lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

TOAST TO THE BRIDE

(Steve Karliski) « © '63 Screen Gems-Columbia »
Today's the day to laugh and shout
While those wedding bells ring out
And don't mind me if teardrops start
You see I'm in mourning for my broken heart

Drink drink a toast to the bride
Drink to the man at her side
Then bow your heads in sympathy
One minute of silence in memory
Of a love that has died and never can be

A new love's born and old love dies
His heart rejoices my heart cries
He starts a life of wedded bliss
While I cry my life away in loneliness

Drink drink a toast to the bride...

Congratulate them man and wife
Wish them both a happy life
Then help me lose this misery
And say something nice to comfort me

Drink drink a toast to the bride...
Drink drink a toast to the bride...
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2.

DON'T BE ANGRY

(Wade Jackson) « © '63 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Don't be angry with me darling if I fail to understand
All your little whims and wishes all the time
Just remember that I'm dumb I guess like any foolish man
And my head stays sorta foggy cause you're mine

Well I recall the first time that I flirted with you dear
When I jokingly said come and be my bride
Now that time has turned the pages it's the sweetest joke on earth
That I have you dear forever by my side
[ piano ] Maybe someday you're gonna hurt me I've been hurting of before
Only God can know and time alone will tell
But in the mean time I'll keep loving you with all my heart and soul
And pray God to let it last if it's his will

So don't be angry with me darling...
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3.

WATER'S SO COLD

(Harlan Howard) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The crest of the waves break over my head
My strenght's about gone and soon I'll be dead
I'd rather be dead out here in the sea
Than to love a woman who never loved me

Oh the water's so cold out here in the dark
The water's so cold as cold as your heart
The lights from the shore are fast growing dim
The water's so cold I can hardly swim

I offered my ring I offered my name
She said you're a child she put me to shame
If she saw me now she'd have to agree
Most men couldn't swim this far out to sea

Oh the water's so cold...
The water's so cold I can hardly swim
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4.

WILD WILD WIND

(Roy Botkin - Wade Jackson) « © '63 Cheeawa Music, BMI »
The sun goes down and the lights turn on
To the gay white way you'll soon be gone
Where the music is sweet and the lights are dim
You have left me and gone like the wild wild wind

You'll never be mine for you're always wrong
To you the wild wind will always be home
Oh if I were free like once I have been
I'd leave here and gone like the wild wild wind

You're gone and I'm lonely I'll always be glad
The taste of your love my lips once had
I know that I'll never be the same again
Since my lips were kissed by the wild wild wind
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5.

PINS AND NEEDLES (IN MY HEART)

(Floyd Jenkins) « © '43 Milene Music, ASCAP »
I know not where on earth to find you I know not how or where to start
I only know I'm lost without you I've got pins and needles in my heart

The days and nights are growing longer since first you said that we must part
I only know I can't forget you with these pins and needles in my heart
[ dobro ] I always see your face before me your smile is heaven's work of art
But now you're smiling at another and there's pins and needles in my heart

Sometime somewhere we'll meet again dear and love will make the teardrops start
Someday you'll know how long I've waited with these pins and needles in my heart
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6.

BIG HOUSE ON THE CORNER

(Stonewall Jackson) « © '63 Stonewall Publishing, BMI »
You can see the ad in the morning paper
This house for sale the owner's leaving town
He won't need it any longer he'll like the price you'll give
For the big house on the corner where love used to live

She was all I had all I ever wanted
But now she's gone so I can't stay in town
I'm the lonely man that's selling for most any price you'll give
For the big house on the corner where love used to live

This happy couple used to live there
Until the winds of sorrow left it alone and bare
I'm the lonely man that's selling for most any price you'll give
For the big house on the corner where love used to live
For the big house on the corner where love used to live
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7.

PICKET SIGN

(Hugh X. Lewis - Wayne P. Walker) « © '63 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Everybody stand up and holler for the union let's give the brother's a cheer
Everybody stand up and holler for the union I ain't hit a lick all year

Worked in the mill and I worked on the dock I worked for the railroad lines
Before I hit a lick under union scale I'll carry this picket sign

Everybody stand up and holler for the union...

Money's all gone and I'll admit got holes in both of my shoes
But I'm still a smokin' this big cigar and payin' my union dues

Everybody stand up and holler for the union...

Lived on boloney nearly all of my life a waitin' for a higher wage
I never had a taste of a t-bone steak cause the steer ain't union made

Too old to work too broke to quit when I get to the end of the line
I may walk into a pauper's grave but I'll carry this picket sign

Everybody stand up and holler for the union...
Everybody stand up and holler for the union...
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8.

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

(Fred Rose - Mel Foree) « © '45 Milene Music, ASCAP »
No one will ever know my heart is breaking
Although a million teardrops start to flow
I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling
I'll miss you but no one will ever know

I'll tell them we grew tired of each other
And realized our dreams could never be
I'll even make believe I never loved you
Then no one will ever know the truth from me
[ piano ] No one will ever know how much I'm pining
Each time the past comes back to haunt me so
No one will ever see the tears I'm hiding
You've hurt me but no one will ever know

I'll tell them I've found true love with another
That I was glad the day you set me free
I'll even make believe I never loved you
Then no one will ever know the truth from me
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9.

EAST OF WEST BERLIN

(Stonewall Jackson) « © '62 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
(It's hard to know she's out there somewhere east of West Berlin)

Across the East Berlin line lives my pretty Fraulein
And she's waiting there for me in the land that isn't free
They won't let her out and then they won't let me in
It hurts to know she's out there somewhere east of West Berlin

In a moment of jealousy we said goodbye
She went her seperate way then they built the wall so high
At night I hear her calling me but they won't let me in
It hurts to know she's out there somewhere east of West Berlin
[ dobro ] In a moment of jealousy we said goodbye...
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10.

YOU HAVEN'T HEARD

(Stonewall Jackson - Juanita Jackson) « © '63 Stonewall Publishing, BMI »
That last time I called you on the phone
You said you thought that I had really gone
You thought that I'd forgotten you oh how can I forget
You haven't heard about me dying have you yet

You haven't heard where I jumped in some river
You haven't read my notice in the Evening Gazette
I'll love you even if I live forever
You haven't heard about me dying have you yet
[ piano ] I grieve for you each night while I'm alone
I walk the streets I wonder what went wrong
You think I'll still don't cry for you why is my pillow wet
You haven't heard about me dying have you yet

You haven't heard where I jumped...
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11.

B. J. THE D. J.

(Hugh X. Lewis) « © '63 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
A story bout a pal of mine who worked down near the Georgia Line
As DJ in a little country station
Everybody loved him dear cause he played what they liked to hear
He built himself a quite a reputation

At record hops he stayed out late and his mom would always wait
To see if he had made it home alive
She warned against his loss of sleep and driving fast in that old heap
And that he had to be at work by five

BJ the DJ you're living much too fast
And if you don't change your ways don't see how you can last

Every morning just past four from the driveway he would roar
Overslept and he was late again
Then at breakneck speed he'd drive to sight the station on at five
He had lots of records he must spin

His mom said by the radio until his voice called her hello
She knew then that he made it there alright
Then she'd say a little prayer he'd be safe for he was there
And she'd wait up for him again tonight

Then one cold and rainy morn all the tires were badly worn
But still he scratched off just as fast as time
BJ had a lot of nerve but he copletely missed the curve
And he signed off down near the Georgia Line

Mom sat by the radio the voice she heard she didn't know
BJ'd never been this late before
But with the road so bad and all she'd wait a while before she called
And then she heard the knock upon the door

BJ the DJ only twenty four
A wreck at ninety miles an hour he'll spin the hits no more
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12.

WOUND TIME CAN'T ERASE

(Bill D. Johnson) « © '57 Harbor Hills Music, BMI »
Have you found since you turned me down
The one that you've been searching for
Are you glad that you made me sad
For you know I vowed to love you ever more

What did you have in mind when you broke this heart of mine
And are you laughing in my face
Darling what can I do when you say we were through
You've left a wound time can't erase
[ steel ] Tell me dear are you satisfied to be foot loose and fancy free
Is it power you want or the things that you have done
What you've gained I guess I'll never see

What did you have in mind...
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