lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

LAY BACK LOVER

(Rafe VanHoy - Steve Pippin) « © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Why don't we lay back lover and hold on to each other
And let love take over from here

We've done the best we could to keep love burning
There's not a thing we haven't tried
But just like children we're still learning
The ways to keep our love alive

We've spent too many days searching for some magic way
And overlooked the thing that was so near
So come on lay back lover and hold on to each other
And let love take over from here

It's time we realized that love is easy
It's not that hard to understand
If we want love with rhyme and reason
We've got to do it hand in hand

There's no sence wasting time tryin' to plan love line by line
When all we've ever needed is right here
If we just lay back lover and hold on to each other
And let love take over from here

Well you know love was always standing by and looking us right in the eye
Oh can't you hear it whispering in your ear
For us to lay back lover and hold on to each other
And let love take over from here

So come on lay back lover and hold on to each other
And let love take over from here
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2.

EVERYBODY BRING A SONG

(Dottie West) « © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm the girl who told the world this town's too small for me
Now I'm back I want the whole town to drop by for my apology

Won't bring tears from all the years about while I was gone
Well bring a band through friendship and everybody bring a song

Everybody bring a song sing a song to me
A good old fashion love by neighbor hospitality
Don't bring tears from all the years about while I was gone
Bring good news and your dancin' shoes everybody bring a song

I know who the last come through the door he's gonna be
He may be shy but he's the guy who said he'll wait for me
He won't bring tears from all the years about while I was gone
And he's my man when he takes my hand well everybody bring a song

Everybody bring a song sing a song to me...
[ fiddle ] Don't bring tears from all the years about while I was gone
Bring good news and your dancin' shoes everybody bring a song
Everybody bring a song everybody bring a song
Everybody bring a song everybody bring a song
Everybody bring a song
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3.

LAST TIME I SAW HIM

(Michael Masser - Pamela Sawyer) « © '73 Jobete Music, ASCAP »
Last time I saw him he sweetly kissed my lips
Last time I saw him he said I'll be back for more of this
Last time I saw him we were crying at the bus
I knew he hated leaving but he had to set us up

I gave him money I know I invested well
Momma doesn't trust him but he loves me I can tell
Each day the greyhound arrives at nine o'clock
But I don't start my crying 'til that last mans gotten off

Last time I saw him last time I saw my honey
Last time I saw him he was greyhound bound
But I'm still waiting here without a fear
That bus will someday turn around

I've had no letter it's been six months maybe better
I tried forgettin' him but I love him more than ever
I have decided I've waited long enough
If there was nothing wrong he would return right on that bus

There must be trouble so I'm leavin' on the double
If he can't get to me I know he needs me desperately

Last time I saw him last time I saw my honey
Last time I saw him he was looking fine
And as he waved goodbye he said don't cry
I'm coming back come rain or shine

Last time I saw him last time I saw my honey...
Last time I saw him last time I saw my honey...
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4.

JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE

(Kris Kristofferson) « © '70 Combine Music, BMI »
I come from just the other side of nowhere to this big time lonesome town
They got a lot of ice and snow here half as cold as all the people I found
Every way I tried to go here seems to bring me down
I've seen about enough to know where I belong

I've got a mind to see the headlight
Shinin' on that old white line between my heart and home
Sick of spending Sundays wishing they were Mondays sittin' in a park alone
So give my best to anyone who's left who ever done me any lovin' way but wrong
Tell 'em that the pride of just the other side of nowhere's going home

Taking nothing but to show there for these dues that I've paid
But the soul I almost sold here and the body I've been given away
Fadin' from the neon night time glow here headin' for the light of day
Just the other side of nowhere's going home

I've got a mind to see the headlight...
Tell 'em that the pride of just the other side of nowhere's going home
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5.

HOUSE OF LOVE

(Kenny O'Dell) « © '73 House Of Music, BMI »
Why don't you and I build a house of love
Just the two of us is all we'll need to warm it up
Make it yours and mine part of me and you
Let it always be where we come running to
Why don't you and I build a house of love

Let's fill it up to the brim
Oh light it up with loving and keep it shining
Where the late night hours will find us in each other's arms

Then we'll hide away and you'll be all mine
And we won't come out until we're satisfied
Why don't you and I build a house of love
Let's just you and I build a house of love
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6.

GOOD LOVIN' YOU

(Larry Gatlin) « © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI / Lou Parker Music, BMI »
I've tried not to love you but I can't not love you
I've tried not to want you but I can't not want you
I've tried not to see you but I can't not see you
And I must confess oh Lord I'd been an awful mess
And it's all because of good lovin' you

I've tried to be a good girl but I can't not want you
I've tried to see another world but I can't not see you
I've tried to run from you but I can't not have you
And I must confess oh I'd been an awful mess
And it's all because of good lovin' you

It's all because of good lovin' you
I don't know how you made me do the crazy things I do
I keep runnin' and a hidin' tryin' to get you off my mind
But then I'm surprised to tryin' I left my heart behind
And I must confess oh I'd been an awful mess
And it's all because of good lovin' you
[ guitar - steel ] It's all because of good lovin' you...
And it's all because of good lovin' you
And it's all because of good lovin' you
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7.

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GONE

(Willie Nelson) « © '73 Full Nelson Music, BMI »
This is the very first day since you left me
But I'll try to put my thoughts in a song
And all I can hear myself saying
Is I still can't believe you're gone

I still can't believe that you'd leave me
What did I do that was so wrong
There's just too many unanswered questions
And I still can't believe you're gone

But you're gone and I'm alone and I'm still living
I don't like it but I'll take it till I'm strong
And all I can hear myself saying
Baby is I still can't believe you're gone
[ guitar ] You're gone and I'm alone and I'm still living...
I still can't believe you're gone
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8.

I LIKE TO HEAR THE RAIN

(Alex Harvey) « © '73 April Music, ASCAP / U Catalog, ASCAP »
I like to hear the rain when you're lying by my side
When I'm dreaming pretty dreams of you and me
I like to hear the rain when I'm locked inside your arms
And you know you will always have the key

And someday when we're growing old
You will hold me just the way you do today
Someday when today is long ago
It will be so sweet remembering the way
We shared our love today
[ piano ] I like to hear the rain in the stillness of the night
As we lay beside the fire so soft and warm
I like to hear the rain when our bodies are both one
And I know with you I'm safe from any storm

And someday when we're growing old
We'll make love the way we do today
Someday when our baby's on his own
It will be so sweet remembering the way
We shared our love today

And someday when we're growing old...
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9.

DOES IT MATTER

(Donna Fargo) « © '73 Embassy Music, BMI »
There was a time I was afraid to love or be loved
And hurtin' was for the weak not the strong
And I've gone through all kinds of things on promises
And I still don't know the difference between right and wrong

I keep hearing myself asking me who am I
What is it I'm tryin' so hard to do
And I'm not sure I'd ever trusted anyone completely
So does it matter that I took a chance on you

Does it matter that I took a chance on loving you
When I didn't believe in me
Does it matter at all to you that I wanted to be what you wanted me to
And I wanted so much to be just right for you

I guess it's just my nature to ask questions
So I hope that you don't mind much when I do
And even though I know I'll never know all the answers
Does it matter that I took a chance on you

Does it matter at all to you that I wanted to be what you wanted me to
Oh does it matter that I took a chance on you
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10.

LOVE AS LONG AS WE CAN

(Dottie West - Bill Davis - Byron Metcalf) « © '73 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I won't ask you to say you'll stay with me forever
I promise I'll always fit in your plans
Let's not waste today on what might come tomorrow
Let's love and love as long as we can
Let's love and love as long as we can

When that got-to-have-you feeling's gone and that leavin' feelin's coming on
If we've done our best we'll understand
So let's don't talk about goodbyes let's keep on reaching for the skies
And love and love as long as we can

Cause nothing lasts forever what we've got's no exception
So let us take one day at a time
Then when it's gone we'll carry on with good times to remember
So let's love and love as long as we can
Let's love and love as long as we can

Cause nothing lasts forever...
Let's love and love as long as we can
Let's love and love as long as we can
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