lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

SADNESS IN A SONG

(Wayne P. Walker - Irene Stanton) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
(Oh the sadness in a song)

In a crowded honky tonk music starts to play
Happy couples all around dance the night away
At a table in a corner I sit all alone
Every song's the sad one since my baby's gone

Oh the sadness in a song when the only one you love has gone
Anyway they play the tune it comes out loneliness and blue
When the one you love has gone oh the sadness in a song
[ piano ] While a lonesome city sleeps to pass away the time
By myself I walk the streets with a troubled mind
Up ahead's the neon sign it says All Nite Cafe
Pour a cup of coffee I can hear the jukebox play

Oh the sadness in a song when the only one you love has gone
No matter how they play the tune it comes out loneliness and blue
When the one you love has gone oh the sadness in a song
Oh the sadness in a song
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2.

ONE LOOK AT HEAVEN

(Marijohn Wilkin) « © '62 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
You were my one look at heaven
I was closer than I've ever been before
You were my one look at heaven
But you left me just outside the door

Around your head there was no halo
Upon your shoulders were no wings
But to me you'll always be an angel
For that's the way I see you in my dreams

You were my one look at heaven...
[ fiddle ] This earth was never meant for paradise
And you were never meant for me
But you gave me one look at heaven
That no one can take away from me

You were my one look at heaven...
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3.

MAN WITHOUT A HOME

(Carl Perkins - Stonewall Jackson) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I got back in this town today for ten long years I've been away
Been working for the state I've been a working behind a big iron gate
I thought I'd take a stroll downtown maybe kinda look around
Just to ease my worried mind and maybe pass away some time

My friend said buddy come on in and I'll buy you another round
Your woman ain't at home no more she's out among the town
Well I guess she couldn't stand the pain my prison life would ruin her name
Guess that's why my babe has gone I'm a man I'm a man without a home
[ guitar - piano ] My friend said buddy come on in...
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4.

SWEETHEART OF THE TOWN

(Billy Morgan - Juanita Jackson) « © '61 Red River Songs, BMI »
Your secret love has known to everybody in this town
No need to try you can't deny the talk that's going round
You'll meet in secret places when you think no one's around
People calling you the sweetheart of the town

Would you rather have the name sweetheart instead of wife
Oh why not be content to trade the wrong way for the right
The kind of life you're living now I just can't stay around
While they're calling you the sweetheart of the town
[ piano ] Infatuation's not the kind of love that we once knew
But that's the kind you hope for him the kind he's giving you
I'm like a puppet on a string that you can pull around
While they're calling you the sweetheart of the town

Would you rather have the name...
While they're calling you the sweetheart of the town
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5.

HUNGRY FOR LOVE

(Mel Tillis) « © '61 Cedarwood Publications »
How many arms hold the wrong one so tight
Under these heavens above
How many lips kiss the wrong one goodnight
But is it wrong when you're hungry for love
But is it wrong when you're hungry for love

I know that it's a sin but here I go again
Out with someone else just like last night
My heart I can't control since your love's grown cold
And to live with faded love just ain't right

How many arms hold the wrong one so tight...
[ banjo ] I know that it's a sin but here I go again...
How many arms hold the wrong one so tight...
But is it wrong when you're hungry for love
But is it wrong when you're hungry for love
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6.

GREENER PASTURES

(Marijohn Wilkin) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
You'll be leavin' me to look for greener pastures
It really isn't love that you are after
You would climb the highest hill if you thought you'd find a thrill
And the greener pastures on the other side

I guess I'll be the next to fall in line
With all the broken hearts you've left behind
I can tell the thrill is gone and you'll soon be movin' on
You've got greener pastures on your mind

You'll be leavin' me to look...

I don't know why I thought that I could win
I've seen you do it time and time again
You will trade a love that's true for a thrill from someone new
And those greener pastures win again

You'll be leavin' me to look...
And the greener pastures on the other side
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7.

SECOND CHOICE

(Wayne P. Walker - Irene Stanton) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I'm always second choice I'm never first with you
Oh how it hurts to see you out with someone new
But I'll wait around while you play around and have your fun
Maybe someday you'll make second choice your one and only one

Just when I think I'm number one I find I'm number two
I feel the pain and hide the hurt that I go through
I live on dreams my precious dreams that never will come true
How long will I be second choice and love you like I do
[ steel ] Though second choice is hard to take I'll never change sweetheart
I'll always be around to play the loser's part
I'll swallow pride and lock inside the heartaches that I feel
How long will I be second choice with the love so real

I'm always second choice I'm never first with you...
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8.

LIVES LIKE MINE

(Stonewall Jackson) « © '61 Stonewall Publishing, BMI »
I'm sitting here a thinking but wasting my time
I know that these old blues has got me down
I've never been a winner I've been a good loser
But lives like mine's what make this world go round

These lives like mine must have the destiny
The rest of mine I just don't care to see
Should I be another man with no peace to be found
But lives like mine's what make this world go round
[ piano - guitar ] I've tried to earn a fortune I've tried to start a home
But there's no gold and love has left me down
So finally I'm knowing there's no way to make the showing
But lives like mine's what make this world go round

These lives like mine must have the destiny...
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9.

GIVE IN TO THE BLUES

(Stonewall Jackson - Juanita Jackson) « © '61 Stonewall Publishing, BMI »
There's a party going on on the other side of town
Tonight I just can't make it your mem'ry's got me down
I've tried hard to forget you with women time and booze
It must be time to give in to the blues

What's the need in laughing then go off and hide the cry
My heart still knows the way I feel even though I live a lie
The more I tried to find myself the more I get confused
Guess I'll have to give in to the blues
[ guitar ] I take another out and I try to paint the town
We're taking all the nightspots lay all my money down
But every time I look at her she just looks more like you
Yes it's my time to give in to the blues

What's the need in laughing then go off and hide the cry...
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10.

EVERYBODY BUT ME

(Mel Tillis) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Last night I went to a party held my head up high
Said hello to old friends wore a happy smile
And nobody knew I was hurtin' cause heartache you can't see
Guess I fooled everybody everybody but me
Everybody but me

I listened to their little jokes even laughed out loud
But oh how I miss someone not being with the crowd
Yet nobody knew I was crying here's in my memories
Guess I fooled everybody everybody but me
Everybody but me
[ guitar ] I listened to their little jokes...
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11.

SORROW'S TEARING DOWN THE HOUSE

(Mel Tillis - Kent Westberry) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I met you and we married we planned our future well
Built our home on happiness then suddenly it fell
It wasn't long there after our love began to tilt
Sorrow's tearing down the house that happiness once built

First came the weekend parties that never seemed to end
Then came the heartache brought by so-called friends
I guess that I'm as much to blame and while we share the guilt
Sorrow's tearing down the house that happiness once built
[ guitar ] First came the weekend parties...
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12.

LEONA

(Cindy Walker) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Leona Leona you tell him you're through
You tell him Leona about me and you
You tell him we're married with a baby up to
You tell him Leona you tell him you're true

You laughed as I pleaded and walked out the door
To meet him to kiss him to shame me once more
I knew where to find you just follow the sign
Dancing and dining coctails and wine
[ steel ] The sidewalk was crowded in front of the bar
I heard the sirenes of black police car
Two bodies lay crumbled a woman a man
His wife stood there by you a gun in her hand

Leona Leona it's over and through
The baby is crying and calling for you
For me there's no difference I knew for so long
That some day you'd leave me and now you are gone
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