lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

THEY'RE STEPPING ALL OVER MY HEART

(Shorty Long - Johnny Specca) « © '70 Need A Hit Music, BMI »
I may look old for my years and these wrinkles on my face
They were put there by my kids I love so dear
They won't listen to what I say and it's turning my hair gray
The kids grow older and hurt me more each year

When they were little they sat on my knee
I gave them all my love from the start
Now they're too big to sit on my knee
They're stepping all over my heart

They're my own flesh and blood so no matter what they do
I will love them in a mother's special way
I pray to God each day and night that my kids turn out right
These are heartaches ev'ry mother has to pay

When they were little they sat on my knee...
Oh yes they're stepping all over my heart
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2.

ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN

(Tom T. Hall) « © '68 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
One hundred children brave boys and girls
They come from nations all over the world
One hundred children marching along
One hundred children singin' their song

Don't blow up the world don't kill all the flowers
Today this is your world tomorrow it's ours
Leave us pure water and forest uncut
Think of tomorrow leave something for us

Your God may be dead but ours is alive
We think without him we cannot survive
Punish all the bad men praise all the good
Talk to your neighbors about brotherhood

One hundred children brave boys and girls...

This is the song I was singin' one night
While I was thinking of wrong and of right
I thought of good things that still could be done
The marchers now number one hundred and one

One hundred children brave boys and girls...
One hundred children brave boys and girls...
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3.

LAST ONE TO TOUCH ME

(Dolly Parton) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
If there ever was an angel then surely you must be one
If there ever was a perfect love when I look at you I see one
If there's heaven on earth then this must surely be
And I want you to be the last one to touch me

The last thing I remember before I go to sleep
Is the touch of your sweet lips softly kissing me
And I go to sleep a thinkin' how happy you make me
And I want you to be the last one to touch me

And when it's time to lay me down for my eternal sleep
Once more let your fingers softly touch my cheek
If I know that you have touched me then I can sleep in peace
I want you to be the last one to touch me
[ steel ] And when the night is over and time will be no more
They say that we shall meet again upon the golden shore
And so when I awaken from my eternal sleep
I want you to be the first one to touch me
I want you to be the first the last the only one to touch me
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4.

JESUS LOVED THE DEVIL OUT OF ME

(Eddie Pleasant) « © '71 Bocephus Music, BMI »
Jesus loved the devil out of me
Yes Jesus loved the devil out of me
When he took me by the hand ol' Satan just gave up and ran
Jesus loved the devil out of me

Life for me was filled with sin and shame
The devil had a plan to claim my name
But just before I crossed the eternal line
Jesus said no Satan this one's mine

Jesus loved the devil out of me...

No will to live my future looked so cold
The devil stood there waiting for my soul
But just before I walked into his arms
The king of kings my king of kings
Reached for my hand and saved me from all harm

Jesus loved the devil out of me...
Jesus loved the devil out of me...
Jesus loved the devil out of me...
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5.

WHERE IS MY CASTLE

(Dallas Frazier) « © '70 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
More than once I've cried because impatience let me down
I could see the gold before the gold was found
Ev'rytime I trusted love to lead me by the hand
It circled back and left me where I stand

Where is my castle where is my destiny
How much longer will I have to dream
Where is my sunshine where is my valley
Where is the love that's meant for me
[ guitar - steel ] The next time I cross over that old bridge I'm gonna stay
I don't care if the river washes it away
Cause I'm not gonna take one step until the day I find
A man with a faithful heart and a made-up mind

Where is my castle where is my destiny...
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6.

JUST A MEMORY

(Roy Botkin) « © '71 Need A Hit Music, BMI »
Here comes the reason I'm lonely
I just saw an ole mem'ry go by
Here comes what looks like a teardop
But it's just a memory that blew in my eyes

I could say that they're raindrops that are fallin'
But there's not a cloud in the sky
I could say that they're teardrops but I'm not crying
No it's just a memory that blew in my eye
[ steel ] I felt the wind of loneliness blowin'
The burning ember of ole mem'ries gone by
Then I felt what looked like a teardop
But it's just a memory that blew in my eyes

I could say that they're raindrops that are fallin'...
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7.

THAT AIN'T A WOMAN'S WAY

(Bill Anderson) « © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I sat alone at home all weekend waitin' for you to call
But the phone didn't ring and the door didn't knock and I sat there talkin' to the wall
Then today when you did come around it didn't mean nothin' to you
You say in your heart you know you love me and I oughta know it too

But that ain't a woman's way baby that ain't a woman's way
A woman has to know she's loved and needed ev'ry day
All you wanna do is tease me all you wanna do is play
Breakin' up makin' up stayin' all shaken up that ain't a woman's way
No that ain't a woman's way
[ guitar ] Just today I begged you please let's have a little talk about us
But you said no that you had to go and we ended up havin' a fuss
If I asked you to give me a ring you probably would on the phone
Sometimes I can't help but think I'd be better off alone

That ain't a woman's way baby that ain't a woman's way...
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8.

HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT

(Kris Kristofferson) « © '70 Combine Music, BMI »
Take the ribbon from my hair shake it loose and let it fall
Lay it soft against your skin like the shadows on the wall

Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light
All I'm takin' is your time help me make it through the night

I don't care what's right or wrong and I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow Lord tonight I need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone help me make it through the night
I don't want to be alone help me make it through the night
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9.

MIDNIGHT TILL DAWN

(Sylvia Tyson) « © '71 CMI America, ASCAP »
I work ev'ryday in a trucker's cafe and at night I serve drinks in a bar
I've nothin' to say to the men who drop by so that none of them get very far
You may think that it's money but that's not the reason that keeps me a laborin' on
Cause I'm workin' from mornin' till midnight and I'm weepin' from midnight till dawn

For once I was happy and full of the futures that only a young girl can plan
A lifetime of love all wrapped up in a bundle and placed in the hands of the man
But then he found another he told me he loved her he jumped in his rig and was gone
So I'm workin' from mornin' till midnight and I'm weepin' from midnight till dawn
[ guitar ] Oh life isn't easy and I'm nearly crazy just tryin' to keep myself stand
But how can I try when I know if I saw him I'd do it all over again
So I give all my love to my sweet little baby as only a poor mother can
And I'm workin' from mornin' till midnight and I'm weepin' from midnight till dawn
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10.

HUNDRED THOUSAND TIMES

(Cecil Null) « © '71 Regent Music, BMI »
I know I've said I love you a hundred thousand times

They say when you're away from love it makes the love grow stronger
But I don't know for sure if I can't stand it any longer
I want you more and more each day you're always on my mind
I know I've said I love you a hundred thousand times

I watch the flowers drink the rain to help them with their growin'
This is how I need your love to help me keep on goin'
I won't give up the hope I have that someday you'll be mine
I know I've said I love you a hundred thousand times
[ steel ] They say when you're away from love it makes the love grow stronger...
I know I've said I love you a hundred thousand times
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11.

TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN

(Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I've cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun

Cause today I started loving you again...
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