lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL

(Johnny Mullins) « © '64 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
You left me for the bright lights of the town
A country boy set out to see the world
Remember when those city lights shine down
That big ole moon shines on your Kentucky girl

I swear I love you by the moon above you
How bright is it shinin' in your world
Some morning when you wake up all alone
Just come on home to your blue Kentucky girl
[ banjo ] Don't wait to bring great riches home to me
I need no diamond rings or fancy pearls
Just bring yourself you're all I'll ever need
That's good enough for this blue Kentucky girl

I swear I love you by stars above you...
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2.

THEN AND ONLY THEN

(Bill Anderson) « © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
In your haste you left and said you'd be returnin'
In my sorrow I forgot to ask you when
In my lonely room I sit and count the hours
Ev'ry minute hopin' I'll look up and you'll come walkin' in

For then and only then will I stop cryin'
And this achin' breakin' heart of mine will mend
Not until I feel your arms around me
Will I be happy and I'll live for then and only then
[ steel ] All that's left inside my heart is just your echo
And the tiny thread of hope to which I cling
But if I keep holdin' on maybe some day
You'll remember where you left me and come back for me again

For then and only then then will I stop cryin'...
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3.

I STILL MISS SOMEONE

(Johnny Cash - Ray Cash Jr) « © '58 House Of Cash, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
At my door the leaves are fallin' a cold wild wind will come
Sweethearts walk by together and I still miss someone

I never got over those blue eyes I see them ev'rywehere
I miss those arms that held me when all the love was there

I wonder if he's sorry for leavin' what we'd begun
There's someone for me somewhere and I still miss someone
There's someone for me somewhere and I still miss someone
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4.

NIGHT GIRL

(Loretta Lynn - Teddy Wilburn) « © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
You say you'd like to be with me tonight
Someplace where we can hide from your world
But if you're ashamed to show me off in daylight
Then I can't see why I should be your night girl

I guess you think I'll be your poor girl prize
Who'll never fit into your social world
But if you're too good for me in your own eyes
Then I can't see why I should be your night girl

You were borned into a wealthy family
I was borned into a world of poverty
So if you're too proud to have me in your world
Then I can't see why I should be your night girl
[ piano - guitar ] You were borned into a wealthy family...
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5.

LOVE'S BEEN HERE AND GONE

(Loretta Lynn - Teddy Wilburn) « © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Love's been here and gone
But the mem'ry keeps holdin' on
Now I know how life is if I can live through this
Love's been here and gone

When there's love your heart is strong
But it weakens when love goes wrong
Now I've known that power felt the parting hour
Love's been here and gone

I've loved once but never again
A closed heart just won't let love in
Open only to you oh what can I do
Love's been here and gone
[ piano ] I've loved once but never again...
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6.

FARTHER TO GO

(Loretta Lynn) « © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I've been up to the top of heartbreak mountain
I've been down in the valley of the blues
I've been down the road of loneliness and back again
And I've got farther to go than I've been

I've been down in the dust of broken mem'ries
I've been up on the clouds of happiness
I've seen many a glass held high in the house of sin
And I've got farther to go than I've been

I've got farther to go I've got things to forget
I've got things I remember about you

I've been up when you told me that you love me
I went down when you told me we were through
Cried until my eyes would dry then I cried again
And I've got farther to go than I've been
Yes I've got farther to go than I've been
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7.

RACE IS ON

(Don Rollins) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI / Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
Well I feel tears wellin' up goin' deep inside like my heart's sprung a big break
And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful that I may never shake
Now you might say that I was takin' it hard since he wrote me off with a call
Now don't you wager that I'll hide my sorrow when I may break right down and bawl

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are goin' to the inside
My tears are holdin' back they're tryin' not to fall
My heart's out of the runnin' true love scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches and the winner loses all
[ guitar - steel ] One day I ventured in love never once suspectin' what the final result would be
How I lived in fear of wakin' up each mornin' and findin' that you're gone from me
There's achin' pain in my heart for today was the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win him and I came out in second place

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch...
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8.

I WON'T FORGET YOU

(Harlan Howard) « © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I know that I won't forget you
For I've loved you too much for too long
Though you don't want me now I'll still love you
Till the breath in my body is gone

That's how it is with me and you'll always be
The only love I ever knew
I'll forget many things in my lifetime
But darlin' I won't forget you
[ guitar ] That's how it is with me and you'll always be...
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9.

TWO STEPS FORWARD

(Loretta Lynn) « © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Well here you come and I know what I'm gonna say
My mind's made up and I'm a leavin' you today
Well I'm tired of askin' you where you've been
Tired of all this mis'ry I'm in
Two steps forward and six steps back again

Well my clothes are packed and I'm a headin' for the door
Don't look for me back cause I won't be back no more
Well I may think of you now and then
But don't hold your breath cause I don't know when
Two steps forward and six steps back again

Two steps forward and six steps back you'd think I didn't wanna go
These tears in my eyes they're not for real I'm just puttin' on a show
I'm leavin' this time and that's for certain
Not much I ain't a cryin' not much I ain't a hurtin'
Two steps forward and six steps back again
[ guitar - steel ] Two steps forward and six steps back...
Yeah two steps forward and six steps back again
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10.

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

(Hank Locklin) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Send me the pillow that you dream on
Don'tcha know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin' I can dream on it too

Each night while I'm sleepin' oh so lonely
I share your love in dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin' I can dream on it too
[ guitar ] I've waited so long for you to write me
But just a mem'ry's all that's left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin' I can dream on it too
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11.

BEGINNING OF THE END

(Betty Sue Perry) « © '64 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
(I know we've reached the beginning of the end)

I know your love is growing cold
For your kiss is barely warm
It's like the quiet before the night
It's like the calm before the storm
When we're kissing something's missing
And things aren't like they've been
I know we've reached the beginning of the end

The beginning of the end for you and me
I love you but I've lost you I can see
I don't know who I've lost you to
I don't know where or why or when
I know we've reached the beginning of the end
I know we've reached the beginning of the end
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12.

TODAY

(Hank Thompson) « © '47 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Today I'm like a leaf in autumn
Never again to know the spring
Today my heart is at rock bottom
Sorrow nothin' else could bring

For the words you told me just today
You said I'm only in your way
You left me and what could I say
For my world ended today
[ steel ] Oh the words you told me just today
You said I'm only in your way
I'm lost I'll never find my way
For my world ended today
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