lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

IS IT ANY WONDER THAT I LOVE YOU

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '70 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
There's been times when life's been rough
And we just barely had enough
The clothes we wore were far from being new
You never asked for anything
You just held on and shared my dream
So is it any wonder I love you

Is it any wonder that I love you
Is it any wonder that I feel the way I do
When I thought I couldn't win
You gave me strength to try again
So is it any wonder I love you

Now you've got some worry lines
A little old before your time
I'm sorry for the things I put you through
What I am I couldn't be
If you hadn't stayed with me
So is it any wonder I love you

Is it any wonder that I love you...
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2.

GIVE US ONE MORE CHANCE

(Erwin Curtis)
« © '70 Tomake Music, ASCAP »
Put away your suitcase take the keys back for the second car
And I'll unpack my shavin' gear and put my shirts and socks back in the drawer
We won't worry anymore which one takes our little girl or boy
We'll both wipe away their tears and make their little faces shine with joy

Give us one more chance don't you know we'll work it out
Try it one more time that's what love is all about

If you don't take the table I won't take the chairs out of their place
Let's leave the family pictures hangin' where they are above the ole fireplace
We won't waste a minute more on deciding on dividing property
It's much more important that we save what's left of love for you and me

Give us one more chance don't you know we'll work it out...

I know that I've hurt you bad and right now you don't think our love can live
I don't ask you to forget but find it in your heart to just forgive
And if there's any chance at all before we break and go our separate ways
We owe it to ourselves to try and work it out and bring back happy days

Give us one more chance don't you know we'll work it out...
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3.

HONKY TONK MAN

(Johnny Horton - Tillman Franks - Howard Hausey)
« © '56 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl to the music of an ol' jukebox
But when my money's all gone I'm on the telephone
Hollerin' hey hey mama can your daddy come home

It takes a purty little gal and a jug of wine
That's what it takes to make a honky tonk mind
Jukebox a moanin' a honky tonk sound
That's when I wanna lay my money down

Cause I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop...
[ harmonica ] Well I'm livin' fast and dangerously
But I've got plenty of company
When the moon comes up and the sun goes down
That's when I wanna see the lights of town

Cause I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop...
It takes a purty little gal and a jug of wine...
Cause I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop...
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4.

YOU'RE MAKING IT TOO HARD FOR ME TO GO

(Neal Merritt - Shorty Hall)
« © '70 Central Songs, BMI »
Do I see a teardrop starting in your eye
I thought we both agreed we wouldn't cry
When your look tells me you still love me don't you know
You're makin' it so hard for me to go

We said this would be our day to say goodbye
We just can't make it but we gave it a good try
But if we don't love each other anymore
Then why is it so hard for me to go

You're makin' it so hard I thought we'd made up our mind
Is it really over or have we both been blind

Wonder why the baby chose just now to cry
I guess really we both know the reason why
When you both look at me that way I guess you know
You've made it too hard for me to go
You've made it too hard for me to go
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5.

SORRY EXCUSE FOR A MAN

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '70 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Something inside me tells me to go home
But soft lips keep pleading don't leave me alone
She offers me something that I can't refuse
And starts me forgetting how much I could lose

The voice of my conscience gets farther away
Each time she touches my hand
And when it's all through I'll crawl back to you
A sorry excuse for a man

Sorry for hurting you
But sorry won't change what I've done
When temptation calls I'm too weak to stand
A sorry excuse for a man

Morning will find me sorry again
And hating myself for the man that I am
But temptation calls and I'm too weak to stand
A sorry excuse for a man
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6.

YOUR KIND OF MAN

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '70 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
With a heavy heart I write this letter
To let you know exactly where I stand
Things have gotten worse instead of better
And now the situation's out of hand

You brought dishonor to the ring you're wearin'
Be kind enough to take it from your hand
Inside my heart I feel like somethin's tearin'
Cause I know I can't be your kind of man

I never filled a dream Lord that you ever tried to share
I don't think that I ever fit your plans
Cause you always walked on me just like I wasn't there
And I know I can't be your kind of man

Some morning if the sun should catch you cryin'
And there's not a soul around who understands
When you hurt so much your only hope is dyin'
Only then will you be hurting like I am
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7.

WHAT ABOUT THE HURT

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '70 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
The trace of last night's teardrops is still upon her cheeks
A monument of mis'ry where she cried herself to sleep
The stain of last night's good times is still upon your shirt
The shirt will wash her tears will dry but what about the hurt

You can't remove the mark of hurt with anything you say
It leaves a scar inside her heart that words can't wash away

Someday you'll reap the harvest of the bitter seeds you've sown
And mem'ries of those good times won't help you when she's gone
You'll see those stolen moments for ev'rything they're worth
The price you pay for thrills are cheap but what about the hurt
[ fiddle - steel ] You can't remove the mark of hurt with anything you say...
Someday you'll reap the harvest of the bitter seeds you've sown...
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8.

FREEBORN MAN

(Keith Allison - Mark Lindsay)
« © '67 Gigawatt Music, BMI / Git-Tar Keith Music, BMI »
I was born in the south land twenty some odd years ago
I ran away for the first time when I was only four years old
I'm a freeborn man my home is on my back hey hey
I know ever inch of highway
Ever foot of back road ever mile of railroad track

I got a gal in Cincinnati I got a woman in San Antone
I always loved the gal next door but any place is home
I'm a freeborn man my home is on my back yes it is
I know ever inch of highway
Ever foot of back road ever mile of railroad track

I got me a worn out guitar I carry in an ole tow sack
I hocked it bout two hundred times but I always got it back
I'm a freeborn man my home is on my back uh huh
I know ever inch of highway
Ever foot of back road ever mile of railroad track
[ guitar ] Well you may not like my appearance you may not like my song
You may not like the way I talk but you'll like the way I'm gone
I'm a freeborn man my home is on my back uh huh
I know ever inch of highway
Ever foot of back road ever mile of railroad track
I'm a freeborn man I'm a freeborn man
I'm a freeborn man I'm a freeborn man
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9.

TIME TO REMEMBER

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '70 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
One moment lives forever somewhere in my mind
Ol' mem'ries hang suspended by the hands of time
A touch of you still lingers in ev'rything I do
A time to remember a moment for me and you

Gone are those happy times for me and you
But traces of the past remains from things we used to do

Our time for love is over those dreams we knew are through
But I'll always remember a time for me and you
A touch of you still lingers in ev'rything I do
A time to remember a moment for me and you

Gone are those happy times for me and you
But traces of the past remains from things we used to do
A touch of you still lingers in ev'rything I do
A time to remember a moment for me and you
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10.

MOBILE SATISFACTION

(Mack Vickery - Charles Cobbie)
« © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
These Memphis mamas just can't carry this man from Alabam
Been in ever swingin' joint in this southwest Tennessee town
I just pawned my guitar for twenty dollar bill soon as I'm through packin'
I'm gonna trade it for a ticket to take me back to my Mobile satisfaction

Where honeysuckles and magnolias will be smellin' so sweet on the vine
But it ain't what this Alabama boy's been a missin' it's the lovin' of that woman of mine
She's my Mobile satisfaction sixty-three inches of love and action
Mobile satisfaction Mobile satisfaction

I've been a tryin' to sleep but I ain't caught a wink cause the window my head's leanin' on
Is hard as the times I had down in Memphis eatin' krystal's and a writin' my songs
But tonight I got a smile on my mind cause this ole Greyhound's makin' trackins'
My heart pounds louder as I get a little closer to my Mobile satisfaction

Well the air from the brakes just brought me awake and I can see that Mobile depot
And out standin' with herself is the girl I left and I'm a pushin' to get out the door
A flock of butterflies flew over me my ears are poppin' and a crackin'
And that's the way it is when I'm in the arms of my Mobile satisfaction

Where honeysuckles and magnolias will be smellin' so sweet on the vine..

Mobile satisfaction Mobile satisfaction
Mobile satisfaction Mobile satisfaction
Mobile satisfaction Mobile satisfaction
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11.

TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN

(Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I cry
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that cryin' time for me had just begun

Cause today I started loving you again...
Yes today I started loving you again
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