YOUR LOVE IS HEAVENLY SUNSHINE
(Capitol ST-443)
May/1970
Produced by Larry Butler
Recorded:
1970, Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
HEAVENLY SUNSHINE
(Glenn Sutton - George Richey)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
I've searched for words of sweet description too best described
The thrill it gives me just to have you by my side
But I can't find one single word that properly defines
How sweet it is just knowing that all your love is mine
Your love is heavenly sunshine heavenly sunshine
You fill my heart with your sweet love devine
Heavenly sunshine heavenly sunshine you make me happy cause your love is mine
The colors in the rainbow are a lovely sight to see
But even rainbows lose their glow when you smile at me
And when you kiss me I can hear a thousand bluebirds sing
No matter how that sounds the words could only mean one thing
Your love is heavenly sunshine...
Heavenly sunshine heavenly sunshine...
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2.
BABY BABY (I KNOW YOU'RE A LADY)
(Norro Wilson - Alex Harvey)
« © '69 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Baby hear me callin' baby
Come over here and love me hold your lovin' body close to mine
Crazy you're drivin' me crazy
Maybe you don't mean to but you never know what's goin' on in a woman's mind
I know you've been hurt before
You don't know what you're lookin' for and you're lonely
If you'll only let me stay I will kiss the tears away and love you forever
Baby I'm on my knees now baby
I know that you're a lady but I wanna watch the sun come up with you
Baby hear me callin' baby
I know that you're a lady but I wanna watch the sun come up with you
I know that you're a lady but I wanna watch the sun come up with you
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3.
I DON'T CARE
(Cindy Walker - Webb Pierce)
« © '54 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known just so I'll be the last
No I don't care if I'm not the first one you'd kissed darling I'll never ask
Yesterday's gone love me from now on be true to me forget about the past
Cause I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known just so I'll be the last
Yesterday's gone love me from now on...
Just so I'll be the last
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4.
ALL HER LITTLE LOVING WAYS
(Milton Blackford - Dan Wilson)
« © '70 Glenwood Music, ASCAP »
I wonder if she thinks of me or ever needs someone
Who cares for her the way I did not long ago
I wonder if she's found someone to stay close by her side
To tell her things I never could that keep her satisfied
And now and then the many ways she shows her to love me
She always did the best she could to understand
When I bring home the troubles I'd been fightin' with all day
She'd take my hand and ease my mind with all her loving ways
Now she comes to me in secret when I lay me down to sleep
A dream of love so soft and low my heart will always keep
I wonder if she ever dreams or ever thinks of me
Forgiving for never giving love to her
And if she does then maybe she'll come back to me someday
And take my hand and ease my mind with all her loving ways
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5.
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD
(Hal David - Burt Bacharach)
« © '69 Blue Seas Music, ASCAP / Casa David, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
And just like a guy who's feet are too big for his bed nothing seems to fit
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head they keep a fallin'
So I just did me some talkin' to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done sleepin' on the job
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head they keep a fallin'
But there's one thing I know the blues they send to meet me
Won't defeat me it won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free nothin's worryin' me
[ piano ]
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me
Raindrops are fallin' on my head...
Because I'm free nothin's worryin' me
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6.
DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO GO HOME
(Joe South)
« © '69 ATV Songs, BMI »
Don't it make you wanna go home now don't it make you wanna go home
All of God's children get weary when they roam
Don't it make you wanna go home don't it make you wanna go home
Oh the whippoorwills roost on the telephone poles the Georgia sun goes down
It's been a long time but I'm glad to say that I'm
Goin' back down to my hometown
Goin' down to the greyhound station gonna buy me a oneway fare
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise tomorrow I will be right there
Don't it make you wanna go home now...
[ guitar ]
There's a six lane highway down by the creek where I went skinny dippin' as a child
And the driving show where the meadow used to grow
And the strawberries used to grow wild
There's a drugstrip down by the riverside where my grandma's cow used to grace
Now the grass don't grow and the river don't flow like it did in my childhood days
Don't it make you wanna go home now...
Don't it make you wanna go home now...
Don't it make you wanna go home now...
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7.
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
(Curly Putman)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Every step of the way every minute of the day devotedly I'll always be beside you
The seasons change but not my heart time will never see us part
I'll always care and I'll always be there every step of the way
Though winds of sorrow make you cry I'll be around
To kiss away the tears before they reach the ground
Every step of the way every minute of the day
I will love you every step of the way (every step of the way)
[ strings ]
The seasons change but not my heart...
Yes I will love you every step of the way
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8.
OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE
(Merle Haggard - Eddie Burris)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee and we don't take trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
Cause we like living right and being free
And we don't make a party out of loving but we like holding hands and pitching woo
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy like the hippies out in San Francisco do
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Ol' Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
Football's still the roughest thing on campus
And the kids here still respect the college dean
And I'm proud to be an Okie...
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all (in Muskogee Oklahoma USA)
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9.
IF YOU'RE WITH ME
(Lorene Allen - Richard D. Staedtler)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I will ask for nothing more if you're with me
I'll know what I'm living for if you're with me
I can walk life's many miles every step will be worthwhile
Although weary I'll still smile if you're with me
There's no place that I won't go if you're with me
Through deserts where no flowers grow if you're with me
I'll face up to anything all the worst that life may bring
Through the bad times I'll still sing if you're with me
I will face up to anything...
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10.
MY REASON FOR LIVING
(Ferlin Husky - Gertrude Cox)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
(My reason for living is because you love me)
It's a wonder of wonders like a magical spring
How I met you and loved you it changed everything
But the greatest of wonders just a thing it could be
My reason for living is because you love me
Since I know that you need me your love I can feel
My life has a meaning my fate is so real
Love has answered life's question for at last I can see
My reason for living is because you love me
[ guitar - steel ]
In your love there's a rightness that no words can explain
Like the leaving in heaven or that sun follows rain
I see goodness and beauty that I never did see
My reason for living is because you love me
Since I know that you need me...
My reason for living is because you love me
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