BUCK OWENS
(Capitol T-1489)
January 30/1961
Produced by Ken Nelson & Virginia Richmond
Recorded:
Oct 9/1958, Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood (2,8,11,12)
June 16/1959, Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood (3,7)
Dec 23/1959, Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood (1,4,5,10)
Dec 3/1960, Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood (6,9)
1.
ABOVE AND BEYOND (THE CALL OF LOVE)
(Harlan Howard)
« © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And I'll never ever make you cry
Yes I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And love's something that money can't buy
Well a poor boy's chances for pretty girl's glances are sometimes very few
Though I've got no money if you'll be my honey here's what I'll offer you
Well I'll give you love...
[ steel ]
We met by chance and I knew at a glance that I'd found my destiny
Now I wanna carry me off and marry you if you will agree
And I'll give you love...
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2.
SECOND FIDDLE
(Buck Owens)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
I'll play second fiddle to your new love while it lasts
Just like all the others I played for in the past
Why can't I be a leader and play your leading part
Why must I always have to play second fiddle in your heart
Play fiddle play will there never come a day
When I won't have to play the part of second fiddle in your heart
[ fiddle ]
Each time you find a new love you leave me here to cry
The teardrops tell a story of a love that just won't die
Like an early morning paper the news you get just part
Why must I always have to play second fiddle in your heart
Play fiddle play...
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3.
TIRED OF LIVING
(Buck Owens)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
Well I'm tired of livin' and I'm scared of dyin'
I can't get ahead and there's no use a tryin'
Things would better change and I ain't a lyin' somethin' better happen pretty soon
Yeah the people workin' around and everyday are gettin' promotion and raisin' pay
But I keep a workin' the same old way and somethin' better happen pretty soon
Yeah the man next door owns a forty room shack
Rides around ever day in a big Cadillac
But I'm still walkin' that's a fact seems somethin' better happen pretty soon
Well I'm tired of livin'...
[ fiddle - steel ]
Well everybody's got a girl to call his own but I keep on a livin' all alone
Like a king without a throne somethin' better happen pretty soon
Well my brother Bill he's a never broke he have worked so lick and that ain't no joke
If things don't change I'm afraid I'll croak somethin' better happen pretty soon
Yeah I'm tired of livin'...
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4.
I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW
(Buck Owens - Rolly Weber)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
I've tried so hard for so long to be part of your plan
But I can't go no longer not knowing where I stand
If your heart beats for someone else and our love has grown cold
Oh darling if I'm losin' you I've got a right to know
I've got a right to know just where I stand I've got a right to know if I'm your man
If fate has changed the plans we've made the happiness I know
Oh darling if I'm losin' you I've got a right to know
[ steel - fiddle ]
I've tagged along through right and wrong because I worship you
To prove my love there's not a thing that I wouldn't do
Yes I've stood by through tear dimmed eyes and hoped it didn't show
Oh darling if I'm losin' you I've got a right to know
I've got a right to know...
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5.
EXCUSE ME (I THINK I'VE GOT A HEARTACHE)
(Buck Owens)
« © '60 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
They just don't know how lost I feel without you
My teardrops never see the light of day
I laugh and joke each time they talk about you
But if they heard my heart they'd hear it say
Excuse me I think I've got a heartache
There's an aching deep inside and it just won't be denied
Excuse me I think I've got a heartache and I'd better say goodbye before I cry
[ steel ]
I guess it's pride that makes me hide my sorrow I live a lie in all I do and say
My lips may lie and paint a bright tomorrow but if I told the truth I'd have to say
Excuse me I think I've got a heartache...
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6.
I'LL GIVE MY HEART TO YOU
(Harlan Howard - Buck Owens)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
If you'll hold me close and kiss me promise that you'll always miss me
Say you'll never never never be untrue
If you swear you'll always love me and you'll place no one above me
Well then I'll give my heart to you
If I'm number one in your heart if you're sure that we'll never part
If you're ready now to make my dreams come true well then I'll give my heart to you
If you'll hold me close...
[ steel ]
Well if you're all through painting the town if you're ready now to settle down
If you're sure I'm the only one for you well then I'll give my heart to you
If you'll hold me close...
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7.
UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN
(Buck Owens - Dusty Rhodes)
« © '59 Central Songs, BMI »
You've got me under your spell again saying those things again
Making me believe that you're just mine
You've got dreaming those dreams again making those things again
I've gotta take you back just one more time
I swore the last time that you let me down
That I wouldn't see you if you came around
But I can't tell my heart what's right or wrong
And I've been so lonely since you've been gone
You've got me under your spell again...
[ steel ]
Well everybody tells me that I'm a fool
That I never should have put my faith in you
And way down deep inside I guess I know it's true
But no one else can make me feel the way you do
You've got me under your spell again...
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8.
MY EVERLASTING LOVE
(Buck Owens)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
It's deeper than the ocean and higher than the sky
Longer than the highways that we travel by
Truer than the stars that shine in the sky
My everlastin' love for you will never die
Well it's sweeter than the flowers that bloom in the spring
Prettier than water in a mountain stream
Brighter than the sun that shines on high
My everlastin' love for you will never die
If you would listen to the reason you would know I'm not a teasin'
You'll know what I say is true
You'll know I'm not a fakin' when I say my heart's a breakin'
With love I have for you
Well it's deeper than the ocean...
[ steel - fiddle ]
If you would listen to the reason...
Well it's deeper than the ocean...
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9.
TAKE ME BACK AGAIN
(Buck Owens)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
Each new day brings heartaches by the number a memory of things that used to be
And each night alone I remember those kisses that your lips once gave to me
Take me back again make me live again say those things you used to say to me
Kiss these lips of mine just like old times darling take me back again again again
[ steel ]
Day and night my love for you grows stronger every hour is filled with thoughts of you
And though you say that you love me no longer
That won't stop my arms from wanting you
Take me back again...
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10.
TILL THESE DREAMS COME TRUE
(Buck Owens)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
The sun never shines that I don't think of you and night always finds me a missin' you
But the only way I'm ever close to you is when I close my eyes and dream of you
I dream of holding you tight each day and night and kissing your sweet sweet lips
I dream of calling you mine mine all the time
And I'll keep dreaming till these dreams come true
[ steel ]
Well maybe it never was meant to be and maybe you never were meant for me
But until I find a way to be with you I'll keep dreaming till these dreams come true
I dream of holding you tight...
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11.
WALK THE FLOOR
(Buck Owens - Dusty Rhodes)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
Since you went away I've had the blues everything is wrong since I lost you
Only God knows what I'm going through walk the floor and worry over you
Haven't slept a wink since you've been gone don't know how I'll stand this very long
Only God knows what I'm going through walk the floor and worry over you
[ fiddle - steel ]
Maybe someday you'll return to me and things will be the way they used to be
Only you can make my dreams come true walk the floor and worry over you
Haven't slept a wink...
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12.
I'LL TAKE A CHANCE ON LOVING YOU
(Buck Owens - Lucy Cole)
« © '60 Central Songs, BMI »
If you don't want to run around if you will really settle down
I'll take a chance on loving you
If you will be my very own if you'll be mine and mine alone
I'll take a chance on loving you
Well there's lots of pretty girls in this wide wide world
But none I've seen can hold a light to you
You're the cutest the sweetest the nices the neatest
And I'll tell you what I'm a gonna do
If you don't want to run around...
[ steel - fiddle ]
Well did you really mean it or did I just dream it when you said I was the one for you
Now don't make me regret it too late to forget it the day that I fell in love with you
If you don't want to run around...
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