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Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Backroads

Jolly Rogers JR-5001
Oct / 1972

Produced by Kenny Rogers

Cover image of Backroads

Arrangements by Larry Cansler, Doug Riley
Recorded:
1972, Toronto Sounds, Toronto (1,3,8)
1972, Quantum Recorders, Torrance (2,4,6)
1972, Hollywood Sounds, Hollywood (5)
1972, Devonshire Sounds, Hollywood (7)
1972, Glaser Studio, Nashville (9,10)
Engineering:
Arnie Acosta, Don Sciarrotta, Eddie Abner,
Greg Venable, Kyle Lehning, Peter Houston

1.

Lady Play Your Symphony

Rory Bourke

© Chappell Co, ASCAP

Lady play your symphony play it soft and sweet for me
Till the morning light oh you make it right
There's a peacefulness I've never known
Lyin' here upon the throne with you

Lady sing your lullaby till the slumber fills my eyes
And dream today you make it go away
Now outside your door the demons wait
Till the dawn I know I'm saved with you

Lady play your symphony let your love roll over me
Oh I don't want to see the sun rise again without your love

Lady let your love light shine help me find some peace of mind
I need you so I can't let go
Though I am strong but still I feel
The morning light won't find you here with me

Lady play your symphony let your love roll over me
Oh I don't want to see the sun rise again without your love

Lady play your symphony
Lady play your symphony
Play it for me

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2.

She Thinks I Still Care

Dickey Lee - Steve Duffy

© Jack Music, BMI

Just because I asked a friend about her
Just because I said her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today
She thinks I still care

Just because I haunt the same old places
Where the mem'ry of her lingers everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be
She thinks I still care

But if she's happy thinking I still love her
Then let her silly notion bring her cheer
And how could she ever be so foolish
Whatever get her that idea

Just because I asked a friend about her
Just because I said her name somewhere
Just because I saw her then I went to pieces
She thinks I still care
She thinks I still care

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3.

Look Over The Hill

Gerry Rafferty

© Heathside Music, BMI

Look over the hill and far away
You'll see the start of a brand new day
Heaven help us when it arrives
One more day with tears in our eyes
For the only one lonely one
Lonely one where can she be

The figure stands at the windowpane
Up to the hill he looks again
Looking back he knows he was wrong
How could he leave his home for so long
And he's back to find no change of mind
He was blind where can she be

Why does he stand just outside the door
It does no good he's stood there before
And just waved his hand I don't understand
There's no one there so who can explain

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4.

There's An Old Man In Our Town

Kenny Rogers

© Jolly Rogers Music, ASCAP

There's an old man in our town
And I guess he's been around
For years and years at least it seems that way
Wrinkled hands and rocking chair
Growing old just sitting there
Every year he had the same old things to say

Youth only happens to you one time
And so I've been told
If you should miss it in your young time
Have it when you're old

There's no old man sitting there
Just an empty rocking chair
But the things he said will always be around
Someday when I'm old and grey
Maybe youth can come my way
I'll be proud to be the old man in our town

And I'll say youth only happens to you one time...

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5.

My Sweet Lady

John Denver

© Cherry Lane Music, ASCAP

Lady are you crying do the tears belong to me
Did you think our time together was all gone
Lady you've been dreaming I'm as close as I can be
And I swear to you our time has just begun

Close your eyes rest your weary mind
I promise I'll stay right here beside you
Today our lives were joined became entwined
And I wish that you could know how much I love you

Lady are you happy do you feel the way I do
Are there meanings that you've never seen before
Lady my sweet lady I just can't believe it's true
And it's like I've never loved before

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6.

(# 69 country hit)

Today I Started Loving You Again

Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Well today I started loving you again
Now I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
Then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get back
With only these few million tears I've cried
I should have known the worst is yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun

Well today I started loving you again
And I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
Then today I started loving you again

I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
Then today I started loving you again

**********

7.

Tell Me Why

Barry Gibb

© Casserole Music, BMI

If you think that you can hurt me and make my cry
Tell me why tell me why tell me why
If you think that you can hurt me with eyes that cry
Tell me why tell me why tell me why

I've got my reasons for feeling this way
Day after day and as nights go by
If you think my heart is broken and I might die
Tell me why tell me why tell me why

All the world over is lonesome like me
Day after day and as nights go by
If you think that you can hurt me and make me cry
Tell me why tell me why tell me why
Tell me why tell me why tell me why

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8.

Her Father Didn't Like Me Anymore

Gerry Rafferty

© Heathside Music, BMI

The coat she wore still lies upon the bed
Book I gave her that she never read
She left without a single word to say
Her father didn't like me anyway

She always wanted more than I could give
She wasn't happy with the way we lived
I didn't feel like asking her to stay
Her father didn't like me anyway

Daddy never knew just what she'd seen in me
Daddy never liked my hair
Perhaps we had talked he'd have seen something in me
But daddy didn't really care

To tell the truth I didn't have the nerve
I guess I'm giving just what I deserved
And now she's taking leave of me today
Her father didn't like me anyway

**********

9.

Indian Joe

Grady Smith - William Quillen

© Quinvy Music, BMI


*****

10.

Do You Remember The First Time

Steve Hoffman - Robert Emenegger

© Honey Bunny Music, BMI


*****



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