lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

(Curly Putman)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
And down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Yes they'll all come to meet me arms areached smiling sweetly
It's so good to touch the green green grass of home
The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me at these four grey walls that surround me
And I realize that I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's that sad old padre arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak
And again I'll touch the green green grass of home
They'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me neath the green green grass of home
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2.

OLE SLEW FOOT

(Howard Hausey - Eddie Manney)
« © '59 Little Hurry Music, BMI »
High on the mountain what do you see
Bear tracks bear tracks lookin' back at me
You better get your rifles boys before it's too late
The bear's got a little pig and headed through the gate
He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump
Doin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump
He never been caught and he ain't never been treed some folks say looks a lot like me
[ el.banjo ] I saved up my money and I bought me some bees
They started makin' honey way up in the trees
I chopped down the tree but my honey's all gone
Ole Slew Foot's done made himself at home
He's big around the middle...
[ fiddle ] Winter's comin' on and it's twenty below the river's froze over so where can he go
We'll chase him in the gully and we'll run him in the well
And shoot him at the bottom and we'll listen to him yell
He's big around the middle...
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3.

EAT DRINK AND BE MERRY (TOMORROW YOU'LL CRY)

(Celia Ferguson - Sandra Ferguson)
« © '54 Budde Songs, BMI »
Little heart you've been broken many times before
But the wound always heals no matter how sore
But this time is different and I can't tell you why
Eat drink and be merry tomorrow you'll cry
They say that time will erase all my sorrow
Well I guess since I've lost you I'll find out tomorrow
Be gay while she's with you don't break down and cry
Eat drink and be merry tomorrow you'll cry
[ ac.guitar ] A heart that is stricken with hate and with lies
Will soon be forsaken and left there to die
Well I guess that's what happened she said her goodbye
Eat drink and be merry tomorrow you'll cry
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4.

STRANGER'S STORY

(Pete Stamper)
« © '65 Warden Music, BMI »
Now listen to a story a stranger just told me of a love that he's not ashamed
He has her no longer but proud he once owned her
Though she shares another man's name
He told of the good times they had in the springtime before she was stolen away
He blamed her oh no none he said she was too young
To know her heart wanted to stay
Then he drank to her new love that it might be true love
A future so happy and bright
With his eyes growing misty as he drank down the whiskey
That was tellin' his story that night
Though he didn't know me he told all of the story
And not a word said without pride
Then he asked if I blamed her but oh when he named her
I wanted to run out and hide
How could I tell him the man that had dealt him his sorrow and sadness was me
So I left from the table while I was still able to hold back my own misery
A wonder comes to me maybe he knew me and told me just so I would cry
But without his knowing the tears were then flowing
For she had just told me goodbye
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5.

FALSE TRUE LOVE

(Ann Bybee)
« © '68 Warden Music, BMI »
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6.

YOU CAN'T MAKE A HEEL TOE THE MARK

(Ray Pennington - Don Reno)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You can't change the daylight to dark and you can't make a heel toe the mark
I warned you not to give your love to me I knew that I would only break your heart
I'm the kind you just can't ever change cause you can't make a heel toe the mark
You can't stop time from rollin' on you can't keep a man from goin' wrong
You can't change the daylight to dark and you can't make a heel toe the mark
[ el.banjo - fiddle ] A leopard can never change its spots the big tiger would never change its stripes
A hound dog would never change its bark and you can't make a heel toe the mark
You can't stop time...
No you can't make a heel toe the mark
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7.

MAN IN THE LITTLE WHITE SUIT

(Dallas Frazier)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Smokin' cigarettes bar the garden drinkin' coffee by the town
Slowly pullin' my hair out by the rules
Acting funny lookin' at the mirror making faces like a clown
Just sittin' here waitin' for the man in the little white suit

Everybody told me you would drive me crazy
And they said you'd had me barking like a hound
But a foolin' loving enough since to tisten now my barking is the gossip of the town
Smokin' cigarettes...
[ steel ] Just a crazy fool to believe the things you told me
I hate to say too foolish you know who
I'd sooner be the victim of a hanging then to be a fool I am because of you
Smokin' cigarettes...
Smokin' cigarettes...
Just sittin' here waitin' for the man in the little white suit
Just sittin' here waitin' for the man in the little white suit
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8.

KEEPER OF THE KEY

(Harlan Howard - Wynn Stewart - Lance Guyness - Kenny Devine)
« © '61 Vidor Publications, BMI »
You are the keeper of the key
You have gone and yet I'm still your prisoner
Although you're with your new love I'm not free
For you have placed a lock around my heart dear and you are the keeper of the key
Love locked inside like mine burns constantly oh darling please come back to me
We'll lock our hearts together for a lifetime and God will be the keeper of the key
[ steel ] Only you can break the chains that bind me you alone can end my misery
No one else can dry the tears that blind me for you are the keeper of the key
Love locked inside...
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9.

THEY LISTENED WHILE YOU SAID GOODBYE

(Harlan Howard)
« © '62 Vidor Publications, BMI »
(Listen listen listen they're saying goobye)
The birds stop their singing when I'm passing by
And even the flowers just stand there and cry
But they know the reason I have tears in my eyes
They listened while you said goodbye
The sun has stopped shining the moon hides its face
He promised so much now he hides in disgrace
I guess all creation was there last night they listened while you said goodbye
You say what you're seeking is over the hill that I'll find a new love but I never will
For you didn't know my whole world stood still and listened while you said goodbye
[ steel ] You say what you're seekin'...
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10.

I DREAMED I SAW AMERICA ON HER KNEES

(Johnny Mullins)
« © '68 Warden Music, BMI »
I dreamed I saw America on her knees
She knelt in prayer with humble outstretched hands
Last night I fell asleep sittin' in my favorite chair
I had read the evenin' paper news of trouble everywhere
Evil spread throughout the nation like a dark cloud overhead
Crime increasing faith descreasing people saying God is dead
Then I saw a great revival spreading like a mighty wind
From every city town and village starting first in the hearts of men
Every church bell started ringing every Christian took their stand
And people learnt to love each other
And the great and the small walked hand in hand
I dreamed I saw America on her knees
She knelt in prayer with humble outstretched hands
I dreamed that God in heaven heard her plea
And with tender love reached down and healed our land
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