HAVE YOU HEARD DOTTIE WEST
(RCA Victor LSP-4606)
October/1971
Produced by Jerry Bradley
Recorded at RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
Grady Martin - el.guitar
Chip Young, Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Jerry Shook - guitar/bass guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Bob Moore - bass
Snuffy Miller - drums
Pete Drake, Bill West - steel
David Briggs - piano/harpsichord
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Charley McCoy - harmonica/vibes
The Jordanaires - vocals
Strings:
Brenton Banks, George Binkley III, Sheldon Kurland, Lillian Hunt, Martin Katahn, Albert Coleman - violin
Marvin Chantry, Gary Van Osdale - viola
Byron Bach, Gary Williams - cello
1.
YOU'RE THE OTHER HALF OF ME
(Larry Gatlin)
« © '71 Tree Publisng, BMI / Parker Lou Music, BMI »
You're the other half of me
You're the eyes through which I see
All alone I'm only half a girl that with you I can be
You're the other half of me
Things I begin they always end half started
Things I say always sound half parted
I'm as helpless as a baby bird that's fallen from a tree
You're the other half of me
You're the other half of me...
You're the other half of me
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2.
JUST ONE TIME
(Don Gibson)
« © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
If I could see you just one time oh how it'd ease my troubled mind
If I could just hold you one more time and then pretend that you're still mine
Lips that used to thrill me so they now thrill someone else I know
Gone is the love that once was mine wish I could see you just one time
Oh oh oh how I miss you so oh I need you so
I I I'd give this heart of mine if I could see you just one time
[ guitar + steel ]
Wish I could relive just one time turn back the pages and there I'd find
That same old love that once was mine wish I could see you just one time
Oh oh oh how I miss you so...
Oh oh oh how I miss you so..
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3.
ONCE YOU WERE MINE
(Larry Gatlin)
« © '71 Tree Publisng, BMI / Parker Lou Music, BMI »
Bluer than all the skies above
Sadder than the weeping willow tree
That's the way I am without your love
I never thought you'd run away from me
Deeper than the oceans and the seas
Sweeter than berries on the vine
This was the love you took from me
It hurts me so to see that I was blind
Others I've known I can't recall their names
Oh but your love was different it was more than just a game
Softer than velvet to my touch
Smoother than satin cloth so fine
And I love your mem'ry oh so much
And rejoice to think once you were mine
And rejoice to think once you were mine
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4.
PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND
(Gene McLellan)
« © '70 Blackwood Music, BMI »
Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilles the water
Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea
Take a look at yourself then you can look at others differently
By puttin' your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee
Well every time I look into the Holy Book I wanna tremble
When I read about the part where the carpenter cleared the temple
For the buyers and the sellers were no different fellers than what I profess to be
And it causes me to shame to know I'm not the girl that I should be
Put your hand in the hand...
Oh mama taught me how to pray before I ever reached the age of seven
And when I'm down on my knees well that's when I'm closest to heaven
Papa lived his life two kids and wife you do what you must do
But he showed me enough of what it takes to get me through
Everybody put your hand in the hand...
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5.
ME AND BOBBY McGEE
(Kris Kristofferson - Fred Foster)
« © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
Busted flat in Baton Rouge waitin' for the trains
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
Took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my har'poon out of my dirty red bandana
I was playing sad while Bobby sang the blues
Windshield whipers slapping time holding Bobby's hand in mine
We sang up ever song that driver knew
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me good enough for me and Bobby McGee
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby shared all the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather Lord through everything we done
Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let him slip away
He's a looking for a home I hope he'll find
I'd trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday
A holding Bobby's body next to mine
Freedom's just another word...
Mhmm mhmm mhm my Bobby McGee
Mhmm mhmm mhm me and Bobby McGee
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6.
SIX WEEKS EVERY SUMMER (CHRISTMAS EVERY OTHER YEAR)
(Fran Powers)
« © '71 Con Brio Music, BMI »
Hopelessly the ghost of me sinks down into a chair
And underneath the cushion there's a ribbon from her hair
Just a crumpled up reminder that my daughter's only here
For six weeks ever summer and Christmas every other year
The role of part-time mother it's the toughest role I play
Oh my name's up there in neon lights but Lord what a price I pay
Why the only thing it cost was giving up our used-to-be's
And my little angel baby by the name of Shelly
Bravely I step back into my room it's only cheap veneer
And I die inside till summertime or Christmas time is near
When up the stairs comes all my prayers yellin' mom it's me I'm here
For six weeks every summer and Christmas every other year
Just found a note my baby wrote she left it by the phone
She knew I'd need some extra strength to make it through the night alone
It says I'll always love you mama although I'm only here
For six weeks every summer and Christmas every other year
Oh I'd gladly give up all my fame if only I could hear
My Shelly call me mommy every morning of the year
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7.
WISH I DIDN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE
(Dottie West)
« © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Wish I could stop these tears I wish I didn't care
Wish I didn't love you anymore
Wish I could be set free from all your memories
Wish I didn't love you anymore
But if wishing really made it so I'd have a different wish I know
I'd wish you still love me just like you did before
But that wish can't come true so all that I can do
Is wish I didn't love you anymore
Wish I could just forget that we had ever met
Wish I didn't love you anymore
How I wish I didn't love you anymore
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8.
TINY
(Joyce Reba Rambo)
« © '71 John T Benson Publishing, ASCAP »
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9.
NO LOVE AT ALL
(Johnny Tillotson - Lucille Cosenza)
« © '66 Ridge Music, BMI »
You've broken my heart and now the tears start to fall
Why should I go on carrying if there's no love at all
You've shattered my dreams and now the heartaches began
We're playing a game of pretend cause there's no love at all
No love and no one so there's not much left of me
Once I've thought you loved me but look how wrong a girl can be
You've broken my heart but someday I'm sure you're gonna find
You'll slowly go out of your mind if there's no love at all
[ steel ]
You'll slowly go out of your mind if there's no love at all
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10.
DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM)
(Cindy Walker)
« © '62 Combine Music, BMI »
Sweet dreams babby sweet dreams baby sweet dreams baby
How long must I dream
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams the whole day through
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams a nighttime too
I love you and I'm dreamin' of you but that won't do
Dream baby you can stop my dreamin' you can make my dreams come true
Sweet dreams babby sweet dreams baby sweet dreams baby
How long must I dream
Dream baby got me dreamin'...
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