lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

(Alan Price) « © '64 Beechwood Music, BMI »
There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many poor boys and Lord I know I'm one
My mama was a taylor she sowed my new blue jeans
My daddy was a gamblin' man down in New Orleans
Not the only thing a gambler needs is the suitcase and the trunk
And the only time he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk
Oh mama tell your children not to do what I have done
Spend your life in sin and misery in a house of the Rising Sun
There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many poor boys and Lord I know I'm one
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2.

WEREN'T THE ROSES BEAUTIFUL IN MAY

(Nat Stuckey) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I came here when the flowers were a blooming and the sun shined every day
And we chased butterflies among the flowers just to let 'em get away
And we watched springtime turn to summertime and summer turn to fall
We turned to each other through it all
Now I'm waitin' for a train to come along
Hidin' from a winter wind that chills me to the bone
Beggin' of how things used to be before our love passed away
Weren't the roses beautiful in May and weren't the roses beautiful in May
[ banjo ] I often try to capture to remember all the colors summer wore
And how the girl beside me made me see the things I've never seen before
For as long as I have mem'ries I'll have mem'ries of the girl
Cause it was kind of my song of the world
Now I'm waitin' for a train to come along
Thinkin' about the flowers again and sorry that they're gone
But long ago the paddles fell and the wind blew them away
Weren't the roses beautiful in May and weren't the roses beautiful in May
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3.

LETTER TO SHIRLEY

(Nat Stuckey) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Oh Shirley I love you you must believe I do
Cause Shirley I need to have and hold the both of you

Well Shirley I'm writing this in a hotel downtown I'm sure you remember the place
See I came back in the town to see our new baby today
And you slammed the door at my face
Now Shirley I know you've got every right to despise every breath that I take
But I'm praying there's still enough love in your heart
To forgive me that one big mistake

Cause Shirley Shirley I love you...

You know I have to admit that when I first heard the news
That my first thought was I had to run
You see Shirley I was too far along on my way to success
To be chained to a wife and a son
So I kept my name and you have to blame and you port with head held high
But I guess now all the while you were wearing a smile
You wanted to break down and cry

Shirley I love you...

I just jumped on that train and it took me away
And I well I thought I left the trouble behind
But I found out in a while with each passing mile what I really had left was my mind
So I'm back here to stay with you to have me or not
It's all up to you Shirley in your heart
All the heartaches you've had everything that's gone bad
I'll have to live with if we stay apart

Cause Shirley I love you...
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4.

GARDENER FOR HER ROSES

(Ronald Pike - Johnny Whitehead) « © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
I was sleeping on the rolled up copy of the early morning Maryland news
I didn't have a dime for coffee or to call me up someone to talk me to
And then I read a wanted ad that said I need the gardener right away
So I rushed down the five or nine the little pink house was mighty fine
I ran all the way
I remember knocking twice and waiting for the moment till she came
And then I saw a rose in her the kind of rose that you can throw in summer rain
She smiled that little smile she has and asked me if I could start right away
And that was ten short years ago
Neither of us could have known that I'd come to stay
Now I'm the gardener for her roses I love and care for her tender roses
Now I'm the gardener for her roses that bloom today out where our children play
[ choir ] I can still remember when a park bench was the only home I had
And it's much better being here she can call me dear and children call me dad
She smiles that little smile because I just repair the scream door that was bad
And all around I see white roses looking back at me oh how I could be sad
Yes I'm the gardener for her roses I fix the scream door now it closes
And opens quite like right red roses that bloom today out where our children play
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5.

DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED (OF HURTIN' ME)

(Hank Cochran) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You make my eyes run over all the time
You're happy when I'm out of my mind
You don't love me but you won't let me be
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me

You must think I look bad with a smile
Cause you haven't let me wear one in such a long long while
Still I keep holding on how can it be
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me
[ steel ] You must think I look bad...
Don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me
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6.

LOVING YOU

(Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller) « © '57 Tiger Music »
I will spend my whole life through loving you oh loving you
Winter summer springtime too loving you loving you
Makes no difference where I go or what I do
You know that I'll always be loving you
And if I'm seen with someone new oh don't be blue please don't be blue
Cause I'll be faithful I'll be true always true true to you
There is only one for me and you yes you know who
You know that I'll always be loving you
There is only one for me you know who yes you know that I'll always be loving you
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7.

ALWAYS LATE (WITH YOUR KISSES)

(Lefty Frizzell - Blackie Crafford) « © '50 Peer International, BMI »
Always late mhm with your kisses
Baby won't you come to my arms sweet darling and stay
Always late mhm with your kisses oh why oh why do you want to do me this way

How long do you think I can wait when you know you're always late
Always late mhm with your kisses oh why oh why do you want to do me this way
[ harmonica ] How long do you think...
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8.

SON OF A BUM

(Mel Tillis) « © '68 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Well I was born in a tumbled down shack one quarter of a mile from a railroad track
Mama was a drifter and daddy was a bum and they didn't want a little hobo son
But things do happen and here I am just outside of Birmingham
Train's slowin' down and I'm gonna jump up
I'm gonna spread my wings and look all about

Give me the whip of the whippoorwill a whippin' it up on the lonely hill
Give me the sun the stars and the rain sleeky peeky wine in the blood of my veins
Cause I'm a son of a bum I'm a son of a bum
I'm a son of a bum son of a bum bum bum
Free as the breeze and I'm easy to please

Well fussin' and a fightin' and a goin' to war people don't know what's livin' for
Money money money that's all folks know they could learn a lesson from a rich hobo
I got no worries and no regrets I got no money but I got no debts
Rabbit in the picket and fish in the brook and I've got my supper if I got me a hook


Give me the whip...
I'm a son of a bum son and I'm easy to please
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9.

FIRST DAY

(Nat Stuckey) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
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10.

ONE MILE MORE

(Ann Monkhouse) « © '66 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Old beatup suitcase on the platform a train ticket in my hand
And the train just arrivin' that'll take me as far as fourteen dollars can
But the train won't take me far enough it never has before
I've got to find how far her memory reaches then go one mile more

I ain't never found a mountain that was high enough or a hole too dark and deep
Cause if I lose her mem'ry in a bottle of wine she finds me in my sleep
[ guitar ] I think of me and that old suitcase places we've both been
Down the rails and the jails and the cheap hotels now we're gone again
And when I'll ride my money up and they won't let me ride no more
Then I'll wait by the track for a slow moving freight and watch for an open door

I ain't never found a mountain...
She finds me in my sleep she finds me in my sleep
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11.

WINE IN THE CELLAR

(Jim Robinson - Johnny Wilson) « © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
I got wine in the cellar and a party upstairs and here it is Friday night
I'm gonna shine up my shoes and slick down my hair and yet just to reap it tight

I got a lotta on my mind they gotta get off and I'm gonna do it right
With the wine in the cellar and a party upstairs and here it is Friday night
It's been a long week I'm glad it's gone week cause everything I did was wrong
It's been a long week a doggone hard week
And I'm so glad the weekend's come along

Cause I got wine in the cellar...
[ steel ] It's been a long week...
I'm gonna shine up my shoes and slick down my hair and yet just to reap it tight
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12.

SOCK IT TO ME COUNTRY STYLE

(Nat Stuckey) « © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I got a thing about the long haired women their identity drives me wild
And dancin' girls with painted eyes in mini skirts and bye bye eyes
Guarantee to make me smile
And those wings and rings and uptown things may hold my intention for a while
But if you wanna keep me round then let your hair hang down
And sock it to me country style

I dig a lot about a new generation and the clothes they wear ain't bad
I didn't design those clothes and funny little shirts
And knee high boots and mini skirts but now I kinda wish that I had
I like cowboy shirts and cowboy boots and Levi's and I like girls who like my style
So if you wanna keep me round then let your hair hang down
And sock it to me country style
[ guitar - steel ] I dig a lot about a new generation...
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