lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

THERE'S MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE

(Alton Delmore - Arthur Smith)
« © '61 Unichappell Music, BMI / Vidor Publications, BMI »
There's more pretty girls than one
There's more pretty girls than one
Every town I ramble around

There's more pretty girls than one

Well I am a rambling man
I done roam this world around
I've always been a rounder boy
Since my girl turned me down

There's more pretty girls than one...
[ guitar ] Now listen all you rounders
Let me tell you what you'd do
Don't fall in love with a pretty little girl
Unless you know she's true

There's more pretty girls than one...
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2.

MY HAPPINESS

(Betty Peterson - Barney Bergantine)
« © '57 Happiness Music, ASCAP »
Evening shadows make me blue when each weary day is through
How I long to be with you my happiness
Everyday I reminisce dreaming of your tender kiss
Always thinking how I miss my happiness

A million years it seems have gone by since we shared our dreams
But I'll hold you again there'll be no blue memories then
Whether skies are grey or blue anyplace on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you my happiness

A million years it seems have gone by since we shared our dreams...
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3.

HONEY SONG (HONEY I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU)

(Arbie Gibson - Cliff Massey)
« © '66 Edwin H Morris Co, ASCAP »
Honey I'm in love with you grounding in your eyes so blue
I don't wonna be rescued honey I'm in love with you
Honey let you hold your hand till I make you understand
That you're mine forever more honey I'm in love with you

I'm forever building dreams round your pretty head it seems
Do you wanna spoil my schemes by sayin' you'll never be mine
I would take a notion trip just to kiss your sweet lips
I would walk a million miles to hear you say you love me too
[ steel ] I'm forever building dreams round your pretty head it seems...
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4.

GOOD WOMAN'S LOVE

(Cy Coben)
« © '55 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
I was a rover on land and on sea
Till a good woman's love made a new man of me
Life had no meaning it was so incomplete
Till a good woman's love put me back on my feet

Stead of roamin' I go home in the evening she's waiting there
And I know that no matter what happens she'll always care
And when the night falls and the moon shines above
I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love
[ guitar ] Stead of roamin' I go home in the evening she's waiting there...
I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love
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5.

GIRLS GET PRETTIER (EVERY DAY)

(Harlan Howard)
« © '64 Combine Music, BMI »
Everytime I look at you
I pinch myself can it be true
This lovely girl is really mine
Any wonder I find

The girls get prettier every day
Cuter and lovelier in every way
The girls get prettier every day
And honey especially you

I saw your friend in town today
Her hair fixed up in a brand new way
She's as cute as she can be and it seems to me

The girls get prettier every day...
[ guitar ] Tomboy Beckie comes to town
Wearing her brand new satin gown
All the fellows turn around
And their hearts begin to pound

The girls get prettier every day...

Honey especially you
Honey especially you every day
Honey especially you
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6.

PUT ME IN YOUR POCKET

(Waldo LaFayette O'Neal)
« © '33 Peer International, BMI »
Put me in your pocket so I'll be close to you
No more will I be lonesome and no more will I be blue
And when we have to part dear there'll be no sadder due
For I'll be in your pocket and I'll go along with you

Two lovers sat one evening beneath the pale moon light
Tomorrow he must go away life's battles for to fight
He told her that he loved her that he'll return someday
And take her for his darling wife and then he heard her say

Put me in your pocket...
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7.

WHY BABY WHY

(George Jones - Darrell Edwards)
« © '55 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Tell me why baby why baby why baby why
You make me cry baby cry baby cry baby cry

Well I got a crow I wanna pick with you
Just like last time when the feathers flew
You're running wild a kickin' up your heels
A leavin' me home with a handful of bills

I can't live without you and you know it's true
But there's no livin' with you so what'll I do
I'm goin' honky tonkin' get as tight as I can
And maybe by then you'll preciate a good man

Tell me why baby why baby why baby why
You make me cry baby cry baby cry baby cry
I can't help but love you till the day that I die
But tell me why baby why baby why baby why
[ steel ] Well I don't know but I've heard you say
That ev'ry little dog is gonna have his day
You better pay attention don't you dare forget
Cause I'm just a little bitty puppy yet

I caught you honky tonkin' with my best friend
Oh why you should've done he put you away back then
Now I'm too old to leave you but I still get sore
When you come home a feelin' for the knob on the door

Tell me why baby why baby why baby why...
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8.

I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND WAYS

(Lefty Frizzell - Jim Beck)
« © '50 Peer International, BMI / Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I love you I'll prove it in days to come
I swear it's true darling you're the only one
I think of you of the past and all our fun
I love you I'll prove it in days to come

You're my darling you've been true I should have been good to you
You're the one that's in my heart while we're apart
I'll be true I'll prove it to you some day
I love you in my heart you'll always stay
I've been so blue and lonesome all these days
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
[ piano - steel ] I'll be nice and sweet to you and no more will you be blue
I'll prove I love you every day all kinds of ways
So darling please wait please wait until I'm free
There'll be a change a great change made in me
I'll be true there will never be a blue day
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
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9.

MY BLUE EYED JANE

(Jimmie Rodgers - Lullu Belle White)
« © '31 Peer International, BMI »
The sweetest girl in all the world is my blue eyed Jane
We fell in love like turtle dove while the moon was shining down
I asked her then I asked her when the wedding bells would ring
She said oh dear it seems so near and this could happen here
You're my little pal and I never knew a sweeter gal
My little blue eyed Jane I love you so
And when the sun goes down and the shadow's creeping over town
Just meet me in the lane my blue eyed Jane

Jannie dear listen here I've come to say farewell
The world is drear without you dear but now I cannot linger here
I'm going no way this very day oh please come go with me
I'll be sad and blue a wanting you and longing all day through
You're my blue eyed Jane you'll always be the same sweet thing
I know you'll never change I love you so
And when the sun goes down and the shadow's creeping over town
Then I'll come back again my blue eyed Jane
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10.

TIE ME TO YOUR APRON STRINGS AGAIN

(Larry Shay - Joe Goodwin)
« © '61 Music By Shay, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
Tie me to your apron strings again
I know there's room for me upon your knee
Bring back all those happy hours
When you kissed my tears away from day to day
I thought that I was right but I was wrong
Please take me back tonight where I belong
Sing a cradle song to me and then
Won't you tie me to your apron string again

(Tie me to your apron strings again...
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11.

BEFORE I MET YOU

(Charles L. Seitz - Joe Lewis - Elmar Rader)
« © '55 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time
But that was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine
But that was before I met you

I thought I was swinging the world by the tail
I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
But that was before I met you
[ steel ] I wanted to ramble and always be free
But that was before I met you
I said that no woman could ever hold me
But that was before I met you

I thought I was swinging the world by the tail...
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12.

IT'S ANOTHER WORLD

(Darrell Statler)
« © '66 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
It's another world when I'm with you
Roses everywhere blue skies up above everybody is in love
It's another world when I'm with you and that's where I wanna be
Never a day goes by when I'm blue
There's no tears in my eyes when I'm with you

It's another world when I'm with you
Nights are made for love days are never long
Nothing nothing can go wrong
It's another world when I'm with you
It's another world when I'm with you
And that's where I want to be
[ steel ] Never a day goes by when I'm blue
There's no tears in my eyes when I'm with you
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