THE LAST LOVE SONG
(MGM SE-4936)
January/1974
Produced by Jim Vienneau
1.
LAST LOVE SONG
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '73 Bocephus Music, BMI »
I know it's over cause I don't keep you satisfied anymore
But before you move along let me sing you the last love song
Tomorrow when I'll wake what will take the place
Of smiles on your face and black hair against white lace
And I wonder if I'll be thinking of our early morning love
All the sweet things that you'd say that's brighten up my darkest day
And tomorrow night what do use the chest to take the place of your breast
Breast against my chest oh how I'll miss your tenderness but there's no use to cryin'
Cause love's a grown up game a little pleasure then a lot of pain
First we call each other bad names then what we have was never quite the same
I wish I could find eyes that won't cry lips that won't lie and love that won't die
Hmm hmm hmm hm and a love that won't die
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2.
NIGHTTIME AND MY BABY
(Norro Wilson - Carmol Taylor - Joe Stampley)
« © '73 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
Well I work like a dog eight hours a day you know I'm nearly dead
When I stop by a bar on my way home and loosen up my head
Lord knows this is a hard life sometimes it'll drive a man crazy
And there ain't no pleasure in this life for me but the nighttime and my baby
Well I'd love to ride all over town in a brand new Cadillac
But on the money that I'm makin' it'll never be like that
But money don't buy everything
Like tender love that I always got at home just a waitin'
And the only pleasure in this life for me is the nighttime and my baby
When I get home she's always got good lovin' saved up for me
Her warm sweet lips will make me forget all of my misery
With her arms wrapped around me all through the long long night
I wake up in the morning feeling right mighty right
Start back to that old job again with the boss standin' over me
Sayin' hurry up you gotta do your work that's the way it's gonna be
Ten hours just keep on draggin' Lord don't you know that this life of mine ain't easy
But I wanna thank you for sendin' me the nighttime and my baby
Yeah I wanna thank you very much for sendin' me the nighttime and my baby
Oh I don't know bout makin' a nap if it wadn't for the nighttime and my baby
I believe I'd lose my mind if I didn't have the nighttime and my baby
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3.
GRANDPA SHEPHARD
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '73 Bocephus Music, BMI »
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4.
DAY DREAMS
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '73 Bocephus Music, BMI »
When we first met I had a funny feeling
That there was something very special about you
I've had a dream girl pictured in my mind and when I saw you my dreams came true
Now instead of day dreams my life's filled with love scenes
And I used to hate the night but now you may get all right
Your sweet softness keeps me so satisfied
And you turn day dreams into the real thing this time
[ guitar - steel ]
You've been walking through my dreams but now you're in my arms
And it's the real thing kissing warm lips and tasting all your charms
Now there's the beating of your heart pressed close to mine
And you turn day dreams into the real thing this time this time
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5.
I KNOW IT'S NOT BEEN EASY LOVING ME
(Carmol Taylor)
« © '73 Algee Music, BMI »
I know how much you worry when I stay out late at night
But you always smile and kiss me just like everything's all right
With cruel words I've made you cry and hurt you constantly
And I know it's not been easy loving me
Cause I've shamed you and I've blamed you but you never let it change you
And through it all you've never once been untrue
And I'm glad you're my lady and thanks for staying with me
Cause I know it's not been easy loving me
[ steel ]
Through all your lonely heartaches you love me just the same
And looking back I see how wrong I was and I'm ashamed
But like an angel you forgave a man too blind to see
And I know it's not been easy loving me yes I know it's not been easy loving me
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6.
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA
(Tony Joe White)
« © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
Hoverin' by my suitcase tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
A heavy rain a fallin' seems I hear your voice a callin' it's all right
On this rainy night in Georgia a rainy night in Georgia
I believe it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a flashin' taxicabs and buses passin' through the night
The distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain onto the night
On this rainy night in Georgia such a rainy night in Georgia
I think it's rainin' all over the world
How many times I have wondered but it always comes out the same
No matter how I look at it'll think about it
It's just like some of its pleasures some of its pain
[ piano ]
I find me a place in a boxcar so I take out my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest and then I'm all right
But it's still a rainy night in Georgia it's a rainy night in Georgia
I believe it must be rainin' all over this world all over the world rainy night in Georgia
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7.
TOO SOON TO THINK OF LOVE AGAIN
(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '73 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Love without devotion is just loneliness in motion just the way to pass away some time
A fire without an ember leaves nothing to remember
And it sure won't burn her mem'ry from my mind
Cause it's much too soon for me to think of love again
For my heart's still living in another time
I'm still walking through the pieces of a world that's fallin' in
And it's much too soon to think of love again
[ piano ]
They say that time erases fills all the empty places
And heals the wounds inside a broken mind
But my heart's too full of sorrow to even think about tomorrow
Cause I've looked upon forever my last time
So it's much too soon...
Yes it's much too soon to think of love again
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8.
I'M SORRY FOR YOU MY FRIEND
(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You've known so long that you were wrong but still you had your way
You told her lies and alibies and hurt her more each day
But now your conscience bothers you you've reached your journey's end
You're asking me for sympathy well I'm sorry for you my friend
You laughed inside each time she cried you tried to make her blue
She tugged along through right and wrong because she worshipped you
You know that you're the one to blame there's no use to pretend
Today's the day you start to pay I'm sorry for you my friend
[ steel ]
Today as she walked arm in arm at someone else's side
It made you stop and realize that time has turned the tide
You should have known you'd be alone cause cheaters never win
You tried and lost now pay the cost I'm sorry for you my friend
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9.
COUNTRY MUSIC IN MY SOUL
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '73 Bocephus Music, BMI »
Wake up in the morning light another day's behind me
But again tonight you're sure gonna find me on another stage in another town
Singin' country songs some I wrote of my own and I'm mighty proud
That I got country music in my soul
I've played all fifty states and every kinda place since I was eight years old
I like singin' in a microphone lookin' in the crowd
Poppin' over town that'd daddy be proud
That I got country country music down in my soul
Eat in them truckstops and kissin' pretty girls sign a lotta autographs that's my world
Some say I'm brave some put me down
Some even call me hillbilly but that's kinda silly cause I live downtown
But I got country music in my soul
I was raised on bluegrass and lowdown blues and fifty-sixty rock'n roll
I'll try to pick and sing my way into the Hall of Fame
Baby they'll write Becephus down by daddy's name
Cause I got country country music down in my soul
I may be dead and gone fore it happens to me
But if it ever does I hope they'll all agree
That I had country country music down in my soul (yodel)
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10.
MEN WITH BROKEN HEARTS
(Hank Williams)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You'll meet many just ike me upon life's busy street
With the shoulders stooped and heads bowed down and eyes that stare in defeat
We're souls that wander in the past and sorrow plays all parts
Cause a living death is all that's left for men with broken hearts
You have no right to be the judge it's easy to criticize and condemn
But just think for grace of God it might be you instead of him
One careless step or a thoughtless deed and that's when misery starts
And to those who weep death comes cheap if you're a man with a broken heart
Oh so humble you should be when they come passin' by
For it's written that the greatest of men they don't get too big to cry
They just lose faith in love and life when sorrow shoots her darts
And when hope's all gone you're all alone if you're a man with a broken heart
Now you've never walked in that man's shoes or saw this life through his eyes
Or stood and watched with helpless hands while the weary heart inside you cries
Some were coffers some were kings some were masters of the arts
But in their shame they're all the same these men with broken hearts
Life sometimes can be so cruel that you'll pray for death
God why must these living dead know pain with every breath
So help your brother along the road no matter where you start
For the God that made you made them too these men with broken hearts
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