GEORGE JONES & GENE PITNEY & MELBA MONTGOMERY
FAMOUS COUNTRY DUETS (Musicor MS-3079)
1966
Produced by Pappy Daily
Vocal accompaniment by The Jordnaires
Recorded:
1965, Columbia Studio, Nashville
I'm gonna give you lovin' and I'll say take your time
We'll be rockin' and swingin' higher than a Georgia pine
Baby ain't that fine baby ain't that fine
I get a little bitty tingle up and down my spine
My head gets dizzy everytime you say you're mine
The birds are gonna be singin' the bells are gonna chime
We're gonna love each other and the sun is gonna shine
Baby ain't that fine baby ain't that fine
I get a little bitty tingle...
The birds are gonna be singin'...
Baby ain't that fine baby ain't that fine
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If I were a prayer you say before you go sleep tight
Then I know I'd be in your mind tonight
If I were a song the words you sing would tell of me
If I were your love then I wouldn't be lonely
Wishful thinking in a world of fantasy yes someone you just forgot
And you only might as well believe for I can be something that I'm not
If I were your picture your love for me would always last
If I were your love then I wouldn't be just your past
If I were your love then I wouldn't be just your past
No if I were your love then I wouldn't be just your past
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I've got a new heartache about an old sweetheart
That's left me for somebody new
I've got a new heartache about an old sweetheart
And that's why I'm feeling so blue [ ac.guitar ]
Why did you turn up again I was doing fine
I'd found another sweetheart to drive you from my mind
I thought that I'd forgotten you but I know that it's not true
Or else you couldn't make my heart ache the way you do
Every day them fools rush in
And lay down my cage and watch them grin
I put 'em all off I'd hum a little song
And watch 'em all go tee-hee
But I spell a P a little bitty E
Sweet bop bop bop shoo shoobie doobie doh
In a little round O
Now you add another P a big skinny L
There's one more E
And you got a people that looks like me
Now a monkey don't have to go down town
And ask for a job and gettin' turned down
I'm mad at me I could smash me cause I'm a people [ guitar ]
Now a monkey don't have to shoot and speak
All he do is drink his fees
Oh me what luxury but I'm a people
Now I spell a P a little bitty E
Sweet bop bop bop shoo scoobie doobie doh
In a little round O
Now you add another P a big skinny L
There's one more E
And you got a creature that looks like me
Now if anyone knocked on my door today
There'd be a little sign says gone away
Down to the zoo diggin' you know who
Cause I'm a people
That's all it took to make me know that I still care
It seems my heart just can't give up the dreams we used to share
I tell my friends I'm happy but they read me like a book
And when today I heard them say your name that's all it took [ fiddle ]
That's all it took to make me yearn to your embrace
I guess I might as well admit no one can take your place
I tell my friends I'm happy but they read me like a book
For when today I heard them say your name that's all it took
For when today I heard them say your name that's all it took
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We're meant for each other we both know it's true
And everyone round us say the same too
Just one kiss from your lips tells me you're mine
Oh this feeling you give me is simply divine [ mandolin ]
Just being near you means so much to me
If ever I'd lost you how lonesome I'd be
I'll love you forever till the end of the time
Oh this feeling you give me is simply divine
And my arms keep reaching for you my eyes keep searching for you
My lips keep calling for you and my shoes keep walking back to you [ fiddle ]
No matter how much I pretend I wish I had you back again
For nothing else means half as much as you
My world just seemed to die the day you said goodbye
And I can't forget no matter what I do
And my arms keep reaching for you...
And my shoes keep walking back to you
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A shoulder to cry on is all you want from me
Someone to share your heartaches when you cry
Someone you can depend on who will always be around
I'm nothing more than just your old standby
If you could call me darling if you could call me dear
If you could learn to love me by and by
I wouldn't mind this waiting for I could stand the pain
I'd be more to you than just your old standby [ fiddle ]
You wouldn't call me darling and you wouldn't call me dear
I wonder if you'll miss me when I die
You have no consideration you show no sympathy
I'm nothing more than just your old standby
Being together to forget the ones we loved before we met
But now their mem'ries linger on when we're together we're all alone
Being together all this time with someone else on our mind
For them our love grew stronger as time went by
When we're together we're all alone
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