lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I'VE GOT TO HAVE YOU

(Kris Kristofferson) « © '72 Careers Music, BMI »
You came smiling softly shyly moved in easy as a dreamer into my world
And before I realized the danger I found myself starin' into your eyes
And somewhere in their colors I saw promises things I've never seen before
And it's all over I've got to have you

Holdin' on the top and saying nothing more than a murmur I could lose you
Then without a warnin' I remember that you trembled at a touch of my hand
Knowing when you came to me and no one else would ever feel the same in my asrms
It's all over I've got to have you

Waking in the morning to the tenderness of holding you asleep in my arms
Dreaming while my hair was blowing softer than the whisper on your cheek uh huh
I don't know the feeling so I don't know if it's love but it's enough it's enough
I can't help it I've got to have you
Oh it's all over I've got to have you
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2.

JUST OUT OF REACH

(Virgil F. Stewart) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Love that runs away from me dreams that just won't let me be
Blues that keep on bothering me and chains that just won't set me free
Too far away from you and all your charms
Just out of reach of my two open arms

Each night in dreams I see your face mem'ries time cannot erase
Then I'll awake and find you gone I'm so blue and all alone
So far away from lips so sweet and warm
Just out of reach of my two open arms

That lonesome feeling all the time knowing that you can't be mine
Dreams that hurt me in my sleep vows that we could never keep
Too far away from lips so sweet and warm
Just out of reach of my two open arms
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3.

KENTUCKY

(Sammi Smith) « © '72 Zodiac Music, ASCAP »
Won't forget the first time that I saw him
I overheard somebody say Kentucky was his name
He just stood there unconcerned and sang though the angels were all listenin'
Now I was passin' through on my way for some long forgotten place
I only planned to got away a lost and lonely Texas winter evening
But I found myself a wishin' I could stay and listen to Kentucky sing

Won't you sing that song again Kentucky
Don't you mind I sing along with you
And I'll be on my way again Kentucky
Everytime I hear that song I get to think of you

Everything has changed since that Texas winter nights a long ago
The dreams that I was dreamin' there finally become reality
Now we just go from town to town and we laugh and sing every song we know
Life was good to me and my Kentucky

So let's sing that song again Kentucky
Let's sing it loud Kentucky I love you
And I'll never go away from you Kentucky
Everytime I hear that song I get to reach and touch you
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4.

GIRL IN NEW ORLEANS

(Troy Seals - Don Goodman) « © '71 Irving Music, BMI »
Left a family back in Kansas followed him to New Orleans
But it wasn't long till the thrill was gone then one mornin' so was he
What's a girl to do in New Orleans see her hungry child
With the darkness to hide the things that I did I took care of me and the kid

I've been lived on and loved on since the day I turned sixteen
And I can't count the ways Lord I've been used
I saw all the uptown ladies and don't they look so fine
But they're just like me but the men they see pay a lot more for their time

Here comes the night again downtown lights are comin' on
And I know it won't be long till I'll be there
Lord I know it won't be long till I'll be there
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5.

JODY AND THE KID

(Kris Kristofferson) « © '68 Careers Music, BMI »
She would meet him in the morning on his way down to the river
Waitin' patient by the chinaberry tree
With his feet already dusty from the pathway to the levee
A little blue jeans rolled up to her knees
And he'd paid her no attention as she tagged along beside him
Tryin' hard to copy everything you did
But I's often see him smiling when he'd hear somebody saying
Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid

Well even after they grew older they could still be seen together
As they walked along the levee holding hands
For as surely as the seasons she was changing to a woman
And he'd lived enough to call himself a man
Well I often watched them walkin' in the coolness of the evening
Till the morning sun was shining on my bed
And sometimes when she was sleeping I'd smile when I'd remember
How we used to call 'em Jody and the kid

Now the world's a little older and the years have changed the river
Cause there's houses where a house there's never been
And on Sundays he goes walkin' down the pathway to the levee
With another little girl who follows him
It makes the old folks smile to see her tag along beside him
Doing little things the way her mama did
But I know he gets lonesome when he hears somebody saying
Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid
Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid
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6.

RIGHT WON'T TOUCH A HAND

(Earl Montgomery) « © '72 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
The wind blow Sunday paper at my feet
As I walk down this cold and lonely street
My hand search through my pocket for a dime
While the mem'ry of you eats away my mind

And looking back I find that I was wrong
The wrong I'm on won't lead me back to home
And I can't turn back cause everything is gone
Yes it's gone and right won't touch a hand that's filled with wrong

I was filled with so much jealousy
And doubted all the love you gave to me
But now I see the kind of fool I've been
And I'll never see the one I love again

And looking back I find that I was wrong...
Right won't touch a hand that's filled with wrong
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7.

BILLY JACK

(Dick Overbey) « © '72 Careers Music, BMI »
Come on over Billy Jack and brink your drink it's okay
Just forget the things I told you yesterday
For this morning he'll be married and there's not a chance to geting back
He let me down so down I'm goin' all the way

She's taking everything that it took me years together
What took me years she got in two months and a day
She's got my baby and home and my only child has gone
He let me down so down I'm goin' all the way
[ steel ] He let me down so down I'm goin' all the way
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8.

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

(Paul Simon) « © '69 Paul Simon Music, BMI »
When you're weary feeling small
When tears are in your eyes I'll dry 'em all
I'm on your side when you need a friend
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down

When you're down and out and when you're on the street
When evening falls so hard I'll comfort you
I'll take your part when the darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down

Sail on silver boy sail on by your time has come to shine
And ll your dreams are on their way
See how they shine if you need a friend
And I'm sailing out behind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
Ease your mind
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9.

ISN'T IT SAD

(David Malloy - Johnny Wilson) « © '72 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
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10.

WHERE GRASS WON'T GROW

(Earl Montgomery) « © '69 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
Well the dirt was clay and was the color of the blood in me
A twelve acre farm on a ridge in south Tennessee
We left our sweat all over this ground
Behind a mule we watched grow old row after row
Tryin' to grow corn and cotton in ground so poor that grass won't grow

There was one old store in the holler we all called town
It belonged to a gentle old man named Henry Brown
He gave us credit in the winter time to carry us through the cold
When the wind would blow
Tryin' to raise corn and cotton in ground so poor that grass won't grow

Well the one I loved used to walk those fields with me
A hard working man true as one could be.
But then one year death was goin' round and quickly took its toll
My Jimmy had to go
Now he lies there a sleepin' under ground so poor that grass won't grow

As I stand here looking over this part of Tennessee
The fields are bare as far as the eye can see
And over the grave where my Jimmy lies there's a beautiful sight to behold
And nobody knows
Why there's flowers growin' in ground so poor that grass won't grow
Pretty flowers growin' in ground so poor that grass won't grow
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