JEAN SHEPARD
SLIPPIN' AWAY
(United Artists UALA-144F)
July/1973
Produced by Larry Butler
Recorded:
1973, Soundshop Studio, Nashville
1973, House Of Cash, Hendersonville
1.
SLIPPIN' AWAY
(Bill Anderson)
« © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Monday's promise is Tuesday's lie Saturday's party is Sunday's fight
Somethin's wrong with you and I love's gone wrong that used to be right
And I can feel it slippin' away slowly slowly slippin' away
It'll be gone in a few more days if you don't stop this love of ours from slippin' away
Wednesday's kisses are Thursday's frown we can't live two days in a row
When our world's not upside down here we stand watchin' it go
And I can feel it slippin' away...
[ piano ]
Roses are red violets are blue sugar is sweet some of the time
This puzzle's missin' a piece or two we've got the grapes but never the wine
And I can feel it slippin' away...
And I can feel it slippin' away...
And I can feel it slippin' away...
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2.
TEDDY BEAR SONG
(Nick Nixon - Don Earl)
« © '72 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
I wish I had button eyes and a red felt nose
A shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes
Sittin' on a shelf in a local department store
With no dreams to dream and nothin' to be sorry for
I wish I was a Teddy Bear
Not livin' nor lovin' nor goin' nowhere
I wish I was a Teddy Bear
And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you
I wish I had a wooden heart and a sawdust mind
Then your mem'ry wouldn't come around hurtin' all the time
I'd have a sewed on smile and a painted twinkle in my eye
And I never would've ever had to learn how to cry
I wish I was a Teddy Bear...
I wish I had a string you could pull to make me say
Hi there I'm Teddy it's a lovely day
Then I'd know ev'rytime I spoke the words were right
And no one would know the mess that I made of my life
I wish I was a Teddy Bear...
And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you
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3.
LAST THING ON MY MIND
(Tom Paxton)
« © '66 UA Music, ASCAP »
It's a lesson too late for the learnin'
Made of sand made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'
In your hand in your hand
Are you going away with no word of farewell
Will there be not a trace left behind
I could have loved you better didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
As we walk along my thoughts're tumblin'
Round and round round and round
Underneath our feet a subway's rumblin'
Underground underground
Are you going away with no word of farewell...
You've got reasons of plenty for goin'
This I know this I know
The weeds have been steadily growin'
Please don't go please don't go
As I lie in my bed in the mornin'
Without you without you
Each song in my breast dies a mournin'
Without you without you
Are you going away with no word of farewell...
You know that was the last thing on my mind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
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4.
TILL I GET IT RIGHT
(Red Lane - Larry Henley)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'll just keep on fallin' in love till I get it right
Right now I'm like a wounded bird hungry for the sky
But if I try my wings and try long enough I'm bound to learn to fly
So I'll just keep on fallin' in love till I get it right
My door to love has opened OUT more times than in
I'm either fool or wise enough to open it again
Cause I'll never know what's beyond that mountain till I reach the other side
So I'll just keep on fallin' in love till I get it right
If practice makes perfect I'm near bout as perfect as I'll ever be in my life
So I'll just keep on fallin' in love till I get it right
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5.
IT'S NOT LOVE (BUT IT'S NOT BAD)
(Hank Cochran - Glenn Martin)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
He was always there each time I needed you
Holdin' on to me like I held on to you
We still don't have what you and I once had
No it's not love but it's not bad
No it's not love not like ours was
it's not love but it keeps love from drivin' me mad
And I don't have to wonder who he's had
No it's not love but it's not bad
I turn to him when you leave me alone
Sometimes even when you're here but you're still gone
He's slowly changing what you leave so sad
No it's not love but it's not bad
No it's not love not like ours was...
No it's not love but it's not bad
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6.
COME ON PHONE
(Larry Henley - Johnny Slate)
« © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Got me a phone in my home but my hand don't fit the handle
And I can't think of one number that I know
Since I had installed there ain't nobody called me
And I can't think nobody I could call
So come on phone and play some pretty music
You can play and I'll sing along
Come on phone and be a comfort to me
I'd like to see you ring right off the wall
[ guitar ]
Got me some things I could say but I got no one to say 'em to
And no one ever listened like I am
Well there must be someone who feels the same way that I do
Sit and waitin' on the other end
So come on phone and play some pretty music...
So come on phone and play some pretty music...
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7.
THINK I'LL GO SOMEWHERE AND CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP
(Bill Anderson)
« © '65 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I just kissed the one I love for the last time
Never have his soft lips then so sweet
He's gone away and won't be back forever
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
Just before he said goodbye he called me darlin'
And slowly ran his fingers down my cheek
I thought I'd die when he said he still loveD me
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
Not because I'm sad but cause I'm weak
I can't stand the thought of life alone without him
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep
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8.
FUNNY FACE
(Donna Fargo)
« © '67 Embassy Music, BMI / Algee Music, BMI »
When the roads I travel seem all up hill
And the colors in my rainbows turn blue
You kiss my tears away you smile at me
And say funny face funny face I love you
Funny face I love you funny face I need you
These are the sweetest words I ever heard
Funny face don't leave me funny face believe me
My whole world's wrapped up in you
And when I hurt your feelings like I sometimes do
And I say those mean things you know are not true
You forgive my childish ways
You hold me close and say funny face I love you
Funny face I love you funny face I need you...
My whole world's wrapped up in you
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9.
SAFE IN THE LOVE OF MY MAN
(Martha Sharp)
« © '73 Combine Music, BMI »
I know a girl who has a nice apartment
She spends all her hard earned money just on clothes
But she lives in daily fear of each new wrinkle in her face
And when her birthday rolls around nobody knows
She goes out ev'ry weekend to the party
That the swingin' singles guilt all over town
And though she doesn't always come back home alone at night
She says gettin' up each morning gets her down
I'm glad I'm safe in the arms of my man
Thank God I'm safe in the love of my man
If there's something I can't handle I know my baby can
I'm glad I'm safe in the love of my man
Sometime he can't afford to buy me presents
But his warm smile says he loves me as I am
Cause the most important thing is still what's here inside me
That's the faith and love I keep for just one man
I'm glad I'm safe in the arms of my man...
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10.
ARE YOU SINCERE
(Wayne P. Walker)
« © '57 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Are you sincere when you say I love you
Are you sincere when you say I'll be true
Do you mean ev'ry word that my ears have heard
I'd like to know which way to go will our love grow are you sincere
Are you sincere when you say you miss me
Are you sincere ev'ry time that you kiss me
And are you really mine ev'ry day all the time
I'd like to know which way to go will our love grow
Are you sincere are you sincere
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