lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

SATISFIED MIND

(Red Hayes - Jack Rhodes)
« © '54 Fort Knox Music, BMI / Trio Music, BMI »
How many times have you heard someone say
If I had his money I could do things my way
But little they know that is so hard to find one rich man in ten with a satisfied mind
Once I was waiting in fortune and fame
Everything that I dreamed for to get a start in life's game
But suddenly it's happened I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind
[ steel ] Money can't buy back your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely or a love that's grown cold
The wealthiest person is a pauper at times compared to the man with a satisfied mind
When life has ended my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones I'll leave there's no doubt
But there's one thing for certain when it comes my time
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind
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2.

BORN TO LOSE

(Frankie Brown)
« © '43 Peer International, BMI »
Born to lose I've lived my life in vain every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue born to lose and now I'm losing you
Born to lose it seems so hard to bear how I long to always have you near
You've grown tired and now you say we're through born to lose and now I'm losing you
[ fiddle ] Born to lose my every hope is gone it's so hard to face an empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew born to lose and now I'm losing you
There's no use to dream of happiness all I see is only loneliness
All my life I've always been so blue born to lose and now I'm losing you
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3.

I CAN'T LIVE WITH YOU (I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU)

(Dale Parker)
« © '52 Unichappell Music, BMI »
I can't live with you and I can't live without you what in the world am I to do
When we're together it's a fight to the finish when we're apart I'm sad and blue
I wish I could make up my mind what there is left of it
If I hate to be with you my darling if I'd love it
Cause I can't live with you and I can't live without you what in the world am I to do
[ guitar - steel - piano ] I can't live with you and I can't live without you it may seem silly but it's true
Sometimes I trust you then again I doubt you what is the reason wish I knew
I wish I could make up my mind...
I wish I could make up my mind...
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4.

IVORY TOWER

(Jack Fulton - Louis Steele Roberts)
« © '56 Edwin H. Morris Co, ASCAP »
Come down come down from your ivory tower let love come in to your heart
Don't lock yourself in your ivory tower don't keep our souls far apart
I love you I love you are you too far above me to hear
Come down come down from your ivory tower you'll find true love has its charms
It's oh so cold in your ivory tower but warm so warm in my arms
[ guitar ] I love you I love you...
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5.

SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE

(Fred Rose - Ed G. Nelson)
« © '52 Milene Music, ASCAP »
Comb your hair and paint and powder you act proud and I'll act prouder
You sing loud and I'll sing louder tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You're my gal and I'm your feller dress up in your frock of yeller
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller settin' the woods on fire
We'll take in all the honky tonks tonight we're havin' fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance that never has been done
I don't care who thinks we're silly you'll be daffy and I'll be dilly
We'll order up two bowls of chili settin' the woods on fire
[ fiddle - steel - piano ] I'll gas up my hot rod stoker we'll get hotter than a poker
You'll be broke but I'll be broker tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
We'll sit close to one another up one street and down the other
We'll have us a time oh brother settin' the woods on fire
We'll put aside a little time to fix a flat or two
My tires and tubes are doin' fine but the air is showin' through
You clap hands and I'll start bowin' we'll do all the laws allowin'
Tomorrow I'll be right back plowin' settin' the woods on fire
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6.

I'M STEPPING OUT TONIGHT

(Gene Mooney)
« © '55 Budde Songs, BMI »
All week long I've had the blues it's about to get me down
This loneliness is just too much for anyone to be around
But tonight I'm a gonna have some I'm gonna drive it off of my mind
So you better watch out you pretty little girl I'm steppin' out tonight
I'm a steppin' out tonight
I'll get around and paint this town and see what I can find
Maybe I'll find a pretty little girl who'll give me the come-on sign
And if I do oh it's me cause I'm a gonna be a sight
So you better watch out you pretty little girl I'm steppin' out tonight
I'm a steppin' out tonight
[ fiddle ] To look at me you think I'd be another bashful guy
But I long for the chance to find romance and I just won't pass it by
When I hold their hand they'll understand we'll get along all right
So you better watch out you pretty little girl I'm steppin' out tonight
I'm a steppin' out tonight
I'll get around and paint this town...
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7.

COMPANY'S COMIN'

(Johnny Mullins)
« © '54 Budde Songs, BMI »
Oh mama I'm excited I'm almost out of breath
What I saw the light that made me run myself to death
I was on the mountain side when I looked down below
And glory be I thought I'd better come and let you know
We got company comin' company comin' we got company comin' up the road
They're down the road about a mile they'll be here in a little while
There's company comin' up the road
[ guitar ] Well Granny change your apron and Willie shine your shoes
Sally put your new dress on we got no time to lose
I'll go find a welcome mat and spread it out with cheer
I don't know yet just who they are can't pick 'em out from here
But we got company comin' company comin' we got company comin' up the road
They're comin' up the mountain side Susie don't you run and hide
There's company comin' up the road
[ fiddle ] We'll run out to the henhouse and wring a neck or two
We'll have chicken and dumplings and some yellow gravy too
Grandpa get your fiddle down they might want a tune
Everybody hurry cause them folks will be here soon
We got company comin' company comin' we got company comin' up the road
Let them all shout out aloud they'll be here in a minute now
There's company comin' down the road
[ harmonica ] Oh we got company comin' company comin' we got company comin' up the road
Let them all shout out aloud they'll be here in a minute now
There's company comin' down the road
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8.

I LIKE GIRLS

(Cy Coben)
« © '55 Delmore Music, ASCAP »
I like girls I like girls I like their ribbons and I like their curles
I like 'em cause they're soft and sweet I like to watch 'em on the street
I like their hair and when they wear that perfume on their clothes
Do I like girls oh I like girls and I don't care who knows
I used to hung and wish till I kissed a girl and vowed
Makin' love to them well that's my habit now
I like girls I like girls they're like diamonds they're like pearls
I like to date 'em every night I like to hug and squeeze 'em tight
When I press 'em in my arms they cuddle up and coo
Do I like girls do I like girls you'll bet your life I do
[ guitar - fiddle ] I like girls I like girls I like their ribbons and I like their curles
They're so sweet and they're so shy when they kiss me I could die
When they giggle and when they wiggle they thrill me with their charms
I like girls I like girls especially in my arms
When I was just a kid kissin' girls with sissy stuff
But now that I'm grown up I just can't get enough
Oh I like girls I like girls I like to give 'em all a whirl
Blondy redhead or brunet I like any kind they get
Sunday I will kiss 'em all that's part of my big plan
I like girls and the girls like me and I'm a lucky man
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9.

YOUR LOVE

(Porter Wagoner - Chet Atkins - Lew Williams)
« © '54 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Look in my eyes let me see your love give me your hand let me feel your love
With you in my arms your breath on my cheek and your kiss on my lips
Oooh I can feel your love
Whisper to me let me hear your love stay near to me let me feel your love
I don't know why guess I would die if I ever lost you
Oooh let me feel your love
[ steel ] Sometimes I'm weak a new thrill I seek must be the devil in me
Please understand let me feel your love
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10.

AS LONG AS I'M DREAMING

(Vaughn Horton)
« © '57 Southern Music, ASCAP »
As long as I'm dreaming you'll be in my heart dear
As long as I'm dreaming you'll never grow old
I'll build you a castle at the end of the rainbow
And as long as I'm dreaming I'll fill it with gold
A tree full of bluebirds will wake you each morning
A garden of roses will gather that dew
I'm hoping and praying that I'll never stop dreaming
For as long as I'm dreaming I'll always have you
[ guitar ] A tree full of bluebirds...
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11.

MIDNIGHT

(Boudleaux Bryant - Chet Atkins)
« © '51 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Midnight I've spent another lonely day thinkin' of you
Midnight tomorrow is on its way empty and blue
I'm so lonely so lonely at midnight for you

Midnight oh what a lonely time to weep I ought to know
Midnight I should have been fast asleep hours ago
Still I'm crying I'm crying I'm crying cause I miss you so
[ guitar ] Midnight I lie in the bed and stare at nothing at all
Wondering wondering why you don't care wishing you'd call
Tears keep flowing like drops from the waterfall
Midnight I've spent another...
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12.

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
[ steel ] 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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