lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I WISH I WAS YOUR FRIEND

(Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I wish I was your friend and not your wife

You're with your friends each night while home alone my teardrops fall
You're having such a good time you don't take time to call
I seldom see you anymore it's such a lonely life
I wish I was your friend and not your wife

I wish I was your friend how happy I could be
To have you call me every night and want to be with me
You'd always take me with you I could share your other life
I wish I was your friend and not your wife
[ steel - guitar ] The children hardly know you they just see you now and then
They call you Mr Daddy when you come walking in
To think you'd rather be with friends cuts us like a knife
I wish I was your friend and not your wife
I wish I was your friend and not your wife
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2.

WALK RIGHT IN

(Gus Cannon - Hosea Woods - Erik Darling) « © '63 Peer International, BMI »
Walk right in sit right down daddy let your mind roll on
Walk right in sit right down daddy let your mind roll on
Everybody's talking bout a new way of walking do you wanna lose your mind
Walk right in sit right down daddy let your mind roll on

Walk right in sit right down baby let your hair hang down
Walk right in sit right down baby let your hair hang down
Cause everybody's talking bout a new way of walking do you wanna lose your mind
Walk right in and sit right down baby let your hair hang down
[ guitar ] Walk right in sit right down...
Daddy let your mind roll on addy let your mind roll on roll on
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3.

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE

(Chuck Berry) « © '63 Arc Music, BMI »
Long distance information give me Memphis Tennessee
Help me find the party try to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number but I know who placed the call
Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall

Long distance information get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who's called me here from Memphis Tennessee
Her home is on the southside high up on a ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge
[ guitar ] Last time I saw Marie she was waving me goodbye
Hurry home drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes
We were torn apart because her daddy did not agree
Tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee

Long distance operator more than this I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
Marie is only six years old so information please
Try to get me through to her in Memphis Tennessee
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4.

I'D DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN

(Ron Mason) « © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
You turned down the love that I tried to give
You tore out my heart and my will to live
I won't deny I still feel the same
If I had it all to do over I'd do it all over again

I'm a fool to feel you the way I do
Cause only a fool would keep on loving you
So I'll take the hurt and I'll take the pain
If I had it all to do over I'd do it all over again
[ steel ] I can't erase these memories of you
I can't forget the sweet kiss that I knew
Oh where is my pride where is my shame
If I had it all to do over I'd do it all over again
If I had it all to do over I'd do it all over again
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5.

IF I HAD A HAMMER

(Lee Hayes - Pete Seeger) « © '62 Ludlow Music, BMI »
If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening all over this land
I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
Oh oh all over this land

If I had a bell I'd ring it in the morning
I'd ring it in the evening all over this land
I'd ring out danger I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters
Oh oh all over this land

If I had a song I'd sing it in the morning
I'd sing it in the evening all over this land
I'd sing out danger I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters
Oh oh all over this land

Well I've got a hammer and I've got a bell
And I've got a song to sing all over this land
It's a hammer of justice it's a bell of freedom
It's a song about love between my brothers and my sisters
Oh oh all over this land
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6.

I'M A BELIEVER

(Neil Diamond) « © '66 Tallyrand Music, SESAC »
I thought love was only true in fairy tale
Meant for someone else but not for me
Love was out to get me that's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams

Then I saw his face now I'm a believer not a trace of doubt in my mind
I'm in love I'm a believer I couldn't leave him if I tried

I thought love was more or less a giving thing
Seems the more I gave the less I got
What's the use in trying all you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine I got rain

Then I saw his face...
[ guitar ] Love was out to get me...
Then I saw his face...
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7.

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 heartaches 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 the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun

Today I started loving you again...
Yes today I started loving you again
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8.

FEVER

(John Davenport - Eddie Cooley) « © '60 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Never know how much I love you never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever when you kiss me fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning fever all through the night
Sun lights up the daytime moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name and you know I'm gonna treat you right
You give me fever when you kiss me fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning fever all through the night
Everybody's got the fever that is somethin' you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing fever started long ago
[ organ ] Romeo loved Juliet Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her he said Juliet baby yoy're my flame
Thou giveth fever when we kisses fever with the flaming youth
Fever I'm on fire fever you have burnt for soothe
Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him she said daddy oh don't you dare
He gives me fever with his kisses fever when he holds me tight
Fever I'm his Mrs daddy won't you treat him right
Now you listened to my story here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever bring it fahrenheit or seantigrade
We give you fever when you kiss 'em fever when you live and learn
Fever till you sizzle what a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn what a lovely way to burn
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9.

POOR OLE ME

(Jerry Vanable) « © '68 Party Time Music, BMI »
Well I talked to a friend of yours in town today
He told me you were thinkin' of going away
So that's why I hurried home I couldn't wait to see
Is it true you're leaving leaving poor ole me

You've been tellin' everybody how you hate to go
You're sure that I'll just live in misery
But there's still a few guys waitin' that I used to know
And I'm sure that they'll take care of poor ole me

I ain't never had no trouble finding me
And I had quite a few the day that I met you
But I'll do my best to grieve when you leave me
I might even stay home a night or two

I'll try to look heartbroken till I know you've gone
I'll even get down on my bended knee
If you'll just promise me this time that you'll stay gone
You'll make a happy gal of poor ole me
[ guitar ] I ain't never had no trouble...
You'll make a happy gal of poor ole me
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10.

WALK ON OUT OF MY MIND

(Red Lane) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I hear the echo of your footsteps they're right in step with marching time
Since you've walked out of my life out of my world please walk on out of my mind

I know you're hiding there in the darkness and it's got me running scared and blind
Since you've walked out of my life out of my world please walk on out of my mind

You've got footprints all over my mem'ries I must erase them if I can
You keep stumbling through my hopes and dreams kickin' round my future plans

You've got me walking round in circles a looking for somethin' I'll never find
Since you've walked out of my life out of my world please walk on out of my mind
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11.

BIG DADDY

(John D. Loudermilk) « © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Who's that sneakin' down the fire escape
Who's that peekin' through the garden gate
Who's on the loose but can't be found Big Daddy's Alabamy bound

Big Daddy's Alabamy bound Big Daddy's Alabamy bound
Police is searching but he can't be found Big Daddy's Alabamy bound

Somebody ran off with the major's wife somebody tried to take the sheriff's life
Somebody stalled the judge's ragged old gown Big Daddy's Alabamy bound

Big Daddy's Alabamy bound...
[ banjo ] Highway patrol and the FBI is out a huntin' this criminal
They got their hound dogs sniffin' the ground Big Daddy's Alabamy bound

Big Daddy's Alabamy bound...
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