CONNIE SMITH
MY HEART HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN
RCA Camden CAS-2550April/1972
Produced by Bob Ferguson
1.
CITY LIGHTS
(Bill Anderson) « © '58 TNT Music, BMI »The bright array of city lights as far as I can see
The great white way shines through the night for lonely girls like me
A cabarete a honky tonk their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights
Lights that say forget his name in a glass of sherry wine
Lights that offer other guys for empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights
Lights that say forget his love in a different atmosphere
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquerade for tears
They paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight
And I just can't say I love you to a street of city lights
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2.
DARLING ARE YOU EVER COMING HOME
(Hank Cochran - Willie Nelson) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »Once again it's twelve o'clock and you're still gone
Darlin' are you ever comin' home
I don't mind this waiting for you while you're gone
But darlin' are you ever comin' home
The wind outside is cold as my poor heart inside
Darlin' are you ever comin' home
I love you much too much to worry bout my pride
Oh darlin' are you ever comin' home
Just before I tucked them in the children questioned me
Why did daddy leave us all alone
But I've run out of answers you've been gone so long
Oh darlin' are you ever comin' home
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3.
DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ME
(Ted Harris) « © '66 Plainspoken Music, ASCAP »I've still got my memories of you
At least I know they won't find someone new
My tears are faithful company that's more than you would be
So don't feel sorry for me
I can hold a photograph of you
And kiss two lips I know won't be untrue
A picture can't tell lies to me while it's smiling tenderly
So don't feel sorry for me
I've got walls to lean on when I cry
This hurt can only last until I die
And in my dreams I'll always see the you that used to be
So don't feel sorry for me
And in my dreams I'll always see the you that used to be
So don't feel sorry for me
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4.
INVISIBLE TEARS
(Ned Miller - Sue Miller)« © '64 Central Songs, BMI »
Invisible tears in my eyes incredible pain in my heart
Indestructible 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 just close my eyes then maybe it will last
Invisible tears in my eyes incredible pain in my heart...
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5.
DOWNTOWN
(Tony Hatch) « © '64 MCA Music, ASCAP »When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go downtown
When you've got worries all the noise and the hurry seems to help I know downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty how can you lose
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles forget all your cares
So go downtown things'll be great when you're downtown no finer place for sure
Downtown a ev'rything's waiting for you
Now don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to where they never close downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of the gentle bosa nova
You'll be dancing with them too before the night is over happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles forget all your cares
So go downtown where all the lights are bright downtown waiting for you tonight
Downtown you're gonna be all right now
[ guitar ] And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there we can forget all our troubles forget all our cares
So go downtown things will be great when you're downtown don't wait a minute more
Downtown a ev'rything's waiting for you
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6.
THAT'S ALL THIS OLD WORLD NEEDS
(Bob Tubert - Demetrius Tapp) « © '67 Vintage Music, BMI »That's all this old world needs
That's all this old world needs
A little more love and sweet devotion
A little less hate and wild commotion
That's all this world needs
That's all this old world needs
That's all this old world needs
A little more truth and no more lies
And only rain fallin' from the skies
That's all this world needs
A little less envy a little less greed
A little more lookin' to your brother's need
A little more laughter a little more song
In a world where people know right from wrong
That's all this old world needs
That's all this old world needs
Innocence of children ev'rywhere
The peacefulness of an evening prayer
That's all this world needs
[ guitar ] A little less envy a little less greed...
That's all this old world needs
That's all this old world needs
A little more love and sweet devotion
A little less hate and wild commotion
That's all this world needs
That's all this old world needs
That's all this old world needs
Innocence of children ev'rywhere
The peacefulness of an evening prayer
That's all this world needs
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7.
RUN AWAY LITTLE TEARS
(Dallas Frazier) « © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »Run away little tears you've been locked up too long
Run away little tears our baby's gone
I look at his picture touch an ole souvenir
And then grow weak from holding back these locked up tears
Run away little tears you've been locked up too long...
[ piano - guitar ] A storm of emotion keeps on working within
Breaking down a heart that only he could mend
Run away little tears you've been locked up too long...
Run away little tears our baby's gone
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8.
PAPER ROSES
(Janice Torre - Fred Spielman)« © '50 Music Sales, ASCAP »
(Paper roses paper roses)
I realize the way your eyes deceive 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 at the 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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9.
BURNING A HOLE IN MY MIND
(Cy Coben) « © '67 Delmore Music, ASCAP »Though it happened long ago the hurt just won't let go
And it's burning a hole in my mind
I see her and I see you and the things we used to do
And it's burning a hole in my mind
I said I'd forget and I tried
But my heart tells my tongue that it lied
Though I tried to forgive ev'ry moment I live
It's a torture the devil designed
In my mind's eye I see how you made a fool of me
And it's burning a hole in my mind
(Though it happened long ago the hurt just won't let go
It's a torture the devil designed)
In my mind's eye I see how you made a fool of me
And it's burning a hole in my mind
It's burning a hole in my mind
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