lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I WON'T BE HOME NO MORE

(Hank Williams) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well you're just in time to be too late I tried to but I couldn't wait
And now I've got another date so I won't be home no more
You're just in time to miss the boat so don't take off your hat and coat
Be on your way that's all she wrote cause I won't be home no more

I stood around a month or two and waited for your call
Now I'm too busy pitchin' woo so come around next fall
I stretched your name right off my slate and hung a sign on my front gate
You're just in time to be too late and I won't be home no more
[ guitar - piano - fiddle - steel ] Well you're just in time to turn around and drive your buggy back to town
You looked me up I turned you down and I won't be home no more
You're just in time to change your tune go tell your troubles to the moon
And call around next May or June cause I won't be home no more

I used to be the patient kind believed each alibi
But that's all done I've changed my mind I've got new fish to fry
Well you're just in time to celebrate the things you didn't calculate
You're just in time to be too late and I won't be home no more
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2.

LOVESICK BLUES

(Irving Mills - Cliff Friend) « © '49 Mills Music, ASCAP »
I got a feelin' called the blues oh Lord since my baby's said goodbye
Lord I don't know what I'll do all I do is sit and sigh oh Lord
That last long day she said goodbye well Lord I thought I would cry
She'll do me she'll do you she's got that kinda lovin'
Lord I love to hear her when she calls me sweet daddy
Such a beautiful dream I hate to think it all over I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you somehow well I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
And I'm lonesome I got the lovesick blues

Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal that's what's the matter with me
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal but she don't care about me
Lord I tried and tried to keep her satisfied but she just wouldn't stay
So now that she is leavin' this is all I can say

I got a feelin' called the blues...
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3.

MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE

(Hank Williams) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight I'm alone and oh so blue tonight
Like a piece of driftwood on the sea may you never be alone like me
[ piano ] I believed the lies you told to me when you whispered dear I worship Thee
Now here am I alone and blue all because I loved no one but you

I gave up my friends I left my home when you promised to be mine alone
Now you're gone our love could never be may you never be alone like me
[ fiddle ] In the Bible God's own words to say for every wrong someday you'll pay
I pray the Lord to set me free may you never be alone like me
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4.

MOVE IT ON OVER

(Hank Williams) « © '47 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Came in last night at a half past ten that baby of my she wouldn't let me in
So move it on over (move it on over) move it on over (move it on over)
Move over little dog cause the big dog's movin' in

She changed the lock on our front door now my door key don't fit no more
So get it on over (get it on over) scoot it on over (scoot it on over)
Scoot over skinny dog cause the fat dog's movin' in

This doghouse here is mighty small but it's better than no house at all
So ease it on over (move it on over) drag it on over (move it on over)
Move over old dog cause a new dog's movin' in
[ piano ] She told me not to play around but I done let her deal go down
So pack it on over (pack it on over) tote it on over (tote in on over)
Move over nice dog's cause a mad dog's movin' in

She warned me once she warned me twice but I don't take no one advice
So scratch it on over (scratch it on over) shake it on over (shake it over)
Move over short dog cause the tall dog's movin' in
[ steel ] She'll crawl back to me on her knees I'll be busy scratchin' please
So slide it on over (move it on over) sneak it on over (move it on over)
Move over good dog cause a mad dog's movin' in

Remember up before you whine that side of door ain't this side of mine
So shut it on over (shot it on over) sweep it on over (sweep it on over)
Move over cold dog cause the hot dog's movin' in
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5.

LOST HIGHWAY

(Leon Payne) « © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm a rolling stone all alone and lost
For a life of sin I have paid the cost
When I pass by all the people say
He's just another guy on the lost highway

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies make a life like mine
Oh the day we met I went astray
I started rolling down that lost highway
[ guitar - piano ] I was just a lad nearly twenty-two
Neither good nor bad just a kid like you
And now I'm lost too late to pray
Lord I've paid the cost on the lost highway

Now boys don't start your rambling round
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound
Take my advice or you curse the day
You started rolling down that lost highway
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6.

CRAZY HEART

(Fred Rose - Maurice Murray) « © '51 Milene Music, ASCAP »
You thought she'd cared for you and so you acted smart
Go on and break your crazy heart
You lived on promises I knew would fall apart
Go on and break your crazy heart

You never would admit you were mistaken
You didn't even know the chances you were taken
I knew you couldn't meant I've told you from the start
Go on and break your crazy heart
[ piano - guitar ] I knew you'll wake up and find her missin'
I tried my best to warn you but you wouldn't listen
You told me I was wrong you thought that you were smart
Go on and break your crazy heart
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7.

WEDDING BELLS

(Claude Boone) « © '49 Morley Music, ASCAP »
I have the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to see you change your name
I couldn't stand to see you wed another
But dear I hope you're happy just the same

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing now for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me

I planned a little cottage in the valley
I even bought a little band of gold
I thought someday I'd place it on your finger
But now the future looks so dark and cold

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
I hear the children laughing now with glee
Upon the lawn I hang my head in sorrow
Those wedding bells will never ring for me

I fancy that I see a bunch of roses
A blossom from an orange tree in your hair
And while the organ plays I'll love you truly
Please let me pretend that I am there

Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
Ever since the day you set me free
I knew someday that you would wed another
But wedding bells will never ring for me
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8.

HONKY TONK BLUES

(Hank Williams) « © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hey I left my home down on a rural route
I told my pa I'm goin' steppin' out
And get the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Hey the honky tonk blues (hey the honky tonk blues)
Hey Lord I've got 'em I got the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)

Hey I went to a dance I wore out my shoes
Woke up this morning wishing I could lose
That jumpin' honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Hey the honky tonk blues (hey the honky tonk blues)
Cause Lord I've got 'em I got the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
[ guitar ] Well I stopped into every place in town
This city life has really got me down
I got the honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues
Cause Lord I've got 'em I got the honky tonk blues

I'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
And scat right back to my pappy's farm
And leave these honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Yeah that honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)
Cause Lord I've got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
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9.

I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE

(Hank Williams - Jimmie Davis) « © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Peer International, BMI »
I was ridin' No 9 headin' south from Caroline
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
Got in trouble had to roam left my gal and left my home
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow

Just a kid actin' smart I went and broke my darling's heart
I guess I was too young to know
They took me off to Georgia Main locked me to a ball and chain
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
[ harmonica ] All alone I bear the shame I'm a number not a name
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
All I do is sit and cry when the evening train goes by
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow

I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell
And my hair turns whiter than snow
I'll never see that gal of mine Lord I'm in Georgia doing time
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
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10.

WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME

(Hank Williams) « © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well why don't you love me like you used to do
How come you treat me like a worn out shoe
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why don't you love me like you used to do

Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin' in a long long while
We don't get nearer or further or closer than a country mile
Why don't you spark me like you used to do
And say sweet nothings like you used to coo
I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through
So why don't you love me like you used to do
[ steel - piano - guitar ] Well why don't you be just like you used to be
How come you find so many faults with me
Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue
Why don't you love me like you used to do

Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin' in a long long while
We don't get nearer or further or closer than a country mile
Why don't you say the things you used to say
What makes you treat me like a piece of clay
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why don't you love me like you used to do
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11.

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS

(Hank Williams) « © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If the wife and I are fussin' brother that's our right
Cause me and that sweet woman's got a licence to fight
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
Cause if you mind your own business then you won't be mindin' mine

Oh the woman on our party line's a nosey thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
Well if you mind your own business then you won't be mindin' mine
[ harmonica ] I got a little gal that wears her hair up high
The boys all whistle when she walks by
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
Well if you mind your own business then you sure won't be mindin' mine
[ fiddle ] If I want to honky tonk around till two or three
Now brother that's my headache don't you worry bout me
Just mind your own business mind your own business
If you mind your own business then you won't be mindin' mine
[ piano ] Mindin' other people's business seems to be hightone
But I got all that I can do just midin' my own
Why don't you mind your own business (mind your own business)
Mind your own business (mind your own business)
If you mind your own business you'll stay busy all the time
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12.

I JUST DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN'

(Hank Williams) « © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I just don't like this kind of livin' I'm tired of doin' all the givin'
I give my all and sit and yearn and get no lovin' in return
And I just don't like this kind of livin'

Why do we stay together if we always fuss and fight
You ain't never done to be wrong and I ain't never been right
Tell me where you think we're goin' cause I ain't got no way of knowin'
When things go wrong you go your way you leave me here to pay and pay
And I just don't like this kind of livin'
[ steel - harmonica ] I just don't like the things you're doin' your evil heart will be your ruin
When things start runnin' smooth and free you haul right off and you pick on me
And I just don't like this way of livin'

They say the road of love is long it's rocky and it's rough
But if this road don't start to get smooth I've traveled it long enough
Why don't you act a little older and get that chip off of your shoulder
I told you once now I'll tell you twice you better start to treat me nice
Cause I just don't like this way of livin'
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