lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LIFE RIDES THE TRAIN

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '74 Porter Music, BMI »
Time waits for no one time never will
But moments of happiness can make time seem still
But time moves on swiftly passes life by
While life rides the train time always flies
Life rides the train for some it moves slow
Some never find where their train of life will go
If it's bound to hell or to heaven on high
And while life rides the train time always flies
[ guitar ] As life rides the train some get off the track
For one careless moment but never get back
Until it's much too late time has passed them by
So while life rides the train time always flies
Life rides the train...
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2.

FREIDA

(Dolly Parton)
« © '74 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Mother Tree shake loose the leaves and the wind spins them around
How beautiful the leaves they are yellow red and brown
Me and Frieda stop to watch the dancing colored leaves
We frolic in the autumn win and sleep beneath the trees
We're awakened by the touch of raindrops on our skin
As we laugh and talk about the places that we've been
And talk of plans to places that we have yet to see
Me loving Freida and Freida loving me
Free to be just what we are free to go or stay
Free to be together or go our seperate ways
Free to say just what we think and do just like we please
Me loving Freida and Freida loving me
[ steel ] Me and Frieda grew up in the county orphan's home
Just misplaced little children with no family of our own
And as we grew we grew to understand each other's needs
Me loving Freida and Freida loving me
Now Father Time has led us to another time and place
Where we have witnessed Mother Nature's beauty face to face
Home is in our hearts and we just follow where it leads
Me loving Freida and Freida loving me
Free to be just what we are...
Me loving Freida and Freida loving me
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3.

HIGHWAY HEADIN' SOUTH

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '74 Porter Music, BMI »
On a highway headed south somewhere to Dixie
Where the cotton blooms in spring and snow don't fly
I'm gonna rest these chilly bones in southern sunshine
And live where the weather's warm until I die

North Dakota you've got my better years Montana you've got five years of my life
But your subzero wind will never touch me again
Southern folks can't live on snow and ice
On a highway headed south...

When I cross the Dixie line I'll throw away my coat
And my goods down underwear will have to go
I'll never live again where the weather chills you to the bone
I'm tired of livin' like an Eskimo
On a highway headed south...
On a highway headed south...
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4.

LONELYVILLE

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '74 Porter Music, BMI »
Well I'm movin' from the bright lights of the city
To a place where the sun don't shine and it never will
A town where no one knows the population I'm movin' to a place called Lonelyville
The street lights there are black as the bottom of a coalmine
And the faces you see there will make you chill
The dark and lonely sidewalks of that city are waitin' now for me in Lonelyville
[ steel ] This town's changed a lot since my love left here
Her love left my world so cold and still
So I'm movin' to a place where no one knows me
A dark and lonely place called Lonelyville
And the street lights there...
They're waitin' now for me in Lonelyville
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5.

LAST CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '74 Porter Music, BMI »
Could you walk away and leave a man that's drowning
And let the swirling water take his life
And not even try to rescue him in his last chance of living
Can you take your love from me knowing I could not survive
You're my last chance for happiness
You're the only thing that stands between me and loneliness
You're the only reason now that I exist you're my last chance for happiness
[ fiddle ] You're my last chance...
You're my last chance for happiness
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6.

NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '74 Porter Music, BMI »
What a beautiful morning the sun shining bright
As I look from the window with tears in my eyes
The eastern horizon just gave birth to the light
But it's raining in my world and not a cloud in the sky
When you were my shelter and the clouds would appear
You'd hold me close and the sky would soon clear
Now the tiny world I live in without you by my side
The raindrops are falling but not a cloud in the sky
Oh how the sun glistens on my tears falling down
What a lonely feeling since you're not around
Only the echoes of your last goodbye
Keeps the rain a falling but not a cloud in the sky
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7.

HOLDING LONELY HANDS

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '74 Porter Music, BMI »
Sitting in a dimlit room alone wondering where the one I love has gone
And what I've done to bring an end to all our hopes and plans
While my mind keeps holding mem'ries I'm holding lonely hands
As I hold these lonely hands of mine that once held you so tight
And my thoughts of you with someone new holding you tonight
My mind must stop these thoughts of you my heart don't understand
It keeps holding to the love we knew while I'm holding lonely hands
[ piano + steel ] These trembling lonely hands of mine...
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8.

OLD MEMORY GETS IN MY EYES

(Bill Owens)
« © '74 Combine Music, BMI »
Like someone drowning I reach for a stroll
Grasping for love where there's no love at all
Slowly I'm sinking as time drags by and sometimes an old memory gets in my eyes
I struggle for strenght to face the dawn
And I'm freezing to death without you to keep me warm
I hold an arm full of nothing close to my side
And sometimes an old memory gets in my eyes
Sometimes an old memory gets in my eyes
And when it does it's hard to keep my eyes dry
Don't think you see tears for I never cry
But sometimes an old memory gets in my eyes
Yes sometimes an old memory gets in my eyes
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9.

LONELY WITHOUT YOU

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '74 Porter Music, BMI »
My life's not the same without you girl good times now for me are mighty few
The blues treat me at each evening's sundown lonely lonely lonely without you
Darkness falls around me like a blanket as I search my mind and I wonder what to do
Lonely sure is lonely with no loving my world sure is lonely without you
[ guitar ] Your leavin' turn the lights off in my world girl
Your picture in my mind calls out your name
Only you can stop this lonely feeling lonely without you to ease the pain
Darkness falls around me...
Lonely lonely lonely without you
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10.

I'LL START TOMORROW

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '74 Porter Music, BMI »
I know that it's not healthy to think of you this way
And hunger for your love from day to day
For the love you gave was never meant to bring me any sorrow
And I know I must forget you but I think I'll start tomorrow
First thing tomorrow I must start to stop all my thoughts of you
But tonight I'll think of all the love you gave
Oh this one last night I'll think of your sweet loving that I'll borrow
For I know I must forget you but I think I'll start tomorrow
[ steel - fiddle ] First thing tomorrow...
Yes I know I must forget you but I think I'll start tomorrow
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