CHARLEY PRIDE
IN PERSON
RCA Victor LSP-4094January/1969
Produced by Jack Clement & Felton Jarvis
Recorded:live, June 15/1968, The Panther Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
featuring Lloyd Green on steel guitar
INTRO BY BO POWELL
Ladies and gentlemenOnce in a very great while a tremendous entertainer comes along in the field of country music
Just a little over two years ago this boy was a virtually unknown today he's one of the greatest
And it's due to you the public
You asked for him back at Panther Hall
Panther Hall's got him back for you tonight
A big hand for Charley Pride
Thank you I believe you
1.
LAST THING ON MY MIND
(Tom Paxton) « © '66 UA Music, ASCAP »A lesson too late for the learnin' made of sand made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin' in your hand in your hand
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
Well I could've loved you better you didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
As we walk along my thoughts're tumblin' round and round round and round
Underneath our feet a subway's rumblin' underground underground
Are you going away with no word of farewell...
[ steel ] You got reasons of plenty for goin' this I know this I know
The weeds have been steadily growin' please don't go please don't go
Are you going away with no word of farewell...
You know that was the last thing on my mind
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I'll tell you goodness I can't see a seat out there no place
Friends I wanna tell you I'm happy to be here anytime they say I'm comin' to Texas
I'm like a buckin' horse tryin' to get out of a stall
Cause you're good to me I appreciate it thank you
Here's a number that did real well for me
My first chart record matter of fact and I hope you like
2.
JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME
(Jack Clement) « © '67 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »So I feel so blue sometimes I wanna die
And so I've got a broken heart so what
They say that time will heal all wounds in mice and men
And I know that someday I'll forget and love again
But just between you and me I've got my doubts about it
Cause just between you and me you're too much to forget
Oh Lloyd
[ steel ] So I've lost the only girl I ever loved
And so I've never felt so low so what
I'll just tell myself each time I wanna cry
That someday time will dry the teardrops from my eyes
But just between you and me I'm not so sure about it
Cause just between you and me you're too much to fotget
You're too much to forget
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It's good to be back to Ft Worth I'll guarantee you
Lloyd let's do one called I Know One
3.
I KNOW ONE
(Jack Clement) « © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »When all your loves have ended when all your friends have flown
Who'll be around to want you when all your loves have gone
Only a fool would do it after the way you've done
But how many fools would have you I know one
This fool keeps wondering why he fell in love at all
But you might need this fool around in case you fall
After the party's over and you've had your fill of fun
If you need a fool to forgive you I know one
[ steel ] You never know you might be lonely when all your loves have missed
It wouldn't hurt to keep an extra fool on your list
After your heart's been broken and it needs a place to run
If you'll take a fool who loves you I know one
Hmm yes I know one hmm I know one
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I get a lotta questions ask me you know people like to know where the audience is from
And I was born in Sledge Mississippi and raised there until I was about seventeen years old
I live up in Great Falls Montana right now
But I get a lotta questions you know asked me
Says Charley how'd you get into country music
And why don't you sound like you're supposed to sound
Well it is a little unique I admit
But I been singing country music since I was about five years old
And this is why I sound like I sound
I've been singin' and listenin' to the Grand Ole Opry since then
To give you an example I was in Conroe Texas
This lady she loved Just Between You And Me
And eh I came in and it was just about like it is now
I mean it was beautiful just packed to the rafters
And she came in and they said yeah says yeah
Says he's here said did you know he was eh
She said no no I have the record says no no
I went on stage and you could just about touch the audience you know
I mean like it wasn't quite as high as this bandstand
But I did a couple of numbers and finally I did Just Between
I said Just Between You and she said it's true it's true
4.
LOVESICK BLUES
(Irving Mills - Cliff Friend) « © '49 Mills Music, ASCAP »(Yodel)
I got a feelin' called the blues oh Lord since my baby said goodbye
Oh Lord I don't know what I'll do all I do is sit and sigh oh Lord
That last long day she said goodbye dear Lord I thought I would cry
She'll do me she'll do you she's got that kinda lovin'
Lord I love to hear her when she call me sweet daddy
Such a beautiful dream I hate to think it all over I lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you somehow a wll I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
And I'm lonesome I got the lovesick blues
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal say what's the matter with me
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal but she don't care about me
Oh Lord and I tried and I try to keep her satisfied but that gal wouldn't stay
So now that she is leavin' this is all I can say
I got a feelin' called the blues...
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5.
IMAGE OF ME
(Wayne Kemp) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »Yes I know she's the life of the party
And without her things here would die
Oh but don't be fooled by her laughter
She has her sad times she knows how to cry
She drinks and she talks just a little too loud
And with her pride gone she tags along with any ole crowd
Yes I know I'm to blame and I feel so ashamed
That I made her the image of me
[ guitar - steel ] I met her in a little country town
She was simple and ole fashion in some way
But she loved me till I dragged her down
Then she just gave up and drifted away
She drinks and she talks just a little too loud...
That I made her the image of me
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Here's a number that I I been promisin'
Eh my fans all around Texas and ever all in Florida and everywhere I've been tourin'
That I was gonna put try and put this in album and we're gonna try this one
And I tell you I learned it just the way I'm doin' it
I put one verse where maybe it don't supposed to be
But this is the way I learned it when I was small and I'm gonna do it the same way
6.
KAW-LIGA
(Hank Williams - Fred Rose) « © '52 Milene Music, ASCAP / Intersong USA, ASCAP »Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian standin' by the door
He fell in love with the Indian maid over in the antique store
Kaw-Liga well he stood there I said he never let it show
Cause she could never answer yes or no
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga well he never got a kiss
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga he don't know what he missed
Is it any wonder that his face is red
Kaw-Liga that poor ol' wooden head
He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tommmyhawk
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk
Kaw-Liga well he stood there as lonely as can be
Cause his heart was of an ol' pine knoty tree tree da tree
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga well he never got a kiss...
Have a good time
And then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid
He took her oh so far away but ol' Kaw-Liga stayed
Kaw-Liga well he stood there and I said never let it show
Cause she could never answer yes or no
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga well he never got a kiss...
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I'd rather be sweatin' up here than to be pickin' that cotton in Mississippi
I'll guarantee you that
7.
SHUTTERS AND BOARDS
(Scott Turner - Audie Murphy) « © '62 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »Shutters and boards cover the windows
Of the house where we used to live
All I have left is a heart full of sorrow
Since she said she'd never forgive
The house that we've built was once filled with laughter
But I changed that laughter to tears
Now I live in a world without sunshine
Oh I wish you were here
Shutters and boards cover the windows...
Last night I dreamed that you came to our house
To take an ol' book from the shelf
If you'll open the shutters I'll tear down the boards
Cause I drove ev'ry nail by myself
Shutters and boards cover the windows...
(One more time)
Shutters and boards cover the windows...
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8.
SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD
(Earl Green - Carl Montgomery) « © '58 Southern Arts Music, BMI »Well I pulled outta Pittsburgh a rollin' down that Eastern Sea board
I got my diesel wound up and she's a runnin' like a never before
There's a speed zone ahead alright well I don't see a cop in sight
Six days on the road I said I'm a gonna make it home tonight
I got a ten forward gears and a Georgia overdrive
I'm takin' little white pills I said my eyes are open wide
I just passed a Jimmy in white been a passin' ev'rything in sight
Six days on the road I said I'm gonna make it home tonight
Well it seems like a month since I kissed my baby goodbye
I could have a lots of women but I'm not a like some of the guys
I could find one to hold me tight I could never make believe it's alright
Six days on the road I said I'm gonna make it home tonight
(Sing it pretty)
(Lloyd Green)
[ guitar - steel ] Well the ICC is a checkin' on down the line
Well I'm a little overweight I said my log book's way behind
Course there's nothin' bothers me tonight I can dodge all the scales alright
Six days on the road I said I'm a gonna make it home tonight
You know my rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow
There's a flame from my stack and that smoke blowin' black as coal
A well my hometown's a comin' in sight if you think I'm a happy you're right
Six days on the road I said I'm gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road I said I'm gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road I said I'm gonna make it home tonight
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Oh my goodness thank you
9.
STREETS OF BALTIMORE
(Harlan Howard - Tompall Glaser) « © '66 Ensign Music, BMI »I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be
We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennssee
Bought those oneway tickets she had often begged me for
And they took us to the streets of Baltimore
Her heart was filled with laughter when she saw those city lights
She said the prettiest place on earth is Baltimore at night
Oh well a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for
And I kind of liked the streets of Baltimore
Then I got myself a factory job I ran an old machine
I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene
Every night when I came home with every muscle sore
She would drag me through the streets of Baltimore
Well I tried my best to bring her back to what she used to be
But I soon learned she loved those bright lights much more than she loved me
Well I'm a goin' back on that same train that brought me here before
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
Yes my baby walks the streets of Baltimore
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10.
GOT LEAVIN' ON HER MIND
(Jack Clement) « © '65 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »Cause she don't hold and kiss me like she did one time
I think my sweet baby's got leavin' on her mind
The longer I know her the more I can tell my darlin's not happy with me
The longer I know that I know her too well the less love in her eyes I see
Cause she don't hold and kiss me...
[ guitar ] The stronger I hold her the farther apart my darlin' is growin' from me
The danger of my darlin' breakin' my heart it's fast moving in on me
Cause she don't hold and kiss me...
[ guitar ] The deeper I love her the farther away my darlin' slips out of my hands
The longer the future the longer I'll stay out of my darlin's plans
Cause she don't hold and kiss me...
I think my sweet baby's got leavin' on her mind
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11.
CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS
(Ted Harris) « © '65 Plainspoken Music, ASCAP »Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall
The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall
But will the timely crowd that has you laughing loud help you dry your tears
Said when the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers
I never did fit in too well with folks you knew
And it's plain to see that the likes of me don't fit with you
Said you traded me for the gaiety of the well to do
And turned away from the love I offered you
Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall...
I see your picture in the news most ev'ry day
You're the chosen girl of the social world so the stories say
Said but a paper smile only lasts a while then it fades away
Oh when the love we knew will come home to you some day
Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall...
Said when the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers
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Friends I wanna oh I tell you
I'm eh a little bit serious about this one
I like this number and I like to do it on all my shows
And I'll tell you the reason why for one it's a good song
And for a couple or three reasons it reminds me of what I don't ever want to go back to doin'
What's that cause it hurt my fingers and my back and my knees
And that's why when I go on stage I try to sing as best I can
Cause I don't ever want to go back to doin' it anymore
It's in E and it goes like this
12.
COTTON FIELDS
(Huddie Ledbetter) « © '61 Folkways Music, BMI »When I was a little bitty baby my mommy would rock me in the cradle
In them ol' cottonfields back a home
When I was a little bitty baby my mommy would rock me in the cradle
In them ol' cottonfields back home
A well a when them cotton bowls get a rotten you can't a pick very much cotton
In them ol' cottonfields back home
Yes it was down in Louisiana just about a mile from a Texarkana
In them ol' cottonfields back home
[ steel ] When I was a little bitty baby...
Yes again in them ol' cottonfields back home
Well in them ol' I said cottonfields back home
Thank you
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