THE WAYS OF LIFE
(RCA Victor LSP-2680)
July/1963
Produced by Chet Atkins
Jerry Kennedy, Fred Carter, Velma Smith, Joseph Tanner - guitar
Floyd Cramer - piano
Henry Strzelecki, Roy Huskey - bass
Buddy Harman, Kenneth Buttrey, Louis Dunn - drums
Vocal accompaniment:
Jerry Crutchfield, Hugh Jarrett, Douglas Kirkham, Norro Wilson, Joe Babcock,
The Anita Kerr Singers (Dottie Dillard, Millie Kirkham, Louis Dunley, Bill Wright),
The Jordanaires (Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker, Raymond Walker)
Recorded:
1962-1963, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
WE'RE GONNA GO FISHIN'
(Tex Atchinson)
« © '62 Johnstone Montei Music, BMI »
Bring along your fishin' pole and leave your dirty dishes
Meet me by the fishin' pole and where you led your britches
Tell your mom and pa everything's alright
We're gonna go fishin' next Saturday night
Lipstick makeup leave behind makeup takes up too much time
You're a little honey and you're quite a dish
But Saturday night we're goin' fishin' you fish
Don't forget to crayon pen and bring along some manners
Gonna get your catfish and we'll cook 'em up for dinner
Rollin' up and fryin' up and bakin' alright
We're gonna go fishin' next Saturday night
Lipstick makeup leave behind...
Never mind your parlor cup we're not goin' dancin'
Cause your daddy's had enough a dancin' or romancin'
Bring along your brother that'll be alright
We're really goin' fishin' next Saturday night
Lipstick makeup leave behind...
[ piano ]
Lipstick makeup leave behind...
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2.
KENTUCKY WALTZ
(Bill Monroe)
« © '52 Peer International, BMI / Bill Monroe Music, BMI »
We were waltzin' that night in Kentucky beneath that beautiful harvest moon
I was a boy that was lucky but it all ended too soon
As I sit here alone in the moonlight I can see your smiling face
And I long once more for your embrace and that beautiful Kentucky Waltz
[ piano ]
As I sit here alone...
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3.
SLOWLY
(Webb Pierce - Tommy Hill)
« © '52 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
Slowly you're winning a heart that can be true
Now I can't hide my feelings for it's so plain and true
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
[ guitar ]
More and more I need you and want you by my side
More and more I love you as each day passes by
No need to hide my feelings for it's so plain and true
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
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4.
BUMMIN' AROUND
(Pete Graves)
« © '53 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Got an old slauch hat got my roll on my shoulder
I'm as free as the breeze and I'll do as I please just a bummin' around
Got a million friends don't feel any older
I've got nothing to lose not even the blues just a bummin' around
Whenever worries start to botherin' me
I grab my coat my old slauch hat hit the trail again you see
I ain't got a dime don't care where I'm going
I'm as free as the breeze and I'll do as I please just a bummin' around
[ guitar - piano ]
Whenever worries start to...
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5.
THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME
(Leon Payne)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(Oh they'll never never take her love from me)
If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one who's smiling face the Gods would see
Cause she'll walk along beside me up to golden stairs
Oh they'll never never take her love from me
What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And to see her love turn into sympathy
It's the one regret I'll carry with me to my grave
Oh they'll never never take her love from me
[ piano ]
I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else's arms may hold her now in fond caress
But they'll never never take her love from me
I thought I'd make her happy if I'd step aside
But I knew her love would never set me free
And even on the day that she became another's bride
I said they'll never never take her love from me
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6.
ROSALITA
(Al Dexter)
« © '57 Peer International, BMI »
Rosalita my little rose of the rancho you won my heart down by the Rio
Dry your eyes dear and don't be blue Juanita I'll come back to you my Rosalita
Each night I tell the moon on high and all its glory
Bout you and I and days gone by and love's real story
Rosalita another day now is dawning for you I'm longing my Rosalita
[ piano ]
(Rosalita Rosalita)
Each night I tell the moon...
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7.
TOO CLOSE TO HER (AND TOO FAR FROM YOU)
(Cindy Walker)
« © '63 Bathurst Music, BMI »
I was just lonesome I was just blue
And I was too close to her and too far from you
We shared a glass of wine and a dance or two
And I held her close to me wishing she was you
That's how things happen that's how things begin
A heart gets too lonesome and looks for a friend
I didn't mean to cheat or be untrue
But I was too close to her and too far from you
Day after day went by with no letter from you
And you didn't telephone like you said that you would do
And darling I felt so hurt when you let me down
So lonely and tired of just hangin' around
And that's how things happen...
(Too far from you)
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8.
MANSION ON THE HILL
(Hank Williams - Fred Rose)
« © '48 Milene Music, ASCAP / Intersong USA, ASCAP »
Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted the story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
[ piano ]
I've waited all through the years love to give you a heart true and real
Cause I know you're living in sorrow in your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window the trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
(In your loveless mansion on the hill)
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9.
HEADIN' DOWN THE WRONG HIGHWAY
(Ted Daffan)
« © '51 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Too many sweethearts and none of them true too many things that I shouldn't do
Made lots of money all spent the wrong way heading down the wrong highway
Made lots of friends and now they're all gone too many mem'ries that still linger on
Too many drinks whole night and day heading down the wrong highway
[ piano ]
Too many heartaches and too many tears crowded too much in just a few years
Want to go right but I've lost my way heading down the wrong highway
Lost everything lost all my friends God only knows how this all will ends
Drinking and gambling each night and day heading down the wrong highway
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10.
LITTLE BIT LONESOME
(Cindy Walker)
« © '63 Bathurst Music, BMI »
A little bit lonesome a little bit blue all by my ownsome thinkin' of you
Wondering how come you do me this way
What have I done what did I do what did I say
I don't go nowhere afraid you might call just stay in my chair like a little rag dove
A little bit lonesome (lonesome) a little bit blue (so blue)
Oh baby come home your daddy's so low and lonesome for you
[ guitar ]
A little bit lonesome...
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11.
CANDY KISSES
(George Morgan)
« © '48 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Candy kisses wrapped in paper mean more to you than any of mine
Candy kisses wrapped in paper you'd rather have them any old time
You don't mean it when you whisper those sweet love words in my ear
Candy kisses wrapped in paper mean more to you than mine do dear
[ piano + guitar ]
I build a castle out of dreams dear I thought that you were building one too
Now my castles all have fallen and I am left alone and blue
Once my heart was filled with gladness now there's sadness only tears
Candy kisses wrapped in paper mean more to you than mine do dear
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12.
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
(Leon Payne)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I love you because you understand dear every single thing I try to do
You're always there to lend a helping hand dear
I love you most of all because you're you
No matter what the world may say about me
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for the way you never doubt me but most of all I love you cause you're you
[ piano ]
No matter what may be the style or season I know your heart will always be true
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons but most of all I love you cause you're you
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