TANYA TUCKER
DELTA DAWN
(Columbia KC-31742)
October/1972
Produced by Billy Sherrill
Vocals:
The Nashville Edition & The Jordanaires
Recorded:
March 17/1972, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville (1)
July/1972, Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
DELTA DAWN
(Alex Harvey - Larry Collins)
« © '72 April Music, ASCAP / U Catalog, ASCAP »
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose of days gone by
And did I hear you say he was meetin' you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her baby
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy
Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand
Lookin' for a mysterious dark haired man
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever had laid eyes on
But a man of low degree stood by her side
Promised her he'd take her for his bride
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
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2.
NEW YORK CITY SONG
(Linda Hargrove)
« © '72 Tomake Music, ASCAP »
I'm sittin' in this New York City hotel room alone
Wishin' I was somewhere else or on my way back home
Nashville Tennessee I know that's where I do belong
Cause I don't know no New York City song
They know I'm from Dixie when I open up my mouth
They don't treat the ladies here the way they do down south
I thought I could make it here but I can't get along
Cause I don't know no New York City song
And Lord I'd like to tell you just how much I'd like to leave
Cause in my mind that south bound song is tuggin' on my sleeve
New York City ain't the place a country girl should be
New York City ain't the place for me
Today I walked a New York City avenue downtown
I've never seen so many people hurryin' around
And when I smile they look as if to say that smiling's wrong
No I don't know no New York City song
I'm sittin' in this New York City...
Cause I don't know no New York City song
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3.
SMELL THE FLOWERS
(Jerry Reed Hubbard)
« © '71 Vector Music, BMI / Sixteen Stars Music, BMI »
Yesterday oh how many do you wish you could relive
Turn the page and go back oh I wonder what you'd give
Looking back does it seem when you've planned when you've dreamed
You forgot the most important thing
Smell the flowers while the roses bloom
Take the time my friend and sing a happy tune
Oh how precious every mile so take a minute learn to smile
My friend let's stop a while and smell the flowers (smell the flowers)
[ guitar ]
Got a troubled mind friend if you let too much worry rule your days
When you look back do you feel like something precious slipped away
Oh my friend are you the man that the world slip through his hands
Can you remember when you smelled the flowers
Smell the flowers...
Smell the flowers...
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4.
IF YOU TOUCH ME (YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE ME)
(Norro Wilson - Carmol Taylor - Joe Stampley)
« © '72 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Well I packed his bags and kicked him out we were havin' bad times
Looking back I can see it was over nothin'
Since then there's been too much red wine and women messin' up his mind
But nothin' can compare with baby's lovin'
At two o'clock this mornin' he made up his mind
Said I'm goin' home to my sweet baby
He looked out the window at the city for the last time
Lord knows this life it'll drive him crazy
Well he walked out to the highway caught a semi headed home
I hope she'll take him back oh Lord he's prayin'
Now he's standin' at the front door and I'm here all alone
Then he heard his sweet baby sayin'
And I said if you touch me you've got to love me
And if you love me you'll have to stay with me forever
And I'll forgive you and love will be like it should be
So if you touch me you've got to love me
I said if you touch me you've got to love me
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5.
HE'S ALL I GOT
(Gary Bonds - Jerry Williams)
« © '71 Embassy Music, BMI »
Well I said friend don't take him he's all I've got
Please don't take his love away from me
I'm a beggin' to you friend don't take him he's all I've got
He's everything in life I'll ever need
He is life oh when I wanna live
He's everything to me in life that life can give
He's my water oh when I need to drink
He's the first thought in my mind each time I try to think
Let me tell you now friend...
He's my fingers when I want to feel
He's the only thing in life to me that's really real
He is love he's all the love I know
He could kiss the ground in the wintertime and make a flower grow
Let me tell you now friend...
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6.
JAMESTOWN FERRY
(Bobby Borchers - Mack Vickery)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
He just caught the Jamestown Ferry it's not a hot day in January
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me
A case of gone was all he carried as he got on the Jamestown Ferry
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be
I din't think that he'd leave me after sayin' how much he needs me
But the fact still remains I'm sittin' here all alone
Missin' lovin' of my baby Lord it's bout to drive me crazy
He was the sweetest piece of heaven I've ever known
He just caught the Jamestown Ferry...
As I walk through his kingdom of honky tonks and bars
I remember how he'd hold me and comfort me with talk
He didn't cuss with every breath he had a soothin' Southern Drawl
Made me feel like a lady through it all
He just caught the Jamestown Ferry...
He just caught the Jamestown Ferry...
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7.
LOVING YOU COULD NEVER BE BETTER
(Earl Montgomery - Carl Montgomery - Betty Tate)
« © '72 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Here we are again tonight alone just us two
Where the lights're dim and true love is coming through
There's no one else in this whole world as far as we're concerned
We built ourselves a fire so let it burn
Tomorrow night we'll meet again to once more fan the flame
Cause loving you the way I do stays the same
This love of ours is just as strong as any vow could be
And love could never be better for you and me
When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Because I know what's on your mind it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes like you've had so many time and how
Loving you could never be better than it is right now
You've got that love-me-look...
Loving you could never be better than it is right now
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8.
SOUL SONG
(Billy Sherrill - Norro Wilson - George Richey)
« © '72 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Mhm mhm mhm
[ guitar ]
You're my soul song my everything-that-I-do song
My pick-me-up-when-I'm-blue song that's why I sing all the time
You're my soul song and that's why I call you my solid-gold song
Nothin' in the world could ever go wrong as long as you are mine
Never in the world have I seen anybody like you in all my time
You give me a feel good feelin' through and through and it's so fine
I'm up with the sun cause I don't wanna waste it
I love you so much I can almost taste it
I can sit still when I look up and see you comin' I start hummin' hmm
You're my soul song my keep-me-safe-from-all-harm song
My shelter-from-all-storm song that's why I sing all the time
You're my soul song my keep-me-warm-when-I'm-cold song
Nothin' in the world could ever go wrong as long as you are mine
You're my soul song...
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9.
LOVE'S THE ANSWER
(Norro Wilson - Emily Mitchell)
« © '72 Algee Music, BMI »
If you think it's hard in this day and time
To hold your man like I've been holding mine
There's no secret just some little things to do
It worked for me and it's bound to work for you
A lovin' smile will start his day out right
A goodbye kiss will bring him home at night
Reach out to him when he needs a helping hand
Touch him gently so he'll know you understand
Be proud of him when you know he's done his best
Let him know you think he's better than the rest
If you wanna hold your man this is the way
Love him more today than you did yesterday
Love's the answer love's the answer
Be proud of him...
Love's the answer love's the answer
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10.
HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.
(Donna Fargo)
« © '72 Embassy Music, BMI / Algee Music, BMI »
Shine on me sunshine walk with me world it's a skip-a-dee-doo-dah day
I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA
Good morning morning hello sunshine wake up sleepy head
Why'd we move on that beanjungle clock so far away from the bed
Just one more minute that's why we moved it one more hug or two
Do you love wakin' up next to me as much as I love wakin' up next to you
You make the coffee I'll make the bed I'll fix your lunch and you'll fix mine
Now tell me the truth do these old shoes look funny honey it's almost nine
Now you'll be careful gotta go I love you have a beautiful day
And kiss the happiest girl in the whole USA
Skip-a-dee-doo-dah thank you Lord for making him for me
Thank you for letting life turn out the way that I always thought it could be
There once was a time when I could not imagine how it would feel to say
I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA
Shine on me sunshine walk with me world it's a skip-a-dee-doo-dah day
I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA
Shine on me sunshine...
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11.
I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
(Hank Williams)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly
That midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry
I've never seen a night so long when time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud to hide its face and cry
Did you ever see a robin weep when leaves began to die
That means he's lost the will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could cry
I'm so lonesome I could cry
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