lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ACCORDING TO MY HEART

(Gary Walker) « © '55 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
According to my heart you're the one for me
The one love of my life is here when you're with me
If someone stole your love my heart would beat no more
For you're the one my heart is always longing for

Though I don't know the reason why my dreams don't turn out right
Still I'll keep listening to my heart who knows someday they might
For according to my heart the future will be bright
And every day I pray that my heart knows what's right
[ fiddle - steel ] According to my heart...
Though I don't know the reason why...
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2.

DON'T YOU WANT TO BE MY GIRL

(Nellie Smith - Leona Butrum) « © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Poor little doll you're too young for tears
I'm in love with you honey up through my years
I know that you go for somebody else but he's gonna drop you he told me himself
Poor little doll the sun is your smile but there will be tears in just a short while
Don't let him hurt you and tear down your world oh don't you want to be my girl

Don't you want to move right into my heart
Don't give those blue tears a chance to start
A love true is mine shouldn't be overlooked
I'll let the world see that you've got me hooked
No kissing in corners like he once to do cause nobody hides a love that is true
To him you're a plaything to me you're a pearl oh don't you want to be my girl

Don't you want to move right into my heart...
Yes don't you want to be my girl
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3.

DON'T TELL ME

(Jim Reeves - Vernon Dee - Ginger Willis - Hal Willis) « © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Don't tell me her eyes are bright as diamonds
Don't tell me her lips are sweet as wine
Her smile thrills you so and I guess I ought to know
Your new love is an old love of mine
Don't tell me how she snuggles closer and laugs at every silly little line
I guess I ought to know you see I love her so your new love is a lost love of mine
[ guitar - steel ] Don't tell me she's sweet as sugar candy don't tell me she's everything that's fine
Don't you realize to me it's no surprice your new love is an old love of mine
Don't tell me she'll wear a veil of white don't tell me it's your name now she'll sign
Your new bride to be meant everything to me your new love is a lost love of mine
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4.

YOU'LL NEVER BE MINE AGAIN

(Jim Reeves - Buddy Killen) « © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You'll never be mine again guess I've known it since don't know when
I've just been pretending I know I can't win
Let me hold you just one more time and pretend that your world is mine
We'll whisper goodbye and then you'll never be mine again

Someone else will know the thrill of holding you
And sharing all those little things we used to do
So give me your sweetest smile and let me just dream a while
Then my world will come to an end you'll never be mine again

Someone else will know...
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5.

I'VE LIVED A LOT IN MY TIME

(Jack Rhodes - Dick Reynolds - Jim Reeves) « © '60 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've lived a lot in my time (I've lived a lot in my time)

I once had a mansion and lived in my glory but now I'm down to my last dime
I had a sweetheart but I was unfaithful oh I've lived a lot in my time
I bought the green reaper down in the dark valley I prayed when the sun wouldn't shine
I've looked through the bars of a cold lonely prison oh I've lived a lot in my time
[ steel ] I've been a soldier and I've been a rambler once thought that everything was fine
I've hold in the cornfields I've picked in the cotton yes I've lived a lot in my time
I've walked with our Master down in the dark valley and wonderful peace I did find
Someday I'll journey to heat and green pastures yes I've lived a lot in my time
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6.

IF YOU WERE MINE

(Cy Coben) « © '55 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
Count the raindrops in a rainstorm count the leaves upon a tree
Count the stars up in the heavens count the fish down in the sea
Put them all together and here's what you would find
They'd be equal to the kisses you would get if you were mine

If you were mine mine mine if you were only mine
I would love you more than you've ever been loved before
Count the times the sun has risen since the day the world began
Find a beach beside the ocean count the little grains of sand
Had them both together and here's what you would find
They'd be equal to the love you would find if you were only mine
[ fiddle ] Take a child's love for its mother it's a love that never ends
Take a brothers love for brother or the love of mans best friend
Put them all together and here's what you would find
They'd be equal to the love I'd have for you if you were only mine

If you were mine mine mine...
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7.

DON'T ASK ME WHY

(Joan Hager) « © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Don't ask me why I stand aside and watch her break every rule
Why I close my eyes to her schemes and lies and play the part of a fool
Don't ask me why I love her still after all she's done to me
After deceiving me and leaving me with a heart full of misery

You might as well ask me why I breathe or why I live at all
I only know I must be there to answer if she calls
Don't ask me why I hang around why I keep standing by
But if you want to know I'll say I love her so though I don't know the reason why
[ steel ] You might as well ask me why I breathe...
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8.

STAND AT YOUR WINDOW

(Jim Carroll) « © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Stand at your window some night again let me see
The one who is holding the best part of me
Stand at your window some night look at my side of town
Remember if you change your mind you know where I'll be found

Each night I look up at your mansion
I can see the window where the light shines through
And I wonder if you still remember the one that you left for someone new
At night as the darkness surrounds me in loneliness I'm waiting patiently
Watching for the shadow at your window a shadow of the one I long to see

Stand at your window some night...

Each night as I wait here in the darkness I watch your window so high above
Longing for a look at my old sweetheart a glimpse of the one that I still love

Stand at your window some night...
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9.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO

(Jim Reeves) « © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You call me a cheater well maybe that's true
But if you could hold heaven what would you do
She offered me true love that I never knew
I saw the door to heaven and just walked through

You'll never believe me I tried to be true
But with heaven at my fingertips what else could I do
You say you'd be different if this happened to you
But with your feet in my shoes I wonder what you'd do
[ steel ] If it's wrong to long for lost love then I'm wrong as I can be
You say it's wrong and that may be true but it sure seems right to me
You say you'd be different if this happened to you
But with heaven at your fingertips what would you do
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10.

I CAN'T FLY

(Tommy Hill) « © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've tried my very best to meet all of your demands
The more I try more faults you find I just don't understand
You want me to be perfect and with all my heart I've tried
You're looking for an angel and I'm sorry I can't fly

If you could only feel the pain that's in this heart of mine
Each little fault you find with me you turn into a crime
Your doubtful thoughts and jealousy have caused our love to die
You're looking for an angel and I'm sorry I can't fly
[ fiddle - steel ] Love could have been the sweetest thing two people ever knew
If you had only realized how much I cared for you
I know you'll go on searching for that perfect guy
And I hope his wings are pretty cause you see I can't fly
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