lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I FORGOT TO LIVE TODAY

(Dickey Lee - Allen Reynolds)
« © '71 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
My key turns in the lock and I open my front door
Greeted by the darkness like too many times before
I tiptoe in to kiss the children but they're all asleep
Wonder if they're dreaming about the date I didn't keep
It was such a busy day I just couldn't get away
Cause you gotta make it while you can
So I remember dollar bills business deals and headache pills
But I forgot to live today I forgot to live today
As I dressed for bed I think about today
Wonder what I got for all the time I gave away
Traded my time for a dollar bill didn't see the sky but I saw the mill
Couldn't go to Jeannie's play missed Timmy's ballgame yesterday
Mary had to go for both of us
While I remember dollar bills business deals and headache pills
But I forgot to live today I forgot to live today
Born with all the time I'll ever see each day another part slips away from me
But I forgot to live today
As I slip into bed and I kiss my Mary's cheek
I can tell she's crying and I know she's not asleep
I listen to the clock tick away another night
And swear that tomorrow I'll make everything right
I'll remember building kites mending dolls and broken bikes
Flowers for the woman in my life
And I remember who I love more than all the stars above
Cause I forgot to live today I forgot to live today
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2.

LOVE THE DEVIL OUT OF ME

(Jim Owen - Lorenne Allen)
« © '72 Sawgrass Music, BMI »
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3.

SWEET MEMORIES

(Mickey Newbury)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
My world is like a river as dark as it is deep
Night after night the past slips in and gathers all my sleep
My days are just an endless stream of emptiness to me
Filled only by the fleeting moments of your memories

Sweet memories sweet memories mhm

You slipped into the silence of my dreams last night
Wondering from room to room and turning on each light
Your laughter spills like water from the river to the sea
And I'm swept away from sadness clinging to your memories

Sweet memories sweet memories mhm
Mem'ries are the sweetest love I know
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4.

LOVE HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN

(Dallas Frazier)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'd love to forget every time that you kissed me
I'd love to forget that you're gone
I'd gladly hold back every tear that I'm crying
For love has a mind of its own

Love is the ruler the greatest of kings
Love sits up high on a throne
Forgetting you darling is not my decision
For love has a mind of its own
[ piano ] I don't want to carry this worrysome heartache
I don't want to cry all night long
I wish I could run from the day that I met you
But love has a mind of its own

Love is the ruler the greatest of kings...
Yes love has a mind of its own
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5.

ONLY A FOOL

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Only a fool could keep on loving you
If it's crazy to love you then I'm crazy cause I do
You don't care who's heart you're breaking only a fool could keep on loving you
Only a fool would cling to love when it's such a hopeless thing
Stay around to worship you knowing you don't feel the same
I don't know why I even want you you don't need me you told me so
If there's a chance that you might love me only a fool would ever let you go
Only a fool would ever let you go
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6.

SHE'S AS CLOSE AS I CAN GET TO LOVING YOU

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '70 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, ASCAP »
Her hair should be a little darker and her eyes should be a deeper blue
She's not perfect but I'm happy I found her
Cause she's as close as I can get to loving you

She doesn't know she's being used and it would break her heart in two
If she knew that she was playing the part I planned for you
I should be ashamed to love her the way that I do
But she's as close as I can get to loving you
[ piano ] You'd've proved of the way that she dresses
From her ear-rings to the style of her shoes
I taught her everything that I remembe
And she's as close as I can get to loving you

She doesn't know she's being used and it would break her heart in two...
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7.

IF LOVING YOU MEANS ANYTHING

(Jerry Chesnut - Dale Ward)
« © '72 Combine Music, BMI »
I don't blame you for not trusting me just yet
Someone's hurt you and you're not willing to forget
Something's happened in the past that I can never change
But I love you if just loving you means anything

What's happened in the past that makes you so afraid
Will you judge the world by only one mistake you've made
Will you ever walk in sunlight that only love can bring
Yes I love you if just loving you means anything

I can't offer a bed of roses I only hope you know
That wherever you find roses thorns are also bound to grow
I'm just saying that my love for you won't ever change
And I love you if just loving you means anything
Yes I love you if just loving you means anything
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8.

WISHING IT WAS YOU

(Clyde Otis - Joy Byers Johnston)
« © '72 Clyde Otis Music, BMI / Ensign Music, BMI »
Tomorrow when I'm walking down the isle
I'll try to hide my heartache with a smile
Cause when I look at her and say I do
In my heart I'll be wishing it was you

Tomorrow when you'll see me passing by
Turn your head so you won't see me cry
And just remember when I'll say I do
In my heart I'll be wishing it was you

(You listened when they said I cheated you
Listened when they said I lied)
Yes you listened to all other stories
But you didn't listen to my side

So tomorrow when the chapel bells begin
I'll have to think of you as just a friend
But when I'll say those precious words I do
In my heart I'll be wishing it was you
In my heart I'll be wishing it was you
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9.

I LIKE A WOMAN

(Hank Locklin)
« © '72 Bathurst Music, BMI »
It's a nature of a man to love a woman all he can
And the good woman's love is mighty hard to find
And the mist'ry of it all that a young man starts to fall
He needs a woman to satisfy his mind

I like a woman with a whole lot of class
I don't like the one that'll give me any sense
I like a woman that can turn me on

Makin' two steps down and gonna leave his throne
I like a woman the cuddlein' kind
I like a woman who can work my mind
[ guitar - steel ] I'm my mama's baby boy and my daddy's pride and joy
And my mama says I'm more like my daddy's kind
A lotta people like to sit and dream but I like to do my thing

I like a woman around me all the time
I like a woman who can tame down the draggin'
I don't want the one that's always a naggin'
I like a woman let it to explode
Makin' old freight train wanna take a dirt road
I like a woman like a woman oughta be
I like a woman's company

(Yeah honey this is ole Hank talkin' to you now
And I like a woman all woman yeah
Mhm baby I can see you're a woman that's why
I like you cause I like a woman)
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10.

JEANNIE

(Karl Davis)
« © '72 Morning Music, ASCAP »
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