IT'S A MAN EVERY TIME
(Capitol ST-2416)
October/1965
Produced by Marvin Hughes
Recorded:
1964, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
TOO MANY TEARDROPS TOO LATE
(Dave Burgess)
« © '65 Ominor Music, BMI »
You're too many teardrops too late too many teardrops too late
If you hadn't been untrue then I'd still be a lovin' you
But you're too many teardrops too late
I got your letter yesterday I read ev'ry word you had to say
But I've heard them all before and they don't fool me anymore
And you're too many teardrops too late
You're too many teardrops...
[ guitar - steel ]
My heart don't know what to do I still have this feelin' for you
If I took you back again then you'd hurt me in the end
And you're too many teardrops too late
You're too many teardrops too late...
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2.
YESTERDAY'S BEST
(Jimmie Day)
« © '65 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
I keep building a new world while you keep tearing it down
I keep eating my heart out but you keep runnin' around
There's no place in your life for me I'm just yesterday's best
You just keep me around you to give your conscience a rest
I can see no tomorrows and only few yesterdays
I'm not happy without you and I'm not happy this way
You just keep me around you to give your conscience a rest
I know I should leave you since I'm yesterday's best
[ guitar ]
I can see no tomorrows and only few yesterdays...
I know I should leave you since I'm yesterday's best
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3.
AIN'T YOU ASHAMED
(Ricky Riddle - Mac Donald)
« © '64 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
Oh you sit there and smile and you hold him by the hand
You'll make him a failure and break him as a man
You know he was mine you took the things I claimed
Look into the mirror woman ain't you ashamed
Ain't you ashamed that you took all I owned
You lured him away from me with your sweet lies and song
Your kinds a dime a dozen and you think that love's a game
Look into the mirror woman ain't you ashamed
[ guitar ]
These gray hairs I wear are not put there by age
In my book of life your name's on many a page
Our fire of love was burning but you lured him from the flame
Look into the mirror woman ain't you ashamed
Ain't you ashamed that you took all I owned...
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4.
BITTER TEARS
(Jimmy Hall)
« © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Oh darling how I wish that we could start all over
I'd never ever be untrue
Too many heartaches has caused my world to tumble
And so my heart is cryin' bitter tears for you
A broken heart is cryin' bitter tears for you
The Lord and all his angels know how I love you
And oh how I remember the day we had to part
And so these bitter tears are flowin' from a broken heart
[ steel - piano - guitar ]
A broken heart is cryin' bitter tears for you...
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5.
TOO BROKE TO BREAK
(Johnny Russell - Voni Morrison)
« © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
You're a tellin' ev'rybody just exactly how it's gonna be
You're a gonna make me love you then you're gonna make the fool of me
But I think you oughta know you're just one love too late
My heart's too broke to break
I've got a little secret if you play the game of hurt and run
Somebody just before already played the villain's part and won
If you're out to break my heart you'll make a big mistake
My heart's too broke to break
You've got it in your head to break my heart
But you might as well give up before you start
I still remember how he treated me
And you're not addin' to that misery
You're a goin' go-getter and I know you're gonna hurt your pride
Cause you ordered boiled chicken but you're gonna get your chicken fried
And I know this bit of news is hard for you to take
But my heart's too broke to break
[ piano ]
You've got it in your head...
My heart's too broke to break
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6.
BILLY CHRISTIAN
(Tom T. Hall)
« © '65 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Are you listening Billy Christian if you are then come on home
Ev'rything is like you left it I spend all my time alone
Guitar pickin' never thrills me like it did when you were here
Come on home if you're listenin' Billy dear
Come on home if you're listenin' Billy dear
What a team we were together I was Billy Christian's wife
People loved to hear us singin' that was our success in life
But the eyes of Billy Christian were the wild and wanderin' kind
So now I'm singin' solo all the time so now I'm singin' solo all the time
If you're listenin' Billy Christian honey I want you to know
There will never be another to replace you on the show
I still love you and I waited till the curtain's final close
I love you Billy Christian heaven knows I love you Billy Christian heaven knows
Lots of fellows tried to date me but I never lift an eye
Ev'ry night I sing my little song and cry
Where is Billy Christian does he ever hear this song
Cause Billy Christian knows he's welcome home
Are you listening Billy Christian if you are then come on home
Ev'rything is like you left it I spend all my time alone
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7.
I'VE GOT MY PRIDE
(Harlan Howard)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've got my pride I've got my pride
When the nights're cold and there's no one to hold I've got my pride
I should have said forgive me dear but I've got my pride
I wanted you to hold and kiss me dear but I've got my pride
So I let you walk right out that door and I kept my tears inside
Now she's got you and a love so true while I've got my pride
I've got my pride I've got my pride I've got my pride...
[ steel - guitar ]
You tried to make me listen but I turned away
As my heart overflowed with words I wanted to say
My pride told me that I was right but oh how it lied
She's got your ring and ev'rything while I've got my pride
I've got my pride I've got my pride...
When the nights're cold and there's no one to hold I've got my pride
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8.
IT'S A MAN (EVERY TIME IT'S A MAN)
(Jimmy McHugh - Al Dubin - Irvin Dash)
« © '65 Cotton Club Publishing, ASCAP »
Now who breaks a heart like a child breaks a toy
It's a man ev'ry time it's a man
Who brings the heartaches and takes all the joy
It's a man ev'ry time it's a man
When a man makes a blunder the whole world forgives
While she has to suffer as long as she lives
Then who's to blame if her head hangs in shame
It's a man ev'ry time it's a man
[ guitar - steel ]
When a man makes a blunder the whole world forgives...
It's a man every time it's a man
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9.
MORE TO LOVE THAN THIS
(Hank Mills)
« © '64 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
He's home with me one hour of the day
He's in my arms one hour of the night
In the morning in the evening one little kiss
Seems to me there oughta be more to love than this
His cup of coffee tells the story much too much
Half a cup left yet it's warmer than his touch
He reads the paper waves goodbye throws me a kiss
Seems to me there oughta be more to love than this
Seems to me there oughta be the sound of little feet on the floor
Instead of mine that hardly know where they're goin' anymore
If life has meaning then I wonder just where it is
Seems to me there oughta be more to love than this
Seems to me there oughta be more to love than this
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10.
LET ME BE THE JUDGE
(Conway Twitty)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Just let me be the judge of what you've done and if I find
You guilty I'll erase you from my heart and from my mind
Talk is goin' over town that you my dear have let me down
I don't believe what people say I still love you
I don't believe that you're to blame I don't believe you've brought me shame
I just can't believe that you' have been untrue
They say I should go on alone that you've done somethin' very wrong
That you're not worthy of the love I have for you
But I won't believe a thing I hear until you say it's true
Just let me be the judge of what you've done and if I find...
[ dobro ]
Now you confess the things they say are true and I should go my way
You think I can't forgive you for the wrong you've done
You say although you were untrue I still mean ev'rything to you
You only meant to dance with her and have some fun
In the jukebox played our favorite song you knew that you were doin' wrong
You closed your eyes and made believe that I was there
And now you think for certain that I'll end our love affair
But let me be the judge of what you've done and if I find...
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11.
I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY
(Don Robertson)
« © '64 Don Robertson Music, ASCAP »
I love you more and more ev'ry day
They said our love was just emotion that time would slowly fade away
But time just deepens my emotions I love you more and more ev'ry day
The day you made those tender vows beside me
My joy was more than words could ever say
And darling still it grows and grows inside me
I love you more and more ev'ry day
[ steel ]
The day you made those tender vows beside me...
I love you more and more ev'ry day
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12.
FRANKLIN COUNTY MOONSHINE
(Betty Amos)
« © '64 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Franklin County moonshine is all you care about
You've got those orders comin' in and moonshine goin' out
If a revenuer man ever hears about this boy you won't have a prayer
The Franklin County moonshine's puttin' gray in my black hair
Do you remember long ago what you promised me
You said if I would marry you how happy we would be
It worked out for a little while but then you made a deal
You said I'd watch the cookstove and you would watch the still
I never will forget the day you broke the news to me
I'm a goin' into business honey baby yes siree
You think that mountain dew has put you in society
But you and all that moonshine's made a total wreck of me
Franklin County moonshine is all you care about...
Now I like Franklin County but something's gotta change
Playin' games with old John Law is a way out of my range
All you do is shoot the bull and pamper that old still
I'm a gonna put my foot down cause I have had my fill
I tried my best to make you see that you are doin' wrong
But you just stand and grin at me and make that juice real strong
I'll climb me some big mountain and make the rafters ring
Those revenuer men'll come runnin' when I began to sing
Franklin County moonshine is all you care about...
Moonshine moonshine (yodel) moonshine moonshine (yodel)
Moonshine moonshine (yodel)
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