lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

FEVER

(John Davenport - Eddie Cooley) « © '60 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
Never know how much I love you never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me I get a fever that's so hard to bear

You give me fever when you kiss me fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning fever all through the night

Sun lights up the daytime moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name because I know you're gonna treat me right

You give me fever when you kiss me...

Everybody's got the fever that is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing fever started long ago

Romeo loved Juliet Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her he said Juliet baby you're my flame

You give us fever when we're kissin' fever with the flaming youth
Fever I'm on fire fever you have burnt for soothe

Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him she said daddy oh don't you dare

He gives me fever with his kisses fever when he holds me tight
Fever I'm his Mrs daddy won't you treat him right

Now you listened to my story and here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever bring it fahrenheit or seantigrade

We give you fever when you kiss them fever when you live your life
Fever till you sizzle what a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn what a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
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2.

CRYING IN THE RAIN

(Howard Greenfield - Carole King) « © '61 Screen Gems Music, BMI / Careers Music, BMI »
I'll never let you see the way my broken heart is hurtin' me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide all my sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain

If you wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you
Though the heartaches remain I'll do my crying in the rain

Raindrops falling from heaven could never wash away my misery
But since we're not together I look for stormy weather
To hide the tears I hope you'll never see

Someday when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool but till then darling you'll never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
[ guitar - dobro ] Raindrops falling from heaven...
Someday when my crying's done...
I'll do my crying in the rain I'll do my crying in the rain
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3.

LAY DOWN SALLY

(Eric Clapton - Marcy Levy - George Terry) « © '77 Unichappell Music, BMI »
There is nothing that is wrong
In wanting you to stay here with me
I know you've got somewhere to go
But won't you make yourself at home and stay with me
And don't you ever leave

Lay down Sally and rest you in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to
Lay down Sally no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you
[ mandolin ] The sun ain't nearly on the rise
And we still got the moon and stars above
Underneath the velvet skies
Love is all that matters won't you stay with me
And don't you ever leave

Lay down Sally and rest you in my arms...
[ mandolin - guitar ] I long to see the morning light
Coloring your face so dreamily
So don't you go and say goodbye
You can lay your worries down and stay with me
And don't you ever leave

Lay down Sally and rest you in my arms...
Lay down Sally and rest you in my arms...
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4.

MY RIFLE MY PONY AND ME

(Paul F. Webster - Dimitri Tiomkin) « © '58 WB Music, ASCAP »
The sun is sinking in the west the cattle go down to the stream
The redwing settle in their nest it's time for a cowboy to sing

Purple light in the canyon that’s where I long to be
With my three good companions just my rifle my pony and me

Whiporwill in the willow sings a sweet melody
Ridin’ to Amarillo just my rifle my pony and me
[ harmonica ] No more cows to be ropin' nor more strays will I see
Round the bend she'll be waitin' for my rifle my pony and me
For my rifle my pony and me
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5.

I'LL BE THERE (IF YOU EVER WANT ME)

(Ray Price - Rusty Gabbard) « © '60 Ernest Tubb Music, BMI »
There ain't no chains strong enough to hold me
Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
Never have seen a river that's too wide
There ain't no jail tight enough to lock me
Ain't no man big enough to stop me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side

So love me if you ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road too rough to ride
There ain't no chains strong enough to hold me
Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side
[ fiddle - steel ]
There ain't no rope strong enough to bind me
Look for me honey you will find me
Any old time you're ready with your charms
And I'll be there ready and a waitin' there won't be any hesitation
I'll be right there if you ever want me in your arms

So love me if you ever gonna love me...
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6.

REASON TO BELIEVE

(Tim Hardin) « © '67 Alley Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI / Allen Stanton Productions, BMI »
If I listened long enough to you
I'd find the way to believe it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight faced while I cried
Still I'd looked to find the reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give and never think of myself

If I'd gave time to change my mind
I'd find the way and I'd leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied straight faced while I cried
Still I looked to find the reason to believe
[ mandolin ] Someone like you makes it hard...
If I'd gave time to change my mind...
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7.

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

(Joe South) « © '68 Sony/ATV Songs, BMI »
Oh the games people play now every night and every day now
Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean
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 da da 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
And 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
[ guitar ] 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...

Well took around and tell me what you see what's happened to you and me
God grand me the serenity to 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 da da da

Lotten da la da da da...
Lotten da la da da da...
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8.

IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND

(Gordon Lightfoot) « © '69 Early Morning Music, SESAC »
If you could read my mind love what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free as long as I'm a ghost you can't see

If I could read your mind love what a tale your thoughts could be
Just like a paperback novel the kind the drug stores sell
Then you reached the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me but heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take

I'd walk away like a movie star who gets burned in a three way script enter No 2
A movie queen to play the scene of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love let's be real
I never thought I could act this way and I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back

If you could read my mind love what a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong with chains upon my feet
The story always ends
And if you read between the lines you'd know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way and I've got to say That I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back
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9.

PEACE TRAIN

(Cat Stevens) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I've been happy lately thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be something good has begun

Oh I've been smiling lately dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be someday it's going to come

Cause out on the edge of darkness there rides a peace train
Peace train take this country come take me home again

Peace train sounding louder ride on the peace train
Oh oh oh come on peace train
Peace train holy roller everyone jump upon peace train
Oh oh oh come on peace train

Get your bags together go bring all your good friends too
Because it's gettin' nerarer soon it will be with you

Now come and join the living it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer soon it will all be true

I've been crying lately thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating why can't we love to live

Peace train sounding louder...
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10.

LONG BLACK VEIL

(Marijohn Wilkin - Danny Dill) « © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
A man was killed neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

The judge said son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die
Well I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me

The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd shed not a tear
But sometimes at night oh when the cold wind moans
She comes to my grave and she cries o'er my bones

She walks these hills in a long black veil...
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11.

LETTER

(Wayne C. Thompson) « © '69 Budde Songs, BMI »
Give me a ticket for an airplane
I ain't got a time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone I'm a goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money that I gotta spend
I got to get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone I'm a goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter

Well she wrote me a letter said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen Mister can't you see I've got to get back to my baby once more
Anyway hey

Give me a ticket for an airplane...
[ guitar ] Well she wrote me a letter said she couldn't live...
Give me a ticket for an airplane...
My baby just wrote me a letter
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12.

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND

(Carole King) « © '70 Colgems Music, ASCAP »
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand
And nothing oh nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter spring summer or fall all you've got to do is call
And I'll be there yes I will
You've got a friend

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door

You just call out my name...

Oh ain't it good to know that you've got a friend people can be so cold
They'll hurt you desert you they'll take your soul if you let them
So don't you let them

You just call out my name...
Mhm you've got a friend
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13.

PRETEND

(Lew Douglas - Cliff Parman - Frank LaVere) « © '56 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Pretend you're happy when you're blue it isn't very hard to do
And you'll find happiness without an end whenever you pretend
Remember anyone can dream and nothing's bad as it may seem
The little things you haven't got could be a lot if you'd pretend

You'll find a love you can share one you can call all your own
Just close your eyes she'll be there you'll never be alone
And if you'll sing this melody you'll be pretending just like me
The world is mine it can be yours my friend so why don't you pretend
[ piano ] You'll find a love you can share...
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