THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION
(Capitol T-1004) '58
Produced by Ken Nelson
Buck Owens - guitar
Merrill Moore - piano
Bob Bain - contractor
Vocal accompaniment by The Jack Halloran Singers
Recorded: Jan/1958, Capitol Studio A, Hollywood
1.
DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME
(Henry Nemo - Gina Nemo)
« © '56 Indano Music, ASCAP »
Tear a star from mounty sky and the sky feels blue
Tear a petal from a rose and the rose weeps too
Take your heart away from mine and mine will surely break
My life is yours to make so please keep us hark awake
Would you take the wings from birds so they then can't fly
Would you take the oceans roar and leave just a sigh
All this your heart won't let you do this is what I beg of you
Don't take your love from me
[ guitar ]
Take your heart away from mine...
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2.
IF I HAD YOU
(Ted Shapiro - Jimmy Campbell - Red Connelly)
« © '57 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP / Campbell-Connely Music, ASCAP »
I could show the world how to smile I could be glad all a while
I could change the gray skies to blue if I had you
I could leave the old ways behind leave all my pals I'd never mind
I could start my life anew if I had you
I could climb the snow-capped mountains sail the mighty ocean wide
I could cross the burning desert if I had you by my side
I could be a king dear on a crown humble or poor rich or renowned
There is nothing I couldn't do if I had you
I could show the world how to smile...
I could climb the snow-capped mountains...
If I had you if I had you
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3.
STAY AS SWEET AS YOU ARE
(Mack Gordon - Harry Revel)
« © '58 Chappell & Co, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
(Stay as sweet as you are sweet as you are
Stay just as sweet as you are)
Stay as sweet as you are don't let a thing ever change you
Stay as sweet as you are don't let a soul rearrange you
Don't ever lose all the charms you possess
Your loveliness darling the way you say yes
Stay as sweet as you are discreet as you are you're divine dear
Stay as grand as you are and as you are tell me that you're mine dear
Young and gay or old and gray near to me or afar
Night and day I pray that you'll always stay as sweet as you are
(Stay as sweet as you are don't let a thing ever change you change you
Stay as sweet as you are don't let a soul rearrange you)
Don't ever lose all the charms you possess
Your loveliness darling the way you say yes
Stay as sweet as you are discreet as you are...
(Stay as sweet as you are sweet as you are
Stay just as sweet as you are)
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4.
MY DARLING MY DARLING
(Frank Loesser)
« © '58 Frank Music, ASCAP »
My darling my darling I wanted to call you my darling
For many a many a day
My darling my darling I flooded and flagged like a starling
My courage just melted away
Now all at once you've kissed me
And there's not a thing I'm sane enough to say
Except my darling my darling get used to that name of my darling
It's here to stay
(My darling my darling my darling my darling)
[ guitar ]
(My darling my darling my darling my darling)
[ guitar ]
(Now all at once you've left me
And there's not a thing I'm sane enough to say
My darling my darling my darling my darling)
My darling my darling I wanted to call you my darling...
Now all at once you've kissed me...
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5.
WHO WOULDN'T LOVE YOU
(Carl Fisher - Bill Carey)
« © '57 Fred Ahlert Music, ASCAP »
(Love you love you love you love you do do do do)
Who wouldn't love you who wouldn't care
You're so enchanting people must stare
You're the dream that dreamers want to dream about
You're the breath of spring that lovers gad about or mad about
Who wouldn't love you who wouldn't buy
The west side of heaven if you winked your eye
You're the answer to my every prayer darling
Who wouldn't love you who wouldn't care
[ guitar ]
(You're the dream that dreamers want to dream about
You're the breath of spring that lovers gad about or mad about)
[ guitar ]
(You're the answer to my every prayer darling
Who wouldn't love you who wouldn't care)
Who wouldn't love you who wouldn't care...
Who wouldn't love you who wouldn't care
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6.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME
(Jimmy McHugh - Clarence Gaskill)
« © '58 Cotton Club Publishing, ASCAP / Mills Music, ASCAP »
Your eyes are blue your kisses too I never knew what they could do
I can't believe that you're in love with me
You're telling everyone I know I'm on your mind each place you go
They can't believe that you're in love with me
I have always placed you far above me
I just can't imagine that you love me
And after all is said and done to think that I'm the lucky one
I can't believe that you're in love with me
(Your eyes are blue your kisses too I never knew what they could do)
I can't believe that you're in love with me
(You're telling everyone I know I'm on your mind each place you go)
They can't believe that you're in love with me
I have always placed you far above me...
I can't believe that you're in love with me
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7.
OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION
(Pinky Tomlin - Coy Poe - Jimmie Grier)
« © '57 Bourne Co, ASCAP »
The object of my affection can change my complexion from white to rosy red
Anytime she holds my hand and tells me that she's mine
There are many girls who can thrill me and some who can fill me
With dreams of happiness
But I know I'll never rest until she says she's mine
Now I'm not afraid she'll leave me cause she's not the kind who'll be unfair
But instead I trust her implicitly
She can go where she wants and go do what she wants I don't care
The object of my affection can change my complexion from white to rosy red
Anytime she holds my hand and tells me that she's mine
[ guitar ]
Now I'm not afraid she'll leave me...
There are many girls who can thrill me and some who can fill me with
dreams of happiness
But I know I'll never rest until she says she's mine
I'm not afraid she'll leave me cause she's not the kind who'll be unfair
But instead I trust her implicitly
She can go where she wants and go do what she wants I don't care
The object of my affection can change my complexion from white to rosy red
Anytime she holds my hand and tells me that she's mine
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8.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU
(Buddy G. DeSylva - Ray Henderson - Lew Brown)
« © '58 Chappell & Co, ASCAP / Ray Henderson Music, ASCAP »
(It all depends on it all depends on it all depends on you)
Well I can be happy I can be sad I can be good or I can be bad
It all depends on you
I can be lonely out in a crowd I can be humble I can be proud
It all depends on you
Well I can save money or spend it go right on living or end it
You're to blame honey for what I do
I know that I can be beggar I can be king I can be almost any old thing
It all depends on you
[ guitar ]
It all depends on you
[ guitar ]
It all depends on you
Well I can save money...
It all depends on you
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9.
THANK YOU FOR A LOVELY EVENING
(Dorothy Fields - Jimmy McHugh)
« © '58 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP »
Thank you for a lovely evening
You were so marvellous you were so sweet
Thank you for the lovely hours
Each little part of yours made it complete
It seemed tonight round about eleven
I knew that heaven was mine
And I'm absolutely thrilled dear
That goodnight kiss was divine
Thank you for a lovely evening
It was so wonderful being with you
(Thank you for a lovely evening)
You were so marvellous you were so sweet
(Thank you for a lovely evening)
Each little part of yours made it complete
It seemed tonight round about eleven...
(Thank you for a lovely night)
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10.
EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS
(Harold Adamson - Burton Lane)
« © '58 Chappell & Co, ASCAP / Robbins Catalog, ASCAP »
Everything I have is yours you're part of me
Everything I have is yours my destiny
I would gladly give the sun to you if the sun were only mine
I would gladly give the earth to you and the stars that shine
Everything that I possess I offer you
Let my dream of happiness come true
I'd be happy just to spend my life waiting at your beck and call
Everything I have is yours my life my all
[ guitar ]
Everything I have is yours you're part of me...
Everything that I possess I offer you...
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11.
NEARNESS OF YOU
(Ned Washington - Hoagy Carmichael)
« © '58 Famous Music, ASCAP »
It's not the pale moon that excites me that thrills and delights me
Oh no it's just the nearness of you
It isn't your sweet conversation that brings this sensation
Oh no it's just the nearness of you
When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true
I need no soft lights to enchant me if you'll only grant me
The right to hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you
(It's not the pale moon that excites me that thrills and delights me
Oh no no) it's just the nearness of you
When you're in my arms...
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12.
SWEET AND LOVELY
(Harry Tobias - Gus Arnheim - Jules Lemare)
« © '31 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Harry Tobias Music, ASCAP / Range Road Music, ASCAP »
(Sweet sweet sweet sweet)
Sweet and lovely sweeter than the roses in May
Sweet and lovely heaven must have sent her my way
Skies above me never were as blue as her eyes
And she loves me who would want a sweeter surprise
(When she nestles in my arms so tenderly
There's a thrill that words cannot express
In my heart a song of love is taunting me
Melody haunting me)
Sweet and lovely sweeter than the roses in May
And she loves me there is nothing more I can say
[ guitar ]
(Sweet sweet sweet sweet)
(When she nestles in my arms so tenderly...
(Sweet sweet sweet sweet)
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