HANK SNOW
THE MYSTERIOUS LADY (RCA Victor APL1-3208)
March/1979
Produced by Chuck Glaser
Hank Snow - vocal/guitar
Reggie Young, Randy Scruggs, Billy McClelland, Rock Killough, Dan Eckley - guitar
Kayton Roberts - steel
Joe Osborn - bass
Buddy Spicher - fiddle
Larrie Londin, Ralph Gallant - drums
Bobby Wood - piano
Horns:
Dennis Good, William Puett, Donald Sheffield
Strings:
Marvin Chantry, Roy Christiansen, Carl Gorodetzki,Sheldon Kurland, George Binkley,
Gary Vanosdale, Steve Smith
Vocal accompaniment:
Glaser Brothers
Carol Cooper, Herman Harper, Caludia Hilton, Wayne Hilton
Recorded:
June/1978, Glaser Sound Studio, Nashville
Hey what is she doin' and who is she wooin' that's what we'd all like to know
Buyin' papyas while all of our eyes are on her from her head to toe
And who is she winin' and who is she dinin' down in her shack by the sea
Nobody knows it and she never shows it she's spreadin' her table for me
Here she comes the mysterious lady... [ guitar ]
Who is she seein' how cruel she is bein' about our secret affair
No one suspects me she even protects me from men knowin' I'm goin' there
I schetch the features while she sweetly teaches me how to pour rum over ice
She tries to hide it and I don't confide it but my love the lady is mine
Here she comes the mysterious lady...
The mysterious lady from St Martinique
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Somehow I knew at a glance the terrible chances I'm taking
Fine at the start then left with a heart that is breaking
Maybe I'll live a life of regret
And maybe I'll give much more than I get
Nevertheless I'm in love with you
(Maybe I'm right and maybe I'm wrong maybe I'm weak maybe I'm strong)
But nevertheless I'm in love with you
(Maybe I'll win maybe I'll lose maybe I'm in for cryin' the blues)
But nevertheless I'm in love with you
Somehow I knew at a glance the terrible chances I'm taking
Fine at the start then left with a heart that is breaking
Maybe I'll live a life of regret and maybe I'll give much more than I get
But nevertheless I'm in love with you
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Within my hand I hold the key do I dare to set her free
Got a feelin' in my mind got that she's just one of a kind [ piano ]
Pulled away from my hometown thought I'd leave her love behind
But Mary rode with me on the highways of my mind
Seen a million pretty girls pretty girls aren't hard to find
But she's a rare breed I'm convinced Mary's just one of a kind
Within my hand I hold the key do I dare to set her free
Got a feelin' in my mind got that she's just one of a kind
Within the prison of my soul locked within my troubled mind
Is a love I can't forget cause she's just one of a kind
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Ya know honey, whenever you're close enough to me
To reach out and kiss my fingertips
Then what I'm really feeling deep down in my heart
Always fails to leave my lips
Cause I plan on all the things that my heart wants to say
And then I think I'm all set for the next time I see you walk my way
But it just seems that every time you do I only make a standing start
And then darling you're gone yes you're gone again
Before these words can ever leave my heart
If my heart could talk to you you'd never go away
If my heart could talk to you forever you would stay
You'd come running back and never leave me feeling blue
If my heart could talk to you
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Ramble on ramble on
When you're ramblin' days are gone
Who will love you with a love true
When you're ramblin' days are gone [ strings ]
Ramblin' rose ramblin' rose
Why I want you heaven knows
Though I love you with a love true
Who can cling to a ramblin' rose
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Loving you with all my heart believing you loved me
But an immitation love was all you gave to me
How long will my sweet dreams never come true
Forever and one day forever and two [ guitar ]
Loving you with all my heart...
(Forever and one day forever and two)
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And it takes too long to heal a broken heart
It hurts too bad when love gets pulled apart
From now on I just won't let it start
Cause it takes too long to heal a broken heart [ guitar ]
It don't really matter why when love is gone
If cheatin' is to blame or it died from natural causes
The end is still the same it always causes pain at least to one
And it takes too long to heal...
Yes it takes too long to heal...
Yes it takes too long to heal a broken heart
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A million years it seems have gone by since we shared our dreams
But I'll hold you again there'll be no blue memories then
Whether skies are grey or blue anyplace on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you my happiness [ strings ]
A million years it seems...
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Let it ring out fine in a song about why
A cheatin' heart had caused some pain
About a black land farm a pair of pretty arms
Or the whistle of a midnight train
Well country songs don't turn me on
Or send the blood a rushin' through my veins
Unless I hear that six string Tennessee flat top
Grand old open hole ring
Well the bluegrass sound took a ride uptown
On the back of open hole rhythm
And all the big country stars wouldn't be where they are
Without the help that old flat top give 'em
Now I may be behind time but I know my own mind
Make my country music plain
And let me hear that six string Tennessee flat top
Grand old open hole ring [ guitar ]
Well the bluegrass sound took a ride uptown
On the back of open hole rhythm
And all the big country stars wouldn't be where they are
Without the help that old flat top give 'em
Now I may be behind time but I know my own mind
Make my country music plain
And let me hear that six string Tennessee flat top
Grand old open hole ring
Let me hear that six string Tennessee flat top
Grand old open hole rin
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