COUNTRY GIRL
(RCA Victor LSP-4004)
August/1968
Produced by Chet Atkins
Recorded:
1968, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
COUNTRY GIRL
(Red Lane - Dottie West)
« © '68 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I was born a country girl I will die a country girl
My world is made of blue sky and sunshine
Green fields and butterfilies I'm so glad
I'm a country girl
Birds sing good morning country girl
And I sleep to the sounds of the whippoorwills
My day is made with puppies and kittens
Meadows and daisies I'm so glad
I'm a country girl
Running over hills playing in the woods free breezes blowing
Honey bees a swarming blackbirds a flying wonder where they're going
Picking stick-me-tights off my gingham dress darkness is falling
Fire wood to carry eggs to gather in supper's ready mama's calling
I was born a country girl and I will die a country girl
My world is made of blue sky and sunshine
Green fields and butterfilies I'm so glad
I'm a country girl
Oh I'm so happy I'm a country girl hmm
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2.
LESS OF ME
(Glen Campbell)
« © '65 Beechwood Music, BMI »
Let me be a little kinder let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those about me let me praise a little more
Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery
Think a little more of others and a little less of me
[ harmonica ]
Let me be a little braver when temptation bits me waver
Let me strive a little harder to be all that I should be
Let me be a little meeker with the brother that is weaker
Let me think more of my neighbor and a little less of me
[ dobro ]
Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery
Let me serve a little better those that I am striving for
Let me be a little meeker with the brother that is weaker
Think a little more of others and a whole lot less of me
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3.
FADED LOVE
(Bob Wills - John Wills)
« © '51 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
As I look at the letters that you wrote to me
Oh it's you that I am thinking of
As I read the lines that to me are so dear
I remember our faded love
I miss you darling more and more every day
As heaven would miss all the stars above
And with every heartbeat I still think of you
And remember our faded love
As I think of the past and all the pleasures we've had
As I watch the mating of the dove
It was in the springtime when you said goodbye
I remember our faded love
I miss you darling more and more every day...
I remember our faded love
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4.
JUST CALL ME LONESOME
(Rex Griffin)
« © '53 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Why must I love a heartless one
Who'll never ever know all the harm he's done
Though love is blind I should have known
So call me lonesome from now on
These walls will hide me when I cry
And I pray that heaven will let me die
For what good is life when love is gone
Just call me lonesome from now on
I climb the stairs up to my room
But there's no one there to meet me just the gloom
The silence tells me that he's gone
Just call me lonesome from now on
I pray my memories at last
Will fade into the distant past
If I must live and love alone
Then call me lonesome from now on
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5.
MY GOAL FOR TODAY
(Ray Pennington - Chuck Howard)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm gonna smile at everyone I meet today
I'm gonna walk my streets so happy they won't believe
I'm gonna dance at the slightest sound of music I hear play
It may sound crazy but that's my goal for today
I'm gonna thank someone for the sun that shines so bright
I'm gonna thank someone for the someone he gave me the hold tonight
I'm gonna dance at the slidest sound of music I hear play
It may sound crazy but that's my goal for today
I'm gonna thank someone...
It may sound crazy but that's my goal for today
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6.
YOU'VE STILL GOT A PLACE IN MY HEART
(Leon Payne)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If the one you'd think is true ever turns her back on you
You've still got a place in my heart
If the years should make you cry don't go on and live a lie
Cause you've still got a place in my heart
If I'm a fool to pray that you'll come back some day
Well then I'll know a million fools that love has made that way
And if every road you take proves you've made a big mistake
Well you've still still got a place in my heart
If I'm a fool to pray that you'll return some day
Well then I'll know a million fools that love has turned that way
And if every road you take proves you've made another mistake
Sweetheart you've still got a place in my heart
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7.
LITTLE THINGS
(Willie Nelson - Shirley Nelson)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I hope I won't disturb you with this call
I'm just in town for such a little while
And I thought perhaps you'd like to hear the news
Jeannie's grades were the highest in the school
Billy sure does look a lot like you
I understand your other son does too
And Billy said tell daddy I miss him so
These were some little things I thought you'd like to know
Remember Sam and Peg who lived next door
With them it seemed we always laughed so much
Well Sam and Peg don't live there anymore
I understand they broke up just like us
The house we lived in now has been torn down
Of all the things we owned the last to go
A freeway now runs through that part of town
These were some little things I thought you'd like to know
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8.
TOO FAR GONE
(Billy Sherrill)
« © '67 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
I can tell that somewhere there's someone you loved more than me
Someone you loved more than me
And it hurts to admit it but you have the right to be free
I know that's the way it should be
My friends would console me by saying go find someone new
Go out and find someone new
But the longer I try the harder I cry over you
I go home and cry over you
Cause I'm too far gone too far gone
I guess that I've loved you too much for too long
And I'm too far gone
If ever your new love should hurt you or make you feel blue
Hurt you or make you feel blue
Just remember your old love will still be around loving you
I'll be around loving you
Cause I'm too far gone...
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9.
HEALING HANDS OF TIME
(Willie Nelson)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
They're working while I'm missing you those healing hands of time
And soon they'll be dismissing you from this heart of mine
They'll lead me safely through the night and I'll follow as though blind
My future tightly clutched within those healing hands of time
[ steel ]
They let me close my eyes just then those healing hands of time
And soon they'll let me sleep again those healing hands of time
Already I've reached mountain peaks and I've just begun to climb
I'll get over you by clinging to those healing hands of time
I'll get over you by clinging to those healing hands of time
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10.
WHEN
(Ben Peters)
« © '68 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
(When)
They told me a broken heart would heal in time
And time is one thing I've had plenty of
But after so long there's been no change in mind
You're still the only one I really love
I wonder when will I forget about you when will I ever love again
When will I learn to live without you when will I stop remembering when
I think of a thousand things we used to do
With someone else they'd never seem the same
For even in other arms I think of you
I close my eyes and almost call your name
I wonder when will I forget about you...
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11.
HOLD ME TIGHTER
(Willie Nelson)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I thought if I could be with you maybe I'd feel better
But I'm afraid I took advantage of your love
I thought if you'd just hold me tight maybe I'd forget him
But I don't suppose as yet you've held me tight enough
Please hold me tighter I still remember
Put your arms around me hold me close hold me tight and long
Please hold me tighter I still remember
And I can't love again until his mem'ry's gone
[ steel ]
Please hold me tighter...
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12.
TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART
(Fred Rose - Hy Heath)
« © '52 Milene Music, ASCAP »
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone still the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Give my heart just a word of sympathy
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
And then if you no longer care for all the love that's beating there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these chains from my heart...
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