THE TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE
(Metromedia BML1-0281)
July/1973
Produced by Jimmy Peppers
Recorded:
April-May/1973, Mercury Custom Recording Studios, Nashville
1.
WALK SOFTLY ON THE BRIDGES
(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '72 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Don't be careless with you darling if you love her don't let her down
If you're faithful she won't leave you lost and wasted the way I am
Walk softly on the bridges that you're crossing
Don't break his heart then cry cause it won't mend
Be careful not to slam the door behind you
You may want to knock upon her door again
[ fiddle ]
When temptation flirts and whispers come and taste my lips they're sweet as wine
If you weaken then you'll be chatin' on your own heart like I did mine
Walk softly on the bridges...
You may want to knock upon her door again
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2.
LOVING YOU COULD NEVER BE BETTER
(Earl Montgomery - Carl Montgomery - Betty Tate)
« © '72 Songs of Universal, BMI »
Loving you could never be better than it is right now
Well here we are again tonight alone just us two
Where lights are dim and true love is comin' through
There's no one else in this whole world as far as we're concerned
We've built us a fire so let it burn
When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Cause I know what's on your mind it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes like you've had so many times and how
Loving you could never be better than it is right now
Tomorrow night we'll meet again and once more fan the flame
Cause loving you the way I do stays the same
This love of ours is just as strong as any vow could be
And love could never be better for you and me
When you look at me...
Loving you could never be better than it is right now
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3.
BODY MAN
(Mel Street)
« © '73 Levisa Music, BMI »
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4.
PASS ME BY (IF YOU'RE ONLY PASSING THROUGH)
(Hillman Hall)
« © '72 Leahrae Music, BMI »
Would you look at what came down the road today
Wanting me to be one more mistake to make
A bridge to burn to get to someone knew
Hey pass me by if you're only passing through
You sure look like the traveling kind to me
Don't stop if this ain't where you want to be
I don't know what you thought you're running to
Pass me by if you're only passing through
[ fiddle + steel ]
I'm not goin' to be your stepping stone
Among the other hearts that you've walked on
Lord help me if I fall in love with you
Pass me by if you're only passing through
Pass me by if you're only passing through
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5.
HEART OVER MIND
(Mel Tillis)
« © '62 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I love you so much that I can't leave you
Even though my mind tells me I should
But then you make me think that you still love me
Then all my thoughts of leaving do no good
You've got me heart over mind worried all the time
Knowing you will always be the same
You'll keep hurting me I know but I still can't let you go
Cause my heart won't let my love for you change
[ steel - fiddle ]
Friends tell me that they see you out with others
And in my heart I try hard to forget
But you come home and tell me you still love me
And I'd still hope there's some chance for us yet
You've got me heart over mind...
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6.
TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE
(Mel Street)
« © '73 Levisa Music, BMI »
Twenty miles of mem'ries till I pass right by your home
And I always wonder if you're a little disturb as this big rig roars along
Cause I know you haven't forgotten when we had so much love to give
And that's why I'd rather die than drive through the town where you live
I always notice your two Cadillacs and your twenty acre lawn
And that big house of stone and marble looks so empty and so alone
And the tears they blur my vision as I picture you there with him
And I'd rather drive a thousand miles around the town where you live
I remember when you said that a truck driving man
Couldn't give you the things you desire
And your hands look better with diamonds
And you'd rather ride the chauffer driven car
Well I guess that tonight you've got all these things
But are you missin' the love I can give
If you are then darling be waiting when I pass
Through the town where you live
If you're lonely then darling be waiting when I pass
Through the town where you live
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7.
STRONG ENOUGH TO CLOSE MY EYES
(Sanger D. Shafer - Warren Robb)
« © '73 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Today I saw her out with that man again
Then she came home to say she she's shopping late again
If she still cares enough to tell me lies
Then I'll be strong enough to close my eyes
I hope she never finds out that I know about her
Loving her the way I do I couldn't live without her
If she still cares enough...
[ fiddle + steel ]
I hope she never finds out...
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8.
MOONSHINE MAN
(Mel Street)
« © '73 Sandlick Music, BMI »
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9.
SHE STOOD BY ME
(Mel Street)
« © '73 Levisa Music, BMI »
Today our future was decided and it's over between her and I
And Lord knows that it's gonna take all my strenght to kiss my angel goodbye
If I were any kind of man I could hold her but I've traded her love for the wine
And Lord knows she gave me everything she can I never once had a doubt she was mine
She stood by me till she couldn't stand no more
And I'll be the last to blame her when she walks out the door
I need her I want her I love her and I'm ashamed to lie anymore
She stood by me till she just couldn't stand no more
[ steel ]
She stood by me...
She stood by me till she just couldn't stand no more
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10.
LISTEN
(Jimmy Peppers - Tommy Cash)
« © '72 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
Listen as I tell you what you are to me
You're the one thing in this world I really need
Feel my love for you as you lay close to me
Every breath I take I breath for you
Listen to the sound of my heart beat
Spreading love's hot fever with each kiss
Touch the man who owns a part of heaven
And only you could make me feel like this
Every sound you hear means I love you I want you I need you
Listen to my footsteps walking with you
Every sound you hear means I love you
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Every sound you hear means I love you...
Every sound you hear means I love you
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11.
SHE'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
(Johnny Duncan)
« © '72 Universal Songs Of Polygram, BMI »
Sometimes late at night I wake up dreaming
I reach and feel for her she's too good to be true
Then I touch the sleeping softness of my angel
And half asleep she turns to whisper I love you
She's just too good to be true but she is
In my arms she reassures me with a kiss
She's everything I've ever looked for in a woman
She's just too good to be true but she is
[ fiddle ]
Each day I go to work seems like forever
Till that evening sun will bring me home again
Then she's waiting at the door with her sweet loving
And tonight she'll be so good to me again
She's just too good to be true...
She's just too good to be true but she is
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