lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

WEARIN' THAT LOVED ON LOOK

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens) « © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Gladys Music, ASCAP / Cherry Lane Music, ASCAP »
I had to leave town for a little while you said you'd be good while I'm gone
But the look in your eye done told me you told a lie
I know there's been some carryin' on

Baby you're wearin' that loved on look shoop shoop shoop shoop
Baby you're wearin' that loved on look

The ash trays are all full of ashes the floor needs a touch of the mop
There's a man downstairs with a long bushy hair
He said your party was a three day rock

Baby you're wearin' that loved on look...

Baby if you ever loved me then Bonnie and Clyde loved the law
Well a bird can't fly and I don't like apple pie
And trees won't grow in Arkansas

Baby you're wearin' that loved on look...
[ piano ] I had to leave town for a little while...
Baby you're wearin' that loved on look...
Baby you're wearin' that loved on look...
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2.

ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

(Jerry Butler - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff) « © '69 Ensign Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
I remember my first love affair
Somehow or another the whole darn thing went wrong
My mama had some great advice
So I thought I'd put it into words of this song
I can still hear her sayin' it

Boy oh I see you're sittin' out there all alone
Cryin' your eyes out cause the woman that you love has gone
Oh there's gonna be there's gonna be a whole lot of trouble in your life
Oh so listen to me get up off your knees cause only the strong survive

That's what she said only the strong survive only the strong survive
Oh you've got to be strong you'd better hold on
Don't go all around with your head hung down
Well I wouldn't let that little girl no I wouldn't let her know
That she made me feel like a clown
There's a whole lot a girls lookin' for a good man like you
Oh but you'll never meet 'em if you give up now and say your life is through

Yes she said only the strong survive only the strong survive
You've got to be a man you've got to take a stand

Only the strong survive only the strong survive
Oh you've got to be strong you'd better hold on
Cause only the strong survive
Only the strong survive only the strong survive
Well you've got to be a man you've got to take a stand
Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive only the strong survive
Only the strong survive only the strong survive
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3.

I'LL HOLD YOU IN MY HEART

(Vic McAlpin - Eddy Arnold - Howard Horton) « © '47 Adams Vee & Abbott Music, BMI »
I said I'll hold I said I'll hold
I said I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
Oh like you'd never been held before
Well I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night away
Oh till you are in my arms once more

The stars up in the sky you know they know the reason why
I feel so blue cause I'm away from you
Well I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
So darling please wait for me

You know the stars up in the sky you know they know the reason why
I feel so blue cause I'm away I'm away from you
Well I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
Oh darling please wait for me

The stars up in the sky you know they know the reason why
I I feel so blue cause I'm away I'm away I'm away I'm away I'm away from you
I said I said I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
Oh darling please wait for me

You know the stars up in the sky you know they know the reason why
I feel so blue cause I'm away I'm away from you
Yeah I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms
Oh oh oh darling please wait for me
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4.

LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE

(Bobby George - Vern Stovall) « © '61 Unichappell Music, BMI »
There's a long line of mourners driving down our street
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see oh yeah
They're all your rich friends who you knew in the city
And now they finally brought you brought you home to me

When you left you told me that someday you'd be returning
In a fancy car all the town to see oh yeah
Well now everybody is watching you you finally had your dream
And you're riding in a long black limousine

You know the papers told of how you lost your life oh yeah
The party the party and the fatal crash that night
Well the race upon the highway oh the curve you didn't see
Well you're now in that long black limousine
(You're now in that long black limousine)

Through tear filled eyes I watch as you ride by oh yeah
A chauffer a chauffer at the wheel dressed up so fine
Well I'll never I'll never love another oh my heart all my dreams
Yeah they're in that long black limousine
Yeah yeah they're in that long black limousine
Yeah yeah yeah in that long black limousine
Yeah yeah they're in that long black limousine
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5.

IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTIN'

(Johnny Tillotson) « © '61 Ridge Music, BMI »
I cry myself to sleep each night wishing I could hold you tight
Life seems so empty since you went away
The pillow where you lay your head now holds my empty dreams instead
And it keeps right on a hurtin' since you've gone

It keeps right on a hurtin' every minute of the day
Every hour you're away I feel so lonely
And I can't help it I don't think I can go on
And it keeps right on a hurtin' since you've gone

They say a man ain't supposed to cry but when I see you passing by
My heart breaks down and cries a million tears
The pillow where you lay your head now holds my empty dreams instead
And it keeps right on a hurtin' since you've gone

It keeps right on a hurtin' every minute of the day...
Yes it keeps right on a hurtin' since you've gone
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6.

I'M MOVIN' ON

(Hank Snow) « © '50 Unichappell Music, BMI »
That big eight wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
Cause he's movin' on he's rollin' on
You were flyin' too high for my little ol' sky so I'm movin' on

But some day baby when you've had you play
You're gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on keep rollin' on
You were flyin' too high for my little ol' sky so I'm movin' on
Move on baby
[ steel ] Mr Farmer won't you please listen to me
Cause I gotta pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep rollin' on keep movin' on
Please listen to me let this rattler free and keep movin' on
Move on son move on
[ steel - horns ] Well I told you baby from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
And now I'm movin' on I'm rollin' on
I'm through with you too bad you're blue but I'm movin' on
Move on baby move on
[ horns ] I said move on I said move on I said move on I said move on
Well I'm through with you too bad you're blue
I said move on I said move on I said move on I said move on
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7.

POWER OF MY LOVE

(Bill Giant - Bernie Baum - Florenece Kaye) « © '69 Cherry River Music, BMI / Chrysalis Songs, BMI »
Oh break it burn it drag it all around
Twist it turn it you can't tear it down
Cause every minute every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

Crush it kick it you can never win
I know baby you can't lick it I'll make you give in
Every minute every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

Baby I want you you'll never get away
My love will haunt you yes haunt you night and day
Touch it pound it what good does it do
There's just no stoppin' the way I feel for you
Cause every minute every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love

Yeah yeah baby I want you you'll never get away...

I said every minute every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love
Every minute every hour you'll be shaken
By the strength and mighty power of my love
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8.

GENTLE ON MY MIND

(John Hartford) « © '67 Ensign Music, BMI »
It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to keep my sleeping bag rolled up
And stashed behind your couch
It's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotten words and bons
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursin' or forgivin'
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheet fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And a summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind

I dipped my cup of soap back from a gurgling crackling caltron in some train yard
My beard a roughen coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands round a tin can I pretend I hold you to my breast and find
That you're waving from the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind
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9.

AFTER LOVING YOU

(Eddie Miller - John Lantz) « © '62 Red River Songs, BMI / Neta Johnson Music, BMI / Roschelle Publishing, BMI »
Now after loving you what else is there to do
For honey all the rest it's just gonna have to be second best
I know I'll go through life comparing her to you
That's cause I'm no good I'm no good to anyone after loving you

Your precious love cannot be erased by just another woman with a pretty face
And your memory you know it will remain for it cannot be erased
Other loves may come along they can't live up to you
That's cause I'm no good I'm no good to anyone after loving you

Your precious love cannot be erased...

I said I'm no good I'm no good to anyone after loving you
I said I'm no good I'm no good I'm no good to anyone
To anyone to anyone to anyone after loving you
That's cause I'm no good I'm no good to anyone after loving you
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10.

TRUE LOVE TRAVELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens) « © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
How many girls choose cotton dress worlds
When they could have satins and lace
And stand by her man never once letting shade touch her face
How many hearts could live through all the winters
We've known and still not be cold true love travels on a gravel road

Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
All through streets paved with gold for true love travels on a gravel road
[ strings ] Down through the years we've had hard times and tears
But they only helped our love grow
And we'll stay together no matter how strong the wind blows
Not once have I seen your blue eyes filled with envy
Or stray from the one that you hold oh true love travels on a gravel road

Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger...
Yeah true love travels on a gravel road
True love travels on a gravel road
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11.

ANY DAY NOW

(Bob Hillard - Burt Bacharach) « © '62 Bourne Co, ASCAP / New Hidden Valley Music, ASCAP »
Any day now I will hear you say goodbye my love
And you'll be on your way
Then my wild beautiful bird you will have flown
Any day now I'll be all alone

Oh any day now when your restless eyes meet someone new
To my sad surprise an the blue shadows fall all over town
Any day now love will let me down oh

I know I shouldn't want to keep you if you don't want to stay
Until you're gone forever I'll be holding on for dear life
Holding you this way begging you to stay
Any day now when the clock strikes go you'll call it off
Then my tears will flow and the blue shadows will fall all over town
Any day now love will let me down cause you won't be around
Any day now any day now
Don't fly away my beautiful bird don't fly away my beautiful bird
Any day now
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12.

IN THE GHETTO

(Mac Davis) « © '68 Cherry River Music, BMI / Chrysalis Songs, BMI / ATV Songs, BMI »
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago morn
A poor little baby child is born
In the Ghetto and his mama cries
Cause there's one thing that she don't need
Is 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 as the world turns

A hungry little boy with a running nose
Plays in the streets as the cold wind blows
In the 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 the 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 the Ghetto and as the young man dies

On a cold and gray Chicago morn another little baby child is born
In the Ghetto and his mama cries
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