PEN AND PAPER
(Mercury SR-61007) '65
Produced by Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Kennedy, Grady Martin - lead guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Ray Edenton - rh.guitar
Pete Drake, Lloyd Green - steel
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano/organ
Vocal accompaniment by The Jordanaires
1.
PEN AND PAPER
(Eddie Kilroy - Dianne Kilroy)
« © '63 Shelby Singleton Music, BMI »
(Pen and paper won't you tell me what to write)
Pen and paper won't you tell me what to write
I don't know I can't think and I'd been here half a night
I don't want to hurt her but I love somebody new
Pen and paper help me tell her we're through
Shall I say dear used to be forget me
Or shall I say dear broken heart we'll have to part
When she reads about my new love will she cry
Oh pen (pen) paper (paper) is that a way to say goodbye
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2.
BURNING BRIDGES
(Walter Scott)
« © '57 Broad River Publishing, BMI »
(Burning bridges behind me) all I want is to forget you somehow
Found some letters you wrote me this morning
And they told of a love we once knew
Now they're gone I'd burned them to ashes
Don't want nothing that reminds me of you
Burning bridges behind me it's too late to turn back now
Burning bridges behind me all I want is to forget you somehow
Sold the house we once planned together
And said goodbye to folks we once knew
Then I moved to the faraway city trying hard to forget about you
Burning bridges behind me...
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3.
YOUR OLD LOVE LETTERS
(Johnny Bond)
« © '55 Red River Songs, BMI »
Today I burned your old love letters yes I burned them slowly one by one
And before I'd light the flame I'd read them to try and find the wrongs I done
The first you wrote me was the sweetest the last one broke my heart in two
And now alone I left you weeping for the ashes of your letters tied in blue
As I burned your old love letters I watched my dreams go up in smoke
I lived again those precious moments I heard each tender word you spoke
The first you wrote me was the sweetest the last one said that we were through
And our love is there among the ambers in the ashes of your letters tied in blue
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4.
LETTERS HAVE NO ARMS
(Ernest Tubb - Arbie Gibson)
« © '57 Unichappell Music, BMI »
(You know that letters have no arms)
I just got your letter dear sweetheart and darling I miss you oh so much
Your letter has cheered me but I'm lonesome lonesome just to feel your loving touch
Letters have no arms dear to hold me and kisses on paper are so cold
These sweet things you write in your letters I wanna be with you dear when told
Oh letters never bring me the touch of your hand or none of your sweet loving charms
I get so lonesome for you darling and you know that letters have no arms
[ steel ]
Oh letters never bring me...
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5.
LOVE LETTERS
(Edward Heyman - Victor Young)
« © '65 Famous Music, ASCAP »
Love letters straight from your heart keep us so near while apart
I'm not alone in the night when I can have all the love that you like
I memorize every line I kiss the name that you sign
And darling then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart
I memorize every line...
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6.
I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER
(Joe Young - Fred Ahlert)
« © '35 Pencil Mark Music, ASCAP / Fred Ahlert Muic, ASCAP »
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I'm gonna write words oh so sweet they're gonna knock me off my feet
A lot of kisses down at the bottom and I'll be glad I got 'em
I'm gonna smile and say I hope you're feeling better
And close with love the way you do
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
(I'm gonna smile and say I hope you're feeling better
And close with love the way you do)
Yeah I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
Yes and make believe that it came from you
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7.
LAST LETTER
(Rex Griffin)
« © '39 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
And will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body crave
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Oh think of the teardrops the heartaches and the sorrow you'll save
And while I am writing this letter oh I think of the past
And of the promises that you have broken so free
And to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me
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8.
BURNING MEMORIES
(Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker)
« © '63 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Tonight I'm burning old love letters photographs and memories of you
Hoping somehow I'll feel better and that when the smoke is gone I won't want you
Burning mem'ries teardrops fall while I am
Burning mem'ries burning all the memories of you that I can't lose
My heart to you no longer matters and I can't live alone with memories
Into the fire those dreams that you've shattered
And when the smoke is gone then I'll be free
Burning mem'ries teardrops fall...
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9.
TAKE A LETTER MISS GRAY
(Justin Tubb)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Take a letter Miss Gray it must go out today
And I know you already know what it's gonna say
It's to the one I'm tied to the one I'm leaving for you
Tell her it's over and I can't help what I do
Make it straight and to the point there's no use lying that won't do
Make three copies one for her one for me and one for you
And just sign it simply John and you can tell her you're the one
And oh yes PS please forgive what I've done
Make it straight and to the point...
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10.
NO LETTER TODAY
(Frankie Brown)
« © '59 Peer International, BMI »
No letter today I have waited since dawn
I've waited each day since you have been gone
No letter today all the days are so long
Why don't you write I know I was wrong
Just give me one chance please won't you forgive
I've loved you my dear for as long as I lived
I know it's no use but I hope and I pray
The postman goes by no letter today
[ steel ]
Just give me one chance...
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11.
LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND
(Nick Kenny - Charles Kenny - Fred J. Coots)
« © '57 Bourne Co, ASCAP / Toy Town Tunes, ASCAP »
On a day like today we pass the time away writing love letters in the sand
How you laughed when I cried each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand
You made a vow that you would always be true
But somehow that vow meant nothing to you
Now my poor heart just aches with every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
(You made a vow that you would always be true)
But somehow that vow meant nothing to you
Now my poor heart just aches with every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
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12.
P.S. I LOVE YOU
(Johnny Mercer - Gordon Jenkins)
« © '65 Johnny Mercer Foundation, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
Dear I've thought I've drop a line the weather's cool the folks're fine
I'm in bed each night at nine PS I love you
Yesterday we had some rain but all in all I can't complain
Was it dusty on the train PS I love you
Write to the Brown's just as soon as you're able they came around to call
I've burned the hole in the dining room table and let me see I guess that's all
Nothing else for me to say and so I'll close oh but by the way
Everybody's thinking of you PS I love you
Write to the Brown's...
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