lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

RATED X

(Loretta Lynn) « © '71 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Well if you've been a married woman and things didn't seem to work out
Divorce is the key to bein' loose and free so you're gonna be talked about
Everybody knows that you've loved once so they think you'll love again
You can't have a male friend when you're a has been of a woman you're rated X

And if you're rated X you're some kind of goal every man might try to make
But I think it's wrong to judge every picture if a cheap camera makes a mistake
And when your best friend's husband says to you you've sure started lookin' good
You should've known he would and he would if he could and he will if you're rated X
[ steel ] Well nobody knows where you're goin' but they sure know where you've been
All their thinkin' of is your experience of love their minds eat up with sin
The women all look at you like you're bad and the men all hope you are
But if you go too far you're gonna wear the scar of a woman rated X

And if you're rated X you're some kind of goal...
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2.

TILL THE PAIN OUTWEARS THE SHAME

(Wiley J. Smith) « © '73 Coal Miners Music, BMI »
It's not a knowledge everybody knows I love you
We're cheatin' though we wear another's name
Every night I swear tomorrow I'll forget you Lord I can't
So I'll keep hurtin' till the pain outwears the shame

So I'll be back in your arms again tomorrow
We've led us part a stolen love become a burning flame
Well I'm begging you to go but when you do I know
I'll be hurtin' till the pain outwears the shame
[ steel ] Tonight I love you for the last time then I'll say goodbye
But down inside I know it's all in vain
Before I'll leave the hurt's already starting I can't go
I think it's over till the pain outwears the shame

So I'll be back in your arms...
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3.

RUBY MADGE AND MABLE

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens) « © '73 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Sometimes true love has to choose to do what it don't want to do
And sometimes patience has to give up a hangin' on
But darling I'll be far away and you'll be wishing I had stayed
After Ruby Madge And Mable send you home

After Ruby settled down and Madge moved back to her hometown
After Mable says you're fool leave me alone
You'll find out how much it hurts and just how much a dream is worth
After Ruby Madge And Mable send you home
[ piano ] You'll find out what lonely mean but you won't find the broken chain
That once bound our love together proud and strong
You start talkin' to the walls and count every tear that falls
After Ruby Madge And Mable send you home

After Ruby settled down...
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4.

LEGEND IN MY MIND

(Paul Richey - Teresa Beaty) « © '73 Careers Music, BMI / ATV Songs, BMI »
You're a mem'ry of love I've been unable to leave behind
All for the hurt that don't ease up the way I hope it would givin' time
It slowly been so long I'm not suprised to find
That you're a legend in my mind

You're a picture of yesterday and the shadow that hides the sun
Lonely words that still echo when the echo should be gone
You're the livin' part of me the only part it leaves behind
And you're a legend in my mind

If I had the way to close every doors
That you ever open wide and I walk through with you
I could fuss the world on the back and carry away and never come back to you
I wish that I could close my eyes and see you gone I'm not blind I'm not blind
And you're a legend in my mind

I wish that I could close my eyes and see you gone...
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5.

AIN'T IT FUNNY

(Tracey Lee) « © '72 Coal Miners Music, BMI »
The sun comes up and brings the dawn turn to day
The kids run out to play the game like kids all play
To child the world is milk and honey a dime is a lot a can be money
Oh ain't it funny now ain't it funny

Running barefoot through the fields in the rain
Chasin' pretty butterflies in the lane
The world's a mess and they wonder why oh what a pretty blue blue sky
Gee ain't it funny now ain't it funny

The kids all say grown ups are strange and aren't they
They teach their kids not to do as I do but as I say
They cry for peace and then make wars and wonder what they're fighting for
Oh ain't it funny now ain't it funny
Oh gee ain't it funny now ain't it funny
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6.

YESTERDAY WILL COME AGAIN TONIGHT

(Glenn Ray - Jeremiah Stone) « © '72 Contention Music, ASCAP »
I make my way through every day just because it's there
I've learned to live without your love but I can't learn not to care
And all that hurt I left for you won't make my wrong turn right
Oh yesterday will come again tonight

Little bits and pieces that once made up our home
Come back to visit with my mind each night when I'm alone
Oh round and round my mem'ries go they're never out of sight
Oh yesterday will come again tonight

Yesterday will come again tonight
Just as soon as I turn out the lights
(Ah think about it baby) My mama said the seed you sow is surely what you'll reap
Every night I find it's harvest time when I lay me down to sleep
[ guitar - piano ] Oh yesterday will come again tonight...
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7.

HANKY PANKY WOMAN

(Jim Owen - Louis Johnson) « © '73 Sawgrass Music, BMI »
You've been treatin' me like dirt now you don't care how I hurt now
But there's one thing you better try and understand
You gonna come home one of these nights find your mama ain't doin' you right
You got a hanky panky woman on your hand

Well I'm tryin' to be good now a doin' everything I should now
But you come home just when you want to mend
Better listen to what I say now cause a gonna come a day now
You'll have a hanky panky woman on your hand

What will you say now what will you do now
You gonna lose your lovin' woman you better listen man
You better stop and realize now ain't tellin' no lies now
You'll have a hanky panky woman on your hand
[ guitar ] Well you know you been doin' me wrong now it ain't a gonna be too long now
And I try to tell you exactly where you stand
You know what you've been doin' you headed straight toward ruin
You got a hanky panky woman on your hand

What will you say now...
You'll have a hanky panky woman on your hand
You'll have a hanky panky woman on your hand
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8.

I'M ALL HE'S GOT (BUT HE'S GOT ALL OF ME)

(Wiley J. Smith) « © '73 Coal Miners Music, BMI »
No he's not a man who brags about his good look wealth or fame
Though his reputations talk about but he don't hide a thing
He lives the way he wants to live and that's how he should be
I'm all he's got but he's got all of me

Yes I'm all he's got but he's got all of me
I'll be contented in his loving arms eternaly
For could he give me more than love how richer could I be
I'm all he's got but he's got all of me
[ steel - piano ] Yes we have a lot in common and that's more than others have
Take you preachin' out for something but there's nothing there to brag
His love is all he has to give but he gives it all to me
I'm all he's got but he's got all of me

Yes I'm all he's got...
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9.

I'M PAYING FOR MY RAISING

(Doris Hutchins - Harold J. Norrid) « © '73 Coal Miners Music, BMI »
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10.

POSSESSIONS

(Martha Baker - Sandy Burnett) « © '73 King Coal Music, ASCAP »
Everybody wants a little somethin'
That he can keep and call his very own
But it takes more than that it takes devotion
And that's one possession I've been workin' for

I don't like the way that my man parties
And hear him brag about the things we've got
I'm gettin' tired of hearin' him a boastin'
And actin' like we're somethin' that we're not

So take me home success don't mean a thing to me
As for love we had much more when we were poor
And it's so sad to see how money's changed him
He don't need me he loves possessions more
[ steel ] So take me home success don't mean a thing to me...
No he don't need me he loves possessions more
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11.

I NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD ME (WHEN I CRY)

(Raymond A. Smith) « © '73 Hello Darlin Music, BMI »
He packed all his few belongings left a note and now he's gone
It's hard for me to know he's left me here so all alone
As soon as he's gone far enough and I know he's out of sight
Oh I'll go all to pieces and I'll cry

Yes I need someone to hold me when I cry
Someone who really understands the way I feel inside
When my heart breaks the tears won't stop no matter how I try
And I need someone to hold me when I cry

I don't know why he left me or what his leavin's for
I guess he didn't need me or love me anymore
He drove me into a world as dark and cold as ice
With no one here to hold me when I cry

Yes I need someone to hold me....
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