CHAIN DON'T TAKE TO ME
(Epic E-30923)
November/1971
Produced by Glenn Sutton
Recorded:
Feb 23/1968, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (6)
March 4/1969, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (11)
Dec 15/1970, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (4)
Apr 27/1971, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (5,7)
June 11/1971, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (2,3,8,9)
Aug 18/1971, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (1,10)
1.
CHAIN DON'T TAKE TO ME
(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '71 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
I believe in spendin' love I don't think it's meant for savin'
But if I do unbuckle my shoe it don't mean that I'll be stayin'
Fore we watch the sun go down there's somethin' you oughta be knowin'
The one think I don't like to hear twice is the same old rooster crowin'
Cause mama said that travelin' was the nickname of my daddy
She told me we was on the move the very day she had me
Yes I was born to wander and I got to be free
Lord I don't take to a ball and chain and a chain don't take to me
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
You're just wastin' time with nursery rhymes and sweetheart saying's
A ramblin' soul is stronger than philosophical persuasions
I want you to remember me and be glad that you met me
But first of all remember to be ready to forget me
Cause mama said that travelin'...
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
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2.
GEISHA GIRL
(Lawton Williams)
« © '57 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand
Well you've met her in a teahouse on the Island of Japan
And have you ever traveled over many thousand miles
To see a pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style
They've read it in the Tealeaves and it's written in the sand
I found love by the heartful in a foreign distant land
Tell the homefolks that I'm happy with someone who's true I know
I love a pretty Geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow
I've stood and watched the sunrise by the waters of the sea
And wondered how much beauty in this whole world can there be
My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life worth while
To see a pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style
They've read it in the Tealeaves...
I love a pretty Geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow
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3.
FILIPINO BABY
(Billy Cox - Clarke VanNess)
« © '40 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
When the warship left Manila sailing proudly o'er the sea
All the sailors hearts were filled with fond regret
Looking backward to this Island where they spent such happy hours
Making love to every pretty girl they've met
Well up stopped a little sailor with his pride eyes all aglow
Sayin' take a look at my girl's photograph
Then the sailors gathered round him just to look upon her face
And then he said I love my Filipino baby
She's my Filipino baby she's my trasure and my pet
Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
Her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know
She's my little Filipino baby
[ guitar - fiddle ]
In a little rustic cottage in the port of Filipines
Dwells a little lonely maiden all alone
She's thinking of her true love though he's far across the sea
Her heart beats true for him and him alone
Then one day he whispered darling I've come back from Caroline
I've come back to claim the one that I love
And that night there was a wedding while the ships crew gathered round
And he wed his little Filipino baby
She's my Filipino baby she's my trasure and my pet...
She's my little Filipino baby
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4.
ONE HUNDRED SONGS ON THE JUKEBOX
(Glenn Sutton - Hugh X. Lewis)
« © '71 Al Gallico Music, BMI / Peer Music, BMI »
My ears just can't believe the things I'm hearing
We've met tonight to go our seperate ways
In my eyes tears will soon be appearing
Cause I never thought I'd live to see this day
We had meet to have a drink and talk it over
And I need time to think of what to say
Cause there's one hundred songs on the jukebox
And I'll play them all if you'll just stay
There are sad songs and happy songs with selections should I make
Ten dollars isn't very much when my whole world's at stake
I know how much you always did love music
So darling please tell me what to play
Cause there's one hundred songs on the jukebox
And I'll play them all if you'll just stay
When I called you I knew that you were busy
And it was nice of you to go out of your way
But I had a few just enough to make me dizzy
So please understand I'm not myself today
I can change my mind if you will only listen
And time is all that's standing in my way
Cause there's one hundred songs on the jukebox
And I'll play them all if you'll just stay
And I'll play them all if you'll just stay
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5.
DON'T LET LOVE PASS YOU BY
(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '71 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Don't waste your time by chasing a rainbow rainbows follow the rain
Life is a carousel and love is your ticket so grab for the golden ring
Love is a chance that you take to be happy so take love by the hand
Walk through the world full of flowers and sunshine try it while you can
Every thing living is hard hard reason and love is the reason why
Life has smiled on you and me so don't let love pass you by
[ guitar ]
Look at the world at the rose colored glasses life is a merry-go-round
Love is a climb a there's no way to reach it we'd both be on the ground
Take the first step and climb the ladder don't let doubt make you stop
Never look down or you'll think about fallin' and you won't reach the top
Love is a game made of taking and giving so take the chance and try
Now's the time for you and me so don't let love pass you by
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6.
AIN'T GOT TIME TO BE UNHAPPY
(Glenn Sutton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
The rich man's eatin' with a golden spoon
The poor man's worried bout a gettin' to the moon
They say World War III is a comin' any day
But me I couldn't careless either way
I ain't got time to be unhappy I ain't got time to be unhappy
Lovin' you makes me wanna slap my puppy
And I ain't got time to be unhappy
[ guitar ]
The world keeps changing everyday
The things in the heart stay the same old way
Rockets to the Moon and filter cigarettes
Ain't had no bet though my life as yet
I ain't got time to be unhappy...
[ harmonica ]
So take my advice if you ever get blue
Find a little girl that just digs you
Live on love let the war out be
Then you can sing my little song with me
I ain't got time to be unhappy...
(Come on now)
I ain't got time to be unhappy...
Oh I ain't got time to be unhappy...
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7.
I GOT A WOMAN
(Ray Charles)
« © '56 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I got a woman way across town she's good to me oh yeah
I got a woman way across town good to me oh yeah
Say I got a woman way across town she's good to me oh yeah
Well she's my baby don't you understand yes and I'm her lovin' man
I got a woman way across town good to me oh yeah
She saves her lovin' huggin' and kissin' yes she does
She saves her lovin' huggin' and kissin' just for me oh yeah
She's my baby don't you understand yes and I'm her lovin' man
I got a woman way across town good to me oh yeah
[ guitar ]
She said she love me day and night
Never grumbles and fusses just treats me right
Never runnin' in the streets leave me alone
She knows the woman place right down there in our home
I got a woman way across town good to me you know she is
Well I got a woman way across town she's good to me oh yeah
I got a woman you know I have yes I have
I got a woman way over town good to me yeah yeah yeah
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8.
FRAULEIN
(Lawton Williams)
« © '56 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Far across the deep blue waters lives an old German's daughter
By the banks of the old River Rhine
There I loved her and left her but I can't forget her
Cause I miss my pretty Fraulein
Fraulein Fraulein look up toward the heavens
Each night when the stars seem to shine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
You are my pretty Fraulein
[ fiddle - steel ]
When the memories wander away over yonder
To the sweetheart that I left behind
In a moment of glory a face comes before me
The face of my pretty Fraulein
Fraulein Fraulein walk down by the river
Pretend that your hand's holding mine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
And I always will my pretty Fraulein
And I always will my pretty Fraulein
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9.
MEXICAN JOE
(Mitchell Torok)
« © '53 Unichappell Music, BMI / Elvis Presley Music, BMI »
South of the border hey I know a lad
He's got more fun than anybody's had
Don't got no worry don't got no dough
Everybody's a wondering about Mexican Joe
In old Mexico they call him the Rhumba King
Leads all the women around on a string
When they go out they get a million thrills
But the lovely senoritas wind up with the bills
Dancin' romancin' always on the go
Sun shining down on Mexican Joe
He makes all the night spots all along the bay
People want to see him when he comes their way
He spreads so much joy everywhere he goes
Everybody shouts Viva la Mexican Joe
He likes to gamble and at poker he's an ace
He's always lucky with the card that's got a face
At winnin' the money he is sure a whiz
But when they win they don't collect cause they don't know where he is
Dancin' romancin' always on the go...
He don't got no income tax cause he don't got no dough
Still he gets along just fine how we'll never know
He's got everything he wants a girl a drink a song
If we use his formula we surely can't go wrong
His favorite playground is anywhere there's girls
He's got that something that sets their hearts a whirl
It couldn't be his money cause he ain't got a peso
When he wants a kiss all he's got to do is say so
Dancin' romancin' always on the go...
Dancin' romancin' always on the go...
Dancin' romancin' always on the go...
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10.
GOOD THINGS STEM FROM ROCK AND ROLL
(Dennis Linde)
« © '71 Combine Music, BMI »
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11.
THERE'S A BIG WHEEL
(Don Gibson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel
He's a whole lot bigger than you
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel
He's a whole lot bigger than you
When you think you've got the world by the tail
And you don't have to worry bout fame
When you think the world can never hold you down
Do you ever think of his name
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel...
Do you do ever stop to think how you got all of that worldly fame
Don't you know he's a watchin' over you anytime he can blood out your name
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel...
[ guitar - steel ]
If you think that you're a big big shot and everything you do is a whiz
Just remember brother everything that you've got is not yours remember it's his
Oh there's a big wheel there's a big wheel...
Come on now
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel...
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