lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

YOU DON'T KNOW MY MIND

(Jimmie Skinner) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time
Born to lose a drifter that's me
He can travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong
Oh baby you don't know my mind today

I've heard the music of the rails slept in every dirty old jail
Now life's too short for you to worry me
When I find that I can't win I'll be checkin' out again
Oh baby you don't know my mind today
[ guitar ] Been a hobo and a tramp my soul has done then stamped
And the things I know I've learned a hard hard way
You think I'm sweet and kind I can love a thousand times
Little baby you don't know my mind today

Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time
I've travelled fast on the hard road you say
You can travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong
Little baby you don't know my mind today
Honey baby you don't know my mind today
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2.

GREY EYES YOU KNOW

(Harlan Howard - Gene Meyers) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
That cold north wind is blowing grey eyes you know
Years are quickly going grey eyes you know
And the good life I promised you so long ago
Is dead but for the dreaming grey eyes you know

We never had much money grey eyes you know
More rainy days than sunny grey eyes you know
And life has been a long hard road to hoe
But you stuck right by me smiling grey eyes you know

Hard times took the blue from your eyes
Leaving them grey as the winter's skies
Well we've had our talk now I must walk away
And leave you here beneath this pound of clay
And I feel so empty as I turn to go
For my heart lies there beside you grey eyes you know
Yes my heart lies there beside you grey eyes you know
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3.

JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I think I'll take a little trip just for the heck of it
That's what I've always longed to do
I will give this dreary life to slip just for the heck of it
See the places do the things I've always wanted to

Woman you held me down for so long
Whatever you held me with is gone gone gone gone gone gone

I think I'll stroll around the world just for the heck of it
Someday I'll remember how to live
I just might find another girl just for the heck of it
But this time I won't be expecting more than she can give
[ guitar ] Woman you held me down...
I think I'll stroll around the world...
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4.

I'LL BE GONE

(Michael Merchant) « © '67 Edmark Music, BMI »
When the quiet evening comes and the willage softly lies
Twinkling in the shadow of the mountains
When the twilights muffle drums play tattoos to the skies
And the heavens close their eyes I'll be gone

When the fisher throws his nets and makes his crab secure
And gazes to the west for signs of weather
When he thinks of his table set little baby's at the door
As he floods along the shore I'll be gone
[ guitar ] When the merchant draws the shade as he counts his day's results
And smiles recalling bits of idle gossip
When the entry's all I meet and the ledger's tiny sheets
As he shuffles down the streets I'll be gone

It's pretty but all choosed and I must be free
Fare Thee Well my poor contented fellows
No quiet life for me no home no family now and endlessly I'll be gone
I'll be gone I'll be gone I'll be gone
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5.

NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS

(Don Bowman) « © '63 Central Songs, BMI »
You have made no secret of your new love affair
He buys you pretty presents he takes you everywhere
You seen him all the places you and I once went
You sit and hold each other close in front of all our friends
Everybody knows everybody knows how my heart cries
[ guitar ] There's no need to tell you you're too in love to see
And anything I told you baby you called jealousy
But if he ever breaks your heart the way that you broke mine
Just come running back to me you're welcome anytime
Everybody knows everybody knows how my heart cries
Everybody knows how your love for him grows as our love dies
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6.

I'M TIRED

(Mel Tillis - Webb Pierce - Buck Peddy) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I'm standin' on the corner of a busy street
A lookin' for your face in everyone I meet
Checkin' every honky tonk in this town
I'm tryin' to find the places that you hang around
Oh Lord I'm tired tired of living this a way

Now I've been waitin' on you baby night and day
I'm wonderin' if your love will ever turn my way
But time's runnin' out and I'm slowing down
I'm tired of bein' just another hang around
Oh Lord I'm tired tired of living this a way
[ harmonica - dobro ] Now there ain't no happiness in anything I do
I found myself so lonesome when I'm not confused
What makes just a kind of girl a guy will love
You've got so many others that you're thinking of
Oh Lord I'm tired tired of living this a way
Oh Lord I'm tired tired of living this a way
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7.

I'VE GOTTA LEAVE YOU BABY

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Did you hear that whistle blow don't you know what that means
Gotta grab my bag and head for the track when I hear that whistle scream
We both knew someday it would end this way my rambling fever would rise
We've had lots of fun but the fun is done and I've gotta leave you baby

Well a baby's gotta cry a bird's gotta fly a man's gotta lie and we all gotta die
The days gotta end and the rivers gotta bend and I've gotta leave you baby

Well I've had this feeling more each day this restless urge to roam
Kept thinking back to the miles of track from New Orleans to Nome
Do the goal still play around old Frisco Bay how's the fishing up in Maine
Where the so many things tugging at my heart streams I've gotta leave you baby
[ guitar ] There's an Eskimo that I used to know I told him I'd be back
Got a cowboy friend out in Nelaband who shared with me his shack
When you've lived like a tramp in a hobo camp it kinda gets in your veins
I know you feel bad I know you'll be sad but I've gotta leave you baby

Well a baby's gotta cry...
Yes I've gotta leave you baby
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8.

EVERYBODY'S BABY

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You love 'em all the short and the tall
You're having a ball for they all love you
But time moves along and there just might come a dawn
When you'll find yourself alone nobody wants you

You're everybody's baby everybody's friend
Anyone that's lonely you take them in
But after your appeal is gone guess who winds up alone
It just might be everybody's baby
[ steel - guitar ] You're pretty and you're sweet you got 'em lined up down the street
The whole world is at your feet and you like it
You're an angel and a flirt and you're a headin' for a hurt
This whole world will do you dirt if you invite it

You're everybody's baby...
Yes it just might be everybody's baby
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9.

I WISH I FELT THIS WAY AT HOME

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
If I could be with you forever
My restless heart would never want to roam
I've never been loved like you loved me
I wish I felt this way at home

When you kiss me it's words without speaking
I don't believe that God would call this wrong
Your arms are the refuge I was seeking
I wish I felt this way at home

But I don't and I won't I gave all that I could
She and I tried hard but it's just no good
I may never be free I've no reason
And I can't expect for you to wait too long
But I'll say one more time as I'm leaving
I wish I felt this way at home
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10.

TAKE IT AND GO

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
He's giving you the eye and you don't seem to mind
I think you're kinda proud of it and it shows
Well if that's how you are I'm glad I learned in time
But baby goodbye is as easy as say as hello

Take it and go take it and go
Now I guess you thought that I might beg you to stay
To take it and go take it and go I guess I didn't want it anyway
[ guitar + harmonica ] I was all alone when you came along
And I won't be tasting something that is new to me
I don't wanna love at all unless it's true and strong
If you're gonna be a problem to me alone I'd rather be

Take it and go take it and go...
Anyway anyway
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11.

HELLO THERE STRANGER

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Hello there stranger you look kind of sad today
And I'll bet stranger that things haven't gone your way
I'm sorry stranger I once felt as bad as you
Remember stranger when you broke my heart in two

I loved you stranger I loved you so much back then
Much more stranger than you'll ever be loved again
Well bye bye stranger I hope you don't cry too long
No longer stranger than from ever sundown till dawn
[ steel ] I loved you stranger...
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12.

BABY SISTER

(Shirl Milete) « © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Baby sister what a waste to see you in this place
I lose my mind from worryin' over you
A barroom full of people higher than a steeple
But I know why you do the things you do

And I curse the man that made you what you are today
I hope he dies a thousand times a thousands ways
Your eyes are full of tears let's get out of here
For I love you baby sister let's go home
[ piano ] Yes I curse the man that made you...
Mama's waitin' baby sister let's go home
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