lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MAC ARTHUR PARK

(Jim Webb) « © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Spring was never waiting for us girl it ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love hot fevered iron like a stripped pair of pants

Mac Arthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green ising flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never had that recipe again oh no

I recall the yellow cotton dress foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
And birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old man playing checkers by the trees

Mac Arthur Park is melting...

There will be another songs for me for I will sing it
There will be another dream for me someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking in the sun
After all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life you'll still be the one
I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passions flow like rivers through the sky
But after all the loves of my life after all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you and wondering why

Mac Arthur Park is melting...
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2.

THESE NEW CHANGING TIMES

(Waylon Jennings - Harold Gay) « © '69 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I'll play the tambourine follow the sun
I'll never let you down in these new changing times

You're going places in these new changing times
Making your mark in this world is a long straight line
You need someone to go to go along with you
To love you and help you and to do what you'll wanna do

I'll play the tambourine...
[ horns + strings ] You have all your dreams in these new changing times
If they seem out of reach just keep this thought in mind

You need someone to go...
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3.

COME STAY WITH ME

(Jackie DeShannon) « © '69 Unart Catalog, BMI »
I'll send away all my false pride and I'll forsake all of my life
I'll do what I can so you'll feel free if you'll come and stay with me

Lovers of the past I'll leave behind there'll never be another on my mind
Yes I'll be as true as true you can be if you'll come and stay with me

Promises I make so faithfully I'll keep still should you decide to leave
I'll try and see that you'll have all you need if you'll come and stay with me

We live a life no one has ever known God gave life to you on your own
Hoping God that I stand finally I can see you're gonna stay with me
[ guitar + strings ] Hoping God that I stand finally I can see you're gonna stay with me
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4.

CINDY OH CINDY

(Bob Barron - Burt Long) « © '56 Edward B Marks Music, BMI »
I joined the navy to see the world but nowhere could I find
A girl as sweet as Cindy the girl I left behind
I've sailed the wide world over can't get her off my mind

Cindy oh Cindy Cindy don't let me down
Write me a letter soon and I'll be homeward bound

I see her face in every wave her lips kiss every breeze
Her loving arms reach out for me through calm and stormy seas
At night I pace the lonely deck caressed by memories

Cindy oh Cindy Cindy don't let me down...

I know my Cindy's waitin' as I walk the dock alone
Her loving arms reach out for me soon I'll be headin' home
Then my sailing days will be over and no more will I roam

Cindy oh Cindy girl Cindy don't let me down
Write me a letter soon and I'll be homeward bound
Cindy oh Cindy girl Cindy don't let me down...
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5.

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

(Joe South) « © '68 ATV Songs, BMI »
Oh the games people now every night and every day now
Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean oh no
Well they wile away the hours in their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine oh yeah

Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee
Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play oh now

Well we make one another cry break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die that the other one's to blame
But neither one will ever give in so we gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been
And it's a dirty rotten shame yes it does
[ harmonica + guitar ] People walkin' up to ya shouting glory hallelujah
Well they wanna sock it to ya in the name of the Lord
Gonna teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate
Furthermore to hell with hate come on and get on board

Lotten da la da da da...

Look around and tell me what you see what's happened to you and me
God give me the serenity to remember who I am
Cause you've given up your sanity for your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity cause you don't give a do de dee

Lotten da la da da da...
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6.

MARY ANN REGRETS

(Harlan Howard) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers
For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours
Then today in the mail I recieved a short little note
And I'd broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote

Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again
We're leaving for Europe next week she'll be busy till then
They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in her plans
Goodbye true love goodbye my sweet Mary Ann

The weeks have gone by not a word have I heard since then
I read in the papers of far away places she's been
I can't eat I can't sleep for over and over again
My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann

Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again...
[ guitar ] My Mary Ann died they said she just wasted away
If I could have seen her I know she'd be living today
For we loved each other and if they'd have left us alone
Today she'd be wearing my ring not a blanket of stone

Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again...
Goodbye true love goodbye my sweet Mary Ann
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7.

LET ME TELL YOU MY MIND

(Harold Gay - Walt Rogers) « © '69 Jo-Rae Music, BMI »
Some quiet morning let me let me tell you my mind
Before the sun find you here beside me one more time let me tell you my mind
How I want you to stay and never think about goin' away
Oh oh baby let me tell you my mind oh oh baby let me tell you my mind

Crazy things keep running through my head let me tell you my mind
When my shoes are under your bed one more time let me tell you my mind
Tell you of the thrills I find when you keep running through my mind
Oh oh baby let me tell you my mind mhm oh oh baby let me tell you my mind

If my mind could write the words to say let me tell you my mind
I'd read them to you some better day one more time let me tell you my mind
If my story never ends and I'd never have you again
Oh oh baby let me tell you my mind oh oh baby let me tell you my mind
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8.

DRIVIN' NAILS IN THE WALL

(Harold Gay) « © '69 Jo-Rae Music, BMI »
Here I sit drivin' nails in the wall
Thinking I hear someone in my hall
She said that she'd be back in no time at all
Here I sit drivin' nails in the wall

In the dark that stacks around me dreams of you keep pounding me
Leading me to where I've never been
And the voice keeps telling me this could be insanity
But I know my name as well as you

Here I sit drivin' nails in the wall...

In the wilted patterns of my mind find that I've left you behind
Sowing up my torn memories
Surviving living three bed room electric kitchen and living room
Just burning and it's on a new free way

Here I sit drivin' nails in the wall
Thinking I hear someone in my hall
She said that she'd be back in no time at all
When she is back I'm gonna nail to the wall
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9.

LONG WAY BACK HOME

(Gordon Lightfoot) « © '68 Early Morning Music, SESAC »
From the railhead to the boatyard from the factory to the farm
From the mine to the millyard I've weathered with storms
From the barroom to the bedpost I've wasted my days
All I have is my drink and the time left to think but the times slips away

Just look at my face when you tell me goodbye
You can see what I'm after by the look in my eye
Just walk away and leave me alone
Cause it's a long way back home a long way back home
[ guitar ] Just look at my face...
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10.

BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU

(Mike Settle) « © '68 Devon Music, BMI »
When the morning sun streaks across my room
And I'm wakened up from another dream of you
Yes I'm on the road once again it seems
All I've left behind is a chain of broken dreams
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you

Oh how I wish this love was all we'd need to live
What a life we'd have cause I've got so much to give
And it seems so wrong deep inside my heart
That the dollar sign chould be keeping us apart
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you

And if only we could find our way back to the times
When the problems of this life had not yet crossed our minds
For the answers could be found in children's nursery rhymes
I'd come running back to you I'd come running back to you
[ guitar ] But you know we can't live on dreams alone
And to pay the rent got us leave you all alone
But you know I made my choice many years ago
Now this traveling life is the only one I know
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
Yes you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
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11.

WORLD OF OUR OWN

(Tom Springfield) « © '68 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
We'll build the world of our own that no one else can share
All our sorrows will leave far behind the stairs
And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
And we'll live in a world of our own

Close the door light the lights we'll stay at home tonight
Far away from the bustle and the bright city lights
Let the world fade away just leave us alone
And we'll live in a world of our own

We'll build the world of our own...

Oh my love oh my love I've cried for you so much
Lonely nights without sleeping while I long for your touch
Now your lips can erase the heartache we've known
Come with me to the world of our own

We'll build the world of our own...
And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
And we'll live in a world of our own
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