Jerry Lee Lewis had been at Smash Records for several years, searching for a hit and searching for a direction, prior to releasing Another Place Another Time in 1968. While the quality of his music didn't necessarily dip — he was still capable of transcendent moments on a regular basis — he was out of step with the times and lacked focus, simply cutting whatever he or producers laid across his piano. With Another Place, he snapped into focus and moved toward country. Not that the Killer had avoided country — his first single for Sun was a version of Ray Price's "Crazy Arms," and he cut many Hank Williams songs and country standards while at Sam Phillips' label — but here, he deliberately sticks to pure, hardcore country throughout the record, refashioning himself as a barroom balladeer and honky tonk raver. This reignited his career, sending him to the top of the charts with this album and its singles "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" and "Another Place Another Time." Even though this brought him success, this was not the sound of Jerry Lee pandering for a mass audience. In 1968, hardcore country was not a stranger to the top of the charts — Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash were charting regularly — but it was not a sure-fire success, either, especially in a year when Glen Campbell had six different number one albums. Also, there were no other singers as stubbornly hardcore as the Killer, who not only made everything sound as if it was written for him, he made everything sound like it could only be played in a dark, damp bar late, late in the evening. This is seriously pure country music, and while he tackles some familiar songs, it's not in predictable ways — witness the storming "Walking the Floor Over You" or the heavy backbeat on "Break My Mind," where Jerry Lee takes standards and imparts his own signature. Then, there are the ballads and barroom weepers that form the heart of this record — the two hits, plus "Play Me a Song I Can Cry To," a sadly elegant "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," a high lonesome take on "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive," and a duet with Linda Gail Lewis on "We Live in Two Different Worlds." Song for song, there's not a bad tune here, and each performance is a stunner, making for not just a great second beginning, but for one of the greatest hardcore country albums ever.

JERRY LEE LEWIS
ANOTHER PLACE ANOTHER TIME
(Smash SRS-67104)
June/1968
Produced by Jerry Kennedy

Jerry Lee Lewis - vocal/piano
Jerry Kennedy - lead guitar
Ray Edenton, Chip Young - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Gail Davis - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman, Kenneth Buttrey - drums
Buddy Spicher, Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
Vocals:
The Jordanaires (Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker, Raymond Walker, Hoyt Hawkins, Duane West),
Dorothy Ann Dilard, Louis Nunley, Jeannie Ogletree, William Wright
Recorded:
Jan 5/1968, Columbia Studio, Nashville (4,5,7)
Apr 16/1968, Columbia Studio, Nashville (1,2,3,6,8,9,10,11)

1.
WHAT'S MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS
(Glenn Sutton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »

It's late and she's waiting and I know I should go home
But every time I start to leave they play another song
And someone buys another round then whenever drinks are free
What's made Milwaukee famous has made a fool out of me

Baby's begged me not to go so many times before
She says love and happiness can't live behind those swinging doors
Now she's gone and I'm to blame too late I finally see
What's made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me
[ guitar - steel ]
Baby's begged me not to go...
What's made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me
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2.
PLAY ME A SONG I CAN CRY TO
(Jerry Chesnut)
« © '68 Combine Music, BMI »

I sat in With-a-Band down in Dallas
I was introduced as a guest
When a little white haired man approached the bandstand
Said I wonder if you'd play one last request

Oh please play me a song I can cry to sad songs are music to my ears
Play me a song I can cry to play me a song that sounds like tears

I stood by as the band started playing
And I didn't even try to play along
For my eyes had followed him back to the corner
Where he sat down at a table all alone

Then a smile slowly came across his teardrops
And I watched as he slowly bowed his head
Just before he left this world looked much better
I remember the little lonely man had said

Oh please play me a song I can cry to...
Play me a song that sounds like tears
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3.
ON THE BACK ROW
(Jerry Chesnut - Norro Wilson)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »

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4.
WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU
(Ernest Tubb)
« © '41 Unichappell Music, BMI »

You left me and you went away said that you'd be back in just a day
You've broken your promise and you left me here alone
I don't know why you did dear but I do know that you're gone

I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true
Hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you
[ fiddle - piano ]
Yeah someday you may be lonesome too walking that floor is good for you
Just keep right on walking and it won't hurt your pride
Remember that I loved you baby and I will the day I die

I'm walking the floor over you...
(one more time)
I'm walking the floor over you...
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5.
ALL NIGHT LONG
(Don Chapel)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »

Move closer to me don't slip out of my arms
My emotions tonight are so strong
You say your my woman all through the day
Now keep it that way all night long

Don't love me then tell me that I've got to leave
This hunger for you will go on
You tell me that you love me all through the day
Now keep it that way all night long
[ piano ]
Move closer and let me feel the taste of your lips
You've made me so weak for so long
Now don't tell me that you want me all through the day
Then hurt mwe this way all night long

Don't love me then tell me that I've got to leave...
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6.
I'M A LONESOME FUGITIVE
(Liz Anderson - Casey Anderson)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »

Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run the highway is my home

Well I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
While mama used to pray my crops would fail
Now I'm a hunted fugitive with just two ways
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run the highway is my home
[ steel - piano ]
I'm lonely but I can't afford the luxury
Of having one I love to come along
She'd only slow me down and they'd catch up with me
For he who travels fastest goes alone

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me...
I'm on the run the highway is my home
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7.
ANOTHER PLACE ANOTHER TIME
(Jerry Chesnut)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »

One by one they're turning out the lights
I've been feedin' that old jukebox just to hold you tight
Guess it's for the best I just put in my last dime
Heard you whisper we meet me again another place another time

Chairs are stacked all over tables and it's closing time they say
I could wait right here forever if they'd only let me stay
Anywhere would be much better than that old lonely room of mine
And the sleepless nights are waitin' for another place another time

Won't that room of mine be a lonely place to be
After I've been holding you so close to me
And won't that old stairway be a little hard to climb
To a lonely room to wait for another place another time

Won't that old stairway be a little hard to climb
To a lonely room to wait for another place another time
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8.
BREAK MY MIND
(John D. Loudermilk)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »

Baby oh baby tell a man at the ticket stand that you've changed your mind
Let me run on out and tell the cab to keep his meter flyin'
Cause if you say goodbye to me babe you're gonna break my mind

Break my mind break my mind
No I just can't stand to hear them big jet engines whine
Break my mind break my mind oh Lord
If you leave you're gonna leave a babbling fool behind

Baby I say baby let me take your suitcase off of them scales in time
Tell the man that you've suddenly developed a thing about flyin' flyin'
Cause if you say goodbye to me baby you're gonna break my mind

Break my mind break my mind...
Break my mind break my mind...
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9.
BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS
(Ben Peters - Vivian Keith)
« © '67 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »

If he brings you happiness then I wish you both the best
It's your happiness that matters most of all
But if he ever breaks your heart if the teardrops ever start
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls

Though it hurts to see you go darling I want you to know
That I'll stand by you if ever you should call
And if I should ever hear that he made you shed a tear
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls

I'll be there anytime oh you need me by your side
To dry away every teardrop that you've cried
And if he ever leaves you blue oh baby just remember I love you
And I'll be there before the next teardrop falls
Yes I'll be there before the next teardrop falls
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10.
ALL THE GOOD IS GONE
(Norro Wilson - Dottie Bruce)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »

It was only yesterday that I noticed a sudden change
Even tonight when you touched me everything seems strange
I've been worried for a long time but something might go wrong
Oh it's happened I know it's happened all the good is gone

All the good is gone from the love we shared together
All the tenderness had disappered from your loving arms
And now I'll start looking for another to take your place
And when each time I hold her and feel her warm embrace
Old mem'ries of our good times when I loved you for so long
I'll remember yes I'll remember all the good is gone
Yes I'll remember honey I'll remember all the good is gone
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11.
WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS
(Fred Rose)
« © '58 Milene Music, ASCAP »

[ with Linda Gail Lewis ]

We live in two different worlds dear that's why we're so far apart
You made the world out of vows that are broken I built the world in my heart

Everyone here tried to warn me you were just playing a game
I told them all we were meant for each other I thought our worlds were the same
[ piano ]
If you stay over in your world oh how my poor heart will pine
Darling one day when your memories wander won't you come over to mine

We live in two different worlds dear my world is honest and true
Sweetheart remember when your world gets lonely I'll still be waiting for you
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