WILL YOU VISIT ME ON SUNDAYS
(Capitol ST-2958)
August/1968
Produced by Kelso Herston
1.
WILL YOU VISIT ME ON SUNDAYS
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Just outside these prison bars the hanging tree is waiting
At sunrise I'll meet darkness and death will say hello
Darling touch your lips to mine and tell me that you love me
Promise me again before you go
Will you visit me on Sundays will you bring me pretty flowers
Will your big blue eyes be misty will you brush away a tear
A grave is filled with silence but if a sleeping man could hear
Darling would I hear your footsteps up there
[ piano ]
Promise me that time won't seperate me from your mem'ry
That you'll remember me until the days of silver hair
If not for you I know I'd lose my mind before the morning
Hold me close and tell me that you care
Will you visit me on Sundays...
Will you visit me on Sundays will you bring me pretty flowers
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2.
WHICH-A-WAY
(Luke McDaniels)
« © '68 Barmour Music, BMI »
I'm standing by the street lights of the city wondering which way I should go
You're to my right she's to my left and I'm like a smoke ring that blows
Which a way which a way which a way do I go
I know if I should turn to my right hand I'll break a heart and a home
But if I should turn to my left hand I'll break nobody's heart but my own
Which a way which a way which a way do I go
[ guitar ]
My life is like the streets of the city dark deserted and alone
My heart can't reach that decision and I'm caught between right and wrong
Which a way which a way which a way do I go
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3.
HONEY
(Bobby Russell)
« © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
See the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long it wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad the first day that she planted it was just a twig
Then the first snow came and she ran out to brush the snow away so it wouldn't die
Came running in all excited slipped and almost hurt herself and I laughed till I cried
She was always young at heart kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago
It would sure embarrass her when I came in from working late cause I would know
That she'd been sitting there and crying over some sad and silly late late show
And honey I miss you and I'm being good and I'd love to be with you if only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad so afraid that I'd be mad but what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me and hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly caught her crying needlessly in the middle of the day
It was in the early spring when flowers bloom and robbins sing she went away
And honey I miss you and I'm being good and I'd love to be with you if only I could
One day when I was not at home while she was there and all alone the angels came
Now all I have is memories of honey and I wake up nights and call her name
Now my life's an empty stage where honey lived and honey played and love grew up
And a small cloud passes overhead and cries down on the flower bed that honey loved
See the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long it wasn't big
And I laughed at her and she got mad the first day that she planted it was just a twig
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4.
STILL LOVING YOU
(Charlie Louvin)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I catch myself still loving you
I walk down these streets every night about this time
Cause you're in my heart and on my mind
I can't face the fact that we are through
I catch myself still loving you
I catch myself a crying as I walk along
Memories are my company since you've been gone
Someone else now holds you like I used to do
I catch myself still loving you
[ steel ]
I catch myself a crying...
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5.
SAY IT'S NOT YOU
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
Darling there's a talk around town bout a girl who spreads love around
With soft lips and eyes crystal blue darling say it's not you
They say that she comes in alone and stay till self respect is gone
Then each night she leaves with someone new darling say it's not you
At first what they said didn't hurt me until they mentioned her name
Then slowly the tears overtook me cause her name and yours is the same
Each night till the breaking of dawn I'm praying that you're not the one
Tell me lies but say it's not true darling say it's not you darling say it's not you
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6.
TEAR YOUR MERRY-GO-ROUND
(Lee Emerson)
« © '68 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
I'm gonna tear your merry go round down stop your running around town
You're gonna lose your sneaking shoes I'm gonna tear you merry go round down
Well I ain't gonna be your hobby horse to ride
Walk up and down the midway by your side
We're on the road we cross it and love don't have a chance
You're too busy pitching pennies to think about romance
I'm gonna tear...
[ dobro ]
Well too many sideshows upset our plans
Why I'd have to reap your lawn and even hold your hand
In your little world of make believe love can't be real
And we can't keep on ridin' on this great big ferries wheel
So I'm gonna tear...
I'm gonna tear...
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7.
ONLY WAY OUT (IS TO WALK OVER ME)
(Neal Merritt)
« © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
(The only way out is to walk over me)
So you found someone else and you're going to leave
Did he tell you that I don't love you did you really believe
On the floor by the door I'll be down on my knees
And the only way out is to walk over me
You don't hear you don't feel but I know you can see
Just to prove that I love you I'll crawl at your feet
Just look down at the ground where your footprints will be
For the only way out is to walk over me
You have put me as low as a man oughta go
But I lay down beside what is left of my pride
If you go you will know cause you can't help but see
That the only way out is to walk over me
Yes the only way out is to walk over me
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8.
JUST FOR YOU
(Curly Putman - Larry Butler)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Just for you just for you
That's why I say the things I say and I do the things I do
No one else can make my arms feel like they're wrapped around the world
Yes I live my life just for you
Each day I wake up with a kiss just for you
And I count my many blessings and I thank the Lord for you
And each minute of the day I live a dream that has come true
Yes I live my life just for you
Just for you just for you...
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9.
TEARS WINE AND FLOWERS
(Charlie Louvin)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
A friend of mine called one day to see if I was home
My wife said no not knowing I was on the other phone
And what I heard him tell her tore my world apart
Now this is my story of tears wine and flowers
I cried when I thought I had caught you being cruel
Why'd often tears are only trophies of a fool
Then I'd drank a bit said I'd forget the love we used to share
Wine speaks much louder than my tongue would ever dare
But just in time my feeble mind told me I was wrong
Friends may fish but they can't catch love in a happy home
The love that bloomed for you and me just seems to grow and grow
One is five one is four and we both love them so
Now the sun is shining grey clouds have disappeared
Our love is stronger now than when it first appeared
And wise word meant to live in lonely ivory towers
Now that is my story of tears wine and flowers
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10.
LAST FOXHOLE
(Mel Tillis - Fred Burch)
« © '68 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
(Oh the last foxhole oh the last foxhole) oh Lord let it be the last foxhole
He lived by my side on an Island in the sea a place called Okeinawa and just like me
He was fighting in the army against Japan
Our home was a foxhole made of clay blood and sand
(Oh the last foxhole oh the last foxhole) oh Lord let it be the last foxhole
Soon the war was over we went our seperate ways
He went home to Brooklyn but in the army I chose to stay
Now he often wrote me the letters and told me about his fears
That when his son became a man would he had to live
(In an old last foxhole in an old last foxhole) oh Lord let it be the last foxhole
Then came Korea and they sent my company and that same Brooklyn boy
Right back with me
But I left him there in the grave deep and cold
They just covered him up in his last foxhole
(Oh the last foxhole oh the last foxhole) oh Lord let it be the last foxhole
Well the years went by now here I am in another foxhole in VietNam
And there's a boy from Brooklyn behind a gun
They couldn't send his daddy so they sent his son
(The last foxhole the last foxhole) oh Lord let it the the last foxhole
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11.
SHE FORGOT TO TAKE ME
(Tommy Dee)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I came home the same as before then I noticed the wide opened door
What happened oh where can she be she's gone she forgot to take me
Empty covers the closets are bare not a sound just my falling tears
Did I hurt her oh if I did I'm sorry she's gone she forgot to take me
Is this the right house that I just walked in
Yep there's our picture right where it's always been
I was happy I thought she was too it's so hard to believe we are through
Is someone by her side where I should be she's gone she forgot to take me
She's gone she forgot to take me
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12.
PROOF IS IN THE KISSING
(Larry Lee - Charlie Louvin)
« © '68 Barmour Music, BMI »
Oh that proof is in the kissing in the kissing in the kissing
And lately you ain't proving much to me
You tell me that you'd rather die before you let me go
I guess that's why you're looking pale your lips are turning cold
I thought your love was serious but you were only jesting
Now I see you're not for me the proof is in the kissing
Oh the proof is in the kissing and that just goes to prove
Your lips are getting ready to make another move
I thought you really loved me but that was thinkful wishing
You're almost already gone the proof is in the kissing
Oh the proof is in the kissing in the kissing in the kissing
And lately you ain't proving much to me
[ steel - dobro ]
Oh the proof is in the kissing in the kissing in the kissing
And lately you ain't proving much to me
You used to hold and squeeze my hand and kiss me so sweet
Now your squeezes ain't so lent your kisses aren't complete
Instead of sitting here with you I should've gone out fishing
With your line I could hook a whale the proof is in the kissing
Oh the proof is in the kissing...
And lately you ain't proving much to me
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