SUFFER TIME
(RCA Victor LSP-3587)
July/1966
Produced by Chet Atkins
Recorded:
Feb 08-10/1966, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
MOMMY CAN I STILL CALL HIM DADDY
(Dottie West - Bill West)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Come here my precious little boy mommy loves you so
We've got big things to talk about some things you have to know
And though you're only four years old I know you'll understand
That from now on you've got to be mommy's little man
Your daddy left for good today but we'll make it just the same
And pretty soon we'll both forget we even wear his name
(Please mommy can I still call him daddy I know he's treated us so bad
Please mommy can I still call him daddy for he's the only daddy I ever had)
Now sweetheart you must forget cause he doesn't love you like before
But knowin' that he doesn't care just makes mommy love you more
So come on now and let's be big and strong and please please don't cry
Cause he doesn't deserve your tears
Cause when he left he didn't even say you goodbye
(Please mommy can I still...
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2.
ANOTHER HEART FOR YOU TO BREAK
(Carl Belew - Clyde Pitts - Jeannie Seely)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I wish I had another heart for you to break
For my heart's out of style and hurt so much that I can't smile
I may be a fool that's not my first or last mistake
And I wish I had another heart for you to break
When your love for me died you left that an empty shell inside
And endless memory where my heart used to be
You may hurt me again but that's the chance I'll gladly take
I wish I had another heart for you to break
I wish I had another heart for you to break
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3.
BABY
(Ray Griff)
« © '65 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
Baby sweet sweet baby
My world's so cold and empty since you've gone
Baby sweet sweet baby
Without you I don't know how I'll go on
I've got that lonesome feeling deep inside of me
And it just keeps right on hurtin' all the time
Oh I'd forget you if it wasn't for your memory
You're out of sight but you're never never out of my mind
Oh baby sweet sweet baby
I can't help loving you the way I do
Baby sweet sweet baby
Please come on back and call me baby too baby
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4.
BEFORE THE RING ON YOUR FINGER TURNS GREEN
(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
He's just leadin' you on honey he'll be gone
Before the ring on your finger turns green
Your new love is the playboy kind
He's not looking for the ties that bind
He'll leave you with a tortured mind
Before the ring on your finger turns green
He's just leadin' you...
He's fickle cheap and phony too
Just like the ring he gave to you
I know cause I've been through it too
When the ring on my finger turned green
He's just leadin' you...
Before the ring on your finger turns green
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5.
WEAR AWAY
(Dottie West - Bill West)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Wear away wear away I'm so afraid
That time may wear away your love someday
If water can wear away the hardest rock
If age can wear away the strongest lock
Then I can't help but wonder could it ever be
That time could wear away your love from me
Wear away wear away I'm so afraid
that time may wear away your love someday
Now our love is as solid as the hardest rock
And our hearts bound together with the strongest lock
And still I can't help but wonder could it ever be
That time could wear away your love from me
Wear away wear away I'm so afraid
that time may wear away your love someday
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6.
FAIR WEATHER LOVER
(Dottie West - Bill West)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Fair weather lover that's what you've always been
My fair weather lover you're leaving once again
When the sun is shining and everything looks rosy
This is when you say you love me so
But when a storm appears oh it's all the different story
Just when I need you most of all
Fair weather lover...
You're always by my side and understand when I'm smiling
This is when you say you love me so
But when times are bad oh it's all the different story
Just when I need you most of all
Fair weather lover...
Oh but this time it don't matter go find yourself another
It's farewell fair weather lover
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7.
SUFFER TIME
(Dottie West - Bill West)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
After sundown comes suffer time for me
And I go to that small cafe where we used to meet
I'll have the special for today cause nothing matters to me
Just make my coffee cold and black oh like my future's gonna be
And let me cry to a sad song for he's still on my mind
And excuse me for not talking it's my suffer time
I know I'll never crave a new love I had a taste of one so fine
And for this love I'll go on starving and suffer my whole lifetime
Oh would you play just one more sad song yes he's still still on my mind
Then I'll see you again tomorrow at suffer time
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8.
LET ME TALK TO YOU
(Danny Dill - Don Davis)
« © '57 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Just one more dance just one more chance so I can talk to you
Don't live too fast forget the past I will try to prove
I would do anything you ask me to
Don't run around don't turn me down let me talk to you
Don't go too far with that crowd at the bar
That's not the way to win please fall in love again
Give me your heart so I can start to build our life anew
I know you've paid so if you're afraid let me talk to you
[ guitar ]
Don't go too far with that crowd...
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9.
WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME
(Dottie West - Bill West)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Would you hold it against me if I just see him one more time
Just so I can make certain I can leave him behind
Would it make any difference if I just hold him once again
Now you know that I love you but have I forgotten him
He was my love till you came my way
Now I can't help but wonder have I made a mistake
Just suppose I remember the things he used to say after our wedding day
Would you hold it against me if I just see him once again
Then I'll know that I love you and that I've forgotten him
For he was my love till you came my way...
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10.
JUST OUT OF REACH
(Virgil F. Stewart)
« © '52 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Love that runs away from me dreams that just won't let me be
Blues that keep on bothering me chains that just won't set me free
Too far away from you and all your charms
Just out of reach of my two empty arms
Each night in dreams I see your face mem'ries time cannot erase
Then I awake and find you gone I'm so blue and all alone
So far away from lips so sweet and warm
Just out of reach of my two empty arms
That lonesome feeling all the time knowing you cannot be mine
Dreams that hurt me in my sleep vows that we could never keep
Too far away from you and all your charms
Just out of reach of my two empty arms
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11.
WHAT'S COME OVER MY BABY
(Dottie West - Bill West)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
What changed the look in his eyes what made the change in his heart
What changed his mind about the love we had what's tearing us apart
What's come over my baby he's not the same as before
What's come over my baby my baby don't love me anymore
Can it be his old love is back again or has he found someone new
Can it be with time he's just grown tired of me what our love come into
What's come over my baby...
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12.
IS THIS ME
(Dottie West - Bill West)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Is it really me sittin' here crying
Well it shouldn't be it just can't be me my eyes are lying
Cause that's not you it just can't be you you wouldn't be cheating
It's someone else yes it's someone else whose darling's leaving
I can't believe my eyes you took me by surprise
How I wish I'd just stayed home I'd still be thinking you're all my own
This isn't me it just can't be me sittin' here crying
It's just a dream it's got to be a dream our love can't be dying
I just can't believe my eyes you sure took me by surprise
Oh how I wish I'd just stayed home I'd still be thinking you're all my own
Now this isn't me it just can't be me a sittin' here crying
Maybe it's just a dream oh it's got to be a dream our love can't be dying
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