lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BIG CITY

(Paul Williams - Sam Humphrey) « © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I'm walking your streets again big city searching every face that I see
Looking for my darling big city the one that you took away from me

You lured her with your night life big city to take her from me you know it was wrong
I'm searching night and day for her big city oh without her love I just can't go on
[ guitar ] You took my love away from me big city stole her out of my two loving arms
You know I'm gonna hate you big city if you brought my baby any harm

So I'm walking your streets...
The one that you took away from me
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2.

WILD SIDE OF LIFE

(William Warren - Arlie A. Carter) « © '51 Unart Catalog, BMI »
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song

I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life
[ steel ] The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flows
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know

I didn't know God made...
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3.

I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT

(Johnny Bond) « © '41 Red River Songs, BMI »
Tonight I'm sad my heart is weary wondering if I'm wrong or right
To dream about you though you'd left me I wonder where you are tonight

Your heart was cold you never loved me although you often said you'd care
But now you've gone to find another someone who'll know the love I've shared

The rain is cold and slowly falling upon my window pane tonight
And though your love was even colder I wonder where you are tonight
[ guitar - steel ] Then came the dawn the day you left me I tried to smile with all my might
But you could see the pain within me still lingers in my heart tonight

The rain is cold...
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4.

BEGGAR TO A KING

(J.P. Richardson) « © '57 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
I had sunk as low as a man could go the world had turned me down
Then you picked me up and you kissed me sweet
You changed the beggar into a king
Yes you took the rag from off of my back
And you gave me your love to keep me warm
Yes you picked me up and you kissed me sweet you changed the beggar into a king
[ steel ] I had walked the streets with my head bowed low the sun for me would never shine
Then you came along into my life and changed the beggar into a king
Yes you took the rag from off of my back and you placed a crown on my head
Yes you picked me up and you kissed me sweet you changed the beggar into a king
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5.

BEFORE I'M OVER YOU

(Betty Sue Perry) « © '64 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I just can't get it through my head you love another now instead
Can't make myself believe we're really through
I'm walking up and down the hall talking to a silent wall
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you

I think I've almost lost my mind I think about you all the time
I'm going crazy yes I know and I don't have far to go
The way you treat me is a shame but I'll keep loving you the same
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you
[ steel - guitar ] I keep your letters I should burn I keep the ring that you returned
But there's a million foolish things I do
It makes me cry but you would laugh to know I kiss your photograph
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you

Well I think I've almost lost my mind...
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6.

EACH NIGHT AT NINE

(Floyd Tillman) « © '44 Peer International, BMI »
A thousand miles dear a thousand more across the water across the shore
I'll say a prayer dear for your and mine please think of me dear each night at nine

I hold your picture close to my heart it takes your place dear while we're apart
Helps remind me that you're still mine to feel your nearness each night at nine
[ guitar + steel ] The bugle's playing out goes the light gee but it's lonely these army nights
Please tell kiddies I'm doing fine give them my love dear each night at nine

A thousand miles dear a thousand more...
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7.

FRAULEIN

(Lawton Williams) « © '56 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Far across the deep blue water lives an old German's daughter
By the banks of the old River Rhine
Where I loved her and left her but I can't forget her I miss my pretty Fraulein
Fraulein Fraulein look up towards the heaven
Each night when the stars start to shine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you you are my pretty Fraulein
[ steel - guitar ] When the memories wander away over yonder to the sweetheart that I left behind
In a moment of glory a face comes before me the face of my pretty Fraulein
Fraulein Fraulein walk down by the river pretend that your hand's holding mine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you you are my pretty Fraulein
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8.

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

(Roger Miller - Bill Anderson) « © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Your world was so different from mine don't you see
We couldn't be close though we tried
We both reached for heavens but ours weren't the same
That's what happens when two worlds collide

Your world was made up of things sweet and good
My world could never fit in I wish it could
Two hearts lie in shambles and oh how we've cried
That's what happenes when two worlds collide
[ steel - piano - ac.guitar ] Now your world was made up...
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9.

I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL

(Harlan Howard - Buck Owens) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
Well I'm losin' weight and turnin' mighty pale
Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail

Well I thought the day I met you you were meek as a lamb
Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans
Now the pace we're livin' takes the wind from my sails
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
I've got a tiger by the tail...
[ guitar ] Well every night you drag me where the bright lights're found
There ain't no way of slowin' you down
And I'm as about as helpless as a leaf in a gale
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail

I've got a tiger by the tail...
And looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
And looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
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10.

SHE CALLED ME BABY

(Harlan Howard) « © '61 Central Songs, BMI »
She called me baby baby all night long used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
Then one day I awoke and she was gone there's no more baby baby all night long
She called me baby baby all night long
Kissed my tears away when things went wrong
What I'd give if she'd just come back home and call me baby baby all night long
[ steel ] She called me baby baby all night long lift me up so high and made me strong
Now each time in dreams just like a song I still hear baby baby all night long
She called me baby...
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11.

TELL HER SO

(Glenn D. Tubb) « © '65 Combine Music, BMI »
If you have a love that's true one who never makes you blue
Let your things and love show through tell her so tell her so

Give her a kiss once in a while a tender touch a loving smile
If you're happy let her know tell her so tell her so
[ steel ] Never let her heart grow cold she means more to you than gold
If you're proud she's yours to hold tell her so tell her so


So give her a kiss...
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12.

DON'T BE ANGRY

(Wade Jackson) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Don't be angry at me darling if I fail to understand
All your little whims and wishes all the time
Just remember that I'm dumb I guess like any foolish man
And my head stays sorta foggy cause you're mine

Well I recall the first time that I flirted with you dear
When I jokingly said come and be my bride
Now that time has turned the pages it's the sweetest joke on earth
That I have you here forever by my side
[ steel ] Maybe someday you're gonna hurt me well I've been hurting of before
Only God can know and time alone will tell
But in the mean time I'll keep loving you with all my heart and soul
And pray God to let it last if it's his will

Don't be angry at me darling...
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