lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MINE

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
A little white house with black wooden shadows
A porch with its columns all covered with vine
My broken dreamhouse where he lives with another
But this was supposed to be mine

And two little children that look like their daddy
With the same smile and the same eyes that shine
The only thing wrong I'm not their mommie
But they were supposed to be mine

He's givin' to her what he promised to me
The plans that we made never can be
For each night he holds and caresses another
And she is supposed to be me

He's givin' to her what he promised to me...
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2.

CHAS

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Chas I cook your a breakfast and send you to work
I mend your clothes Chas I iron your shirts
There's so much thought in each thing that I do
And all of the time Chas I'm loving you

And I greet you each evening Chas when you come home
I miss you so badly while you are gone
And if I make you happy then I'm happy too
And all of the time Chas I'm loving you

Chas I rock your babies I teach them to talk
I care for your wife Chas because she can't walk
I do all the things she's unabled to do
And all of the time Chas I'm loving you

I want you so much but your wife needs you Chas
You'll never be mine and I'll never ask
I know that you love her and I love her too
But all of the time Chas I'm loving you

I look at you Chas you look at me
But what I am thinking must never be
I love you so much and it's hard to resist
I want you but I I couldn't take you from sis
But all of the time Chas I'm loving you
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3.

WHEN POSSESSION GETS TOO STRONG

(Dolly Parton - Louis Owens) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I can't live with you if you try to own me
Though you may give me love like I have never known
But if you try to control me then you won't never know me
And I'll be moving on when possession gets too strong

So love me just for what I am don't try to change a thing
And I'll take you just like you are and I'll expect the same
So if you want to love me you must understand all of me
For I'll be moving on when possession gets too strong

And I have no control over what I feel inside
And I can't change the way I am and you must be satisfied
So if you think you can't be without place and chance on me
Then I'll be moving on when possession gets too strong
[ ac.guitar ] I have no control over what I feel inside...
I'll be moving on when possession gets too strong
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4.

I'M DOING THIS FOR YOUR SAKE

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Someone else's arms will hold you my darling baby girl
I'll never get to see the child I've brought into this world
Because I made one mistake folks say that I'm bad
But they just don't understand the way I loved your dad

Now I thought your daddy loved me I was so sure he did
And so I gave him all my love and he said we would wed
But I guess he must have chenged his mind cause she left town one day
When he found out about you he just stopped and ran away

In this home so far away from home I leave my heart today
Cause home is where the heart is and with you my heart will stay
Because I love you so much why I can't make you pay
So I'm doing this for your sake I'm giving you away
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5.

BUT YOU LOVED ME THEN

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Remember all the castles that we once built in the sand
Remember how we used to go and visit fairy land
Remember how we'd search for that pot of gold at the rainbow's end
But you loved me then

And the flowers that we picked from the fields where we did run
And the sunbeams that we'd catch from the summer's golden sun
And the butterflies we'd chase as we'd go running through the wind
But you loved me then

Now I walk through the ruins of our castles in the sand
When you left I lost my way forever and the fairy land
Now the rainbows have all gone and the flowers have all died
And the sunbeams that we caught have all gone free again
And the butterfiles we chased have all gone with the wind
And you no longer care but you love me then
(And you no longer care) but you love me then
(And you no longer care) but you love me then
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6.

DON'T LET IT TROUBLE YOUR MIND

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
Our love affair is bitter sweet insecure and incomplete
And I've often wondered why your leavin's been so long delayed
It's all become so complicated maybe you feel obligated
And out of symptahy for me you stay

But I had rather live alone than live with someone doesn't love me
And I'd rather have your gold and stay
And put me down a thinkin' you're above me
Our love affair is so woundup it's best that we unwind
And if you don't love me leave me and don't let it trouble your mind hmm

You've waited much too long to leave afraid of how I take it
And I'm deeply touched by your concern but I think I can make it
It won't be easy for a while but I'll forget in time
And if you don't love me leave me and don't let it trouble your mind

I had rather live alone...
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7.

MORE THAN THEIR SHARE

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I give an inch and you take a mile
And you tell me to jump and I just ask how high
I've been over backwards to show you I care
And someone must always give more than their share

I say I'm sorry when the fault is not mine
And I take the blame for our fights all the time
I love you so much and it doesn't seem fair
That someone must always give more than their share

I know you well enough to know
You would never admit you were wrong
And you know me well enough to know
I give in cause my love is so strong

If I give an inch and you take a mile
If you tell me to jump well I just ask how high
I've been over backwards to show you I care
Cause someone must always give more than their share
Yes someone must always give more than their share
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8.

MAMA SAY A PRAYER

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
The bright lights of this city are a pretty sight to see
Perhaps they're extra pretty to a country girl like me
Temptation waits at every turn and it won't let me be
So mama when you pray tonight say a special prayer for me

I miss your tender goodnight kiss of love and understanding
The goodnight kisses I get now are cruel and so demanding
So mama when you pray tonight and while you're on your knees
Mama say a special prayer for me
[ steel - guitar ] The nights get cold and lonely when you're far away from home
And lonely makes it easy for a good girl to go wrong
Evil eyes search through the night for lonely girls like me
So mama when you pray tonight say a special prayer for me

I miss your tender goodnight kiss...
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9.

DOWN FROM DOVER

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of clover
And time is running out for me I wish that he would hurry down from Dover

He's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep upon the ground
And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown
And anytime a tiny face will show itself cause waiting's almost over
But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from Dover

My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the homeplace
My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face
My mama said I was a fool and she did not believe it when I told her
That everything would be all right cause soon he would be coming down from Dover

I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed me
He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was using me
He couldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be so it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this so long oh he'll be coming down from Dover

My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where I'm lying
Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much too still I hear no crying
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover
From Dover from Dover
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