lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I'VE GOT YESTERDAY

(Kent Westberry - Merv Shiner) « © '72 Sawgrass Music, BMI »
I may not have your warm and tender lips to kiss goodnight
I may not have your gentle loving arms to hold me tight
But I've got something you and time can never take away
I've got yesterday I've got yesterday to remember you by

I may not feel the softness of you lyin' here with me
I may not know your love again except in memories
As long as I can dream of you I'll get through today
Cause I've got yesterday I've got yesterday to remember you by

I'll live yesterday forever that's what I'll have to do
Cause you took ev'rything from me except my love for you
You left me something to live for and I'm thankful I can say
I've got yesterday I've got yesterday to remember you by
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2.

DELTA DAWN

(Alex Harvey - Larry Collins) « © '72 April Music, ASCAP / U Catalog, ASCAP »
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a meetin' you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her baby
All the folks around Brownsville says she's crazy
Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand
Lookin' for a mysterious dark haired man

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
Then a man of low degree stood by her side
Promised her he'd take her for his bride

Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
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3.

IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER

(Ben Peters) « © '72 Pi-Gem Music »
It's a gonna take a little bit longer
For me to ever get you off of my mind
It's a gonna take a little bit longer
Cause I've been lovin' you a long long time

People try to tell me that it won't be long
Till I won't even miss you anymore
But I can tell there must be somethin' mighty wrong
Ev'ry day I want you even more

It's a gonna take a little bit longer...
[ guitar - steel ] They say this lonely feelin' it'll go away
But after all this time now it ain't gone
Every weaken moment every night and day
It just seems to keep on keepin' on

It's a gonna take a little bit longer...
Yes I've been lovin' you a long long time
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4.

YESTERDAY'S PROMISE

(Wayne Manning) « © '72 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Yesterday's promise got you ev'rything I had
You took all the best of me and now you call me bad
You made me careless with the pretty things you'd say
Now yesterday's promise has me cryin' today

Yesterday's promise made the fire within me burn
Today there's only bitter ashes ev'rywhere I turn
Tomorrow may be better when the hurt has gone away
But yesterday's promise has me cryin' today
[ steel ] Yesterday's promise made with just one thing in mind
But to a girl it sounds like love when it's love she hopes to find
Tomorrow I may find it when the hurt has gone away
But yesterday's promise has me cryin' today
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5.

I CAN STAND IT (AS LONG AS HE CAN)

(Mitchell Torok - Ramona Redd) « © '65 American Music »
I can stand it as long as he can
Cause I just don't need him anymore

He's got it in his mind his leavin's hurt me
That I'll sit and cry while he paints the town
All this time he's thinkin' that I need him
When really it's the other way around

I can stand it as long as he can
Cause I just don't need him anymore
[ steel ] I'll wait here by the phone a few nights longer
I'll give him ev'ry chance to save his heart
He's only out dancing with a new love
Just to keep from fallin' all apart

I can stand it as long as he can
Cause I just don't need him anymore
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6.

LESS THAN A LADY

(Naomi Martin - R.H. Bowen) « © '72 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
You love me like I've never known love before
You took me in to be your very own
With protection and tenderness behind your door
Then all at once your need for me was gone

And there's nothin' in this world to compare with loneliness
It's driven me into a state of mind
That makes me feel somethin' less than a lady
And oh Lord I don't wanna be that kind
[ guitar + steel ] Until you I'd never known real desire
Now my hungry heart grows hungrier with time
And somebody else's tender touch might start a fire
That could make a lady step across the line

And there's nothing in this world...
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7.

HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.

(Donna Fargo) « © '72 67 Embassy Music, BMI / Algee Music, BMI »
Shine on me sunshine walk with me world
It's a skip-a-dee-doo-dah day
I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA

Good mornin' mornin' hello sunshine wake up sleepy head
Why'd we move that bojungle clock so far away from the bed
Just one more minute that's why we moved it one more hug or two
Do you love wakin' up next to me as much as I love wakin' up next to you

You make the coffee I'll make the bed I'll fix your lunch and you fix mine
Now tell me the truth do these ole shoes look funny honey it's almost nine
Now you be careful gotta go I love you have a beautiful day
And kiss the happiest girl in the whole USA

Skip-a-dee-doo-dah thank you Lord for makin' him for me
And thank you for lettin' life turn out the way I always thought it could be
There once was a time when I could not imagine how it would feel to say
I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA

Shine on me sunshine walk with me world
It's a skip-a-dee-doo-dah day
I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA
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8.

DON'T LET OUR SWEET LOVE DIE

(Bobby Wright - Wayne Manning) « © '72 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
I never thought when I've cheated on you
That my conscience would hurt so bad I'd cried
The thought of losin' you chills the life blood in my heart
Forgive me don't let our sweet love die

Don't let our sweet love die
Let's keep on making all our plans together
To lose your love would torture me forever
Oh darlin' forgive me don't let our sweet love die
[ guitar + steel ] My mind began to wonder and the devil led me on
I should have known I couldn't live a lie
I'd give all I own if you would forgive
Oh darlin' forgive me don't let our sweet love die

Don't let our sweet love die...
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9.

FUNNY FACE

(Donna Fargo) « © '67 Embassy Music, BMI / Algee Music, BMI »
Funny face I love you funny face I need you
My whole world's wrapped up in you

When the road I walk seems all up hill
And the colors in my rainbow turn blue
You kiss the tears away you smile at me
And say funny face (funny face) I love you

Funny face I love you funny face I need you
These are the sweetest words I've ever heard
Funny face don't leave me funny face believe me
My whole world's wrapped up in you

And when I hurt your feelings as I sometimes do
And I say those mean things that we know are not true
You forgive my childish way
You hold me close and say funny face (funny face) I love you

Funny face I love you funny face I need you...
Funny face I love you funny face I need you...
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10.

IT WAS WAITING TO HAPPEN

(Cindy Walker) « © '72 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
It was waiting to happen the love I dreamed of in the gloom
It was waiting to happen like a lovely rose that waits to bloom
When you held me and kissed me I found the love that was true
It was waiting to happen and it happened when I found you

I'm confessing there were others whose arms have held me tight
There were temporary lovers who eased my lonely nights
But I never gave my heart away for I knew there must be
Love my heart had always hungered for waiting somewhere for me

It was waiting to happen the love I dreamed of in the gloom...
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11.

I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU

(Don Gibson) « © '58 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I can't stop lovin' you so I made up my mind
To live in memory of ole lonesome times
I can't stop wanting you it's useless to say
So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday

Those happy hours that we once knew
Though long ago still make me blue
They say that time heals a broken heart
But time has stood still since we've been apart

I can't stop loving you so I made up my mind...
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