I'VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN
(Decca DL-75369)
September/1972
Produced by Walter Haynes
Recorded: 1970-1972 in Nashville
1.
I'VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN
(Frank F. Robinson)
« © '72 Third Story Music, BMI »
I got up this morning while I was having my coffee
My woman came in and sat down by my side
With tears in her eye she said I've a conffesion to make
And I said woman speak once on your mind
She said I found somebody new to take your place
I said don't feel so all alone I found someone of my own
You know those lonely nights when you left me all alone
Oh my new love would call and comfort me on the telephone
And I said darling if that's the way it's gotta be
Oh sweet woman don't you worry bout me
She said I found somebody new...
I got up from the table I reached down and wiped the tears from her face
I put out my cigarette turned and walked away
She said I found somebody new...
She said I found somebody new...
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2.
HANDFUL OF STARS
(Ted Harris - Frank Robinson)
« © '72 Plainspoken Music, ASCAP »
There's only a handful of stars where heaven used to be
Only two hearts marked with stars and filled with misery
So little survives of those two happy lives that life buried in my memory
Just a handful of stars where heaven used to be
How many mistakes did it take to make us what we are
How many wrong turns did it take to get us this far
Blinded with pride and empty inside we look through our teardrops and see
Just a handful of stars where heaven used to be
Now there's only a handful of stars...
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3.
SONG SUNG BLUE
(Neil Diamond)
« © '72 Prophet Music, ASCAP »
Song sung blue everybody knows one
Song sung blue every garden grows on
Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
When you take the blues and make a song you sing 'em out again
Song sung blue weeping like a willow
Song sung blue sleeping on my pillow
Funny thing but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know it gets the feeling good you simply got no choice
[ guitar ]
Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
When you take the blues and make a song you sing 'em out again
Song sung blue weeping like a willow...
Song sung blue song sung blue
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4.
SWEET THINGS I REMEMBER ABOUT YOU
(Darlene Shofner)
« © '72 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 sweet things I remember about you
[ steel ]
I could tell you a million things you do...
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5.
LORD KNOWS I'M DRINKING
(Bill Anderson)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Hello Mrs Johnson you self righteous woman
Sunday School teacher what brings you out slummin'
Do you reckon the preacher would approve where you are
Standing here visitin' with a back slidin' christian in a neighborhood bar
Well yes that's my bottle and yes that's my glass
And I see you're eye ballin' this pretty young lass
It ain't none of your busuness but yes she's with me
And we don't need no sermon you self righteous woman just let us be
The Lord knows I'm drinking and running around
And he don't need your loud mouth informing the town
The Lord knows I'm sinning and sinning ain't right
But me and the good Lord gonna have us a good talk later tonight
Goodbye Mrs Johnson you self righteous biddy
I don't need your preachin' and I don't need your pity
So go back to whatever you hypocrites do
And when I talk to heaven be nice and I'll put in a good word for you
The Lord knows I'm drinking...
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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 she can from now on
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7.
FOR MY BABY
(Clyde Otis - Brook Benton)
« © '68 Ensign Music, BMI »
When you see me smile I'm smiling for my baby
When you hear me sigh I'm sighing for my baby
When I step out as sharp as a tack
Girls whistle at me but I don't look back
Cause everything I do I do it for my baby
Everytime I dream I dream about my baby
And everytime I scheme I'm scheming for my baby
I know my baby she's never hard to find
Cause she's always on my mind
Everything I do I do it for my baby
My baby she's something else let me tell you she's fine
I'm glad that I belong to her and she's mine all mine
Every vow that I make I make it for my baby
Every bow I take I take it for my baby
Now when you see us strolling down the avenue
You better keep your eyes off you know who
Cause everything I do I do it for my baby
Yes I'm doin' for my baby well I'm sighin' for my baby
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8.
EMPTY ARMS
(Ivory Joe Hunter)
« © '57 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Empty arms that long for you
And they're waiting dear just for you
And these arms will stay this way
Till you return to them someday
Each lonely night I go to bed
I love the pillow where you used to rest your head
Empty arms but not for long
Cause my baby is coming home
And when she walks through that door
These empty arms I'll have no more
And when she walks through that door
These empty arms I'll have no more
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9.
SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY
(Otis Redding - Steve Cropper)
« © '68 Irving Music, BMI »
Sittin' in the morning sun I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in then I watch 'em roll away again
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away
Just sittin' on the dock of the bay wasting time
I left my home in Georgia headed for the Frisco Bay
Cause I've had nothing to live for looks like nothing's gonna come my way
So I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay watchin' the tide roll away
Just sittin' on the dock of the bay wasting time
Looks like nothing's ever change everything still remains the same
I can't do what them people tell me to do so I guess I'll remain the same
Sittin' here restin' my bones and this loneliness won't leave me alone
And these two thousand miles I roamed just to make this dock my home
Now I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay a watchin' the tide roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay wastin' time
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10.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LONESOME
(Bill Anderson)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The streets are dark and empty as you walk them all alone
You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong
You go to bed each night and pray you'll never see the dawn
Afraid of each tomorrow with its heartless cold unknown
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
With a heart a broken love has taught to cry
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
I know cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy
[ fiddle ]
You search to find a tavern where the music's playing loud
You try to lose your heartache in the laughter of the crowd
But the happy couples make you think of things that might have been
You have to fight the teardrops till you're by yourself again
And that's what it's like to be lonesome...
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11.
BALLAD OF FORTY DOLLARS
(Tom T. Hall)
« © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
The man who preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die
He laied down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes
They hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some chairs
It took us seven hours and I guess we must have drunk a case of beer
I guess I oughta go and watch them put him down but I don't own the suit
And anyway when they start talkin' bout the fire and hell well I get spooked
So I'll just sit here in my truck and act like I don't know him when they pass
And ayway when they're all through I've got to go to work and mow the grass
Well here they come and who's that riding in that big ol' shiny limousine
Look at all that chrome I do believe that that's the sharpest thing I've seen
That must belong to his great Uncle someone said he owned a big ol' farm
When they get parked I'll mosey down and look it over that won't do no harm
Well that must be the widow in the car and would you take a look at that
That sure is a pretty dress you know some women do look good in black
But he's not even in the ground and they say his track is up for sale
They say she took it pretty hard but you can't tell too much behind a veil
Well listen ain't that pretty when the bugler plays the military taps
I think that when you's in the war they always hired and played a song like that
Well here I am and there they go and I guess you'd call it my bad luck
I hope he'll rest in peace but trouble is the fellow owed me forty bucks
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