AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR
(Capitol ST-1544)
July/1961
Produced by Ken Nelson
Merle Travis, Billy Gray - guitar
Bobby Garrett - steel
Al Williams - bass
Gwin Nichols - drums
Billy Armstrong, Billy White, Harold Hensley - fiddle
Jimmy Pruett - piano
Recorded:
Dec 13-15/1960, Capitol Records Studio, Hollywood
1.
I DREAMED OF AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR
(Jimmie Davis - Charles Mitchell - Bonnie Dodd)
« © '56 Peer International, BMI »
Just like old times you were here last night and gone was my worry and care
When I awoke I knew then that I had dreamed of an old love affair
I was alone in the darkness my dear many dreams ago you left me there
Sunlight told me you were gone and I had dreamed of an old love affair
[ fiddle - piano - steel ]
I've been so lonely since you've been gone I loved you with all of my heart
Heaven was mine when you smiled last night and said that we'd take a new start
Life seems so empty and useless my dear if it's sun or rain I just don't care
Sunlight told me you were gone and I had dreamed of an old love affair
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2.
IT'S MY FAULT
(Hank Thompson)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
It's my fault now that I've lost you you were right to let me go
People said it's gonna cost you I just said she'll never know
I stepped around and kept on lying
I should have known that you'd catch up
Your faithful heart I kept denying it's my falt that you are gone
[ piano - steel ]
Now you can't live a life forever it overtakes you by and by
The bonds of love it's sure to suffer it's my fault that you said goodbye
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3.
JUST AN OLD FADED PHOTOGRAPH
(Rex Griffin)
« © '60 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Just an old faded photograph of you
One I always will treasure more than gold
It keeps reminding me of bygone times dear
A keepsake of a love that won't grow old
Though the old faded photograph is dim
In my heart there's a picture same as new
As the years go passing by all alone I sit and cry
Over an old faded photograph of you
[ fiddle - steel - guitar ]
Whenever I may be at any time
Your picture always hangs upon the wall
It keeps reminding me of bygone times dear
Can't I help it if the teardrops fall
Though the old faded photograph is dim...
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4.
SING ME SOMETHING SENTIMENTAL
(Marty Robbins)
« © '53 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Sing me something sentimental make it anything as blue
Sing it sweet and sing it tender just the way she used to do
If I cry take no attention every tear that falls is real
Sing me something sentimental cause that's the way I feel
Sing it for somebody special cause that's what she was to me
Where we used to sit together now I sit alone you see
Seems like yesterday she loved me but I guess it wasn't real
Sing me something sentimental cause that's the way I feel
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Sing me something sentimental just as though your heart could break
Since she's gone my heart has taken more than any heart should take
If you'll see her say I love her she's the one I'll always miss
Sing me something sentimental make every word a kiss
She was lovelier than ever on the day she was his bride
As I stood and watched him kiss her I fell all apart inside
Now I realize I've lost her the way all seems so unreal
Sing me something sentimental cause that's the way I feel
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5.
I'LL BE AROUND
(Alec Wilder)
« © '60 Ludlow Music, BMI »
I'll be around no matter how you treat me now
I'll be around from now on
Your latest love can never last and when it's past
I'll be around when he's gone
Goodbye again and if you'd find the love like mine
Just now and then drop a line sayin' you're doing fine
And when things go wrong perhaps you'll see you're meant for me
And I'll be around from now on
[ guitar ]
Goodbye again...
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6.
I'VE CONVINCED EVERYBODY BUT MYSELF
(Hank Thompson - Billy Gray)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I've convinced everybody I've forgotten you at last
That my heart has healed completely from the heartbreaks of the past
They can't see the tears I'm hiding how they hurt me when you left
I've convinced everybody everybody but myself
When somebody mentions you my heart can feel the sting
But I play the part so perfectly no one suspects a thing
Then they see me smiling and I'm with somebody else
I've convinced everybody everybody but myself
[ piano - fiddle ]
I act so nonchalantly when they mention my own pain
I pretend as though I'm searching when I start to call your name
It would be a different story if they knew just how I felt
I've convinced everybody everybody but myself
You prob'ly heard from others how indefferent I have been
But they only see the upside they can't see me deep within
And if you believe them there's just one person left
I've convinced everybody everybody but myself
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7.
PAYING OFF THE INTEREST WITH MY TEARS
(Hank Thompson)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
You said that you'd be mine and we signed that dotted line
I thought that we'd be happy you and me
If I had only known your love was just a loan
For now you're asking me to set you free
I never thought your kisses were like a charge you count
That I'd have to pay in heartaches for taking my ammount
I'll give you back your love that I've had all these years
But I'm paying off the interest with my tears
It's the experation date you say there's no rebate
And I guess you'll say my heart is overdrawn
Another love you chose so my account is closed
And now I'll have an empty heart at home
My credit's discontinued you say there's someone new
To take over all the payments on a heart that's over you
I'll give you back your love that I've had all these years
But I'm paying off the interest with my tears
[ fiddle - steel ]
I didn't understand your easy payment planned
That I would only have you for a while
The love contract you wrote was a just short term note
You placed my name on your inactive wile
I never thought your kisses...
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8.
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU
(Hank Thompson)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I'd like to tell you how much I love you and take you in my arms again
I cannot measure with any treasure how much I love you deep within
But it's too late now you found another our love we never can restore
I'd like to tell you how much I love you and take you in my heart once more
I broke my promise I broke my vow I broke your heart dear I'm sorry now
Your last goodbye will forever ring I lost you and everything
Each time I see you with another I cannot help the tears that start
I'd like to tell you how much I love you and take you back into my heart
[ fiddle ]
I broke my promise...
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9.
I KEEP MEETING GIRLS LIKE YOU
(Hank Thompson - Bud Auge)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I used to dream I don't dream anymore I don't believe that dreams come true
Paint through me a curve but I don't deserve to keep me in girls like you
I used to think that someday I would choose the one to love my whole life through
But I'm never chooser I wind up as a loser I keep meeting girls like you
We laugh and cry then say goodbye our love was just a passing thing
A love that's wrong can't linger long but how many heartaches can it bring
Maybe I'll get wise and open up my eyes and play the game just like they do
I guess I'll get to be just like my company if I keep meeting girls like you
[ fiddle ]
We laugh and cry...
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10.
JUST A LITTLE WHILE
(Hank Thompson - Regnald Williams)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Oh tonight each happy moment that I ever spent with you
Brightens up my mem'ries of the past
Then I remember that dark moment when we said our last goodbye
To a love we knew could never last
Just a little while just a little while
Just a little while ago when love was new
Our romance now has faded but there's nothing I'd have traded
For the precious little while of loving you
[ guitar - steel - fiddle ]
With your picture here before me I pretend that you're still mine
And I still can hear you say I love you so
And the time that seems just like a million years since I lost you
Was really just a little while ago
Just a little while...
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11.
I GOTTA HAVE MY BABY BACK
(Floyd Tillman)
« © '58 Peer International, BMI »
Baby baby I miss you so very much
It hurts me baby I just gotta I gotta have my baby back
Well I can't eat can't sleep because I miss my sweet baby sweet
I just gotta yes I gotta I gotta have my baby back
Alone in a tavern people all around laughing and dancing paintin' the town
Jukebox is playing songs about you songs with memories making me blue
Oh baby come on home without my baby I just couldn't go on
I just gotta yes I gotta I gotta have my baby back
[ guitar ]
Alone in a tavern...
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12.
MY OLD FLAME
(Hank Thompson - Lyle Gaston)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
You'll be sorry in a little while my friend
When your new love has come to an end
Let me warn you for heartaches to prepare
I know my friend cause my old flame is your new love affair
It hurts to see you take her from my side
And I know you think that she'll become your bride
But she'll break your heart and leave you standing there
I know my friend cause my old flame is your new love affair
[ steel - fiddle ]
It's so hard to know I'm just her used to be
And she's telling you the things she told to me
You'll be sorry that you ever learn to care
I know my friend cause my old flame is your new love affair
Now you become a prisoner of her charms
But love can grow so cold that once was warm
Then your romance will vanish in the air
I know my friend cause my old flame is your new love affair
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