lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

GENERATION GAP

(Charlie Craig - Betty Craig - Jim Hayner)
« © '69 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
When you see a little baby sittin' on his mama's lap
Well it's just the beginnin' of a thing called the generation gap
It's not the difference of age now everybody's talking bout
It's all those no-no's that make up the generation gap

Well the grown-ups go out now to parties and get stoned
But that's somethin' they won't talk about around the children at home
But they ain't foolin' anybody now cause the kids are gonna find it out
Just another reason for the thing called the generation gap

The generation gap is a mighty mighty big hole
You ain't gonna fill it up with all the lies being told
Wah wah wah wah you'd better clean your house
If you expect to narrow the generation gap

Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
Daddy says that drinkin' is a sin that we'll have to pay for
Well then what's that liquor bottle doin' in the dash of his car
And who's the man that calls mama everytime that daddy's out
Now do you still wonder why we still have the generation gap

The generation gap is a mighty mighty big hole...

Now do you still wonder why we got the generation gap
Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
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2.

FINE FEATHERED FOWL

(Myra Smith - Margaret Lewis)
« © '70 Ragged Island Music, BMI »
Sometimes I wish you were a fine feathered fowl
And sometimes I wish I was a cat out on her midnight growl
So if you were a bird you would sing from a cage
And if I were a cat I could watch you all day
And I know in my mind that you'd never get away
If I were a cat and you were a fine feathered fowl

Sometimes I wish you were a ring tailed raccoon
And sometimes I wish I was a hound out bayin' at the moon
So if you were a roccoon you'd be hidin' anythin'
And if I were a hound bayin' you what believe in
You'd never get away from that scene no way soon
If I were a hound and you were a ring tailed raccoon

But if I were a cat and you were a fine fowl
I'd take my little claw and I would caress your fine feathers through the bars
And I'd open up the latch on the door of your cage
And everyone would wonder how that birdie got away
Not one little feather would I leave lay about
If I were a cat and you were a fine fowl (miaw)
If I were a cat and you were a fine fowl (miaw)
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3.

WORDS NAMES FACES

(Myra Smith - Margaret Lewis)
« © '70 Ragged Island Music, BMI »
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4.

MY MAN

(Myra Smith - Margaret Lewis)
« © '70 Ragged Island Music, BMI »
He's gotta shine kind of a smile
And when he smiles at me I collect all warm inside
Yes he's got me right where he wants me
And I wouldn't trade him for the King of Siam
Oh my no man knocked my man

He's got a birddog and her name is Ruby
And when I watch him leavin' to get a goin' huntin' on Saturday
To my eyes and my heart they paint a picture pretty as the Rembrandt
Ol' world you would be dark without my man

He sees the world through a little boy eyes
And that makes the world a wonderous place to be
And to be with him all the days of my life
Is the taste of heaven that he's given to me
If the neighbors get sick or just need a helping hand
He's always there cause he doesn't know the meaning of can't
He's got a special way of life to see and understand
And I sure am thankful for my man
I sure do thank you Lord for my man hmm thank you Lord for my man
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5.

HE MADE A WOMAN OUT OF ME

(Don Hill - Fred Burch)
« © '70 Green Isle Music, BMI »
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6.

DUTY NOT DESIRE

(Becki Bluefield)
« © '70 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
When my lips get kissed it's just from force of habit
For a long long time I've known what's going on
His pretending hasn't fooled me for a minute
And it's duty not desire that brings him home

My heart is a foot stool he uses and he only takes advantage of my love
The woman in me he abuses cause it's duty not desire that brings him home
[ piano ] Oh does he think I'm such a fool that I don't notice
The changes that have taken a place in him
Where once there was pession now there's coldness
And the love once burning bright now burns so dim

My heart is a foot stool he uses...
Yes it's duty not desire that brings him home
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7.

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

(Joe South)
« © '68 ATV Songs, BMI »
Oh the games people now every night and every day now
Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean
Oh they wile away the hours in their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine

Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a da da dee
Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play

And we make one another cry break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die that the other one's to blame
Neither one will ever give in though we gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been and it's a dirty rotten shame

Lotten da la da da da...

People walkin' up to ya singing glory hallelujah
And they're tryin' to sock it to ya in the name of the Lord
They're gonna teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate
And furthermore to hell with hate come on and get on board

Lotten da la da da da...

Look around and tell me what you see what's happened to you and me
God grand me the serenity to remember who I am
Cause you've given up your sanity for your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity and you don't give a lot

Lotten da la da da da...
Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play
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8.

DARKNESS FALLS

(Myra Smith - Margaret Lewis)
« © '70 Ragged Island Music, BMI »
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9.

HOLDIN' ON

(Lee Emerson)
« © '66 Golden West Melodies, BMI »
Holdin' on barely holdin' on I know if I'd let off you'll be gone
A thread's getting bad that's holdin' you here
And I'm just barely barely holdin' on

Well I never will forget that feelin'
You said love is gone and you were leavin'
The hands on the clock quit going around
And I was in the water drowning down

Yeah I was holdin' on...
[ steel ] Now every hour would bring you closer to goin'
And I already feel the hurt of growin'
You're gonna leave that mighty lonely girl
How much longer can I hold you in my world

Cause I'm just holdin' on...
Yeah I'm just barely barely holdin' on
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10.

OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE

(Merle Haggard - Eddie Burris)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
Cause we like a living right and being free

We don't make a party out of loving
Cause we like holding hands and pitching woo
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Ol' Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
Football's still the roughest thing on campus
The kids here still respect the college dean

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee...
White lightning's still the biggest thrill of all
In Muskogee Oklahoma USA
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11.

TO THE OTHER WOMAN

(Gary Bonds - Jerry Williams)
« © '70 Sweet River Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
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