WYNN STEWART
IT'S SUCH A PRETTY WORLD TODAY
(Capitol ST-2737)
April/1967
Produced by Marvin Hughes & Ken Nelson
Roy Nichols - lead guitar
Buddy Cagle, Bobby Wayne, Eddie Drake, Roy Staggs - guitar
Ralph Mooney, Jimmie Collins - steel
Red Wooten, Dennis Hromek - bass
Helen Price, David Allen - drums
George French, Bob Pierce - piano
The Anita Kerr Singers - vocals
Recorded:
1965-1967, Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood
1.
IT'S SUCH A PRETTY WORLD TODAY
(Dale Noe)
« © '66 Freeway Music, BMI »
It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine
And ev'ry day's the same since I met you
It's such a pretty world today knowin' that you're mine
And happiness is bein' close to you
And though the rain may fall my skies will all be blue
If I look close enough the sun will come shinin' through
It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine
Today and ev'ry day since I met you
[ steel + guitar ]
It's such a pretty world today...
And though the rain may fall...
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2.
ANGELS DON'T LIE
(Dale Noe)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Someone told a lie again said they saw you out again
But I know better angels don't lie
I wonder why they pick on you and tell me lies the way they do
Like just forget her but angels don't lie
It seems they'd know by now that our love is true
And what you tell me I'll believe and I'll be true cause I love you
And I just don't believe a word of all the stories I have heard
Cause I know better angels don't lie
[ guitar ]
It seems they'd know by now...
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3.
CAUSE I HAVE YOU
(Wynn Stewart - Don Sessions)
« © '65 Central Songs, BMI »
A flower needs the earth to make it grow
A river needs the rains to make it flow
A clinging vine needs something to cling to
But I have all I need cause I have you
Before we met my life was one sad song
But you changed all that the day you came along
For a true love song needs inspiration too
And I have all I need cause I have you
[ steel ]
Arms need more than arms to hold on to
And lips need other lips to make dreams come true
Two hearts in love will always beat in tune
And our hearts beat as one since I have you
Before we met...
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4.
OUT THERE IS YOUR WORLD
(Wynn Stewart - Jay Rogers)
« © '67 Cary And Mr Wilson Music, BMI »
Out there is your world and it's waiting for you
You've made your choice now we are through
Nobody could love you anymore than I do
But out there is your world and it's waiting for you
Hurry please leave me before I break down and cry
The sooner the better don't say goodbye
Out there in your world if someday you find
It's lonesome in your world you're still welcome in mine
Out there is your world with its pleasures all right
But you'll have to pay on some lonely night
With no one to love you I won't say any more
Out there is your world what are you waiting for
Hurry please leave me...
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5.
TOURIST
(Wynn Stewart - Curtis Leach)
« © '65 Freeway Music, BMI »
I was just a tourist out on the great white way
Where lights make night as bright as day and day as dark as night
I visited the city seen all the finer sights
Then I thought I'd do some slummin' for a little while one night
Well I stepped into the shadows of a second rate cafe
The burlesques were before me in their old familiar way
As I drew near my table the front girl whirled around
And I recognized my sweetheart from my own hometown
Yes she was just a hometown high school beauty queen
But ev'rybody told her how she could be ev'rything
When the contest finally ended and the judges called her name
She won a trip to Broadway where she would find the fame
I slowly turned around and stepped back in the crowd
For I knew she mustn't see me she always was too proud
And in that one long moment the truth my mind unveiled
The town she loved had failed her the town she thought she failed
So that night I wrote a letter on a homeward bound express
And it read congratulations to you on your success
But if you should ever decide to come back home again
Why you know I'll always be here waitin' just like I've always been
I was just a tourist out on the great white way
Where lights made night as bright as day and day as bright as night
When old friends ask about her I just smile at them and say
She's stars of show on Broadway out on the great white way
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6.
I KEEP FORGETTIN' THAT I FORGOT ABOUT YOU
(Liz Anderson)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I keep forgettin' not to remember you to get you out of my mind
Never more to be swayed by all of your charms
I keep forgettin' not to remember you oh so much of the time
How I wish you had stayed here in my arms
Well there's no sleep for me no more I stay awake and walk the floor
I keep forgettin' that we're supposed to be through
Loneliness is my downfall some times I almost climb the wall
I keep forgettin' that I've forgot about you
[ guitar ]
I can't get used to it there's no end to it feeling lonely all day
Some old mem'ry's always coming around
And that old memory comes to torture me and I know right away
That I'll have to forget over again
And there's no sleep for me no more...
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7.
LET'S PRETEND WE'RE KIDS AGAIN
(Bobby Wayne - Dave Pittman)
« © '66 Freeway Music, BMI »
As we grew up together we were such a sight to see
We both played house together you your rag doll and me
Then as we grew up we were married and that's when our troubles began
If we can't be happy as grown-ups let's pretend that we're kids once again
Just put on your high heel shoes like your mother used to let you wear
Let's pretend our little girl is your old rag doll with pretty pretty long curly hair
A love like ours so sweet and true should never ever have to end
If we can't be happy as grown-ups let's pretend that we're kids once again
Oh if we can't be happy as grown-ups let's pretend that we're children again
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8.
YOU TOLD HIM
(Bozo Darnell)
« © '65 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
Not long ago I opened up my heart and you walked in
Then suddenly I saw my happy day slip away
The talk that's goin' round has finally found it's way to me
If you loved him why didn't you tell me
But you told and him he told them and they told me and I believe
They could hear my heart break as I was standing there
You told him he told them they're asking me how can it be
You could love her so much when she don't care
To think I thought I'd finally found true love and it was you
With you my future didn't look so dim until when
I learned I was your leaning post while you held on to him
And were telling him the sweet things you once told me
But you told him he told them...
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9.
UNFAITHFUL ARMS
(Wynn Stewart)
« © '66 Freeway Music, BMI »
Your unfaithful arms will be empty someday
And you'll reach for the love that you just threw away
Your unfaithful arms in time will grow cold
And the nights will be long you'll be all alone with no one to hold
Then when the darkness comes and you cry for the sun
You'll think it's the end but it's only begun
You can't turn back the years when you've lost all your charms
And you'll find this is true for I know that you have unfaithful arms
[ steel ]
Yes when the darkness comes well you're gonna cry for the sun
And you'll think it's the end but it's only begun
They may call me a fool to take you back in my arms
But I'll always love you although I know that you have unfaithful arms
Yes I'll always love you though I know that you have unfaithful arms
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10.
OL' WHAT'S HER NAME
(Fuzzy Owen)
« © '66 Owen Publications, BMI »
Well I'll admit that there've been lots of pretty girls I've known
There've been lots of Flosie Mae's and Mary Jane's
But there's one that stands out above the others
Oh I'll never forget ol' what's her name
Time can never drive her from my memory
And no one else could ever mean so much to me
And ever since she went away my life ain't been the same
Oh I'll never forget ol' what's her name
[ guitar ]
When my old friends ask me what happened to her
I just smile and say I forgot her name
But deep inside I know they can't feel the pain
And I'll never forget ol' what's her name
Time can never drive her from my memory...
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11.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE HER BACK TO ME
(Bobby Wayne - Sonny Ferguson)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You've got a problem cause you now have my old used-to-be
And she's hurt you the same old way that she hurt me
But there's one consolation for your misery
You can always give her back to me
Oh it's not all your fault I've seen so many of your kind
Wrapped around her little finger like a ball of twine
I'll take her off your hands for one more memory
Yes you can always give her back to me
[ guitar ]
No it's not all your fault...
Yes you can always give her back to me
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12.
HALF WAY IN LOVE
(Wynn Stewart - Curtis Leach)
« © '67 Bowie Music, BMI »
We're half way in love I'm in love with you
Won't you meet me half way
The night is so perfect and I'm holding you
Tomorrow is so far away
We're half way to heaven half way to go
Why wait a single day
We're half way in love I'm in love with you
Won't you meet me half way
[ steel - guitar - piano ]
We're half way in love I'm in love with you...
Oh won't you meet me half way
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