MISS SINCERITY
(Capitol ST-397)
November/1969
Produced by Kelso Herston
Recorded:
June/1969, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
STEPCHILD
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Stepchild you've had a hard way to go
How come your daddy run away your mama never did know
All you remember is becoming a step son to your mama's new man
And you got aquainted with the back of his hand
Stepchild you say the man had a son
The son called him daddy but he told you to call him John
You say the legs on the breast of the chicken was gone
When the platter come around your way
And you had to chop cotton while your step brother played
Stepchild when you were born
Your right foot was turned left with your left
And mercy had a way of taking off and leaving you by yourself
Stepchild muddy water got in your well
Stepchild how come your laughing that way
After doing the deed that you've done you better learn how to pray
Stepchild you've got a weird sense of humor
And you came close to gettin' away
But they caught you plantin' garlic on your step daddy's grave
Stepchild when you were born...
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2.
I'LL SHARE MY WORLD WITH YOU
(Ben Wilson)
« © '68 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
I'll share my world with you everything that I own
My earthly possessions there's no good if I'm alone
Let me bring you the sunshine when it's fresh with morning dew
Can't you see that I'm waiting to share my world with you
I'll share my world with you if you'll be mine alone
I'll give you a new heart you're the only love it's known
Let me give you my two arms they'll be happy if you do
Can't you see they are waiting to share my world with you
[ steel ]
I'll share my world with you everything that we'll see
Divide all the memories one for you and one for me
Let me give you my two lips they'll be smilin' if you do
Can't you see they are waiting to share my world with you
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3.
BEFORE YOUR TIME
(Ben Peters)
« © '69 Ben Peters Music, BMI »
Not long ago I didn't know the feel of lips on mine
And I was halfway happy then but that was before your time
Then you came along and I found heaven but now you leave me alone
I was better off before your time than I'd be after you're gone
I was better off before your time when love I never known
For once someone's gonna use to love it's harder just being alone
Cause I found heaven in your arms and feeling I never known
I was better off before your time than I'd be after you're gone
Than I'd be after you're gone
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4.
TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN
(Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Today I started loving you again I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today I started loving you again
What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I've cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun
Cause today I started loving you again...
Today I started loving you again
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5.
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
(Joe South)
« © '68 ATV Songs, BMI »
Oh the games people now every night and every day now
Never meanin' what they say now and never sayin' what they mean
While they wile away the hours in their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine
Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee
Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play
Oh we make one another cry break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die that the other one's to blame
But neither one will ever give in so we gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been and it's a dirty rotten shame
Lotten da la da da da...
[ guitar ]
People walkin' up to ya singing glory hallelujah
Then they're tryin' to sock it to ya in the name of the Lord
They're gonna teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate
And furthermore to hell with hate come on and get on board
Lotten da la da da da...
Look around and tell me what you see what's happened to you and me
God grand me the serenity to just remember who I am
Cause you've given up your sanity for your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity and you don't give a da da da
Lotten da la da da da...
Lotten da la da da da...
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6.
SINGING MY SONG
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton - Tammy Wynette)
« © '69 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Here's a song I love to sing it's about the man that wears my ring
And even though he's tempted he knows I'll make sure that he gets everything
Cause when he's cold he knows I'm warm and I warm him in my arms
And when he's sad oh I make him glad and I'm his shelter from the storm
I'm his song when he feels like singing and I swing when he feels like swinging
I don't know what I does that's right but it makes him come home at night
And when he's home I make sure he's never alone
And that's why I keep singing my song
And when he's home...
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7.
SOFTLY AND TENDERLY
(Will L. Thompson - Herbert Tovey)
« © '69 Sacred Music Foundation, BMI »
Tonight again you'll be holding another tenderly
Whispering soft sweet words you once spoke to me
While I'm here a lonely living old memories
Of the precious love you once gave to me
Then softly and tenderly tears touch my cheeks
Invisible tears no one ever sees
Softly and tenderly my heart still beats
For only you and all the love you gave to me
[ piano ]
It seems to me that you're reaching for a world that don't exist
Searching for new lips that you've never kissed
When I think I find your conscience has suddenly gone blind
I find I wonder who if you were ever really mine
Then softly and tenderly...
For only you and all the love you gave to me
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8.
THING OF PLEASURE
(Larry Lee - Eddie Rabbitt)
« © '69 Barmour Music, BMI »
You look at me as if I were dirt and the words you use to me really hurt
But just a moment ago you held me oh so close
Am I just a thing of pleasure to you
You kiss my lips and make me want you and am I happy thinking that you need me too
But life's a storm that's come and gone you leave me all alone
Am I just a thing of pleasure to you
Am I just a thing of pleasure to you
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9.
YOU'LL NEVER LOVE ME NOW
(Merle Haggard)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Admiting you're to blame won't heal my wounded pride
It's too late to be ashamed I've already stepped aside
Just let me live again and please don't come around
If you never loved me then you'll never love me now
You fooled me all the way each time you held me tight
But when darkness turned to day I finally saw the light
When I really needed you that's when you let me down
If you never loved me then you'll never love me now
Just let me live again...
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10.
PITTSBURG GENERAL
(Gene Crysler)
« © '69 Southtown Music, BMI »
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