MY OWN WAY
(MGM SE-4428)
April/1967
Produced by Jim Vienneau
1.
I'M IN NO CONDITION
(Dolly Parton)
« © '67 Combine Music, BMI »
Don't look at me with love in your eyes
Go look for someone that can make it worth while
I'm hurtin' from the love affair I didn't want to end
I'm in no condition to try to love again
Don't smile at me because it's no use I don't have a smile that I can give to you
Someday I might look you up but let me be till then
I'm in no condition to try to love again
I'm in no condition to try to love again
The girl I love just broke my heart and it must have time to mend
She gave me the breeze now she's gone with the wind
I'm in no condition to try to love again
[ ac.guitar ]
I'm in no condition to try to love again...
I'm in no condition to try to love again
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2.
JUST ANOTHER TOWN
(Harlan Howard)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
This is just another town that I painted
You're just another girl that were not too well equated
I'm a drifter at this time and we parted oh but why am I so heavy hearted
It's just another town on the highway
Just like a thousand others I passed her goin' my way
I just came to say goodbye why do I wanna cry after all it's just another town
That's just another door why can't I open it and go
If I told you what's in my heart I'm sure that you'd say no
It's just another town that won't miss me
You're just another girl that was kind enough to kiss me
My mind says walk away why does my heart say stay
After all it's just another town after all it's just another town
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3.
THAT'S HOW I WANTED IT TO BE
(Chip Taylor - Al Gordoni)
« © '66 Blackwood Music, BMI »
I thought I'd like to leave the black side of life for a while
To live alone and have some fun
So I told her to take the kids and go back to her ma
That's how I wanted it to be and I felt satisfied it was over and done
I wake up every morning make myself a cup of jay
Down to the factory that's where I spend my pay
Five o'clock the whistle blows and that leaves the evening free
That's how I wanted it to be
Well it didn't take me long to find out just how much I missed her
So I wrote and told her to take the kids and come on back home
Cause I was ready to settle down now
Well you see I just got her letter today
And it seems she's found someone she can depend on
That's how I wanted it to be she ain't coming home no more
I wake up every morning...
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4.
MOODS OF MARY
(Jack Clement - Allen Reynolds)
« © '63 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
She speaks with the voice of an angel she smiles a heavenly smile
Soft as the warm winds of April and pure as the heart of a child
But that's just one of the moods of Mary one of her faces that I see
I know about the moods of Mary cause one of her moods is me
Mary will lie and deceive me she can be fickle and cold
She'll offer her lips just to tease me and then give me heartaches untold
But that's just one of the moods of Mary part of her personality
I don't mind the moods of Mary when Mary's in the mood for me
Mary can change like the seasons she can be tender and kind
Then she hurts me without any reason and drives me out of my mind
But I can live with the moods of Mary if that's the way it has to be
I forget the other moods of Mary when Mary's in the mood for me
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5.
I'M GONNA BREAK YOUR HEART
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Bocephus Music, BMI »
There's a time to laugh and there's a time to cry
There's a time to live and love but my love for you has died
I just don't want you anymore although you've done your part
I can love you out of sympathy I'm gonna break your heart
I always kinda like you dear and your cute little ways
But I never meant for you to fall in love with me this way
I should have never let you on and drag your love this far
I'm sorry dear don't waste your tears I'm gonna break your heart
The time to laugh is over and the time to cry has come
But we shared a lot of good times I've thought we had a lot of fun
I've stayed as long as I'm goin' to now I've just got to go
But darling before I do there's something I want you to know
I tried to make you happy dear I tried to do my part
But love just died go on and cry I'm gonna break your heart
But love just died go on and cry I'm gonna break your heart
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6.
WHAT A HECK OF A MESS
(Jerry Lee Lewis)
« © '65 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
Well it's over yes it's finished that's what they tell me
The judge just signed the papers at his desk
Well it's over and it's finished so they tell me but oh what a heck of a mess
There stands my daughter and my son she's just three he's only one
They don't seem to understand why mommy's standing with another man
Well it's over and it's finished guess I'll move to a new address
But oh what a heck of a mess
[ steel ]
There stands my daughter and my son...
But oh what a heck of a mess
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7.
I CAN'T TAKE IT NO LONGER
(Mack Vickery)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
No I can't take it no longer I'm goin' out of my mind
Baby since you been goner you know I cry all the time
I'm gonna crawl right back to you on my knees
Cryin' take me back please baby please please please
I can't take it no longer I got to be in your arms
You know it really is a wonder I ain't in the funny farm
Cause the sun ain't shinin' and it's nine eight degrees
But I'm shiverin' and shakin' and bout to freeze
I can't take it no longer I can't take it no longer
[ steel ]
I ain't gonna pay no attention to my pride
Cause without your sweet love I get to be tired
I can't take it no longer I'm goin' out of my mind
Baby since you been goner you know I cry all the time
I'm gonna crawl right back to you on my knees
Cryin' take me back please baby please please please
I can't take it no longer I can't take it no longer
I can't take it no longer I can't take it no longer
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8.
NOBODY'S CHILD
(Cy Coben - Mel Foree)
« © '58 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child I'm like a flower just growing wild
There's no mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child
I was slowly passin' an orphan's home one day
And stop there for a moment just to watch the children play
Alone a boy was standin' and when I asked him why
He turned his eyes that couldn't see and he began to cry
People come for children and take them for their own
But they all seem to pass me by and leave me all alone
I know they'd like to take me but when they see that I'm blind
They always take some other child and I'm left behind
I'm nobody's child...
No mother's arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry
Sometimes it gets so lonely here I wish I could die
I walk the streets of heaven where all the blinds can see
And just like for the other kids there'd be a home for me
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles nobody wants me I'm nobody's child
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9.
WAITIN' FOR MONEY FROM HOME
(Curly Putman - Red Lane - Bob Reinhardt)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I met an uptown girl that said she'd show me around
So we took my money and went out to do the town
But my money ran low so she don't come around no more
And I'm a walkin' and a wonderin' what I ever did come here for
Cause this rain is cold and I never been so alone
I'm walkin' in front of Western Union waitin' for money from home
I walked back and forth until my feet are sore
I checked my pockets for a hundred times or more
The clock on the courthouse just struck half past nine
And I hope I don't I have to stay here another night
Cause this rain is cold...
I wish I was that man walkin' down the street
Cause he lives here and he's got everything he needs
Oh I'm so hungry hungry as I can be
I wish that mama would hurry and send that money to me
Cause this rain is cold...
I'm walkin' in front of Western Union waitin' for money from home
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10.
NEXT BEST THING TO NOTHING
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Bocephus Music, BMI »
I got hands that are Roman I got fingers that are Russian
So I got me a little gal and she's the next best thing to nothin'
They say that she ain't pretty and they say that she ain't much
But when I go to work how she tingles at my touch
I don't want to mess around I don't want to have no fussin'
So I finally found me a gal and she's the next best thing to nothin'
I used to go out with the nice girls but man what a drag
Everytime I tried to kiss one it was like a game of tag
And fore I knew what happened they'd slap me across the car
I don't want that kind of lovin' on my face is much too hard
They stick their nose up in the air and give me a real good cussin'
Well I finally found me a gal and she's the next best thing to nothin'
I remember the very first time that we went out on a date
Before I could drive a mile she was on me like a rattlesnake
She was a bitin' on my ears and a pullin' at my hair
I said me and you baby we can really make a pair
Cause we don't wanna mess around we don't wanna have no fussin'
Well I finally found me a gal she's the next best thing to nothin'
[ steel ]
Well I remember the very first time...
Well I finally found me a gal and she's the next best thing to nothin'
Well I finally found me a gal and she's the next best thing to nothin'
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11.
KIOWA JONES
(Steve Karliski - Larry Kolber)
« © '67 Hastings Catalog, BMI »
Like the prairie breeze you go where you please ridin' trails that lead to nowhere
There's places to grow roots but your restless boots never seem to want to go there
Kiowa Jones Kiowa Jones
But no man can lead his life without a reason for his bein'
Your world's such drifter's world but there's another world that's more worth seein'
Kiowa Jones Kiowa Jones
[ whistle ]
But no man can lead his life...
Kiowa Jones Kiowa Jones
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