lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING

(Dallas Frazier)
« © '65 Husky Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I hear footsteps slowly walkin'
As they gently walk across a lonely floor
And a voice is softly saying
Darlin' this will be goodbye forever more

There goes my reason for living
There goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possession
There goes my ev'rything

As my mem'ry turns back the pages
I can see the happy years we had before
Now the love that kept this old heart beating
Has been shattered by the closing of a door

There goes my reason for living...
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2.

I DIDN'T JUMP THE FENCE

(Gene Crysler)
« © '66 Southtown Music, BMI »
(She's the one got lonely I didn't jump the fence)

Mr Angry neighbor yes I know just how you feel
Cause I've been takin' your fruit but don't tell me I steal
I haven't been in your yard my tracks ain't on your ground
Your tree hangs over my fence the nights you're not around

I didn't jump the fence the fruit was offered free
I couldn't reach your apples if you'll just trim the tree
Well sure I've held your darlin' but Mister where's your sense
She's the one got lonely I didn't jump the fence

Now friend you see that little trail that runs between our home
These ain't the shoes that wore it there the nights that you were gone
So don't show me your anger or shout I stole a kiss
When she did all the walkin' I didn't jump the fence

I didn't jump the fence the fruit was offered free...
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3.

BRINGING MARY HOME

(Joe Kingston - Chaw Monk - John Duffey)
« © '66 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
(Bringing Mary home)

I was drivin' down a lonely road on a dark and stormy night
When a little girl by the roadside showed up in my headlights
I stopped and she got in the back and in a shaky tone
She said my name is Mary please won't you take me home

She must have been so frightened all alone there in the night
There was something strange about her her face was deathly white
She sat so pale and quiet there in the back seat all alone
I never will forget that night I took Mary home

I pulled into the driveway where she told me to go
Got out to help her from the car and opened up the door
But I just could not believe my eyes the back seat was bare
I looked all around the car but Mary wasn't there

A small light shown from the porch a woman opened up the door
I asked about the little girl that I was lookin' for
Then the lady gently smiled and brushed a tear away
She said it sure was nice of you to go out of your way

But thirteen years ago today in a wreck just down the road
Our darling Mary lost her life and we still miss her so
So thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have shown
You're the thirteenth one who's been here bringing Mary home
You're the thirteenth one who's been here bringing Mary home
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4.

PLACE FOR GIRLS LIKE YOU

(Red Hayes - Sonny Burns)
« © '54 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Fate has planned a place for girls like you who torture guys like me
And the time for all bad things to end will surely come to me
The world will turn its back on those who never can be true
And you'll find out that fate has planned a place for girls like you

I've tried so hard to be the way you wanted me to be
To give you things you wanted most but still we disagree
Each time I try to change my life to fit the way you live
I find that you just made new plans for more than I can give

Fate has planned a place for girls like you who torture guys like me...
Yes you'll find out that fate has planned a place for girls like you
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5.

SEASONS OF MY HEART

(George Jones - Darrell Edwards)
« © '55 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
The seasons come the seasons go
We get a little sunshine rain and snow
Just the way that it was planned to be
But there's no season in my heart
While you play the leading part
Cause the flowers will bloom eternally

Your leavin' will bring autumn sorrow
And my tears like withered leaves will fall
But spring could bring some glad tomorrow
And darling we could be happy after all
[ steel ] As it is in Nature's plan
No season gets the upper hand
How I try to keep this fact in mind
The trees are bare the cold winds blow
And by experience we should know
The winter comes but the spring is close behind

Your leavin' will bring autumn sorrow...
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6.

PAY LOAD DADDY

(Bill Lankston)
« © '66 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Well my baby said honey now please don't go
I couldn't pay attention had to hit the road
Cause my payment's comin' due on my rig in a week or so
Well I'd rather take a beatin' than to leave this town
Can't make a livin' just a layin' around
Well I'm a pay load daddy and I got a long way to go
Cause ever four lane interstate's enough to drive a truck driver wild
You gotta keep your eyes open there's an exit ever quarter of a mile
Detour signs are here to stay you drive 50 miles outta your the way
Well I'm a pay load daddy and I make a lotta friends that way
Well I turned down a job a wearin' a big white collar
There's a whole lotta difference between a dime and a dollar
and I'm not afraid of automation takin' my job away
Well I talk about quittin' I never could
number two disel fuel is in my blood
well I'm a pay load daddy and I sure do like the pay
well my baby said I never had it so good
I hope my luck runs out I wore my knuckles out a peckin' on wood
I got a tailgate ticket up in Kalamazoo
well a woman never knows what a man goes through
well I'm a pay load daddy and I'm just passin' through
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7.

BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE LONGER

(Darrell Glenn)
« © '66 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
You say you're tired of strugglin' along
Seems like ev'rything I do turns out wrong
It hasn't been easy I know at least up to now
But if you'll understand me have faith in what I'm tryin'
I know we'll make it somehow

I'll say a prayer for us tonight
I'll pray that your love will grow stronger
And then ev'rything will be all right

I've heard it said a million times
you could have heaven on earth
But the long of averege since things will be better
We've already been through the worst

I'll say a prayer for us tonight...
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8.

I SHOULD START RUNNING

(Paul Belvins)
« © '66 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Here you are in my arms again I should start running
Before you break my heart again I should start running

I've tried and tried to cast aside the love I hold for you
But times like this makes me forget that you were untrue
My heart says run you foolish one your lips tell me to stay
I'm caught between a right and wrong and don't know which to take

Here you are in my arms again I should start running...
[ strings ] Here you are in my arms again I should start running...
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9.

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE

(George Jones - Darrell Edwards)
« © '59 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
In the papers I saw you this mornin'
You looked lovely dressed in your wedding gown
And it said you would marry a stranger to me
That had drifted into our ol' hometown

Accidentally you've met him one evenin'
nd you say it was love at first sight
Accidentally on purpose you're marrin' him
accidentally on purpose for spite

For you say that you saw me out painting the town
That I was just a fool with a heart of a clown
Accidentally you were mistaken that night
Accidentally on purpose for spite
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10.

BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY

(Merle Kilgore)
« © '64 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
When sister did the jig and brother beat the drum
And baby rocked her dolly baby rocked her dolly

As I sit here in this ol' folks home my hair is white as snow
I remember when I was young again how everything was jolly
When sister did the jig and brother beat the drum...

Well them kids of mine they've all grown up they write every now and then
As I read their letters it makes memories of all our fun and folly

When sister did the jig and brother beat the drum...

That wife of mine God rest her soul she's gone on before me
I'll bet she's told the Lord about the times our house was filled with jolly

When sister did the jig and brother beat the drum...

That man across the hall is a lonely man he's never had a family
So he asked me to tell him all about my kids when he's feelin' melancholy

When sister did the jig and brother beat the drum...
When sister did the jig and brother beat the drum...
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11.

LETTER EDGED IN BLACK

(Roy Carter - William York)
« © '48 Peer International, BMI / Songs Of Universal, BMI »
I was standin' by my window yesterday mornin'
Without a thought of worry or of care
When I saw the postman comin' down the pathway
With such a happy smile and jaunty air

Oh he rang the bell and he whistled while he waited
And then he said good mornin' to you Jack
But he little knew the sorrow that he brought me
When he handed me a letter edged in black

With tremblin' hands I took the letter from him
I broke the seal and this is what it said
Come home my boy your poor ol' father wants you
Come home my boy your dear old mother's dead

Your mother's last words she ever uttered
Was tell my boy I want him to come back
Oh my eyes are blurred my poor ole heart is breaking
While I'm writing you this letter edged in black

Those angry words I wish I'd never spoken
You know I did not mean them don't you Jack
May the angels bear me witness I am asking
Your forgiveness in this letter edged in black

I can see the postman whistlin' ev'ry mornin'
Comin' down the pathway with his pack
But he never knew the sorrow that he brought me
When he handed me a letter edged in black
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12.

WHERE COULD I GO (BUT TO HER)

(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '66 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Why will a man go out and cheat what makes temptation so sweet
And it's a shame the neon lights will make a man stay all night
With a girl in a bar down the street
I never meant to be that man but last night I held another's hand
Though her kisses tasted sweet that's not what made me cheat
So I'll try and explain if I can
Where where where could I go oh when I needed love you weren't there
And her two open arms offered love sweet and warm
Where could I go but to her

Please forgive my one mistake and I'd swear it's the last I'll ever make
Let those arms I need the most take me back hold me close
For lovin' you is a habit I can't break
Where where where could I go oh when you feel the urge to go wrong
The next time I'm tempted when my glass is emptied
Where will I go I'll go home
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