CATFISH JOHN / CHAINED
(RCA Victor LSP-4851)
March/1973
Produced by Jerry Bradley
Recorded:
1972, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
CATFISH JOHN
(Bob McDill - Allen Reynolds)
« © '72 PolyGram Int, ASCAP / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Mama said don't go near that river
Don't be hangin' round ol' Catfish John
Come the morning I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
Let me dream of another morning and the time so long ago
When the sweet magnolias blossomed cottonfields were white as snow
Catfish John was a river hobo living by the river bend
Thinking back I still remember I was proud to be his friend
Mama said don't go near that river...
Born a slave in the town on Vicksburg traded for a chestnut mare
Still he never spoke in anger though his load was hard to bear
Mama said don't go near that river...
Mama said don't go near that river...
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2.
SHE NEEDS SOMEONE TO HOLD HER WHEN SHE CRIES
(Raymond A. Smith)
« © '72 Hello Darlin Music, BMI »
And she needs someone to hold her when she cries
She packed her few belongings left a note and now she's gone
And I can't stand to think of her out there so all alone
As soon as she's gone for enough to know she's out of sight
She'll pull off of the highway and she'll cry
And she needs someone to hold her when she cries
Someone who really understands the way she feels inside
When her heart breaks the tears won't stop no matter how she tries
And she needs someone to hold her when she cries
I don't blame her for leaving Lord she didn't want to go
But she thinks I don't love her or need her anymore
I've driven her into a world as hard and cold as ice
With no one there to hold her when she cries
And she needs someone to hold her when she cries
Someone who really understands the way she feels inside
And if she ever loves again I hope that she will find
Someone who always hold her when she cries
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3.
RAIN FALLING ON ME
(Jimmy Peppers)
« © '71 Husky Music, BMI »
Rain falling on me always bringing misery
Rain falling on me won't go away and let me be
Cause I hurt her she left me and she's gene to stay
And now the rain is falling on me
Sunshine there's no sunshine not a blue sky can be found
The wind blows on how the wind blows now my world is falling down
Well I have lost my pride died inside and I'm lost out at sea
And now the rain is falling on me
Will I ever be happy again or will I always have to pay
Rain falling on me always bringing misery...
Now the rain is falling on me
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4.
JAMESTOWN FERRY
(Bobby Borchers - Mack Vickery)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
She just caught the Jamestown Ferry it's not a hot day in January
Like she said it'd be if she ever left me
A case of gone was all she carried as she got on the Jamestown Ferry
And she said that gone was all she'd ever be
I din't think that she'd leave me after seein' how much she needs me
But the fact still remains I'm sittin' here all alone
Missin' lovin' of my lady Lord it's about to drive me crazy
She was the sweetest piece of heaven I've ever known
But she just caught the Jamestown Ferry...
As I walk through my kingdom of honky tonks and bars
I met a queen not a woman who could comfort me with talk
She didn't cuss with every breath she had a soothin' Southern Drawl
Made me feel like her man through it all
She just caught the Jamestown Ferry...
She just caught the Jamestown Ferry...
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5.
CHAINED
(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '69 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Chains heavy chanins that tie me down
Keep my heart sorrow bound
Chains chocking me till I can't breathe
Why do you keep these chains on me
Chained is this the way love has to be
Chained all because of jealousy
You have put these chains on me
Now I'm a prisoner of your love
Bound by obsessions in your mind
Chained I can't break these chains that bind
Chained only you possesses the key
That unlock these chains on me
Why do you refuse to let me go
Have you lost all faith in me
Chained is this the way love has to be
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6.
MR. FIDDLE MAN
(Johnny Russell - Linda Watts)
« © '72 Ensign Music, BMI »
Hey Mr Fiddle man strike up the fiddle band
Let me hear it one more time
Please play that song again the way you did back then
When she was here and she was mine
And then I'll move on down the line
We used to come in here each night
Dance have a beer and life was right
Then one day he came along
Next thing I knew she was gone
So Mr Fiddle man strike up the fiddle band...
Hey Mr Fiddle man strike up the fiddle band...
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7.
WHAT A PRICE
(Antonio Domino - Murphy Maddux - Jack Jessup)
« © '61 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Oh what a price I had to pay for loving you
I bought a home a diamond ring
I had to give up everything
Oh what a price I had to pay for loving you
I try so hard to do what's right
But you only wrecked my life
Oh what a price I had to pay for loving you
I stopped my rambling I even stopped gambling
I even stopped staying out all night
Oh what a price I had to pay for loving you
You heard my story I sing my song
So goodbye baby I'm gone
Oh what a price I had to pay for loving you
Oh what a price I had to pay for loving you
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8.
IT SURE SEEMED RIGHT
(Johnny Russell - Michael Russell)
« © '72 Ensign Music, BMI »
We woke up this morning in each other's arms
And don't you know it sure seemed right
I was oh so captivated darling by your charms
All I could do was lay there and hold you tight
I want you need you dow what I can to please you
Anything to keep you in my life
We woke up this morning in each other's arms
And don't you know it sure seemed right
[ steel + harmonica ]
You looked into my eyes and whispered I love you so
And don't you know it sure seemed right
I smiled at you and begged darling never go
If you should ever leane I wanna die
I'll love you always sad times and happy days
Our love's too strong now to fight
We woke up this morning in each other's arms
And don't you know it sure seemed right
Don't you know it sure seemed right
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9.
ALTOGETHER NOW LET'S FALL APART
(Johnny Koonse)
« © '72 Flattown Music, BMI »
Lips are you ready to tremble hands are you ready to shake
Eyes get ready to cry heart get ready to break
Here she comes she's getting closer is everyone ready to start
Altogether now let's fall apart
Nerves you'll be going to pieces tears you'll run down my face
Head you'll be spinning around it's time every one take your place
We're all in this thing together my body my mind and my heart
Altogether now let's fall apart
I couldn't keep her from leaving though I tried oh Lord I tried
But heart you let me cheat then lips you went to lied
We must face this hurt called together does everyone remember his part
Altogether now let's fall apart
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10.
MY MIND HANGS ON TO YOU
(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)
« © '72 House Of Bryant, BMI »
My mind hangs on to you no matter what I do
Although I know we're through my mind hangs on to you
I've tried most everything the bars the playboy thing
Through all my new loves too my mind hangs on to you
I try to hope you're happy in your new affair
But I can't help but hope you miss me too
I go out every night play hard till broad daylight
But still in all I do my mind hangs on to you
I try to hope you're happy in your new affair...
But still in all I do my mind hangs on to you
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