lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

AFTER THE BOY GETS THE GIRL

(Wayne P. Walker) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
My story begins where most stories end after the boy gets the girl
It didn't work out for me and I'm blue as I can be
It's the mighty lonesome old world
Who was a fool that said there's blues skies ahead after the boy gets the girl
The only blues I've seen is the blues from broken dreams
It's the mighty lonesome old world

I think I'll fall back again to where my heartache began
Back when your love for me was true
But time moves along carryin' not who's right or wrong after the boy gets the girl
A love once sweet and true is the no love prove untrue
It's the mighty lonesome old world
[ guitar ] I think I'll fall back again...
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2.

I OWE IT TO MY HEART

(Webb Pierce - Johnny Mathis) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I wonder if you'll be the tie to make me wanna cry each night
I'll never know unless we make a start
Why should I be afraid to try you'll either make me laugh or cry

I've got to know I owe it to my herart
Will you walk in my heart today then tomorrow run away
And in our love without a chance to start
If I should win or I should lose it's up to you for I can't choose
I've got to know I owe it to my herart
[ fiddle - steel ] I owe it to my heart to find the happiness that can't be mine
And you're the best way I know how to start
Will your kisses last like gold or all at once will they grow cold
I've got to know I owe it to my herart

Will you walk in my heart today...
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3.

MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU

(Bob Wills - Lee Ross) « © '56 Chappell & Co, ASCAP / Unichappell Music, BMI »
I must say that I don't care hold my head up in the air
Even tell my friends I'm glad that you don't call
Even when the day is through my heartaches start anew
And that's when I miss you most of all

And my arms keep reaching for you my eyes keep searching for you
My lips keep calling for you and my shoes keep walking back to you
[ steel ] No matter how much I pretend I wish I had you back again
For nothing else means half as much as you
My world just seemed to die the day you said goodbye
And I can't forget no matter what I do

And my arms keep reaching...
And my shoes keep walking back to you
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4.

LIFE TO GO

(George Jones) « © '58 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
I've got a sad sad story friend that I don't like to tell
I had a home and family when they locked me in this cell
Well I've been here for eighteen years that's a long long time I know
But time don't mean a thing to me cause I've got life to go

Well I went one night where the lights were bright just to see what I could see
I met up with an old friend who just thought the world of me
He brought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk in town
The words were said and now he's dead I just had to bring him down
[ fiddle - guitar ] Well it's been a long long time now since I've heard from my wife
I guess I'll be there with her yet if I hadn't used the knife
Well I'll bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know
Her daddy's been here eighteen years and still got life to go

Well I'll bet there's not one man outside that's spent this long in jail
I'll be here in this prison till my body's just a shell
No I can't be free to go and see the ones that I love so
I've been here for eighteen years and I still got life to go
I still got life to go yes I still got life to go I still got life to go
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5.

SITTIN' ALONE

(Webb Pierce) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
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6.

YOU MAKE ME LIVE AGAIN

(Wayne P. Walker - Ray Price) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I once lost my heart and I swere that we parted that I'd never lose it again
She made me so blue with a love so untrue a love I had no chance to win
Then you came along now my heart sings a song it haven't been singing since then
You're all that I think of you be my true love you make me live again
[ fiddle - steel ] If I haven't told you that each time I hold you my heart goes into a spin
I want you so bad it's driving me mad cause you make me live again
You make my life lighter and as I hold you tighter I hope this is one heart I win
You're all that I think of you be my true love you make me live again
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7.

PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN

(Harlan Howard) « © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You were mine for just a while now you're puttin' on the style
And you've never once looked back at your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town but my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground pick me up on your way down

Pick me up on your way down when you're blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy but they'll find another toy
Then they'll take away your crown pick me up on your way down
[ fiddle - piano ] They have changed your attitude made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame for underneath you're still the same
When you've learned these things are true I'll be waitin' here for you
As you tumble to the ground pick me up on your way down

Pick me up on your way down...
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8.

VIOLET AND A ROSE

(Mel Tillis - Bud Auge - John Reinfield) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
A violet fell in love with a rose
And started it flashing from its head to its toe
Then one day the rose was kissed by the dew
A new love was born and the violet turned blue

Roses are red violets are blue
I'm sending red red roses to you
If you care to send some flowers to me
Then send me some violets I'm blue as can be
[ fiddle ] I wanted my love to bouquet with you
And just like the rose you've proven untrue
A flower that's wild they say has no home
And just like the violet I'm left all alone

Roses are red...
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9.

TUPELO COUNTY JAIL

(Mel Tillis - Webb Pierce) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Send my letters in care of the Tupelo County jail

Come on and write write write me a letter send that letter by mail
Send that letter in care of the Tupelo County jail
Come on and wish me the best of luck dear there's no one to go my bail
There's never been a place so lonely as the Tupelo County jail

Send that letter full of kisses over these prison walls
Baby kisses on paper are better than no kisses at all
Come on and write write write me a letter send that letter by mail
Send that letter in care of the Tupelo County jail
[ fiddle ] Send that letter full of kisses...
[ fiddle ] Send that letter in care of the Tupelo County jail the Tupelo County jail
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10.

CRAZY ARMS

(Ralph Mooney - Chuck Seals) « © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI / Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
And the storm's a brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
[ steel - fiddle ] So please take the treasured dreams I have for you and me
And take all the love I've thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms may hold somebody new
But now I'm so lonely all the time

Crazy arms that reach...
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11.

FALLING BACK TO YOU

(Webb Pierce - Bill Phillips) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Yes I keep falling back to you what else can I do
I keep falling back to you I can't forget the past we knew

So many times I've had you on my mind
It seems I just can't leave the past behind
I know you've been untrue dear but oh what can I do
For everytime the sun goes down I fall right back to you

Yes I keep falling back...
[ fiddle - steel ] So many times I've had you...
Yes I keep falling back...
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12.

I WON'T BE CRYING ANYMORE

(Wynn Blackboum - Lynn Blackboum) « © '58 Unichappell Music, BMI »
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