RICK NELSON
COUNTRY FEVER
(Decca DL-74827)
April 12/1967
Produced by Owen Bradley
Recorded 1966 in Nashville
1.
TAKE A CITY BRIDE
(Floyd Gib Gilbeau)
« © '66 Matragun Music, BMI »
Whoa yey yay chertay bebe
Told mama et told papa di joh dit zhay dit par bon
I got a house on stilts a five dollar bill
A settin' on the banks of muddy muddy bayou
Lot better than the streets of crowded cars
Pawn shops friendly neighborhood bars
Ah but your mama and your papa won't let me come a courtin'
They says I can't make a good livin' for their child
Ah but the fish bites good the crawfish are plenty
Gonna make a lot of money when I take a city bride
[ dobro ]
Whoa yey yay...
I got a paint can't run your pappy's got a big dog
Snappin' at my heels get away you mangy hound
Light's still burning and the ladder by the window
Take a chance gonna make another round
Ah but your mama and your papa won't let me come courtin'
Says I can't make a good livin' for their child
Ah but the fish bites good the crawfish are plenty
Gonna make a lot of money when I take a city bride
[ dobro ]
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2.
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 and it seems now that it was only yesterday
Gee it's 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 andit seems like yesterday
Gee it's funny how time slips away
I gotta go now I guess I'll see you around
I don't know when though never know when I'll be back in town
But remember what I tell you that in time you're gonna pay
And it's surprising how time slips away
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3.
BRIDGE WASHED OUT
(Mel Melshee - Jimmy Louis - Sandra Smith - Slim Williamson)
« © '65 Caption Music, BMI / Grand Haven Music, BMI »
The bridge washed out I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
When I awkoke this a morning the rain was a pouring down
I was gonna wed the little river girl just over the bridge across town
Now I'm a runnin' up and down the river and my nerves are drivin' me wild
Because the bridge washed out I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
Rain oh rain stop a fallin' dark clouds hurry from the sky
The preacher and my bride are waitin' and the weddin' bells are startin' to chime
I can't kiss and hold her and it's drivin' me out of my mind
Cause the bridge washed out I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
[ guitar ]
Now I got one foot in the river one foot solid on the ground
I try to swim that ragin' old river but I know if I try I'd drown
There's not a boat around me they walked on out with the tide
Cause the bridge washed out I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
Cause the bridge washed out I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
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4.
ALONE
(Rick Nelson)
« © '65 Matragun Music, BMI »
I've waited for the sunrise but it never came
I can see all the people somehow they're not the same
They're lost in the dreams in the schemes that my eyes couldn't see
The wishing wells the small hotels are what you left me
You said goodbye to me today you left me on my own
Someone's gotta help me find my way I'm standing here alone
I said please stay you laughed and walked away it's all over now
I can't believe it I can't conceive it that you're gone somehow
[ guitar ]
The smiling faces the warm embraces they're all in the past
Your sweet caress my happiness it just couldn't last
People say that I am just a fool that I should go back home
I just smile and say I'm doing fine I'm glad that I'm alone
I guess I'll go back home I'll always be alone
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5.
BIG CHIEF BUFFALO NICKEL
(Jimmie Rodgers)
« © '33 Peer International, BMI »
A way out on the wind swept desert where nature favours no man
A buffalo found his brother lyin' on the sun baked sand
He said my brother what ails you the sickness got you this way
His brother never said cause his brother was dead
He's been dead since way last May
The big chief buffalo nickel was a mighty man in his days
He never used a sickle to clear the bushes away
He's roamed around from tent to tent heed everything in sight
He loved a squaw everyone he saw he loved a new one every night
A way out on the wind swept desert I heard a big Indian moan
I left my kin for I knew what it meant and I swore I'd never more roam
It was dawn when I reached St Pete and my legs were certainly sore
I must've lost fifty pounds on that hot desert ground and I'd lose that many more
The big chief buffalo nickel was a mighty man in his days...
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6.
MYSTERY TRAIN
(Sam Phillips - Herman Parker)
« © '55 Hi-Lo Music, BMI »
Train I ride sixteen coaches long train I ride sixteen coaches long
Well that long black train brought my baby back home
Train train coming round around the bend
Train train coming round around the bend
Well it took my baby but it never will again no again
Train train coming down down the line train train coming down down the line
Well bring in my baby cause she's mine oh my oh yeah
[ guitar ]
Train train coming round around the bend...
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7.
THINGS YOU GAVE ME
(Glenn D. Hardin)
« © '66 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
You gave so many things to remember you by
Like a heart full of emptiness like tears in my eye
When my heartaches all have gone
It will be because you gave me so much leaving alone
I've got everything I need to remember you
I've got all the things you gave me and you gave me quite a few
Like a heart full of emptiness like tears in my eyes
I got wall to wall of sadness I can walk on while I cry
You gave so many things...
[ banjo ]
Well I wish you hadn't given me this solitude
It's a gift that keeps on givin' after you've gone gone gone gone
When my heartaches all have gone
It will be because you gave me so much leaving alone
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8.
TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART
(Fred Rose - Hy Heath)
« © '52 Milene Music, ASCAP »
[ Louisiannish part ]
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
[ dobro ]
[ Louisiannish part ]
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see
Just a spark of the love that used to be
If you love somebody new let me find a new love too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
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9.
I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE
(Hank Williams - Jimmie Davis)
« © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Peer International, BMI »
I was ridin' No 9 headin' south from Caroline
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
I got in trouble had to roam left my gal and left my home
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
Just a kid acting smart I went and broke my darling's heart
I guess I was too young to know
They took me off to Georgia Main locked me to a ball and chain
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
[ dobro ]
All alone I bear the shame I'm a number not a name
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
All I do is sit and cry when that evening train goes by
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell
And my hair turns whiter than snow
I'll never see that gal of mine cause I'm in Georgia doing time
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
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10.
WALKIN' DOWN THE LINE
(Bob Dylan)
« © '64 Special Rider Music, SESAC »
Well I'm walkin' down the line I'm walkin' down the line
I'm walkin' down the line my feet'll be a flyin'
To tell about my troubled mind
I got a heavy-headed gal I got a heavy-headed gal
I got a heavy-headed gal she ain't feelin' well
When she's better only time will tell
Well I'm walkin' down the line...
[ banjo ]
My money comes and goes my money comes and goes
My money comes and goes and rolls and flows and rolls and flows
Through the holes in the pockets in my clothes
Well I'm walkin' down the line...
[ dobro ]
I see the morning light I see the morning light
Oh well it's not because I'm an early riser I didn't go to sleep last night
I got a heavy-headed gal...
Well I'm walkin' down the line...
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11.
YOU WIN AGAIN
(Hank Williams)
« © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
The news is out all over town that you've been seen out runnin' round
I know that I should leave but then I just can't go on you win again
This heart of mine could never see what everybody know but me
Just trusting you was my great sin what can I do you win again
I'm sorry for your victim now cause soon his head like mine will bow
He'll give his heart but all in vain and someday say you win again
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12.
SALTY DOG BLUES
(Wiley Morris - Zake Morris - Austin Allen)
« © '50 Peer International, BMI »
Let me be your salty dog I won't be your man at all
Honey let me be your salty dog
I can see you standing there I fust gotta stop and stare
Honey let me be your salty dog
If you'd only speak to me I'd be happy as could be
Honey let me be your salty dog
[ banjo ]
I can think of what to say you just make me feel that way
Honey let me be your salty dog
Let me be your salty dog I won't be your man at all
Honey let me be your salty dog
[ dobro ]
If you wanna see this boy jumping up and down for joy
Honey let me be your salty dog
Let me be your salty dog...
[ piano ]
I can't give you diamond rings but there's always other things
Honey let me be your salty dog
I can see you by my side if you'd only be my bride
Honey let me be your salty dog
[ banjo - dobro ]
Please don't leave me in the cold won't you take this band of gold
Honey let me be your salty dog
Let me be your salty dog...
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