HANK THOMPSON
DANCE RANCH
(Capitol T-975)
April/1958
Produced by Ken Nelson
Merle Travis, Bob Bain - guitar
Bobbie White - steel
Billy Stewart - bass
Paul McGhee - drums
Harold Hensley, Billy Armstrong, Billy Peters - fiddle
Vic Davis - piano
Dubert Dobson - trumpet
Stamps Quartet - vocals
Recorded:
Sept 24-26/1957, Capitol Records Studio, Hollywood
1.
BEAUMONT RAG
(Hank Thompson)
« © '57 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
[ instrumental ]
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2.
HEADIN' DOWN THE WRONG HIGHWAY
(Ted Daffan)
« © '45 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Too many sweethearts and none of them true
Done too many things that I shouldn't do
I made lots of money all spent the wrong way
Headin' down the wrong highway
I made lots of friends but now they're all gone
Too many mem'ries that still linger on
I had too many drinks both night and day
Headin' down the wrong highway
[ fiddle ]
Too many heartaches and too many tears
Crowded too much in just a few years
I want to go right but I've lost my way
Headin' down the wrong highway
I've lost everything lost all my friends
God only knows how this all will end
Drinking and gambling both night and day
Headin' down the wrong highway
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3.
AFTER ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE
(Hank Thompson)
« © '57 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I know I broke your heart and made you cry
Once again I'm sorry so here am I
Asking for forgiveness one more time
After all the things I've done
Just another chance at loving you
All the little things I never thought to do
Can you just forgive me one more time
After all the things I've done
I've headed down the road of sorrow lured by carefree fun
There's only a dark tomorrow I'll be worth of things I've done
If you can believe me just once more though I have drifted far from shore
I'll try to untangle the web I spun after all the things I've done
I've headed down the road...
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4.
WOODCHOPPER'S BALL
(Joe Bishop - Woody Herman)
« © '39 Princess Music, ASCAP »
[ instrumental ]
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5.
DRIVIN' NAILS IN MY COFFIN
(Gerald Irby)
« © '57 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
My sweetheart has gone and I'm so lonely
She said that she and I were through
So I started out drinking for past time
Drivin' nails in my coffin over you
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
Everytime I drink a bottle of brew
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
Lord I'm drivin' those nails over you
[ guitar ]
Now ever since the day that she left me
I've been so sad and so blue
I'm always thinking of your love
And I just can't quit drinkin' that old brew
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin...
[ fiddle ]
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin...
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6.
KLISHAMA KLINGO
(Orville Proctor - William Penix)
« © '57 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
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7.
BARTENDER'S POLKA
(Pat Pattison)
« © '57 Southern Music, ASCAP »
[ instrumental ]
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8.
BUBBLES IN MY BEER
(Cindy Walker - Bob Wills - Tommy Duncan)
« © '48 Unichappell Music, BMI / Red River Songs, BMI »
Tonight in a bar alone I'm sitting
Apart from the laughter and the cheer
While scenes from the past rise before me
I'm watching the bubbles in my beer
A vision of someone who loves me
Brings along solty tears to my eyes
So I know that my life's been a failure
Just watching the bubbles in my beer
[ steel - fiddle ]
I'm seeing the road that I've travelled
A road paved with heartaches and tears
And I'm seeing the past that I've wasted
While watching the bubbles in my beer
As I think of the heart that I've broken
And of the golden chances that have passed me by
And the dreams that I had now are empty
As empty as the bubbles in my beer
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9.
MAKE ROOM IN YOUR HEART (FOR A MEMORY)
(Hank Thompson)
« © '57 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
(Make room in your heart for a dream)
Just make room in your heart for a memory
Then just once in a while will you think of me
Though you're gone to another who loves you too
But won't you remember what I meant to you
In a dream maybe sometime I might drop in
And we'll talk about things that might have been
Now and then just a thought of your used-to-be
Please make room in your heart for a memory
[ steel - fiddle ]
In a dream maybe sometime...
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10.
SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE
(Artie Shaw)
« © '57 Denton & Haskins Music, ASCAP »
[ instrumental ]
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11.
I WOULDN'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD
(Orville Proctor - Preston Sergeant)
« © '57 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
You really had yourself a fling all night parties everything
People say you're really quite a girl
But when you fall in love at last your future will be in the past
And I wouldn't miss it for the world
You always leave a broken heart you kiss and run away
Your little world will fall apart and that will be the day
You're gonna need a certain guy and be left settin' high and dry
And I wouldn't miss it for the world
You think that people's hearts are play that you can twist 'em any way
You're gonna be a very lonely girl
They'll jerk that carpet neath your feet a broken heart is your reseat
And I wouldn't miss it for the world
You'll meet someone who'll put you in your place
I want to be around to see that look upon your face
He'll be gone and you'll remain then your teardrops fall like rain
And I wouldn't miss it for the world
[ fiddle - guitar ]
You'll meet someone...
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12.
LAWDY WHAT A GAL
(Merle Travis - Cliffie Stone)
« © '47 Unichappell Music, BMI »
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