lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

CHAIN DON'T TAKE TO ME

(Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens)
« © '71 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

I believe in spendin' love I don't think it's meant for savin'
But if I do unbuckle my shoe it don't mean that I'll be stayin'
Fore we watch the sun go down there's somethin' you oughta be knowin'
The one think I don't like to hear twice is the same ole rooster crowin'

Cause mama said that travelin' was the nickname of my daddy
She told me we was on the move the very day she had me
Yes I was born to wander and I got to be free
Lord I don't take to a ball and chain and a chain don't take to me

Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

You're just wastin' time with the nursery rhymes and sweetheart sayin's
A ramblin' soul is stronger than philosophical persuasions
Now I want you to remember me and be glad that you met me
But first of all remember to be ready to forget me

Cause mama said that travelin' was the nickname of my daddy...

Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
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2.

GEISHA GIRL

(Lawton Williams)
« © '57 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand
Were you ever in a teahouse on the Island of Japan
And have you ever traveled over many thousand miles
To see a pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style

They've read it in the Tealeaves and it's written in the sand
I found love by the heartful in a foreign distant land
Tell the homefolks that I'm happy with someone who's true I know
I love a pretty Geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow

I've stood and watched the sunrise by the waters of the sea
And wondered how much beauty in this whole world can there be
My dreams are all worth dreamin' and it makes my life worth while
To see a pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style

They've read it in the Tealeaves and it's written in the sand...
I love a pretty Geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow
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3.

FILIPINO BABY

(Billy Cox - Clarke VanNess)
« © '40 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
When the warship left Manila sailin' proudly o'er the sea
All the sailors hearts were filled with fond regret
Lookin' backward to this Island where they spent such happy hours
Makin' love to ev'ry pretty girl they met

When up stopped a little sailor with his bright eyes all aglow
Sayin' take a look at my gal's photograph
Then the sailors gathered round him just to look upon her face
And then he said I love my Filipino baby

She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
Her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know
She's my little Filipino baby
[ guitar - fiddle ] In a little rustic cottage in the far off Filipines
Dwells a lonely little maiden all alone
She's thinkin' of her true love though he's far across the sea
Her heart beats true for him and him alone

Then one day he whispered darlin' I've come back from Caroline
I've come back to claim the one that I love
And that night there was a wedding while the ships crew gathered round
And he wed his little Filipino baby

She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet...
She's my little Filipino baby
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4.

ONE HUNDRED SONGS ON THE JUKEBOX

(Glenn Sutton - Hugh X. Lewis)
« © '70 Al Gallico Music, BMI / Peer Music, BMI »
My ears just can't believe the things I'm hearin'
We've met tonight to go our separate ways
In my eyes tears will soon be appearin'
Cause I never thought I'd live to see this day

We'd meet to have a drink and talk it over
And I need time to think of what to say
Cause there's one hundred songs on the jukebox
And I'll play them all if you'll just stay

There are sad songs and happy songs which selection should I make
Ten dollars isn't very much when my whole world's at stake

I know how much you always did love music
So darlin' please tell me what to play
Cause there's one hundred songs on the jukebox
And I'll play them all if you'll just stay

When I called you I knew that you were busy
And it was nice of you to go out of your way
But I'd had a few just enough to make me dizzy
So please understand I'm not myself today

I can change your mind if you will only listen
And time is all that's standing in my way
Cause there's one hundred songs on the jukebox
And I'll play them all if you'll just stay
And I'll play them all if you'll just stay
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5.

DON'T LET LOVE PASS YOU BY

(Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)
« © '71 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
(Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na)

Don't waste your time by chasin' a rainbow rainbows follow the rain
Life is a carousel and love is your ticket so grab for the golden ring
Love is the chance that you take to be happy so take love by the hand
Walk through a world full of flowers and sunshine try it while you can

Ever thing living is born for a reason and love is the reason why
Life has smiled on you and me so don't let love pass you by

(Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na)

Look at the world through your rose colored glasses life is a merry-go-round
Love is a climb and there's no way to reach it we'd both be on the ground
Take the first step and climb the ladder don't let doubt make you stop
Never look down or you'll think about fallin' and you won't reach the top

Love is a game made of takin' and givin' so take a chance and try
Now's the time for you and me so don't let love pass you by

(Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na)
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6.

AIN'T GOT TIME TO BE UNHAPPY

(Glenn Sutton)
« © '68 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
The rich man's eatin' with a golden spoon
The poor man's worried bout 'em gettin' to the moon
They say World War III is a comin' any day
But me I couldn't care less either way

I ain't got time to be unhappy
I ain't got time to be unhappy
Lovin' you makes me wanna slap my pappy
And I ain't got time to be unhappy
[ guitar ] The world keeps changin' everyday
But things in the heart stay the same ole way
Rockets to the Moon and filter cigarettes
Ain't had no effect on my life as yet

I ain't got time to be unhappy...
[ harmonica ] So take my advice if you ever get blue
Find a little girl that just digs you
Live on love let the world be
Then you can sing my little song with me

I ain't got time to be unhappy...
(Come on now)
I ain't got time to be unhappy...
Oh I ain't got time to be unhappy...
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7.

I GOT A WOMAN

(Ray Charles)
« © '56 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Well I got a woman way across town she's good to me oh yeah

I got a woman way across town good to me oh yeah
Say I got a woman way across town she's good to me oh yeah
Well she's my baby don't you understand yes and I'm her lovin' man
I got a woman way across town good to me oh yeah

She saves her lovin' huggin' and a kissin' just for me yes she does
She saves her lovin' huggin' and a kissin' just for me oh yeah
She's my baby don't you understand yes and I'm her lovin' man
I got a woman way across town good to me oh yeah

(Get on it boys)
[ guitars ] (I got a woman way across town that's good to me yeah good to me)

She sat she love me day and night
Never grumbles and fusses just treats me right
Never runnin' in the streets leavin' me alone
She knows a woman's place right down there in our home

I got a woman way across town good to me you know she is
Well I got a woman way across town she's good to me oh yeah
I got a woman yes I have you know I have yes I have
I got a woman way over town good to me yeah yeah yeah
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8.

FRAULEIN

(Lawton Williams)
« © '56 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Far across the deep blue waters lives an old German's daughter
By the banks of the old River Rhine
Where I loved her and left her but I can't forget her
Cause I miss my pretty Fraulein

Fraulein Fraulein look up toward the heavens
Each night when the stars seem to shine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
You are my pretty Fraulein
[ fiddle - steel ] When my memories wander away over yonder
To the sweetheart that I left behind
In a moment of glory a face comes before me
The face of my pretty Fraulein

Fraulein Fraulein look down by the river
Pretend that your hand's holding mine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
And I always will my Fraulein
And I always will my Fraulein
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9.

MEXICAN JOE

(Mitchell Torok)
« © '53 Unichappell Music, BMI / Elvis Presley Music, BMI »
South of the border hey I know a lad
He's got more fun than anybody's had
Don't got no worry don't got no dough
Everybody's wonderin' bout Mexican Joe

In ole Mexico they call him the Rhumba King
Leads all the women around on a string
When they go out they get a million thrills
But the lovely senoritas wind up with the bills

Dancin' romancin' always on the go
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe

He makes all the night spots all along the bay
People want to see him when he comes their way
He spreads so much joy ev'rywhere he goes
Ev'rybody shouts Viva la Mexican Joe

He likes to gamble and at poker he's an ace
He's always lucky with the cards that's got a face
At winning the money he is sure a whiz
But when they win they don't collect cause they don't know where he is

Dancin' romancin' always on the go...

He don't got no income tax cause he don't got no dough
Still he gets along just fine how we'll never know
He's got ev'rything he wants a girl a drink a song
And if we use his formula we surely can't go wrong

His favorite playground is anywhere there's girls
He's got that somethin' that sets their hearts a whirl
It couldn't be his money cause he ain't got a peso
When he wants a kiss all he's got to do is say so

Dancin' romancin' always on the go...
Dancin' romancin' always on the go...
Dancin' romancin' always on the go...
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10.

GOOD THINGS STEM FROM ROCK AND ROLL

(Dennis Linde)
« © '71 Combine Music, BMI »
It was a cold night in December it was a night we all remember
At the 1958 All Star Rock'n Roll Show
The admission line was a freezin' but nobody was a leavin'
And one by one the crowd slipped through the entrance door

Well the show finally got started and as the curtain parted
Fifteen thousand voices made the hall explode
Well a history was made there cause the rock'n roll they played there
Is the roots of what you now hear on the radio

Good things stem from rock'n roll
Like a hard rock blues and groovy soul
Good things stem from rock'n roll
It never dies it keeps on groovin'

Now they could not keep 'em quiet you know they nearly had a riot
And the tidal wave of sound came crashing down on us
Someone's kind of bluesy with a little dash of country music
Thirteen years have passed and it still raises dust

Good things stem from rock'n roll...

Now when the show was over the stars all ran for cover
And the stagedoor exits all were jammed with screamin' girls
That was a night we all remember in cold cold cold December
And tho the night is gone the sound still echos round the world

Good things stem from rock'n roll...
Good things stem from rock'n roll
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11.

THERE'S A BIG WHEEL

(Don Gibson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel
He's a whole lot bigger than you
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel
He's a whole lot bigger than you

When you think you've got the world by the tail
And you don't have to worry bout a thing
When you think the world can never hold you down
Do you ever think of his name

There's a big wheel there's a big wheel...

Do you do ever stop to think how you got
All of that worldly fame
Don't you know he's a watchin' over you
Anytime he can blot out your name

There's a big wheel there's a big wheel...
[ guitar - steel ] If you think you're a big big shot
And everthing you do is a whiz
Just remember brother everthing that you've got
It's not yours remember it's his

Oh there's a big wheel there's a big wheel...
Come on now
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel...
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