lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LOUISIANA MAN

(Doug Kershaw) « © '61 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
At birth mom and papa called their little boy Ned
They raised him on the banks of the river bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
A home for my papa and my mama and me
The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet
Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat
At half past papa he's ready to go
He jumps in his piro headed down the bayou

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
Headin' craps in the swamp catchin' ev'rythin' he can
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man

Muskrat hides a hangin' by the dozen
Even got a lady make a muskrat's cousin
Got 'em out drying in the hot hot sun
Tomorrow papa's gonna turn 'em into mon

Well they call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac
A Riz and a Liz are the family twins
Big brother Red's on the bayou fishin'
On the river floats papa's great big boat
That's how my papa goes into town
It takes ever bit of a night and a day
To even reach a place where the people stay

I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around
That's the day my papa takes the furs to town
Papa promised me that I could go
He even let me see a cowboy show

I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
I told my papa gotta go again
Papa said son we got lines to run
We'll come back again there's work to be done

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River...
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2.

SHE'S STILL GOT A HOLD ON YOU

(Jack Clement) « © '67 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
So you're out there havin' fun and drinkin' with the guys
Trying to hide the hurt you feel inside
Someone plays a certain song and in spite of all you do
She's still got a hold on you

She's still got a hold on you
At ackward times her mem'ry still comes through
Now you say that you're set free but you know who's fooling who
Cause she's still got a hold on you
[ piano ] Now you say that you don't care as you have another round
You say you couldn't care less what happens to her now
Then you see a certain hairdo and it scares you through and through
Cause she's still got a hold on you

She's still got a hold on you
If you can't see it friend oh then you're a fool
Now if you happen to be me then you know who's fooling who
Cause she's still got a hold on you
Cause she's still got a hold on you
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3.

LET THE CHIPS FALL

(Jack Clement) « © '68 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I'm finding that I'm spending most of my time
Wonderin' where she goes the rest of the time
But tonight I will find out for once and for all
Tonight I will follow her and let the chips fall

So let the chips fall let them fall where they may
My moment of truth is fast on its way
Soon I will know for once and for all
So I'll just cross my fingers and let the chips fall
[ steel ] The life that I'm living is just half a life
The girl that I married is just half a wife
But my life without her would be no life at all
Still I must know the truth so let the chips fall

Let the chips fall let them fall where they may
I'm ashamed of this game but there's no other way
I must call her hand a man cannot crawl
So put the cards on the table and let the chips fall
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4.

COME ON HOME AND SING THE BLUES TO DADDY

(Ray Corbin) « © '68 ATV Songs, BMI »
Well I hear that your new romance has faded
Just the way ours did sometime ago
Why I've lost count of all the times I've waited
For you to tell me that you missed me so

Yes come on home and sing the blues to daddy
Things ain't workin' out the way you planned
Yes come on home and sing the blues to daddy
Tell it all to one who understands

Like the child who's found a brand new plaything
Each one is more fun than those before
But there's a faithful one who's always waitin'
To be picked up and kicked around some more

Yes come on home and sing the blues to daddy...
Come on home and sing the blues to daddy...
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5.

NEVER MORE THAN I

(Alex Zanetis) « © '68 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
He'll buy you lots of pretty things fancy clothes and fancy rings
But he will never love you never more than I
Your pilarded home all dressed in white will be cold on the summer's night
Cause he will never love you never more than I

Wealth and position I admit I don't have very much of
I was born and raised a poor boy and all we had was love
So if you want what's made of clay take his hand and walk away
But he will never love you never more than I
[ guitar ] Wealth and position I admit I don't have very much of...
But he will never love you never more than I
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6.

LET ME LIVE AGAIN

(Alex Zanetis) « © '68 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Let me live again let me live again
[ steel ] A little taste of heaven that I had before
Was just enough to keep me comin' back for more
After loving you losing you was more than I could stand
Now I'm the ghost of what was once a man

Let me live again let me live again
Reach into my heart and light the light of love again
Let me see the sun let this darkness end
Take me back into your arms and let me live again

It would have been much better had we never met
An angel's love like yours is too much to forget
I can't help myself cause I can't be stronger than I am
I'm just a ghost of what was once a man

Let me live again let me live again...
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7.

TAKE CARE OF THE LITTLE THINGS

(Alex Zanetis) « © '68 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Stranger livin' in my house I'm writing this letter to you
There's a few odds and ends in my house that I neglected to do
Take care of the little things I'm depending on you
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too

The garden I planted needs water the house needs paintin' outside
The yard could stand a little mowin' each time that I pass by
Take care of the little things I neglected to do
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too

The washing machine's out of order by the way the car payment's due
As long as my roof's over your head as long as you're wearing my shoes
Take care of the little things I neglected to do
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too

And if my baby gets lonesome and calls my name in the night
Whispers sweet nothin's pretend you're me and gently hold her tight
Take care of the little things I neglected to do
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too
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8.

EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING SHE'S DONE

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice) « © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Yesterday tomorrow seemed a million years away
But here it is just twenty four hours later
And I find that I still miss someone
I said I could despise her by the dawn of another day
But there's the sun and I don't hate her
Even after everything she's done

I convince myself I'd get her off my mind
A good night sleep and things would be all right
When I woke up this morning and now I realize
That I can't forget her over night

I've tried to make myself believe that I'm much better off
I've told myself she's nothin' special
And I still find that she's the only one
And if I lived a million years I know I'd never change
I'd take her back and I'd forgive her
Even after ev'rything she's done
Even after ev'rything she's done
Even after ev'rything she's done
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9.

(IT'S JUST A MATTER OF) MAKING UP MY MIND

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice) « © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Oh the sun's gonna come up tomorrow
And I'm gonna live to see it shine
I won't stop living just because you're leavin'
It's just a matter of makin' up my mind

My world will keep turnin' without you
Somehow I'll forget you in time
If not today then I will some day
It's just a matter of makin' up my mind

I can survive and get over you
Perhaps not now but there'll come a time
For I can do anything that I have to do
It's just a matter of makin' up my mind
It's just a matter of makin' up my mind
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10.

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS

(Arlie Duff) « © '65 Mike Curb Music, BMI »
The way you fix my tie in the mornin'
And always brush my coat before I go
The hurried kiss I get from you when I'm leavin'
It's the little things that make me love you so

The way you take my arm when we go walkin'
Way you hold my hand when we're at a show
The way your eyes say more than you when we're talkin'
It's the little things that make me love you so

Those little things you do that make me love you
They're all I need to make my dreams come true
And you know what tears me all to pieces
Is the way you tell me that you love me too

The way you know just how I like my coffee
And how you chase away my ev'ry care
And the way you go around turning lights down low
It's the little things that make me love you so
It's the little things that make me love you so
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11.

BILLY BAYOU

(Roger Miller) « © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Back about eighteen hundred and some
A Louisiana couple had a red headed son
No name suited him Jim Jack or Joe
They just called him Billy Bayou

Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go
You're walkin' on quick sand a walk slow
Billy Billy Bayou watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
[ guitar ] Billy was a boy kinda big for his size
Red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn

Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...
[ guitar ] One sad day Billy cried ho-ho
I can whip the feathers off of Geronimo
He smarted off the chief got mad
This nearly ended our Louisiana lad

Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...
[ guitar ] One day in eighteen-seventy-eight
A pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there or run
He would up married cause he did neither one

Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go...
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
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12.

WE HAD ALL THE GOOD THINGS GOING

(Marvin Shiner - Jerry Monday) « © '58 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
It wasn't very long ago we had a love few people know
And ev'rything was goin' oh so fine
I trusted you you trusted me the way that it's supposed to be
But love slipped from us somewhere down the line

We had all of the good things goin' baby
you know we did they were so kind
Enjoying the taste of the good life
we all look for but few can find
[ guitar ] It's gone but we can't understand how love could slip right through our hands
All down the line things seemed so very right
Our love went on for all these years we both knew that we were sincere
Then suddenly it was gone just over night

We had all of the good things goin' baby...
[ guitar ] Now that we've gone our separate ways I still recall those brighter days
The days that didn't seem so very long
Neither of us are to blame we only know that it's a shame
That all that we had goin' now is gone

We had all of the good things goin' baby...
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