THE SOUND OF COUNTRY MUSIC
(RCA Camden CAS-2155)
February/1967
Produced by Chet Atkins & Ethel Gabriel
Recorded at RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH (TO TAKE MY MAN)
(Loretta Lynn)
« © '66 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
You've come to tell me something you say I ought to know
That he don't love me anymore and I'll have to let him go
You say you're gonna take him oh but I don't think you can
Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man
Women like you are a dime a dozen you can buy 'em anywhere
For you to get to him I'd have to move over and I'm gonna stand right here
It'll be over my dead body so get out while you can
Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man
[ guitar ]
Sometimes a man start lookin' at things that he don't need
He took a second look at you oh but he's in love with me
Now I don't know where they leave you oh but I know where I'll stand
And you ain't woman enough to take my man
Women like you are a dime a dozen...
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2.
TOGETHER AGAIN
(Buck Owens)
« © '63 Central Songs, BMI »
Together again all my tears have stopped falling
The long lonely nights are now at an end
The key to my heart you hold in your hand
And nothing else matters now we're together again
[ steel ]
Together again all the grey skies're gone
And you're back in my arms right where you belong
The love that we knew is living again
And nothing else matters now for we're together again
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3.
PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN
(Harlan Howard)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
You were mine for just a while now you're puttin' on the style
And you've never once looked back to your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town but my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down when you're blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy but they'll find another toy
Then they'll take away your crown pick me up on your way down
[ fiddle - steel ]
They have changed your attitude made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame underneath you're still the same
When you've learned these things are true I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down...
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4.
SOMEONE BEFORE ME
(Bobby Hicks)
« © '65 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Someone before me still turns you inside out
When we're together she's all you talk about
You're always wanting me to do the things she used to do
Someone before me sure left her mark on you
I've tried to get inside your heart but I don't stand a chance
I can see she's on your mind with every little glance
You're living on old mem'ries my love can't get through to you
Someone before me sure left her mark on you
[ guitar ]
I've tried to get inside your heart...
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5.
I DON'T HURT ANYMORE
(Don Robertson - Jack Rollins)
« © '53 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
I don't hurt anymore all my teardrops are dried
No more walking the floor with that burning inside
Just to think it could be time has opened the door
And at last I am free I don't hurt anymore
No use to deny I wanted to die the day you said we were through
But now that I find you're out of my mind I can't believe that it's true
And I've forgotten somehow that I cared so before
And at last I am free I don't hurt anymore
[ fiddle - steel ]
No use to deny I wanted to die...
And it's so wonderful now I don't hurt anymore
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6.
HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER
(Harlan Howard)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two was when you come back again
You came back but never meant to stay
Now I've got heartaches by the number troubles by the score
Every day you love me less each day I love you more
Yes I've got heartaches by the number a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end
[ steel - fiddle ]
Heartache number three was when you called me
And said that you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door
I waited but you must have lost your way
Now I've got heartaches by the number...
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7.
CITY LIGHTS
(Bill Anderson)
« © '58 TNT Music, BMI »
A bright array of city lights as far as I can see
The great white way shines through the night for lonely girls like me
The cabaretes and honky tonks their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights
Lights that say forget his name in a glass of cherry wine
Lights that offer other guys with empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world so gay and bright
But I can't say I love you dear to a street of city lights
[ fiddle ]
Lights that say forget his love in a different athmosphere
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquarade for tears
Yes they paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight
And I just can't say I love you to a street of city lights
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8.
SLOWLY
(Webb Pierce - Tommy Hill)
« © '52 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
Slowly you're winning a heart that can be true
I can't hide my feelings no matter what I do
For slowly I'm falling more in love with you
[ steel - fiddle ]
More and more I need you and want you by my side
More and more I love you as each day passes by
No need to hide my feelings for it's so plain and true
That slowly I'm falling more in love with you
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9.
CRAZY ARMS
(Ralph Mooney - Chuck Seals)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI / Songs Of Universal, BMI »
blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
There's a storm brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
But my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
[ guitar - fiddle ]
So please take the treasured dreams I've had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms will hold somebody new
But for now I'll be lonely all the time
Crazy arms that reach...
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10.
I MISS YOU ALREADY
(Marvin Rainwater - Faron Young)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I miss you already and you're not even gone
The time has come you're telling me goodbye
I know that I can't stop you if I try
I've had way too many chances now I'll have to set you free
I watch you go too late I know how much you mean to me
Yes I miss you already don't know how I'll go on
I miss you already and you're not even gone
[ steel ]
So kiss me once again and please don't cry
I promise there'll be no more alibis
I'll have to find myself a way to face this loneliness
I watch you go too late I know I've lost my happiness
Yes I miss you already...
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