GIRL ON THE BILLBOARD
(United Artists UAS-6441)
August/1965
Produced by Kelso Herston
Recorded in Nashville
1.
GIRL ON THE BILLBOARD
(Hank Mills)
« © '65 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Doo da doo doo doo a doo da doo doo doo
Who is the girl wearing nothing but a smile
And a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway
Rolling down the highway in my Jimmy hauling freight
From Chicago to St Louis Lord I see her every day
A double clutching weasel like me can hardly ever get a girl to look at him that way
Like the girl wearing nothing but a smile
And a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway
Well what a girl wearing nothing but a smile
And a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway
I bet it wouldn't take her very long to get gone
If someone would pull a dirty trick and take her towel away
I slow my Jimmy down to twenty that's how many wrecks I see there every day
Caused by the girl wearing nothing but a smile
And a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway
A doo da doo doo doo a doo da doo doo doo
Oh I love the girl wearing nothing but a smile
And a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway
I guess I'm gettin' bolder cause I'd rather kiss and hold her
Than just keep a looking at her everyday
At 4:45 coffee drinking eatin' time Jimmy shimmied
While I woke up the artist who painted the display
Of the girl wearing nothing but a smile
And a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway
Doggone that girl wearing nothing but a smile
And a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway
The sleepy headed painter said the girl wasn't real and I'd better get the (kwee) on my way
On Route 66 from the billboard to Chicago
You'll find tiny pieces of my heart scattered every which a way
Shattered by the girl wearing nothing but a smile
And a towel in the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old highway
A doo da doo doo doo a doo da doo doo doo dee da dee dee doo
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2.
EYES DON'T COME CRYING TO ME
(Liz Anderson)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I warned you this is how the end would be
So eyes don't come crying to me
The one you thought we'd never lose just stepped and walked away
Remember all the times I said she'd do just that someday
She takes so much and then no more I try to make you see
So eyes don't come crying to me
I see the teardrops trying to break through
I wish I could feel sorrier for you
But I warned you this is how the end would be
So eyes don't come crying to me
[ steel ]
She loved us so was true but know you had to look around
She just got tired of feeling like the biggest fool in town
Right now I'm alone on loneliness but short on sympathy
So eyes don't come crying to me
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3.
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GONNA BE STRANGERS
(Liz Anderson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
All the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone
From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I'm all through ever trusting anyone
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believing you and now you are gone
[ steel ]
It amazes me not knowing any better
Than to think I had a love that could be true
Why I should be taken out tired and feathered
To have let myself be taken in by you
From now on all my friends...
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4.
KING OF THE ROAD
(Roger Miller)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Trailers for sale or rent rooms to left fifty cents
No phone no pool no pets I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah but two hours of pushing broom
Buys a eight by twelve four bit room
I'm a man of means by no means king of the road
Third bocxcar midnight train destination Bangor Maine
Old worn out suit and shoes I don't pay no union dues
I smoke old stogies I have found short but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means king of the road
I know every engineer on every train
All the children all of their names
Every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around
I sing trailers for sale or rent...
Trailers for sale or rent...
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5.
THREE TIME LOSER
(B. Floyd)
« © '65 Yonah Music »
Well my first love was Norma Jean and I really love this queen
We plan to be married in the fall
But this old heart got reckless Norma Jean got restless
Then one day sweet Norma says that's all
And that makes me three time loser three time loser
I watch them all three walk right out the door
Cause I'm a three time loser three time loser
And I don't think I'll try for number four
[ steel ]
Well the second time I chanced to fall I thought it was a true love call
Somehow things just didn't work out right
Cause Susie wanted money and all I had was honey
As Susie failed to make it home one night
And that makes me three time loser...
[ guitar ]
Well I tried tree and that's all for me looks like love's not meant to be
And I'm afraid to try for number four
Hm my heart's had such a bad fix got that way from lots of chicks
I don't think I'll try to love anymore
Cause I'm a three time loser...
No I don't believe I'll try for number four
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6.
NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT
(Hank Mills)
« © '65 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Well almost every night I write a letter
To my mother in old North Carolina
She'll prob'ly cry tomorrow when the mailman meets her out
The way my baby done me is nothing to write home about
I promise mom I send you news about my baby
She was so proud her son had finally found true love
Oh that's the long way such a long way from the way the things turn out
The way my baby done me is nothing to write home about
[ harmonica ]
Old blue and me who walk these hills just reminiscing
But he can't tell I'm not the same something's missing
Oh one I'm holding oold blue and pain another's holding her no doubt
The way my baby done me is nothing to write home about
The way my baby done me is nothing to write home about
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7.
BELLES OF THE SOUTHERN BELL
(Don Wayne)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Doo da doo doo doo doo doo da doo doo doo
There's a Southern Bell Telephone Company in our town
And every afternoon I'm right there hangin' around
Bound telephone operators walkin' up and down the street
And any fool could figure out what I'm glared to see
I'm watchin' the belles of the Southern Bell go by
They're swingin' their hips and rollin' their pretty eyes
Fine high heels stickin' make me start to kickin' my heels up to the sky
Watchin' the belles of the Southern Bell go by
Well the google eye traffic cop out in the middle of the street
Lookin' every which-a-way except where it oughta be
With both arms wavin' givin' everyone a go-ahead sign
You can tell the wreck then traffic's not on his mind
Cause he's watchin' the belles...
Doo da doo doo doo doo doo da doo doo doo
They say that them lines gonna be much shorty this year
This sounds like mighty sweet music to my year
I wouldn't have you to thinkin' that I'm the wrong kinda guy
I just sorta gotta knife for the funner things of life
And I'm watchin' the belles...
Yeah I'm watchin' the belles of the Southern Bell go by
Doo da doo doo doo doo doo da doo doo doo
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8.
I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL
(Harlan Howard - Buck Owens)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
I'm losin' weight and turnin' kinda pale
Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
Well I thought the day I met you you were meek as a lamb
Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans
Now the pace we're livin' takes the wind from my sails
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
I've got a tiger by the tail...
[ guitar ]
Well every night you drag me where the bright lights're found
There ain't no way to slow you down
I'm as about as helpless as a leaf in a gale
Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
I've got a tiger by the tail...
Yeah it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
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9.
I'M A LONG WAY FROM HOME
(Hank Cochran)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(Lord please watch over me)
I just can't get a custom to the hunger
No one seems to notice that I'm cold
Life's not making me no younger
I wish I'd stayed at home like I was told
I'm a long way from home and so all alone
Lord please watch over me
[ ac.guitar ]
(Lord please watch over me)
Slept last night in a public mission
And you just can't imagine how I felt
The things that happened seemed like fiction
Someone tried to steal my shoes while I slept
I'm a long way from home and so all alone
I'm scared like I never thought I'd be
I'm a long way from home everything is wrong
Lord please watch over me
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10.
I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE
(Bill Anderson)
« © '57 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I don't love you anymore not the way I did before
And since you've found someone new I think it's best
I don't cry and walk the floor I don't love you anymore
Trouble is I don't love you anyless
I don't love you anymore for I've got no more love to give
You drained my heart of all its love with every sweet caress
I keep saying o'er and o'er I don't love you anymore
Trouble is I don't love you anyless
[ piano ]
I held you close to me one time I kissed your lips and called you mine
But another came and thrilled you more I guess
I cried as you walked out the door I don't love you anymore
Trouble is I don't love you anyless
I don't love you anymore...
Trouble is I don't love you anyless
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11.
INDIAN BURIAL GROUND
(Hank Mills)
« © '65 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I've been so mean and hateful to my baby
That's why the boogie man is after me
If I should die before I get forgiveness
Would someone do me one last favour please
Oh bury me in an indian burial ground
It shouldn't be too hard for you to see
Yes bury me in an Indian burial ground
There's a good chance the devil might overlook me
The sidewalks of the town are filled with women
They lure me like the ointment did the fly
So if some night my jealous baby shoots me
Here's what I think of you if I should die
Oh bury me in an Indian burial ground
It shouldn't be too hard for you to see
Oh bury me in an Indian burial ground
Cause there's a good chance the devil might overlook me
I knew I should of hopped that freight to Frisco
By now I'd be a thousand miles from town
I heard the shot but I couldn't dodge a bullet
That's why I laying this close to the ground
Oh bury me in an Indian burial ground...
Oh bury me in an Indian burial ground...
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12.
RACE IS ON
(Don Rollins)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI / Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
Well I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside like my heart's sprung a big break
And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful that I may never shake
And you might say that I was takin' it hard since she wrote me off with a call
But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow when I may break right down and bawl
Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are goin' to the inside my tears are holding back a tryin' not to fall
My heart's out of the runnin' true love scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches and the winner loses all
[ guitar ]
One day I ventured in love never once suspectin' what the final result would be
How I lived in fear of waking up each morning and findin' that you're gone from me
The ache and pain in my heart for today was the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her and I came out in second place
Now the race is on...
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