lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BED OF ROSE'S

(Don Reid) « © '67 House Of Cash, BMI »
She was called a scarlet woman by the people
Who would go to church but left me in the streets
With no parents of my own I never had a home
And a eighteen year old boy has got to eat

She found me outside one Sunday morning
Begging money from a man I didn't know
She took me in and wiped away my childhood
A woman of the streets this lady Rose

This bed of Rose's that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of Rose's where I'm living
Is the only kind of life I'll understand

She was a handsome woman just thirty-five
Who was spoken to in town by very few
She managed a late evening business
Like most of the town wished they could do

I learned all the things that a man should know
From a woman not approved of I suppose
But she died knowing someone really loved her
Of life's bramble bush I picked a rose

This bed of Rose's that I lay on...
This bed of Rose's that I lay on...
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2.

NEW YORK CITY

(Don Reid) « © '70 House Of Cash, BMI »
She came to me shortly after Christmas
Said she hated spoiling New Year's Eve
But the truth doesn't wait to come in season
And what we had feared was now believed

She said she'd leave come Monday morning
Catch a plane if I'd split the fare
She had friends who lived in New York City
She'd look them up and have the baby there

And now she's alone in New York City living like Lord I wonder how
An angel in hell in New York City but I can't think about that now

Honey will you tell him Bible stories
And give him all the love I never could
And never tell him too much bout his daddy
Cause there's not much to say that's good

He'll have to learn it all from his mother
How to count and say his ABC's
But when you teach him prayers to say at bedtime
Leave off God bless daddy won't you please

And now they're alone in New York City...
I can't think about that now
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3.

ALL I HAVE TO OFFER YOU IS ME

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens) « © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Before you take another step there's something you should know
About the years ahead and how they'll be
You'll be living in a world where roses hardly ever grow
Cause all I have to offer you is me

There'll be no mansions waiting on the hills with crystal chandeliers
Then there'll be no fancy clothes for you to wear
Everything I have is standing here in front of you to see
All I have to offer you is me
[ guitar ] Sweetheart I'll give you all my love in every way I can
But make sure it's what you want while you're still free
The only gold I have for you is in this wedding band
And all I have to offer you is me

There'll be no mansions waiting on the hills...
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4.

NEIGHBORHOOD GIRL

(Don Reid - Harold Reid) « © '70 House Of Cash, BMI »
It started about the time she was born
Her risen above the raising of corn
Her midwestern dream of winning the world
And she was always my neighborhood girl

She made cheerleader and I made the team
I carried her books while she carried her dreams
Of magazine covers and Hollywood worlds
And she was always my neighborhood girl

I went in the Navy when war came along
And cried every time I heard a love song
For as I was sailing halfway round the world
I still loved my neighborhood girl
[ banjo ] I came home one Christmas on thirty days leave
The things that I heard I couldn't believe
She still had dreams that were out of this world
But she was now the neighborhood girl

Two wars have come and gone in between
And all of my sons are now in their teens
I read in the paper she's now left this world
And I cried one last time for my neighborhood girl
My neighborhood girl
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5.

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

(Raymond A. Smith) « © '69 Hello Darlin Music, BMI »
I saw a man today who said he talked to you
Not so long ago I think a month or two
As my mind raced back in time I prayed oh Lord don't let it show
He thinks I forgot you fifteen years ago

Fifteen years ago and I still feel the same
Why did he have to mention your sweet name
I'm as broken up inside as if it's been a week or so
Takes a mighty strong love to keep a man thinking of
A girl he hasn't seen since fifteen years ago
[ steel ] I've got a lovely wife who thinks the world of me
Promised her my love through our eternity
I've tried hard to make her happy and so far she doesn't know
That I can't shake this thing of fifteen years ago

Fifteen years ago and I still feel the same
Why did he have to mention your good name
I'm as broken up inside as if it's been a week or so
Takes a mighty long time to get a real love off of your mind
I know I've tried since fifteen years ago
I know I've tried since fifteen years ago
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6.

JUNKIE'S PRAYER

(Lew DeWitt) « © '70 Unichappell Music, BMI / Wallflower Music, BMI »
The bed that I lay on is narrow and cold
This sickness inside me tears at my soul
And the devil awaits me he calls me his son
For he knows I'm cornered and too weak to run
For I soon must return to my gutter of thrills
Where joy is the needle or a bottle of pills
Where a man welcomes mis'ry like an old friend from home
That he uses and abuses till the mis'ry is gone
[ piano ] My mind's filled with torture my body's in pain
But the needle is warm as it sinks in my vein
Just a matter of seconds then my mind will be free
From the coldness and darkness that dominate me
But the freedom is short lived and then I'm alone
I must find the pusher but my money's all gone
Then the cycle of horror starts over once more
Oh God let me suffer this mis'ry no more
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7.

WE

(Don Reid) « © '70 House Of Cash, BMI »
We walked the warm streets of Florida with sand in our pockets lots of times
Worked the cold streets of New York with four guitars and a tin cup just for dimes
We spent one winter in Winnipeg a summer in Mississippi sun
Had some trouble once in Fargo some bad times in Enceno but we had fun

We made the papers once in Phoenix when we stopped and tried to break up a fight
We hit keno in Reno and lost it all in Vegas the very next night
We hopped a train in Chicago and skinny dipped in San Francisco bay
We checked it all in the big hotels then used the fire escape to get away

And we wouldn't trade it all for the world and all of its gold
It's the past that makes the future worth livin'
Mother Luck's been good to us and we will praise her in our songs
For the good times and the good things she has given

We flew into Kansas City early April 24th without a plane
We got stranded in a snow storm with some girls from Salt Lake City on a train
We spent a week one night in LA looking for a doctor's daughter on the strip
Then we wound up somewhere near Nashville pitchin' songs and waitin' tables for a tip

And we wouldn't trade it all for the world...
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8.

THIS PART OF THE WORLD

(Lew DeWitt) « © '70 Wallflower Music, BMI »
Everything that I see since I moved far away
Only serves to upset and reminds me
Of A beautiful girl in a part of the world
That I tried to leave far behind me

Like the girl along the street that I happened to meet
As I was avowed to or passed her
She looked just like her and my heart felt disturbed
So I stopped her and proceeded to ask her

What do you do in this part of the world
Oh forgive me but I thought you were someone else
For a moment you looked like a girl
That I came here to forget but you see I haven't yet
And I won't in this part of the world

Every car on the road like the one that she drove
Makes me think that she's come to meet me
In this part of the world just a sight of that girl
Would relive me and cure me completely

And it happened today in the very same way
When a car just like hers pulled beside me
With a beautiful girl so I called out to her
Hello dear how on earth did you find you

What do you do in this part of the world...
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9.

TOMORROW NEVER COMES

(Ernest Tubb - Johnny Bond) « © '58 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Oh you tell me that you love me and you tell me that you care
That tomorrow we'll be married but tomorrow's never there

Oh tomorrow never comes no tomorrow never comes
When I have you here beside me oh tomorrow never comes

Many long nights I have waited many long nights I have cried
Just to see that happy morning when I'd have you by my side

Oh tomorrow never comes...
When I have you here beside me oh tomorrow never comes
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10.

ME AND BOBBY McGEE

(Kris Kristofferson - Fred Foster) « © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
Busted flat in Baton Rouge headin' for the trains
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
Took us all the way to New Orleans
Pulled my ol' har'poon out of my dirty red bandana
Blowed it low while Bobby sang the blues
With them windshield whipers slapping time
And Bobby clapping hands we finally
Sang up every song that driver knew

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free so free
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues
Body that was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me Lord through everything I done
And every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let her slip away
Searching for the home I hope she'll find
And I'd trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holdin' her body close to mine

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin' left is all she left for me for me
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues
Body that was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
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11.

LAST GOODBYE

(Don Reid - Harold Reid - Lew DeWitt - Philip Balsley) « © '70 House Of Cash, BMI / Wallflower Music, BMI »
Afraid her tears might move my mind I decided to drop her a line
Because where she's concerned I just ain't strong
I couldn't look her in the eye and say our last goodbye
I tried it time and time before but it went wrong
So in this letter she will find all the things that's on my mind
And I'm sure she'll find the man to do her right
I know Jim and Bill will be happy that she's free
Chances are she'll be booked up every night
And see things she'd never see tied down to a guy like me
There's a better side of life she's never known
And I know she'll be alright once I'm gone out of her life
She may not even realize I'm gone
So I wrote it down this time and I read it line for line
But it didn't read just like I meant it to
All the things I meant to say came out sounding some other way
All the goodbye's came out sounding I love you
All the goodbye's came out sounding I love you
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