WEBB PIERCE
THE WONDERING BOY
Decca DL-8295
August/1956
Produced by Owen Bradley
Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Chet Atkins, Ray Edenton, Billy Bird, Harold Bradley - guitar
Billy Robbinson, Jimmy Day, Bob Foster, Bud Issacs, Sonny Burnette - steel
Ernie Newton, Floyd Chance - bass
Farris Coursey, Buddy Harman - drums
Tommy Jackson, Tommy Hill, Dale Potter, Jack Kay - fiddle
Owen Bradley, Floyd Cramer - piano/organ
Teddy & Doyle Wilburn - vocals
Recorded:
Aug 13/1951, Castle Studio, Nashville (1)
Feb 29/1952, Castle Studio, Nashville (10)
July 29/1952, Castle Studio, Nashville (7)
Dec 7/1952, Castle Studio, Nashville (3)
March 25/1953, Castle Studio, Nashville (2,4,8)
Nov 29/1953, Castle Studio, Nashville (9)
July 14/1954, Castle Studio, Nashville (12)
July 6/1955, Bradley Studios, Nashville (5,6)
Nov 18/1955, Bradley Studios, Nashville (11)
1.
WONDERING
(Joe Werner)
« © '51 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Wondering wondering who's kissing you
Wondering wondering if you're wondering too
Every hour through the day since you been away
I keep wondering yes wondering if you're wondering too
I pray every night to the good Lord above
To send back to me the one I really love
Wondering wondering...
[ fiddle ]
I pray every night...
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2.
THERE STANDS THE GLASS
(Russ Hull - Mary Jean Shurtz - Audrey Greisham)
« © '53 Jamie Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
There stands the glass that will ease all my pain
That will settle my brain it's my first one today
There stands the glass that will hide all my tears
That will drown all my fear brother I'm on my way
I'm wondering where you are tonight I'm wondering if you are all right
I wonder if you think of me in my misery
There stands the glass fill it up to the brim
Till my troubles grow dim it's my first one today
[ steel - fiddle ]
I'm wondering where you are tonight...
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3.
THAT'S ME WITHOUT YOU
(Jimmy D. Miller - Bennett Wyatt)
« © '52 Unichappell Music, BMI »
A night with no moonlight a day with no sun
A plain with no palace a watch that won't run
A tree with no branches a rose with no dew
A boy with no sweetheart that's me without you
A train with no whistle a car with no gas
A well with no water a show with no cast
A love with no future a sky with no blue
A boy with no sweetheart that's me without you
[ guitar - steel ]
A bank with no money a top that won't spin
A book with no story a love I can't win
A chair with no bottom a rig with no crew
A song with no music that's me without you
A train with no whistle a car with no gas
A well with no water a show with no cast
A court with no jury a church with no pew
A boy with no sweetheart that's me without you
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4.
DON'T THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY
(Billy Wallace)
« © '53 Unichappell Music, BMI »
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5.
LOVE LOVE LOVE
(Ted Jarrett)
« © '55 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Sometimes I cry when you don't call
I'm beginnin' to think you don't love me at all
But you are still my baby I want the whole world to know
I just love love love love love you love you so
Friends are tryin' to tell me that I'm just a fool your love don't mean a thing
But I keep hoping someday if you'll see same things my way
You'll make the weddin' bells ring
Then I'll have you to keep me gay we'll be alone both night and day
So tell everybody I want the whole world to know
I just love love love love love you love you so
[ fiddle ]
Life's just too short to fuss and fight
If you'll trust in me well I'll treat you right
So tell everybody I want the whole world to know
I just love love love love love you love you so
Friends are tryin' to tell me...
I just love love love love love you love you so
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6.
IF YOU WERE ME (AND I WERE YOU)
(Webb Pierce)
« © '55 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
If you were me and I were you and I should do the things you do
Would you still love the way I keep on loving you
Of all the times you've been untrue if I should be the same by you
Just tell me now what would you do if you were me and I were you
[ fiddle - steel ]
Someday my love may grow cold then I'll love you no more I know
Think of all the unkind things you said and done
But I still love you even though your love for me you'll never show
Just tell me now what would you do if you were me and I were you
If you were me and I were you...
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7.
BACK STREET AFFAIR
(Billy Wallace - Jimmy Rule)
« © '52 Unichappell Music, BMI »
You didn't know I wasn't free when you fell in love with me
And with all your young heart you learned to care
It brought you shame and disgrace the world has tumbled in you place
Because they call our love a back street affair
They say you wrecked my home I'm a husband that's gone wrong
They don't know the sorrow that we've had to bear
For the one that I'm tied to was the first to be untrue
And yet they call our love a back street affair
[ guitar - fiddle ]
We have each other now that's all that matters anyhow
Oh the judgement of gossip's never fair
We'll just be brave and strong then someday they'll see they're wrong
So let them call our love a back street affair
We'll be free to love someday when all the talk has died away
And the happiness we've hoped for then we'll share
I'll climb a mountain high and the world will hear me cry
That our love is not a back street affair
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8.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG
(Webb Pierce - Audrey Grisham)
« © '53 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
It's been so long since we said goodbye
I guess that's the reason why I sit and cry
I miss you baby every day and night
It's been so long since I held you tight
Everything's different since you went away
It gets so lonely every night and day
I can't help feeling that you ought to know
I love you baby and I miss you so
Nothing ever seems the same my sunshine has turned to rain
Every time I hear your name my heart becomes a burning flame
It's been so long since we said goodbye...
[ fiddle - steel ]
It's been so long since we said goodbye...
Everything's different since you went away...
It's been so long since we said goodbye...
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9.
SLOWLY
(Webb Pierce - Tommy Hill)
« © '52 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
Slowly you're winning a heart that can be true
Now I can't hide my feelings no matter what I do
For slowly I'm falling more in love with you
[ fiddle ]
More and more I need you and want you by my side
More and more I love you as each day passes by
My heart I know you're stealing I hope that you'll be true
For slowly I'm falling more in love with you
Slowly I'm falling...
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10.
(DON'T DO IT DARLIN') THAT HEART BELONGS TO ME
(Webb Pierce)
« © '52 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
There are so many flirty guys with flirty flirty ways
Till I'm so afraid that they will try to steal you some day
But don't you let 'em darlin' cause you belong to me
Oh please don't ever let them think your heart is fancy free
Don't do it darlin' that heart belongs to me
They'll tell you that I trifle and that you should do the same
They'll tell you that they need your love so why not make the change
Don't do it darlin' that love belongs to me
Oh please don't let them blind you I still love you can't you see
Don't do it darlin' that heart belongs to me
[ steel ]
They'll offer you a mansion ask you if you'll be their queen
So they can give you riches make your life a happy dream
But don't you let 'em darlin' that dream belongs to me
Oh sure they'll try to buy your love with riches such as these
But don't do it darlin' that heart belongs to me
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11.
YES I KNOW WHY (I WANT TO CRY)
(Webb Pierce)
« © '54 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Yes I know why I want to cry it's over you
And I'm painting the town feeling blue
Should you ever love one that's untrue
Then you'll know why I want to cry it's over you
Well tomorrow I'll be twice as blue
I'm so low I could die over you
I should have known that you'd never be true
Yes I know why I want to cry it's over you
[ fiddle - steel - guitar ]
Yes I know why I want to cry...
Well I tried you all over again
And you just lied all over again
Yes I'm asking for heartaches anew
Yes I know why I want to cry it's over you
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12.
I'M GONNA FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH YOU
(Martha E. Taylor - Randy Hughes)
« © '53 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
When I fell in love with you well that's what I wanted to do
But if you can't be true I'm gonna fall out of love with you
Dear you've cheated and lied many long nights I cried
But what I'm gonna do I'm gonna fall out of love with you
Is that what you want me to do fall out of love with you
A few more days you don't change your ways
I'm fallin' out of love with you
[ fiddle - steel ]
You're making a fool of me these things I just can't see
The best thing for me to do is to fall out of love with you
Oh how I tried to plead I begged you on my knees
There's nothing left to do I'm gonna fall out of love with you
Is that what you want me to do...
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