CONWAY TWITTY
I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY
(Decca DL-75131)
June 30/1969
Produced by Owen Bradley
Recorded:
Nov 14/1968, Columbia Studio, Nashville (1,4)
Apr 28/1969, Columbia Studio, Nashville (2,3,5,6,7,8,11)
Apr 29/1969, Columbia Studio, Nashville (9,10)
1.
I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY
(L.E. White)
« © '68 Stringer Publishing, BMI »
I want you more than anything in the world
You mean more to me than any other girl
Now he's with you and things you do with him
We've done them for so long
I love you more today than he can from now on
I've kissed your tears away when you were sad
Held you close felt your warm love when you were glad
So no matter how much love he has for you or how long
I love you more today than he can from now on
We've already done the things he plans to do
So don't be surprised if late at night
I'm in your dreams with you
And if someday his love for you goes wrong
I love you more today than he can from now on
I love you more today than he can from now on
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2.
STAR SPANGLED HEAVEN
(Conway Twitty)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Over the battle fields of all the great wars since the beginning of time
Have walked perhaps the bravest heroes of them all
The men known simply by the soldiers as the Chaplain
And this is the story of but one of the many and many thousands
Who gave his life in the service of his God and his country
There's a star spangled heaven for every soldier boy
Who fights to keep our country clean and free
So soldier trust in Jesus let him fill your heart with joy
He'll stand by you throughout eternity
And although army chaplain who was stopped and bent with years
Was walkin' o'er the battle field his old eyes filled with tears
He was searching for the wounded to try to ease their pain
And for those he knew would never live to rise and fight again
For life for them was over their earthly cares were done
They had gone to meet their Saviour their battle had been won
And I couldn't help but notice as he went from place to place
That each soldier boy had died fighting with a smile upon his face
And I saw him kneel beside each one and slowly breathe the prayer
While the tears were streamin' down his face and the wind blew through his hair
And I could hear the big guns boomin' o'er the hill and not too far away
And as I turned to leave him that's when I heard him say
There's a star spangled...
Though days and month and even years have slowly drifted by
And all we have are the mem'ries of our boys who have to die
They're living with their Saviour beyond the crystal sea
In the Star Spangled Heaven throughout eternity
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3.
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
(Joe South)
« © '68 ATV Songs, BMI »
Oh the games people now every night and every day now
Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean
So they wile away the hours in their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine
Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee
Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play
Oh we make one another cry break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die that the other one's to blame
But neither one will ever give in so we gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been and it's a dirty rotten shame
Lotten da la da da da...
People walkin' up to ya singing glory hallelujah
And they're tryin' to sock it to ya in the name of the Lord
They're gonna teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate
And furthermore to hell with hate come on and get on board
Lotten da la da da da...
Look around and tell me what you see what's happened to you and me
God grand me the serenity to just remember who I am
Cause you've given up your sanity for your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity and you don't give a lot
Lotten da la da da da...
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4.
BOTTLE IN THE HAND (IS MUCH STRONGER THAN THE MAN)
(Ronal McCown)
« © '69 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
Will I ask my old buddy to call her on the phone
He'll say I'm working late again once more she'll be alone
But I'll sit here in this barroom just as long as I can
Cause the bottle in the hand is much stronger than the man
After all I've said and done she should leave me on the run
Cause I've hurt her just as much as I can
But I'll keep up my sinful living and she'll go on forgiving
She knows the bottle in the hand is much stronger than the man
[ steel ]
I'd go home if I was able cause that night life's gettin' old
Like the food on my table our love is growing cold
But she goes to bed each evening without her loving man
Because the bottle in the hand is much stronger than the man
After all I've said and done...
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5.
CRAZY ARMS
(Ralph Mooney - Chuck Seals)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI / Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
And the storm is brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
And my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
[ steel ]
So take back the treasured dreams I have for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach...
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6.
JOHNNY B. GOODE
(Chuck Berry)
« © '58 Arc Music, BMI »
Well down in Lousiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods neath the evergreens
There stands a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a little country boy named Johnny B Goode
He never ever learned to read or write so well
He could play a guitar just like a ringin' a bell
Go go go Johnny go go go Johnny go go
Go Johnny go go go Johnny go go Johnny B Goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
The engineer would see him sittin' in the shade
Strummin' through the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passin' by they would stop and say
My how that little country boy can play
Go go go Johnny go go...
[ guitar ]
Well his mama told him someday you will be a man
You will be the leader of a country band
The people gonna come from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun goes down
Maybe someday your name will be at lights
Sayin' Johnny B Goode tonight
Yeah go go go Johnny go go...
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7.
PROUD MARY
(John C. Fogerty)
« © '68 Jondora Music, BMI »
Left a good job in the city
A workin' for the man every night and day
And I never lost a minute of sleep
While worryin' bout the way things might have been
The big wheels keep on turnin' Proud Mary keeps on burnin'
Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Copped a lot of cane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
The big wheels keep on turnin'...
[ guitar - steel ]
If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna find the people who live
You don't have to worry if you have no money
People on the river are happy to give
The big wheels keep on turnin'...
Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
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8.
I'LL SHARE MY WORLD WITH YOU
(Ben Wilson)
« © '68 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
I'll share my world with you everything that I own
My earthly possessions there's no good if I'm alone
Let me bring you the sunshine when it's fresh with morning dew
Can't you see that I'm waiting to share my world with you
I'll share my world with you if you'll be mine alone
I'll give you a new heart you're the only one it's known
Let me give you my two arms they'll be happy if you do
Can't you see they are waiting to share my world with you
[ guitar ]
I'll share my world with you everything that you'll see
Divide all the memories one for you and one for me
Let me give you my two lips they'll be smiling if you do
Can't you see they are waiting to share my world with you
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9.
HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER
(Harlan Howard)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew I could hurt this way
Heartache number two was when you came back again
You came back but never meant to stay
I've got heartaches by the number troubles by the score
Every day you love me less each day I love you more
I've got heartaches by the number a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end
[ steel ]
Heartache number three was when you called me
You said you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door
I waited but you must lost your way
I've got heartaches by the number...
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10.
WORLD OF FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
(Loretta Lynn)
« © '63 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I live in the world world of forgotten people
Who've loved and lost their hearts so many times
I'm here in the world world of forgotten people
Where every heart is aching just like mine
Well I've loved and I've been loved but I had a reckless heart
And the many dreams I had I torn apart
Now I find I was wrong too late I'm all alone
Alone in a world of broken heart
I live in the world...
[ steel ]
I live in the world...
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11.
ONE FOR THE MONEY
(Conway Twitty)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
One for the money two for the show you've played your little game so cleverly
First you took my money then you made me go
You showed me up and made a fool of me
Not too long ago I still remember kisses warm and sweet and oh so tender
But like a boat of life that strikes an unconfected tree
That's just how quick you've made a fool of me
One for the money...
[ steel ]
Everybody told me what you were doing they all said that you would be my ruin
But like the tree that couldn't see the light that's flashin' down
I closed my ears and didn't hear a sound
One for the money...
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