lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

JACKSONVILLE

(Walter Haynes - Jimmy Rule) « © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Forrest Hills Music, BMI »
Gonna get up early in the morning gonna get down to the train
Gonna head out south on the 6:15 a gonna start living again
There's a place on the St John river that I know will fill the bill
When the sun goes down on me tonight I'll be home in Jacksonville
Home in Jacksonville

Spent two years in Detroit City tryin' to save up a little bit of dough
The pay was good but a homesick feelin' kept this poor boy feeling low
I couldn't forget that gal I left her face is haunting me still
But she'll be waiting at the coast line station when I get to Jacksonville
Get to Jacksonville

In Jacksonville the sun shines warmer and the women know how to treat you
Detroit ain't got no long white beaches where the women run down to meet you
All they do in Detroit City is put wheels on the cold road steel
When the sun goes down on me tonight I'll be home in Jacksonville
Home in Jacksonville
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2.

DRINKING CHAMPAGNE

(Bill Mack) « © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm drinking champagne feeling no pain till early morning
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
Having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
Knowing tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind

Guilty conscience I guess though I must confess
I never loved you much when you were mine

So I'll keep drinking champagne and feeling no pain till early morning
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
I'll keep having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
Knowing tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind
[ whistle ] So I'll keep drinking champagne and feeling no pain till early morning
Knowing tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind
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3.

I HEARD YOU CRYING IN YOUR SLEEP

(Hank Williams) « © '53 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I know you tried your best to love me
You smiled when your heart told you to weep
You tried to pretend that you were happy
But last night I heard you crying in your sleep

You gave the best years of your life dear
And each precious vow you tried to keep
I love you so much I want you're happy
But last night I heard you crying in your sleep
[ steel ] Your heart is yearning for an old love
With new love it's useless to complete
It hurts me to know you are unhappy
But last night I heard you crying in your sleep

You know that you are free to go dear
And don't mind me if I start to weep
I know I can never make you happy
Cause last night I heard you crying in your sleep
Cause last night I heard you crying in your sleep
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4.

THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF MY BABY

(Walter Haynes - Lorene Allen) « © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Forrest Hills Music, BMI »
That faint sweet smell of her perfume a powder box that plays a tune
Lacy objects around the room that's all that's left of my baby
The record that she loved to play some clothes she hadn't put away
Some bills of hers I'll have to pay that's all that's left of my baby

But baby's gone to my regret what baby wants baby gets
I was just a stepping stone she's stepping higher now baby's gone
I could give her things away reminders that she's gone to stay
But I'll have her mem'ry anyway that's all that's left of my baby

(But baby's gone to my regret what baby wants baby gets)
I was just a stepping stone she's stepping higher now baby's gone
I could give her things away reminders that she's gone to stay
But I'll have her mem'ry anyway that's all that's left of my baby
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5.

YOU WERE ONLY TEASING ME

(Ernest Tubb - T. Texas Tyler) « © '61 Unichappell Music, BMI / Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Once I held you in my arms and you thrilled me with your charms
But I knew you were only teasing me
And you said that you'd be true but I knew just what you'd do
You'd break my heart and then you'd say we're through

Sweetheart you even said you'd rather be dead
Than from me to be far away
But now it's coming home to you and I know that you'll be blue
Cause you knew you were only teasing me
[ steel ] Each mistake dear that you've made leaves a debt that must be paid
That can't be done with just an IOU
You must pay with your heart pay in full and not in part
You can't know happiness until you do

Sweetheart you even said you'd rather be dead...
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6.

MESSAGE

(Willie Nelson) « © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
There are so many things I wanna say tonight
But my mind keeps moving faster than my pen can write
But I hope and pray somehow the message still gets through
That spells m-e-s-s-a-g-e I love you

I'm writing you this note to say I'm sorry
That spells s-o-r-y ever coming home
Can you find it in your heart dear to forgive me
That spells f-o how I miss you since you're gone

There are so many things I wanna say tonight...
[ steel ] There are so many things I wanna say tonight...
That spelled m-e-s-s-a-g-e I love you
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7.

EVERY NIGHT YOU MAKE MY DAY

(Jerry Crutchfield) « © '68 Champion Music, BMI »
You've heard me sigh you've seen me cry
You've helped to brush my tears away
When things go wrong you're my cover
Every night you make my day

Your loving touch can do so much
Your smile helps me find my way
Straight to the arms that I live for
Every night you make my day

Cause every night you make me happy
Of all the little things you do
You make my life worth living
You make my dreams all come true

When day is through I'll come to you
And all my troubles slip away
And oh I'm so happy to be with you
For every night you make my day

And oh I'm so happy just to be with you
For every night you make my day
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8.

HOME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY

(Larry Kingston) « © '68 Careers Music, BMI »
I close the office at five and I hurry home to my wife
While some men search and roam I'm satisfied here at home

Who needs the bar down the street or directions to a good place to eat
I'll feast and sit on my throne and worship the queen of my home

But home wasn't built in a day I used to live that old way
Until love slowly laid every stone in this state of mind castle called home

Time slowly drove every nail and trust carried out each detail
Honesty made it stand strong and love turned it into a home

But home wasn't built in a day...
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9.

HONKY TONK BLUES

(Hank Williams) « © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well I left my home down on a rural route
I told my folks I'm gonna steppin' out
And get the honky tonk blues get the honky tonk blues
Yes Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues

Well I went to a dance I wore out my shoes
Woke up this mornin' wishin' I could lose
That jumpin' honky tonk blues yeah the honky tonk blues
Yes Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
[ piano - steel ] Well I went into every place in town
This city life has really got me down
I got the honky tonk blues yeah the honky tonk blues
Yes Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues

I'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
And get right back to my pappy's farm
And lose these honky tonk blues yeah that honky tonk blues
Yes Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
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10.

I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND WAYS

(Lefty Frizzell - Jim Beck) « © '50 Peer International, BMI / Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I love you I'll prove it in days to come
I swear it's true darling you're the only one
I think of you of the past and all our fun
I love you I'll prove it in days to come

You're my darling you've been true I should have been good to you
You're the one that's in my heart while we're apart

I'll be true I'll prove it to you some day
I love you in my heart you'll always stay
I've been so blue and lonesome all these days
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
[ steel ] I'll be nice and sweet to you and no more will you be blue
I'll prove I love you every day all kinds of ways

So darling please wait please wait until I'm free
There'll be a change a great change made in me
I'll be true there'll never be blue day
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
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11.

LET'S TURN BACK THE YEARS

(Hank Williams) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Darling let's turn back my years and go back to yesterday
Let's pretend that time has stopped and I didn't go away

We had our love to make us happy it wasn't meant to bring us tears
Love like ours should never die so darling let's turn back the years
[ steel - piano ] We had our love to make us happy...
So darling let's turn back the years
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