lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

SEA OF HEARTBREAK

(Hal David - Paul Hampton) « © '60 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP / Casa David, ASCAP »
The lights in the harbor don't shine for me
I'm like a lost ship adrift on the sea
Sea of heartbreak lost lover loneliness
Memories of your caress so divine
I wish you were mine again my dear
I'm on the sea of tears sea of heartbreak

How did I lose you where did I fail
Why did you leave me always to sail

This sea of heartbreak...

Oh what I'd give to sail back to shore
Back to your arms once more
Come to my rescue come here to me
Take me and keep me away from this sea

This sea of heartbreak...
This sea of heartbreak...
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2.

GIVE MYSELF A PARTY

(Don Gibson) « © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I've got a lot of memories to last the rest of my life
So if you don't want to love me baby that'll be all right
I'm gonna take all the loving that I have for you
Gonna take all the loneliness sit right down with the blues

I'm gonna give myself a party and serve old memories
Give myself a party think of how it used to be
Remember all the happiness that we once knew
I'm gonna give myself a party just me and the blues
[ piano ] A few of your love letters a photograph or two
A gift you gave on my birthday with words I love you
There's lots of things to think about when you're happy feeling blue
So I'm gonna take all the loneliness sit right down with the blues

I'm gonna give myself a party...
I'm gonna give myself a party just me and the blues
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3.

BLUE BLUE DAY

(Don Gibson) « © '57 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
It's been a blue blue day I feel like running away
I feel like running away from it all
My love has been untrue she's found somebody new
It's been a blue blue day for me

I feel like crying dying what can I do
I feel like praying saying I'm glad we're through
It's been a blue blue day I feel like running away
I feel like running away from the blues
[ steel - harmonica ] How can I make believe that I don't sit and grieve
It's been a blue blue day for me
I can't pretend and say that I don't love her anyway
It's been a blue blue day for me

I feel like crying dying...
I feel like running away from the blues
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4.

I'D BE A LEGEND IN MY TIME

(Don Gibson) « © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If heartaches brought fame in love's crazy game I'd be a legend in my time
If they gave gold statues for tears and regrets I'd be a legend in my time

But they don't give awards and there's no praise or fame
For a heart that's been broken over love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim then everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend in my time
[ steel ] But they don't give awards...
I'd be a legend in my time
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5.

FAR FAR AWAY

(Don Gibson) « © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Far far away is my love of yesterday
And she's gone gone gone gone from me
Far far away is my life my love my way
And wonder where where where oh where can she be

Days endless days nights dark as may
I'm lonely yeah I'm lonely where can she be
Far far away is my love of yesterday
Wonder where where where oh where can she be
[ steel - guitar ] Days endless days...

Far far away is my love of yesterday
And she's gone gone gone gone from me
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6.

DON'T TELL ME YOUR TROUBLES

(Don Gibson) « © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Don't tell me your troubles I got troubles of my own
Don't tell me your troubles just leave me alone
Leave me alone and go on home
Tell go it to a friend I got troubles of my own

You tell me that she's no good she's as mean as she can be
It's written all over your lonesome face any heartbroken fool can see
Leave me alone go on home
Go tell it to a friend I got troubles of my own

It happens to the best of us that's what they always say
So take it boy like a man and don't stand in my way
You say your sweet love left ye whatcha think about me
I wouldn't be sittin' here a listenin' if you hadn't set me free
Leave me alone and go on home
Go tell it to a friend I got troubles of my own
Troubles of my own
[ ac.guitar ] You tell that she's no good...
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7.

SWEET DREAMS

(Don Gibson) « © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Sweet dreams of you every night I go through
Why can't I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you

You don't love me it's plain I should know you'll never wear my name
I should hate you the whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you

Sweet dreams of you things I know can't come true
Why can't I forget the past start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you sweet dreams of you
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8.

JUST ONE TIME

(Don Gibson) « © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If I could see you just one time oh how it'd ease my troubled mind
If I could hold you just one time and then pretend that you're still mine

Oh oh oh how I miss you so oh oh I need you so
I I I'd give this heart of mine if I could see you just one time

Lips that used to thrill me so they now thrill someone else I know
Gone is the love that once was mine I wish I could see you just one time

Oh oh oh how I miss you so...
[ guitar ] Wish I could relive just one time turn back the pages and there I'd find
That same old love that once was mine I wish I could see you just one time

Oh oh oh how I miss you so...
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9.

I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU

(Don Gibson) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I can't stop loving you so I've made up my mind
To live in memories of old lonesome times
I can't stop wanting you it's useless to say
So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday

Those happy hours that we once knew
Though long ago they still make me blue
And they say that time heals the broken heart
But time has stood still since we've been apart

I can't stop loving you...
So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday
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10.

OH LONESOME ME

(Don Gibson) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me

A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see oh lonesome me

Oh I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
A flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find somebody new
I thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me
[ guitar ] Oh I'll bet she's not like me...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me oh lonesome me
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