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Melba Montgomery

Down Home

United Artists UAS-6369
Aug / 1964

Produced by Pappy Daily

Cover image of Down Home

Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton - guitar
Hal Rugg, Buddy Emmons - steel
Shot Jackson - dobro
Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Tommy Jackson - fiddle
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Recorded:
1963-1964, Columbia Studio, Nashville

1.

Lies Can't Hide What's On My Mind

Melba Montgomery - Carl Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

The nights I spend in old familiar places
Dancin' to a jukebox playin' loud
Everywhere I go I search the faces
Hopin' I'll see you among the crowd

I try to hide the way I feel about you
But the smile I wear don't fool your friends or mine
They know I lie when I say I don't need you
And the lies can't hide what's on my mind
[ instrumental ]
At times it's hard to cover up my feelings
When someone speaks your name I fall apart
Instead of tears I smile to hide emotions
That I've had lost inside my broken heart

But a close look in my eyes reveals the sadness
And it scares away each new love that I'd find
My lips can say I love you to another
But the lies can't hide what's on my mind

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2.

Hall Of Shame

George Riddle

© Glad Music, BMI

Should they have built a hall of shame for those that can't be true
Someone should give them your name to see what they can do
To place you there among the rest who have cheated in lost game
That surely find a place for you in this hall of shame

It certainly is no honor not a thing to be proud of
But after all the part you've done you destroyed our love
I worship you but to my regret your feelin's weren't the same
I know that you'd be right at home in this hall of shame
[ instrumental ]
For all the heartaches I have known I must say you're to blame
I know you'd be elected to this hall of shame
A broken heart some memories you left for me to claim
There's just one place where you belong in the hall of shame

It certainly is no honor not a thing to be proud of...

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3.

The Face

Melba Montgomery - Bill Hayes

© Glad Music, BMI

All alone standing here deep in sorrow
I'm a victim of love's hardest fall
And I can see a face full of shame and disgrace
In the mirror hanging there on the wall

I stare into the face of this image
And the voice from within seems to call
He just told you goodbye then the face starts to cry
In the mirror hanging there on the wall
[ instrumental ]
The eyes looking out are accusing
They're saying I'm to blame for it all
Through my tears I will grieve with the image of me
In the mirror hanging there on the wall

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4.

Why Does The Lady Cry

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

Through the window of the toy-shop I saw them
A little girl holdin' hands with her dad
I wanted to run to her but I couldn't let her know
That I am the mother she never had

She never knew that her mommie was outside
She was a baby when I told them goodbye
Then they walked out past me and I heard her asked her dad
Daddy why does the lady cry
[ instrumental ]
I stood there till they were out of sight
Deep in mem'ry all the days gone by
As they walked on their way there we echoes left behind
Daddy why does the lady cry

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5.

We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

with George Jones

We said our goodbyes long ago
Never thinking we'd miss each other so
All the memories we can't leave behind
Oh we must have been out of our minds

I thought I loved another not you
How foolish I thought the same too
They both turned out to be the wrong kinds
Oh we must have been out of our minds
[ instrumental ]
Let's forgive and forget the past we've known
And reap together the wild seeds we've sowed
Surely they can forgive us and find
That we must have been out of our minds

I thought I loved another not you...
Yes we must have been out of our minds

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6.

Before She Changed Your Mind

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

A future filled with sorrow cross my path of happiness
The day another won your heart and sweet caress
The world I now live in is cold and filled with misery
As long as I live without you the blues won't let me be

She took you from me and left me lonely
Is it wrong to keep on wanting you
I still love you even though it's been a long long time
Come back to me the one you love before she changed your mind
[ instrumental ]
I'll face each new tomorrow with thoughts of loneliness
No day goes by that still put from the rest
Your mem'ry lingers everywhere there's blues on every street
And all I have is heartaches I know I'm doomed to keep

She took you from me and left me lonely...

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7.

I'll Always Keep On Loving You

Johnny Mathis

© Glad Music, BMI

I say tomorrow I'll forget you
That I won't always be this blue
I'll soon forget I ever met you
But I'll always keep on lovin' you

I'll try to hate you even though you're down
I guess I told a million lies on you
I've even said I'm glad you're not around
But I'll always keep on lovin' you
[ instrumental ]
I'll tell my heart at times to live again
I say I'll find another too
Cause I don't ever seem to make it
Cause I'll always keep on lovin' you

I'll try to hate you even though you're down...

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8.

I Can't Change Overnight

George Jones - Johnny Mathis

© Glad Music, BMI

There's a love in my heart that I'd been keepin'
I don't know how to give it away to someone new
Though you just walked away and left me weepin'
And I can't change overnight from lovin' you

If I can't walk with you then I'll walk all alone
Where my feet touch the ground then that's where I'll call home
Though you say to forget the love that we once knew
I can't change overnight from lovin' you
[ instrumental ]
Oh you say to forget the lips I used to kiss
Find someone to take the place of the love I still miss
I don't like all this loneliness that I go through
I can't change overnight from lovin' you

If I can't walk with you then I'll walk all alone
Where my feet touch the ground then that's where I'll call home
I don't like all this loneliness that I go through
I can't change overnight from lovin' you

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9.

The Greatest One Of All

George Riddle

© Glad Music, BMI

Although the heartaches one can know in a lifetime
There are many that can cause a great downfall
But I know for sure I have in mine possession
The saddest bluest greatest one of all

The greatest one of all of all the heartaches
Was a guilt from you reminding me you're gone
You must surely be the world's champion heart breaker
Cause you left me the greatest one of all
[ instrumental ]
I should think for you to have a special title
And hang your picture in some shining hall
You're an expert when it comes to causin' heartache
And you gave me the greatest one of all

The greatest one of all of all the heartaches...

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10.

There's A Friend In The Way

Oney Wheeler

© Glad Music, BMI

with George Jones

We can explain this one too clearly cause he's known he's a friend
That's standin' in the pathway of our love
Yes we love each other dearly but we just can't find the way
Night and day there's friend in the way

I told him once I loved him too and he thinks I'd never lie
To me he's been like my right hand he thinks I'm quite a guy
Yes we love each other dearly but we just can't find the way
Night and day there's friend in the way
[ instrumental ]
I told him once I loved him too and he thinks I'd never lie...

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11.

What's Bad For You Is Good For Me

Melba Montgomery - Carl Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

I had a talk with one of your old friends in town today
And he told me that your new love went astray
Now isn't that just the way I said it would be
Come on back home what's bad for you is good for me

It's good for me to have a chance to win you back again
It's bad for you to lose her love but this is not the end
Give us a chance to know the love that used to be
Come on back home what's bad for you is good for me
[ instrumental ]
I knew if I'll wait long enough someday she'd set you free
She'd find someone to take your place like she took you from me
And now you know just how it feels in misery
Come on back home what's bad for you is good for me

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12.

Don't Make Me Build Another Wall

Melba Montgomery - Carl Montgomery - Bill Hayes

© Glad Music, BMI

Not long ago this heart of mine was broken
And around this heart of mine I built a wall
Just living like there never was tomorrow
Then I met you that's when I knew the wall would fall

The wall has fallen from around this heart of mine
I can't resist your tender kiss that's all divine
To lose you now would be my big downfall
So please don't make me build another wall
[ instrumental ]
I'm free now from the prison built by heartbreak
Where mem'ries from your love have kept me bound
Though in your arms I've found true love and freedom
I'm glad you crumbled my wall to the ground

The wall has fallen from around this heart of mine...

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