lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE

(Lois Mann - Henry Bernard - Murray Burns) « © '57 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
We've been sweethearts for so long now you say we're through
The love we shared is now a memory
I had built a ship of dreams and planned them all for you
But now I guess what is to be will be

I'll sail my ship alone though all the sails you've torn
Drifting out across the ocean blue
I'll sail my ship alone though all the dreams are gone
And when it starts to sink then I'll blame you
[ guitar - piano ] I gave a message to the wind to take back home to you
Hoping that you'd hear my SOS
Thinking that you'd come back home my darling if you knew
How my aching heart was in distress

I'll sail my ship alone though all the sails you've torn...
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2.

I'LL NEVER BE LONESOME WITH YOU

(John Dillingham) « © '67 Touchdown Music, BMI »
Sweetheart I love you I need you I want you
Without you I just can't go on
Life has no meaning when you're lonely each evening
The days and the nights are so long

You came to me dear when I needed you
I started living the day I met you
My life was so empty till you said you love me
I'll never be lonesome with you
[ piano ] You came to me dear when I needed you...
I'll never be lonesome with you
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3.

I DIDN'T JUMP THE FENCE

(Gene Crysler) « © '67 Southtown Music, BMI »
Mr Angry neighbor yes I know just how you feel
Cause I've been picking your fruit but don't tell me I steal
I haven't been in your yard my tracks ain't on your ground
Your tree hangs over my fence the nights you're not around

I didn't jump the fence the fruit was offered free
I couldn't reach your apples if you just trimmed your tree
Sure I've held your darling but Mister where's your sence
She's the one got lonely I didn't jump the fence
[ steel ] Now friend you see that little trail that runs between our homes
These ain't the shoes that wore it there the nights that you were gone
So don't show me your anger or shout I stole a kiss
When she did all the walking I didn't jump the fence

I didn't jump the fence...
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4.

SAM'S PLACE

(Buck Owens - Red Simpson) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
There's a place down the street we call Sam's Place
It starts a jumpin' every evening when the sun goes down
You can always find me down at Sam's Place
For that's where the gang all hangs around

There's old shimmy skakin' Tena she hails from Passadena
She always got a big smile on her face
There's old hootchy cootchy Heddy she comes from Cincinnati
Yeah there's always a party at Sam's Place
[ guitar ] Well they've got a swinging band down at Sam's Place
You can hear 'em picking twenty blocks away
They're playing country music down at Sam's Place
From the setting sun until the break of day

There's old shimmy skakin' Tena...
And I'll meet you tonight at Sam's Place
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5.

I GUESS I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT

(Billy Joe Moore - Ernest Rufty) « © '67 Vanadore Music, BMI / Sidewalk Music, BMI »
My eyes aren't seeing very well this morning
I just can't make them focus in the light
I tried to walk but I can't keep from stumbling
I guess I had too much to dream last night

I drink some tea but I can't find a table
I make some toast but I couldn't eat a bite
I'd go and face the world but I'm not able
I guess I had too much to dream last night

When you walked out my end found it's beginning
Without you there's no way to make things right
And now it seems that my whole world is ending
I guess I had too much to dream last night
[ steel ] When you walked out my end found it's beginning...
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6.

FIVE MINUTES IN THE ARMS OF THE RIGHT WOMAN

(Bob Montgomery - John Talley) « © '67 Talmont Music, BMI »
I really don't know what happened
But lately our love has grown tired
Your kisses once so warm and tender
Here lately leave so much to a man desire

I really don't mean to hurt you
I don't know why things happen they just so
But five minutes in the arms of the right woman
Made me the wrong man for you

Five minutes in the arms of the right woman
Talked me I'd never been kissed
Five minutes in the arms of the right woman
Showed me just how much I missed

I wish there was some way to change things
But I'm helpless there's nothing I can do
Cause five minutes in the arms of the right woman
Made me the wrong man for you

Yes five minutes in the arms of the right woman
Made me the wrong man for you
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7.

BOTTLE LET ME DOWN

(Merle Haggard) « © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Each night I leave the barroom when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closin' time
But tonight your mem'ry found me much too sober
I gouldn't drink enough to give you off my mind

Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your mem'ry come around
The one true friend I've thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down
[ guitar - steel ] I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turning every day
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way

Tonight the bottle let me down...
Tonight the bottle let me down
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8.

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER

(Harry Tobias - Larry Vincent - Moe Jaffe) « © '60 Colgems Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
(If I had my life to live over
There's so many things I'd like to do)
And if I could begin just where I like
I begin again all over with you

You wouldn't know that I was the same man
I wouldn't be that much of a fool
You wouldn't see me parading and acting the clown
Trying to be a big man of the town

(If I had my life to live over)
But I know that's too good to be true
And I'm afraid it's too late to say that I'm sorry
And let you know that I'm still in love with you
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9.

BIG OLE HURT

(Loretta Lynn) « © '67 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Well you've been a bouncin' me just like a rubber ball
And I'm a gettin' tired of bouncin' that ain't all
I'm gonna see what I've been missin' I'm gonna start to timin' two
Yeah I'm a gonna put the big ole hurt on you

I'm gettin' ready to put the big ole hurt on you
Gonna give you a little subtle of what you've put me through
You can't stop me baby I'm gonna do what I wanna do
Yeah I'm a gonna put the big ole hurt on you
[ guitar ] What made you think you could love 'em all and still love me
I'm gonna show you just like hurtin' a hurt can be
Well I've been a one woman lover now I'm a gonna try for two
Yeah I'm a gonna put the big ole hurt on you

I'm gettin' ready to put the big ole hurt on you...
Yeah I'm a gonna put the big ole hurt on you
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10.

SWEET THINGS I REMEMBER ABOUT YOU

(Darlene Shofner) « © '67 Coal Miners Music, BMI »
The softness of your warm red lips the gentle touch of your fingertips
Are just sweet things I remember about you
That happy look deep in your eyes the way you kiss and the way you sigh
Are just sweet things I remember about you

I could tell you a million things you do that haunt me night and day
For I get so lonely darling every moment you're away
The way you smoke your cigarette the way I tingled when first we met
Are just just sweet things I remember about you
[ steel ] I could tell you a million things you do...
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11.

WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE KISS MY SWEET THING

(Webb Pierce - Max Powell - Art Anderson) « © '67 Tuesday Music, BMI »
Won't someone please kiss my sweet thing
I been gone so long I know she's been alone
Won't someone please kiss my sweet thing
And tell her please her lovin' daddy's coming home

Just kiss her once and tell her it's a little kiss from me
Let her know she won't be alone long
Soon our life will be like it should be
Won't someone please kiss my sweet thing
And tell her please her lovin' daddy's coming home

Just throw your arms around her and lift her up in the air
Tell her I'm coming home and it won't long
Till she look up and see me standing there
Won't someone please kiss my sweet thing
And tell her please her lovin' daddy's coming home
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12.

THANKS A LOT FOR TRYING ANYWAY

(Jim Glaser) « © '66 Ensign Music, BMI »
Oh what a shock to hear you say you're gonna leave me
Though you tried to let me down the easy way
You can't say you're gonna leave without it hurtin'
But thanks a lot for trying anyway

You were carefull with the words you chose to tell me
You couldn't break my heart in any nicer way
And you've done all that you could do to stop my teardrops
Well thanks a lot for trying anyway

I'm so sorry that I didn't take it better
I'd give a world if you have not seen me this way
It's not your fault you couldn't keep your love from dying
But thanks a lot for trying anyway
Thanks a lot for trying anyway
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