lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I DON'T SEE HOW I CAN MAKE IT

(George Richey)
« © '67 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
I don't see how I can make it with you gone

I woke up today and found that you had left me
But I wasn't so surprised to see you gone
I could see for quite a while that it was coming
But I don't see how I can make it with you gone

I can read the finest print that's in a contract
Thread a needle twenty paces from its eye
See the leaning Tower of Pizza in perfection
But I don't see how I can make it with you gone
[ steel ] I remember when you said I love you truly
Said our vows of love till death would separate
I can see the days ahead are blue tomorrows
But I don't see how I can make it with you gone

I can read the finest print that's in a contract...
No I don't see how I can make it with you gone
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2.

WHAT LOCKS THE DOOR

(Vic McAlpin)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
What locks the door to the world you're livin' in
What kind of key do I need to get in
I'd tried anything from solid gold to sin
What locks the door to the world you're living in

You can't relive a past with the dream that's gone
You can't find love that will last in your world alone
A hurt so tall has built a wall where fate begins
What locks the door to the world you're living in

What locks the door to the world you're livin' in...
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3.

HANGIN' ON

(Ira Allen - Buddy Mize)
« © '67 ATV Songs, BMI »
It's true you have me twisted around your finger
It seems that's where I belong
You know how to hold me to thrill me and control me
Just enough to keep me a hangin' on
Just enough to keep me a hangin' on

My heart is like a yo-yo on a string
I'm tied to you right or wrong
My love keeps a growin' cause your love keeps a showin'
Just enough to keep me a hangin' on
Just enough to keep me a hangin' on
A love as strong as mine will make me do most anything
Like hiding tears and heartaches and dreamin' silly dreams
You've got me where you want me you keep stringin' me along
Just enough to keep me a hangin' on
Just enough to keep me a hangin' on
Just enough to keep me a hangin' on
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4.

EVIL ON YOUR MIND

(Harlan Howard)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You say I need a rest why don't I go and see my sister way out west
That's very thoughtful of you dear and I'm really touched by all your tenderness
But us women are suspicious things we know that men aren't born with wings
What's a makin' you so kind
Now I'm not smart but I'm not blind I think that you've got evil on your mind

You think that you've been good about as long as most red blooded he man could
We've been together for so long I know another pasture's a lookin' good
Don't think that other men don't look at me that certain way from time to time
Don't think you're the only one that must contend with evil on your mind

Your mind is in harem and surrounded by exotic dancin' girls
You're hearin' pretty music as they run their slender fingers through your curles
Ah dream on baby
I thank you for the flowers and the candy honey that was a very kind
For that's your way of tellin' me you're sorry for the evil on your mind
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5.

ENOUGH HEART TO HURT

(Ernest Reed - Jade Mangino)
« © '67 Beechwood Music, BMI »
You've gone away and left me here to cry
You wouldn't even care if I should die
You've treated me like I was only dirt
And left me just enough heart to hurt

You've taken all the good times that we had
And left me here with nothing but the bad
The dreams I have are ones that didn't work
Now I've got just enough heart to hurt

I've got just enough heart to hurt
The little bit you left me only makes it worse
How could you ever treat me so unkind
The least you could have done was take my mind
My mind's just taken me from bad to worse
Now I've got just enough heart to hurt
Yes I've got just enough heart to hurt
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6.

ROLL MUDDY RIVER

(Betty Sue Perry)
« © '60 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Roll muddy river roll on muddy river roll on
I've got a notion you'll go to the ocean alone
I've got a baby in Tennessee who's long been a waitin' for little ole me
So roll muddy river roll on muddy river roll on

New Orleans on to ole St Louis stopped in Memphis Minneapolis too
Back in Nashville I'll be through so roll muddy river roll on

Roll muddy river roll on...
[ guitar - steel ] I love you but just call it fate you and I are gonna separate
You'll be here but he won't wait so roll muddy river roll on

Roll muddy river roll on...
Roll muddy river roll on muddy river roll on
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7.

PAPER MANSIONS

(Ted Harris)
« © '66 Plainspoken Music, ASCAP »
Don't build for me paper mansions
That only stand until you've gone

You paint the nicest futures of anyone I know
You always leave me holdin' on to pretty words that glow
You've built a thousand mansions out of dreams that seem so strong
But they're always made of paper not of stone

Don't build for me paper mansions
That I can never call my own
For love can't live in paper mansions
That only stand until you've gone

You've always been a dreamer dear and I'm a dreamer too
But I guess I've had too many of the kind that don't come true
So don't build me no mansions with paper walls so thin
That only stand until you leave again

Don't build for me paper mansions...
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8.

BEFORE I'M OVER YOU

(Betty Sue Perry)
« © '64 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I just can't get it through my head you love another now instead
Can't make myself believe we're really through
I'm walkin' up and down the hall talkin' to a silent wall
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you

I think I've almost lost my mind I think about you all the time
I'm going crazy yes I know and I don't have far to go
The way you treat me is a shame but I'll keep lovin' you the same
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you
[ steel ] I keep your letters I should burn I wear your ring I should return
But there's a million foolish things I do
It makes me cry but you would laugh to know I kiss your photograph
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you

I think I've almost lost my mind...
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9.

I WASHED MY FACE IN THE MORNING DEW

(Tom T. Hall)
« © '67 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
The first strange town I was ever in the county was hangin' a man
Nobody cared if he lived or died and I just didn't understand

So I washed my face in the morning dew bathed my soul in the sun
Washed my face in the morning dew and kept on movin' along

The second strange town that I was in they were laughing at a poor crippled man
Begging for nickels and dimes on the street and I just didn't understand

So I washed my face in the morning dew...
[ guitar ] The third strange town that I was in was settled peaceful and nice
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer and to me it didn't seem right

So I washed my face in the morning dew...

Someday times are bound to change it can't be very far
And each injustice I have seen will come up before the bar

So I'll wash my face in the morning dew bathe my soul in the sun
Wash my face in the morning dew and my journey then will be done

Then I'll wash my face in the morning dew...
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10.

BREAK MY MIND

(John D. Loudermilk)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Baby oh baby tell the man at the ticket stand that you've changed your mind
Let me run on out and tell the cab to keep his meter flyin'
Cause if you say goodbye to me babe you're gonna break my mind

Break my mind break my mind
No I just can't stand to hear them big jet engines whine
Break my mind break my mind oh Lord
If you leave you're gonna leave a babblin' fool behind
[ guitar ] Baby oh baby please take your suitcase off of the scales in time
Tell the man that you've suddenly developed a thing about flyin'
Cause if you say goodbye to me babe you're gonna break my mind

Break my mind break my mind...
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11.

RELEASE ME (AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN)

(Eddie Miller - W.S. Stevenson - Robert Yount)
« © '54 Roschelle Publishing, BMI »
Please release me let me go I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin release and let me love again

I have found a new love dear and I'll always want him near
His lips are warm while yours are cold release me my darling let me go

Please release me can't you see you'd be a fool to cling to me
To live a lie would bring us shame release me and let me love again

Please release me let me go I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin release and let me love again
Release and let me love again
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12.

TRUE LOVE'S A BLESSING

(Sonny James - Carole Smith)
« © '66 Mike Curb Music, BMI »
True love's a blessing true love's a wonderful blessing
True love's a blessing wait and see
When you've found the right boy he'll fill your heart with joy
True love's a blessing yes siree

Some folks marry money some make love a game
Some folks use their love as stepping stones to fame
There are many kinds of love in this world you see
And I'm happy that you fell for a girl like me

True love's a blessing...

Some folks take their love too casually they flirt
Some folks use their love to break a heart to hurt
There are many kinds of love to be found it's true
But there's no love like the love I found when I found you

True love's a blessing...
True love's a blessing...
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