BABY YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES
(Capitol ST-808)
July/1971
Produced by George Richey
1.
BABY YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES
(Clyde Otis - Brook Benton - Murray Stein)
« © '62 Clyde Otis Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Well now it takes more than a robin to make the winter go
I know it takes two lips of fire to melt away the snow
Well it takes two hearts a cooking to make a fire grow
And baby you've got what it takes
Yeah you know it takes a lot of kisses to make a romance sweet
Uh it takes a lot of lovin' honey to make my life complete
I done told you it takes a lot of woman to knock me off my feet
But baby you've got what it takes
Well I said uh huh and I said uh huh
You know you've got just what it takes
It takes more than an effort to make me stay away from you
And it takes more than one lifetime to prove that I'll be true
But it takes somebody special honey to make me say I do
And baby you've got what it takes
Come on baby I said uh huh yeah uh huh
You know you've got just what it takes
Well it takes more than an effort to make me stay away from you
And it takes more than a lifetime honey to prove that I'll be true
And it takes somebody awful special to make me say I do
Baby you've got what it takes
And baby you've got what it takes
And baby you've got what it takes
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2.
WE SURE CAN LOVE EACH OTHER
(Billy Sherrill - Tammy Wynette)
« © '71 Algee Music, BMI / Songs Of Universal, BMI »
We sure can love each other when we try
Just like in all those love songs when we try
And some nights I love you so much contend to be beside you
And when I finally close my eyes the sun is high
But we sure can hurt each other when we try
We know all the ways to make each other cry
But when we forget compassion and to forgive is too old fashioned
We've let everything worth having pass us by
But we sure can love each other when we try
And I know we'll need each other till we die
And we'll grow old together you and I
Cause we sure can love each other when we try
Yes we sure can love each other when we try
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3.
DON'T BELIEVE ME
(Lorene Allen - Jay Breese - Jerry Wooten)
« © '68 Cooper Basin Publishers, BMI »
I thought I'd call to see how you been doing
I don't hear much about you anymore
Don't know what made you cross my mind because I caressed all the time
I don't miss you the way I did before
It's funny this is when you chosed to call me
Because today I was thinking about you yes I was honey
The way you think about a friend you know just wonderin' where you've been
I don't miss you the way I did before
Don't believe me I'm lying it's not true what I say
I've tried to forget you but I can't find the way
Don't believe me I'm lying I can't take anymore
To be honest I love you just as much as before
[ fiddle ]
Don't believe me I'm lying...
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4.
LET ME PUT IT ANOTHER WAY
(Helen Cornelius)
« © '71 Bannock Music, BMI »
Let me put it another way there's no use to talk around it
We'd better go our seperate ways the love that's died can't live again
We denied it much too long now we tried to spare each other's heart
Now I'm wondering if you're wondering if it's best that we should part
Let me put it another way...
There's no use to hide our feelings they have a way of showin' through
How our world has helped together by some lines all faded blue
Let me put it another way...
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5.
WHEN I STOP DREAMING
(Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin)
« © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
The worst I've ever been hurt in my life
The first time I've ever wanted to die
Was the night when you told me you loved someone else
And asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop wanting you
You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
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6.
DID YOU EVER
(Bobby Braddock)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Did you ever not so much that you could notice
Could you estimate how many eight or nine
Will you do it anymore as soon as you walk out the door
I just wondered did you ever all the time
Could I fix you one small no thanks I just had one
Then how about a nice big that would be just fine
Is there any special way oh no whatever you say
I just wondered have you ever all the time
Does he look like no he's taller and more handsome
Is he as old oh no he's young and in his prime
Does your mother know I'll bet oh no I haven't told her yet
I just wondered do you ever all the time
Just for old times sake no that would be much harder
Then how about well are you sure that you don't mind
Hey I know just the thing for us no I'm afraid I'll miss my bus
I just wondered did you ever all the time
I just wondered did you ever all the time
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7.
ONE BY ONE
(Johnny Wright - Jack Anglin - Jim Anglin)
« © '53 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
My plans and hopes have tumbled down
My castle of dreams plunged to the ground
How can you face me after what you've done
You've shattered my dreams one by one
One by one you broke each vow you made
It was you who lied it was me who paid
As sure as there's a heaven beyond the sun
We'll pay for our lies one by one
How can you go to sleep at night
Don't know mem'ries make you long for daylight
You'll pay the price after having your fun
You'll regret each mistake one by one
One by one you broke each vow you made...
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8.
NEW DREAMS AND SUNSHINE
(Curly Putman)
« © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Don't it seem to rain a lot in our lives
A dark cloud always seems to hide our blue skies
Yet this Texas sun has burned its way right through my brain
Now my job is done and hard times follow just like rain
California seems to be the place to go
Dreams out there come true they say it's time to go
But our California dreams turned out to be just lies
Don't it seem to rain a lot in our lives
But somewhere we'll find new dreams and sunshine
Green fields and blue skies where blue birds fly
Where the only rain is a summer shower to cool the night
Yes somewhere there's new dreams and sunshine
Last night I went to Tennessee in new dreams
Where cotton jumped into your sack and money grew from trees
But when I awoke and found I had dream and almost cried
Don't it seem to rain a lot in our lives
But somewhere we'll find new dreams and sunshine...
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9.
AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE
(L.E. White)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Love is where you find it when you find no love at home
And there's nothing cold as ashes after the fire is gone
The bottle is almost empty the clock just now struck ten
Darling I had to call you to our foreout place again
We know it's wrong for us to meet but the fire's gone out at home
And there's nothing cold as ashes after the fire is gone
Love is where you find it...
[ steel ]
Your lips are warm and tender your arms hold me just right
Sweet words of love you remember that the one at home forgot
Each time we say it's the last time but we keep hanging on
And there's nothing cold as ashes after the fire is gone
Love is where you find it...
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10.
TAKE UP WHERE GOODBYE BEGAN
(Dick Burt - Patti Johnson)
« © '71 Terri Music, ASCAP »
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