WYNN STEWART
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
(Capitol ST-561)
August/1970
Produced by George Richey & Earl Ball
Jimmy Capps, Pete Wade, Harold Bradley, Bobby Bare, Jack Eubanks - guitar
Jerry Shook - gut string guitar
Lloyd Green, Ralph Mooney - steel
Henry Strzelecki, Bob Moore - bass
Jerry Carrigan, Willie Ackerman - drums
Buddy Spicher, Johnny Gimble, Tommy Jackson - fiddle
Larry Butler - piano
Tony Moon - organ/vibes
Carl Walden - vibraphone
The Nashville Edition - vocals
Recorded:
1970, Jack Clement Studio, Nashville
1.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
(Tracy Pandervis)
« © '70 ATV Songs, BMI »
It's a beautiful day even though it's rainin'
It's a beautiful day though the sun's not shinin'
It's a wonderful world who could be complainin'
Last night you came home now I'm not alone it's a beautiful day
I opened the door and there was heaven
Runnin' to me here's all I can say anyway
It's a beautiful day even though it's rainin'
Last night you came home now I'm not alone it's a beautiful day
[ steel ]
It's a beautiful day even though it's rainin'...
I opened the door and there was heaven...
Last night you came home now I'm not alone it's a beautiful day
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2.
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA
(Tony Joe White)
« © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
Hoverin' by my suitcase tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain is fallin' seems I hear a voice callin' it's all right
A rainy night in Georgia a rainy night in Georgia
And I believe I believe it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a flashin' taxicabs and buses passin' through the night
The distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain onto the night
Rainy night in Georgia a rainy night in Georgia
And I believe I believe it's rainin' all over the world
And how many times I've wondered it still comes out the same
And no matter how you look and it think of it
You've got to do your own thing
So I find me a boxcar and I take out my guitar and pass the time
Late at night now when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest and feel fine
But it's a rainy night in Georgia it's a rainy night in Georgia
And I believe it must be rainin' all over the world
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3.
WONDER COULD I LIVE THERE ANYMORE
(Bill Rice)
« © '69 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Have you ever been awakend by the crowing of a rooster
While the night dew is still heavy on the ground
And the voice of Uncle Ben it seems to break the morning silence
Bringing light to windows all around
It's time to rise and shine start another hard workin' day
Get the cows in and start the milkin' chores
It's nice to think about it and maybe even visit
But I wonder could I live there anymore
[ steel - piano ]
Something bout the smell of cornbread a cookin' on a wood stove
Seems to bring a picture to my mind
Of a little three room house with mama in the kitchen
But she can't stop to talk she ain't got time
Cause she's a fixing dad his supper and he's a working over time
Tryin' to pay our bill at the grocery store
It's nice to think about it and maybe even visit
But I wonder could I live there anymore
I think about my childhood and my old hometown
And I wonder could I live there anymore
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4.
IT'S A SMALL THING
(Larry Butler - Tony Moon)
« © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I hope you like the rose I picked for you this mornin'
I saw it as I was leaving home
I couldn't resist the urge to stop and pick it for you
It's a small thing but it's another way to say I love you
You'll find I left the keys lying on the table
I got up in time to catch the early morning bus
And I thought that you might like to use the car for some shoppin'
It's a small thing but it's another way to say I love you
I can't buy you the Eiffel Tower or a brand new shiny car
And I can't buy you pretty diamonds that match the evening stars
But I hope you like the rose I picked for you this morning
It's a small thing but it's another way to say I love you
It's a small thing but it's another way to say I love you
I love you
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5.
LET ME BE THE FIRST TO GO
(Harlan Howard)
« © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Lord I've never asked for any favors
And I'm not to deserving yes I know
But when it's parting time for me and baby
Please let me be the first to go
Don't take the heart out of our family
Me and the kids would miss her so
I wouldn't want to live one day without her
So let me be the first to go
This happy home we share is her creation
It's warm and cheerful from her happy glow
She has so much more to give than I do
So let me be the first to go
Don't take the heart out of our family...
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6.
HEAVENLY
(Chris Roberts - Earl Ball - Steve Stone)
« © '70 Freeway Music, BMI »
I didn't think you were but now I know you are
The sunshine of my world my bright and morning star
You changed me in the twinkling of an eye to what I am
A man who's life you filled with love as if by heaven's plan
And you're heavenly you're so heavenly
Being loved by you makes this world heaven to me
And I hear church bells ring I hear angels sing
When you're with me cause you're so heavenly
[ steel ]
I didn't think I could but now I know I can
Forget the loneliness that I knew and be a happy man
A heaven blessed me with your love and made my life complete
The world's a better place to live when true love is so sweet
And you're so heavenly heavenly...
Being loved by you is so heavenly
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7.
IT'S ALL IN THE GAME
(Carl Sigman - Charles F. Dawes)
« © '51 WB Music, ASCAP »
Many a tear has to fall but that's all in the game
All in the wonderful game that we know as love
You'll have words with him and your future's looking dim
But these things your heart can rise above
Once in a while he won't call but that's all all in the game
Soon he'll be there at your side with a sweet refrain
And he'll kiss your lips and caress your waiting fingertips
And your heart will fly away
Yes your heart will fly away
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8.
MAIDEN'S PRAYER
(Bob Wills)
« © '40 Bourne Co, ASCAP »
Twilight falls evening shadows find
There neath the stars a maiden so fair divine
Moon on high seeks to see her there
In her eyes is a light shining ever so bright
As she whispers a silent prayer
Ev'ry word reveals an empty broken heart
Broken by fate that holds us so far apart
Lonely there she kneels and tells the stars above
In my arms she belongs in my heart is a song
A song of a maiden's prayer
[ fiddle + steel ]
Lonely there she kneels...
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9.
WHEN WE HAD NOTHING
(Wynn Stewart)
« © '70 Freeway Music, BMI »
When we had nothing only each other
We were so happy just bein' together
We dreamed of good fortune that would soon come our way
Though they were just dreams together we stayed
And then one day the long hours of dreaming came true
All of the hard work and disappointments were through
And I gave you everythin' but then I lost you
Yes once we had nothin' but when we had nothin'
We really had somethin' we had me and you
Oh I wish we had nothin' cause when we had nothin'
We really had something we had me and you
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10.
PRISONER ON THE RUN
(Buddy Long)
« © '70 Freeway Music, BMI »
There's no tellin' what might happen if they catch me tonight
Cause I've been runnin' I'm scared and I'm so tired
They gave me life in prison for a crime I didn't do
And the judge believed all the lies they told
But late last night I got my chance hit a guard and climbed a fence
Oh Lord I run like I've never run before
Now they'll catch me and I know back to prison I must go
But not until I'll find the one taht I love so
No not until I'll see the one that I love so
Straight to her house I go I must hurry I can't be slow
For there may not be no time to see my darlin'
Her light was burning bright as I looked through the window
And what I saw it made my blood run cold
For in the arms of my darling was the one who sent me there
And tears were falling from my eyes as I stood there
Now I'll go back to that old prison but this time I'll have two reasons
And both of them are lying in there on the floor
Yes both of them are lying in there on the floor
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