lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I TOLD YOU SO

(Rex Griffin - Jimmie Davis) « © '58 Unichappell Music, BMI »
So your new love let your feelings sad and blue
And it broke your heart in two to see him go
Now you know the lonely nights that I went through
And I'm glad that I can say I told you so
When you cry yourself to sleep remember me
Think of all the things I told you long ago
You know how it feels to be the used to be
And I'm glad that I can say I told you so
[ steel - guitar ] Now that someone's broke your heart you realize
That the time has come to reap just what you sowed
For somebody else told you the same old lie
And I'm glad that I can say I told you so
When you miss the happiness you'll never find
Think of me each time the bitter teardrops flow
But you had no mercy on this heart of mine
And I'm glad that I can say I told you so
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2.

I LOVED YOU ONCE

(Rex Griffin - Jimmie Davis) « © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I'll not let you worry me nor will I shed a tear
For you don't know the meaning of a vow
You're too free with kisses that I used to hold so dear
I loved you once but I don't need you now

Not so long ago you whispered words of love so true
And I believe you meant them until now
Now my eyes are open and my heart is close to you
I loved you once but I don't need you now
[ guitar - steel ] Once I loved you dearly and I never had a doubt
And my heart would love you it ain't doubt
Fires of love you started now are slowly dying out
I loved you once but I don't need you now

I'll not let you worry me...
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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 alwas keeps my mem'ries same as new 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
[ steel ] Just an old faded photograph...
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4.

LAST LETTER

(Rex Griffin) « © '39 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that makes you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body crave
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Think of the heartaches all the tears and the sorrow you'll save
[ guitar ] When you are weary and tired of another man's gold
When you are lonely remember this letter my own
Don't try to answer me though I've suffered anguish untold
If you don't love me I just wish you would leave me alone
While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you are broking so free
But to this world I will soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me
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5.

IF YOU CALL THAT GONE GOODBYE

(Rex Griffin) « © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
If you call that gone goodbye ain't nobody gonna cry
If you don't want me baby every since I don't want you
Plenty more with frills and lace a waitin' now to take your place
So if you leave me it won't make me feel blue

So go your way my darling I know I don't mind
And if you call that gone goodbye
You may think you're leaving a broken heart behind
But if I'm blue I know the reason why
I know I never done you any wrong you don't love me but I knew it all along
Now I don't know or care just where you're going but if you call that gone goodbye
[ guitar - steel ] So go your way my darling...
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6.

HOW CAN I BE SURE

(Rex Griffin - Ernest Tubb) « © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
You only want to break my heart once more with promises that you'll keep every vow
You told me that you loved me so so many times before
So how can I be sure you love me now
Sometimes I dream I'm in your arms embrace
And though how happy you once made me there
But everytime I trust in you another takes my place
So how can I be sure you really care
[ steel ] You count me in then count me out again you play with me just like a toy and yet
You make my heart believe in you then leave that same old pain
So how can I be sure you won't forget
I'm only sure I'll never love anew your memory is in my heart to stay
And foolish me I'll still be here with open arms for you
For how can I be sure you'll stay away
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7.

I'LL NEVER TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU

(Rex Griffin) « © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I'll never tell you I love you I'll never say that I do
I'll never tell you I love you but still you know that I do
Sitting all alone in the moonlight feeling so lonesome and blue
Soft breeze is there in the moonlight brings back sweet mem'ries of you
[ steel ] I know that you found a new love that's very easy to see
Someone is getting your true love but still I know it's not me
I wonder if you'd be forgiving if you knew that soon I would go
If I can't have you while I'm living I'd be better off down below
I'll never tell you I love you I'll never say that I do
I'll never tell you I love you but still you know that I do
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8.

BEYOND THE LAST MILE

(Rex Griffin) « © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I'm watching the clock tick the hours away
They say that I will hang at the dawn of the day
But why should I fear death when it's life anew
For dying only takes me much closer to you
You left me in anger and walk by the sea
And when they found your body they blamed it on me
But you know they were wrong dear so wait for awhile
Soon we'll be together beyond the last mile
Stars hide their face to make way for the sun
Death it'll soon claim me and make us as one
While others are walking the streets with a smile
Then I will be walking beyond the last mile
[ steel ] The jury agreed I have taken your life
The sentence that they gave me it cut like a knife
But I'll face my Maker today with a smile
I know that you'll be waiting beyond the last mile
The chaplain is making his last plea to God
Soon the numbered steps to the scaffold I'll trod
My footsteps won't falter I'll walk with a smile
I know that you'll be waiting beyond the last mile
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9.

JUST PARTNERS

(Rex Griffin) « © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Why not be just partners for a while I don't want to call you sweetheart now
At parting just a handshake and a smile then there'll be no tears of broken vow
It's better that we never fall in love we'll be partners if you'll do your part
We'll be the best of friends and partners to the end
I couldn't bear another broken heart
[ guitar ] I must admit that you are pure as gold dear I know I like you better than the rest
But I'm afraid to tell the story old dear I'll never take another loosing guest

So why not be just partners...
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10.

I THINK I'LL GIVE UP

(Rex Griffin) « © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I think I'll give up it's all over now you turn me down now what will I do
Someday I may forget you somehow one broken heart I owed to you

Each passing year will bring a memory
Maybe my tears will someday bring you back to me
Somebody else is kissing your brow
I think I'll give up it's all over now
[ guitar ] Each passing year...
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11.

I'M AS FREE AS THE BREEZE

(Rex Griffin - Ernest Tubb) « © '63 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I'm as free as the breeze happy as you please
While you're singing the blues in the rain
Used to have me begging down on my knees but you'll never see me there again
You had a bed of clover when you stay with me
But now you're on the outside and I've got the key
And I'm as free as the breeze happy as you please
While you're singing the blues in the rain
[ guitar + steel ] I'm as free as the breeze happy as you please
While you're singing the blues in the rain
Used to have me begging down on my knees but you'll never see me there again
I'm gettin' tired of carin' all this heavy load
I'm tearin' up your playhouse so get on down the road
Cause I'm as free as the breeze happy as you please
While you're singing the blues in the rain
[ guitar + steel + piano ] I'm as free as the breeze happy as you please
While you're singing the blues in the rain
Used to have me begging down on my knees but you'll never see me there again
I used to pay the bills and let you run about
But now your little gravy train has done full out
And I'm as free as the breeze happy as you please
While you're singing the blues in the rain
While you're singing the blues in the rain
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12.

JUST CALL ME LONESOME

(Rex Griffin) « © '53 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Why must I love the heartless one who'll never know the harm she's done
Though love is blind I should have known just call me lonesome from now on
I climb the stairs up to my room but no one meets me in my gloom
The silence tells me she is gone just call me lonesome from now on
[ guitar + steel ] These walls will hide me when I cry and hope that heaven lets me die
What good is life when hope is gone just call me lonesome from now on
I pray my memories at last will fade into the distant past
If I must live and love alone just call me lonesome from now on
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