SOMETIMES A MEMORY AIN'T ENOUGH
(Mercury SRM1-677)
September/1973
Produced by Stan Kesler
Jerry Lee Lewis - vocal/piano
Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton, Jerry Shook, Chip Young, Billy Sanford, Pete Wade - guitar
Pete Drake - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle
Moetta Hill - piano
Jerry Lee Lewis Jr - drums/tambourine
Byron Bach, David Vanderkool - cello
Marvin Chantry, Gary Vanosdale - viola
Brenton Banks, George Binkley, Carl Gorodetzkiy, Martin Katahn, Shelly Kurland, Steven Smith, Donald Teal, Stephanie Woolf - violin
Vocal accompaniment by
Winifred Breast, James Glaser, Hoyt Hawkins Neal Matthews, Raymond Walker
Arrangements by Cam Mullins
Recorded:
July 10-11/1973, Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
SOMETIMES A MEMORY AIN'T ENOUGH
(Stan Kesler)
« © '73 Meltine Music, BMI / Jerry Lee Lewis Music, BMI »
I have your pictures to look at and a memory that helps me when I'm blue
I play those old records that we used to dance to
But these things can't take the place of you
I need me two arms to hold me warm and tender lips that I can touch (yes I do)
Yes I play my game but it's not the same sometimes a mem'ry just ain't enough
[ piano ]
The thoughts of you help me keep up my mind together
And though it doesn't always helps it's true
Remembering darling that one time you really loved me
It helps to ease the pain of losing you
I need me two arms to hold me...
Sometimes a mem'ry just ain't enough
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2.
RIDE ME DOWN EASY
(Billy Joe Shaver)
« © '73 ATV Songs, BMI »
Ride me down easy Lord ride me on down leave word in the dust where I lay
Say I'm easy to come easy to go and easy to love when I stay
This old highway she's hotter than nine kinds of hell
The rides they're as scare as the rain
When you're down to your last shop with nothing to sell
And too far away from the trains
It'd been the good month of Sundays and a guitar to go
Had a tall drink of yesterday's wine
Left the long string of friends some sheets in the wind
And some satisfied women behind
So won't you ride me down easy...
[ piano ]
Put a snow on the mountain raised hell on the hill lot horns of the devil himself
Where the rodeo bum a son of a gun and a hobo with stars in his crown
So won't you ride me down easy...
So won't you ride me down easy...
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3.
MAMA'S HANDS
(Larry Kingston - Frank Dycus)
« © '73 Careers Music, BMI »
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4.
WHAT MY WOMAN CAN'T DO
(Billy Sherrill - Earl Montgomery - George Jones)
« © '73 Algee Music, BMI / Songs Of Universal, BMI »
(What my woman can't do can't be done)
Well it amazes me how she can change my mind
When it seems to be impossible my God she can do it everytime
And the way she always loves me she's got that down perfect too
I keep asking myself what is it that lady can't do
She brightens any room she walks inside (yes she does)
And the way she comes in smiling you'd think she'd never every cry
She still looks as young and pretty as she did the day we met
If there's one thing bad about her
I tell her I ain't ever found it yet (haha think about it)
What can't do can't be done
If there's ever been a darlin' Jerry Lee's findin' one (yes he does)
She beats all I've ever seen she's the champion of our team
What my woman can't do can't be done
What my woman can't do can't be done
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5.
MY CRICKET AND ME
(Leon Russell)
« © '73 Embassy Music, BMI / Songs Of The Knoll, BMI »
I was just thinkin' bout you today and the good times that we've had together
But I can't get through to this find words to say to you darlin' you're so far away
So I'm not cryin' these ain't tears in my eyes
I'm so happy the Killer's dyin' with laughter (think about that)
If you don't believe me I'm over and you see
We're not lonesome my cricket and me
[ guitar ]
Oh your picture reminds me that I wanted to be free
How hurtin' my God I've drove you away my darlin'
But if you'll just come back home you know I'm for sure you'll see
We're not lonesome my cricket and me
We're not lonesome that old cricket and Jerry Lee
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6.
I'M LEFT YOU'RE RIGHT SHE'S GONE
(Stan Kesler - Bill Taylor)
« © '55 Hi-Lo Music, BMI »
You're right I'm left she's gone you're right I'm left all alone
You tried to tell me so but a fool is blind to know
And Lord that woman was always foolin' me
You told me all along you're right our love was so wrong
But now I've changed my mind that was your love all the time
That live deep inside my memory
I thought I knew just what she'd do but I guess I was not so smart
You tried to tell me all along that you'd only break my heart
You're right I'm left she's gone you're right Killer's left all alone
She's gone for good this time thank God she's off my mind
And now my baby's comin' back for more (hang it in Killer)
[ piano ]
I thought I knew just what she'd do but I guess I was not so smart
You tried to tell me all along that you'd only break Jerry's heart
You're right I'm left she's gone you're right I'm left all alone
She's gone for good this time thank God she's off my mind
And now baby I'm comin' back to you
Runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin' my baby back to you
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7.
HONKY TONK WINE
(Mack Vickery)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Yeah yeah sweet sweet honky tonk wine keeps me out of my mind
All she left behind was some sweet honky tonk wine
While I was out drinkin' and laughin' my woman has home a packin'
And all she left me was a bottle and a note
Sayin' I'm out enjoyin' myself of some of that sweet honky tonk wine
Sweet honky tonk wine keeps me out of my mind
All she left behind was some sweet honky tonk wine
[ piano ]
Well I'm sittin' here feeling empty as that old wine bottle that she left me
Cause I can't hold enough to stop me from thinkin'
That she's out holdin' somebody and a drinkin' that sweet honky tonk wine
Drinkin' that sweet honky tonk wine...
Sweet honky tonk wine...
Sweet honky tonk wine...
Sweet honky tonk wine...
Sweet honky tonk wine...
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8.
FALLING TO THE BOTTOM
(Carmon Holland - Faye Linard)
« © '73 Jerry Lee Lewis Music, ASCAP »
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9.
THINK I NEED TO PRAY
(Cecil Harrelson - Bill Taylor)
« © '73 Decapo Music, BMI »
Oh Lord could you spare me a few minutes of your time
I'm searching just like all the rest for some peace of mind
I see me drifting further away from you each day
If you've got time to listen Lord I think I need to pray (yes I do)
I ain't been much for the living words that the precious good book speaks
Look inside my weary soul see if I'm worth to keep
If there's one chance for me dear Lord please don't throw my soul away
If you've got time to listen Lord I think I need to pray
Running away from you sweet Jesus is catching up with Jerry Lee
Reach down your hand and make me the man you wanted me to be
I stopped and took a cold hard look at my life today
If you've got time to listen Lord I think I need to pray
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10.
MORNIN' AFTER BABY LET ME DOWN
(Ray Griff)
« © '72 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
The alarm clock woke my sleepin' I lay there for a minute
With a million cobwebs clinging to my brain
I stopped that bell from ringing about the times it takes a heartbeat
Then I settled back and closed my eyes again
Reached out for my baby for some early morning lovin'
Terrible truth came staggerin' through my head
Lord there was nothin' that goes on to lay around me
That woman she wasn't beside the Killer in the bed
(It's the mornin' after baby let me down
It's the daybreak and the heartbreak that I found)
Only silence to torment me no soft hands to touch me gently
It's the mornin' after baby let me down
There was nothing to hold on to but the sheets that fell around me
My God I was tremblin' like a leaf
How could that woman leave me she was more than just a lover
Every bit a lady warm and sweet
I can taste the salty teardrops it's gettin' hard to swallow
But a glass of bourbon takes that lump away (yes it does)
Ain't got no appetite for eatin' I got sick I got an empty feelin'
What a good for nothing way to start the day
(It's the mornin' after baby...
Yeah it's the mornin' after baby...
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11.
KEEP ME FROM BLOWING AWAY
(Paul Craft)
« © '73 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Well I spent my whole lifetime
In a world where the sunshine
Finds excuses for not hangin' round
I squandered emotions
On the slightest of notions
And the first easy loving I found
But soon all the good times
The gay times and play times
Like colors run together and fade
Oh Lord if you hear me
Touch me and hold me
And keep me from blowing away
There's times when I trembled
When my mind remembered
The days that just crumbled away
With nothing to show
But these lines that I know
Are beginning to show in my face
Oh Lord if you're listening
I know I'm no Christian
And I ain't got much coming to me
So send down some sunshine
Throw out your lifeline
And keep me from blowing away
Oh Lord if you hear me
Touch me and hold me
And keep me from blowing away
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