MY ELUSIVE DREAMS
(Epic BN-26325)
August/1967
Produced by Billy Sherrill
1.
MY ELUSIVE DREAMS
(Billy Sherrill - Curly Putman)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'd followed me to Texas I'd followed me to Utah
We didn't find it there so we moved on
I'd followed you to Alabam things look good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there so we moved on
I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams
I had your child in Memphis you heard of work in Nashville
We didn't find it there so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska to a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there so we moved on
And now we've left Alaska because there was no gold mine
But this time only two of us moves on
Now all we have is each other and a little memory to cling to
And still you won't let me go on alone
I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams
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2.
I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES WITH YOU
(Marge Barton - Freed McRae)
« © '66 Mimosa Publishing, BMI »
I'll take my chances with you now and forever with you
There may be times you hurt me as only you can do
But I'll take my chances with you
I'll do my dreaming with you dreaming together with you
There may be times it seems our dreams won't come true
But I'll take my chances with you
[ guitar ]
There may be times it seems our dreams won't come true
But I'll take my chances with you I'll take my chances with you
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3.
HEY GOOD LOOKIN'
(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hey hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin' how's about cookin' something up with me
Hey hey sweet baby don't you think maybe we could find us a brand new recepie
You got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill and I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancin's free so if you wanna have fun come along with me
Hey hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin' how's about cookin' something up with me
[ steel ]
I'm free and ready so we can go steady how's about savin' all your time for me
No more lookin' I know I've been tooken how's about keepin' steady company
I'm gonna throw my datebook over the fence gonna get another for five or ten cents
I'll keep it till it's covered with age cause I'm writin' your name on every page
Hey hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin' how's about cookin' somethin' up with me
Hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin' how's about cookin' somethin' up with me
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
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4.
SET ME FREE
(Curly Putman)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
If you think you've had enough if you think our life's been rough
Why not take your love line off of me and set me free
If you think our love's all wrong and you feel the fire is gone
If I'm not what you'd like for me to be set me free
Set me free and let me fly like a bluebird fly in high
Release the chains that bind me to be set me free
But you can't likes to hold on onto love till it grows cold
And you held on much too long to me so set me free
Set me free and let me fly like a bluebird fly in high
Release the chains that bind me to be set me free set me free
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5.
TOGETHER WE STAND (DIVIDED WE FALL)
(Don Chapel - Tammy Wynette)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
You tell me you're thinking of leaving no I'm saying that our thing's gone wrong
But darling let's both talk it over I've been talking too much way too long
Oh we both gettin' nowhere at all but together we stand devided we fall
Together we stand devided we fall together there's love or there's no love at all
Oh where did you think we were going anyplace I could go would be wrong
But darling you know I'll be lonely I've been lonely too much way too long
Oh let's both try again and do all for together we stand devided we fall
For together we stand devided we fall
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6.
SOMETHING STUPID
(Carson C. Parks)
« © '67 Greenwood Music, BMI »
I know I'd stand in line until you think you have the time to spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance I know
That there's a chance you won't be leaving with me
And afterwards we'd drop into a quiet little place to have a drink or two
And then I'd go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you
I can see it in your eyes that you despise the same old lies you heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you for me it's true and never seemed so right before
I practice everyday to find some clever lines to say to make the meaning come true
But then I think I'll wait until the evening's gettin' late and I'm alone with you
The time is right your perfume fills my head
The stars get red and all the night's so blue
And then I'd go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you
[ guitar ]
The time is right...
And when I'd go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you
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7.
BACK IN BABY'S ARMS
(Bob Montgomery - Allen Toussaint)
« © '63 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I'm back in baby's arms how I've missed those loving arms
I'm back where I belong back in baby's arms
Don't know why we quarrel we never did before
Since we found out how it hurts I'll bet we never quarrel anymore
I'm back in baby's arms...
I'm back in baby's arms...
Thought I didn't need his love till he took it away
Now I'm back where I belong I'm in my baby's arms and I'm gonna stay
I'm back in baby's arms...
I'm back in baby's arms...
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8.
IT'S ALL OVER
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '65 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Arms wouldn't you like to hold her
Don't you know she'd feel so warm right next to you
Lips wouldn't you like to kiss her
Or would you tell her lies the way you used to do
But it's all over over all except the loneliness that gets to you somehow
Over over might as well admit that it's all over now
Eyes wouldn't you like just to see him walk
Through that door and end this lonely night
Heart wouldn't you like to start living
And know for sure that things would turn out right
But it's all over over...
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9.
CLINGING VINE
(Earl Shuman - Leon Carr - Grace Lane)
« © '65 Music Sales, ASCAP »
Cling to me clinging vine just to me clinging vine
How I wish those arms you're clinging to were mine
Please come back and cling to me clinging vine
I can't believe that we're through that you're clinging to someone new
Don't you know he'll never love you like I do
Please come back and cling to me clinging vine
(Cling to me clinging vine just to me clinging vine)
[ guitar ]
Cling to me clinging vine...
Please come back and cling to me clinging vine
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10.
MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
You still smile at me when I come home and you always ask me how my day has been
You dry your face to make me feel there's nothing wrong
As we start another evening of return
You sit and wait for me to tell my usual lie at all excuse to get away from home
And I help you with your coat and straighten up your tie
But as you leave I'm reaching for the phone
This is not a home it's a place where we change close
And walk the floor and wait and watch the clock
No it's not a home this is one of those situations known as marriage on the rocks
You wait from nine to five pretending I'm at home
And yet you know I meet him secretly
How much longer must this game of decieve go on
We'd both be better off if we were free
No it's not a home this is one of those situations known as marriage on the rocks
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