lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS

(Jimmy D. Miller) « © '52 Peer International, BMI »
[ with Patsy Cline ]
As I sit here tonight the jukebox's playing
The tune about the wild side of life
As I listen to the words you are saying
It brings mem'ries when I was trusting wife

It was't God who made honky tonk angels
As you wrote in the words of your song
Too many times married men think they're still single
That has caused many a good girl to go wrong
[ piano ] It's a shame that all the blame is on us women
It's not true that only you men feel the same
From the start most every heart that's ever broken
Was because there always was a man to blame

It was't God who made honky tonk angels...
That has caused many a good girl to go wrong
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2.

PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW

(Dolly Parton - Bill Owens) « © '66 Combine Music, BMI »
Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today

You say our love is over you say you've found another
Now you say you're going away
Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today

You've hurt me enough today I can't believe the words you say
But I must accept the fact you won't be coming back

Oh stay stay just one more day loneliness isn't far away
Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today
Just put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today
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3.

SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES

(Jack Rhodes - Dick Reynolds) « © '56 Central Songs, BMI »
I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room
All I want's the love you promised beneath the halo'd moon
But you think I should be happy with your money and your name
And hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheatin' games

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
[ fiddle - steel ] But you think I should be happy with your money and your fame
And hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheatin' game

Silver threads and golden needles...
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
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4.

PLEASE HELP ME I'M FALLING

(Don Robertson - Hal Blair) « © '59 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk through
Turn away from me darling I'm begging you to
Please help me I'm falling in love with you

I belong to another whose arms have grown cold
But I promised forever to have and to hold
I can never be free dear but when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing the will to be true
[ piano ] Please help me I'm falling and that would be sin
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk in
For I mustn't want you oh but darling I do
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
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5.

SITTIN' ON THE FRONT PORCH SWING

(Buddy Sheffield) « © '93 Writer Share, PD »
I remember the time when the bloom was on the cotton
When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallows on their wings
Winter cares which we're already few or soon forgotten
Just sittin' on the front porch swing

Oh we sit every Sunday and watched the married ladies
And we dreamed of white dresses and church bells in the spring
And they talked and painted their nails while they let us hold their babies
Sittin' on the front porch swing

Where was I when the time came to join the married ladies
Why did I paint the nail when the finger had no ring
Why do I sit at night and long to hold their baby
Sittin' on the front porch swing

When the mind longs to follow but the memory erases
And the lips form the words that the heart no longer sings
When the leaves in the hollow have been died to match our faces
Sittin' on the front porch swing

Oh we'll dream of the time when the bloom was on the cotton
When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallows on their wings
But the words to the rhyme are the only things forgotten
Sittin' on the front porch swing
Sittin' on the front porch swing
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6.

WINGS OF A DOVE

(Bob Ferguson) « © '59 Husky Music, BMI / Larrick Music, BMI »
On the wings of a snow white dove he sends his pure sweet love
A sign from above on the wings of a dove

When troubles surround us when evils come
The body grows weak the spirit grows numb
When these things beset us he doesn't forget us
He sends down his love on the wings of a dove

On the wings of a snow white dove...

When Noah has drifted on the flood many days
The searchers for land in various ways
Troubles he had some but wasn't forgotten
He sent him his love on the wings of a dove

On the wings of a snow white dove...

When Jesus went down to the river that day
He was baptized in the usual way
And when it was done God blessed his son
He sent him his love on the wings of a dove

On the wings of a snow white dove...
On the wings of a snow white dove on the wings of a snow white dove
On the wings of a snow white dove
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7.

I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW

(Cecil Null) « © '53 Unart Catalog, BMI »
I forgot more than you'll ever know about him

You think you know the smile on his lips
The thrill at his touch of his fingertips
But I forgot more than you'll ever know about him

You think you'll find a heaven of bliss
In each sweet caress and each tender kiss
But I forgot more than you'll ever know about him

You stole his love from me one day you didn't care how much you hurt me
But you'll never steal away the mem'ries of what used to be

Oh you think he's yours to have and to hold
Someday you'll learn when his love grows cold
That I forgot more than you'll ever know about him
Yes I forgot more than you'll ever know about him
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8.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT

(Loretta Lynn) « © '85 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Wouldn't it be fine if you could say you love me just one time
With a sober mind
Wouldn't that be fine now wouldn't that be fine

Wouldn't it be great if you could love me first
And let the bottle wait
Now wouldn't that be great now wouldn't that be great

Wouldn't it be great hey hey wouldn't that be great
Throw the old glass crutch away and watch it break
Wouldn't it be great hey hey wouldn't that be great
Lord it's for our sake wouldn't that be great

In the name of love what's the man so great keep thinking of
What a man he was
In the name of love in the name of love

Love went away when the sexy lace wouldn't turn his face
The bottle took my place love went to waste

Wouldn't it be great hey hey wouldn't that be great...

Wouldn't it be good and I know you could if you just would
Wouldn't that be good and you know you should

Wouldn't it be great hey hey wouldn't that be great...
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9.

THAT'S THE WAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN

(Tammy Wynette) « © '77 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
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10.

LET HER FLY

(Dolly Parton) « © '93 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
There's a wreath on the door she don't live here no more
As of today she flew home
And we all gathered here in sorrow and tears
It won't be the same with her gone
There's a place on the hill that's peaceful and still
Where she'll sleep beside daddy again
The ole family tree is shedding its leaves
But we'll all met in heaven again

Oh she's an angel let her fly let her fly
She's gone home to glory to her home in the sky
When God sees her coming heaven's choir will smile
And say oh she's an angel let her fly let her fly
Oh she's an angel let her fly

She used to rock me when i was a child
Sing Rock of Ages and In the Sweet By and By
Her life wasn't easy oh but how hard she tried
You know she's an angel Lord so let her fly

Oh she's an angel let her fly let her fly...
Ooh she's an angel let her fly
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11.

LOVESICK BLUES

(Irving Mills - Cliff Friend) « © '49 Mills Music, ASCAP »
[ with Patsy Cline ]
I got a feeling called the blues oh Lord since my daddy said goodbye
I don't know what I'll do all I do is sit and cry oh Lord
That last long day he said goodbye oh Lord I thought I would die
He'll do you he'll do me he's got that kinda lovin'
Lord I love to hear him when he calls me sweet baby
Such a beautiful dream I hate to think it all over I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to that man somehow and I'm nobody's sugar baby now
And I'm lonesome I got the lovesick blues

Now I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful guy that's what's the matter with me
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful guy but he don't care about me
Well I tried and tried to keep him satisfied but he just wouldn't stay
So now that he is leavin' this is all that I got to say

I got a feeling called the blues oh Lord since my daddy said goodbye
I don't know what I'll do I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to that man somehow and I'm nobody's sugar baby now
And I'm lonesome I got the lovesick blues
[ piano ] I've grown so used to that man somehow...
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12.

I DREAMED OF A HILLBILLY HEAVEN

(Dolly Parton - Eddie Dean - Hal Southern) « © '93 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven oh what a beautiful sight
And I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven oh what a star spangled night

Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven
And just as I arrived the old curtain lifted
And there on stage stood who else but Roy Acuff and Tex Ritter
They said well how you doing come on in here
I know there's some folks you wanna see
Over there's our newest member your old friend Conway Twitty say Hello Darlin'
And there's gentlemen Jim Reeves singin' with heaven's choir
Roger Miller he just got here he's making everybody laugh
Course you know Roy Orbison can sing just as high as anybody here
And Ernest Tubb can sing as low
And Patsy Cline well bet she's the best singin' angel here
And Dottie West is probably the prettiest
There's the old pea-picker Ernie Ford
Jimmy Rodgers George Morgan Hank Williams
And the wandering boy Web Pierce
The old honky tonker himself Lefty Frizzell
My goodness what a group
Would you just listen to Mother Mabel
Over there pickin' the Wildwood Flower with the angel band
You know I personally think she's just about God's favorite
And Marty Robbins well he's still gettin' more encores than anybody else up here
Just like he used to down on earth
Yeah well there's Elvis they still call him the King
But we know they're not talking about the real king up here

I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven oh what a star studded night

Then I ask Roy and Tex I said well who do you think will be showin' up
Say within the next 40 50 60 years
They handed me a big tallybook and in it I saw names like Johnny Cash
George Jones Merle Haggard Don Gibson Mel Tillis Farren Young Kitty Wells
Some of the newer ones like Vince Gill and Garth Brooks
Course they talked about Minnie Pearl the Judds Tanya Tucker Reba McEntire Hank Jr
Oh of course Buck Owens Roy Rodgers Gene Autry Randy Travis and Willie Nelson There's old Chet
I said well where's Porter Wagoner's name oh there it is
And then there was Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton
Oooh that's when I woke up

I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven oh what a beautiful sight
And I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven oh what a star spangled night
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