BORN TO SING
(RCA Victor LSP-3628)
September/1966
Produced by Bob Ferguson
Wayne Moss, Earl Porter, Pete Wade, Jimmy Lance, Ray Edenton - guitar
Weldon Myrick - steel
Roy Huskey - bass
Buddy Harman, Jerry Carrigan, Len Miller - drums
Jerry Smith - piano
Harvey Wolfe, Byron Bach - cello
Solie Fott, Martin Katahn, Dorothy Walker - viola
Brenton Banks, Kenneth Goldsmith, Lillian Hunt, Shelly Kurland, Howard Carpenter, Piere Menard - violin
Bill Walker - contractor
Vocals:
Dorothy Dillard, Dolores Edgin, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, William Wright
Recorded:
Apr 7/1966, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (1,2,3)
May 10-11/1966, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (4-12)
1.
STRANGE
(Pat White - Curly Fox)
« © '66 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Strange I keep loving you why can't I forget
Strange I keep wanting you needing you and yet
You only bring heartaches strange but when you call
With open arms I take you back that's the strangest thing of all
Strange can't get over you oh I see you everywhere
Strange how your mem'ry clings strange why I still care
But when I start forgetting you get lonely so you call
And with open arms I take you back that's the strangest thing of all
Strange how the chains of love so strong
Strange your game of love oh so wrong
Why must I go on loving cry each time you call
And with open arms always take you back that's the strangest thing of all
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2.
AIN'T HAD NO LOVIN'
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Ain't done one single thing this morning
Except for crying all alone
Ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone
And I ain't gonna get no lovin' till you come home
Nothin's been the same since you've left me
Everything has gone from right to wrong
Ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone
And I ain't gonna get no lovin' till you come home
Smiles of yesterday now find me cryin'
The red and golden rainbow turns to blue
With every breath I take I feel like dyin'
A life just ain't worth livin' when I ain't got you
Each and every day I've been without you
Is one more hurtin' lonely day too long
Ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone
And I ain't gonna get no lovin' till you come home
Ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone
And I ain't gonna get no lovin' till you come home
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3.
FIVE FINGERS TO SPARE
(Liz Anderson)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Love for you has been so strong like a fool I've gone along
With my feet both planted firmly in the air
I've been so in love with you I've just thought you've loved me too
But at last I'd figured out that you don't care
I've been counting all the time that you told me you are mine
The time you've said how much you care
And I counted all of them on the fingers of one hand
And I still have five fingers to spare
(Yes I still have five fingers to spare)
Since I counted one by one and the answer came to none
I don't think you love me any maybe less
And if what I think is true nothing's good enough for you
And so I'll just give you nothing after this
I've been counting all the time...
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4.
PAPER ROSES
(Janice Torre - Fred Spielman)
« © '50 Music Sales, ASCAP »
(Paper roses paper roses)
I realize the way your eyes deceived me
With tender looks that I mistook for love
So take away the flowers that you gave me
And send the kind that you remind me of
Paper roses paper roses oh how real those roses seem to me
But they're only imitation like your imitation love for me
I thought that you would be a perfect lover
You seemed so full of sweetness after start
But like a big red rose that's made of paper
There isn't any sweetness in your heart
Paper roses paper roses...
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5.
MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD
(Bob Hillard - Lee Pockriss)
« © '66 Better Half Music, ASCAP »
Oh come along with me to my little corner of the world
And dream a little dream in my little corner of the world
Tonight my love we'll share a sweet embrace
You'll soon forget there's any other place
And if you'd care to stay in my little corner of the world
Then we can hide away in my little corner of the world
I always knew I'd find someone like you
So welcome to my little corner of the world
(Oh come along with me) to my little corner of the world
(And dream a little dream) in my little corner of the world
[ strings - steel ]
And if you'd care to stay...
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6.
GONE
(Smokey Rodgers)
« © '52 Dallas Music, BMI »
Since you've gone the moon the sun the stars in the sky
Know the reason why I cry
Love divine once was mine now you're gone
Since you've gone my heart my lips my tear dimmed eyes
A lonely soul within me cries
I acted smart broke your heart now you're gone
Oh what I'd give for the lifetime I've wasted
The love I have tasted I was wrong now you're gone
[ strings ]
Oh what I'd give for the lifetime...
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7.
GO AWAY STRANGER
(June Carter)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My love is not within my reach and so I want this lonely beach
But stranger please don't bother me I don't want your sympathy
Go away stranger can't you see you're only disturbing me
And my memories of yesterday so stranger go away
[ strings ]
Are my tears entrancing you well I don't remember inviting you
There's nothing you can do or say you're not like him in anyway
Go away stranger...
Please stranger go away
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8.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP LOVING YOU
(Fred Carter)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(I don't know why I keep loving you)
I know the sun will rise tomorrow morning
When morning comes I know it brings the dew
I know a storm can come without a warning
But I don't know why I keep loving you
I know that you can't help these things you're doing
Though you don't mean to hurt me yet you do
I know if this keeps on you'll be my ruin
But I don't know why I keep loving you
I keep waiting for the change that never seems to come
The change that will make you love me too
But I know from your past there'll be no changing
I don't know why I keep loving you
I don't know why I keep loving you
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9.
BORN TO SING
(Cy Coben)
« © '66 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
(You were born to sing)
There's only one thing to do when you find out that you were born to sing
No matter what your age you gotta get on the stage cause you were born to sing
You gotta open up your heart let the music start it's a feeling you just can't explain
It's the kind of thing that makes a bird want to sing or a spark burst into a flame
It's the hard life they say but you want it anyway cause you were born to sing
Call it vanity your pride but there's a message deep inside that you've just gotta bring
In a schoolhouse hall or a president's ball before a beggar or a king
You've got no choice you've gotta raise your voice cause you were born to sing
You gotta open up your heart...
You've got no choice you've gotta raise your voice cause you were born to sing
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10.
INVISIBLE TEARS
(Ned Miller - Sue Miller)
« © '64 Central Songs, BMI »
Invisible tears in my eyes incredible pain in my heart
Indestructable memories are passing in review
Impossible though things may get improbable I will forget
Indelible memories of sweet loveable you
You're back again so I'll let you in
Although I'm only seeing pictures from the past
Those arms are not real but somehow I feel
If I'd just close my eyes then maybe it will last
Invisible tears in my eyes...
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11.
I WILL
(Dick Glasser)
« © '63 Ridgeway Music, BMI »
I don't wanna be the one to say I'm gonna miss you but I will
I don't wanna say I'm gonna cry out my eyes baby but I will
I'm not ashamed for you to know how much I really love you so
Cause it was such a thrill
And just remember when you're gone there'll be that someone
Sad who loves you still
You will look at her and see me smiling back at you I know you will
You will find yourself repeating the things we used to do I know you will
Don't wonder if you want to come back just got running home to me
And let me feel that thrill
Cause I'm the one who told I would love you dear forever and I will
[ strings ]
Oh I will you know I will
[ strings ]
You know I will
Don't wonder if you want to...
I'm the one who told I would love you dear forever and I will I will
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12.
TOUCH OF YESTERDAY
(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'd beg and steal if I could feel a touch of yesterday
Oh what I'd give if I could live a touch of yesterday
The rain's been falling since he's been gone
It's gonna rain until he come back home
The hurt would leave if I could brieve a touch of yesterday
[ steel ]
(A touch of yesterday)
The rain's been falling...
Oh what I'd give if I could live a touch of yesterday
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