lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

WALK ON BOY

(Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker) « © '60 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I was born one morning rain was falling down
I heard my mammy say to my papy let's call this boy John Henry Brown

Walk on boy walk on down that road
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world gonna help you carry your load
Walk on boy

Well I left home one evenin' just about the age of ten
Got me a job on the levee a totin' water to the hard workin men

Walk on boy walk on down the road...

Rich man make all the money the poor boy do all the work
Rich man live mighty high on the hog but the poor boy live on the dirt

Walk on boy walk on down the road...
[ guitar ] Well my old pappy told me just one thing to do
A find a good woman be good to her and she's gonna be good to you

Walk on boy walk on down the road...

Now you all heard the story bout the hammer that weighed nine pounds
The cat what swung it way up on the mountain
Was the name of John Henry Brown

Walk on boy walk on down the road...
Walk on boy make a few tracks don't you look back
Move it out out yeah yeah yeah
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2.

WORRIED MAN BLUES

(A.P. Carter) « © '49 Peer International, BMI »
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long

Well this train I ride is twenty one coaches long
This train I ride is twenty one coaches long
This train I ride is twenty one coaches long
The one I love is on that train and gone

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long

I went across the river to lay me down to sleep
I went across the river to lay me down to sleep
I went across the river to lay me down to sleep
When I woke up there were shackles on my feet

Well it takes a worried man...

Well around my feet were twenty-one links of chains
Around my feet were twenty-one links of chains
Around my feet were twenty-one links of chains
On each link was awrit my name

Well it takes a worried man...
[ guitar ] I asked the judge what's gonna be my fine
I asked the judge what's gonna be my fine
I said old judge what's gonna be my fine
twenty one days on the Rocky Island Line

Well it takes a worried man...

I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
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3.

LONELY STREET

(Mel Tillis) « © '57 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Don't know what I'm gonna do since my baby said we're through
I've really got a case of blues oh I walk the Lonely Street

Ever since she said goodbye all I do is sit and cry
And that's the only reason why oh I walk the Lonely Street

Well she would give a little I take a lot I really long to have her near
And it's the truth believe it or not I hate to see our love disappear

Don't know what I'm gonna do...
[ guitar ] Well she would give a little...
Ever since she said goodbye...
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4.

VIOLET AND A ROSE

(Mel Tillis - Bud Auge - John Reinfield) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
A violet fell in love with a rose
And started it blushing from its head to its toe
Then one day the rose was kissed by the dew
A new love was born and the violet turned blue

Roses are red violets are blue
I'm sending red red roses to you
If you care to send some flowers to me
Then send me some violets I'm blue as can be
[ fiddle ] I wanted my love to bouquet with you
But just like the rose you've proven untrue
A flower that's wild they say has no home
And just like the violet I'm left all alone

Roses are red violets are blue...
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5.

IF I LOST YOUR LOVE

(Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker) « © '61 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
If I lost your love oh how I'd cry
I'd wish I could die if I lost your love
You are to me a sweet dream come true
Don't know what I'd do if I lost your love

I'm sure that my heart would break if you said
It's best that we part cause our love is dead
I live each day only for you
Don't know what I'd do if I lost your love

I'm sure that my heart would break...
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6.

HEARTS OF STONE

(Rudy Jackson - Eddie Ray) « © '54 Regent Music, BMI »
Everybody let's go

Hearts of stone will never never break
All the love that you give they just won't take
You can ask them please please please please break
And a all of your love is there to take

Yes the hearts of stone will cause you pain
Although you love them they'll stop you just the same
But they'll say no no no no no no no no no no no no no
Everybody knows I thought you knew hearts are made of stone
[ sax ] Well you can ask them please...
(Hearts're made of stone)
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7.

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

(Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker) « © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Well I had me a girl with a golden curles she vowed to treat me right
But here I am and I'm all alone on the Brooklyn Bridge tonight
On the Brooklyn Bridge tonight

A thousand thoughts run through my mind as I watch the city lights
My love is gone and I'm all alone on the Brooklyn Bridge tonight
On the Brooklyn Bridge tonight

Well it really has been a blue blue day
The water looks cold in the East River Bay
Water looks cold in East River Bay
[ guitar ] Standin' by the long steel rail lookin' far below
I heard the voice that seemed to say darlin' please don't go
(Darlin' please don't go)
So I hurried home and a waitin' for me standin' by the door
I saw the girl with the golden curles said I'll never leave you no more
I'll never leave you no more

Well it must have been my lucky day
Cause the water looked cold in the East River Bay
The water looked cold in the East River Bay
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8.

LOCO WEED

(Mel Tillis - Jim Denny) « © '60 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa giddy up giddy up giddy up steed
In the mornin' you will get a bale of loco weed

Now ole Jimmy Jackie was a ring-tail-tooter
He could shoot nine times from a colt 6 shooter
He got a wild one night and he threw his a lasso
Surrounded the whole town of El Paso

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa giddy up giddy up giddy up steed
In the mornin' you will get a bale of loco weed

Now Jack cut his teeth on a 45 slug
His mama weaned him on a white lightin' jug
He rode upon a big a red eyed steed
A fed that horse a steady diet of them a loco weed

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa giddy up giddy up giddy up nag
I'd buy you some oats but you ain't worth a bag

He rode into Dodge and he drank about a keg
A told Chester he was gonna break his other leg
A Chester run to the Marshall said stop that villian
Jack said you don't want none of me Mister Dillon

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa giddy up giddy up giddy up nag
I'd buy you some oats but you ain't worth a bag

Giddy up giddy up giddy up nag...
Mucha cha mucha cha Tequila
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9.

YOU ARE THE REASON

(Mel Tillis - Gene Hood) « © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Well you are the reason there's tears in my eyes
You and your heart and your lies
Well you make the nights seem oh so long
And I haven't slept a wink baby since you've been gone

I was a fool it's plain to see you never really ever cared for me
Just when I was used to lovin' you then you went away left me oh so blue

Well you are the cause of this hurt in my heart
Pain and the mis'ry since we've been apart
[ guitar ] Well you are the reason there's tears in my eyes...
I was a fool it's plain to see...
Well you are the cause...
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10.

JUKEBOX MAN

(Mel Tillis - Buck Peddy) « © '57 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I'm gonna get a bunch of nickles gonna buy em by the roll
Gonna put em in the juke and watch the record go
I love to hear the beating of a flat guitar
And a bass a fiddle slappin' it A to the bar

Well I could sit here and listen to it all night long
It's the ricky ticky rhythm of a jukebox song


But when it comes to music I'm the number one fan
And ev'rybody's callin' me the jukebox man

Well the dawn is jumpin' with be bop a do
I'm a puttin' in nickles it's way past two
A cute little blonde she's a hangin' on my arm
But the music from the juke has done got my charm

Well I could sit here and listen to it all night long
It's the ricky ticky rhythm of a jukebox song
But when it comes to music I'm the number one fan
And ev'rybody's callin' me the jukebox man
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