lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

WHEN OLE GOIN' GETS A GOIN'

(Eddie Miller) « © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My hand holds a bottle of wine in Oklahoma
In a bar along side the railroad tracks
And I'm waitin' for a train to Waxahachie
And when ole goin' gets a goin' ole goin' ain't comin' back

Well you either gotta laugh it up or cry it down
When love goes wrong there ain't no middle ground
My baby's started movin' on another track
And when ole gets a goin' ole goin' ain't comin' back
[ harmonica ] Well of course I laugh the most when I'm drinkin'
Cause when I'm sober my future looks mighty black
And these old shoes are beggin' to scratch some gravels
And when ole goin' gets a goin' ole goin' ain't comin' back

Well I've thought of goin' down to Louisiana
But I never did care for pullin' those cotton sacks
So I guess I'll catch me the train to Waxahachie
And when ole goin' gets a goin' ole goin' ain't comin' back

Well you ain't the kinda laugh it up...
When ole goin' gets a goin' ole goin' ain't comin' back
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2.

CAFFEIN NICOTINE BENZEDRINE (AND WISH ME LUCK)

(Bill Hayes - Bill Howard - Betty Mackey) « © '70 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Forrest Hills Music, BMI »
Been pushin' that diesel since early dawn
Ain't had no sleepin' I don't know how long
Whole lotta trouble makin' them curves
Now I need a little something to settle my nerves

So hey little waitress make a coffee strong
A pack of king size filters and a country song
Little box of whiteys to help pick me up
Caffein nicotine benzedrine and wish me luck

I was rollin' down the highway with heavy eyes
I saw a lit up billboard that had you advertised
Everything for a trucker a lotsa parking space
And the sign out front says Louisiana is the place

So hey little waitress make a coffee strong...

Well I got hung up over left Chicago late
And the big bossman I don't like to wait
Memphis in the morning got to burn the wind
And I ain't a gonna make it in the shape I'm in

So hey little waitress make a coffee strong...
Caffein nicotine benzedrine wish me luck
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3.

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
A heavy rain a fallin' seems I hear your voice is callin' it's all right

But it's a rainy night in Georgia rainy night in Georgia
Oh I believe it's rainin' all over the world
Must be 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

But it's a rainy night in Georgia...

How many times I have wondered but it still comes out the same
It's no matter how I look at oh but think of it
Oh it's love and you just gotta play the game

I find me a place in a boxcar so I take out my guitar to help me pass some time
Mhm late at night when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest oh maybe I'm feelin' fine

But it's a rainy night in Georgia...
Rain's comin' down here in Georgia Must be rainin' all over the world
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4.

WHAT AM I DOING IN L.A.

(Nat Stuckey) « © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
What am I doing in LA mhm what do I hope to find
What am I doing in LA with a girl from Memphis heavy on my mind

Restless ain't really the word for me useless better fits my kind
Lovin' is easy but the leavin's hard when you leave that love behind

Cause when you love a woman like I love her there ain't no way be free
She found another that she wanted more than the hurt from me

So tell me what am I doing in LA...

I can leave easy when you wear it off but leavin's my natural thing
But distance ain't nothin' to a broken heart cause I still feel this thing

Lord tell me what am I doing in LA...
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5.

MEAN OLD FRISCO BLUES

(Arthur Crudup) « © '70 Crudup Music, BMI / Duchess Music, BMI »
Now that mean ole dirty Frisco and that low down Santa Fe
Yeah that mean ole dirty Frisco and that low down Santa Fe
Took my baby away in a pulman left that woman look back on well

I was standin' just lookin' a watchin' that southern whistle blow
Yes I was standin' just standin' and a lookin' a watchin' that southern whistle blow
She didn't catch the southern where oh where did the woman go

Now the breakman gonna ride some sock it to me hmp yeah get it
[ guitar ] Lord there ain't no special rider there ain't no special ridin' here
No there ain't no special rider there ain't no special ridin' here
I'd better think about leavin' cause I don't feel welcome here Lord Lord

Now that mean ole dirty Frisco and that low down Santa Fe
Mmm that mean ole dirty Frisco and that low down Santa Fe
Took my baby away on a pulman left that woman look back on me

Yes that mean ole dirty Frisco and that low down Santa Fe
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6.

WHISKEY WHISKEY

(Tom Ghent) « © '70 Music City Music, ASCAP »
She's a little bit of the sunshine just before the rain
A little like this quiet night before the cold wind came
And she's a little bit like the weather I never know when she'll change
And she's the part of my heart and a whole lot of my pain

And whiskey whiskey my old friend I've come to talk with you again
Milk of mercy plase be kind drive this feeling from my mind

Don't you know somehow her smile made the day begin
She'd take away this mask of grey and let the sun shine in
Oh but now I find that I've been blinded by the cold and wintery wind
She disguised behind her eyes oh what a fool I've been

And whiskey whiskey my old friend...
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7.

SOUL FEVER

(Sonny Curtis) « © '70 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Give me some psychiatric consultation when you talk to me about the shape I'm in
Take a long hard look at my complication and tell me what'd you recommend
When will I be expected to recover from this lie
How long do you think I'll feel rejected well I be able to accept it
Get me straight get me high

Cause I got soul fever I got the ----
I got soul fever I'm a loser a natural born user

Give me that tranquilizing hypnotizing mobilizing in my vein
Thinkin' bout compromising sympathsizing mystifying my weary brain
Surely as my physician you can see the need to supply the means to control
My bad condition give my soul an intermission
Get me straight get me high

Cause I got soul fever...
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8.

MY PROTEST SONG

(Nat Stuckey) « © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I am not consumed by passions nor am I concerned with fashions
And I have no more than average job up here
I don't demonstrate or protest and I don't carry signs of unrest
I just want someone to notice that I'm here

I don't mind if someone starts a fuss about some
Cause that they believe is right
But it warps my head to hear 'em preachin' peace
While throwin' fire bombs left and right
I may gripe at paying taxes and I hate 'em but the fact is
You have to take the foam to get the beer
I don't wanna be on welfare it's my boat so let me row there
I just want someone to notice that I'm here
[ guitar ] I don't mind if someone starts a fuss about some...
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9.

SWEET THANG AND CISCO

(Bill Eldridge - Gary Stewart) « © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Forrest Hills Music, BMI »
Well me and a buddy named Cisco went down to sip some suds
First thing you know me and old Cisco ran through fifty bucks
We got caught in a card game they said they's bring us home
They must've changed their minds I've only got one dime
And one time to use the telephone

And I said hello honey go borrow some money get your sweet man outta the can
Well it's Saturday night they've got me locked up tight way off I can hear a band
Jump up baby put on your clothes
Hop in your studebaker come and tell the jailer you want sweet tater and Cisco

Me and Old Cisco went to a go-go a place called the bottom of the pile
Up on stage there was a couple of babes wearin' nothin' but big ole smile
The joint got raided while we was cheerin' them on
They took us and booked us and they only gave us one time to use the telephone

And I said hello honey go borrow some money...

Well we dropped in on a love-in but that had its problems too
We couldn't tell what we got didn't know what to do to who
We started demonstratin' oh we should've stayed home
Now we're back downtown waitin' in line for our time to use his telephone

And I said hello honey go borrow some money...
Hop in your studebaker come and tell the jailer you want sweet tater and Cisco
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10.

CULLMAN ALABAMA

(Roger Sovine) « © '70 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Well I've got to get back to my old hometown of Cullman
It's a little bitty town in North Alabam
The women down there are kind of wild and wooly
They don't mind my dancin' and my jammin'
And that's what I like about my hometown Cullman
Lord it's up tight out of sight hmm Cullman Alabam

Well Cullman ain't no square town no sir
All them gals just tryin' to get a little closer
And those darlin' moms are opened minded
There ain't nothin' that they ever minded tryin'
That's what I like about my hometown Cullman
Lord it's up tight out of sight hmm Cullman Alabam

Cullman ain't a very big town city hall is over the dairy queen
And the mayor he pumps gas at the Esso station
But that don't seem to hurt his reputation
And that's what I like about my hometown Cullman
Lord it's up tight out of sight hmm Cullman Alabam

Cullman is a real in town baby
The girls down there don't know about the word maybe
When they see a swinger like me they go crazy
There ain't nothin' that they ever do that is half way
And that's what I like about my hometown Cullman
Lord it's up tight out of sight hmm Cullman Alabam
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