lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LET ME GO LOVER

(Jenny Lou Carson - Al Hill) «© '54 Unichappell Music, BMI / Pamasons Publishing, BMI »
Let me go let me go let me go woman
Let me be set me free from your spell
You made me weep cut me deep I can't sleep woman
I was cursed from the first day I fell

You don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you
How I pray that you will say that we're through
Please turn me loose what's the use let me go woman
Let me go let me go let me go
[ piano - guitar ] (You don't want me but you want me to go on wanting you)
How I pray that you will say that we're through
Please turn me loose what's the use let me go woman
Let me go let me go let me go
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2.

GAL WHO INVENTED KISSIN'

(Charles Orr - Earl Griswold) «© '52 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I loved a gal who invented kissin' I don't recall her name
But I do believe that gal should sit high up in the hall of fame
Until she came along just think what we were missin'
That's why today I'm shoutin' hooray for the gal who invented kissin'

She thought the fellows how to smooth instead of holdin' hands
And she showed them how to steel a kiss like they do in foreign land
Until she came along just think what they were missin'
Love was very nice but as cold as ice to that gal who invented kissin'
[ piano ] She showed the girls how pucker up and roll their pretty eyes
And she showed them how to kiss hello and how to kiss goodbye
Until she came along just think what they were missin'
They could only cook or read a book till that gal who invented kissin'

Mr Edison he invented the lights Mr Bell the telephone
And Columbus found America their names're all well known
But till she came along this world had somethin' missin'
And I'm tellin' you there was nothin' to do till that gal invented kissin'
[ guitar ] Now I've been out with a many a gal and the things all were so nice
Some of them I kissed just once and others more than twice
But if I had my wish the only thing I'm wishin'
Is to make a date and stay out late with the gal who invented kissin'

She ever knows how to kiss so fire and how to kiss goodnight
On every kind of hug and kiss she holds a copy rhyme
But if I had my wish the only thing I'm wishin'
Is to make a date and stay out late with the gal who invented kissin'
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3.

NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR

(Cindy Walker) «© '58 Unichappell Music, BMI »
The next voice you hear will be your conscience
As you lie awake and try so hard to sleep
And your unfaithful heart will have to listen
To those shabby little secrets that you keep

You'll be tormented like you tormented me
And the tears of shame will fall with every memory
But the next voice you hear will make you listen
Till you wish that you had listened to me
[ piano - guitar ] You'll be tormented...
(And you'll wish that you had listened to me)
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4.

ONE MORE RIDE

(Bob Nolan) «© '51 Music Of The West, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
One more ride
I long for the trip I don't need no grip I'm takin' one more ride
Way out there in the prairie air I guess it's in my hide
Oh the clickety clack of the railroad track is callin'
If a man can know where the Santa Fe goes when she gets under steam
And the big loud bell that bongs farewell could hear her whistle scream
She's bound to go where there ain't no snow a fallin' one more ride
[ guitar ] I miss the gloom of the pale light moon that seemed to know my name
And the tumbleweeds where the prairie don't feed I miss them just the same
They're all a part of a song of heart I'm singin'
I recall the tune that I sang to the moon and it seemed to make him smile
And I rode away at the close of the day and I stayed so long awhile
But I long to be where the memory is ringin' one more ride
[ guitar ] As the years go by I wonder why I longed to leave my home
And to hit the trail of the iron rail away out there alone
But my heart would sigh till I know that I am leavin'
If I don't come back on a oneway track way down in Mexico
You'll find me there or any old where that a tumbleweed will grow
So it's goodbye now you'll never know how I'm grievin' one more ride
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5.

STOLEN MOMENTS

(Joe Sherman - Sid Wayne) «© '53 Erasmus Music, ASCAP / Holly Hill Music, ASCAP »
Stolen moments are all we have together
Two hearts that must find love on borrowed time
Stolen moments the seconds that we treasure
Must this forbid and pleasure be a crime

If only we had met when both of us were free
We could walking to the sunlight where a love like ours should be
Stolen moments that only let me borrow
A glimpse of some tomorrow when you're mine
[ guitar - vibes ] If only we had met...
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6.

JUST A FADED PETAL FROM A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET

(Hank Snow) «© '58 Unichappell Music, BMI »
(Just a faded petal from a beautiful bouquet) Darling I recieved your last long letter
And in close I found the petal from the rose
Then I picked and placed it in you your head dear
When we courted neath the moonbeams long ago
You said that you can understand today dear
Why in tears I told you when you went away
Now you're leaving and I'll be so lonely
Like a faded petal from a beautiful bouquet
[ guitar ] You tell me that tonight you're broken hearted
Your happiness in life sweetheart you say it's through
And that you regret the day you left me
And broke my heart to change an old love for the new
With aching heart and tears I write this letter
Old mem'ries I could never never cast away
I still love you and you'll find me waiting
Like a faded petal from a beautiful bouquet
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7.

MILLER'S CAVE

(Jack Clement) «© '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
(Dark old cave Miller's Cave)
Way down in the state of Georgia through the swamps and everglades
There's a hole in Tiger Mountain God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave
I had a girl in way cross Georgia but she had unfaithful ways
Made me feel I was unwanted like the birds and the bears in Miller's Cave
(Miller's Miller's Miller's Miller's Cave)

I couldn't stand the way she did me couldn't take her lowdown ways
Before I'll stay with the cheating woman I'll go live with the bears in Miller's Cave
I caught her out one Sunday morning with the man they call Big Dave
Meanest man in way cross Georgia I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave
(Miller's Miller's Miller's Miller's Cave)

I said you'll pay both you and Davy I must see you in your graves
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em
I took their cheatin' skin and bones in Miller's Cave
That woman made me feel unwanted but I showed her I was brave
Most wanted man in the state of Georgia
But they'll never find me cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave
(Dark old cave Miller's Cave)
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8.

WRECK OF THE OLD 97

(Henry Whitler - Charlie W. Noell - Fred J. Lewey) «© '51 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP / Sage Brush Music, BMI »
They gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia saying Steve you're way behind time
This is not 38 but that is old 97 you must put her in Spencer on time
Then he looked around and said to his black greasy fireman
Just shovel on a little more coal
And when we cross that White Oak Mountain you can watch old 97 roll
[ guitar ] It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville
With a line on a three mile grade
It was on that grade where he lost his airbrakes
So you see what a jump he made
He was going down the grade making ninety miles an hour
When his whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
And scalded to death by the steam
[ piano ] Now ladies you must all take a warning
From this time on and learn
Never speak harsh words to your true lovin' husband
He may leave you and never return
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9.

TANGLED MIND

(Ted Daffan - Herman Shoss) «© '57 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I've got a tangled mind I've got a broken heart
Don't have a dime and my time is short
I got a gal somewhere I guess she thinks I'm dead
I'd go back home if I could clear my head
Crying crying all of the time
I've got a broken heart I've got a tangled mind
[ piano - guitar ] I lost a million friends I'm trudgin' on in the dark
Can't find my way don't know where to start
I had a home one time I left it all behind
I can't go back I've got a tangled mind
(Crying crying all of the time)
I've got a broken heart I've got a tangled mind
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10.

GOLD RUSH IS OVER

(Cindy Walker) «© '60 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Oh the gold rush is over so honey bye bye
Stake out your claim now on some other guy
I've wined you and dined you till my money is gone
But the gold rush is over and the bum's rush is on

Now when I had the money honey things were just fine
You spent my money like I was a mine
But now you mistreat me cause my money is gone
So gold diggin' mommie you can start movin' on
[ guitar ] You shoveled out the sweet talk when the pay dirt was big
But now all you shovel out is just a dirty dig
Well stop digging honey cause you're wasting your time
This old gravy train is at the end of the line

So the gold rush is over...
[ piano ] You've been out prospectin' all around on the side
But this old mule now has had his last ride
So start walkin' woman cause your grubstake is gone
The gold rush is over and the bum's rush is on

Oh the gold rush is over...
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11.

DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN' HEARTS

(Jimmy Kennedy - Nat Simon) «© '52 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
Down the trail of achin' hearts where nobody's hidin' their tears
You sent me there where sadness starts down the trail of achin' hearts

You told me I was your darling you kept me hanging around
Somebody else is your darling now lonesome and blue I'll be found
Down the trail...
[ guitar ] Once I was passing your window under the light of a star
Somebody else played my love song and played it on my old guitar

Down the trail...
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12.

CHANGING OF THE TIDE

(Ned Miller - Zella Asmussen) «© '59 Central Songs, BMI »
On days like this we would linger by the ocean
When we would dream as we lay there side by side
I don't know why but one day you got the notion
To sit and watch for the changing of the tide

And then he came just to ask a foolish question
But jealousy in my heart I could not hide
Though I don't believe it was really your intention
In your eyes I saw the changing of the tide
[ guitar ] Now you're gone from me all you left to me
Is the restless sea to keep me company
Now I'm here alone where we used to be together
I can't forget guess I never really try
Fool that I am I'll go on and on forever
Just watching for the changing of the tide
(Fool that I am I'll go on and on forever)
Just watching for the changing of the tide
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