lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

REUBEN JAMES

(Alex Harvey - Barry Etris) « © '69 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Reuben James in my song you'll live again
And the phrases that I rhyme are just the footsteps out of time
From the time when I knew you Reuben James

Reuben James all the folks around Madison Caunty cussed your name
Just a no count sharecroppin' black man who'd steal anything that he can
And everybody laid the blame on Reuben James

Reuben James you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
Faded shirt the wrinkled brow the calloused hand upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now Reuben James

Flora Gray the gossip of Madison County died with child
And although your skin was black you were the one who didn't turn your back
On a hungry white child with no name Reuben James

Reuben James with your mind on my soul and Bible in your right hand
You said turn the other cheek there's a better world waitin' for the meek
In my head these words remain from Reuben James

Reuben James you still walk...

Reuben James one dark cloudy day they brought you from the fields
To your lonely pinebox came a preacher me and the rain
To sing one last refrain for Reuben James

Reuben James you still walk...
Reuben James you still walk...
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2.

WOUND TIME CAN'T ERASE

(Bill D. Johnson) « © '57 Harbor Hills Music, BMI »
Have you found since you turned me down
The one that you've been searching for
Are you glad that you made me sad
You know I vowed to love you ever more

What did you have in mind when you broke this heart of mine
Are you laughing in my face
Darling what can I do when you said we were through
You've left a wound time can't erase
[ piano - steel ] Tell me dear are you satisfied to be foot loose and fancy free
Is it power you want for the things that you have done
What you've gained I guess I'll never see

What did you have in mind...
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3.

ROLL WITH THE TIDE

(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant) « © '72 House Of Bryant, BMI »
You're a drifter I knew it when we met
You soon grow tired of every job you get
Like a wildcat on a restless changing sea
I'll never know why way you're taking me

So I'll roll with the tide roll with the tide
Though the waves never seem to find the shore
I'll roll with the tide roll with the tide
And I will till you don't want me anymore
[ steel ] I'm your woman heaven helps me you're my man
So stir the boat I'll hang on if I can
Though you're crazy I guess I'm crazy too
So sail on sink or swim love I'm with you

So I'll roll with the tide...
And I will till you don't want me anymore
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4.

YOU TOOK HIM OFF MY HANDS

(Harlan Howard - Wynn Stewart - Skeets McDonald) « © '63 Central Songs, BMI »
You took him off my hands when you've stepped in
You changed everything we're not even friends
Don't leave the job half done leave nothing behind
You took him off my hands now please take him off my mind

Please take his photograph my heart's so blue
Take all his memories he now belongs to you
Don't leave the job half done leave nothing behind
You took him off my hands now please take him off my mind
[ steel ] Please take his photograph...
You took him off my hands now please take him off my mind
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5.

I DON'T BELIEVE I'LL FALL IN LOVE TODAY

(Harlan Howard) « © '61 Central Songs, BMI »
I don't believe I'll fall in love today old memories of you stand in the way
I just can't make my heart find someone new it's always much too busy loving you

So I don't believe I'll fall in love today for if I did I'm sure I wouldn't stay
You'd come between us like you always do somehow he'd never measure up to you

Each night I pray I'll wake at dawn and find another in my heart and on my mind
Then I'll wake and hear my poor heart say that I don't believe I'll fall in love today
[ steel - guitar ] Each night I pray I'll wake at dawn and find...
I don't believe I'll fall in love today
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6.

TENNESSEE WOMEN'S PRISON

(Gary S. Paxton - Ron Hellard) « © '72 Songs Of The Knoll, BMI »
Mama said that thirteen was too young to paint my lips
And too young to run with men twice my years
But when you're young and yearn to be a woman what does your mother know
I couldn't understand her hangups and her fears

A year went by and I got tired of mama's foolish advice
At fourteen I was sure I knew it all
It wasn't like it was at home out on the streets alone
I lived outside the law

Now I'm livin' in the cold grey world hear me cryin' in the night
Missin' even mom and dad and a man to hold me tight
I should've listened to my mama and seen the visdom in her eyes
And the Tennessee women's prison wouldn't be my mama tonight

If I ever get out of this musty cell I'll never be back again
Cause mama has sure got smarter every day since I've been in
I'm gonna follow the straight and narrow if I can just get my parole
And the Tennessee women's prison won't own my soul

Cause I'm livin' in the cold grey world...
And this Tennessee women's prison wouldn't be my mama tonight
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7.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL HIM

(Glenn Martin) « © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I can tell him his toy gun won't kill Indians
And the towel around his neck don't make him strong
I can tell him there's no Easter bunny
But I don't know how to tell him that you're gone

He still looks for you every morning
He's cried every night we've been alone
I can tell him there's no real Santa
But I don't know how to tell him that you're gone
[ steel ] I can tell him his broomstick's not a pony
And wearing daddy's boots don't make him grown
I can tell him there's no to ferry
But I don't know how to tell him that you're gone

Cause he still looks for you every morning...
I don't know how to tell him that you're gone
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8.

YOUR MEMORY COMES AND GETS ME

(Billy Graham - Tommy Jackson) « © '72 Party Time Music, BMI »
You've got power over me that I just can't understand
The good in you is gone and the devil has command
I'd leave but I can't stay so what good would it do
When your mem'ry comes and gets me and leads me back to you

I just don't understand why I love you like I do
My heart keeps searching for just a spark of good in you
You've got such a hold on me everytime I think I'm free
Your mem'ry comes and gets me and leads me back to you

Everytime I find the strenght to pull myself away
Everytime I've got the nerve to say we're through
You led me play awhile then like a wayward child
Your mem'ry comes and gets me and leads me back to you
[ steel ] Yes you led me play awhile...
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9.

PASS ME BY (IF YOU'RE ONLY PASSING THROUGH)

(Hillman Hall) « © '72 Leahrae Music, BMI »
Would you look at what came down the road today
Wanting me to be one more mistake to make
A bridge to burn to get to someone knew
Pass me by if you're only passing through

Oh you sure look like the traveling kind to me
Don't stop if this ain't where you wanna be
I don't know what you think you've run into
Pass me by if you're only passing through
[ dobro ] I'm not gonna be your stepping stone
Among the other hearts that you've walked on
Lord help me if I fall in love with you
Pass me by if you're only passing through
Hey pass me by if you're only passing through
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10.

HE IS MY EVERYTHING

(Dallas Frazier) « © '71 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
He is my reason for living he is my everything

I remember my days of darekness without sunshine or sight to lead my way
Then a whisper of his voice softly called me to the arms of my Saviour to stay
He is my reason for living he is the king of all kings
I'm proud to be his possession he is my everything

After the lightning and the thunder after the last bell has rung
I want to bow down before Jesus and hear him say well done

He is my reason for living...
He is my reason for living he is my everything
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