lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

NEVER COULD TOE THE MARK

(Waylon Jennings) « © '84 Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
I've always loved the ladies ladies love the games
Seems the things they want the most is they always want to change
The only thing that changes is my mind
I never could toe the mark and I never could walk the line

Some things don't come easy others should be free
I'd gladly give my heart to you but the rest belongs to me
I don't mean to be a waste of time
I never could toe the mark and I never could walk the line
[ harmonica - ac.guitar ] I like Southern Comfort it does a thing on me
Takes me home to a gentle touch and wants what's left to me
She's got her own space and I got mine
She don't toe the mark and I don't walk the line
[ harmonica ] She's got her own space...
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2.

TALK GOOD BOOGIE

(Waylon Jennings) « © '84 Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
Got me a habit that I surely got to quit
Ain't got a habit just hooked a little bit
Sure I'd come to see you but you're nearly never home
Wouldn't call at all but you give good phone

Talk good boogie but you won't get down
Tell me that you love me but you won't come around
Talk good boogie but you won't get down
[ guitar ] Just when I'm ready think I might got a chance
They change all the music when I'm learning how to dance
Slippin' and slidin' just as much as you can
You been a good friend but you hide again

Talk good boogie...
[ guitar ] Talk good boogie...
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3.

PEOPLE UP IN TEXAS

(Waylon Jennings) « © '84 Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
To the people up in Texas it's the nearest thing to heaven here on earth
The lifestyle up in Texas is just go on out and live for all it's worth
Where the men are all men and the ladies there are born with ways to please
And the people up in Texas think that the rest of all the world is over seas

You don't need no one to tell you when you cross that Texas line
The air starts smellin' sweeter and the water tastes like wine
The sun is always shining so it's seldom ever cold
People just grow up there never old
[ guitar ] You don't need no one...
The people up in Texas...
Yeah the people up in Texas think that the rest of all the world is overseas
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4.

SPARKLING BROWN EYES

(Billy Cox) « © '54 Poca River Music, BMI »
There's a ramshackle shack in old Caroline
It's callin' me back to the woman of mine
Guess if I had the wings of a beautiful dove
Don't you know I'd fly away to the woman I love

When the whippoorwills called on the hills far away
We're gonna sing a little song we're gonna hear them say
My love for you will never ever die
We bid everything sail away to the by sweet and by
[ steel - harmonica ] Those two brown eyes that sparkle with love
Came down to me from heaven above
Guess if I had the wings of a beautiful dove
Don't you know I'd fly away to the woman I love

There's a ramshackle shack...
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5.

IF SHE'LL LEAVE HER MAMA

(Mack Vickery - Lamar Morris) « © '84 Tree Publishing, BMI »
She left the cradle when she learned to crawl
With mama on the front porch she walked off
Headed for the city in a pair of high heeled shoes
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you

Don't take it so hard and blame yourself
Cause you ain't the first one that she ever left
She loves her mama but she loves a good time too
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you
[ horns ] Oh you can give her love and you give her hell
No matter what you give her she wants somethin' else
You know she's gonna do exactly what she wants to
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you
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6.

SETTIN' ME UP

(Mark Knopfler) « © '83 Almo Music, ASCAP »
Well you say I'm the greatest bound for glory but the word is out and I learned
I got the latest side of the story you're pullin' out before you get burned
Your hands are squeezin' me down to the bone I've never seen you breakin' before
Stands to reason I'm a leaving you alone what are you taking me for

Settin' me up to put me down making me out to be your clown
Settin' me up to put me down you better give it up baby quit your messin' around
[ guitar ] You think I care about your reaction you think I don't understand
All you wanted was a piece of the action now you talk about another man

Settin' me up to put me down...
Settin' me up to put me down...
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7.

GEMINI SONG (WHEN I'M BAD I'M BAD)

(Waylon Jennings) « © '84 Waylon Jennings Music, BMI »
I could tell you a story from another day in time
How I hide for looking woman tried to make me walk the line
She was in the changes into them hard to please
And the last time I saw her she was down on her knees
All of the sign of the Gemini twins there's two sides to me we ain't even friends
All of sighs of rising in the rain in between
When I'm bad I'm bad when I'm good I'm the best you ever seen
Sometimes I might a crawlin' man that carryin' on
To hide a bone where it's time to takin' home
Well I'm like that it's hard to leave the woman alone
It ain't easy faking ride with that the good looking wrong
For another sign of the Gemini twins this two sides to me and me ain't even friends
All sides are rising in the rainbow in between
When I'm good I'm good when I'm bad I'm the worst you ever seen
There's a good hearted woman waitin' when I come in
She don't wasting time and asking me about where I've been
She keeps it all together and to wish that you could see
Know she goes about bring it out the best side of me
For all of the signs of the Gemini twins
This two sides to me Lord we ain't even friends
Both sides are a ringing in the ring no between
When I'm bad I'm bad when I'm good I'm the best you ever seen
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8.

WHERE WOULD I BE (WITHOUT YOU)

(Paul Kenerley) « © '84 Irving Music, BMI »
Well I guess I've been blessed with good luck and fortune
All that I have is more than enough
I've tried to work hard but it ain't been easy
But compared to most it ain't been too rough

I've had it all Lord knows I'm thankful
The life that I lead is some kind of dream
I've got buses and trucks and stuffs that all make loud noises
Why I even own things that I ain't never seen

And it fills me with pride when I hear them say
There goes a good ol' boy who made it through
I count my blessings with each of your kisses
When you add it all up where would I be without you

You helped me along like an angel of mercy
My nature is such that I could've strayed
But your tender love has always controled me
Where others would leave you always have stayed

And it fills me with pride...
Where would I be without you
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9.

WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT

(Bob McDill) « © '84 Ranger Bob Music, ASCAP / PolyGram Int, ACAP »
Whatever gets you through the night whatever makes everything all right
I'm not the kind to judge you see what you do is all right with me
Whatever gets you through the night

Well some guys just don't care they say play all nights and sleep all day
Then some work till the day they die some get rich and some get by
Some spend the lifetime having fun some say they're gonna wait till Jesus comes
Some say that girls are their downfall some boys don't like girls at all

Whatever gets you through the night...

Well some like cars and fancy clothes some live fast and some live slow
Some spend their life searchin' for truth some come to church in a three piece suit
Well I heard a good woman's all you need I heard some guys need two or three
Some want to save the world I'm told some just want to rock'n roll

Whatever gets you through the night...
Whatever gets you through the night...
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10.

ENTERTAINER

(Billy Joel) « © '84 Joel Songs, ASCAP »
I am the entertainer I know just where I stand
Another serenader another long haired man
Today I am your champion I may have won your heart
But I know the game you'll forget my name
I won't be here in another year if I don't stay on the charts

I am the entertainer had to pay my price
Things I didn't know at first I learned by doing twice
But still they come to haunt me still they want their say
So I learn to dance with my hands in my pants
Rub my neck and just write 'em a check and they'll be on their way

I am the entertainer I've been all around the world
I played all kinds of places played all kinds of girls
I don't remember faces I don't remember names
What the hell it's just as well
Cause after a while and a thousand miles it all becomes the same

I am the entertainer I come to do my show
You heard my latest record spin on the radio
Well it took me years to write it the best years of my life
It's a beautiful song but it ran too long
Wanna have a hit you gotta make it fit so they cut it down to 3:05

I am the entertainer idol of my age
Make all kinds of money boy when I go on the stage
They see me in the paper and in the magazines
If I go cold my feet get sore
Put me in the back of the discount rack like another can of beans

I am the entertainer I know just where I stand...
I am the entertainer
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