WINE ME UP
(Mercury SR-61241) '69
Produced by Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Kennedy - lead guitar/sitar
Ray Edenton, Chip Young - rh.guitar
Harold Bradley - bass guitar
Lloyd Green - steel
Buddy Harman - drums
Bob Moore - bass
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Buddy Spicher, Johnny Gimble - fiddle
Vocal accompaniment by The Jordanaires and The Nashville Sounds
Recorded at Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville
1.
YOUR TIME'S COMIN'
(Kris Kristofferson - Shel Silverstein)
« © '69 Combine Music, BMI »
Well I knew she belonged to someone else at the time
But lonely look in women are a weakness of mine
So I bought all she said about the love he never gave her
And figured I just love her some and do us both a favor
Just as I got up to leave he walked through the door
And I guess I thought he'd be surprised
But he looked at me as if to say he's been there before
And he offered me these words to the wise
He said you know she's a cheater son but you believe that you're the one
Who's got a lot of what it takes to change her
And I know now that you can't get her you ain't much but that don't matter
Nothing suits her better than a stranger
And the stranger man the better and the chances are she'll set her
Eyes on you the next time she goes slummin'
So you sit back and wait your turn boy you got lots of times to learn boy
Cool it while you can your time's comin'
[ fiddle ]
Well it happens that in time it happened just like he said
And soon enough her shoes were settin' under my bed
And I'll confess I did my best to prove that man had lied
But nothing short of suicide could keep her satisfied
So buddy losing her to you was just a matter of time
And it's her time for finding something new
Nothing I can say is gonna make you change your mind
So I'll just give the same advice to you
You know she's a cheater son...
I said cool it while you can cause your time's comin'
**********
2.
LITTLE GREEN APPLES
(Bobby Russell)
« © '68 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
And I wake up in the mornin' with my hair down in my eyes and she says hi
And I stumble to the breakfast table while the kids are goin' off to school goodbye
And she reaches out and takes my hand and squeezes it and says how you feelin' hon
Then I look across at smilin' lips that warm my heart and then I see my morning sun
And if that's not lovin' me then all I've got to say
Is God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
There's no such thing as Doctor Suess Disneyland and Mother Goose no nursery rhyme
God didn't make little green apples and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And when myself is feeling low I think about her face aglow and ease my mind
Sometimes I call her up at home knowing she's busy
And ask her if she'd get away and meet me and maybe we could grab a bite to eat
And she drops what she's doin' and she hurries down to meet me and I'm always late
But she sits waitin' patiently and smiles when she first sees me
Cause she's made that way
And if that ain't lovin' me then all I've got to say
Is God didn't make little green apples
And it don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes
There's no such think as make believe puppy dogs and autumn leaves and BB guns
**********
3.
RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
(Mel Tillis)
« © '66 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
You have painted up your lips rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down
Ruby don't take your love to town
Oh it wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
And yes I know that I am not the man I used to be
Ruby I still need your company
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
Ruby don't take your love to town
She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of a door
The way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before
And if I could I get my gun and put her in the ground
(Ruby) don't take your love to town
Ruby for God's sake turn around
**********
4.
GAME FOR BELIEVERS
(Ray Griff - T. Bornhorst)
« © '69 Helene Blue Musique, ASCAP »
**********
5.
PAINTED GIRLS AND WINE
(Jack Ripley)
« © '67 ATV Songs, BMI »
Oh it's funny how wine makes fools out of men around women
And it's funny how women love men till their money is gone
As I went down to Juarez town to buy my love a ring
I stopped me by the tavern where the painted woman sing
Says I I'll take one look inside but I'll not touch that wine
And in the morn I'll buy the ring and Mary will be mine
Oh it's funny how wine makes fools out of men around women
And it's funny how women love men while the wine flows on
It's funny how wine makes fools out of men around women
And it's funny how women love men till their money is gone
I walked me in and sat me down beside the candle light
And a painted girl walked by and said are you alone tonight
I showed her all the money that would buy my Mary's ring
And soon the wine began to flow and we began to sing
Now I walk the streets of Juarez town with Mary on my mind
But every window I look me in there's painted girls and wine
I can't go on to Mary cause I don't have the right
So I'll stay here in Juarez town no matter what it brings
Oh it's funny how wine...
**********
6.
LOVE WILL MAKE IT ALL RIGHT
(Jerry Chesnut)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
**********
7.
WINE ME UP
(Billy Deaton - Faron Young - Eddie Crandell)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'm the center of attention in this barroom
Cause I've got a biggest heartache of the year
And each night those swinging doors reach out for me and draw me in
Cause they know each night that I'll come back to wine me up again
Wine me up turn me on and watch me cry for you
Lately drinking warm red wine is all I want to do
And I never know how title I'll wine me up till I walk in
But I don't care cause I'll be back to wine me up again
[ fiddle ]
I'd like to thank to men that raised the grapes way out in California
And I'm hoping this will be their biggest year
Cause scarlet water's all that's left to keep me hanging on
And that's why I'll try to wine me up each day and night next year
Wine me up turn me on...
**********
8.
GALVESTON
(Jim Webb)
« © '69 Jobete Music, ASCAP »
Galveston oh Galveston I still hear your sea winds blowing
I still see her dark eyes glowing she was twenty one when I left Galveston
Galveston oh Galveston I still hear your sea waves crashing
As I watch the cannons flashing I clean my gun and dream of Galveston
I still see her standing by the water standing there looking out the sea
Is she waiting there for me on the beach where we used to run
Galveston oh Galveston I am so afraid of dying until I dry the tears she's crying
Till I watch your seagulls flying in the sun at Galveston at Galveston
I still see her standing by...
**********
9.
LOVE SWEET LOVE
(Jerry Crutchfield)
« © '69 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
**********
10.
GENTLE ON MY MIND
(John Hartford)
« © '67 Ensign Music, BMI »
Well it's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to keep my sleeping bag rolled up
And stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotten words and bons
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that binds me
Or something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowin' that the world will not be cursin' or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheet fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman cryin' to her mama cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And a summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walking on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
I dipped my cup of soap back from a gurgling crackling caltron in some train yard
My beard a roughen coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands round a tin can I pretend I hold you to my breast and find
That you're waving from the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind mhm
**********
11.
THAT'S MY WAY
(Billy Deaton - David Turner)
« © '69 Court Of Kings, BMI »
Beside the cottonfield I was born underneath the tree was my home
A flock of geese flew over head
Wind from the wings call down to me come go with us that's my way
It grieves me much to see you cry I'll break a heart with my goodbye
I warned you ahead of time
I could never say I'm sorry but it has to be that's my way
That's my way to try to find a place I've never been
Before directions master me and distance is my friend
I try to put a lifetime in the each and every day that's my way
I yearn to love but it can't be for fear of what's inside of me
With the each day setting of the sun
A passing train stirs my soul like winds of long ago that's my way
That's my way that's my way
**********