lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

WINGS OF A DOVE

(Bob Ferguson) « © '59 Husky Music, BMI / Larrick Music, BMI »
On the wings of a snow white dove God sends his own pure love
A sign from above on the wings of a dove

When troubles surround us and evils come
The body grows weak the spirit grows numb
When heartaches beset us he'll never forget us
God sends down his love on the wings of a dove

On the wings of a snow white dove...

When Noah had drifted on the flood many days
He searched for land in various ways
Troubles he had some but he wasn't forgotten
God sent him his love on the wings of a dove

On the wings of a snow white dove...
On the wings of a snow white dove...
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2.

TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN

(Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I've cried
I should have known that the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun

Today I started loving you again...
[ piano ] Yes today I started...
Oh today I started loving you again
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3.

LITTLE OLE WINE DRINKER ME

(Hank Mills - Dick Jennings) « © '66 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I'm praying for the rain in California
So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine
I'm sittin' in a honky in Chicago
With a broken heart and a woman on my mind

I match the man behind the bar for the jukebox
And the music takes me back to Tennessee
When they ask him who's the fool in the corner crying
I say a little ole wine drinker me
[ harmonica ] I came here last week from down in Nashville
Cause my baby left for Florida on a train
I thought I'd get a job and just forget her
But in Chicago a broken heart is still the same

I match the man behind the bar...
I say a little ole wine drinker me
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4.

BEFORE I MET YOU

(Charles L. Seitz - Joe Lewis - Elmar Rader) « © '55 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time
But that was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine
But that was before I met you

I thought I was swinging the world by the tail
I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
But that was before I met you
[ guitar ] I wanted to ramble and always be free
But that was before I met you
I said that no woman can ever hold me
But that was before I met you

They tell me I must reap just what I have sown
But darling I hope that's not true
For once I made plans about living alone
But that was before I met you
Yes that was before I met you
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5.

COLD HARD FACTS OF LIFE

(Bill Anderson) « © '67 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I got back in town a day before I'd planned to
I smiled and said I'll sure surprise my wife
I don't think I'll phone I'll just head on home
For I didn't know the cold hard facts of life

I passed a little winestore on the corner
I pictured big champagne by candle light
I stopped the car right then got out and hurried in
My mind not on the cold hard facts of life

A stranger stood there laughing by the counter
He said I'll take two bottles of your best
Her husband's out of town and there's a party
He winkled as if to say you know the rest

I left the store two steps behind the stranger
From there to my house his car stayed in sight
But it wasn't till he turned into my drive that I learned
I was witnessing the cold hard facts of life

I drove around the block till I was dizzy
Each time the noise came louder from within
And then I saw our bottle there beside me
I drank a fifth of courage and walked in

Lord you should've seen their frantic faces
They screamed and cried please put away that knife
I guess I'll go to hell or I'll rot here in this cell
But who told who the cold hard facts of life
Friend who told who the cold hard facts of life
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6.

PLENTY OF EVERYTHING BUT YOU

(Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin) « © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I've got plenty od everything but you
Last night the moon was shining made a perfect night for love
And I had love words that I know would made you mine
Well my arms were reaching to hold you tight and my lips were burning too
I've got plenty od everything but you

Got plenty money for a wedding band and a pretty suit of blue
And heaven only knows how many years I could make love to you
And I know the preacher who will do his part while we say I do
I've got plenty of everything but you
[ guitar ] I could smell that ham a frying hear the cowbell down the lane
And mama would singing some old love songs for me
Everything in the world would be thankful for but still I was sad and blue
I've got plenty od everything but you

Got plenty money for a wedding band...
I've got plenty od everything but you
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7.

OH LONESOME ME

(Don Gibson) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Everybody's a going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me

A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see oh lonesome me

Well I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
Flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me
[ banjo ] Well I'll bet she's not like me...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me oh lonesome me
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8.

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'
[ guitar ] Should I pass you on the street and I miss speakin'
Could you blame it on this memory I'm keepin'
Should I have my head bowed down low hear my song then you'll know
I've got her sweet love on my mind that's why I'm walkin'
I've got my angel on my mind that's why I'm walkin'
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9.

HONKY TONK GIRL

(Hank Thompson - Chuck Hardin) « © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Don't be fool by big blue eyes by a smile or a golden curles
Cause she'll love you now and then break every vow
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
Don't be fool by kisses or arms that hold you tight
There'll always be another in her arms tomorrow night
Cars to her are toy cups she likes to watch 'em whirl
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
[ guitar ] You can never change her ways though you give her all the world
She's got more than one or two and each day there's someone new
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
Breaking hearts to her is just the way of having fun
She thinks every man's a fool and you're another one
She knows all the arts of love she'll give your heart a whirl
Cause she's just a honky tonk girl yes she's just a honky tonk girl
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10.

BORN THAT WAY

(Glenn Sutton - Hugh X. Lewis) « © '70 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
I don't know why I drink so much can't even stand the test
But liquid courage helps me through my day
If I take time to stop and think the booze just goes to waste
I'm still the same cause I was born that way

My love walked out and mama cried I've heard she even cursed
And said I'm turning off my family grey
Of all the kids she raised no doubt Stonewall turned out the worse
Guess I must have just been born that way

I guess there's a streak of sorry burried in each man
And it always shows up now and then
Mine wasn't burried deep enough it's got the upper hand
Cause that line between the good and bad's so thin

The preacher said my only chance was to be born again
So I got bowties and tried so hard to break
But the devil in me laughed and danced when I went back to sin
Guess I must have just been born that way
I'm just no good cause I was born that way
What can I do when I was born that way
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11.

BLUE FIELD

(Stonewall Jackson) « © '70 Turp Tunes, BMI »
In the West Virginia hills there must be ten thousand still
And they found the biggest one outside of Blue Field
A little peaceful country town nothing else for miles around
I saw whiskey run like water down through Blue Field

My trouble started on that Thursday afternoon
The sheriff told me federal men will be here soon
He said we've come up with a plan to catch Blue Field's slickest man
And we will as sure as I'm the sheriff of Blue Field

On a Wednesday I had ninety jars to cap
Didn't think that had the time to set a trap
In the brush I heard a sound and I swiftly hit the ground
What I shot and sent them runnin' back to Blue Field

Not a soul suspected me I was the sheriff's deputy
I make whiskey but God knows I'd never killed
I didn't know he was that close when I let my shotgun go
But I found I killed my friend the sheriff of Blue Field

I recall how my mama and my girl friend cried
When they locked me for oh no what a trial
It's my last night in this cell the last story I would tell
And I sit that road dreamin' about Blue Field
Blue Field Blue Field oh Blue Field
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