lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO

(Kent LaVoie) « © '71 Big Tree Enterprises, ASCAP / Famous Music, ASCAP »
I remember to this day the bright red Georgia clay
And how it stuck to the tires after the summer rain
Will power made that old car go my roamin' mind told me that's so
How I wish that we were back on the road again

Me and you and a dog named Boo travelin' and a livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named Boo how I love being a free man

I can still recall the wheatfields near St Paul
And in the mornin' we got caught robbin' from an old hen
Old MacDonald he made us work but then he paid us for what it was worth
Another tank of gas and back on the road again

Me and you and a dog named Boo...

I'll never forget that day we motored stately into big LA
The lights of the city put the settlin' down into my brain
It's only been a month or so that old car's a buggin' us to go
We gotta get away and get back on the road again

Me and you and a dog named Boo...
Me and you and a dog named Boo...
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2.

NASHVILLE

(Don Wayne) « © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
In the year of forty three mama finished feedin' me
And quickly rushed off to her job at Woorden's Backmill
But at fourth on Monroe's street a faillin' hearts stopped at willin' feet
And mama gave up the breath of life in the town of Nashville

Daddy was in the county jail so my older sister Nell
Took a job at a tavern that some folks called the Trashmill
And when the welfare agency offered help and smiled at me
No thanks but we'll get by in this town of Nashville

As a kid I went to school hurt stood high on a tavern stool
A listenin' to the songs on the jukebox at the Trashmill
And that hurtin' in them sad old songs settled deep in a poor boy's bones
And I vowed I'll someday pick and sing in Nashville

So my older sister Nell like a true blue southern bell
Bought me a second handed guitar from the Nashville goodwill
Heaven would smile and bells would ring when I touched those shiny strings
And I was the richest poor boy in the town of Nashville
[ piano ] There's a chill down in my bones yes it's my time to go on
And I'm sure the good Lord knows the way I feel
So they're callin' me a star I can't forget about that first guitar
And a lady who helped me to make it big in this town of Nashville
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3.

JOY TO THE WORLD

(Hoyt Axton) « © '71 Irving Music, BMI »
Jeremiah was a boofrog he was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said Lord I helped him drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine
Singing joy to the world all the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the big blue sea joy to you and me

If I was a king of the world I tell you what I'd do
I'd throw away the bars and the cars and the wars and make sweet love to you
Oh yeah make sweet love to you

Singing joy to the world...
[ harmonica - steel ] You know I love you lady I love to have my fun
I'm a high night flyer and a rainbow rider a straight shootin' son of a gun
I said a straight shootin' son of a gun
A singing joy to the world...
Joy to the world...
Joy to the world...
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4.

WAITING FOR A TRAIN

(Jimmie Rodgers) « © '29 Peer International, BMI »
All around the water tank a waitin' for a train
I'm a thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain
I walked up to the brakeman just to give him a line of talk
But he said if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk
Well I haven't got a nickel not one penny can I show
Get off get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door
[ dobro ] They put me off in Texas a place I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me and the moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me nor to lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco going back to Dixie Land
Yes my pocketbook is empty and my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home just a waitin' for a train
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5.

STEP ASIDE

(Ray Griff) « © '70 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
Angray words were spoken and I left my baby in a cloud of gloom
Got into my car and drove around until I spurted this saloon
Came inside and bought a drink then I saw you and felt a burning glow
Got the urge to hold you tight but if I try refuse me tell me know
Step aside if I try to get near you lock your heart if I start making time
Walk away if I say that I need you step aside if I step out of line
[ steel ] Bitter is my feeling for my baby and the things she said so cruel
Half of me says cheat on her but part of me says stop don't be a fool
Don't let me get close to you cause if I do I won't be very strong
Save me from my conscience and keep me from being sorry later on

Step aside if I try...
Step aside if I step out of line
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6.

THINK I'LL GO SOMEWHERE AND CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP

(Bill Anderson) « © '65 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep

I just kissed the one I love for the last time
And never have her soft lips then so sweet
She's gone away and won't be back forever
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep

I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
Not just because I'm sad but cause I'm weak
I can't stand the thought of life alone without her
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
[ guitar ] Just before she said goodbye she called me darling
And slowly ran her fingers down my cheek
I thought I'd die when she said she still love me
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep

I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep...
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7.

PUSH THE PANIC BUTTON

(Larry Kingston - Frank Dycus) « © '71 Careers Music, BMI »
Well Billy Wayne was found this morning passed out in his car
In the back seat was a woman that he'd picked up in a bar
When his mother heard her only words were this must be a dream
Billy wasn't Billy couldn'd he's just seventeen

Push the panic button call the doctor call the preacher
Blame this generation blame the high school teacher
Walk the floor and wring your hands and use God's name in vein
Then look into your mind and find the ones who are to blame

Well Mary Anne came home tonight with teardrops in her eyes
And told her dad where she has been instead of telling lies
He said cruel things and called her names said he didn't understand
How a girl so young could be so dumb and get mixed up with a man

Push the panic button...

Remember that footsteps lift the path your children walk
And the words they hear you use make up the language that they'll walk
To a youngster's eyes there's no disguise he'll look inside your mind
And unconsciously they'll follow into the path you leave behind

Push the panic button...
Push the panic button...
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8.

WAITIN' FOR DAWN TILL DAWN

(Stonewall Jackson) « © '71 Turp Tunes, BMI »
When I was young and foolish and always on the go
I met up with this beauty out on the western coast
I learned that she was married and that her name was Dawn
But to know that she was married didn't send me home

We'd lead in secred places all along the bay
I realized it wasn't right for man to live that way
We lived high on his money as though it was our own
And cared not how it broke his heart to wait for Dawn till dawn
[ dobro ] When he ran out of money his wife ran out of time
So that's when she divorced him at last she was all mine
But I've worked long for hours so far into the night
To buy Dawn's pretty dresses so short and oh so tight

For weeks now I've been searching for a work with better pay
At last a thousand that she spend I don't see how I'll pay
It must be time for reaping the wild seeds that I've sown
At three a.m. I'm weeping as I wait for Dawn till dawn
Yes at three a.m. I'm weeping as I wait for Dawn till dawn
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9.

CRAZY HEART

(Fred Rose - Maurice Murray) « © '51 Milene Music, ASCAP »
You thought she'd cared for you and so you acted smart
Go on and break your crazy heart
You lived on promises I knew would fall apart
Go on and break your crazy heart

You never would admit you were mistaken
You didn't even know the chances you were taken
I knew you couldn't meant I've told you from the start
Go on and break your crazy heart
[ fiddle - piano ] I knew you'd wake up and find her missin'
I tried my best to warn you but you wouldn't listen
You told me I was wrong you thought that you were smart
Go on and break your crazy heart go on and break your crazy heart
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10.

PLEASE HELP ME I'M FALLING

(Don Robertson - Hal Blair) « © '59 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk through
Turn away from me darling I'm begging you to
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
[ piano ] I belong to another whose arms have grown cold
But I promised forever to have and to hold
I can never be free dear but when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing the will to be true

Please help me I'm falling and that would be sin
Close the door to temptation and don't let me walk in
For I mustn't want you but darling I do
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
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11.

HALF AS MUCH

(Curley Williams) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If you loved me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down

If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
[ fiddle - piano ] If you loved me half as much...
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