lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ALL I HAVE TO OFFER YOU IS ME

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens) « © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Before you take another step there's something you should know
About the years ahead and how they'll be
You'll be living in a world where roses hardly ever grow
Cause all I have to offer you is me

There'll be no mansions waiting on the hill with crystal chandeliers
And there'll be no fancy clothes for you to wear
Everything I have is standing here in front of you to see
All I have to offer you is me
[ steel ] Sweetheart I'll give you all my love in every way I can
But make sure that's what you want while you're still free
The only gold I have for you is in this wedding band
Cause all I have to offer you is me

There'll be no mansion waiting on the hill...
All I have to offer you is me
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2.

WORKIN' MAN BLUES

(Merle Haggard) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
But I've been a workin' man dang near all of my life
And I'll keep on workin' long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern and sing a little bit of these workin' man blues

I'll keep my nose to the grindstone work hard everyday
Might get a little tired on weekends after I draw my pay
I'll go back workin' come Monday mornin' I'm right back with the crew
I'll drink a little beer that evening and sing a little bit of these workin' man blues

Sometimes I think about leaving do a little bummin' around
Wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
I go back workin' gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
I'll drink a little beer in a tavern and cry a little bit of these workin' man blues
Work on it Pete Wade
[ guitar ] Well hey hey the workin' man workin' man like me
I ain't never been on welfare that's one place I won't be
But I'll be a workin' long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern and sing a little bit of these workin' man blues
This song's for the workin' man
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3.

OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE

(Merle Haggard - Eddie Burris) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee
And we don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
Cause we like living right and being free

We don't make a party out of loving
But we like holding hands and pitching woo
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all
[ dobro ] Leather boots are still in style at manly's footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
And football's still the roughest thing on campus
And the kids here still respect the college dean

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee...
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all
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4.

DADDY SANG BASS

(Carl Perkins) « © '68 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / House Of Cash, BMI »
I remember when I was a lad times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud
Just poor people that's all we were tryin' to make a living out of black land dirt
We'd get together in a family circle singing loud

(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor)
Me and little brother would join right in there
Singing seems to help a troubled soul
One of these days and it won't be long I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne
No the circle won't be broken by and by Lord by and by
(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor)
Me and little brother would join right in there
In the sky Lord in the sky
[ guitar ] Now I remember after work mama would call in all of us
You could hear us singing for a country mile
My little brother has done gone on but I'll rejoin him in a song
We'll be together again up yonder in a while

(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor)...
In the sky Lord in the sky
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5.

HOMECOMING

(Tom T. Hall) « © '69 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
I guess I should have written dad to let you know that I was coming home
I've been gone so many years I didn't realize you had a phone
I saw your cattle comin' in and boy they're looking mighty fat and sleek
I saw Fred at the service station he told me that his wife was awful sick

You heard my record on the radio oh well it's just another song
I've got a hit recorded it'll be out on the market for too long
I got this ring in Mexico and know it didn't cost me quite a bunch
When you're in the business that I'm in the people call it puttin' up a front

I know I've lost a little weight I guess I am looking kinda pale
If you didn't know me better dad you'd think that I just gotten out of jail
We don't call 'em beer joints night clubs are the places where I work
You meet a lotta people there but no there ain't much chance of gettin' hurt

I'm sorry that I couldn't be here with you all when mama passed away
But I was on the tour and when they came and told me it was just too late
I drove by her grave to see her boy that really is a pretty stone
I'm glad that Fred and Jeanne are here it's better than you being here alone

I knew you's gonna ask me who the lady is that's sleeping in the car
That's just the girl who works for me and man she plays a pretty mean guitar
We worked in San Antone last night she didn't even take the time to dress
She drove me down from Nashville and to tell the truth I guess she needs the rest

Well dad I've gotta go we got a dance to work in Cartersville tonight
Let me take your number down I'll call you and I promise you I'll write
Now you be good and don't be chasin' all those pretty women that you know
And by the way if you see Barbara Walker tell her that I said hello
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6.

I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY

(L.E. White) « © '68 Stringer Publishing, BMI »
I love you more today than he can from now on

I want you more than anything in the world
You mean more to me than any other girl
Now he's with you and things you do with him we've done them for so long
I love you more today than he can from now on

I kissed your tears away when you were sad
Held you close felt your warm love when you were glad
So no matter how much love he has for you or how long
I love you more today than he can from now on

We've already done the things he plans to do
So don't be surprised if late at night I'm in your dreams with you
And if someday his love for you goes wrong
I love you more today than he can from now on
I love you more today than he can from now on
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7.

RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN

(Mel Tillis) « © '66 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
You have painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is almost down
Ruby don't take your love to town

For it wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
And I know Ruby I'm not the man that I used to be
But Ruby I still need your company

It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town

She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before
And if I could move I get my gun and put her in the ground
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
For God's sake turn around
Don't take your love to town
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8.

TO SEE MY ANGEL CRY

(Conway Twitty - L.E. White - Charles Haney) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
See her there see her crying she thinks she loves him so
She don't know how much it hurts me to see her beg him not to go
If she were mine again I'd never let the tears fill her eyes
She don't know how much it hurts me to see my angel cry

Once she built her world around me but like a fool I tore it down
Once she begged me not to leave her just the way she's doing now
Now she's begging to another with that same hurt in her eyes
She don't know how much it hurts me to see an angel cry

I didn't know how much I loved her till she turned and walked away
I didn't know how much I'd hurt her till I saw her there this way
If she were mine again I'd hold her and dry the tears from her eyes
She don't know how much it hurts me to see an angel cry
She don't know how much it hurts me to see my angel cry
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9.

ONE HAS MY NAME (THE OTHER HAS MY HEART)

(Eddie Dean - Dixie Dean - Hal Blair) « © '48 Southern Music, ASCAP »
One has my name the other has my heart
With one I'll remain that's how my heartaches start
One has brown eyes the other's eyes are blue
To one I am tied to the other I am true

One has my love the other only me
But what good is love to a heart that can't be free
So I'll go on living my life's just the same
While one has my heart the other has my name
[ guitar - steel ] One has my love the other only me
But what good is love to a heart that can't be free
If I could live over my life I would change
The one who has my heart would also have my name
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10.

HUNGRY EYES

(Merle Haggard) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labor camp
Stand out in this mem'ry I revive
Cause my daddy raised a family there with two hard working hands
And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes

He dreamed of something better and my mama's faith was strong
And us kids were just too young to realize
That another class of people put us somewhere just below
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes

Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try
She only wanted things she really needed
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes

I remember daddy praying for a better way of life
But I don't recall a change of any size
Just a little loss of courage as their age began to show
And more sadness in my mama's hungry eyes

Mama never had the luxuries she wanted...
Oh I still recall my mama's hungry eyes
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11.

BOY NAMED SUE

(Shel Silverstein) « © '69 Evil Eye Music, BMI »
Well my daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to Ma and me
Just an old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now I don't blame him because he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left he went and called me Sue

Well he must have thought it was quite a joke
Cause it got lots of laughs from a lot of folks
It seemed I had to fight my whole life through
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head
I tell you folks it ain't easy for a boy named Sue

Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean
My fist got hard and my wits got keen
And roamed from town to town to hide my shame
But I made me vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky tonks and bars
And I kill that man that gave me this awful name

Well it was Gatlinsburg in mid July
I just hit town and my throat was dry
So I'd thought I'd stop and have myself a brew
At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table dealing stud
Sat that dirty mangy dog that named me Sue

Well I knew that sneak was my own sweet dad
From a wornout picture that my mother had
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye
He was big and bent and gray and old
I looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I said my name is Sue how do you do and now you're gonna die

Well I hit him right between the eyes
And he went down but to my surprice
He came up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear
Well I busted a chair right across his teeth
We crashed through the wall and into the street
Kickin' and a gougin' in the mud and the blood and beer

Well I tell you I've fought tougher men
But I can't really remember when
Cause he kicked like a mule and bit like a crocodile
Well I heard him laughin' and I heard him cussin'
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

He said son this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it he's gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along
So I gave you that name and I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's that name that helped to make you strong

He said now you have just fought one helluva fight
And I know you hate me and you got the right
To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do
But you oughta thank me before I die
For the gravel in your guts and the spit in your eye
Cause I'm the son of a gun that named you Sue
Well what could I do what could I do

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
I called him a pa and he called me son
And I come away with a different point of view
And I think about him now and then
Every time I tried every time I win
If I ever have a son I think I'm gonna call him Clyde or George
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