lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

SWEETHEART OF THE YEAR

(Clyde Pitts - Van Givens) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
As usual I'll be working when she reads the morning paper
And oh how I wish I could be home so I could see
My darling's face light up when she sees her picture in the paper
And this message underneath to her from me

Happy anniversary sweetheart to you from me
Thanks for loving me another year
I wanted our whole town to see the woman who consistedly
Has been the sweetest sweetheart of the year

Happy anniversary sweetheart to you from me...
(Happy anniversary)
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2.

MAKE ME WONDERFUL IN HER EYES

(Nellie Smith - Leona Butrum - Jim Reeves) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Every night I bow my head and say a prayer for daily bread
Tonight I ask a greater prize make me wonderful in her eyes
Expose my heart and lay it bare let her see the love that's there
Use your power so great and wise make me wonderful in her eyes

Let her look at me through the eyes of love and treasure me to skies above
Let her vision and behold the mirror of my very soul
Reflect our love to twice its side make me wonderful in her eyes
Make me wonderful in her eyes
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3.

EACH TIME

(Ray Price) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Each time I see your picture a flood of memories starts
And the blue tide that's rising around my feet is breaking inside my heart
And though I fight with all of my might the burning desire remain
For each time I see your picture I lose my heart again

I hide the frame to shut out the pain then wake up searching the dark
Oh I just can't rest until I caress the cold glass that's holding my heart
I haven't yet learned how to forget and the burning desire remain
For each time I see your picture I lose my heart again
Each time I see your picture I lose my heart again
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4.

(MARGIE'S AT) THE LINCOLN PARK INN

(Tom T. Hall) « © '69 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
My name's in the paper where I took the boy scouts to hike
My hands're all dirty from working on my little boy's bike
The preacher came by and I talked for a minute with him
My wife's in the kitchen and Margie's at the Lincoln Park Inn

And I know why she's there I've been there before
But I made her a promise that I wouldn't cheat anymore
I tried to ignore it but I know she's in there my friend
My mind's on a number and Margie's at the Lincoln Park Inn

Next Sunday it's my turn to speak to the young people's class
They expect answers to all of the questions they ask
What would they say if I spoke on a modern day sin
And all of the Margies at all of the Lincoln Park Inns

The bike is all fixed and my little boy's in bed asleep
His little old puppy is curled in a ball at my feet
My wife's baking cookies to feed to the Bridge Club again
And I'm out of cigarettes and Margie's at the Lincoln Park Inn
And I know why she's there
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5.

TERRIBLE TANGLED WEB

(Billy Mize) « © '66 Two Wood Music, BMI / Billy Mize Music, BMI »
You've got a way of makin' me blue and I've got a way of hurtin' you too
Oh what a terrible tangled web we're we
You've got a gentleman on the side and I've got a friend that I'm tryin' to hide
Oh what a terrible tangled web we're we

We both got our way of goin' our way knowin' the cost gets greater each day
And I know you know we both know we both deceive
We've got a way of livin' a lie and life's got a way of makin' us cry
Oh what a terrible tangled web we're we
[ harmonica ] Why'd've we have to settle for it how can we take too much more
It figures we both got the nerve to leave
We've got a way of livin' a lie and life's got a way of makin' us cry
Oh what a terrible tangled web we're we
Oh what a terrible tangled web we're we
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6.

WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE

(Jerry Chesnut) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Her eyes tell the story so well that she tries hard to hide
So little expected too often neglected a woman stripped of her pride
Always so careful not to cry until I fall asleep
And there in the silence she lies with the tear on her cheek

A thought comes to mind yeah I read it sometime I hear it I can't quite recall
That a man without love is only half of a man but a woman is nothing at all

She knows I don't love her although heaven knows that I've tried
Her reason for living's to go right on giving no one thinks that she's been denied
Without any warning in the hours of the morning she cries
And the hurt deep inside that she's tried so to hide is beginning to show in her eyes

A thought comes to mind...
A man without love is only half of a man but a woman is nothing at all
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7.

ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO

(Philip Zeller) « © '69 Universal PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Fancy girls out working honky tonk's a place
These were a part of the good old days
When I used to swing on the south side of Chicago
Twenty first and Network was its beating heart
The place with action first got it start
Back when jazz was king on the south side of Chicago

I still can hear those silver trumpets blowing
In little places filled with people glowing
New Orleans was groovy Memphis light and gay
And who could put down New York's Broadway
But there was everything on the south side of Chicago

I still can hear thosee silver trumpets blowing...
Yes there was everything on the south side of Chicago
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8.

YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN

(Marty Robbins) « © '66 Mariposa Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Born in the heat of the desert my mother died giving me life
Deprived of the love of a father blamed for the loss of his wife
You know Lord I've been in a prison for something that I've never done
It's been one hill after another but I've climbed them all one by one

But this time Lord you gave me a mountain a mountain I may never climb
And it isn't a hill any longer you gave me a mountain this time

My woman got tired of the hardships tired of the grief and the strife
So tired of working for nothing tired of being my wife
She took my one ray of sunshine she took my pride and my joy
She took my reason for living she took my small baby boy

So this time Lord you gave me a mountain...
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9.

I WANNA BE AROUND

(Johnny Mercer - Sadie Vimmerstedt) « © '62 WB Music, ASCAP »
I wanna be around to pick up the pieces when somebody breaks your heart
Some somebody twice as smart as I
Somebody who will swear to be true like you used to do with me
Who'll leave you to learn that misery loves company wait and see

I wanna be around to see how he does it
When he breaks your heart to bits
Let's see if the puzzle fits so fine so fine
And that's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet
As I sit there applauding from a front row seat
When somebody breaks your heart like you broke mine
When somebody breaks your heart like you broke mine
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10.

PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL

(Leon Payne) « © '62 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Might as well admit it you don't really love me
You've been acting funny for so long
It hurts to think that you think you're above me
But it hurts more to admit that I've been wrong

Need a bottle and a table I can find those
Maybe they will help speed up time's crazy crawl
Might as well go on out and join the winos
Ain't it funny how pride goes before a fall

Yes pride goes before a fall I've got a feeling
That I'm gonna sink much lower than them all
When we first met I went through the ceiling
Ain't it funny how pride goes before a fall

Pour the wine dim the lights and play the jukebox
Dance with every Sue and Betty that's around
Take her out and try your luck that's what's expected
What's the difference it can't bring your honour down

You are now a full fledged member of the rat race
Forget everything that's decent have a ball
What's the difference if you die in this hour and place
Ain't it funny how pride goes before a fall
Ain't it funny how pride goes before a fall
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11.

SOMEWHERE (WEST SIDE STORY)

(Stephen Sondheim - Leonard Bernstein) « © '65 Chappell & Co, ASCAP / Leonard Bernstein Music, ASCAP »
There's a place for us somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air wait for us somewhere

There's a time for us someday a time for us
Time together with time to spare time to look time to care

Someday somewhere we'll find the new way of living
We'll find the way of forgiving somewhere

There's a place for us a time and place for us
Hold my hand and we're halfway there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Somehow someday somewhere
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