MY SONGS
(MGM SE-4527)
December/1967
Produced by Jim Vienneau
1.
NO MEANING AND NO END
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I played tonight in Richmond a town I think is fine
Tomorrow night is Dallas a long way down the line
I played the towns through the winter and in the summer again
This story has no meaning this story has no end
I couldn't wait to be a big star to have fortune and fame
I couldn't wait to make the records so everyone would know my name
And when I finally made it I stopped and thought again
This story has no meaning this story has no end
But life it isn't easy on this hard lonesome road
For today the doctors told me I got six months to go
I never was a loser all I could do was win
I hope my story had a meaning for now it has an end
[ steel ]
I never was a loser...
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2.
THREE MILES TO RIGHT
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
It's three miles to right and four miles to wrong
I'm sittin' in this tavern I'm tryin' to soothe my mind
I'm smokin' up the ciagrettes and drinkin' down the wine
It's three miles down the road to my loving wife
But four miles down the road is where I'll spend the night
It's three miles to right and four miles to wrong
If I go home I'll just leave her alone for my love grows just four miles down the road
The only thing that I feel for my wife is sympathy
Cause four miles down the road is where my heart longs to be
She planted all the seeds of love but she wouldn't let them grow
So four miles down the road is where I'm bound to go
It's three miles to right...
It's three miles to right and four miles to wrong
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3.
I CAN'T DECIDE
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I can't decide my heart is in abide I can't decide but I know now's the time
I love you dear I won't leave you behind
But there's someone else I can get off my mind
Now I don't know what to do in this case all that I know is that I will have to pay
I'm not able to throw one's love aside I know I must but I can't decide
[ steel ]
I guess that there's only one thing to do
Just tell the judge my wife can't have both of you
How could I leave my daughter or my son behind I guess it's best I can't decide
I guess it's best I can't decide
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4.
I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING ABOUT YOU
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I've always loved you because you've been so true
You've always been so kind you've never made me blue
You're the girl of my dreams and I think it's time you see
That I can't live without you I wouldn't change a thing about you but your name
Don't answer too quick please think it over dear
I swear I'd love you forever and the year
You're the only love I've known I know we'd have a happy home
No I can't live without you I wouldn't change a thing about you but your name
I wouldn't change a thing about you but your name
And I can't wait until they're both the same
For your heart's so good and true to your pretty eyes of blue
No I can't live without you I wouldn't change a thing about you but your name
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5.
I AIN'T SHARIN' SHARON
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Every time I take you out on the town the boys look at you like they're dumb found
How can I blame them though you look so fine
But they're just gonna have to wait for their time
So stop starin' I ain't sharin' Sharon
Why it is everywhere we go out their mouths fall open up their eyes bug out
Droolin' like a kid for an ice cream cone but I got news they'd better leave you alone
So stop starin' I ain't sharin' Sharon
I ain't sharin' Sharon and I'll tell you why that little gal's the apple of my eye
Now you may think I'm strangy but one thing I know
I'm not gonna spill no sugar from my sugar bowl
I know they all like to get a chance at you
But they're a little late cause I've done come through
We'll be marryin' I ain't sharin' Sharon
[ guitar ]
I ain't sharin' Sharon...
We'll be marryin' I ain't sharin' Sharon
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6.
YOUR LOVE'S LIKE A STRANGER
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Like a lamp in the corner like a rug on the floor
I'm taking for granted like the waves to the shore
Though you say that it's over and you walk out the door
Your love's like a stranger I've never met before
But today you're as sweet as can be but tomorrow you won't even notice me
Now I'm goin' crazy my heart's all turned around
Your love's like an ocean I may swim or I may drown
But I'm gonna stop trying cause I can't take no more
Your love's like a stranger I've never met before
But today you're as sweet...
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7.
PRISON OF MEMORIES
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
My heart's a prison of mem'ries oh how I wish they would escape
My mind's a prison of mem'ries they're here to stay they'll never go away
My love for you was always true dear I told no lies or alibis to you
But now we're through dear
You found someone new so my prison turn starts soon
They're locked up tight the sentence was a life the mem'ries you left me with
I wish they'd leave but why should I grieve with mem'ries like these to relive
My heart's a prison of mem'ries...
[ steel ]
They're locked up tight...
My heart's a prison of mem'ries...
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8.
FUNNY FEELINGS
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Funny feelings how they thrill me funny feelings how they chill me
There's something I used to joke about now there's something I can't live without
And I think I'm falling in love with you
It used to be a game with me but now it's plain to see
It's not child's play it's gonna get you someday
Those funny feelings tear me apart and now they're reachin' into my heart
And I think I'm falling in love with you
[ steel ]
Funny feelings seems I'm needing your love all the time can't get you off my mind
The way you kiss the look in your eye sends me straight in paradise
And I think I'm falling in love with you
Funny feelings thry're so healing if you have a broken heart one has been torn apart
Funny feelings got me in a whirl and I know that you're the girl
I've gone and fell in love with you
Someday those funny feelings they're gonna get you too
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9.
WANDERING ASTRAY
(Hank Williams Jr.)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm going back back home real soon I'm gonna see that gal the one I love so true
I think about her in the loving ways you know it keeps me from wandering astray
When you've been gone for a month or two
It's hard to keep your mind and yourself to you
I'd like to roam all night and all day
But your sweet love keeps me from wandering astray
[ steel ]
If you got a good gal one that loves you true
Don't you play around or this'll happen to you
You'll walk the floor and you'll moan and say I wish I never had wandered astray
God don't get me wrong I was red blooded as you
But what take the chance of bein' alone and blue
When I get home I'd like to hear her say I love you dear I'll never wander astray
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10.
YOUNG MAN'S FANCY
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I knew a girl in Charleston twas back a long time ago
She was the one I'd searched for God knows I loved her so
Oh yes I loved her I loved only her
I was but a young man wild and full of fire
Just had turned eighteen filled with challenge and desire
I thought that she loved me I thought she loved only me
Then I had to leave Charleston but I left her with the ring
I told her we would marry when I came back in the spring
How happy we would be how happy we would be
When I got back to Charleston I couldn't wait to see
The girl I thought loved and cherished only me
She'd left with another man she'd left with another man
As I wandered round Charleston to myself I say
When I'll find out you darling you are going to pay
I found her in the town and there I'd beat her down I'd beat her down
I dragged her to the river and threw her body in
Oh Lord won't you forgive me for this greatest sin
Well now the hurt is gone and there's no use to go on loving her
Loving her loving her loving her loving her
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11.
HANGING MY TEARDROPS OUT TO DRY
(Hank Williams Jr)
« © '67 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry over you no longer will I cry
You hurt me and you lie too many times so I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry
I gave you everything I had dear but all I've got in return were these tears
You took all my love and my pride I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry
I'm gonna try to start over again but I really doubt that I can
There's nothing for me to do but forget about you my heart's had all it can stand
I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry over you no longer will I cry
You took all my love and my pride I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry
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