AND THEN I WROTE
(Liberty LST-7239)
September 9/1962
Produced by Joe Allison
Recorded:
Aug 22/1961, Nashville (1,6)
Sept 12/1961, Nashville (7-12)
June 14/1962, Nashville (2,3,4,5)
1.
TOUCH ME
(Willie Nelson)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Touch me touch the hand of a man who once owned all the world
Touch me touch the arms that once held all the charms of the world's sweetest girl
Touch me maybe someday you may need to know how it feels when you lose
So touch me and you'll know how you'd feel with the blues
Watch me watch the eyes that have seen all the heartbreak and pain in the land
And be thankful that you're happy though standing so close to the world's bluest man
Don't forget me take a good look at someone who's lost everything he can lose
Then touch me and you'll know how you'd feel with the blues
[ guitar ]
Don't forget me...
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2.
WAKE ME WHEN IT'S OVER
(Willie Nelson)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Gettin' tired now gotta get some sleep now guess I've been worried much too long
And don't wake me till it's over when the need for you is gone
I was so happy before I loved you I'm gonna be like I was before
And don't wake me till it's over when I don't want you anymore
My mind is gettin' weak now gotta get some sleep now I gotta rest my achin' head
I just wanna lay here just let me stay here till the blues get up and leave my bed
Good night darling good night darling good night forevermore
And don't wake me till it's over when I won't want you anymore
My mind is gettin' weak now...
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3.
HELLO WALLS
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Hello walls (hello hello) how things go for you today
Don't you miss her since she upped and walked away
And I'll bet you dread to spend another lonely night with me
But lonely walls I'll keep you company
Hello window well (hello hello) I see that you're still here
Aren't you lonely since our darling disappeared
Well look here is that a teardrop in the corner of your pane
Now don't you try to tell me that it's rain
She went away and left us all alone the way she planned
Yes we'll have to learn to get along without her if we can
Hello ceiling (hello hello) I'm gonna stare at you a while
You know I can't sleep so won't you bear with me awhile
We gotta all stick together or else I'll lose my mind
I've got a feeling she'll be gone a long long time (hello hello)
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4.
FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well hello there my it's been a long long time
How am I doin' oh I guess that I'm doin' fine
It's been so long now but it seems now it was only yesterday
Gee ain't it funny how time slips away
How's your new love I hope that he's doin' fine
I heard you told him that you'd love him till the end of time
Now that's the same thing that you told me seems like just the other day
Gee ain't it funny how time slips away
I gotta go now I guess I'll see you around
Don't know when though never know when I'll be back in town
But remember what I tell you in time you're gonna pay
And it's surprising how time slips away
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5.
CRAZY
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm crazy crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy crazy for feeling so blue
I knew that you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then some day you'd leave me for somebody new
Worry why do I let myself worry wondering what in the world did I do
I'm crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying and I'm crazy for loving you
I'm crazy for thinking...
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6.
PART WHERE I CRY
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Life is a picture and I play the lead but my biggest line was goodbye
Now my leading lady has walked out on me and this is the part where I cried
I was great in the scene where she found someone new
You should have seen my look of surprise
And if you'll have just walk into the picture this is the part where I cry
And after the picture is over and it's judged for the part where you lied
The award of the chiefment that's given will be mine for the part where I cried
I was great in the scene...
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7.
MR. RECORD MAN
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Mr Record Man I'm looking for a song I heard today
There was someone blue singing not someone who went away
Just like me his heart was yearning for a love that used to be
It's a lonely song about a lonely man like me
There was something bout a love that didn't treat him right
And he'd wake from troubled sleep and cry her name at night
Mr Record Man get this record for me won't you please
It's a lonely song about a lonely man like me
[ piano ]
I was driving down the highway with the radio turned on
And a man that I heard singing sound so blue and all alone
As I listen to his lonely song I wonder could it be
Could there somewhere be another lonely man like me
There was something bout a love...
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8.
THREE DAYS
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Three days I dread to see arrive three days I hate to be alive
Three days filled with tears and sorrow yesterday today and tomorrow
There are three days I know that I'll be blue
Three days that I'll always dream of you
And it does no good to wish these days would end
Cause the same three days start over again
Three days that I dread be alive three days that I hate to see arrive
Three days filled with tears and sorrow yesterday today and tomorrow
[ guitar ]
There are three days...
Three days that I dread to see arrive...
Three days three days
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9.
ONE STEP BEYOND
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm just one step before losing you and I'm just one step ahead of the blues
But I know that there's been pain and misery
Long before this old world ever heard of me
It will hurt so much to see you go
But we'll just add one more heartache to the score
And though I still love you as before I'm just one step beyond caring anymore
Yes bet that you're surprised that I could feel this way
After staying home and waiting night and day
For someone who cared so much for me
You'd come home just long enough to laugh at me
I don't know just when my feelings changed I just know I could never feel the same
And though I still love you as before I'm just one step beyond caring anymore
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10.
UNDO THE RIGHT
(Hank Cochran - Willie Nelson)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
If you can't say you love me say you hate me
And that you regret each time you held me tight
If you can't be mine forever then forsake me
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right
It was right when you loved me only
But wrong when you held another tight
So before you go away and leave me lonely
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right
It's too late to say your heart is filled with sorrow
You can't undo what's done why do you try
So please help me to face the new tomorrows
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right
[ guitar ]
It's too late to say your heart...
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11.
DARKNESS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The morning that you left me was just another day
How could I see the sorrow that had found me
Then you left and told me that I was in your way
And I turned and ran as heaven fell around me
I stumbled through the darkness my footsteps were unsure
I live within a world that had no sunshine
When you left me darling my world came to an end
And there was darkness on the face of the earth
The stars fell out of heaven and the moon could not be found
The sun was in a million pieces scattered all around
Why did you ever leave me you knew how it would hurt
And now there's darkness on the face of the earth
[ guitar ]
The stars fell out of heaven...
And now there's darkness on the face of the earth
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12.
WHERE MY HOUSE LIVES
(Willie Nelson)
« © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Stop here across the street to your right
That's where my house lives sometimes I stayed there at night
But mostly I was on the move business first you know
And she'd wait there in her lonely room but oh that's been so long ago
She's gone now she couldn't stand to be alone
And now it waits there this house that used to be my home
I never go there cause it holds too many memories since she's gone
But right there is where my house lives all alone
[ guitar ]
She's gone now...
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