LOSER'S CATHEDRAL
(Epic BN-26303)
January/1967
Produced by Billy Sherrill
1.
LOSER'S CATHEDRAL
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
There's a place you can go when you're lonely and the world turns its back on you
So if you've got a heart at last on apart someone's there to tell your troubles to
To a man on the street it's a barroom to a wife a place where cheaters go
To a girl with green eyes it's a place to hear sweet lies
And the only home a fool would even know
It's a loser's cathedral a chapel for tears
A loser's cathedral and you're always welcome there
Many times I've heard temptation calling with a voice that whispers soft and low
But I never get that fool and I owe it all to you
Thanks to your sweet love I'll never go
To a loser's cathedral a chapel for tears...
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2.
DANNY BOY
(Fred Weatherly)
« © '53 Boosey & Hawkes Music, ASCAP »
Oh Danny Boy the pipes the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the roses falling
It's you it's you must go and I must bide
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valleys hushed and white with snow
Yes I'll be here in sunshine or in shadows
Oh Danny Boy I love you so
But come ye back...
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3.
ROSE COLORED GLASSES
(Fred Carter)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
A perfect kind of love is what you want from me if I could I'd gladly give you more
But I'm so afarid I could never paint for you the pretty pictures you are searching for
You're wearing rose colored glasses everywhere you go
Cause you only want to see the brighter sight
Rose colored glasses cause someone has hurt you so
And rose colored glasses help you high
Into every life a little rain must fall and that's the way that it will always be
But you seem to think you can keep the hurt away just by pretending you don't see
You're wearing rose colored glasses...
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4.
SMOKEY BLUE EYES
(Fay Kirkland - Ann Horton - Morgan Reese)
« © '67 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
(Smokey blue eyes)
I was sittin' alone in a bar yesterday
Just passin' the time when I heard a sweet voice say
How's about one far the road you and I
Then I turned and saw an angel with smokey blue eyes
We talked of the weather and things that we'd done
We've laughed at each heartache like two kids a having fun
I was in heaven I won't try to deny
When I danced with an angel with smokey blue eyes (smokey blue eyes)
The jukebox was playing when I heard my heart sing
For on her third finger I placed my class ring
Well I'm not pretending oh I'll love her till I die
As I turned and kissed the angel with smokey blue eyes
Smokey blue eyes smokey blue eyes I fell so in love with smokey blue eyes
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5.
MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER ALONG
(Ray Griff)
« © '67 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
(Move a little farther along)
You've been followin' me with your painted blue eyes
Since I walked in this bar and sat down
Just because my sweet baby is not by my side
Don't mean that I'm slipping around
So move a little farther along find somebody who is too weak to be strong
Check faces down the line stop looking at mine move a little farther along
Just because I've been by here a few times and stopped
Don't mean my heart's breaking in two
Even though I played sad songs on that old jukebox
There's no reason to think I need you
So move a little farther along...
Move a little farther along
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6.
WILD HONEY FOR SALE
(Kay Arnold)
« © '67 Painted Desert Music, BMI »
I was just a lonely boy stickin' close to home
Content to be there with my folks without a thought to roam
But late one night a change of my mind turned to left down low
This was the time I had to find where that gravel road did go
I got into a city about the break of day
All worn out from a long long walk I stopped at a small cafe
They served me coffee black and strong they were servin' liquor too
And I saw this girl with honey hair and eyes of visual blue
My heart jumped right into my throat I thought that it would fail
Too green to see the invisible sign wild honey keep for sale
I walked right in sat right down and soon my plans were made
A lonely boy too starved for love too dumb to be afraid
Her every wish was my command it only took a smile
And I spent my hard earned money like it was goin' out of style
Now there's no money in my jeans and you find to to be her man
I have to the things she ask with the pocketful in my hand
I'll take my heart back to the farm with mem'ries quite a few
Where the angry buzz and the sting of the bee is only harm wild honey can do
Where the angry buzz and the sting of the bee is only harm wild honey can do
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7.
SWEET SWEET JUDY
(David Houston)
« © '66 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
I saw the picture in Sunday's paper of a honeymoon in old Mexico
There my sweet Judy was smiling sweetly in the arms of my best friend Joe
Sweet sweet Judy I want you happy even though I miss you so
Adios husta luego God be with you wherever you go
I'll never hear the church bells ringing I'll never have a honeymoon
And when they find me they'll understand I left this world by my own hand
Sweet sweet Judy I want you happy...
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8.
WHERE COULD I GO (BUT TO HER)
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Why will a man go out and cheat what makes temptation so sweet
And it's a shame that neon lights will make a man stay all night
With a girl in a bar down the street
I never meant to be that man but last night I held another's hand
Though her kisses tasted so sweet that's not what made me cheat
So I'll try and explain it if I can
Where where where could I go oh when I needed love you weren't there
And her two open arms offered love sweet and warm where could I go but to her
Please forgive my one mistake and I'd swear it's the last I'll ever make
Let those arms I need the most take me back hold me close
For loving you is a habit I can't break
Where where where could I go oh when you feel the urge to go wrong
The next time I'm tempted when my glass is emptied
Where will I go I'll go home
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9.
CHICKASHAY
(Tillman Franks - David Houston)
« © '64 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
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10.
WITH ONE EXCEPTION
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
I've seen lots of pretty faces in a million different places
And it's hard for me to keep from doing wrong
Cause you're the cutest and the sweetest you always dress the neatest
With one exception and she's waiting at home
If I let temptation fill me I know your kiss would thrill me
And how easy it would be to lead you on
You're such a lovely girl you're perfect for my world
With one exception and she's waiting at home
Sometimes I almost cheated after all I'm just a man
Can't you see my world is wrapped up in a golden wedding band
I'd beg steal or borrow and you'd be mine tomorrow
With one exception and she's waiting at home
Yes I'd beg steal or borrow and you'd be mine tomorrow
With one exception and she's waiting at home
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