CONNIE SMITH
SINGS BILL ANDERSON
RCA Victor LSP-3768May/1967
Produced by Bob Ferguson
Ray Edenton, Earl Porter, Wayne Moss, Pete Wade, Lamar Watkins - guitarWeldon Myrick - steel
Roy Huskey - bass
Buddy Harman, Leo Taylor - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Bill Walker - vibes
Byron Bach, Harvey Wolfe - cello
John Kline, Howard Carpenter, Gary Vanosdale - viola
Brenton Banks, Martin Katahn, Shelly Kurland, Solie Fott, Lillian Hunt, Pierre Menard, Roby Story - violin
Vocal chorus:
Dorothy Dillard, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, William Wright
Recorded:
Oct 26-28/1966, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (1-6,8-12)
Feb 27/1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (7)
1.
IT COMES AND GOES
(Bill Anderson) « © '63 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »(Tell 'em that it comes and goes)
Everybody asks me if I still love you and if you're still on my mind
They ask me to tell 'em bout my broken heart I tell 'em that I'm feeling fine
I lie a little bit and I proudly say our book of love is closed
And your memory seldom bothers me and when it does it comes and goes
It comes and goes all right it comes every morning and it goes all night
I say with lotta pride and I haven't really lied
I just tell 'em that it comes and goes
(Tell 'em that it comes and goes)
Everybody asks me if I cried when you left and if I've cried for you since
They hope I have so they can all get together and laughin' up at my expense
So I lie a little bit and I proudly say not one teardrop flows
When there is a little pain it's not a constant pain it kinda just comes and goes
It comes and goes all right...
I tell 'em that it comes and goes
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2.
I LOVE YOU DROPS
(Bill Anderson) « © '66 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »They're not teardrops just sincere drops
They're I love you drops and I love you
They were on my pillow when I woke up this morning
They were on the letter I tried all day to write
And just a little while ago I saw them falling
On your picture as I kissed it goodnight
I love you drops I miss you drops hurry home drops
You've been gone so long drops
They're not teardrops just sincere drops
They're I love you drops and I love you
[ violin ] Never knew this heart could hurt the way it hurts for you
Never lived so many lifetimes in a week
Why don't you come back to me the way you said you would
And kiss these little crystals off my cheek
I love you drops I miss you drops...
(Hurry home) I love you
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3.
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 cherry 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 athmosphere
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquarade 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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4.
CINCINNATI OHIO
(Bill Anderson) « © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »(Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio)
One more hour and I'll be home close my eyes and rest my bones
Can't be more than a mile or so from Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
Cincinnati where the river winds cross the Mason and the Dixie Line
Heaven waits for me I know in Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
I guess perhaps the memories got too strong
Grabbed me by the heart strings and pulled me home
I got to thinkin' bout some friends I know in Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
(Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio)
I walked half way from Lewieville now there she lies at the foot of the hill
Shinin' like a jewel in the valley below Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio
Cincinnati where the river winds...
Cincinnati where the river winds...
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5.
IT'S NOT THE END OF EVERYTHING
(Bill Anderson) « © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »Just because your love is gone don't think my life won't still go on
Because you wanted to have your fling it's not the end of everything
The world still turns the sun still shines there's lots of guys for hearts like mine
One never knows what tomorrow might bring it's not the end of everything
Just look at the things I still possess like a heart that is filled with emptiness
And the life of pure unhappiness two arms that hold just loneliness
My rule's overflowing with blue blue songs think of the nights I can spend all alone
And all of the days I can just sit and dream it's not the end of everything
It's not the end of everything
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6.
MY WHOLE WORLD IS FALLING DOWN
(Bill Anderson - Jerry Crutchfield) « © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »My whole world is a falling down falling down falling down
My whole world is a falling down I'm losin' my baby
[ piano ] You told me that your love for me was true
Said you would love me your whole life through
But now you're asking me to set you free
You found somebody you love more than me
My whole world is a falling down...
[ piano ] Where did she come from what's her name
What did she do to set your heart a flame
I'm all alone while she's with you
You're having fun my heart's breaking in two
My whole world is a falling down...
[ piano ] I miss your loving that was so fine
I need it I need it oh all the time
I still love you in the same old way
But I'm losin' you a little more every day
My whole world is a falling down...
My whole world is a falling down...
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7.
EASY COME EASY GO
(Bill Anderson) « © '63 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »Easy come easy go I found out a long time ago
Ain't no future in the past broken hearts and all that jazz
No tears of mine're gonna flow
I'll have another love tomorrow easy come easy go
If it's true what you say in your letters
If your sweet love for me is really gone
If there's somebody else that you love better
Pack your bag shake my hand and move along
Easy come easy go...
So you took my photograph from your pocket
And replaced it with the one you love the best
Well I'll give back your ring and you can hock it
What's one little diamond more or less
Easy come easy go...
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8.
THAT'S WHAT LONESOME IS
(Bill Anderson) « © '63 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »All night long I've laid awake and stared out into space
I've closed my eyes but all I see is a picture of your face
And on my lips remains the sweet sweet taste of your last kiss
And in case you've ever wondered that's what lonesome is
That's what lonesome is and that's how lonesome feels
It starts out like a bad bad dream then ends up bein' real
I don't know how much longer I can live and hurt like this
I'm almost dead already that's what lonesome is
[ steel ] I've drunk a pot of coffee tried to foul my brain with wine
But your mem'ry keeps on running reckless through my mind
I think of all I used to have and all I'm gonna miss
And in case you've never suffered that's what lonesome is
That's what lonesome is...
That's what lonesome is
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9.
WALK OUT BACKWARDS
(Bill Anderson) « © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »(Walk out backwards and I'll think you're walking in)
I'd rather live a life of lies and fantasy
Than to face the truth and realize you're leaving me
You built me up so high my heart can't stand to fall
And life without your love just isn't life at all
So walk out backwards if you must go
And please don't wave goodbye just wave one last hello
The truth won't hurt so much if I can't just pretend
So walk out backwards and I'll think you're walking in
[ steel ] You walked into my heart in search of sympathy
And from that day down to this you've walked all over me
And now you're walking out to find somebody new
But you're not by yourself cause my heart's leaving too
Walk out backwards if you must go...
Walk out backwards and I'll think you're walking in
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10.
IN CASE YOU EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND
(Bill Anderson) « © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »(I'll be waiting till the end of time
In case you ever change your mind
In case you ever change your mind)
She came down from the mansion on the mountain
She kissed you and she handed you a line
I begged you not to go I said darling don't forget me
In case you ever change your mind
Yes the grass grows greener on the mountain
And the berries grow redder on the vine
But the candle still glows in the window in the valley
In case you ever change your mind
Just in case you ever change your mind
And long to hold the love you left behind
I'll be waiting till the end of time
In case you ever change your mind
(In case you ever change your mind)
Are the stars any bigger on the mountain
Is the sun any brighter when it shines
Would comin' back to me be like steppin' down from heaven
In case you ever change your mind
Just in case you ever change your mind...
Just in case you ever change your mind
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11.
ON AND ON AND ON
(Bill Anderson) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »(On and on on and on)
All the things come to an end
Yes that means we'll never love again
The end of our love the end of my dreams
The end of almost everything it seems
Except these heartaches these teardrops
And this loneliness goes on and on and on
On and on and on as if there were no tomorrow
As if the night had come to stay and there would be no dawn
Love has stopped time has stopped
Everything on this earth has stopped
Except these heartaches these teardrops
And this loneliness goes on and on and on
(On and on on and on on and on)
On and on and on...
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12.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LONESOME
(Bill Anderson) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »The streets are dark and empty and you walk them all alone
You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong
You go to bed each night and pray you'll never see the dawn
Afraid of each tomorrow with its heartless cold unknown
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
Without your love it's such an empty world
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
I know cause I'm a mighty lonesome girl
[ steel ] You search to find a tavern where the music's playing loud
You try to lose your heartache in the laughter of the crowd
But the happy couples make you think of things that might have been
And you have to fight the teardrops till you're by yourself again
And that's what it's like to be lonesome...
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