lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU)

(Hank Williams) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Goodbye Joe me gotta go me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

Thibodaux Fontaineaux the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style go hog wild me oh my oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo...
[ fiddle ] Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo...
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2.

HALF AS MUCH

(Curley Williams) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down

If you missed me half as much as I missed you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only love me half as much as I love you
[ steel - fiddle ] If you missed me half as much as I missed you...
If you only love me half as much as I love you
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3.

I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY

(Hank Williams) « © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long when time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud to hide its face and cry
[ harmonica ] Did you ever see a robin weep when leaves began to die
That means he's lost his will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could cry
I'm so lonesome I could cry
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4.

BLUES COME AROUND

(Hank Williams) « © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Once I was happy as I could be but I let a gal make a fool of me
Ever since she let me down the blues come around when the sun comes down

Oh the blues come around yeah the blues come around
Lord the blues come around every evening when the sun goes down

Long as the sun is in the sky those doggone blues never make me cry
Ever since she left this town the blues come around when the sun goes down

Oh the blues come around...
[ dobro - fiddle ] I built my castles very high and then she waved and said goodbye
Ever since she tore 'em down the blues come around when the sun goes down

Oh the blues come around...
Yeah the blues come around every evening when the sun goes down
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5.

WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE

(Hank Williams) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
What's the use to deny we've been living a lie that we should have admited before
We were just victims of a half hearted love so why should we try anymore

The vows that we make are only to break we drift like a wave from the shore
The kisses we steal we know are not real so why should we try anymore
[ fiddle ] The dreams that we knew can never come true they're gone to return no more
False love like ours fades with the flowers so why should we try anymore

Our story so old again has been told on the past let's close the door
And smile don't regret but live and forget there's no use to try anymore
Why should we try anymore
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6.

BE CAREFUL OF STONES THAT YOU THROW

(Bonnie Dodd) « © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
A tongue can accuse and carry bad news
The seeds of distrust it will sow
So unless you've made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw

A neighbor was passing my garden one time she stopped and I knew right away
That it was gossip not flowers she had on her mind
And this is what I heard my neighbor say
That girl down the street should be run from our midst
She drinks and she talks quite a lot
She knows not to speak to my child or to me
My neighbor then smiled and I thought

A tongue can accuse and carry bad news...

A car speeded by and the screaming of brakes a sound that made my blood chill
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out
Oh who was that brave girl so sweet
I covered the crushed broken body and said
The bad girl who lived down the street

A tongue can accuse and carry bad news...
Be careful of stones that you throw
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7.

I WON'T BE HOME NO MORE

(Hank Williams) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well you're just in time to be too late I tried to but I couldn't wait
And now I've got another date and I won't be home no more
You're just in time to miss the boat so don't take off your hat and coat
Be on your way that's all she wrote I won't be home no more

I hung around a mouth or two and waited for your call
Now I'm too busy pitchin' woo come around next fall
I stretched your name right off my slate and hung a sign on my front gate
You're just in time to be too late and I won't be home no more
[ dobro ] Well you're just in time to turn around and head your buggy back to town
You looked me up I turned you down and I won't be home no more
You're just in time to change your tune go tell your troubles to the moon
And call around next May or June I won't be home no more

I used to be the patient kind believed each alibi
That's all done I've changed my mind I've got new fish to fry
You're just in time to celebrate the thing you didn't calculate
You're just in time to be too late and I won't be home no more
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8.

MANSION ON THE HILL

(Hank Williams - Fred Rose) « © '48 Milene Music, ASCAP / Intersong USA, ASCAP »
Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill

Do you recall when we parted the story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
[ steel ] I've waited all through the years love to give you a love true and real
You know that you're living in sorrow in your loveless mansion on the hill

The light shines bright from your window the trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride love in your loveless mansion on the hill
In your loveless mansion on the hill
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9.

HEY GOOD LOOKIN'

(Hank Williams) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hey hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
Hey sweet baby don't you think maybe
We could find a brand new recepie

I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill
Drink pop and the dancin's free so
I you wanna have fun come along with me
Hey hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
[ steel - fiddle - guitar ] I'm gonna throw my datebook over the fence
Find me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep it till it's covered with age
Writin' your name down on every page
Hey hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
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10.

COLD COLD HEART

(Hank Williams) « © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I've tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A mem'ry from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
[ steel ] You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love yet you're afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from life to try it just ain't smart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
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11.

HONKY TONKIN'

(Hank Williams) « © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Whwn you're sad and lonely and have no place to go
Come to see me mama bring along some dough
And we'll go honky tonkin' honky tonkin'
We'll go honky tonkin' honey baby
We'll go honky tonkin' round this town

We'll go to the city to see the city fair
If you got to the city baby you will find me there
And we'll go honky tonkin' honky tonkin'
We'll go honky tonkin' honey baby
We'll go honky tonkin' round this town
[ steel ] When you and your baby have a falling out
Come to see me mama we'll go stepping out
And we'll go honky tonkin' honky tonkin'
We'll go honky tonkin' honey baby
We'll go honky tonkin' round this town

Honky tonkin' honey baby
We'll go honky tonkin' honky tonkin'
We'll go honky tonkin' round this town
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12.

THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME

(Leon Payne) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one who's smiling face the Gods would see
Cause she'll walk along beside me up those golden stairs
Oh they'll never never take her love from me

What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And to see her love turn in to sympathy
It's the one regret I'll carry with me to my grave
Oh they'll never never take her love from me
[ fiddle ] I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else's arms may hold her now in fond caress
But they'll never never take her love from me

I thought I'd make her happy if I'd step aside
But I knew her love would never set me free
Even on the morning she became another's bride
I'll say they'll never never take her love from me
Oh they'll never never take her love from me
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