lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

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 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 ] So please take the treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love I 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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2.

YOU DONE ME WRONG

(George Jones - Ray Price) « © '56 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI /
Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI / Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Well you tell me that you care but now you're gone you got me cryin'
No use denyin' you done me wrong
If I could look inside your heart then maybe I would know the reason
Why you are leavin' me all alone

Well you know it's not so when you say it's not well you know you lie
I didn't do one wrong thing to you
Won't you tell me baby why you went and left me here so lonely
I miss only for I love you
[ fiddle - steel ] Did I ever make you sad so you be mad and love to hurt me
And desert me for so long
Well you're telling everyone what you done you think it's funny
Well listen honey you done me wrong

Well you know it's not so...
[ piano ] Well you know it's not so...
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3.

CITY LIGHTS

(Bill Anderson) « © '58 TNT Music, BMI »
A bright array of city lights as far as I can see
The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me
The cabaretes and honky tonks their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights

Lights that say forget her name in a glass of cherry wine
Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights
[ fiddle - steel ] The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night
The God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights
Oh it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right
Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights

Lights that say forget her love in a different athmosphere
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquarade for tears
They paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight
And I just can't say I love you to a street of city lights
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4.

INVITATION TO THE BLUES

(Roger Miller) « © '58 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
I couldn't sleep last night just walked the floor
Don't know how I stand this anymore
Lonely are the times since I lost you recieved your invitation to the blues

I don't know why you caused me such pain
I just hope I'll never go through this much again
Thanks for sending something I can't use recieved your invitation to the blues
[ steel ] You took the laughter from this world of mine
Thanks to you the sun will never shine
Walk the floor so much wore out my shoes recieved your invitation to the blues

I don't know why I don't know why you caused me such pain
I just hope I'll never go through this much again
Lonely me I don't know what to do recieved your invitation to the blues
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5.

I'VE GOT A NEW HEARTACHE

(Wayne P.Walker - Ray Price) « © '56 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
You're back in town again spreadin' talk around
That I'm still in love with you though you let me down
I hate to admit it but I guess the talk is true
Or else you couldn't make my heart ache the way you do

I've got a new heartache about an old sweetheart
That left me for somebody new
I've got a new heartache about an old sweetheart
And that's why I'm feeling so blue
[ fiddle ] Why did you turn up again I was doing fine
I'd found another sweetheart to drive you from my mind
I thought that I'd forgotten you but I know that it's not true
Or else you couldn't make my heart ache the way you do

I've got a new heartache...
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6.

WHO'LL BE THE FIRST

(Bobby George - Vern Stovall) « © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Everybody told me what a fool I was
To fall in love with someone who would never be true
But someday I would wind up with the hopeless love
All alone be wilted and confused

So who'll be the first to say I told you so
Cause I'm alone like they all said I'd be
Who'll be the first to say I should have listened long ago
So who'll be the first to say I told you so
[ fiddle - steel ] Filled with love so strong that ruled my heart and soul
Blinded by the lies you kept on tellin' to me
People saw the things you've done and let me know
Things a fool in love can never see

So who'll be the first...
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7.

HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER

(Harlan Howard) « © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two was when you come back again
You came back and never meant to stay

Now I've got heartaches by the number troubles by the score
Every day you love me less each day I love you more
Yes I've got heartaches by the number a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end
[ steel - fiddle ] Heartache number three was when you called me
And said that you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door
I waited but you must have lost your way

Now I've got heartaches by the number...
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8.

SAME OLD ME

(Frank Owens) « © '59 Writer Share, PD »
When I saw you with your new love today
It hurt me in an old familiar way
And I know there is nothing I can do
But how long this'll be here waiting just for you

With the same two arms still missing you
And the same old heart still bein' true
And the same two lips they still belong to you
And the same old me keeps loving you
[ fiddle - steel ] I have tried everything to drive you from my heart
But the mem'ry of you makes me feel so blue
And with every heartbeat I can feel the teardrops start
So you'll always find me waiting here for you

With the same two arms...
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9.

RELEASE ME (AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN)

(Eddie Miller - W.S. Stevenson) « © '54 Roschelle Publishing, BMI »
Please release me let me go I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin release and let me love again
[ fiddle ] I have found a new love dear and I'll always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold release me darling let me go
[ guitar ] Oh please release me let me go...
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10.

ONE MORE TIME

(Mel Tillis) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I wonder what the power is that you hold over me
I never get to love you long just your memory
And I make a vow each time you leave that this will draw the line
Then you come back and just like now I'm falling one more time

One more time my lips may kiss you one more time my arms will hold you
But it won't belong until you're gone with a mem'ry left behind
And I just know that when you go I'll be lonely one more time
[ steel ] Your nearness makes me weaken and I give into you
And I'm doing all the things I said that I wouldn't do
And I make a vow each time you leave that this will draw the line
Then you come back and just like now I'm falling one more time

One more time my lips may kiss you...
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11.

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 up head up in the air
Even tell my friends I'm glad that you don't call
But 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
[ fiddle ] 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 for you...
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12.

I'LL BE THERE (IF YOU EVER WANT ME)

(Dave Burgess) « © '57 C Minor Music, BMI »
When you get lonely at the close of day
I'll be the one who'll kiss your tears away
Just close your eyes and say a prayer and I'll be there

Though we're apart I know it's true
Our love can bring me back to you
Just close your eyes and say a prayer and I'll be there

When love and fate walk hand in hand
There's nothing we can do
Just keep your face and you will find
I'll soon be coming on to you

Oh oh when you recall our last goodbye
Remember this before you cry
Just close your eyes and say a prayer and I'll be there

(When love and fate walk hand in hand
There's nothing we can do)
Just keep your face and you will find
I'll soon be coming on to you

Oh oh when you recall our last goodbye...
Oh I'll be there
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