lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

TROUBLE MAN

(Tony Joe White - Waylon Jennings) « © '88 Tony Joe White Music, BMI / Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
I was so ugly the doctor slapped my momma when I was born
Then he took out his pocket knife and cut off my horns
He said lady if you ain't already picked out a name
Go ahead on and call him trouble man

He's gonna be wild I'm giving you warning
He's gotta have room keep an eye on him

I grew up with long and lean and hungry looks
I learned you can't go nowhere when you go by the book
People all around me earthbound I learned how to fly
Upside downside outside sailing on by

Out of my reach out of my hands
Out of control trouble man yeah
[ harmonica ] I've been so far in all directions as you can get
I ain't never had enough of anything yet
I had women that tore me apart without any reason
I say baby I don't get mad I just get even

I don't explain if you don't understand
I'm my own man trouble man trouble man
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2.

GRAPES ON THE VINE

(Steve Gillette - Charles J. Quatro) « © '88 Ensign Music, BMI / Tessa Publishing, BMI »
There are songs that birds don't sing to people
There are secrets that keep right through to the end
There are heroes who hide until forever
And I'm singing this song for one of them

He's the man that you passed on the road there
The one with his life on the loose
Going either somewhere or nowhere
Going without me without you

For he is this world's constant orphan
Traveling out his lone time
Living on apples from orchards
Dying from grapes on the vine

You can find him in big city winters
Down where the mission bell cries
And sorrow echoes through summer
As he tries to close all his eyes

You can find him in Pittsburgh at Christmas
You can find him in Buffalo in June
And he knows all the backroads between them
Like the Gypsy knows the moon
[ dobro ] And it's Route 22 all over again
Stick your thumb out and try to look like somebody's friend
Look strong at the man gentle at the girl
And puzzled at the rest of the world

Yeah he is this world's constant orphan...
Living on apples from orchards dying from grapes on the vine
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3.

WHICH WAY DO I GO (NOW THAT I'M GONE)

(Johnny McRae - Steve Clark) « © '88 Hide A Bone Music, ASCAP / Inter Song USA, ASCAP »
I put yesterday and half the night between us
Made up my mind this time I'm gonna stay
Now I'm sittin' on the shoulder thinking it all over
Looking for a sign that might show me the way

Which way do I go now that I'm gone
Which way do I turn now that I've learned how to be strong
Do I take the road that takes me back to where it all went wrong
Which way do I go now that I'm gone

Now I listen to the midnight rain that's falling
Watch the headlights glisten as they pass me by
And I envy them for knowing exactly where they're going
Just like I thought I knew when I told you goodbye

Which way do I go now that I'm gone...
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4.

YOYOS BOZOS BIMBOS AND HEROES

(Roger Murrah - Waylon Jennings) « © '88 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
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5.

IT GOES WITH THE TERRITORY

(Phil Barnhart - Ted Hewitt - Barry Walsh) « © '88 ATV Songs, BMI »
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6.

HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH TO LIVE IN L.A.

(Roger Murrah - Waylon Jennings) « © '88 Murrah Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
How much is it worth to live in LA
That land of silk and money where the pretty people play
When they itemize insanity how much will you pay
How much is it worth to live in LA

Now I'm not here to criticize or put nobody down
But they're weirdin' out in Hollyweird everytime ya turn around
And when it comes to crazy I know whereof I speak
And I know where I'd be leaving if I were walking in their feet

How much is it worth to live in LA...
[ fiddle ] There's a freeway full of traffic goin' every which a way
People dodgin' bullets crawlin' down the interstate
They keep waitin' for the big one one tremor at a time
Ain't nobody living there it's all a state of mind

How much is it worth to live in LA...
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7.

HEY WILLIE

(Roger Murrah - Waylon Jennings) « © '88 Murrah Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
Hey Willie let's pack up and catch us a slow train
Go back to Phoenix to a far brighter day
Where stars were shining in the Arizona sky
And music meant more than fortune or fame

Willie we wandered from border to border
Singing our stories and living our songs
Seems the farther we go all that grows closer
Is a mind full of mem'ries we made years ago

Hey Willie let's pack up and catch us a slow train...
[ guitar ] We rolled through the towns like a bus load of gypsies
Motels and hotels ain't no place to stay
The favors we're taking the money we're making
Won't pay for the living we're giving away

Hey Willie let's pack up and catch us a slow train...
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8.

YOU PUT THE SOUL IN THE SONG

(Don Goodman - Tim Gaetano - John B. Detterline) « © '88 Ensign Music, BMI / Puggy Music, BMI »
We started with nothing but each other and reached for the stars
From a one room apartment with a dream and a pawnshop guitar
God gave the talent but you found the will to survive
In this city of songs where dreamers are eaten alive

I made the music but you make the man
When I'd stumble and lose it baby you'd understand
When I was tempted to give up your strength made me strong
I make the music but you put the soul in the song
[ guitar ] When I look at you girl I see a true work of art
So many beautiful things in one little heart
Every word I ever wrote and every note that I ever sung
You never stop believing that's where the feeling comes from

I made the music but you make the man...
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9.

G.I. JOE

(Troy Seals - Waylon Jennings) « © '88 Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
Well he smoked those Camel cigarettes about three packs a day
Nicotine stains on his fingers when he'd stretch 'em out to play
That old midnight special is one he loved to do
Then he'd sing I'm Walking The Floor Over You

TV preachers and welfare checks for him just had no place
But he'd take his time to tune real good when he sang Amazing Grace
He'd say boys I'm old and crazy but I still give a damn
And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam

He'd drag out that old uniform and say they used to call me slim
He never could get it buttoned up but the pride looked good on him
He still feels the way he felt over forty years ago
Here's to the old man here's to GI Joe

He only sang the old songs he's standing still in time
My Phillipino Baby right there on his mind
Then he'd talk about the big one the war we didn't lose
He'd pick a little bit like Travis re-enlistment blues
[ guitar ] He'd drag out that old uniform...
Here's to my old man and all the GI Joe's
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10.

WOMAN I HATE IT

(Rodney Crowell - Waylon Jennings) « © '88 Coolwell Music, ASCAP / Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
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