WITH LOVE
(Capitol ST-454)
March/1970
Produced by George Richey
Recorded:
Jan/1970, Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
YOUR OLD LOVE LETTERS
(Johnny Bond)
« © '55 Red River Songs, BMI »
Today I burned your old love letters I burned them slowly one by one
And before I'd light the flame I'd read them to try and find the wrongs I've done
The first you wrote me was the sweetest the last one broke my heart in two
And all alone it's left me weeping for the ashes of your letters tied in blue
Today I burned your old love letters I watched my dreams go up in smoke
I lived again those precious mem'ries I heard each tender word you spoke
The first you wrote me was the sweetest the last one said that we were through
Our love is there among the embers in the ashes of your letters tied in blue
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2.
PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART
(Randy Myers - Jackie De Shannon - Jimmy Holiday)
« © '69 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Think of your fellow man lend him a helping hand put a little love in your heart
You see it's getting late please don't hesitate put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place and the world will be a better place
For you and me you just wait wait and see
Another day goes by and still the children cry put a little love in your heart
If you want the world to know we won't let hatred grow put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place...
Wait and see
Take a good look around and if you're looking down put a little love in your heart
I hope when you decide kindness will be your guide put a little love in your heart
And the world will be a better place...
Put a little love in your heart put a little love in your heart
Put a little love in your heart put a little love in your heart
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3.
I DON'T BELIEVE I'LL FALL IN LOVE TODAY
(Harlan Howard)
« © '61 Central Songs, BMI »
I don't believe I'll fall in love today old memories of you stand in the way
I just can't make my heart find someone new it's always much too busy with the blues
Each night I pray I'll wake at dawn and find another in my heart and on my mind
Then I'll wake and hear my poor heart say I don't believe I'll fall in love today
I don't believe I'll fall in love today cause if I did I know I wouldn't stay
You'd come between us like you always do somehow he'd never measure up to you
Each night I pray I'll wake...
I don't believe I'll fall in love today
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4.
DADDY I LOVE YOU
(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '69 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
The younger kids are sleeping mama's working nights
You are heavy on my mind so I just thought I'd write
Money's hard to come by outside of that we're fine
Little brother talks about you almost all the time
Every night I say a little prayer that he'll keep watching over you
I know you think that no one cares but daddy I love you
I've never once heard mama say who was right or wrong
I just came home from school one day and she told me you were gone
You may not want to come back home and if you never do
Daddy it won't change the way I feel I'll always love you
Every night I say a little prayer...
Every night I say a little prayer...
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5.
MIDNIGHT TRAIN
(Jack Rhodes - Bob Millsap)
« © '70 Central Songs, BMI / All Roads Music, BMI »
I hear footsteps in the street below me just an echo in the cold and loenly rayin
And my heart breaks with every step that's taken me
As he walk on out to me at midnight train
Midnight train midnight train I know you've always been on time
But just as once I wish you'd pass this town on by
Cause if I had just one more day he might change his mind and stay
And those footsteps would be walking back to me
Oh how I love him with all the love that's in me
Oh I need him more than flowers need the rain
Gentle hands that just held me so tightly
Are reaching out to take that midning train
Midnight train midnight train...
And those footsteps would be walking back to me
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6.
LIVIN' IN A HOUSE FULL OF LOVE
(Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)
« © '64 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Now love is pourin' through the window comin' in the door
I can feel it creepin' through the cracks in the floor
Bouncin' off the walls and the ceilin' up above
Since I found you I'm livin' in a house of love
All my life my heart's been walked on men said they loved me my how they talked on
Tellin' me lies and fillin' my eyes with tears that I couldn't control
I couldn't get a hold of myself long enough to realize
They were only tryin' to pull the wool over my eyes
Then I found you then the skies turned blue and I'm livin' in a house of love
Now love is pourin' through the window...
[ guitar ]
Once I lived in a hole like a rabbit I couldn't find love and the blues were a habit
A lonely girl and I couldn't understand why everything I tried went wrong
Till you came along bless your heart and showed me the right way
You dried my eyes and turned my night to day
I'm so proud I wanna holler out loud I'm livin' in a house of love
Now love is pourin' through the window...
Now love is pourin' through the window...
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7.
TRUE LOVE
(Cole Porter)
« © '56 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
I give to you and you give to me true love true love
So on and on it will always be true love true love
For you and I have a guardian angel on high with nothing to do
But to give to you and to give to me love forever true
[ guitar ]
(I give to you and you give to me) true love true love
(So on and on it will always be) true love true love
For you and I have a guardian angel...
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8.
LOVE TAKES CARE OF ME
(Jimmy Peppers)
« © '68 Husky Music, BMI »
Cause your love takes good care of me yes your love takes good care of me
And when the rain falls and the wind blows and the storm is on the sea
I'll be safe your love takes care of me
When life for me gets weary and the sun refuses to shine
I run to the arms of the one I love and there I'll hide
You know just what to do and say you make my life worthwhile
And when I look upon your face I see heaven in your smile
Cause your love takes good care of me...
I'll be safe your love takes care of me
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9.
MEANWHILE BACK IN MY HEART
(Charlie Williams)
« © '70 Central Songs, BMI »
I really always knew that it was just a matter of time
Until you'd be a painted entry on the pages of my mind
That's what I say when people ask while we're apart
But meanwhile back in my heart
Nothing's changed changed there you're still in love with me
It's still the same same there the way it used to be
And when I smile and say I'm better off this way well I'm just playing a part
Cause meanwhile back in my heart
The friends that we both knew they just can't believe what they see
They caught my world would fall apart without you here with me
But I just say it took a while then I got smart
But meanwhile back in my heart
Nothing's changed changed there...
Baby I need you so back in my heart
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10.
YOU AND YOUR SWEET LOVE
(Bill Anderson)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I wish you only knew all the days I've made it through
Because of you and your sweet love
I wish that I could count the times peace and comfort filled my mind
Because of you and your sweet love
You're what keeps me going the sun that lights my sky
The rose that blooms in winter the rain that cools July
Never try to tell me that it wasn't God above that sent me you and your sweet love
[ steel ]
Almost every night it seems you come walking through my dreams
Precious you and your sweet love
And tonight though we're apart there's a fullness in my heart
Thanks to you and your sweet love
You're the rock I cling to the star I wish upon
The water in my desert the anchor in my storm
Never try to tell me that it wasn't God above that sent me you and your sweet love
That sent me you and your sweet love
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