lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

JOSHUA

(Dolly Parton) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Well a good way down the railroad track
There was a little old rundown shack
And in it lived a man I'd never seen
Folks said he was a mean and vicious man
And you better not set foot on his land
But I didn't think nobody could be that mean

So I took me a walking down the railroad track
I's a gonna go down to that little old shack
And just find out if all them things I haerd was true
Was a big black dog a lyin' out in the yard
And he growled at me and I swallowed hard
And I heard somebody say well who are you

Oh and there he stood in the door of his shack
And his beard and his hair was long and black
And he was the biggest man I'd ever seen
When he spoke his voice was low and deep
But he just didn't frighten me
Cause somehow I just knew he wasn't mean

He said what you doing snoopin' round my place
And I saw a smile come across his face
So I smiled back and I told him who I was
He said come on in and pull you up a chair
You might as well since you're already here
He said you can call me Joshua

Oh Joshua Joshua what you doing living all alone
Joshua Joshua ain't you got nobody to call your own no-no no-no
[ harmonica ] We talked till the sun was cleaned out of sight
And we still talked when it come daylight
But there was just so much we had to say hey
Now I'd spend my life in an orphan's home
And just like him I was all alone
So I said yeah when he asked me if I'd stay

Well we grew closer as time went on
And that little old shack was a happy home
And we just couldn't help but fall in love
That big black dog and that little old shack
A sittin' down by the railroad track
It's plenty good enough for me and Joshua

Joshua Joshua well you're just what I been looking for
Joshua Joshua we ain't gonna be lonesome anymore Lord Lord
[ yodel ] Me and Joshua me and Joshua
Me and Joshua yeah yeah me and Joshua
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2.

LAST ONE TO TOUCH ME

(Dolly Parton) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
If there ever was an angel then surely you must be one
If there ever was a perfect love when I look at you I see one
If there's heaven on earth then this must surely be
I want you to be the last one to touch me

The last thing I remember before I go to sleep
Is the touch of your sweet lips softly kissing me
And I go to sleep a thinking how happy you make me
I want you to be the last one to touch me

And when it's time to lay me down for my eternal sleep
Once more let your fingers softly touch my cheek
If I know that you have touched me oh then I can sleep in peace
I want you to be the last one to touch me

And when the night is over and time will be no more
They tell me we shall meet again upon the golden shore
And so when I awaken from my eternal sleep
I want you to be the first one to touch me
I want you to be the first the last the only one to touch me
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3.

WALLS OF MY MIND

(Dolly Parton) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
In grave in my mind there are pictures
Mem'ries of a love I knew one time
So I find in my thoughts I stand looking
At the mem'ries hanging on the walls of my mind

I see a mem'ry of raindrops
Falling in the park on the day we met
Walking with each other through the rain
Laughing talking as we both got soak and wet

The mem'ry made that day I could never put away
That's the day he told me he'd be mine
And that's just one of the mem'ries
He left hanging on the wall of my mind

And I have a mem'ry of springtime
Cherry blossoms and bird singing on the vine
And the secret place we'd hide and laid together side by side
And the love that shined so brightly in his eyes

Springtime I recall was the sweetest time of all
That's the season our hearts became entwine
And that's just one of the mem'ries
He left hanging on the wall of my mind

Through the spring and summer he loved me
Then his love died with autumn leaves
His love was the wild and restless kind
When he left he left with me so many memories
He left them hanging on the wall of my mind on my mind
Mhm mhm hanging on the wall of my mind on my mind
He left them hanging on my mind
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4.

IT AIN'T FAIR THAT IT AIN'T RIGHT

(Bob Eggers - Janice Eggers) « © '70 Ensign Music, BMI »
It ain't fair for you to leave me cold and cryin' in the night
It ain't fair to take your body from my arms and out of sight
It ain't fair you've gone and left me where you kissed me I still burn
Are you leaving for my loving this awful hurt and then return
[ dobro ] It ain't fair for you to leave me alone to face the morning light
It ain't fair you took my body and then to say that it ain't right
It ain't fair you've made me your woman a no longer a good girl in your eyes
How come before you said you'd love me it ain't fair that it ain't right
It just ain't fair that it ain't right
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5.

J.J. SNEED

(Dolly Parton - Dorothy Jo Hope) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
At last I have caught up with you and you're a sight to see
Could this really be my outlaw lover JJ Sneed
Could a woman with a painted face and pretty sweet disguise
Turn your heart against me with her evil cunning eyes her evil cunning eyes

JJ it's been you and me right from the very start
And ever job we ever pulled I'd always done my part
We'd really stick together until the bitter end
And it was my understanding we were whole lots more than friends
A whole lot more than friends

And it was me that kept you on when nights were dark and cold
But I guess I didn't look like much in these old ragged clothes
But you said it didn't matter cause you love me that a way
You said that no one else could ever steal your heart away
Steal your heart away

Do you recall the Union Bank we robbed in Franklin Town
As we made our getaway the sheriff gunned you down
And I doctored up your bullet wounds and nursed you while you sit
But now you have betrayed me is that the thanks I get
Is that the thanks I get

Oh yeah JJ I'm thinking now of how we'd all begun
Of all the times we've robbed and killed with our trust wordy gun
Why we stood off a fuss it was JJ just you and I
But now you have betrayed me and for that you're gonna die
Yeah for that you're gonna die

The good old days are over as we stand here in the rain
JJ I'm gonna shoot you now I hope you'll feel no pain
I hear whoopees of the horses posses on my trail
I guess I'll join you soon but for now JJ farewell
For now JJ farewell
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6.

YOU CAN'T REACH ME ANYMORE

(Dolly Parton - Dorothy Jo Hope) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
You can't reach me anymore

You say I'm not the girl that you remember
You say that I have changed so much and you can't seem to reach me
Well you destroyed everything I used to be before
And you can't reach me anymore

I was looked up to you while you were looking down
It used to turn me off inside when you would turn me down
Now you want the love from me that you destroyed before
But you can't reach me anymore

Now you say you love me more than anything
I used to love you that way now I don't feel a thing
The love that once lived in my heart don't live there anymore
And you can't reach me anymore

I was looked up to you while you were looking down
It used to turn me off when you would turn me down
Love that once lived in my heart it don't live there anymore
And you can't reach me anymore
Oh oh oh no you can't reach me anymore
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7.

DADDY'S MOONSHINE STILL

(Dolly Parton) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Folks say my daddy wasn't much of a man
For disobeyin' the laws of the land
Folks say that my daddy wasn't fit to kill
Oh and I know it was true what the people said
But we'd all've been better of dead
Than to live a life of shame and strife
Cause of daddy's moonshine still

My mama was always sweet and kind
But she grew old before her time
Worryin' about the way we had to live
Yeah my daddy put the wrinkles in my mama's face
He drunk his share of all he made
And just one more reason I grew to hate my daddy's moonshine still

Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin' but to break mama's heart
And to tear our home apart make our lives a livin' hell

Them old Mason jars that daddy made us wash
And set them out to sun on our back porch
Till he got ready to take 'em up on the hill
And when daddy got word of the revenue
He made us kids help hide his brew
Made us swear that we never knew about daddy's moonshine still

Yeah and two of my brothers drove across the state line
Once a week with a load of moonshine
And the wounds that came from that won't ever heal
Cause on a moonshine run one rainy night
My two brothers lost their lives
And oh my God how I despise my daddy's moonshine still

Daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin'...

Well it broke mama's heart but she understood
The day that I left home for good
But I had to find me another way to live
Well I sent mama money nearly every day
And how I made it well I'd rather not say
But at least it took me far away from daddy's moonshine still

My bootlegging daddy was known quite well
And he made our home a livin' hell
And I ain't forgot it and I know that I never will
My mama finally died she just gave up
And daddy finally died from drinking that stuff
And bad memories haunt the rest of us from daddy's moonshine still

Yeah daddy's moonshine still was good for nothin'...
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8.

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY

(Charlie Craig - Betty Craig) « © '66 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Just because all my dresses are just cotton hand-me-downs
This family calls me the lower class
Cause we're only poor folks on the other side of town
They won't let him walk up my path

But my mama says don't worry when they say those things about ye
You remember you're just as good as him
Just because they got that big house settin' way upon the hill
Why you don't have to look up to them

We've got chicken every Sunday and the preacher comes around
And every Saturday morning daddy takes us all to town
And we'd go to the picture show or picnics on the ground
Oh that's the lower class and I'm glad that's what I am
[ guitar ] Cause my mama don't belong to the ladies social set
My daddy can't afford the country club
His folks look down on me and they won't let us be
Cause they think that I'm not good enough

But my mama says forgive him honey he ain't worthy of
And in anything you're too good for him
Just because they've got money and a big fine house
Well we won't take no self off of them

We've got chicken every Sunday...
We've got chicken every Sunday...
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9.

FIRE'S STILL BURNING

(Dolly Parton - Dorothy Jo Hope) « © '70 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Familiar sounds tell me it's morning
The night has been so dark and long
Each night without you just gets longer
While this torch I still carry just burns stronger

I know I never will stop loving you
My tears just can't put out the flame
Or drown my hopes of your returning
Cause baby the fire's still burning
[ steel ] Wherever you are I hope you're happy
Although your love for me has died
But if you ever need or want me
I'll take you back any time

I know I never will stop loving you...
Yes baby the fire's still burning
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10.

LETTER TO HEAVEN

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
An old man was sitting at his table one day
Writing a letter to pass time away
His little granddaughter climbed up on his knee
Said won't you please write a letter for me

Oh what will I say in this letter I pray
Tell mommie I miss her since she went away
And I'm coming to see her real soon I hope
He choked back a big lump that arose in his throat

Tell mommie I love her the little girl said
And I pray every evening fore I go to bed
That God up in heaven will answer my prayers
And take me to live with my mommie up there

He sealed it and wrote on that big envelope
To God up in heaven you'll get this I hope
He stamped it and handed it to her to mail
Her big eyes were shining her little face pale

She was crossing the street to the box o'er the way
When she stepped out never looked either way
A big auto hit her and sped away fast
The little girl's prayers had been answered at last

The postman was passing and picked up the note
Addressed to the Master and these words he spoke
Straight up into heaven this letter did go
She's happy up there with her mommie I know
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