BABY BYE BYE
(RCA Victor LSP-4791)
November/1972
Produced by Allen Reynolds & Dickey Lee
Recorded 1972, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
BABY BYE BYE
(Don Williams)
« © '72 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Bye bye baby bye bye I won't try to even say why
No use to sit and just cry this time baby it's baby bye bye
I walk the floor and wonder about you every day
Never know what you're gonna do next or what you're gonna say
I don't think your love for me is true
For you couldn't do what you've been puttin' me through
So bye bye baby bye bye...
[ steel ]
You don't understand anything I've ever said
Cause you act like our love life is something you're at
I can't seem to get inside to you so there's just one thing left for me to do
Bye bye baby bye bye...
Bye bye baby bye bye...
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2.
ON SUSAN'S FLOOR
(Shel Silverstein - Vincent Matthews)
« © '70 Evil Eye Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Didn't feel so cold and tired stretched out before the fire
Rolling smokes and drinking up her wine
And I remember candle light and singin' till we couldn't sing no more
Then falling warm asleep on Susan's floor
Now that my song is sweeter Lord I'd like to greet her
And thank her for the flavors that she gave
A stranger I came my head bowed in the rain to her door
I sat and sang my songs on Susan's floor
In the morning I'd go on buying kingdoms with my songs
Knowing I'd be back in just a while healing in the sunshine of her smile
Well lots of times and songs have passed I catch myself just looking back
Reliving all the wonder of those nights
That's where I'd be today if I had only stay one night more
And sang another song on Susan's floor
Like crippled ships that made it through storm and finally reached a quiet shore
The homeless found a home on Susan's floor hmm hmm
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3.
SONG SUNG BLUE
(Neil Diamond)
« © '72 Prophet Music, ASCAP »
Song sung blue everybody knows one song sung blue every garden grows on
Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song you sing 'em out again
You sing 'em out again
Song sung blue weeping like a willow song sung blue sleeping on my pillow
Funny thing but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know it get the feeling good you simply got no choice
[ steel ]
Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song you sing 'em out again
Song sung blue weeping like a willow...
Song sung blue song sung blue song sung blue
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4.
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
[ steel ]
Did you ever see a robin weep when leaves began to die
That means he's lost the 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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5.
TUPELO COUNTY JAIL
(Mel Tillis - Webb Pierce)
« © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Why don't you write write write me a letter send that letter by mail
Send that letter in care of the Tupelo County jail
Why don't you send me the best of love dear there's no one to go my bail
Never seen a place so lonely as the Tupelo County jail
Send that letter full of kisses over these prison walls
Cause baby kisses on paper are better than no kisses at all
I hear the freight train pass my window callin' me to ride the rail
Ball and chain gonna keep me in the Tupelo County jail
[ steel ]
Send that letter full of kisses...
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6.
CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS
(Ted Harris)
« © '65 Plainspoken Music, ASCAP »
The crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall
The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall
But will the timely crowd that has you laughing loud help you dry your tears
When the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers
I never did fit in too well with folks you knew
It was plain to see that the likes of me didn't fit with you
So you traded me for the gaiety of the well to do
And turned away from the love I offered you
Oh the crystal chandeliers...
I see your picture in the news most every day
You're the chosen girl of the social world so the stories say
But a paper smile only lasts a while then it fades away
And the love we knew will come home to you some day
Oh the crystal chandeliers...
When the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers
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7.
SLEEP WALKIN' BLUES
(Chesse Curver)
« © '72 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I just stepped in a puddle and I sank up to my neck
I can't see the traffic light I'll get run over yet
It cost me thirteen tokens to find my way back home
By then you'd shut the water off and taken out my phone
Since you've given me those sleep walkin' blues
You've given me those sleep walkin' blues blues blues
I don't know if I'll wake up from this dream of you
You've given me those sleep walkin' blues
I shoot out my doormat in the middle of my bed
My life is undernourished cause my heart is underfed
My days are rambling nightmares my nights are even worse
Cause I can't find a way to get myself back down to earth
Since you've given me...
[ dobro ]
I put on Waylon Jennings but I could not hear a sound
Yet all my neighbors yellin' turn that country music down
I picked up my guitar to try to ease my mind
But the notes stopped to my fingers and the words they would not rhyme
Since you've given me...
I don't know if I'll wake up from this dream of you
You've given me those sleep walkin' blues
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8.
THAT HEART BELONGS TO ME
(Webb Pierce)
« © '52 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
There are so many flirty guys with flirty flirty ways
I am so afraid that they would steal you some day
Don't let 'em darling cause you belong to me
No don't ever let them make you think your heart is fancy free
Don't let 'em darling that heart belongs to me
The'll tell you that I trifle and that you should do the same
They'll tell you that they need your love so why not make the change
Don't do it darling that love belongs to me
Oh please don't let them blind you I still love you can't you see
Don't let 'em darling that heart belongs to me
[ steel ]
They'll offer you a mansion ask in to be their queen
So they can give you riches make your life a happy dream
Don't let 'em darling that dream belongs to me
Oh sure they'll try to buy your love with riches such as these
Don't let 'em darling that heart belongs to me
Don't you let 'em darling that heart belongs to me
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9.
LET THE CHIPS FALL
(Jack Clement)
« © '69 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I'm finding that I'm spending most of my time
Wondering where she goes the rest of the time
But tonight I will find out for once and for all
Tonight I will follow her and let the chips fall
So let the chips fall let them fall where they may
My moment of truth is fast on its way
And soon I will know for once and for all
So I'll just cross my fingers and let the chips fall
The life that I'm living is just half a life
The girl that I married is just half a wife
But my life without her would be no life at all
Still I must know the truth so let the chips fall
Let the chips fall let them fall where they may
I'm ashamed of this game but there's no other way
I must hold her hand a man just can't crawl
So put the cards on the table and let the chips fall let the chips fall
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10.
WAY TO GO ON
(Bob McDill - Allen Reynolds)
« © '72 PolyGram Int, ASCAP / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
It matters not to you babe it matters not to me
Guess it's time the two of us set each other free
Don't it make you wonder babe if anything's for sure
I'd have said the love we have would always endure
And after all the time I've spent with you it's hard to break the habbit you'd become
So if I seem to be a little bit confused I'm just looking for a way to go on
[ steel ]
I left it up to you babe you left it up to me
Now there's nothing left to do but set each other free
And after all the time...
It matters not to you babe it matters not to me
Guess it's time the two of us set each other free
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