lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

FOGGY RIVER

(Fred Rose) « © '46 Milene Music, ASCAP »
Your love is colder than a foggy river flowing o'er a heart of stone
A mist of sorrow chills the foggy river everything I love is gone
Well I can't escape this broken heart of mine there's no freedom anymore
Well please heaven help me on this foggy river help me find the distant shore
[ guitar - piano ] Cause there's no tomorrow on this foggy river only mem'ries linger on
You left me stranded on this foggy river drifting helpless and alone
Well I always knew some day you'd let me down I've got troubles on my mind
Well I guess I'm stranded on this foggy river till I leave your love behind

Well I said till I leave your love behind
Well I just gotta I'm gonna leave your love behind
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2.

PLATINUM HIGH SCHOOL

(Conway Twitty) « © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
There's an island out in the sea
Just a waitin' for the guys like me
Oh on this island is a crazy school
And there's where I learned the golden rule
Twenty-one fellas and one little girl
She looks like just an angel with a platinum curle
Ooh wee oh me oh my
I guess that's why they called her platinum high

I saw her walkin' just a platinum high
Nearly lost my mind when she walked by
Oh I never met a gal looked like this before
That's why I found myself a knockin' on her door
I said what you're doin' home on a night like this
Come on my pretty baby give your daddy a kiss
Ooh wee oh me oh my
Kiss my baby on a platinum high
[ whistle ] Asked my cutie if she'd like to go
To the house at party or a movie show
She said big daddy I don't care what we'd do
It doesn't matter just as long as I'm with you
I stepped into her room and I closed the door
Sat on a TV set and I turned the lights down low
Ooh wee oh me oh my
Just me and my baby on a platinum high
[ whistle ] **********

3.

FALLEN STAR

(James Joiner) « © '57 Tree Publishing, BMI »
A star fell from heaven right into my arms
The brightest star I know I've never seen
Then I found out that it was only you and all your charms
Who came into my life to fill a dream

A fallen star that's what you are
The twinkle in your eye came from the sky
You must have fell from the Milky Way
A fallen star that's what you are

A fallen star that's what you are...
(A fallen star)
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4.

I'D STILL PLAY THE FOOL

(Ben Weisman - Edna Lewis) « © '60 Rise Music, ASCAP »
Though you told me lies and left when I cried
Took my trusting heart and tore it apart
I'd run back to you if you'd just say when
If I had it to do all over again

Though you gave your charms to so many arms
Loved me for a day then threw me away
I'd still play the fool to the winter end
If I had it to do all over again

It's the old old story of the moth and a flame
Though you've burned me darling I want you just the same
I'd still play the fool to the winter end
If I had it to do all over again

I'd still play the fool to the winter end
If I had it to do all over again
I'd still play the fool I'd still play the fool
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5.

MY HEART CRIES

(Fred Carter) « © '60 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Well my heart cries cries for you baby
It just cries and cries and I don't mean maybe
Well my heart sinks whenever you're near
But it just dies when you're not here
You'll never know know know know know how my heart cries

Ah you seem to think that it's so funny
But I'm not laughin' not one bit honey
I must have cried a million times
I just can't get you off of my mind
You'll never know know know know know how my heart cries
[ guitar ] A long long time we've been together
We thought that it would last forever
But something then went wrong
Because you left me all alone
You'll never know know know know know how my heart cries

Ah my heart cries it just cries and cries
Cries for you baby you'll never know
You'll never know know know
You'll never know you'll never know you'll never know
Ah my heart cries it just cries and cries
Cries for you baby you'll never know
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6.

THAT'S WHERE MY LOVIN' GOES

(Larry Kolber - Jack Keller) « © '60 Screen Gems Music, BMI »
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7.

LONG BLACK TRAIN

(Conway Twitty) « © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Looky yonder coming coming down that railroad track
I said looky yonder coming coming down that long railroad track
Well it's that long black train gonna bring my baby back

Well she loved me in the winter Lord I almost froze to death
She didn't even warm me she's a fact of frozen lips
My baby hit the road a running looking for that long black train
That long black train
Lord and I began to wonder will I see that girl again
If I see my girl again

Well I don't know why she left me but I do know that she's gone
But looky yonder coming Lord my baby's coming home
I said now looky yonder coming coming down that long railroad track
That long railroad track
Well it's that long black train gonna bring my baby back
Gonna bring my baby back
[ guitar ] Well ain't asking her no questions cause I don't care where she's been
And when I get that woman back she'll never leave again
I said now looky yonder coming coming down that long railroad track
That long railroad track
Well it's that long black train gonna bring my baby back
Gonna bring my baby back

Well I can see her black smoke rolling I can hear her whistle whine
She's just around the curve she's moving fast that line on down
I said now looky yonder coming coming down that long railroad track
That long railroad track
Yes it's that long black train gonna bring my baby back
Gonna bring my baby back
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8.

TREE IN THE MEADOW

(Billy Reid) « © '56 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP / Campbell-Connelly Music, ASCAP »
In the country lies a meadow in the meadow stands a tree
Neath tree flows a river but my fondest memory

Is the tree in the meadow with a stream drifting by
And carved upon that tree I see I'll love you till I die

I will always remember the love in your eyes
The day you carved upon that tree I'll love you till I die

And farther on down lovers' lane a silhouette I see
I know you're kissing someone else I wish that it were me

By the tree in the meadow my thoughts always lie
And wherever you go you'll always know I'll love you till I die
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9.

ABOVE AND BEYOND (THE CALL OF LOVE)

(Harlan Howard) « © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI / Jat Music, BMI »
Well I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And I'll never ever make you cry
Well I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love
And love is something that money can't buy

Well a poor boy's chances for pretty girl's glances are sometimes very few
Though I've got no money if you'll be my honey here's what I'll offer you

Well I'll give you love that's above...
[ sax ] We met by chance and I knew at a glance that I'd met my destiny
Now I want to carry you off and marry you if you will agree

To give me love that's above...
Cause baby true love is something that money can't buy
Don't you know my love is something that money can't buy
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10.

LIVE FAST LOVE HARD DIE YOUNG

(Joe Allison) « © '55 Central Songs, BMI »
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory

I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
Don't want slow walkin' or sad singin' let 'em have a jubilee
I wanna leave a lot of happy women a thinking pretty thoughts of me
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory

I got a hot-rod car and a brand new suit and I really do get around
I got a little black book and the gals look cute
And I know the name of every spot in town
I wanna find 'em fool 'em leave 'em and let 'em do the same to me
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
[ guitar - strings ] I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
Well I'm a wampus cat let me grab my hat and baby come along with me
We're gonna do some fancy stepping we're really goin' on a spree
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory

Now you may not approve of the things I do but it really don't bother me
But don't ever think you can tie me down I'm gonna stay footloose and fancy free
So jump back make tracks move out and let them pretty gals at me
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
Baby I'm gonna give you one more chance
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11.

MAN ALONE

(Conway Twitty) « © '60 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My baby's gone I know not where
This loneliness is hard to bear
These tears I cry are all in vain
I ain't never gonna see her face again

Some other guy had got my gal and gone
I don't know why she done me wrong
I only know I can't go on
I can hang around this town too long

Will I make it alright well I don't know
Nowhere to stay no place to go
I gotta leave this town far far behind
I gotta try to ease my troubled mind

This road I walk is a taking me
Away from all my misery
And if I ever ever reach the end
I ain't never gonna walk this road again

Will I make it alright well I don't know...
Well, this road I walk is a taking me...

Well a man alone oh that's me
Well a man alone is misery
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12.

I CAN HEAR MY HEART BREAK

(Harlan Howard) « © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm surrounded by silence tormented by dreams
Tortured by sweet words that you didn't mean
It's the stillness it's the silence that I can hardly take
For I can hear I can hear my heart break

Now these arms are mighty lonesome guess they're missing you
And I have to admit it honey I miss you too
I sit here in the silence half asleep half awake
And I can hear I can hear my heart break
[ guitar ] Empty days without number lonely nights I can't bear
That old world's gone right on by me who's to know who's to care
I keep listening for your footsteps little sound you used to make
And I can hear I can hear my heart break
My heart break
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