lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

SHIP IN THE BOTTLE

(Glenn Sutton - Hugh X. Lewis) « © '69 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
As I sit at this bar and drink it over thoughts of you keep running through my mind
So I build myself a ship inside this bottle sail away leave all my blues behind

Ship in the bottle don't you fail me I'm drowning in my sorrow can't you see
Ship in the bottle please sail me where that rising tide of hurt can't get to me
[ dobro ] I board my ship and sail all through my bottle
My friends say it's through water on my brain
But I'm in high spirits even though they're liquid
I've finally found the way to ease my pain

Ship in the bottle please sail me I'm drowning in my sorrow can't you see
Ship in the bottle don't you fail me keep that rising tide of hurt away from me
Keep that rising tide of hurt away from me
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2.

MORALS OF A MAN

(John Virgin) « © '70 Turp Tunes, BMI »
She was a good girl from the family well respecting
Until he offered her the whole world in her hands
Then she went with him to do the things he wanted
She didn't know the morals of a man

It didn't take long until he changed her from a good girl
Since he forgot to buy a wedding band
Then he left her here in life for he had made her
She was learning fast the morals of a man

Now she don't even try to hold her head up
And they call her name she don't quite understand
Look out upon by those she thought who loved her
Too late she learned the morals of a man
[ guitar ] Many long nights she holds her baby to her
And thinks quietly she has her whole world in her hand
For she has no one left except her baby
Yes she learned well the morals of a man
Yes she knows well the morals of a man
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3.

I MISS YOU MOST IN THE WINTER TIME

(John Virgin) « © '70 Turp Tunes, BMI »
Funny how the spring brings back your mem'ry
And the summer finds you always on my mind
In the loneliness of fall I can almost hear you call
But it seems I miss you most in the winter time

On the winter's not the world as cold as I feel
As I reach to touch the place you left behind
Anytime of the year you can always find the tear
But it seems I miss you most in the winter time
[ guitar ] Did you tell him how the snow fell as you left me
But I'm sure he was with you all the time
Can you send me down your love to warm me from above
Don't God know I miss you most in the winter time
Don't God know I miss you most in the winter time
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4.

BETTER DAYS FOR MAMA

(Hugh King) « © '70 Milene Music, ASCAP »
That whiskey and his wild wreckless way put my young daddy in an early grave
So many nights my mama cried and then I'd hear her pray
She'd asked the Lord to send her better days better days for mama better days

Then sister had to marry at fourteen destroyed what was left of mama's dreams
She cried but then I heard her say sometimes the best she'd go astray
That night she knelt and pray for better days better days for mama better days

She cried a lot that day that I left home I said don't worry I know right from wrong
Although I tried my best somehow four grey walls surround me now
And again my mama prays for better days better days for mama better days

Mister warden many many thanks to you to let me come here for the flowers to
Although my tears fall on her grave I think she's found her rest in place
At last the Lord send mama better days better days for mama better days
Better days for mama better days
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5.

LONESOME IN ME

(Dave Kirby) « © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I go home to a home where love is all gone
I remember how things used to be
Over there is her picture with our little boy
And it brings out the lonesome in me

What can I do what can I say
What made me treat her that way
I walk into a room where my baby should be
And it brings out the lonesome in me
[ guitar - piano ] Just a drink now and then with some sicialable friends
But the good wine got a bad hold on me
Now I know that I'll never see them no more
For the right was just taken from me

What can I do what can I say...
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6.

THOUGHTS OF A LONELY MAN

(Stonewall Jackson) « © '70 Parton Music, BMI »
Tonight when I get through at work I'll just head straight on home
I'll fix a bite and try to eat then I'll pick up the phone
I'll try to find out where she went I must know how she's been
That's the thoughts of a lonely lonely man

The mind of a lonely man when he's alone like me
All day he counts mistakes he's made all night he counts bad dreams
I meant to treat my darling right somehow I filled my plans
That's the thoughts of a lonely lonely man

Tomorrow I'll wake up at six I'll rise without a groan
Reachin' at work by eight o'clock just like there's nothing wrong
If I'll work hard enough maybe the work will help me stand
All these thoughts of a lonely lonely man

I'm beggin' her my heart keeps smart but it makes sence to me
Being smart won't help me much if she don't come back to me
Oh what I'd give to see her face or touch her gentle hand
That's the thoughts of a lonely lonely man
That's the thoughts of this lonely lonely man
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7.

NEVER MORE QUOTE THE RAVEN

(Cy Coben) « © '69 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
(Never more never more) never more quote the Raven never more
Nothing hurts as strong as knowing you've done wrong
And not a thing will make it right again
I don't blame you for walking out the door
When you did that raven flew right in

Never more quote the Raven never more
Your one big chance for love went out the door
Oh please Raven tell me when she'll be back again
Never more quote the Raven never more

I said raven what's my fate tell it to me straight
Can I mend that gentle heart I broke
Will I end up alone or will she come back home
The Raven thought a moment then he spoke

Never more quote the Raven...

Never more quote the Raven never more
Then he spread his wings and he flew back out the door
And the voice that sealed my doom still echoes in my room
Never more quote the Raven never more
Never more quote the Raven never more
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8.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING AND REALLY GONE

(Jimmie Helms - Grant Townsley) « © '70 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
By our house runs the highway only forty feet away
In the driveway sits the car that I could used to get away
Up the sidewalk comes the reason I'm still hanging on
The little boy that makes the difference between going and really gone

You tell me it's all over there's no reason I should stay
You've already found another and I'm only in your way
But past the mailbox walks the reason I'm still hanging on
The little boy that makes the difference between going and really gone

Here comes six years of difference between going and really gone
Sixty pounds of reasons just walk across the lawn
Into the arms of his daddy no I can't do him wrong
For I help create the difference between going and really gone
Yes I help create the difference between going and really gone
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9.

BLUES PLUS BOOZE (MEANS I LOSE)

(Elkin Brown) « © '66 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Just last night my love said she was leaving
I sat right there and cried until the dawn
Then booze was added to the pain and heartbreak
The combination keep the trouble from then on

Blues plus booze means I lose not right combination for anyone to choose
Nobody knows the feeling till he's been in my shoes blues plus booze means I lose
[ piano ] Tonight I'm fast forgetting how she left me
But tomorrow pain will come on quite as strong
I order stronger booze and louder music
Like I'm happy for tonight but not for long

Blues plus booze means I lose...
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10.

HARM YOU'VE DONE

(Stonewall Jackson) « © '70 Turp Tunes, BMI »
I never dreamed I'd have a cryin' time
It seemed to me our love would turn out fine
I've heard you still remember and say we should have fun
But I guess you'll never know the harm you've done

You're not here to watch my hair turn gray
You don't see the tears I brush away
You've never heard me cry oh Lord don't let me see the dawn
And so you'll never know the harm you've done
[ piano ] I tried to smile when you told me goodbye
I don't suppose you've ever seen me cry
In your world skies are sunny in mine there is no sun
I guess you'll never know the harm you've done

You're not here to watch my hair turn gray...
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11.

SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS LEAVING

(Jack Schneider - Claude Southall) « © '70 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Mama died when I was born that July daddy took the drinking long before he died
Grandma kept me up until her passing somebody's always leaving
I've met Betty Jo at school for orphans in those two years we saw each other often
A car wreck took her life before our wedding somebody's always leaving
[ steel ] Susan Johnson left me three good children
They say the man she left with went to prison
God knows I done my best to try to raise 'em somebody's always leaving
Six years ago Susie called from Ireland Mary Jane sent me a card from Wheeling
The telegram said my son died for freedom somebody's always leaving
[ steel ] They said that barroom brawl was all my doin'
They knifed my pal that's when I started shootin'
The only friend I've had lay there bleedin' somebody's always leavin'
This cell ain't big but it's big enough for thinking
This bed sheet makes her rope that's what I'm making
When they'll find me quite right bored there'll be no weeping
Somebody's always leaving somebody's always leaving
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