lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

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 walkin'
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'll 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 laughin' out with glee
At home alone 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
While the organ plays I 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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2.

MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE

(Hank Williams)
« © '49 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
[ mandolin ] 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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3.

LOST HIGHWAY

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

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies makes a life like mine
On the day we met I went astray
A started rollin' down that lost highway
[ guitar - fiddle - steel ] 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 to ramblin' round
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highway
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4.

WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE

(Hank Williams)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
What's the use to deny we've been livin' a lie
That we should have admited before
We were just victims of a half hearted love
So why should we try anymore

The vows that we make are only to break
We drift like a wave from the shore
The kisses we steal we know were not real
So why should we try anymore
[ fiddle ] The dreams that we knew can never come true
They're gone to return no more
False love like ours fades with the flowers
So why should we try anymore

Our story so old again has been told
On the past let's close the door
And smile don't regret but live and forget
There's no use to try anymore
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5.

LAST NIGHT I HEARD YOU CRYING IN YOUR SLEEP

(Hank Williams)
« © '47 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I know you tried your best to love me
You smiled when your heart told you to weep
You tried to pretend that you were happy
Last night I heard you cryin' in your sleep
[ steel ] You gave the best years of your life dear
And each precious vow you tried to keep
I love you so much I want you happy
Last night I heard you cryin' in your sleep
[ guitar ] Your heart is yearnin' for an old love
With new love it's useless to complete
It hurts me to know you are unhappy
Last night I heard you cryin' in your sleep
[ fiddle ] You know that you are free to go dear
And don't mind me if I start to weep
I know I can never make you happy
Cause last night I heard you cryin' in your sleep
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6.

BLUE LOVE (IN MY HEART)

(Floyd Jenkins)
« © '49 Milene Music, ASCAP »
I've got a blue love in my heart
What can I do love with my heart
It's got a burnin' yearnin' while we're apart
I've got a blue love in my heart

So blue the nights so blue the days
Why don't you write to me and say

You've got a true love in your heart
And I'll come thru love in your heart
And stop this burnin' yearnin' while we're apart
I've got a blue love in my heart

I've got an old flame in my heart
A solid gold flame in my heart
I'm like a weepin' willow while we're apart
I've got a blue love in my heart

What can I do where can I go
I never knew I loved you so

I've got a blue love in my heart
What can I do love with my heart
I'm like a weepin' willow while we're apart
I've got a blue love in my heart
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7.

MANSION ON THE HILL

(Hank Williams - Fred Rose)
« © '47 Intersong USA, ASCAP / Milene Music, ASCAP »
Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill
[ steel ] Do you recall when we parted
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
[ fiddle ] I've waited all through the years love
To give you a heart true and real
Cause I know you're livin' in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill

The light shines bright from your window
The trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
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8.

THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME

(Leon Payne)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one who's smilin' face the Gods would see
Cause she'll walk along beside me up to golden stairs
Oh they'll never never take her love from me

What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And see her love turn into sympathy
It's the one regret I'll carry with me to my grave
Oh they'll never never take her love from me
[ steel - fiddle ] I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else's arms may hold her now in fond caress
But they'll never never take her love from me

I thought I'd make her happy if I'd step aside
But I knew her love would never set me free
And even on the morning she became another's bride
I'll say they'll never never take her love from me
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9.

I'VE JUST TOLD MAMA GOODBYE

(Curly Kinsley - Slim Sweet)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Each year on Mother's Day
The rose I wore was red
But today I'm sayin' my first prayer
Mama's laying in her dying bed

I've just told mama goodbye
Mother's Day has turned to night
Like the flowers of May she withered away
And my red rose is turnin' white

This is the dreaded hour
We all must face some day
Yet there's consolation in my heart
She will bloom in the Master's bouquet

I've just told mama goodbye...

Her time has come to go
And there's nothin' I can do
Only hold her hand and say goodbye
Mama's day with her children is through

I've just told mama goodbye
And knelt beside her bed
I heard her say I'll meet you some day
Where the white roses turn to red
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10.

HOUSE WITHOUT LOVE (IS NOT A HOME)

(Hank Williams)
« © '49 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
For years we both have lived on pride dear
And we agree that love is gone
Why oh why do we keep trying
A house without love is not a home

The love light in your eyes has faded
And I'm contented just to roam
We slaved to gain a worthless treasure
A house without love is not a home
[ fiddle - steel - fiddle ] No matter where our footsteps wander
I know we'll both be all alone
With the pride that came between us
A house without love is not a home

The simple things have gone forever
We wanted wealth to call our own
And now we've reached the hour of parting
A house without love is not a home
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11.

SIX MORE MILES (TO THE GRAVEYARD)

(Hank Williams)
« © '47 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Oh the rain is slowly fallin'
And my heart is so sore
Six more miles and leave my darlin'
Never on this earth to meet no more

Six more miles to the graveyard
Six more miles long and sad
Six more miles and leave my darlin'
Leave the best friend I ever had
[ fiddle ] Oh I hear the train a comin'
Bringin' my darlin' back home
Six more miles to the graveyard
And I'll be left here all alone

Six more miles to the graveyard...
[ steel ] Six more miles to the graveyard...
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12.

SINGING WATERFALL

(Hank Williams)
« © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
There's a singin' waterfall in the mountains far away
That's where I long to be at the close of every day
That's where my sweetheart's sleepin' beneath the cold cold clay
And I often sit and wonder why the Lord took her away

We met there ev'ry evening as the sun was sinkin' low
And we listened to the water as it rippled soft and low
And since she's gone to heaven I miss hrt most of all
Tonight my darlin's sleepin' by the singin' waterfall

Last night as I lay dreamin' I heard my darlin' call
And then I went to meet her by the singin' waterfall
She took me in his arms just like she used to do
And then I heard her whisper we'll meet beayond the blue

We met there ev'ry evening as the sun was sinkin' low
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