(When Dolly Parton was ten years old she sang on the radio for the very first time at WIVK in Knoxville. Bobby Denton, who today is Music Director at WIVK, met Dolly Parton shortly after this broadcast debut and has followed her career very closely. Here are his comments on this outstanding performer.)When I first met Dolly Parton she was singing on WIVK Radio and local television shows in Knoxville. I was very impressed with Dolly - her sincerity really struck me. She was truely a dedicated country girl and proud of it. I remember hearing Dolly say, "When I move to Nashville I want to be successful as Dolly Parton - and not someone else." (Her Country background was a heritage Dolly never planned to disown in the light of fame. And she hasn't!) The rest is history. Dolly graduated from High School anhd headed for Music City USA. From the day she arrived she's added much to country music - her own style, beauty, charm and grace. She's also added many great recordings to country music. I think this album, Touch Your Woman, is one of her finest. On top of her performing talents, Dolly is a tremendous songwriter too. You'll see what I mean after listening to The Greatest Days of All, A Little at a Time, Second Best, and Will He Be Waiting. She also co-wrote with Porter Wagoner Mission Chapel Memories and A Lot of You Left in Me. It's great that Dolly's new single, Touch Your Woman, is now the title song of this album. Dolly has indeed done what she set out to do - she's successful as Dolly Parton and no one else. - Bobby Denton -
DOLLY PARTON
TOUCH YOUR WOMAN
RCA Victor LSP-4686March/1972
Produced by Bob Ferguson
Recorded:1971-1972, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville
1.
WILL HE BE WAITING
(Dolly Parton) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »I can still see that lonesome road stretched out before me
The road that led me out of his life
I can still feel the tears he cried on my shoulder
The day that I told him goodbye
I never should have left him never should have gone
Oh what a crazy fool I've been
Will he be waiting for me he will be won't he
And will he take me back again
Shadows from the trees shade the path that I am walking
As I make my way back up that winding road again
And the smell of mountain laurel fills the air with sweet perfume
My heart beats faster as I'm near my journey're end
I wonder if he's missed me I wonder if he wants me
I wonder does he love me still
Will he be waiting for me he will be won't he
Oh how I hope he will
He will be waiting for me he will be won't he
Or could it be his love for me has faded and has died
He will be waiting for me he will be won't he
Or will I find that this time I'll be the one to cry
Will he be waiting for me
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2.
GREATEST DAYS OF ALL
(Dolly Parton) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »A dirt dobber built its nest on my only Sunday dress
And the roof leaked in my shoes and when they dried they were too small
And the rats chewed a great big hole in my only winter coat
And at night I'd hear them gnaw the paper on my bedroom wall
But I still say those were the greatest days of all
Some happy and some sad some good and some bad
But I still say those were the greatest days of all
I used to wait by the garden gate where the hummingbirds came ev'ry day
To kiss the yellow roses growing up the garden wall
And in the tall grass I would lie til evening shadows brought the night
Through the window of my room I'd hear the whippoorwill's sad call
And I still say those were the greatest days of all...
Now as I make my way along the busy city sidewalks
My head arouring from the deafening city sound
You can't hear a whipporwill in this noisy city
And tall green grass don't grow along the sidewalks of this town
And hummingbirds don't fly around these artificial roses
Like they did around the garden wall
And oh so often in my mind I'll go back to another time
And I still say those were the greatest days of all I still say
Those were the greatest days of all
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3.
TOUCH YOUR WOMAN
(Dolly Parton) « © '72 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »Mhm we can't always both be right we sometimes disagree
But you've got the right to speak your mind it's the same with me
When the anger's at an end and you're warm inside my arms again
All you have to do to make it right
It's just touch your woman touch your woman
Everything's gonna be all right
Touch your woman touch your woman
Let me know let me know everything's all right
There are times when I should be strong when I'm awfuly weak
When the sudden blows of life had brought me to my knees
Woman needs helping hand needs someone to understand
Needs a man she loves that would stand
So touch your woman touch your woman...
And when the busy day is done you lay by side
You know exactly what it takes to keep me satisfied
You know exactly what I need and I'll always go to sleep in peace
Thinking only you belong to me
So touch your woman touch your woman...
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4.
LOT OF YOU LEFT IN ME
(Dolly Parton - Porter Wagoner) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »Oh you took your sweet love from me
Oh you left me sweet sweet memories
And I cry I cry like a little baby
Cause there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh there's still a lot of you left in me
And I cry cause your love won't set me free
Your love won't set me free
I'll keep holding on to love that used to be
Cause there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh I still go on to all our favorite places
And I still see all our friends we used to see
Oh but they can tell I'm just not the same without you
And that there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh there's still a lot of you left in me...
Cause there's still a lot of you left in me
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5.
SECOND BEST
(Dolly Parton) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »(Though I'm only second best you're still first with me)
I tried to make you love me I've done everything I could
I thought if I tried long enough maybe someday that you would
But there was someone else before me and it's her you're loving still
And I know no matter what I'd do I'm only second best
Only second best and that's all I will ever be
Even though I'm second best you're still first with me
And I'll be loving you when they fall my hands I guess
I love you even though I know I'm only second best
I know you've tried to love me and I'd hope you would in time
I know that when you're holding me it's her that's on your mind
Now I know you can't get over her but I love you noneless
But it makes no difference what I'd do I'm only second best
Only second best...
I love you even though I know I'm only second best
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6.
LITTLE AT A TIME
(Dolly Parton) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »Well the lady said will this be cash and I thought boy if that'en ain't a laugh
Why I don't carry money of that kind
Just put it on my charge account on account of I can't pay you now
I'll pay for it a little at a time
I'm just an average working girl trying to get along in this old world
Looking for that rich man I might find
But up till now the times are hard I'm living on my credit card
And paying for life a little at time
A little at a time that's how I pay my bills
That's the story of the working girl
Always going overboard buying things I can't afford
In this charge account credit card pay for it a little at a time world
My weekly check don't amount to a lot but I'm making payments on what I got
At the end of the month I ain't got one thin dime
And this old car I bought brand new but I'm still payin' on it too
I've been payin' for it a little at a time
Got a new apartment I just moved in and I'll do well to pay the rent
It's unfurnished so a bargain I must find
I saw a sign in a store downtown house goods for nothing down
Pay for it a little at a time
A little at a time that's how I pay my bill...
I want to pay on my layaway here's a dollar on my mink collar
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7.
LOVE IS ONLY AS STRONG (AS YOUR WEAKEST MOMENT)
(Bill Owens) « © '72 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »Love is only as strong as your weakest moment
And then that moment of weakness anyone can go wrong
Oh weak woman life's a crooked river follows the path of least resistance
I went in a wrong place at the right time where I didn't have any business
Temptation overcame me and now I'm ashamed of me
But how can I ask the one I love for his forgiveness
Love is only as strong...
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8.
LOVE ISN'T FREE
(Joe Babcock) « © '71 Southern Skies Publishing, BMI »The neon lights of a movie marquee
Says the show today is Love Is Free
And inside a boy and a girl on a date
Their folks are gone away they're gonna stay out late
A little later on in a lover's lane
They park in the dark with their hearts in flames
He says oh baby go along with me
I need you so and love is free
In a simple little room in a Chatanooga home
For girls that need a friend and are all alone
She waits for a letter that never comes
From a boy that won't admit what he's done
She had to leave school cause she couldn't stand the shame
Her daddy said she ruined the family name
Her mama cries herself to sleep at night
That's no way to start a young girl's life
Love isn't free no it ain't free
No matter what they say somebody has to pay for love
In an orphanage home a sad little girl
Six years old and all alone in the world
She knows by now what they never say
That she once had a mom but she gave her away
People come to visit but don't choose Marie
She cries at the door nobody loves me
And somewhere a boy doesn't care at all
That her tear at night stains her little rag doll
Love isn't free no it ain't free
No matter what they say somebody has to pay for love
No matter what they say look who's paying for love
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9.
MISSION CHAPEL MEMORIES<
(Dolly Parton - Porter Wagoner) « © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »Tonight oh it's quiet in mission chapel
And the music like his love has died away
And I'm standing in the middle of these mem'ries
Mission chapel mem'ries of our wedding day
I see the rice still scattered all around
That fell upon my satin wedding gown
And the wedding bells that rang are silent now
Only mission chapel mem'ries all around
Tonight I'm all alone at mission chapel
And I'm thinking of my love so far away
While I'm standing in the middle all these mem'ries
Mission chapel mem'ries of our wedding day
I see the rice still scattered all around
That fell upon my satin wedding gown
The gown I wore when I became his bride
And now these mission chapel mem'ries fill my eyes
Yes these mission chapel mem'ries fill my eyes
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10.
LONELINESS FOUND ME
(Porter Wagoner) « © '71 Porter Music, BMI »Loneliness found me one time too many
And I cheated I cheated on you
But I'd give my soul now if only I hadn't
But you see what loneliness can do
It seems that you're gone so much from me
And I try to find things to do while you're gone
But I get so lonesome from stayin' at home
And it's hard to enjoy things alone
Loneliness found me just one time too many
And I cheated yes I cheated on you
But I'd give my life now if only I hadn't
But you see what loneliness can do
Loneliness found me
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