(Harlan Howard - Richard Johnson) « © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It used to break my heart each time you cheated
I try to leave the Lord knows how I try
But I stay here no matter how I'm treated
And all it really cost me was my pride

But I don't mind (no I don't mind )
I don't mind (no I don't mind)
I did for a time but I don't mind

You and I have a perfect understanding
You come and you go just as you please
And I never get too angry or demandin'
It's hard to get mad on your knees

But I don't mind (no I don't mind )...
[ dobro ] Once I was strong as the mountain
I stood tall like a giant oak tree
Now my blood runs thin like water from a fountain
You've taken all the man out of me

I don't mind (no I don't mind )...
I don't mind (no I don't mind )...
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3.

BABY DON'T BELIEVE HIM

(Clyde Pitts) « © '62 Tuckahoe Music, BMI »
A guy named Joe's been comin' round
Showin' my baby the lights of town
It fills my heart with misery to see
His arms where mine should be

Oh baby don't believe him he's been lyin'
Baby don't believe him you'll be cryin'
Baby if you go away what will I do
Baby don't believe him why don't you leave him
Come back to a heart that's true
[ flute ] Fancy clothes and shiny car
Are you as happy as you think you are
Will all your dreams end up the same
As other girls who've played his game

Oh baby don't believe him he's been lyin'...
[ flute ] I've watched the long night turn to dawn
My hopes and dreams are almost gone
Your wedding should be starting now
I guess you think he'll keep his vow

Oh baby don't believe him he's been lyin'...
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4.

CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Go West Young Man the signs all seem to say
Now there's San Diego Frisco or LA
Leave that cold cold woman far behind
Warm yourself in that California sunshine

Go West young man become a movie star
Or just anything except the fool you are
Expose the lonely corners of your mind
To a little dab of that California sunshine

I need a change I've had it up to here
She's been playin' games it's very clear
But her play mate will soon be hard to find
I'll be in that California sunshine
[ guitar ] They say those California gals are fine
And they know how to really wrap your mind
Well one of you get ready cause you're mine
I'm a headin' for that California sunshine

Well I need a change I've had it up to here...

Yes her play mate will soon be hard to find
I'll be in that California sunshine
Baby I'll be in that California sun
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5.

I RUN TO THE DOOR

(Baker Knight - Jimmy Bowen) « © '67 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Ev'rytime a bell rings ev'rytime a bird sings I run to the door
Ev'rytime the wind blows even though my heart knows I run to the door
Ev'ryday is lonely and my mem'ries only make me want you more
When somebody goes by actin' like a fool I run to the door
Memories that never die all alone I sit and cry

When I see the sunrise ev'rytime my heart cries I run to the door
Early in the twilight even after midnight I run to the door
Though you didn't want me memories'll haunt me as I walk the door
When somebody goes by actin' like a fool I run to the door
Memories that never die all alone I sit and cry

When I hear my heart call and I hear a tear fall I run to the door
Wishin' I could see you wishin' it could be you there at the door
Though you didn't want me memories'll haunt me as I walk the door
When somebody goes by actin' like a fool I run to the door
Memories that never die all alone I sit and cry
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6.

I'D RATHER BE A FOOL

(Harlan Howard) « © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'd rather be a fool and have people laugh at me
Than be like I am wise and lonely
Though you never played fair and at times you were cruel
I'm gettin' mighty lonely I'd rather be a fool

I don't care what they say who's wrong or right
As long as your arms just hold me tight
Ev'rybody says I'm wise I was so smart to leave you
But I'm gettin' mighty lonely I'd rather be a fool
Yes I'm gettin' mighty lonely I'd rather be a fool
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7.

HOME FROM THE FOREST

(Gordon Lightfoot) « © '67 Early Morning Music, SESAC »
Oh the neon lights were flashin' and the icy wind did blow
The water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snow
His eyes were red his hopes were dead and the wine was runnin' low
And the old man came home from the forest

His tears fell on the sidewalk as he stumbled through the street
A dozen faces stopped to stare but no one stopped to speak
For his castle was a hallway and the bottle was his friend
And the old man stumbled in from the forest
[ guitar ] Up a dark and dingy staircase the old man made his way
His ragged coat around him as upon his cot he lay
And he wondered how it happened that he'd ended up this way
Getting lost like a fool in the forest

And as he lay there sleepin' a vision did appear
Upon his mantle shining the face of one so dear
Who'd loved him in the springtime of a long forgotten year
When the wildflowers did bloom in the forest
[ harmonica ] She touched his grizzled fingers as she called him by his name
And then he heard the joyful sound of children at their games
In an ol' house on a hillside in some forgotten town
Where the river runs down from the forest

With a mighty roar the big jet soars above the canyon streets
And the con men con and life goes on for the city never sleeps
But to an old forgotten soldier the dawn will come no more
For the old man has come home from the forest
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8.

OLD PODNER

(Harlan Howard) « © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The bass is jumpin' and we should be fishin' ole podner
Where's that ole gleem and that ole ambition ole podner
Here you are in this hospital bed lookin' at the wall and thinkin' you're dead
We've laughed through the years now you're bringin' me to tears ole podner

That sure is the prettiest nurse I've seen ole podner
No wonder you're so polite and clean ole podner
This hospital's gonna be rough on you but I've laid aside a buck or two
If you promise not to die I'll blow it on my ole podner

I see where the Doc has made you quit your smokin'
Well that suits me fine I'm tired of your chokin' and your croakin'
Today in the square they was talkin' bout you
Said you too mean to die from a thing like the flu
Won't you please get well I miss you like hell ole podner

Well it's gettin' kinda late you're lookin' kinda tired ole podner
I should say you're lookin' well but you know I'm not a liar ole podner
I'll be back tomorrow but if you can't wait we'll still get together you ole reprobate
If you're already gone I'll soon be along ole podner
If you're already gone I'll soon be along ole podner
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9.

IF ONLY YOU'D OF HAPPENED TO ME A LONG TIME AGO

(Harlan Howard - Gene Myers) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
If only you'd a happened to me a long time ago
There might have been a way we'd a found to make love grow
We just might a found a little bitty happiness I don't know
If only you'd a happened to me a long time ago

Now it's kinda late for me to think of what might have been
That ole summer's gone it ain't never comin' back again
I've grown to be a negative thinker for I never could win
If only you'd of happened to me baby way back then
[ guitar ] I guess I better go before I get to where I wanna stay
And before I start to sayin' all the things that I'd like to say
And I could get to thinkin' that we might have a chance someway
Oh if only you'd a happened to me baby yesterday

If only you'd a happened to me a long time ago...
Oh if only you'd a happened to me a long time ago
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10.

WINE WOMEN AND SONG

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Wine women and song
That's all it takes to make a life go wrong
Wine women and song
Then you wake up one day and find your youth is gone

Nights get cold and long
Sittin' in this hotel room so all alone
But this ole room's my home
That's all that's left of wine women and song

The bellhop's my friend
Sometimes we sit and talk of things that might have been
He's just like me
Faced with broken fences it's too late to mend

My dreams have all died
I wish I had a nickle for each time I've cried
It wouldn't take me long
To spend it all on wine women and song
[ harmonica ] Sweet wine pretty women and sweet love songs
Then all of a sudden the years have flown
And you're all alone with no kids no home
Your youth is gone and the crowd moves on
Your ol' friends die with an unheard sigh
There ain't no position that a body can lie and be satisfied
All alone without wine women and song

Wine women and song
Now they're all gone
Mmhumm mmm hum
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11.

CALL ME UP (AND I'LL COME CALLING ON YOU)

(Marty Robbins) « © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When you're all alone and blue and you don't know what to do
Call me up and I'll come callin' on you
When you're all alone at home and no one calls you on the phone
Call me up and I'll come callin' on you

When there's teardrops big and round in your eyes so big and brown
And your little ol' heart's about to break in two
Well I know you know we know that they know I'm in love with you
Call me up and I'll come callin' on you
[ steel ] When the world seems out of place and it tumbles in your face
Call me up and I'll come callin' on you
When your love affair goes wrong come on back where you belong
Call me up and I'll come callin' on you

Give me just half a chance let me save our old romance
To be the one there's a nothin' I won't do
Well I'm for you for me forever more I'm in love with you
Call me up and I'll come callin' on you

Just a call me up call me up
Call me up and I'll come callin' on you
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