LITTLE JOHNNY FROM DOWN THE STREET
(Decca DL-75173)
February/1970
Produced by Owen Bradley
Grady Martin, Pete Wade, Jimmy Capps - guitar
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Hal Rugg - steel
Bob Moore, Roy Huskey - bass
Buddy Harman, Kenneth Buttrey - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Vocal accompaniment by The Jordanaires
Recorded:
1970, Bradley's Barn, Mt Juliet
1.
LITTLE JOHNNY FROM DOWN THE STREET
(Larry G. Whitehead)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Who threw a brick through my front glass little Johnny from down the street
Who's been diggin' up the courthouse grass little Johnny from down the street
Who's been pullin' little Janie's pigtails who filled the whole street up with nails
Turned the neighbors thirty shades of pale little Johnny from down the street
I tried to find and whip that kid but he ran off somewhere and hid
He blames other kids for the things he did little Johnny from down the street
Who turned the garter snake loose in school who put frogs in the swimmin' pool
Who taught the other kids how to cuss and put little brother on the interstate bus
Little Johnny from down the street
[ steel ]
Who's that boy that's all grown up little Johnny from down the street
Who fell head over heels in love little Johnny from down the street
Wouldn't you know it's the same little girl that used to cry when he pulled her curls
Now Janie thinks Johnny is her whole world little Johnny from down the street
Then orders from his country came he pulled out on the midnight train
Now Janie's cryin' with a different pain for little Johnny from down the street
Who is it everybody misses now the neighborhood's quiet where it used to be loud
Who is it won't be coming home died in a foreign land all alone
Little Johnny from down the street
For people like me he gave his life he made the biggest sacrifice
Never had a chance to make Janie his wife
Little Johnny from down the street little Johnny from down the street
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2.
LILACS IN THE WINTER
(John David Brock)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I'll give you lilacs in winter blue skies every day
I'll give you kisses to warm you then I'll love your cares away
Life gets harder everyday I get no smarter in anyway
But when I lay me down to sleep I feel her lips on my cheek
I feel her warm breath and then I hear her say
I'll give you lilacs...
I tried to shine her golden band I left some scratches she kissed my hand
She knows I try to give my all when I'm away I always call
To hear the words that mean the world to me
I'll give you lilacs...
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3.
I WILL NEVER BE HAPPY
(Cindy Walker)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Oh I will never be happy until you're happy too
As long as your heart is lonely my heart will ache for you
And every night I'll pray dear you'll find the love that's true
For I will never be happy until you're happy too
You were my first love darling the first my arms caressed
And I was first in your heart the first you ever kissed
But I fell in love with another a love too strong to deny
But I still think about you and sometimes I wake up and cry
For I will never be happy until you're happy too
I don't know why I worry about you but I do
I have everything I dreamed of a home and the love that's true
But I will never be happy until you're happy too
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4.
I'M A LONG GONE
(Buddy Ring - Will Ring)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I'm a long gone that's what I'll be
Gonna find me a girl and a brand new world
I'll forget about you you'll forget about me
Well you're leavin' me you ain't comin' back
You're goin' to live across the tracks
Go right ahead that's what you like
Ain't gonna find nothin' but an empty house if you ever come back
I'm a long gone...
[ steel ]
Well a big white house with flower beds
And satin pillows underneath the head
Well I cross the tracks the money runs free
Run right along to be fancy free you don't worry bout me
I'm a long gone...
I'm a long gone...
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5.
SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE
(Don Devaney)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I've seen and heard enough to know we're through
It's there in everything you say and do
I'm afraid the end for us is almost here
I'm losing you the signs are everywhere
The signs are everywhere I'm losing you
They're tearing at my heart and breaking it in two
You won't let me touch you you don't want me near
I'm losing you the signs are everywhere
[ steel ]
The signs are everywhere...
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6.
WHICH SIDE'S THE WRONG SIDE
(Loretta Lynn - Lorene Allen)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
I've heard you've been saying things about my part of town
Well some of us still call it home and we don't want it put down
If you'll take time and clean your mind you'll take what you set back
Who's got the right to say which side is the wrong side of the tracks
See that house across the way and that woman in the door
A man from your side of town goes there once a week or more
He thinks no one will notice if he parks his car out back
Who's got the right to say which side is the wrong side of the tracks
[ steel ]
It's true we have factories here you don't have on your side
But your better homes are built with they money they provided
I think sometimes the parts incline to call the Carole Black
Who's got the right to say which side is the wrong side of the tracks
See that house across the way...
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7.
ALL WE HAD GOING IS GONE
(Sharon Higgins)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
Why wear a ring that's turned to rust our fools gold has turned to rust
There's no reason our love should go on
We're drinking from a cup of tears our love's had its day for cheers
All we had going is gone
We crushed the rose and kept the thorns it hurts us every way we turn
I want you to stop this holding on
The time has come to drop the act you love me when it's a fact
All we had going is gone
Let it go if something keeps on hurting you
Or it will keep on hurting till you do
Lately I don't have the heart to try to hold what fell apart
All we had going is gone
[ guitar ]
All we had going is gone
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8.
TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS
(Bobby Austin - Curt Sapaugh)
« © '69 Airefield Music, BMI / Glen Campbell Music, BMI / Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI »
If you see your brother standing by the road
With a heavy load from the seeds he sowed
And if you see your sister falling by the way
Just stop and say you're going the wrong way
You've got to try a little kindness yes show a little kindness
Yes shine your light for everyone to see
And if you try a little kindness then you'll overlook the blindness
Of the narrow minded people on the narrow minded streets
[ guitar ]
Don't walk around the down and out
Lend a helping hand instead of doubt
And the kindness that you show every day
Will help someone along their way
You've got to try a little kindness...
You've got to try a little kindness...
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9.
VISION AT THE PEACE TABLE
(Jack Ripley)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
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10.
I'M SO AFRAID OF LOSING YOU AGAIN
(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music »
Sometimes I want to throw my arms around you
Then I tremble at the thought of giving in
Because I know how much it cost to love you and I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you revives the sorrow that wake me up and tell me I can't win
I'd love to wake up in your arms tomorrow but I'm so afraid of losing you again
If heaven word to hear my heart's confession qanting you would be my greatest sin
But I'm glad that you're no longer my possession
Cause I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you...
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11.
MAKE MY HEART DIE AWAY
(Glen Johnson)
« © '69 Sure-Fire Music, BMI »
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