lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

TAKE A LETTER MISS GRAY

(Justin Tubb) « © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Take a letter Miss Gray it must go out today
And I think you already know what it's gonna say
It's to the one I'm tied to the one I'm leaving for you
Tell her that it's all over and I can't help what I do

Make it straight and to the point there's no use lying that won't do
Make three copies one for her one for me and one for you
And you can tell her you're the one and just sign it simply John
And oh yes PS please forgive what I've done
[ strings ] Make it straight and to the point...
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2.

LITTLE MISS LONESOME

(Justin Tubb) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You look to me like you just lost your best friend
So lonely and so lost among the crowd
I'll bet it's love that's let you all alone this way
Just too blue to smile afraid to cry out loud

Little Miss Lonesome all by your ownsome
You're not the only one who's lonely
Cause I'm lonesome too

My shoulder's here if you need one to cry one
I know the demage hopeless love can do
But we both need a little friend leave the sympathy
And that should be the least that I can do for you

Little Miss Lonesome all by your ownsome...
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3.

JOHN MASON WHITNEY III

(Justin Tubb) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I was stationed in San Diego so homesick and alone
So one day I went down to a bookstore in town
And I bought a paper from home
Took it back to the base to read it and it suddenly felt like led
Cause halfway through I saw a picture of you
And by your picture it said

Mr and Mrs Harrison Carter are pleased to pass the word
Of the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Judy
To John Mason Whitney III

So I put in for a furlough I just had to get home in time
Why I couldn't let this John steal away the one
The one that's supposed to be mine
But my thumb just couldn't get me here quite fast enough somehow
If it could have don't you see I probably wouldn't be
Reading what I'm reading now

Mr and Mr Harrison Carter are pleased to pass the word
Of the recent marriage of their daughter Judy
To John Mason Whitney III John Mason Whitney III
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4.

IF I MISS YOU (HALF AS MUCH DO I HAVE LOVED YOU)

(Justin Tubb) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You said goodbye and I wonder can I take it
Or will tomorrow just be more than I can stand
Cause if I miss you just half as much as I have loved you
Then I'm gonna be a mighty lonely man

If I cry just one tear for each time you made me smile
Then I know that I'll be crying like it's going out of style

I'm oh so used to to loving you that I wonder
If I'll be able to take my heart in hand
Cause if I miss you just half as much as I have loved you
Then I'm gonna be a mighty lonely man
Yes I'm gonna be a mighty lonely man
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5.

YOU'LL NEVER GET A BETTER CHANCE (THAN THIS)

(Justin Tubb) « © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
If you've got to hurt someone who really loves you
And you're looking for a way that just can't miss
If you've got to make a fool of one who needs you
Then you'll never get a better chance than this

For I love you so much it would just kill me
To find I'm just a number on your list
If your mind's made up to make somebody lonely
Then you'll never get a better chance than this
[ guitar ] If you can't be happy till somebody's crying
All you've got to do is kiss that goodbye kiss
And here I am you might as well start trying
Cause you'll never get a better chance than this

For I love you so much it would just kill me...
No you'll never get a better chance than this
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6.

OTHER KIND

(Justin Tubb) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's nice to know a true love for a change
To know you really love me seems so strange
To kiss your lips and know they're only mine
I've kissed so many of the other kind

It's sure feels good to love someone like you
And not have to wonder when you make me blue
I wanna hold you near me all the time
I've held so many of the other kind

My heart's not used to love someone like you
It's gotta lotta catching up to do
True love sure is very hard to find
Cause there's so many of the other kind
Yes there's so many of the other kind
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7.

LONESOME 7-7203

(Justin Tubb) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
(Just call Lonesome 7-7203)

Had our number changed today although I hated to
But each time the phone would ring they'd want to speak to you
And it hurts to tell 'em you're not here with me
Maybe now oh telephone will let me be

It's not in the book now so you'd better write it down
Just in case your love for me should ever come around
You might want to call and break the news to me
Just call Lonesome 7-7203

I keep the telephone beside me all the time
Hoping you might want to call and say you're changed your mind
If you'd do then darling you know where I'll be
I'm at Lonesome 7-7203
[ steel ] You're the only one I'm giving our new number to
So now if the telephone should ring I'll know it's you
And if you ever long for love that used to be
Just call Lonesome 7-7203
Just call Lonesome 7-7203
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8.

LOVE IS NO EXCUSE

(Justin Tubb) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Love is no excuse for what we're doing
For we both know that two hearts could break
We tell ourselves we've got to have each other
But love is no excuse for us to make

Sure we love each other and it could be so right
But not if someone else has got to pay
Our love for each other looks good in the night
But our love can never see the light of day

It's been going on for much too long now
And our wrongs have mounted one by one
We tell ourselves that's cause we love each other
But love is no excuse for what we've done
[ steel ] It's been going on for much too long now...
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9.

WHERE YOU'RE CONCERNED

(Justin Tubb) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's all over now I know where you're concerned
But my poor heart just won't let go where you're concerned
For even though you're gone I find I think about you all the time
Guess I've got a one track mind where you're concerned

Where you're concerned I've got it bad can't forget the love we had
Just I awake and call your name hopeless love will cry in shame

There's no way for me to win where you're concerned
Lonesome's all I've ever been where you're concerned
You found a new love set me free he's made you happy I can see
So I guess that's the end of me where you're concerned
I guess that's the end of me where you're concerned
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10.

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES

(Justin Tubb) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well the Joneses bought a new house so we did too
And a new car so we bought one too
Cause we had to keep up with the Joneses
It was the usual thing to do

Then the Joneses started going out on the town
And that's when the Joneses started going down
And we had to keep up with the Joneses
So we started making the rounds

Then suddenly it happened their love just fell apart
And the Joneses aren't the same as before
And we couldn't let the Joneses get ahead of us
So now we aren't us anymore

Now the Joneses are gettin' ready for the trial
Guess we'll follow him in a single file
But if we've got to keep up with the Joneses
I just wish that the Joneses could smile
I just wish that the Joneses could smile
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11.

PREMATURELY BLUE

(Justin Tubb) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've thought your love would last a whole lot longer than it did
But before I knew what happened we were through
Your love for me started dying long before its time
And I'm lonely early prematurely blue

Lonely early prematurely blue
Hurtin' like I'm not prepared to do
By this goodbye that I just got from you
I'm lonely surely much too early prematurely blue
[ guitar ] I've heard of love that come and go but you beat all I've seen
Here this morning gone this afternoon
I didn't even have a chance to get out her memory
Cause I'm lonely early prematurely blue

Lonely early prematurely blue...
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12.

AS LONG AS THERE'S A SUNDAY

(Justin Tubb) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Though I can't come to see you every day
It just happened things worked out this way
Oh but that don't mean you're not the apple of your daddy's eye
And as long as there's a Sunday I'll come by

As long as there's a Sunday your daddy's here
Though I think about and love you all the time
And even though dear some have said I have no right to you
As long as there's a Sunday you'll be mine

And someday dear I hope you'll understand
That I come by as often as I can
So you'll be good and mind your mom and tell her I said hi
And as long as there's a Sunday I'll come by
Yes as long as there's a Sunday I'll come by
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