lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MELBA FROM MELBOURNE

(Marty Robbins) « © '63 Mariposa Music, BMI »
Once I got a silly notion to go out across the ocean
The furure for me didn't look too bright
So I signed up with a tanker got on board and raised the anchor
Stood and watched the Golden Gate fade out of sight
Nineteen days and nights we travelled through the stormy seas we battled
Till we landed in on Australia far away
Far from friends and San Francisco and the Miss I thought I miss so
Till I stepped ashore of Melbourne that first day

Then I met Melba from Melbourne she made my heart yearn
She made my tears flow like wine
She let me kiss her then made me miss her
Cause Melba could never be mine
[ guitar ] So in love but couldn't get her cared so much I couldn't forget her
I fell in love just a little bit more and more
There I was just like I started all alone and broken hearted
I recall the day I left Australian shore
I was standin' there and trying so hard to keep from crying
The more I tried the more my tears would show
When a cold breeze seem to whisper it's the end you better kiss her
So I kissed her and I turned away to go

Then I left Melba from Melbourne she made my heart yearn
She made my tears flow like wine
She wouldn't leave there I couldn't stay there
So Melba could never be mine
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2.

CHANGE THAT DIAL

(Joyce Winters) « © '64 Unichappell Music, BMI / Elvis Presley Music, BMI »
Change the dial turn off that song
It reminds me of something I've done something so wrong

Once I had a real true love and she was good to me
I cheated and she found out then she left me
We used to sing that same old song it seemed we loved it so
Now I can't stand to hear it because it hurts me so

Change the dial...
[ steel ] We sang that song so many times when she was here with me
When both of us were just as one before she set me free
It tells about a boy and girl both so much in love
What made me step across the line what was I thinking of

Change the dial...
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3.

ONLY A PICTURE STOPS TIME

(Henry Dorrough) « © '64 Mariposa Music, BMI »
I look at the picture of you and I
Taking before your love for me died
And I relive the momentS where you were mine
Cause only a picture stops time

I live in the presence and look at the past
I have no future your love didn't last
But I keep your picture so I won't lose my mind
Cause only a picture stops time

Each heartbeat reminds me that we're far apart
Though I hold your picture so close to my heart
So I'll have a moment with you now and then
Since you once loved me I know you'll understand
While I keep your picture I hope you kept mine
Cause only a picture stops time
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4.

SOUTHERN DIXIE FLYER

(Joe Babcock) « © '64 Mariposa Music, BMI »
At the station house one day was a lady old and gray
I could tell her heart was feeling sad and low
With the teardrops in her eyes she was trying not to cry
I determined then her story I would know

I answered the words in this sad sad tale I heard
Of a mother who has lost her only child
Yes they taken her away these words I heard her say
And they're traveling on that Southern Dixie Flyer

She was only sweet sixteen and the only joy I seen
What God has given now he takes away
She'll be taken home again on that southbound railroad train
To be laid there with her daddy in the grave

I've no money of my own I can't even take her home
But I want to be there with my heart's desire
But then she could say no more as the echo drifted o'er
Twas the whistle of that Southern Dixie Flyer

As the train pulled out of sight and the day became as night
Was a scene to bring a tear to any eye
Just the lady all alone not a thing to call her own
But some mem'ries from the better days gone by

I knew right away there was nothing I could say
Too soon her heart had dried those tear dimmed eyes
So I turned to walk away from the lady old and gray
Whose heart was on that Southern Dixie Flyer

I've no money of my own...
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5.

EVERYBODY'S DARLIN' PLUS MINE

(Frances Hur) « © '64 Mariposa Music, BMI »
Someone's gotta hold you so tight
Someone's gotta kiss you every night
You've got to be loved all the time
Cause you're everybody's darlin' plus mine

You're everybody's darlin' plus mine
And you walk with one foot across the line
Right words from any fool can change your mind
Cause you're everybody's darlin' plus mine
[ steel ] Attention is all that you crave
If you were mine think of heartaches he would save
Contentment and true love you'll never find
Cause you're everybody's darlin' plus mine

You're everybody's darlin'...
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6.

SHE MEANS NOTHING TO ME NOW

(Ray Griff) « © '64 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
Go ahead and call her if you want to
She and I aren't tied by any vow
Just took as you please if it puts your mind at ease
She means nothing to me now

I confess that she used to be my baby
But we just couldn't get along somehow
So go on and make your call it won't bother me at all
Cause she means nothing to me now

The only time I ever think about her
Is when I'm alone or with somebody else
I make believe that I can live without her
But I'm not foolin' no one but myself

I know the masquerade won't last forever
But I'll act as long as my heart will allow
I'm just lyin' when I say for and every scene I play
She means nothing to me now
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7.

MAKING EXCUSES

(Phoebe Binkley - Bob Binkley) « © '64 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I've been making excuses ever since you went away
Making excuses to my heart
I'm using alibis to cover up for all those lies
Keepin' telling me right from the start

Making excuses for the times you let me down
I guess I learned a lot from you
Making excuses every time you came around
that's all you knew how to do
Now that you're gone I find that I can't keep an open mind
So I'm making excuses to my hear

Making excuses for the times...
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8.

RAINBOW

(Oakie Jones) « © '64 Mariposa Music, BMI »
Did you ever find yourself a chasing rainbows
When that pot of gold was right there in your arms
Did you ever take the one you love for granted
And tried to win another's charms

I've been blinded by the color of the rainbow
I've been stepping over dollars just for dimes
Did you ever find yourself chasing rainbows
When that pot of gold was right there all the time
[ steel ] I've been blinded by the color...
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9.

I LIVED A LIFETIME IN A DAY

(Marion Worth) « © '64 Unichappell Music, BMI / Elvis Presley Music, BMI »
When I met you I knew I couldn't keep you
And nothing I could do wouldn't make you stay
But my darling I'm not bitter over things that just can't be
For with you I lived a lifetime in a day

I remember every tender word you spoke dear
Each tender touch each time you looked my way
And thE secret that we shared will be my secret
For with you I lived a lifetime in a day

I'm not sorry that I knew your kind of love
If I've sinned then the price I've gladly begged
To my lonely life you brought the sunshine
For with you I lived a lifetime in a day
[ steel ] I'm not sorry that I knew...
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10.

YOU WON'T HAVE HER LONG

(Gail Talley) « © '64 Unichappell Music, BMI / Elvis Presley Music, BMI »
I didn't have to have your friends to tell me
That the love she has had for me is gone
They say she's yours and for a while she will be
You've got her now but you won't have her long

Don't talk too loud her love is imitation
Don't walk too proud for soon you'll walk alone
You're happy now but soon they'll hear you saying
You've got her now but you won't have her long
[ guitar ] If you think you own the world you're only dreaming
And you'll wake up soon and find your dream is gone
You'll find to her your heart is just a plaything
You've got her now but you won't have her long

Don't talk too loud...
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11.

THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW

(Jean Pruett) « © '64 Mariposa Music, BMI »
I've heard it said what you don't know won't make you blue
But somehow with these words I can agree
Cause it's not the things I know you do that breaks my heart you see
It's the things that I don't know that's killing me

I don't see you when you meet him secretly
But I think your arms have held him tenderly
So it's not the things I know you do that breaks my heart you see
It's the things that I don't know that's killing me
[ steel ] The little things that you don't notice hurts me so
Little things no one but me could ever know
I will keep them hidden so no one can ever see
It's the things that I don't know that's killing me

I don't see you when you meet him secretly...
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12.

URGENTLY NEEDED

(Bill D. Johnson) « © '64 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Urgently needed in my emergency
Someone to mend a broken heart that heart belongs to me
Urgently needed someone to rescue me
Won't someone save a lonely man from heartache's misery

I've been the victim of a hid an run affair
Run over by a careless love who never really cares
Urgently needed I'm pleading desperately
Please help me while there's still a chance someone hear my plea
[ guitar ] Urgently needed a love that's proved untrue
A love that I can call my own it never made me blue
Urgently needed love in surgery
To put together shattered dreams and take the hurt from me

I've been the victim of a hid an run affair...
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