THE BIG HEARTBREAK
(Decca DL-74058)
October/1960
Produced by Owen Bradley
1.
NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU
(Baker Knight)
« © '59 Unart Catalog, BMI / Matragun Music, BMI »
There'll never be anyone else but you for me
Never ever be just couldn't be anyone else but you
If I could take my pick of all the girls I've ever known
Then I'd come and pick you out to be my very own
There'll never be anyone else...
A heart that's true and longs for you is all I have to give
All my love belongs to you as long as I may live
There'll never be anyone else...
I never will forget the way you've kissed me
And when we're not together I wonder if you miss me
Cause I hope and pray the day will come when you'll belong to me
Then I've gone to prove to you how true my love can be
There'll never be anyone else...
Never ever be just couldn't be anyone else but you
Never ever be just couldn't be anyone else but you
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2.
BIG HEARTBREAK
(Teddy Wilburn)
« © '60 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
You walked away and said it was goodbye
You laughed when you saw teardrops in my eyes
But I'm still yours completely heart and soul how can a heart so warm love one so cold
The big heartbreak started then the big heartbreak just won't end
Please come back soon to this old used to be
Or the big heartbreak will be the death of me
[ fiddle - steel ]
If I could only stop my loving you then maybe I could love somebody new
This pain is killing me what can I do I just can't live much longer without you
The big heartbreak hurts me so the big heartbreak won't let go
Please come back soon...
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3.
EMPTY ARMS
(Ivory Joe Hunter)
« © '60 Unart Catalog, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Empty arms that long for you and they're waiting just for you
And these arms will stay this way till you return to them someday
Each lonely night I go to bed I love the pillow where you used to rest your head
Empty arms but not for long cause my baby she's comin' home
And then she walks through that door these empty arms I'll have no more
[ fiddle ]
Each lonely night I go to bed...
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4.
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME
(Betty Sue Perry)
« © '60 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Now I know that you've known others long before me
And it hurts me deep inside but even so
I will never bother you by asking questions
Cause to tell the truth I just don't want to know
Please don't tell me please don't tell me of your loves before we met
Even if I could forgive I'd not forget
[ piano - steel ]
There are times I know you're thinking of another
And I'm jealous of these mem'ries from your past
But the things that I don't know will never hurt me
Though I'm not the first I want to be the last
Please don't tell me...
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5.
I ALMOST LOST MY MIND
(Ivory Joe Hunter)
« © '49 Unichappell Music, BMI »
When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
My head is in a spin since she left me behind
Went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read
I went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read
I hung my head in sorrow when she said what she said
I can tell you people the news was not so good
Well I can you people the news was not so good
She said your baby's left you this time she's gone for good
When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
My head is in a spin I've almost lost my mind
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6.
NEXT BEST THING
(Justin Tubb)
« © '60 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
You're gone you're gone you're really gone and won't be back again
I know I should forget you but my heart just won't give in
So we just sit at home alone your memory and I
My friends would call me foolish but I've got a reason why
We do the same things you used to like to do
I sing the same songs I used to sing to you
It's the only consolation that I've found
But it's the next best thing to having you around
[ steel - steel ]
The sweet love words you whispered then still echo in my ear
Your mem'ry still remains so strong it's almost like you're here
I pictured that you left behind a dress I bought for you
These things mean so much more to me than finding someone new
It's just like old times when you were here with me
We have a good time me and your memory
Before I'm over you I run it in the ground
But it's the next best thing to having you around
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7.
SOMEONE ELSE'S LOVE
(Jodi Bancino)
« © '60 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Someone else's arms are holding her tight someone else's lips are kissing her goodnight
She said she loved me so then said I have to go she wanted someone else's love
My baby's gone my baby's gone gone away from me
And I'm feeling mighty lonely I'm down with misery
Every day I pray she'll come walking in someone else's love will be my love again
She'll be just mine alone she'll be my very own she want to be someone else's love
[ fiddle - steel ]
My baby's gone my baby's gone...
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8.
WAYWARD WIND
(Herb Newman - Stan Lebowski)
« © '55 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
The wayward wind is a restless wind a restless wind that yearns to wonder
And I was born the next of kin the next of kin to the wayward wind
In a lonely shack by a railroad track I spent my younger days
And I guess the sound of the outward bound made me a slave to my wandering ways
And the wayward wind...
Oh I met her there in a border town she vowed we'd never part
Though I tried my best to settle down she's now alone with a broken heart
And the wayward wind...
Mhmm the wayward wind mhm the wayward wind
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9.
THIRTY LINKS OF CHAIN
(Jimmy Lowe - Art Wolpert)
« © '60 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Thirty links of chain thirty links of chain
I'll do to you for every link with a number for a name thirty links of chain
I've got a story I must tell what fills my heart with pain
That's why I wear this big iron ball and thirty links of chain
It all began not long ago when I introduced a friend
To my best gal one summer night never dreaming of its end
Thirty links of chain...
[ guitar ]
I caught them out together one night in lover's lane
The judge said boy that's murder you must have been insane
Now here I am in Georgia I'm a cotton sugar cane
Just me and my guard and a big iron ball and thirty links of chain
Thirty links of chain...
Thirty links of chain thirty links of chain
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10.
THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU
(Fritz Rotter - M. Rotha)
« © '60 Weiss And Barry Music, BMI »
A little love that slowly grows and grows
Not one that comes and goes that's all I want from you
A sunny day with hopes up to the sky a kiss and no goodbye
That's all I want from you
Don't let me down oh show me that you care
Remember when you give you also get your share
Don't let me down I have no time to wait
Tomorrow might not come when dreamers dream too late
A little love that slowly grows and grows
Not one that comes and goes that's all I want from you
[ violin ]
Don't let me down...
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11.
WRONG SIDE (OF THE TRACKS)
(Betty Sue Perry)
« © '60 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
They used to let me play with her awhile this rich man's daughter with a pretty smile
But I was just a poor man's ragged child and living on the wrong side of the tracks
And social walls are hard to rise above the wrong side of the tracks can kill true love
There's many who must know what I speak of
If they come from the wrong side of the tracks
[ fiddle ]
As time went by I grew to love her so we'd slipp away so her folks wouldn't know
And with each kiss our love just seemed to grow
Though I came from the wrong side of the tracks
True love made different worlds into the same
It knows no boundary's made by sicial name
But still her parents gave me all the blame cause I live on the wrong side of the tracks
[ steel ]
I guess they had a plan right from the start
They vowed somehow they'd keep we two apart
They moved her far away and took my heart
And left me on the wrong side of the tracks
Yeah I recieved her letter yesterday she tells me just to wait there'll be a way
But will they kill her love by things they say
And leave me on the wrong side of the tracks
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12.
I'LL NEVER STAND IN YOUR WAY
(Clint Horner)
« © '60 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
If you found someone new who means more than me to you
Then I'll never stand in your way
If you feel we must part don't let pity rule your heart
Darling I'll never stand in your way
I love you much too much to ever lose you but what is to be will be and I'll obey
I'll be blue when you go but I'll never let it show darling I'll never stand in your way
[ steel - fiddle ]
I love you much too much...
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