lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HOW MUCH MORE CAN SHE STAND

(Harry Compton) « © '71 Brothers Two Music, ASCAP »
There's a devil in my body that I just can't satisfy
Other women haunt me even though I love my wife
It's because I really love her I try to save her heart with lies
But I know she knows I can see it in her eyes

I tried to stay at home love only her play with the kids and watch TV
But then my mind becomes unsure about the kind of love I need
My reasons for cheating they're as good as lies can be
How much more can she stand and still stand by me
[ steel ] It's so hard for me to call her I can hardly dial the phone
I did wrong again last night now I just want to go back home
She knows that I've lied Lord she'll cry where I can see
How much more can she stand and still stand by me
How much more can she stand and still stand by me
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2.

EVERY DAY FAMILY MAN

(Conway Twitty) « © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You've heard songs about the bright lights of the city
And songs about the heroes of our land
But there's one guy around who never lets us down
The every day family man

He works hard to pay the mortgage and the taxes
And there's lots of things that he don't understands
While we spend millions on the moon when the world may blow out soon
The every day family man

You won't read it in the headlines of the papers
The things he does with his two calloused hands
But every night when he comes home he's a king of his Rome
The every day family man
[ piano ] He won't be there when awards and all are given
But he's close by when his neighbor needs a hand
When he tells his kids goodnight the whole world for him is right
The every day family man
Yeah you won't read it in the headlines...
The every day family man
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3.

HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT

(Kris Kristofferson) « © '70 Combine Music, BMI »
Take the ribbons from your hair shake it loose and let it fall
Laying soft upon your skin like the flowers on the wall
Come and lay here by my side till the early morning light
All I'm taking is your time help me make it through the night

I don't care who's right or wrong and I don't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow cause Lord tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone help me make it through the night

(I don't care who's right or wrong I don't try to understand)
Let the devil take tomorrow Lord you know tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone...
You know it's sad to be alone help me make it through the night
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4.

JUST LIKE A STRANGER

(Conway Twitty) « © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I passed you on a street in town today
And my heart ached in an old familiar way
I thought of things I'd like to say should I catch your eye
And just like a stranger you walked right on by

I stood there on the corner of the street
The same old corner where we once used to meet
I know you saw the teardrops falling from my eyes
But just like a stranger you walked right on by
[ steel ] I've walked with you down this old street before
But I'll never walk it with you anymore
I smiled and said hello to you but you made no reply
Instead like a stranger you walked right on by
Just like a stranger you walked right on by
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5.

LAST ONE TO TOUCH ME

(Dolly Parton) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Touch me
I want you to be the first the last the only one to touch me

If there ever was an angel then surely you must be one
If there ever was a perfect love when I look at you I see one
If there's heaven here on earth then this must surely be
I want you to be the last one to touch me

The last thing I remember before I go to sleep
Is the touch of your sweet lips softly kissing me
And I go to sleep a thinking how happy you make me
I want you to be the last one to touch me

And when it's time to lay me down for my eternal sleep
Once more let your fingers softly touch my cheek
And if I know that you've touched me then I can sleep in peace
I want you to be the last one to touch me

And when the night has ended and time will be no more
They say that we shall meet again upon the golden shore
And so when I awaken from my eternal sleep
I want you to be the last one to touch me
I want you to be the first the last the only one to touch me touch me
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6.

AMOS MOSES

(Jerry Reed Hubbard) « © '69 Vector Music, BMI / Sixteen Stars Music, BMI »
Now Amos Moses was a Cajun he lived by himself in the swamp
He haunted alligators for a livin' he just knock 'em in the head with a stump
The Louisiana law's gonna get ya Amos
It ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp boy
Now everybody blames his old man for makin' him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy would use him for alligator bait

Tie a rope around his waist throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou

About forty five minutes southeast of Tippidoe Louisiana
Live a man called Doc Millsap and his pretty wife Hannah
Well they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groc'ries
Named him after the man of the cloth called him Amos Moses

Now folks around south Louisiana said Amos was a hell of a man
He could trap the biggest the meanest alligator and just use only one hand
That's all he got left cause the alligator bit him
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
Well the sheriff got wind that Amos was in the swamp trappin' alligator skins
So he snook in the swamp gonna get the boy but he never come out again

Well I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to
Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou
About forty five minutes...
About forty five minutes...
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7.

MEMORY OF YOUR SWEET LOVE

(L.E. White - Betty Jo White - Jack Dunham) « © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It was in my weakest moment when temptation was so strong
Then the mem'ry of your sweet love came and got me and brought me home

Today I tried to tell myself I didn't love you anymore
Even led temptation take my hand and lead me to her door
Just as her footsteps came to me I knew that I was wrong
Then the mem'ry of your sweet love came and got me and brought me home

Just to know that you were waiting made everything else seem small
And if I could make the things come close I came to losing it all
It was in my weakest moment...
[ steel ] Just to know that you were waiting made everything else seem small
She made me forget my world at home but only for a while
Then I remeber the times I fail how she always push me on
Then the mem'ry of your sweet love came and got me and brought me home
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8.

LET ME BE THE JUDGE

(Conway Twitty) « © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Just let me be the judge of what you've done and if I find
You guilty I'd erase you from my heart and from my mind

Talk is goin' over town that you my love had let me down
I don't believe what people say I still love you
I don't believe that you're to blame I don't believe you've brought me shame
I just can't believe that you have been untrue
They say I should go on alone that you've done something very wrong
That you're not worthy of the love I have for you
But I won't believe a thing they say until you say it's true
Just let me be the judge...
[ fiddle ] You tell me that the things they say are true that I should go my way
You ask me to forgive you for the wrong you've done
You say although you've been untrue I still mean everything to you
That you only meant to dance with him and have some fun
Then the jukebox played our favorite song you knew that you were doing wrong
You closed your eyes and made believe that I was there
And now you think it's better that we'll end our love affair
Just let me be the judge...
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9.

Hank Williams medley:

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 are afraid each thing I do is but some evil scheme
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

I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)
(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
Another love was by your side and he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

YOU WIN AGAIN
(Hank Williams)
« © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
The news is out all over town that you've been seen out runnin' round
I've known that I should go but then I just can't go you win again

THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME
(Leon Payne)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one who's smiling face that Gods would see
Cause she'll walk along beside me up those golden stairs
Oh they'll never never take her love from me

WEDDING BELLS
(Claude Boone)
« © '49 Morley Music, ASCAP »
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing now for you and me
At home alone I hang my head in sorrow
Those wedding bells will never ring for me

TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART
(Fred Rose - Hy Heath) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
So take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
(Hank Williams)
« © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry you'll try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheating heart will tell on you
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