lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

(Curly Putman) « © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherry
It's good to touch the green green grass of home

Yes they've all come to meet me arms areached smiling sweetly
It's good to touch the green green grass of home

The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherry
It's good to touch the green green grass of home

And then I awake and look around me at these four grey walls that surround me
And I realized Lord I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's a sad old padre arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
And again I'll touch the green green grass of home

Yes they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree
When they lay me neath the green green grass of home
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2.

SHE LOVES THE LOVE I GIVE HER

(Boudleaux Bryant) « © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I ain't got a house where the rich folks live ain't got a yacht on the river
But I've got a honey with warm brown eyes she loves the love I give her
She loves the love I give her just the same

I ain't got the prize of the rabbit's fur to dangle around her shoulder
But I've got a honey with warm red lips she loves the way I hold her
She loves the way I hold her just the same

She loves the love I give to her she loves the way I hold her
I love the tender way she calls my name
So I don't need a house where the rich folks live don't need a yacht on the river
Cause I've got a honey with warm red lips she loves the love I give her
She loves the love I give her just the same
(She loves the love I give her just the same)

She loves the love I give to her...
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3.

THROUGH THE NIGHT

(Stu Phillips) « © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I can't sleep my heart is breaking all through the night
Arms that reach for you are aching all through the night

Sleep won't come and I am lonely my soul is filled with one thought only
Sleep won't come till you're beside me all through the night
[ strings ] All through the night
[ strings ] All through the night
My weary eyes can't see the dawning weary heart still feels the longing
Sleep won't come till you're beside me all through the night
All through the night
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4.

SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART (FOR MOLLY)

(Harlan Howard) « © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Got a soft spot in my heart for Molly
Kind of feel like she's still mine
There's a soft spot in my heart for Molly
So buddy won't you please treat her kind

Treat her gentle buy her flowers don't neglect her
Above on give her love that's sweet and true
She's a woman and a lady so respect her
In other words do all the things I forgot to do

Got a soft spot in my heart for Molly...
So buddy won't you please treat her kind
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5.

EACH SEASON CHANGES YOU

(Ruth Talley - Al Gore - Mel Foree) « © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Like the weather your heart changes with each season
Springtime summer fall and winter too
Though I know I'll never understand the reason
I still wonder why each season changes you

In the springtime when I found you like a flower
And our love grew warmer with the summer sun
And in the fall I soon could see that your love was changing
And it broke my heart just to see what wintertime had done

Like the weather your heart changes...
[ strings ] I still wonder why each season changes you
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6.

LAST THING ON MY MIND

(Tom Paxton) « © '66 UA Music, ASCAP »
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
I could have loved you better didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind

It's a lesson too late for the learning made of sand made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning in your hand in your hand

Are you going away...

You've got reasons of plenty for going this I know this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing please don't go please don't go

Are you going away...
You know that was the last thing on my mind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
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7.

WALK ME TO THE STATION

(Stu Phillips) « © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Walk me to the station Mary Mary don't be blue
I've never seen you sad before Mary I don't blame you
Walk me to the station Mary walk with me away
Since you've found your new love Mary I just couldn't stay

Ever since I was a boy I've longed to see the world
My big dream would not come true if I had a girl
Walk me to the station Mary Mary don't you cry
You'll find your love I must find mine Mary we must say goodbye
[ strings ] Walk me to the station Mary Mary don't you cry
You'll find your love I must find mine Mary we must say goodbye
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8.

GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY

(Jack Clement) « © '58 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
You ask me if I'll forget my baby I guess I will someday
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

You ask me if I'll get along I guess I will someway
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

God gave me that girl to lean on then he put me on my own
Heaven help me be a man and have the strenght to stand alone
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

You ask me if I'll miss her kisses I know I will everyday
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

You ask me if I'll find another I don't know I can't say
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

God gave me that girl to lean on...
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way
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9.

I'D JUST BE FOOL ENOUGH (TO FALL)

(Melvin Endsley) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(I'd just be fool enough to care)

Oh please don't be so careless with your glances
Don't look at me that way and breathe a sigh
Oh please don't get too close and let me love you
Cause I'd just be fool enough to try

It's not that I don't think I'm worthy of you
But mem'ries from the past I still recall
Don't let me hold you in my arms and kiss you
Cause I'd just be fool enough to fall

(Don't let me tell you how I've dreamed about you
And longed to have a love that I could share)
Oh please don't let your eyes be so revealing
Cause I'd just be fool enough to care

It's not that I don't think I'm worthy of you....
I'd just be fool enough to fall
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10.

BAD SEED

(Bill Anderson) « © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Ain't been in Little Rock but two weeks and here I am now
Packing up and disappearing into this air
Girls in Little Rock are cute but I can't make my heart that root
Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere

I need lots of sunshine I need lots of raindrops
I need to breathe the open air
I hope to beg your pardon your town just ain't my garden
Bad seed won't grow just anywhere

So honey kiss goodbye to your bad seed
My love is not the kind of love that you need
I could stay here with you but I wouldn't play fair
Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere
And you're looking for the baddest of the bad seed
[ ac.guitar ] Next stop Jacksonville now I don't know but I got the feelin'
I might just like it somewhere round there
Your town has fertile land white pearly silver sand
And bad seed won't grow just anywhere

I need lots of sunshine...
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11.

FOUR INITIALS ON A TREE

(Harlan Howard - Hank Cochran) « © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Four initials on a tree still there for all to see
Four initials on a tree that's all that's left of love

I shouldn't have come here back to my old hometown
I left too many mem'ries lying round
I walked by the schoolhouse and down old lover's lane
And stopped by the tree where I once carved your name

Four initials on a tree...
[ ac.guitar ] We made a promise to love till the end of time
You soon broke your promise I kept mine
How often I thought what a great world this would be
If love would just last like initials on a tree

Four initials on a tree...
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12.

THAT'S WHY I STILL LOVE YOU

(Alex Zanetis) « © '66 Jack O Diamonds Publications, BMI »
It's just a house with a lifetime loan all that week can afford to own
But your touch makes it a home that's why I still love you

Just a house with a lifetime loan...

Custom jewelry for your hair bargain basement clothes you wear
But there's still a song we share that's why I still love you

Custom jewelry for your hair...
[ strings - harmonica ] Rich man have no more than I I was born a lucky guy
If I hurt it makes you cry that's why I still love you

Rich man have no more...
That's why I still love you
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