lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LOOSE TALK

(Freddie Hart - Ann Lucas)
« © '54 Central Songs, BMI »
So long we've been married last burden we've carried
Though fate kept us humble and made our love true
Oh but plans that we'd make up someone seems to break up
Oh darling what else can we do

We may have to leave here to find piece of mind dear
Some place where we can live a life of our own
Oh I know you love me and happy we could be
If some folks would leave us alone
[ guitar ] When I go out walking there's lots of loose talking
They say we're unhappy and we'll break apart
But darling it's not true because I still love you
And I do it all with my heart

We may have to leave here...
[ guitar ] They say you are leaving that you are deceiving
But you tell me they say the same about me
But we'll show them they're wrong that loose talk will do harm
And hope that's the truth they will see

We may have to leave here...
If some folks would leave us alone
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2.

WALL

(Harlan Howard)
« © '58 Red River Songs, BMI / Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
There's a lot of strange men in cell Block 10
But the strangest of them all
Was a friend of mine who spent his time
Just staring at the wall staring at wall

In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote
And it proves that crime don't pay
Was the very same gal he robbed and stole
For name in her wedding day for name in her wedding day

As he looked at the wall so strong and tall
I could hear him softly curse
Nobody at all ever climbed that wall
But I'm gonna be the first I'm gonna be the first

The warden walked by and said son don't try
I would hate to see you fall
There ain't no doubt they will carry you out
If you ever touch that wall if you ever touch that wall

The years gone by since he made his try but I can still recall
How hard he tried and the way he died
But he never made that wall he never made that wall

There's never been a man ever shook this can
But I know a man who tried
The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan
But I know it was suicide I know it was suicide
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3.

I'M NO ANGEL

(Freddie Hart)
« © '60 Peer International, BMI »
I met her at the outskirts of a small country town
But when I asked her for a date to show me around
She said the folks say I'm no good our romance wouldn't last
I said if it's all right with you we won't bring up the past

I know I'm no angel I won't pretend to be
If I'm good enough for her she's good enough for me
Let them stare and criticize I love her I don't care
By her side I'm satisfied and so happy there
[ guitar ] Sunday when they realize mistakes they make themselves
They won't be too quick to judge the wrongs of someone else
When they undestrand the truth we love each other so
Then perhaps they won't be careless with the stones they throw

I know I'm no angel...
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4.

KEY'S IN THE MAILBOX

(Harlan Howard)
« © '57 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Oh jealous me and careless you the odds were just too great
I couldn't take those lonely nights you made me sit and wait
I thought I'd seen the last of you when you walked out of sight
Instead I see you in my dreams at night

So the key's in the mailbox come on in
I'm sitting here wishing dear I had your love again
I'll never even ask you where you've been
The key's in the mailbox come on in
[ steel - fiddle ] I said I'd rather be alone than share your company
I said don't come around at all if you want more than me
But sitting here alone I can't deny this flame that burns
I'd gladly take you back on any terms

So the key's in the mailbox...
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5.

HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS

(Freddie Hart)
« © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
(For two days) she is an angel (the next day) heaven only knows
(She'd find out) and I'm happy until away she goes
(But she's changin') like the weather (first she's warm) then she's cold
(And will time make up to do friends) heaven only knows
(She's got a) sweet persinality (I know it all) just how she is with me
(She's the one) it's very plain to see because it shows
(I love her so) from now to eternity (I want her) she's still in love with me
(Now and then) she's still the mistery heaven only knows
[ piano ] (For two days) she is an angel...
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6.

WHAT A LAUGH

(Harlan Howard - Freddie Hart)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Look at you look at me ha-ha what a laugh
Tied together yet we're worlds apart
Crazily loving you ha-ha what a laugh
What chance have I when you won't give your heart
Look at me look at you standing there
And not one sign of love can I see
Look at you look at me what a laugh
And worst of all I know the laugh's for me
[ piano ] Jealous me loving you ha-ha what a laugh
Where are those sweet I-love-you's I once heard
Everybody thinks you love me ha-ha what a laugh
For you forgot the meaning of the word
Look at me look at you standing there
And not one sign of love do I see
Look at you look at me what a laugh
And worst of all I know the laugh's for me
(Look at you look at me what a laugh)
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7.

HEART ATTACK

(Freddie Hart)
« © '61 Vidor Publications, BMI »
Could be a heart attack just like a heart attack
Oh won't you please come back and let's love again

I'd have to stand up and then reach up to touch bottom
That's how low down I feel now we're apart
I don't know the names of my pains but I've got 'em
Oh I'm certain I' m hurtin' it feels just like my heart

It could be a heart attack just like a heart attack
Oh won't you please come back and forgive the fool I've been
Could be a heart attack just like a heart attack
Oh won't you please come back and let's love again
[ organ ] I know I hurt you oh but I love you with every breath
I was jealous and too blind love to see
Too late I found I tied you down choked our love to death
Got a feelin' that needs healin' right in the heart of me

It could be a heart attack just like a heart attack...
Oh won't you please come back and let's love again
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8.

FRAULEIN

(Lawton Williams)
« © '56 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Far across the deep blue water lives an old German's daughter
By the banks of the old River Rhine
There I loved her and left her but I can't forget her
She is my pretty Fraulein

Fraulein Fraulein look up towards the heavens
Each night when the stars start to shine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
You are my pretty Fraulein
[ fiddle - piano ] When the memories wander away over yonder
To the sweetheart that I left behind
In a moment of glory a face comes before me
The face of my pretty Fraulein

Fraulein Fraulein walk down by the river
Pretend that your hand is holding mine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
And always will my Fraulein
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9.

CHAIN GANG

(Harlan Howard)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(Chain gang chain gang)
I was just a kid a roamin' around travelin' through a little ol' town
When a chief walked up and said come with me you're broke and son that's vagrancy
Just a carefully led who loved to roam and how I wish that I had stayed at home
For the way that I pleaded I would rather hang it's no life of living on a chain gang

I dig that ditch I chop that corn I curse the day that I was born
I believe it's better for a man to hang than to work like a dog on a chain gang

(Chain gang chain gang)
Well the guard stands there with a great big gun I bet he'd love to see me run
And I guess I probably will some day I'd rather be dead than to live this way
He looks well fed and six foot tall and he's the meanest of us all
For he cracks that whip and he swings that cane I reckon the sun must've touched his brain

I dig that ditch I chop that corn...

(Chain gang chain gang)
I gat a gal back home who's true and kind and she's been a waitin' a long long time
I rolled and told her forget my name for I'll never lose this chain gang chain
The heaven to deliver me from this hole where a man can lose his mind and soul
The place gets weak and the back gets broke ain't no cause to laugh and joke

I dig that ditch I chop that corn...
Work like a dog on a chain gang work like a dog on a chain gang
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10.

TWO OF A KIND

(Freddie Hart)
« © '56 Central Songs, BMI »
We're two of a kind you and me because we have hearts as fickle as can be
We pretend to love each other while we searched for someone new
We're two of a kind me and you
We belong together we shouldn't drift apart
For each new love we meet we leave just one more broken heart
As long as we find pleasure we don't care what we do
We're two of a kind me and you
[ steel - guitar ] I understand you baby you understand me too
I'm no good for no one else but the same thing goes for you
Now we think that time can change us we'll find a life as true
For two of a kind like me and you
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11.

FARTHER THAN MY EYES CAN SEE

(Freddie Hart)
« © '59 Red River Songs, BMI »
Last night I saw you standing on the corner of the street
But when I saw you there you didn't seem to care the company that you keep
For seeing what I saw you do was wrong as it could be
I don't know what you said but the things you did broke a heart inside of me

I don't mind you're flirtin' with the strangers that you meet
I don't mind the whistles that they give you on the street
But holding you and kissing you when you belong to me
I love you anyhow but can't trust you now farther than my eyes can see
[ guitar ] Someday maybe I'll forget the wrong you've done to me
And we'll be together then the way we used to be
But my believeing in you now will be hard to know
It's not so much for what you did it's why that hurts me so

I don't mind you're flirtin'...
Farther than my eyes can see farther than my eyes can see
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12.

DRINK UP AND GO HOME

(Johnny Bond - Joe Maphis)
« © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You sit there a crying cry in your beer
You say you got troubles my friend listen here
If you'd look around you I'm sure you would find
There's folks who got troubles worst that yours and mine

I'm fresh out of prison six years in the pen
Lost my wife and famly no one to call friend
Don't tell me your troubles cause you're not alone
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
[ autoharph + piano ] Now there stands a blind man a man who can't see
Yet he's not complaining why should you or me
Don't tell me your troubles got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home

I'm fresh out of prison six years in the pen...
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