I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO CRY
(MGM SE-4774)
July/1971
Produced by Jim Vienneau
1.
I'VE GOT A RIGHT TO CRY
(Joe Liggins)
« © '71 Nanohits, BMI »
I've got a right to cry I've got a right to cry
All day I sing the blues I'm in my lonely shoes
Could you be so unkind I nearly lost my mind
I wonder if you care my life is a sad affair
My heart is aching and it's breaking
And I don't know what to do sweetheart it's all because of you
You know you've done done me wrong come on back home where you belong
And in this reason why I've got a right to cry
Yeah my heart is aching...
I've got a right to cry
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2.
ANOTHER PLACE ANOTHER TIME
(Jerry Chesnut)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
One by one they're turning out the lights
Lord I've been feedin' out that jukebox just to get to hold you tight
Guess it's for the best I just put in my last dime
Heard you whisper we meet me again another place another time
The chairs are stacked all on the table and it's closing time they say
I could wait my here forever if they'd only let me stay
Anywhere would be much better than that lonely room of mine
And the sleepless nights are waitin' for another place another time
Won't that room of mine be a lonely place to be
After I've been holding you oh so close to me
And won't that old stairway be a little hard to climb
To my lonely room to wait for another place another time
And won't that old stairway...
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3.
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL
(Eddie Noack)
« © '71 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
I'm off to work with no kiss of goodbye I wear a smile on my face but I lie
Cup of coffee at the corner cafe catch the bus readin' new on my way
Go through motions to whole morning cool start a day in the life of a fool
Sometimes I dial out number in hopes you'll return
But there's never any answer I guess I'll never learn
Hurry home after my work is through check the mailbox no letter from you
Then I rush up the stairs to my mem'ries of you that's a day in the life of a fool
Yes I rush up the stairs to my mem'ries of you that's a day in the life of this fool
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4.
I'VE GOT MY FUTURE ON ICE
(Jerry Crutchfield - Edria Humphrey)
« © '69 Dixie Jane Music, BMI »
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5.
HAPPY KIND OF SADNESS
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '71 Bocephus Music, BMI »
It's a happy kind of sadness when I think of you
And a lonely kind of togetherness when your company's the blues
Now all you love has ended as you left me for someone new
It's a happy kind of sadness when I think of you
Well you're happy when you think of all the good times and the sweet love you had
But you're sad when you want her and she's not there
It's a happy kind of sadness when her love turns cold
Oh I laughed and made jokes about it but there's one joke that I ain't told
Oh how I cried all the nights long if that's so funny why am I so blue
It's a happy kind of sadness when I think of you
[ steel ]
Well you're happy...
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6.
AFTER ALL THEY USED TO BELONG TO ME
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '71 Bocephus Music, BMI »
I guess I'll get a cab and go by in my house today
No I can't visit her or my son I'm supposed to stay away
But it won't hurt to bring back old memories
Cause after all they used to all belong to me
Now there's our car the one that I'm still payin' for
And in the front yard Lord I see my little boy
And there's his mother I hope she's doing fine
Oh Lord I'd give anything if they were all still mine
But they're not and I'm the one to blame
I should have known I'd never win when I played that cheating game
This other man holds my life and my son calls him daddy tonight
But how can I complain cause after all they used to all belong to me
How can I complain cause after all they used to all belong to me
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7.
I ALMOST LOST MY MIND
(Ivory Joe Hunter)
« © '49 Unichappell Music, BMI »
When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
Lord my head is in a spin since she left me behind
I went to see a gypsy and I had my fortune read
Yeah I went to see a gypsy I had my fortune read
But Lord I hung my head in sorrow when she said what she said
[ steel ]
Now I can tell you people the news was not so good
Yes I can tell you people the news was not so good
She said your baby has quit you this time she's gone for good
She said your baby has quit you and this time she's gone for good
I almost lost my mind
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8.
I CAN'T BE MYSELF
(Merle Haggard)
« © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's the way of mine to say just what I'm thinking
And to do the things I really want to do
And you want to change the part of me I'm proud of
So I can't be myself when I'm with you
Oh you never like the clothes I wear on Sunday
Just because I don't believe the way you do
But I believe the Lord knows I'm unhappy
Cause I can't be myself when I'm with you
No I can't be myself and be what pleases you
And down deep inside I don't believe that you want me to
And it's not my way to take so long deciding
That I can't be myself when I'm with you
No it's not my way...
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9.
I'M SO AFRAID OF LOSING YOU AGAIN
(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Sometimes I want to throw my arms around you
Then I tremble at the thought of giving in
Because I know how much it cost to love you and I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you revives the sorrow that wakes me up and tells me I can't win
I'd love to wake up in your arms tomorrow but I'm so afraid of losing you again
[ steel ]
If heaven were to hear my heart's confession wanting you would be my greatest sin
But I'm glad that you're no longer my possession
Cause I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you...
Yes I'm so afraid of losing you again
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10.
END OF A BAD DAY
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '71 Bocephus Music, BMI »
I'm out of money I'm out of friends and my six-packs are all gone
All the couples I've been watching dance now they've all gone home
Yes the barroom is all quiet except for fools who stay
And I'm glad it's finally come the end of a bad day
Well it's still hard to believe that you've left so suddenly
Well I just thought that you were kiddin' when you told me you're gonna leave
But truer words were never spoken than when you said I'm going away
And I'm glad it's finally come the end of a bad day
Lord I wish that old jukebox would be playin' those sad sad songs
Cause tonight I'm just a guy to sit right here and sing along
I'm cryin' tears of my own sympathy but through them I still say
Lord I'm glad it's finally come the end of a bad day
Lord I'm glad it's finally come the end of a bad day
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