lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

IN THE GHETTO

(Mac Davis) « © '68 Cherry River Music, BMI »
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago morn a poor little baby child is born
In Ghetto and his mama cries
Cause there's one thing that she don't need
It's another little hungry mouth to feed in the Ghetto
People don't you understand the child needs a helping hand
He'll grow to be an angry young man someday
Take a look at you and me are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way while the world turns

A hungry little boy with a running nose plays in the streets as the cold wind blows
In Ghetto and his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in Ghetto
Then one night in desperation the young man breaks away
And he buys him a gun and he steals a car and he tries to run
But don't get far and his mama cries

As a crowd gathers round and the angry young man
Paces down the street with a gun in his hand
In Ghetto and the young man dies
On a cold and gray Chicago morn another little baby child is born
In Ghetto and his mama cries
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2.

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

(Joe South) « © '68 ATV Songs, BMI »
Oh the games people now every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now never saying what they mean
So they wile away the hours in their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine

La la lotten da da da la la lotten da da dee
I'm talking bout you and me and the games people play

Oh we make one another cry break the hearts then we say goodbye
Cross the heart and we hope to die that the other one's to blame
Neither one will ever give in so we gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been and it's a dirty rotten shame

La la lotten da da da....

Oh they'll teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate
And furthermore to hell with hate come on and get on board
Look around tell me what you see what's a happened to you and to me
God grand me the serenity to just remember who I am

La la lotten da da da....
La la lotten da da da....
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3.

TILL DEATH DO US PART

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Today you told me that you'd found another
And you took off your golden wedding band
The one you vowed you'd wear until death do us part
When I kissed it and placed it on your hand

A read will hang upon your door tomorrow
Of the little house that we once called our home
And friends will stop and hang their heads in sorrow
To pay the last respects to one gone on

Tonight I lay me down to sleep forever
With this small empty bottle and broken heart
I keep the vow I made I won't forsake it
I promised to death do us part

Will you bring your new love to the chapel
To look upon the one that you betrayed
Will you bring me pretty flowers like you used to
And replace them in my hands where I lay

Will you cry and think of happy mem'ries
That we shared together at the start
And will you look upon me and remember
The day we said till death do us part
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4.

BIG WIND

(Wayne P. Walker - Alex Zanetis - George McCormick) « © '65 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI »
Big wind big wind's comin'

From daylight till dusk we've been a workin' in the dust
Pickin' cotton workin' side by side
Oh I can't forget I still remember yet
The way my daddy looked at me and cried

Big wind's a comin' listen to the hummin'
Hurry up now be quick don't stall
You know we can't be slow take the kids and get below
If we don't hurry it'll surely get us all

I ran across the field so scared my lips was sealed
To warn my mom to storm was on its way
Now I knew I'd won the race when I'd see my mama's face
And the way she looked at me and said

Big wind's a comin' listen to the hummin'...
[ guitar ] Oh but dad was on the cellar and by now the sky was yellow
The wind was blowin' trees were fallin'
And outside I heard him cryin' and as he lay there dyin'
It seemed I could still hear him sayin'

Mhm big wind's a comin' listen to the hummin'...
Big wind big wind's comin'
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5.

EVENING SHADE

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
My chain of thought was broken by a sudden burst of laughter
Something badly needed to lighten up the chores
Seemed old Mrs Bailey had accidentally fell
In the water being used to scrub the floors
Now Mrs Bailey was the meanest matron at the home
She believed in lots of work with little play
And we laughed till we bent double though we knew we'd get in trouble
But trouble's all we had at Evening Shade

Now Evening Shade was where they claim to teach you understanding
Teach you love and keep you off the streets
And all the kids that live there are said to be a problem
Juvenile delinquents so to speak
But understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger
An iron hand has no gentle touch and love ain't learned from hate
The reason we were there is cause we had no one who cared
But they cared even less at Evening Shade

Little Susan Bradley one night had wet her bed
Mrs Bailey took the razor strap and beat her half to death
And I knew that something must be done to put an end to this
And so I started talking plans with the older kids

Plans were that Joe Johnson would steal the kerosene
And I would get some matches when nobody seen
Beckie Adams would make sure the kids were all outside
Billy Watson would look out for the evil eye
Now Mrs Bailey took a nap at three o'clock each day
We knew that she'd be a sleepin' and the plan's got under way
Now it is all over and the sun is going down
But there's no Evening Shade because we burned it to the ground
Evening Shade was burning just like the hell it was
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6.

I'M FED UP WITH YOU

(Bill Owens) « © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line

You say that wasn't you I saw with someone else last night
You say you've never done me wrong you've always treated me right
I know it was dark but not that dark and I'm not that blind
And I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line

I'm fed up with you and the way that you do
I used to love you now I change my mind
And I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line
[ fiddle ] I once believed everything you've said I was so in love with you
You said I was the only one now I know that wasn't true
Now I know just where I stand I'm tidin' your cheatin' line
And I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line

I'm fed up with you and the way that you do...
I'm fed up with you feedin' me a line
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7.

MY BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BOY

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
From a shack by a mountain stream to a room in New Orleans
So far from my blue ridge mountain home
The men I meet ain't warm and friendly like the one in old Virginy
Oh they ain't real like my blue ridge mountain boy

I was just a little past eighteen when I came to New Orleans
I'd never been beyond my home state line
There was a boy who loved me dearly but I broke his heart severely
When I left my blue ridge mountain boy

Life was dull in my hometown lights were out when the sun went down
And I thought the city life was more my style
But nights get lonely way from home and it's easy to go wrong
The men ain't kind like my blue ridge mountain boy
[ steel ] New Orleans held things in store things I've never bargained for
Every night a different man knocks on my door
But late at night when all is still I can hear a whippoorwill
As I cry for my blue ridge mountain boy

Oh but I can't ever go back home since the boy I loved is gone
He grew tired of waiting for me to return
They say he'd married last October but I never will get over
Oh the sweet love of my blue ridge mountain boy
Blue ridge mountain boy
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8.

DADDY

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Daddy I feel that I must talk to you
Are you sure this is what you want to do
No it's not for us kids that I beg you to stay
Please don't just walk out on mama this way

She's mothered your children she's spent her whole life
Trying to be a good mother and wife
And she's stood by you when the rest let you down
Daddy how can you walk out on her now

I'm your oldest daughter my age twenty-three
Your new love is even younger than me
She's young and she's pretty her hands soft as dew
While mama's are withered from working for you

Mom's not young anymore like your new love
But your new love won't love you like my mama does
You've taken her best years so don't leave her now
Please daddy say that you won't let her down

I'm your oldest daughter...
Daddy please say that you won't let her down
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9.

WE HAD ALL THE GOOD THINGS GOING

(Marvin Shiner - Jerry Monday) « © '58 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
It wasn't very long ago we had a love few people know
And everything was going oh so fine
I've trusted you you've trusted me the way that t's supposed to be
But love slipped from us somewhere down the line

We had all of the good things going baby
You know we did everything was fine
Enjoying the taste of the good life
We all look for but few can't find
[ ac.guitar ] It's gone but we can't understand how love could slip right through our hands
On down the line things seem so very right
The love we shared for all these years we both knew that we were sincere
Then suddenly it left just over night

We had all of the good things going baby...
[ ac.guitar ] Now that we've gone our seperate ways I still recall those brighter days
Days that didn't seem so very long
Neither of us are to blame we only know that it's a shame
And all that we had going now is gone

We had all of the good things going baby...
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10.

MONKEY'S TALE

(Leona Reese) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Oh the monkey's had a better tale than you
Compare to yours all their tales sound so true
The way you're acting seems to me at all the monkey should go free
You're the one that should be locked up in the Zoo

When I married you I thought you were a man
But you're the biggest ape that's living in this land
I'd like to run you up a tree for the way you lie to me
Your swingin' round is gettin' out of hand

Oh the monkey's had a better tale than you...

Every monkey has its day so go ahead and play
Make your plans and tell your lies and stick to them
But from now on I remind you can wag your tail behind you
Cause you finally got yourself out on a limb

Every monkey has its day so go ahead and play...
Oh the monkey's had a better tale than you
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11.

GYPSY JOE AND ME

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
We might have slept in a may-use yard or camped by the river banks
We fed ourselves from the fruit of the land and quenched our thirst with rain
We never did allow no roots to grow beneath our feet
Life just had no pattern for Gypsy Joe and me

All we had was each other and the rags upon our back
The closest thing to a home we knew was some abandoned shack
But we had all we wanted and the rest we didn't need
Life was free and simple for Gypsy Joe and me

Now Gypsy was my little dog I found by the road in a ditch
And so I named him Gypsy cause that name just seemed to fit
Oh and Joe he was my man the flower of my soul
Though he never said he loved me I just always seemed to know

While standing by the highway a thumbing for a ride
The speeding wheels of a passing car took Gypsy's life
I lost him where I found him and his loss was misery
Now there's no more Gypsy there's just Joe and me

Well the winter came and the snow did fall and the night was cold and still
And the rags we wore were not enough and Joe he caught the chill
And he told me how he loved me and in my arms he went to sleep
Now there's no more Gypsy no more Joe there's just me

While standing here on the edge of this bridge looking down I see
The face of Joe and Gypsy looking up at me
And somewhere in the distance I can hear them calling me
Tonight we'll be together again Gypsy Joe and me
Yeah tonight we'll be together again Gypsy Joe and me
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12.

HOME FOR PETE'S SAKE

(Rudy Preston) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I became a woman of the world cause I was fed up with the farm
And I thought pretty clothes and city lights
Running round both day and night could do no harm
A party girl I mixed for bout myself into a fix for running wild
So I wrote my dad and mom asked if I could come back home to have my child

I received the letter from the folks back home and they said things were fine
They went on to say that Pete the boy I broke up with was about to lose his mind
But I couldn't hardly read the rest the words were being bloted by my tears
I'm feelin' so ashamed he loved me then he feels the same he still cares

So I'm going home for Pete's sake
It was I who broke his heart in the first place
If he'll try me one more time for then I've made up my mind
And in the morning I'm going home for Pete's sake
Yes for Pete's sake my baby's and mine
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