lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

DIM LIGHTS THICK SMOKE (AND LOUD LOUD MUSIC)

(Joe Maphis - Max Fidler - Rose Lee Maphis) « © '52 Maphis Music, BMI »
Dim lights thick smoke and loud loud music
Is the only kind of life you'll never understand
Dim lights thick smoke and loud loud music
You'll never make a wife to a home loving man

The home and little children mean nothing to you
The house filled with love and the husband that's true
You'd rather have a drink with the first guy you'll meet
And the only home you know is the club down the street

Dim lights thick smoke and loud loud music...
[ guitar ] Dim lights thick smoke and loud loud music
You'll never make a wife to a home loving man
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2.

SKIP A ROPE

(Jack Moran - Glenn D. Tubb) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Skip a rope skip a rope
Oh listen to the children while they play
Now ain't it kinda funny what the children say
Skip a rope

Daddy hates mommy mommy hates dad
Last night you should've heard the fight they had
It gave little sister another bad dream
She woke us all up with a terrible scream

Skip a rope skip a rope...

Cheat on your taxes don't be a fool
Now what was that they said about the golden rule
They never mind the rule just play to win
And they hate your neighbor for the shade of his skin

Skip a rope skip a rope...

Stub 'em in the back that's the name of the game
And mommy and daddy are who's to blame

Skip a rope skip a rope...
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3.

SING ME BACK HOME

(Merle Haggard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The warden let the prisoner down the hallway to his doom
And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
Let my guitar playing friend do my request

Let him sing me back home the song I used to hear
Make my old mem'ries come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die
[ steel ] I recall last Sunday morning a choir from off the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mama sang
Could I hear it once before you move along

Won't you sing me back home the song I used to hear...
Sing me back home before I die
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4.

IMAGE OF ME

(Wayne Kemp) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Yes I know she's the life of the party
And without her things here would die
Oh but don't be fooled by her laugter
She has her sad times she knows how to cry

She drinks and she talks just a little too loud
And with her pride gone she tags along with any old crowd
Yes I know I'm to blame and I feel so ashamed
That I made her the image of me
[ guitar - steel ] I met her in a little country town
She was simple and old fashion in some way
But she loved me till I dragged her down
Then she just gave up and drifted away

She drinks and she talks just a little too loud...
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5.

I DON'T MIND

(Harlan Howard - Richard Johnson) « © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It used to break my heart each time you cheated
I tried to leave the Lord knows how I tried
But I stay here no matter how I'm treated
And all it really cost me was my pride

But I don't mind I don't mind
I did for a time but I don't mind

You and I have a perfect understanding
You come and you go as you please
And I never get too angry or demanding
It's hard to get mad on your knees

But I don't mind baby I don't mind...

Once I was strong as a mountain
I stood tall like a giant oak tree
Now my blood runs thin like water in a fountain
You took all the man out of me

But I don't mind baby I don't mind...
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6.

TENDER YEARS

(Darrell Edwards) « © '61 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
You keep saying you love him I believe that it's true
And it just doesn't matter how much I love you
But in time your'll understand dear when you shed a tear
And you'll know you're living in your tender years

In your eyes there's a love light that shines just for him
But how long will it stay there will that love light grow dim
You can just see the happiness you can't see the tears
Yes it's true that you're living in your tender years
[ piano ] So if I can't be your first love I'll wait and be your last
I'll be somewhere in your future to help you forget the past
Then you'll know that I love you with the love that's sincere
And I'll wait till you're through living in your tender years

Then you'll know that I love you with the love that's sincere
And I'll wait till you're through living in your tender years
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7.

JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU)

(Hank Williams) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Goodbye Joe me gotta go me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh
Son of a gun gonna have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya a crawfish pie a fillet gumbo
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun gonna have big fun on the bayou
[ steel ] Settle down far from town get me a pirogue
Gonna catch all the fish in the bayou
Save my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o
Son of a gun gonna have big fun on the bayou

Jambalaya a crawfish pie a fillet gumbo...
Son of a gun gonna have big fun on the bayou
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8.

BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX

(Jim Webb) « © '67 Sosaha Music, BMI / Jonathan Three Music, BMI »
By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hanging on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving
Cause I left that girl so many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lounch and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing
Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleeping
She'll turn softly and call my name out low
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
But time and time I tried to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go
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9.

YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO HURT A FRIEND

(Bob Coldiron) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You see these little teardrops in my eyes
You ask me if I'll ever love again
I don't think you really meant to hurt my heart that's on the mend
You sure know how to hurt a friend

You tell me she still looks the same
I'm dyin' tryin' to forget her name
I don't walk from mem'ry of her hangin' round me again
You sure know how to hurt a friend

Each time I hear her name I'm hurt again
Thoughts of our good love race through my brain
To hurt of every thought of her I know it must be a sin
You sure know how to hurt a friend

Her neon memory lights up my heart
You mention her again it might start
Teardrops falling from my eyes may never stop again
You sure know how to hurt a friend
You sure know how to hurt a friend
You sure know how to hurt a friend
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10.

SENSITIVE HEART

(Billy Swan) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Don't tell me you don't love me even if it's just in fun
I love you so much the shock of it would kill me before yuo were done
And never say you're leaving I die before you could start
When it comes to you and our love I have sensitive heart

I never knew such happiness I feel with you each day and night
I never thought a woman could mean so much to one man's life
Tears come to my eyes just thinking that we could ever part
For darling I love you so much in my sensitive heart
[ guitar ] I never knew such happiness...
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11.

TAKE ME AS I AM (OR LET ME GO)

(Boudleaux Bryant) « © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(You'll have to take me as I am or let me go)

Why must you always try to make me over
Take me as I am or let me go
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
Take me as I am or let me go

You're trying to rearrange me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
But I won't be a standing for an old love
Take me as I am or let me go
[ steel ] You're trying to rearrange me in a mold love...
(You'll have to take me as I am or let me go)
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