lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

JUST TO PROVE MY LOVE FOR YOU

(David A. Coe)
« © '77 Captive Music, BMI / Careers Music, BMI »
I'd walk across Kansas in a New York minute
Climb the Colorado mountains in the fall
Crawl through Arizona like a flatland lizard
If I thought it'd do me any good at all
I could swim Lake Erie with my hands tied behind me
Eat a West Virginia coal miner's shoes
Drink the Mississippi River if it took a mouth of Sundays
Just to prove my love for you

I remember well the first time that I kissed you
Cause the things ain't been the same ever since
You got me thinkin' I could eat a ten penny nail
And spit out a barbed wire fence
Now there ain't a livin' creature gonna evert come between us
I'd fight lions snakes and gorillas too
And if that ain't enough we'll start all over
Just to prove my love for you
[ fiddle - steel ] I could ride my pony through the eye of a hurricane
Climb Mount Everest on a string
Jump Niagara Falls in a burnin' barrel
And bring you back a hoop smoke ring
Wrestle alligators in the Okefenokee
There's nothin' I wouldn't do
If you just say the word I'll catch that Great Speckled Bird
And bring it back to you

I remember well the first time that I kissed you...
I'd walk across Kansas in a New York minute...
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2.

FACE TO FACE

(David A. Coe)
« © '77 Careers Music, BMI »
Face to face toe to toe where we'll stop heaven knows
Arm in arm cheak to cheak who's to blame
Hand in hand heart to heart we never should have let it start
But it's too late we shared it all now we'll just have to share the blame

I can feel your body tremble as I hold you in my arms
For you know another woman has my name
Now she knows it's just you and me but she don't want to set me free
We've shared it all now it's time to share the blame

Face to face toe to toe where we'll stop heaven knows
Arm in arm cheak to cheak who's to blame
Hand in hand heart to heart we never should have let it start
But it's too late we shared it all now it's time to share the blame

Face to face toe to toe where we'll stop heaven knows...
Face to face toe to toe where we'll stop
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3.

YOU'LL ALWAYS LIVE INSIDE OF ME

(David A. Coe - Bobby Charles)
« © '77 Warner-Tamerlane Publ, BMI / Rice And Gravy Music, BMI »
You could sail across the water
Take the kids and set me free
You could die and go to heaven
But you'll always live inside of me

You'll always live inside of me girl
You'll always live inside of me
No one else will ever take your place
You'll always live inside of me
[ steel - fiddle ] They could take me back to prison
They could throw away the key
Just as long as I am breathin'
You'll always live inside of me

You'll always live inside of me girl...
You'll always live inside of me girl...
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4.

PLAY ME A SAD SONG

(David A. Coe)
« © '77 Warner-Tamerlane Publ, BMI »
Play me a sad song tell me your woman's gone
You know how mis'ry loves company
Sing it just one more time before I lose my mind
Tell me how mis'ry loves company

Loneliness surrounds me
Emptiness you found me
I don't think I can go on

Sing me a drinking song tell me you done her wrong
You know how mis'ry loves company
I'll put in my last dime to hear it one more time
Willie sing Mis'ry Loves Company

Loneliness surrounds me
Emptiness you found me
I don't think I can go on
I don't think I can go on
I don't think I can go on
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5.

DADDY WAS A GOD FEARIN' MAN

(David A. Coe)
« © '77 Captive Music, BMI / Careers Music, BMI »
Used to go with my grandpa up to the town square
Set him down up there on a picnic bench
And he used to play checkers with them other old men up there
They used to tell stories bout when they were kids

Grandpa says he shot the Chief of Police when he was nine years old
I believe it
Cause they tell me that Hazard Knetucky was the baddest place in the world
Why they say they used to sit out there on their front porch
Shoot them revenuers when they'd come down the hollow
Said they was so young took two of them boys
To hold the rifle and one to pull the trigger
Well grandpa he'd lie a little bit
But I'll tell you there's a lot of stories in Harlan County

Yeah folks in Harlan County Lord they knew that we were poor
They always called my daddy Preacher Dan
But daddy weren't no preacher least ways I don't recallect
Ever hear of papa talk of nothin' but the land

Daddy was a God fearin' farmer yes he was
Could not read nor write Lord he could barely sign his name
Daddy was a God fearin' farmer all his life
Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same

Well he always grew tobacco though he did not smoke himself
He had the best tobacco crop around
And he never touched a drop of liquor that I can recall
Papa made his livin' on the ground

Yes Sunday go to meetin' called for more than he could stand
I guess he felt at home in his old clothes
But he never missed a Sunday takin' mama to the church
Maybe it was habit Lord but heaven only knows

Daddy was a God fearin' farmer yes he was...
[ steel - fiddle ] Yeah folks in Harlan County Lord they knew that we were poor...
Daddy was a God fearin' farmer yes he was...

Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same
Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same
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6.

CANTEEN OF WATER

(Jay Bolotin)
« © '77 Warner-Tamerlane Publ, BMI »
He carries his ID's and his books bound in leather
And a change of clothing and a picture of Anna when she was younger
Least he forget her
And in among his papers is a list of all the people that he knew
And many sent letters telling someone that he'd be there sometime soon
Hey stranger aren't you the tiredness that remains
When you think freedom can't be measured
By the scuffles on your boots
Hey hey hey

Now he dreams a life with Anna in the time they were together
He was hard and she was supple
Where they lived out in the country she thought gentle
Like his hands upon her body
And when Anna felt the cooling wind David felt the need to be blown down
And when Anna felt the cleansing rain David fought the fear that he might drown
Hey stranger and now you wander through the country
That you hope is much less frightening when it's quicker passing by
Hey hey hey

Now in southern Arizona at the Last Chance Diner counter
Being questioned by the waitress he prepares for the desert
With his fredom and a canteen of water

La la la la la la la la la...
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7.

MARIA IS A MYSTERY

(David A. Coe - Jay Bolotin)
« © '77 Warner-Tamerlane Publ, BMI »
Maria has a music box she winds most ev'ry day
Once a week is all it takes to make the music play
Melody is just some childhood lullabye her mother used to sing to her

And the road down to the city goes right by Maria's door
I ofted walk right by her house on my way to the store
Up there where those Italian mothers dress their shivering bambinos for the rain

She tells me about Jesus and all his gallant men
I tell her about fantasy
Maria she's this lady on my way down to the river
Maria she's a mystery
Maria she's a mystery

Yeah passing by this morning I drew a picture in my hand
Our bodies in some candlelight that glowed upon our skin
Maybe if I touched her she would disappear like angels in a dream

She tells me about Jesus and all his gallant men...

La la la la la la la la la...
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8.

JUST IN TIME (TO WATCH LOVE DIE)

(David A. Coe - Jimmy Townsend)
« © '77 Captive Music, BMI / Careers Music, BMI »
There's a stack of daily papers by her doorstep
And the grass has grown up more than she'd allow
Yes it looks to me to be a little more than a vacation
Never knew that I could miss her until now

From both ends the candle seemed to burn much brighter
I guess she saw the flame I tried so hard to hide
Looks like I'm the one that got caught in the middle burnt my finger
I got there just in time to watch love die
Yes I got there just in time to watch love die
Mhm mhm mhm

There's a change of address blank inside her mailbox
And the key she usually left for me is not here
Yes it's plain to see that she no longer needs an explanation
Guess I should have known I would not find her here

From both ends the candle seemed to burn much brighter
I guess she saw the flame I tried so hard to hide
Looks like I'm the one that got caught in the middle burnt my finger
I got there just in time to watch love die
But I got there much too late to say goodbye
Mhm mhm mhm
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9.

SAN FRANCISCO MABEL JOY

(Mickey Newbury)
« © '69 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
My daddy was an honest man just a redneck Georgia farm boy
My mama spent her short life raisin' kids and bailin' hay
Now I was just fifteen when I ached inside to wander
So hopped a freight in Waycross and I rode it to LA

I met a girl known on the Strip as San Francisco's Mabel Joy
Destitution's child born on an LA street called Shame
And sleep came and left this little Waycross Georgia country boy
Mabel Joy was gone Lord I'd never see her again

Growin' up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
Laughter found our mornings brought new meaning to my life
I woke up one day Lord to find that I was by myself
With dreams of Georgia cotton and a California wine

Sunday morning found me standing neath the red light at her door
Right cross sent me reelin' laid me face down on the floor
In place of my Mabel Joy found a merchant mad marine
Who said your Georgia neck is red but Sonny you're still green

But I turned twenty one in a grey rock Federal prison
The judge he had no mercy on this Waycross Georgia boy
Sometimes at night in silence Lord I'd listen
That same ol' freight to take me back to Mabel Joy

The cold nights had no pity on this Waycross Georgia farm boy
Springtime turned to summer and then the winter came
Starin' at those four grey walls in silence Lord I'd listen
Somewhere's in the distance to the whistle of a train

Sunday morning found me lyin' neath the red light at her door
With a bullet in my side I cried have you seen Mabel Joy
Stunned and shaken someone said son she don't live here no more
She left this town ten years ago I heard she's lookin' for
Some Georgia farm boy
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10.

HEY GYPSY

(David A. Coe - Fred Spears)
« © '77 Warner-Tamerlane Publ, BMI »
Hey gypsy hey gypsy come on home
Wven if it's just to paint your wagon
Old hobo how long can this go on
She's mending socks and sittin' home a naggin'

Hey outlaw let's spend some time together
She said outlaw it does matter whether
We're alone come on home

Hey drifter has your feeling for her gone
Have you spent too many night out on the highway
Hey loner she said hit the road and sing your songs
It won't be long until I have your baby

Hey outlaw let's spend some time together...

Hey drifter (hey gypsy) hey outlaw (hey drifter)
Hey loner (hey outlaw) hey hobo (hey drifter)
Hey gypsy hey gypsy
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