How are great Country and Western stars made? The answer is simple: they're not made, they're born. And Wynn Stewart is a shining example of a young man graced with a huge talent and an inherent understanding of how to use it for everyone's pleasure. To back up the claim, here is Wynn's first Capitol album - a rousing collection of his most recent hits, together with a few of his less familiar but equally great songs. And to make matters even more spectacular, he's had a hand in writing a good many of them... all-time country winners like, Half of This, Half of That; You Took Her Off My Hands; Happy Crazy; My Rosalie; among others. Wynn sings them all with the sincere feelings of a man who knows exactly what he's up to. And he does! Starting almost earlier than he can remember, Wynn began flexing his vocal chords for anyone who cared to listen. At the ripe old age of five, he got his first public hearing where so many of the world's greatest Country and Western performers have planted their roots, the small country church. In Wynn's case the church was in Morrisville, Missouri, in the heart of a fertile farm belt where he was born and raised on the family homestead. Inspired by religious music and radio broadcasts of such immortals as Red Foley, Eddy Arnold, and Hank Thompson, it wasn't long before young Stewart taught himself to play the guitar in the old farmhouse... his parents and two younger sisters, often taking quiet refuge in the barn. Along with a hard-driving Western band which he organized, Wynn was soon filling the air waves with his own special blend of music. Indeed, he enjoyed such widespread success that he established a real Country music hall in, of all places, Las Vegas. From the day it opened, the Nashville Nevada Club hosted capacity audiences with true Country entertainment almost every night of the week. A short time later, Capitol Records signed the twenty-two year old Missourian to a memorable long-term contract. The results of this partnership have been nothing short of phenomenal; Wynn's double-barrelled knack for singing and composing has gathered many devoted country fans around the Stewart banner. What makes a great Country and Western star? As we've already said, born talent like Wynn Stewart's. But like so many artists, he gives much of the credit to others; Ken Nelson, his friend and producer; the members of his band who have given him such fine instrumental support; to Mrs. Fuller, his fan club president who persuaded so many folks to give Wynn that all-important first listen; and many others too numerous to mention here. Wynn is grateful to all of them... and here is his special way of fulfilling the faith so many placed in him. The Songs Of Wynn Stewart - a program of some of the finest Country and Western music on record.

THE SONGS OF WYNN STEWART
(Capitol ST-2332)
September/1965
Produced by Ken Nelson

Roy Nichols - lead guitar
Tommy Collins, Buddy Cagle, Roy Staggs, Eddie Drake - guitar
Ralph Mooney - steel
Bobby Austin, Red Wooten - bass
Helen Price - drums
George French - piano
Recorded:
1964-1965, Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood

1.
HALF OF THIS HALF OF THAT
(Wynn Stewart - Don Sessions)
« © '64 Central Songs, BMI »

Don't leave me half of this and half of that and all alone

If we never love again I'll know it's my fault
But I want you back again that's the reason I call
If you take half of all that we've ever owned
You leave me half of this and half of that and all alone

Half of a love affair is all that we've known
Like our house is half paid for we've paid half the loan
Oh please let me talk to you don't hang up the phone
Don't leave me half of this and half of that and all alone
[ guitar + steel ]
Half of the love affair...
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2.
YOU KISS ME LIKE YOU'RE WAVING GOODBYE
(Wynn Stewart - Buddy Cagle)
« © '65 Freeway Music, BMI »

I was a fool to ever think that you could ever really love me
And believe those love letters that you signed
Your kisses are much colder now and feeling is believing
And I believe you've got a new love on your mind

Cause you kiss me like you're wavin' goodbye
Just the touch of your sweet lips makes me wanna cry
You'll never stay here in my arms cause kisses never lie
And you kiss me like you're wavin' goodbye
[ steel ]
Yes you kiss me like you're wavin' goodbye...
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3.
MY ROSALIE
(Hap E. Lowell)
« © '65 Freeway Music, BMI »

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4.
MONEY TALKS
(Wynn Stewart - Curtis Leach)
« © '65 Central Songs, BMI »

I've lost you cause I can't afford your love
And money that's what he's always had more of
He's buying you and how it's costing me
I thought the best things in life were always free

But money talks oh yes money talks
Even louder than a little golden band
Money talks oh yes how money talks
And it's the only language you'll ever understand
[ guitar - steel ]
Well how many kisses does a dollar buy
Your promises they must be twice as high
Someday you'll try to buy a love that's true
And when your money's gone your love will be gone too

Cause money talks oh yes money talks...
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5.
YOU TOOK HER OFF MY HANDS
(Harlan Howard - Wynn Stewart - Skeets McDonald)
« © '56 Central Songs, BMI »

You took her off my hands when you've stepped in
You changed ev'rything we're not even friends
Now don't leave the job half done leave nothing behind
For you took her off my hands now please take her off my mind

Please take her photograph engraved on my heart so blue
And take all her memories she now belongs to you
But don't leave the job half done leave nothing behind
Well you took her off my hands now please take her off my mind
[ guitar - steel ]
Please take her photograph...
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6.
SHA-MARIE
(Bozo Darnell - Ben Hall)
« © '65 Central Songs, BMI »

There are stories about a lady always waiting for her man
I've got a girl named Sha-Marie a waitin' for me in Louisianne
Sha-Marie Sha-Marie wait a little longer if you can
I'm gonna marry Sha-Marie when I get home to Louisianne

Well there'll be flowers and white lilies on the bayou where we'll stand
I won't have to hold her mem'ry I'll hold Sha-Marie's hand
But I'm a long way from home and Sha-Maria
But there'll be happy days when I get home again
Sha-Marie she's my baby and I am Sha-Marie's man
[ steel - guitar ]
I left my girl to see the world but I'm a gonna turn back if I can
I'm gonna marry Sha-Marie and I'll never leave again

There'll be flowers and white lilies...
Sha-Marie she's my baby and I am Sha-Marie's man
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7.
DOES HE LOVE YOU LIKE I DO
(Charlie Williams - Scott Turner)
« © '65 Central Songs, BMI »

Ev'ry day he sends you flowers and calls you on the hour
Does all the things I never thought to do
When you're going out he's never late if I came at all I made you wait
But tell me does he love you like I do

Oh to have you in my arms again I'd give all I've got
But don't you see I just can't be something that I'm not
He knows the proper things to say sends cards on ev'ry holiday
But does that really mean so much to you

All those things are nice I know but later when the lights are low
Tell me does he love you like I do
[ piano ]
Yes all those things are nice I know...
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8.
HAPPY CRAZY
(Wynn Stewart - Vern Stovall)
« © '65 Freeway Music, BMI »

If I'd lose my mind you'd be forgettable
The way things look right now it's inevitable
But if I lose my mind it's not regretable
Cause then I'd be happy happy crazy

I saw a man who thought he was Napoleon
He had a funny little smile he laughed at ev'ryone
As I watched him pick the petals from a daisy
I knew he was happy happy crazy

There was no heartache no heartbreak and no tears in his eyes
He forgot ev'rything he once knew
To find his peace of mind I'd have to lose mine
And if I do I'll owe it all to you

But if you come back tonight I might be curable
And the time I wait for you might be endurable
Cause without your love I might as well be crazy
At least I'd be happy happy crazy

Cause without your love I might as well be crazy
Yes at least I'd be happy happy crazy
Thanks to you I'd be happy happy crazy
Until you come back to me I'll be happy crazy
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9.
HAPPY PART OF TOWN
(Danny Dill - Carolyn Penick)
« © '64 Central Songs, BMI »

Well which way is it can I get there from here
Will I find it or am I even near
I'm lookin' for the happy part of town
Oh I've been walkin' yes I've walked all night
Someone told me that I must turn right
But I'm still lookin' for the happy part of town

That's where my darlin' is at least I think she is
I wonder what it is she thinks she's found
If she's stopped loving me I've got to go and see
I'm in the lonely part of town
But I'll keep walkin' yes I'll walk all night
Till I find her and I'll make things right
I'm still lookin' for the happy part of town
[ steel ]
That's where my darlin' is...
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10.
I CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
(Wynn Stewart - Curtis Leach)
« © '65 Central Songs, BMI »

I knew a man who drank himself to death
I heard him say with his dyin' breath
I can take it or leave it I really don't need it
Yeah I can take it or leave it take it or leave it alone

I've got income tax that if I don't pay
They say they're gonna give me a new place to stay
Well I can take it or leave it but I'd rather not leave it
I really don't need it I've already got a good home
[ guitar ]
Smokin's a habit that's hard to break
Well I can quit twenty times a day
Well I can take it or leave it I really don't need it
Yes I can take it or leave it take it or leave it alone

Ah sweet love left me livin' all alone
Ain't had no lovin' since she's been gone
Yeah I can take it or leave it but I'd druther not leave it
Yeah I'd druther not leave it alone I'd drather not leave it alone
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11.
SING A SAD SONG
(Wynn Stewart)
« © '63 Owen Publications, BMI »

Sing me a song of sadness and sing it as blue as I feel
If a tear should appear it's because she's not here
So sing a sad song and sing it for me

She's unhappy with me she told me so
And I'm unhappy without her and I still love her so
So just sing me a song of sadness pretend that it's the end of the world
Sing it sweet and sing it low and then I'll have to go
Sing a sad song and sing it for me

Now here’s Ralph Mooney
[ steel ]
Oh sing it sweet then sing it low and then I'll I'll have to go
So sing a sad song and sing it for me
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12.
DO DIE
(Bobby Austin - Bobby George - Roy Nichols)
« © '65 Central Songs, BMI »

I don't care if I do die do die
I quit livin' when you waved your bye bye
And ev'ry day is just another cry cry
So I don't care if I do die do die

I destroy myself when I drink the warm red wine
You wanted his love more then you wanted mine
Life without you is just a waste of time
Well I don't care if I do die do die

I don't care if I do die do die..
[ steel - guitar ]
You ruin my soul and you wreck my brain
Your kinda love drives a man insane
Life without you it won't be the same
And the battle is one-way train

Well I don't care if I do die do die...
No I don't care if I do die do di
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