lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

TAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF

(Bill LaBounty - Steve O'Brien) « © '98 Careers Music, BMI / Steve O'Brien Music, BMI »
There's two hundred people pushin' up daisies
In the graveyard out back of the old Baptist church
There were some schemers some sinners and dreamers
And not one died wishin' they spent more time at work

Take it easy on yourself the world will keep turning without any help
I love you better than anyone else take it easy on yourself

Leave all the old tears the good times and lost years
The guilt and the heartache right where they are
I got no hard lesson just love without question
So right now just lay down in these open arms

Take it easy on yourself...

Unhook your burden let it all free
Sometimes life's harder than it ought to be
[ piano ] I got no hard lessons just love without question
So right now just lay down in these open arms

Take it easy on yourself...
Take it easy on yourself
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2.

HER PERFECT MEMORY

(Doug Johnson - Pat Bunch) « © '98 Longitude Music, BMI / Hendershot Music, BMI /
Songs Of Universal, BMI / Syndey Erin Music, BMI »
I remember how we struggled when we first started out
She recalls we had it all not what we did without
I think back on those hard times she remembers only love
But who am I to say that's not exactly how it was

That's how she remembers it she was the lucky one
Just take a look at both of us and you tell me who won
If she thinks I hung the stars if that's what she believes
Then who am I to tamper with her perfect memory

You ought to hear her tell the kids how mom and daddy met
It always amazes me the things that she forgets
Somehow she gets it turned around but it's still my favorite part
How mommy looked in daddy's eyes and I stole away her heart

That's how she remembers it...
If I made all her dreams come true as far as she can see
Who am I to tamper with her perfect memory
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3.

ELISE

(Graham Lyle - Tom McGuiness) « © '98 Irving Music, BMI / Notting Hill Music, BMI »
Sittin' in the barroom orderin' another beer
She stepped up on the stage but nobody wanted to hear
And every word she sang was sweet music to my ears

Elise Elise I believe every word you say
Elise Elise I believe every word you say
It don't matter if the world don't listen don't you pay no heed
Elise Elise come and sing your song with me

I sat there at the bar she sang the blues all night
Singing straight from the heart living every line
I wanna tell you girl you touched this heart of mine
Elise Elise I believe every word you say
Elise Elise I believe every word you say

End of the night they turned the lights down low
While the band packed up she was standing there ready to go
I walked up and said hey I just want to let you know

Elise Elise I believe every word you say...
Elise Elise come and sing your song with me
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4.

RIDE ON

(Doug Johnson) « © '98 Syndey Erin Music, BMI »
Peggy Sue rode away last night on a rocking horse
Straight into the pale moonlight make believe of course
But what's a little girl of eight supposed to do when she's up so late
She can't sleep cause it sounds like hate
Coming from her momma and daddy's room
Ride on ride on out to where it don't hurt no more
Ride on come on back to how it was before
Your mama cried and your daddy cussed all they ever seem to do is fuss ride on

Tommy Lee's got a space machine he keeps it ready on the launching pad
Cause there've been times that he has seen an alien invade his dad
So he heads out for the stars past the moon and straight to Mars
But what about the invisible scars
That come in a bottle that his daddy brings home
Ride on ride on out to where it don't hurt no more
Ride on come on back to how it was before
Your mama left and your daddy changed
You don't even know who's to blame so ride on

Some people just lose control some people hit overload
Some people act like some people they never thought they'd be
So why can't we all see
The only antidote the only way to cope the only true hope is love
So everybody won't youRide on ride on out to where it don't hurt no more
Ride on come on back to how it was before
Go ahead and test your faith there's still a lot of hope it's never too late
To ride on the wings of love ride on
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5.

SOMETHING BOUT YOU

(Kevin Welch) « © '92 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
I don't want nobody I'm better off alone
I'm sworn to independence my heart is made of stone
But you're breaking on through oh there's somethin' bout you
I've been tapping my toes to the way you talk
And I've been singing along to the way you walk
I've got to do somethin' bout you

Well I've got this place of mine it's nice and quite and I like it fine
I work real hard got no time for you
But I've whiskied up my coffee cup sittin' here tryin' not to call you up
It's gettin' to where I don't know what to do
Oh there's somethin' bout you
[ guitar ] Something about you like distant thunder and I can't say I ain't been warned
But there's no shelter to crawl under ever gonna save me from this storm
Oh there's somethin' bout you I can't shake
There's somethin' 'bout you that's been keeping me awake
The whole night through oh there's somethin' bout you

Well I've got this life of mine it's nice and quite and I like it fine
I work real hard got no time for you
But I've whiskied up my coffee cup sittin' here tryin' not to call you up
It's gettin' to where I don't know what to do
Oh there's somethin' bout you babe somethin' bout you
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6.

CRACKER JACK DIAMOND

(Ronnie Scaife - Neil Trasher) « © '98 Virgin Timber Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Well he spent that summer walkin' door to door
With a can of gas and an old lawn mower
That's a sure fire way to make a buck when you're fourteen
Well he made a block with no luck at all
Then he spotted a place where the weeds were tall
With a young girl sittin' on the porch eatin' ice cream
Deep in the pocket of his grass stained jeans
Was some caramel corn and a plastic ring
Leftover from the week before mama didn't wash them thank the lord

Just like a Cracker Jack Diamond you never know when your gonna find one
They found love from that day on
The hand of fate put them together their hearts will stay forever young
Like a Cracker Jack Diamond

Well it's been five years since he gave her his prize
Now the sparkle's gone but not in their eyes
And he's wantin' to tell her what's been on his mind lately
He said girl I ain't rich but I've been saving up
A little ever day till I had enough
Before he finished he said you know I will baby
Deep in the pocket of his holy jeans
Was money for the preacher and a diamond ring
He took her back to that old front porch
Slipped it on her finger and he thanked the Lord

Just like a Cracker Jack Diamond...
[ steel ] Now once a year she takes it out but it won't fit her hand
But she wears it in her heart cause that's where it all began

Just like a Cracker Jack Diamond...
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7.

FROM NOW ON

(Don Schlitz - Gary Burr) « © '98 New Don Songs, ASCAP /New Hayes Music, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
Everybody comes with baggage places and poeple before
You don't know what all you're gettin' when love walks through your door
Through your door
I've had some hills and some valleys you've done some traveling too
You can tell by the dents and the scratches our hearts aren't exactly brand new

From now on is all that counts from now on is all that matters
That's what living's all about from different roads we find each other
You're the only love I want from now on

I'm thankful for the ones before me I'm grateful that they didn't stay
We can't do a thing about it and it's made us who we are today

From now on is all that counts...
From now on is all that counts...
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8.

PANCHO

(Dave Hanner) « © '98 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Pancho don't you like me no more Pancho to me our friendship means more
Pancho please forget what I said cause Pancho we're headin' towards our end

I remember the first time when you came to town
Speaking in Spanish making the rounds
When you first saw me your face was agrin and you called me the Cisco Kid

Pancho don't you like me no more...
I said someday you'll be happy with me Pancho

I remember the good times when you loved me so
I gave you my hat and wore your sombrero
And all of the times you saved me from death oh Pancho you were the best
I had a black horse you had a grey my horse was faster but yours did okay
When it came to chasin' rustlers we'd always win
Cause we were Pancho and the Cisco Kid
Oh Pancho we're headin' towards our end
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9.

HANDFUL OF DUST

(Tony Arata) « © '94 April Music, ASCAP / Morgan Active Songs, ASCAP »
Handfuls of dust handfuls of dust true love makes perfect these handfuls of dust
Well break us down by our elements and you might think he failed
We're not copper for one penny or even iron for one nail
And a dollar would be plenty to buy twenty of us
Until true love is added to these handfuls of dust

A handful of dust handful of dust sums up the richest and poorest of us
True love makes priceless the worthless whenever it is added to these handfuls of dust

However small though our worth may be when shared between two hearts
Is ever more than it would ever be measured on its own apart
And our half what it could be is now twice what it was
When true love is added to these handfuls of dust

A handful of dust handful of dust...
A handful of dust handful of dust...
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10.

HARRY AND JOE

(Len Handler - A.J. Gundell) « © '98 Ensign Music, BMI / Smokin Gundell Songs, BMI »
Harry and Joe move south with their wives enjoying the golden years of their lives
But life doesn't always give back what it owes suddenly there was just Harry and Joe
Now Joe'd been a teacher gentle and calm Harry a teamster with a fuse like a bomb
Thrown in together by life's crazy whims that pepper and salt like their unshaven chins

Harry and Joe lean to and fro they lean on each other wherever they go
Two lonely fighters doin' all that they know to get through each day Harry and Joe

Harry and Joe cheatin' at cards in a Florida apartment that smells like cigars
They brag about grand kids and the wives they love so
In the late afternoons of Harry and Joe

Harry and Joe lean to and fro...

An ambulance siren from across the backyard
Joe looks at Harry and deals out the cards
Harry and Joe lean to and fro like they lean on each other wherever they go
What tomorrow may deal them there's no way to know
So they'll get through today Harry and Joe
They get through each day Harry and Joe
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11.

HOW DID YOU DO IT

(Bob Corbin - Dave Hanner) « © '98 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
You don't seem to be doing all that bad in fact you look good
You don't seem to be feeling all that sad like I thought maybe you would

How how did you do it how did you let it go
How how did you do it I need to know

Now you've got friends to help you when you're sad
There's even someone you've been seeing
Now I know there's nothing wrong with that in fact it's a good thing

How how did you do it...

One last question before you go if you're really over you and me
How did you get there I need to know cause that's where I'd like to be

How how did you do it...
Oh how how did you do it I need to know
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12.

I SING FOR JOY

(Gary Burr - Doug Johnson - Don Williams) « © '98 Sydney Erin Music, BMI »
When I was younger the hunger came callin'
And humbly I answered each rising and fallin'
I will not surrender at this wiser and tender age I turn the page

And I sing for Joy for the smile that it brings
From the heart through these guitar strings
It was only noise till her love put a song
In the soul of this good ole boy I sing for Joy

When I was lonely my angel found me
She sweetly and gently wrapped her arms around me
And the demons that chased me gave up and faded away now I can say

And I sing for Joy...
[ piano ] Who could come nearer to making life clearer
The time we're together grows dearer and dearer
When I must travel and I have to leave her alone she's in my song

And I sing for Joy...
Cause her love put a song in the soul of this good ole boy I sing for Joy
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