lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MAMA TRIED

(Merle Haggard) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
First thing I remember knowin' was a lonesome whistle blowin'
And the youngest dream of growin' up to ride
On a freight train leavin' town not knowin' where I'm bound
And no one could change my mind but mama tried

One and only rebel child for my family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
Inspite of all my Sunday learnin' toward the bad I kept on turnin'
Till mama couldn't hold me anymore

I turned twenty one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right but mama tried mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame cause mama tried
[ dobro ] Dear old daddy rest his soul left my mama heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused
I turned twenty one in prison...
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2.

NEXT IN LINE

(Wayne Kemp - Curtis Wayne) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
See her there at the table watch her tare at the label
From the bottle that she's just drank dry
In her mind there's a burnin' it took a long time but she's learnin'
And just look at the teardrops she's cried

Everybody knows I love her but her mind is on another
And just look what he's done to her pride
And if she should change her mind give up the music and the wine
I'll be standing by to be the next in line

I know her favorite song so well and she's happy I can tell
Just as long as she can hear the jukebox play
So I'll keep playing it loud I'll spend every dime I have
To keep her happy in my own kind of way
Everybody knows I love her...
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3.

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

(Bobby Braddock - Curly Putman) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E
But the words we're hiding from him now tears the heart right out of me

Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
You and little J-O-E will be going away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Watch him smile he thinks it's Christmas or his fifth birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words then turn my head when I speak
Cause I can't spell away this hurt that's dripping down my cheeks
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E...
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4.

WITH PEN IN HAND

(Bobby Goldsboro) « © '68 Detail Music, BMI »
With pen in hand you signed your name
Today at five I'll be on that train
And you'll be free and I will be alone so alone
If you think we can't find the love we once knew
If you think I can make everything up to you
Then I'll be gone and you'll be on your own you'll be on your own
Can you take good care of Johnny
Can you take him to school everyday
Can you teach him how to catch a fish and keep all those bullys away
Hear what I say
Can you teach him how to whistle a tune
Can you tell him about the Man in the Moon
If you can do these things then maybe he won't miss me
Maybe he won't miss me
And tonight as you lay in that big lonely bed
Can you look at the pillow where I laid my head
And with your heart on fire will you have no desire to kiss me and to hold me
And if you can forget the good times we had
If you think that the good times don't outweigh the bad
Then sign your name and I'll be on my way I'll be on my way hmm hmm
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5.

US

(Mickey Jaco) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Please don't take you out of us

You took the happy out of happiness
You took the love out of loveliness
Take all these precious things from me if you must
But please don't take you out of us

You took the tender out of tenderness
You took the hope out of hopefulness
Take all these precious things from me if you must
But please don't take you out of us

Take everything away that's keeping me alive
And you can take away my memory I'll still survive

Take all the happiness that I've ever known
Take all the tenderness that you've ever shown
Take all these precious things from me if you must
But please don't take you out of us
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6.

I TOLD MY WORLD TO GO AWAY (AND SHE DID)

(Mickey Jaco) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I grew tired of the world that I was living in
I looked around and found another world to take me in
It was bright and new with skies of blue not like my skies of grey
And so I told my world to go away

This world's not big enough for both of us so one of us must go
My mem'ry burns with unkind words I said
This world's not big enough so one of us must break away and so
I told my world to go away and she did
[ steel ] What makes a man think that he can turn his world away
To wander through a world that's new and then return someday
To the one he knew was good and true the one he loved at home
I ask my world to take me back but she won't
This world's not big enough...
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7.

AIN'T IT SAD TO STAND AND WATCH LOVE DIE

(Mickey Jaco) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Unfaithful life I took her life in the twinklin' of an eye
And ain't it sad to stand and watch love die

I found her in the arms of my best friend
And I vowed she's never gonna hurtin' me again
And in a bitter anger I shoot them where they lied
And the last words she spoke God forgive me then she died
And ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
[ guitar ] The neighbors gathered round so they could see
Oh my God what have you done they started asking me
So I placed a gun up to my head and this was my reply
Neighbor ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Neighbor ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Oh ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
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8.

TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN

(Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And crying time for me had just begun
Today I started loving...
And today I started loving you again
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9.

FOLSOM PRISON BLUES

(Johnny Cash) « © '56 House Of Cash, BMI »
I hear the train a comin' it's rollin' round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a rollin' on down toward San Antone

When I was just a baby my mama told me son
Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns
Well I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
[ guitar ] Well I'll bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
I'll bet they're drinkin' coffeee and smokin' big cigars
I guess I had it comin' and I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin' and that's what tortures me

Well if they freed me from this prison if that railroad train was mine
I'll bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away
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10.

THINGS I LOST IN YOU

(Mickey Jaco) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's over I've known it for a long time
So I went out and found somebody new
She gave me the kind of love I wanted
And I found in her the things I lost in you

I loved you darling how I loved you
I still recall each tender memory
But there's one thing I guess I'll never understand
What made you turn and walk away from me

I thought it would last for a lifetime
I didn't think you'd ever prove untrue
Ah but it's over I found someone who really cares
And I found in her the things I lost in you
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11.

I'M CHECKING OUT

(Mickey Jaco) « © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Lately you've been actin' kinda stranger's true
Everybody knows there's been a change in you
You come home for a while and then you're gone again
Well I thought I'd better let you know just where I stand

I'm tired of bein' a loser in this game you play
You're gonna wish you'd been truer when I'm gone someday
You'll try to get me to come back but I won't make a deal
Well I thought I'd better let you know just how I feel

I feel like cryin' each night when I'm alone
I feel like dyin' each time you don't come home

But that's all over now I've learned a thing or two
I might just go out and find myself somebody new
And just in case you're wondering what it's all about
Well I thought I'd better let you know I'm checking out

I feel like cryin' each time you don't come home
I feel like dyin' at night when I'm alone

But that's all over now...
Just I thought I'd better let you know I'm checking out
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