JOHNNY TILLOTSON
TILLOTSON TOUCH

(MGM SE-4224)

May/1964
Produced by Paul Tannen


1.
I RISE I FALL
(Paul Hampton)
« © '64 Blue Flag Music, ASCAP »

I rise I fall with each lettle thing you do
You hurt I hurt I'm that much a part of you
And when you're happy baby I'm happy too
Since I'm that much a part of you

I rise I fall with each little breath you take
You cry I cry cause I feel the same heartache
And when you're smiling baby I'm smiling too
Since I'm that much a part of you

Your lips are my lips my heart is your heart
Never let us be further than just a breath apart

I rise I fall with each little thing you do
You hurt I hurt I'm that much a part of you
Every thing that you feel baby I feel it too
Since I'm that much a part of you
Since I'm that much a part of you
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2.
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
(Dorothy Fields - Jimmy McHugh)
« © '30 Cotton Club Publishing, ASCAP »

Grab your coat and get your hat leave your worry on the door step
Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street
Can't you hear a pitter pat and that happy tune is your step
Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street

I used to walk in the shade with my blues on parade
But I'm not afraid this rover crossed over
If I never have a cent I'll be rich as Rockefeller
Gold dust at my feet on the sunny side of the street
[ horns ]
I used to walk in the shade with those blues on parade
But I'm not afraid this rover crossed over
If I never have a cent I'd be rich as Rockefeller
I'd have gold dust at my feet on the sunny
On the sunny on the sunny side of the street
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3.
THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE
(John D. Loudermilk)
« © '62 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »

Kiss me each morning for a million years
Hold me each evening by your side
Tell me you love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye

Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
Soften my dreams with your sigh
And after you've loved me for a million years
Then if it don't work out then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye

If you must go I won't grieve
If you'll just wait a lifetime before you leave
If you must go I won't say no but so we can say that we try
Tell me you love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye then you can tell me goodbye
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4.
THIS OLE HOUSE
(Stuart Hamblen)
« © '54 Hamblen Music, ASCAP »

This ole house once I knew my children this ole house once I knew my wife
This ole house was joy and comfort as we fought the storms of life
This ole house once rang with laughter this ole house heard many a shouts
Now she trembles in the darkness when the lightning walks about

I ain't a gonna need this house no longer ain't a gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles ain't got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges nor to mingle the window panes
I ain't gonna need this house no longer I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints

This ole house is a gettin' shaky this ole house is a gettin' old
This ole house stands in the rain this ole house stands in the cold
Oh my knees are gettin' chilly but I feel no fear or pain
Cause I can see an angel peekin' through a broken window pane

I ain't a gonna need this house no longer...

This ole house is afraid of thunder this ole house is afraid of storms
This ole house just groans and trembles when the night come flings his arms
This ole house is a gettin' feeble this ole house is a needin' paint
Just like me it's tuckered out but I'm gonna get ready to meet the saints

I ain't a gonna need this house no longer...
I ain't gonna need this house no longer I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints
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5.
SUFFERIN' FROM A HEARTACHE
(Johnny Tillotson - Paul Tannen)
« © '64 Ridge Music, BMI »

I never thought that I could care the way I cared for you
But on the day you went away my heart broke right in two
You made me the laughing stock of everyone in town
Now I'm sufferin' from a heartache since love's turned me down

I'm sufferin' from a heartache and I don't know what to do
And I just can't keep from cryin' each time I think of you
Oh I guess I must be crazy to love you like I do
And I'm sufferin' from a heartache cause by you

I know I should forget you but it's hard to make the change
Cause mem'ries keep on coming back when someone speaks your name
You left me for the glamour of the bright lights of the town
Now I'm sufferin' from a heartache since love's turned me down

I'm sufferin' from a heartache...
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6.
I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
(Cole Porter)
« © '36 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »

I've got you under my skin I've got you deep in the heart of me
So deep in my heart you're really a part of me
Oh I've got you under my skin
I tried so not to give in I said to myself this affair
Never could go so well
But why should I try to resist when darling I know so well
That I've got you under my skin

I'd sacrifice anything come what might for the sake of having you near
In spite of the warning voice that comes in the night and repeats in my ear
Hey don't you know little fool you never can win
Use your mentality wake up to reality
But each time I do the thought of you makes me stop before I begin
Cause I've got you under my skin
[ horns ]
Hey don't you know little fool you never never gonna win
Use your mentality and wake up to reality
But each time that I do the thought of you makes me stop
I've got you and I need you oh I've got you baby under my skin
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7.
WORRY
(Chip Taylor)
« © '64 Ridge Music, BMI »

Worry the nights away worry all through the day
I worry what's come over you
Worry somehow you've changed worry you seem so strange
I worry what am I gonna do

Your lips keep saying that you care
But your heart just isn't there
And your eyes reveal the lies your lips have told
No use pretending nothing's wrong
Guess I've known it all along
I'm slowly losing you and all that I can do

Is worry the nights away worry all through the day
I worry I'm so in love with you
(That's why I worry) I'm so in love with you
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8.
I'M WATCHING MY WATCH
(Robert B. Sherman - George Weiss)
« © '64 Three Seas Music, ASCAP »

I'm watching my watch it's a heartache after ten
And I'm wondering if and when you will call
I'm watching the door open hoping you'll come walking through
As I tell my troubles to the four walls

The hands of my watch slowly move and I cry
For time and romance are passing me by
I'm watching my watch every second seems to say
Silly fool you'll learn before this day goes on
That the one who stole your heart away is gone
[ piano ]
The hands of my watch slowly move and I cry...
Watching my watch watching my watch watching my watch
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9.
WHEN I LOST YOU
(Irving Berlin)
« © '55 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

The roses each one met with the sun sweetheart when I met you
The sunshine had fled the roses were dead sweetheart when I lost you

I lost the sunshine and roses I lost the heavens of blue
I lost the beautiful rainbow I lost the morning dew
I lost the angel who gave me summer the whole winter through
I lost the gladness that turned into sadness when I lost you
[ violin ]
I lost the gladness that turned into sadness when I lost you
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10.
ALWAYS
(Irving Berlin)
« © '25 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

I'll be loving you always with a love that's true always
When the things you've planned need a helping hand
I will understand always always

Days may not be fair always that's when I'll be there always
Not for just an hour not for just a day
Not for just a year but always
[ horn ]
Always always oh always

Days may not be fair always...
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11.
COLD COLD HEART
(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »

I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A mem'ry from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your debtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your debtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love yet you're afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from life to try it just ain't smart
Why can't I free your debtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart
Why can't I free your debtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
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12.
JAILER BRING ME WATER
(Bobby Darin)
« © '64 Alley Music, BMI »

Jailer bring me water jailer bring me water
Jailer bring me water my throat is kind of dry
Jailer bring me water jailer bring me water
Jailer bring me water my throat is kind of dry

Hey jailer if you see my baby jailer if you see my baby
Jailer if you see my baby you can tell her I said bye bye

(Everybody sing)
Jailer bring me water...

Well I never had me no money I never ever had no money
No I never had no money cause I ain't that kind of guy

Jailer bring me water...

I'm gonna work till the good Lord calls me work till the good Lord calls me
I'm gonna work till the good Lord calls me he's gonna be here by and by

Jailer bring me water...
Jailer bring me water my throat is kind of dry oh yeah
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