lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

(Liz Anderson) « © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Fate had meant for me one last time to see my hometown again
Once again go there see the places where as a child I've been
As I journeyed now it was so far out it was almost in
In the middle in the middle of nowhere

Sadness talked with me as I walked the streets of my memory
Streets that seemed somehow so much smaller now than they used to be
Talked of other days when this tiny place had been home to me
In the middle in the middle of nowhere

People stared at me in silence as I walked around
Time had passed till I was just a stranger there
Folks had changed so much that no one even knew me now
In the middle in the middle of nowhere

I went once again to the schoolyard where I used to play
Passed the church of mom and daddy where they used to pray
Down the dusty road to the churchyard where they both now lay
In the middle in the middle of nowhere

As I place my blue forgetmenots there on the ground
One last time I kneel by mom and dad in prayer
Then I said goodbye forever to that little town
In the middle in the middle of nowhere
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2.

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
I could have loved you better 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 rumblin' underground underground

Are you going away with no word of farewell...
[ guitar ] You got reasons a 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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3.

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
[ 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 fortget
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4.

APARTMENT NO. 9

(Johnny Paycheck - Bobby Austin) « © '66 Dream City Music, BMI »
Just follow the stairway to this lonely world of mine
You'll find me waiting here in Apartment No 9

Not so very long ago you walked away from me
And after all the plans we made you decided to be free

Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me
And the sun will never shine in Apartment No 9
[ piano - steel ] I keep waiting in this lonely room just in case you change your mind
You'll find me waiting here in apartment No 9

Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me...
And the sun will never shine in Apartment No 9
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5.

SPELL OF THE FREIGHT TRAIN

(Jack Clement) « © '66 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
The wild birds are flyin' high wide and free
Whatever calls the wild birds is callin' to me
The spell of the freight train got in my blood one day
I'm always goin' never get nowhere I'm just on my way

My baby she loves me but she don't understand
The spell of the freight train that's callin' her man
[ ac.guitar ] My daddy is a preacher my mother teaches school
My brother is a doctor and me I'm a fool
The spell of the freight train is stronger than wine
That same lonesome whistle that chills my darlin's heart is callin' mine

My baby she loves me but she don't understand...
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6.

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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7.

I'M NOT THE BOY I USED TO BE

(Curly Putman) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Dear mama I'm coming home tomorrow
If you don't mind would you meet me at the train
Dear mama my wandering days're over
And it's so good to be coming home again

Dear mama we'll walk the fields together
And through the valley we will stroll hand in hand
I just can't wait to see you and touch the soil of home so clean
But mama I'm not the boy I used to be

For I've been gone away too long
And I've done ev'rything that's wrong
But I think I finally found myself at last
And just you wait and see another chance is all I need
But mama I'm not the boy I used to be

You see mama I've spent time in prison
For a crime that I'm too ashamed to tell
And when you meet me there tomorrow
Don't be surprised at what you see
Cause mama I'm not the boy I used to be

For I've been gone away too long...
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8.

GOOD WOMAN'S LOVE

(Cy Coben) « © '55 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
I was a rover on land and on sea
Till a good woman's love made a new man of me
Life had no meaning it was so incomplete
Till a good woman's love put me back on my feet

Stead of roamin' I go home in the evenin' and she's waiting there
And no matter what happens I know she'll always care
And when the night falls and the moon shines above
I go home to a dream and a good woman's love
[ mandolin ] Stead of roamin' I go home in the evening she's waiting there...
I go home to a dream and a good woman's love
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9.

SILENCE

(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton) « © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Silence is four walls that hold no laughter
Silence is a phone that never rings
Silence is a hall without her footsteps
The sound of silence is destroying me

Turn the jukebox up loud let there be laughter
Talk to me no matter what you say
Help me drown out the sound of silence
The sound of silence that's destroying me
[ steel ] Silence is two lips that never speak my name
Silence is her picture that can't talk to me
Silence is a man lost in his memories
The sound of silence is destroying me
The sound of silence is destroying me
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10.

TAKE ME HOME

(Jack Clement - Allen Reynolds) « © '63 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Well I've been from Boston to LA seen Boulder Dam and Frisco Bay
Into New York City and Washington
Seen Montreal and Saskatchewan and Rhode Island
And I've worked in three all night service stations and drove a truck

Take me home my heart is heavy and my feet are sore
Take me home I don't want to roam no more

Well I've slept all night in a water trough
Had the flu and the croup and the whoopin' cough
Had the mumps and the measles and the seven year itch
And I can't count the times that I've had a cold and sore throat
Not to mention all the times that I've cut my fingers on a sardine can

Take me home my heart is heavy and my feet are sore...

Well I can just see 'em all now just a gatherin' round
Mama's supper table when the sun goes down
And my good old pappy when the blessin' is said
Fillin' up his plate with black eyed peas and side meat
And a great big hunk of my dear sweet mama's hot buttered cornbread

Take me home my heart is heavy and my feet are sore...
Take me home my heart is heavy and my feet are sore...
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11.

TOUCH MY HEART

(Johnny Paycheck - Aubrey Mayhew) « © '66 Dream City Music, BMI »
Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery
Then tell me again what love can do for me

If you lived in my world awhile you'd soon forget how to smile
In my world there's a million ways to cry
If you had my eyes you could see how a woman changed my destiny
I'm a man who can't live and yet can't die

See these hands of mine and how they shake all because I can't break
The habit of rememb'ring yesterday
Another love couldn't help this ache I know I'd make the same mistakes
Her mem'ry's always standing in my way

Touch my heart feel the hurt it's destroying me
I've tried but I can't seem to shake her memory
Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery
Then tell me again what love can do for me
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12.

BEST BANJO PICKER

(Jack Clement) « © '67 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I didn't think too much about books and schoolin'
Cause there were more important things to do
I'd just sit out in the yard and pick my ol' banjo
Tryin' to do what the big hillbillies do

I would sit there by the hour pickin' Wildwood Flower
Wore my little fingers to the bone
I said I'll never rest till I am the very best
The best banjo picker in this whole county
[ banjo ] I said someday I know I'll win my fame
One day all the world will know my name
I'll work so very hard with that ol' banjo
Tryin' to do what the big hillbillies do

I would sit there all alone tryin' to pick out Home Sweet Home
While ev'rybody played out in the yard
I said I'll never stop till I've reached the very top
When I'm the best banjo picker in this whole county
[ banjo ] Well the years have passed I haven't change my mind
I still pick the banjo all the time
Because I know someday I'm bound to learn
To play all the things the big hillbillies do

I just sit here in my shop pickin' Foggy Mountain Top
Tellin' ev'rybody help yourself
Cause before I go to rest I'm gonna be the very best
The best banjo picker in this whole county

(I'm gonna learn how to play that thing
I'm gonna play that banjo just like Sonny Osborne
Yes sir Sonny I'm gonna learn)
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