lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

WATERLOO

(John D. Loudermilk - Marijohn Wilkin) « © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Waterloo Waterloo where will you meet your Waterloo
Every puppy has his day everybody has to pay
Everybody has to meet his Waterloo

Now ol' Adam was the first in history
With an apple he was tempted and deceived
Just for spite the devil made him take a bite
And that's where ol' Adam met his Waterloo

Waterloo Waterloo...

Little General Napoleon of France
Tried to conquer the world but lost his pants
Met defeat known as Bonaparte's reterat
And that's where Napoleon met his Waterloo

Waterloo Waterloo...

Now a feller who's darling proved untrue
Took her life but he lost his too
Now he swings where the little birdie sings
And that's where Tom Dooley met his Waterloo

Waterloo Waterloo...
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2.

SMOKE ALONG THE TRACK

(Alan Rose - Don Helms) « © '59 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
One day the train was passin' I caught it crawlin' by
To look this old world over under God's blue sky
My darling stood there weeping as I was looking back
I kissed my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track

Goodbye so long until I come back home you'll be my dream
Goodbye so long there's lots of places that I've never seen
I'll always be a drifter but I'll be drifting back
To where I left you cryin' in the smoke along the track

I like to keep on going it helps me when I'm blue
I get the urge to travel that's all I want to do
I know I just can't settle down because I like to roam
And when I hear that whistle blow I've gotta move along

Goodbye so long there's something down the track keeps calling me
Goodbye so long I guess that's just the way I'll always be
So when I get that feeling don't try to hold me back
I'll only leave you cryin' in the smoke along the track

I know my baby loves me I love my baby too
But she don't understand me when I'm feeling blue
And when I hear that whistle blow I hurry home and pack
And leave my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track

Goodbye so long I hate to leave you but I've gotta go
Goodbye so long it's coming now just heard that whistle blow
It'll be here in a minute you'll wave and I'll look back
I'm gonna leave you cryin' in the smoke along the track
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3.

LIFE TO GO

(George Jones) « © '58 Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
I've got a sad sad story friend that I don't like to tell
I had a home and fam'ly when they locked me in this cell
I've been in here eighteen years a long long time I know
But time don't mean a thing to me cause I've got life to go

Well I went one night where the lights were bright just to see what I could see
I met up with the old friend who just thought the world of me
Well he brought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk in town
Then words were said and now he's dead I just had to bring him down

Well it's been a long long time now since I've heard from my wife
I know I'd be there with her yet if I hadn't used the knife
Well I'll bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know
Her daddy's been here eighteen years and still got life to go

Well I'll bet there's not one man outside that's spent this long in jail
I'll be here in this prison till my body's just a shell
No I can't be free to go and see the ones that I love so
I've been in here eighteen years I've still got life to go
Yes I've still got life to go oh I've still got life to go
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4.

RUN

(Buddy Johnson) « © '59 Hank's Music, BMI »
A bluebird a winging his lonely way south
Tryin' to escape from the cold and the drought
He's all alone in the cold grey sky fly little bluebird fly fly fly

North wind a blowing oh so cold poor little bird is so brave and so bold
He just keeps a flying for a southern sky his only hope is to fly fly fly

Well he's not the only one that's on that trail this old boy he just projail
Always a running always afraid the good Lord above knows I've paid paid paid

Train whistle moaning oh so low and I don't even know where to go
I'll just keep a following the rising sun my only hope is to run run run

Well I was like to give up and turn myself in
But they would only bury me under the pen
So I'll keep a running until the day I die
The thought of this it makes me wanna cry cry cry

Train whistle moaning oh so low...
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5.

CARPET ON THE FLOOR

(Vic McAlpin) « © '59 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
There's a path fat as world in the carpet on the floor
By the window where I watch and wait for you
I'm afraid here alone in a cell that once was home
And there's no one to talk to but the blues

Oh the carpet on the floor it's tattered and torn
And tears I've cried enough to flood the sea
Things that are loved the most by man
Are tossed about like a grain of sand
And lost his life like love you had for me
[ steel ] Till I'm too feeble to walk till I grow too weak to talk
Till my eyes grow dim and I no longer see
I still walk along alone praying for you to come home
Till the last breath of life has gone from me

Oh the carpet on the floor it's ragged and worn...
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6.

MAN HAS CRIED

(Paul Williams - Juanita Jackson) « © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
They say that love's a very old word
It dated back to the starting of time
You can read it in the pages of hist'ry
Where for the love of a woman man has cried

They say that Cesar wealth before the battle
The one he loved had found somebody knew
And I guess that's why these tears of mine keep falling
Well like him I too am losing you
[ guitar - steel ] They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder
Short partings can bring tears to our eyes
Like the story of Sampson and Delilah
For the love of a woman man has cried

That's why I'm not ashamed to admit it
Ashamed to say I've cried for you at night
For the pages of hist'ry repeal it
Where for the love of a woman man has cried
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7.

UNCLE SAM AND BIG JOHN BULL

(Wayne P. Walker) « © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Oh they ain't a gonna fight they ain't a gonna fight
They ain't a gonna fight no more
Uncle Sam and Big John Bull ain't a gonna fight no more
The first time that they ever fought was over a load of tea
John said Sam if you drink that stuff you gotta pay a tax to me
Sam said John you're a little bit high it don't seem fair to me
So he sent some boys out late one night and they dumped it in the sea

Oh they ain't a gonna fight...
[ banjo ] John said Sam who's that ole skinny boy from Tennessee
You sent him down to New Orleans and he whipped the pants off me
Still I believe with all my might I could have turned the tide
If that ole pirate named Lafee was a fightin' on my side

Oh they ain't a gonna fight...

Since they've been standin' back to back they've done quite well it's true
They whipped LaKasier and DeFur just to name a few
That's why we stand in a big free land the skies are gray or blue
Uncle Sam and Big John Bull our hats are off to you

Oh they ain't a gonna fight...
[ banjo ] Oh they ain't a gonna fight...
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8.

MARY DON'T YOU WEEP

(Mel Tillis - Marijohn Wilkin) « © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Oh Mary don't you weep for me oh Mary just await for me
The battle will soon be over oh Mary don't you weep

Jimmy sent a letter to his bride back home
For three long years now he's been gone
He left her cryin' on her wedding day
And went to fight the battle of the Blue and Gray

Oh Mary don't you weep for me...

Mary's young heart was filled with joy
When she got the letter from her soldier boy
His words of love made her heart beat fast
But little did she know it would be the last

Oh Mary don't you weep for me...

On that same day Atlanta burned down
Her soldier boy he fell to the ground
Now Mary sits alone by the candle light
And reads his letter over every night

Oh Mary don't you weep...
Oh Mary don't you weep...
Oh Mary don't you weep oh Mary don't you weep
Oh Mary don't you weep
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9.

WARD OF BROKEN HEARTS

(John D. Loudermilk) « © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Since our love broke down and fell I've been trying to give well
And to heal the wound you left here in my heart
Lying crying in my bed praying wishing I was dead
Just a patience in the ward broken hearts

Oh how heartsick I am here all alone
A young fool in the old lover's home
What a shame my first romance left me crying in a trance
All alone in the ward of broken hearts
[ steel - fiddle ] Never thought our love could ever come to this
But I caught a broken heart from your kiss
When you write I'm sorry dear send your letter to me here
I'll be waiting in the ward of broken hearts
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10.

WHY I'M WALKIN'

(Melvin Endsley - Stonewall Jackson) « © '59 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Ernest Tubb Music, BMI »
I've got my angel on my mind that's why I'm walkin'
There's such an ache in this old heart now I ain't talkin'
The little hand that held mine tight just waved goodbye tonight
I've got her sweet love on my mind that's why I'm walkin'

With an old love on your mind life's not worth livin'
I breathe her name with every breath I'm breathin'
Why could I never see how much she meant to me
I've got her sweet love on my mind that's why I'm walkin'
[ steel ] With an old love on your mind...
I've got my angel on my mind that's why I'm walkin'
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11.

LET'S CALL IT A DAY

(Alan Rose) « © '59 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
There is no doubt you've been untrue you're stepping out with someone new
Your love has gone I cannot stay no need to cry let's call it a day

The love we knew is in the past once it was true but didn't last
It just ain't right to live this way dis-satisfied let's call it a day
[ steel ] It seems that we just can't agree the life I want can never be
I won't pretend it just don't fail it only hurts let's call it a day

The plans we made are overdue just hopeless dreams that won't come true
There's nothing more for me to say so here's to you let's call it a day
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12.

BLACK SHEEP

(Stonewall Jackson) « © '59 Turp Tunes, BMI »
In a little country village not very far away
There lived a rich but aged man whose hair was turning gray
He had three sons three only ones both Jack and Tom were sly
But Ted was honest as could be he would not tell a lie

The brothers tried to ruin Ted before the old man's eyes
At last the plot begin its work till Ted was much despised
The father then said begone you're heartless to the core
Then the black's sheeps words they came just a ringing through the door

Don't be angry with me dad don't drive me from your door
I know that I've been wayward but I won't be anymore
Just give me one more chance and put me to the test
You'll find the black sheep loves his dad for better than the rest

Year by year sped quickly by the father now grown old
He called to them both Jack and Tom and gave them all his gold
I only need a little room a place at your fireside
One night on Jack's returning home he brought with him a bride

The three began to hate the father more and more each day
At last he heard the three declare why the old fool's in our way
They then agreed to send him to the poorhouse that was near
Then like a flash the black sheep's words came ringing in his ear

A wagon drives up to the door it is the poorhouse band
The brothers pointed to their dad right there is your man
Then a manly form appeared came rushin' through the crowd
Stop this you brutes the lad replied it shall not be allowed

You took the old man's property and all that he could save
You've even sold the little lot containing mother's grave
I am his son but not your kin from now till judgement day
The father clasped the black sheep's hand and they all heard him say

Don't be angry with me son I know I drove you from my door
I know that I've been foolish lad I've repented o'er and o'er
I should have given you my gold for you have stood the test
I found the black sheep loves his dad for better than the rest
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