lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

ROLL ON MISSISSIPPI

(Kye Fleming - Dennis Morgan)
« © '80 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Walking along whistling a song barefoot and fancy free
A big riverboat passin' us by she's headed for New Orleans
There she goes disappearing around the bend
Roll on Mississippi you make me feel like a child again

Cool river breeze like peppermint leaves the taste of it takes me back
Chewin' on a straw torn overalls cane pole and ole straw hat
Muddy river just like a long lost friend
Roll on Mississippi you make me feel like a child again

Roll on Mississippi big river roll
You're the childhood dream I grew up on
Roll on Mississippi carry me home
Now I can see I've been away too long
Roll on Mississippi roll on

When the world's spinnin' round too fast for me I need a place to dream
So I come to your banks I sit in your shade and relive the memories
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Roll on Mississippi you make me feel like a child again

Roll on Mississippi big river roll...

Mississippi roll on
(Roll on Mississippi roll on roll on Mississippi roll on)
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2.

I USED TO BE THAT WAY

(John Schweers)
« © '80 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Some people live for tomorrow's dreams
Never mind today the future is ev'rything
And some people cry when dreams don't come true
Oh I used to be that way till I found you

And some choose to live clinging to the past
Where memories and dreams cut like broken glass
Givin' up their lives being just a fool
Oh I used to be that way till I found you

When some people love it seems like they always lose
Afraid of the pain they build walls till no one can get through
And some don't believe that miracles come true
Oh I used to be that way till I found you
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3.

TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT

(Kent M. Robbins - David Wills)
« © '80 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Letting me down easy would be the lovin' thing to do
You could take it step by step till I get used to losin' you
Now I can't really blame you if the feeling has disappeared
But you won't even look me in the eye

Oh you're takin' the easy way out takin' the easy way out
At least you could've told me a lie
But you're takin' the easy way out takin' the easy way out
Not even sayin' goodbye

It may be hard to face me but it's twice as hard to watch you go
Goodbyes are never easy but you could have let me know
Now I don't mean to criticize you I'm not tryin' to put you down
I just thought that you would be a little kinder

Oh but you're takin' the easy way out takin' the easy way out...
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4.

SHE'S AS GOOD AS GONE

(David Wills - Charles Quillen)
« © '80 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
She's so close that I could touch her but she's a million miles away
Her eyes are tellin' me what she can't bring herself to say
She don't want to hurt me so she keeps me hangin' on
She's just goin' through the motions and she's as good as gone

Ah she's as good as gone she just hasn't say goodbye
Where did I go wrong I've asked myself a thousand times
I'm missin' her already I'm as good as all alone
Her heart's already left me and she's as good as gone
She's as good as gone

Her clothes hang in the closet her jewelry's in the drawer
She still sleeps in our bedroom but she don't love there anymore
There's no way to reach her she's been goin' for so long
And I'm goin' crazy cause she's as good as gone

Ah she's as good as gone she just hasn't say goodbye...
She's as good as gone she's as good as gone
She's as good as gone
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5.

HE CAN BE AN ANGEL

(Donny Lowery)
« © '80 MGB Songs, ASCAP »
He'll grow up too fast his mother said
He can't wait to get in shoulder pads
The days go by so fast I can't believe
That someday he may decide it's time to leave

He never gets tired and I've never seen him bored
He'll take on a band of pirates with a lego sword
Sure knows how to make a fool of me
Sometimes I can't believe he's only three

He can be an angel he can be a monster
He can be anything but to me he's ev'rything
He can be an angel he can be his mother's pride and joy
He's a very special little boy he is love

I pick him up each day he'll always smile and say
Look what I made today just for you
He learned a new song today then went outside to play
He went runnin' for the ball this big guy made him fall
Yeah that's a pretty good grass stain I'll bet mom just might complain
But I'll take all the blame

He can be an angel he can be a monster...

Almost ev'ry night on the way to bed he fights
And just when I think he's through a well he yells out I love you
I say you know the same goes for me now you try and get some sleep
And tomorrow you can laugh and play just like you did today
Son don't ever change the way you are

He can be an angel he can be a monster...
He can be an angel he can be a monster...
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6.

FALL BACK ON ME

(Danny Dunn - Richard Root)
« © '80 Cohran Music, ASCAP »
You're goin' searchin' for somethin' that I hope someday you'll find
I'm not sayin' I want you to leave but I won't try and change your mind
That would be only thinkin' of me what a selfish thing to do
Should you ever come up downhearted remember what I'm tellin' you

It's a cold cold world out there you won't find roses bloomin' everywhere
I realize that somethin' inside tellin' you you've got to be free
You learn that life and reality won't be ev'rything you want it to be
So try your wings and if you fall you can fall back on me

Don't give your heart to the drifter he's only a one nightstand
Turn away from the madam in red she'll use you if she can
I can give you these words of advice but I can't tell you what to do
Should you ever come up downhearted remember that I still love you

It's a cold cold world out there you won't find roses bloomin' everywhere
I realize that somethin' inside tellin' you you've got to be free
You learn that life and reality won't be ev'rything you want it to be
So try your wings and if you fall you can fall back on me
So try your wings and if you fall you can fall back on me
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7.

MAKE IT SPECIAL AGAIN

(Gary Harrison - David Wills)
« © '80 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
Lately it seems our love's grown routine we've let life get in the way
This payin' the bills is takin' the thrills away from us a little each day
We've forgotten how to love each other like we did when it first begin
So tonight let's try to remember and make it special again

Let's make it special again
Turn on some music and turn off the light
And go to bed real early and stay up all night
Open up a bottle of our favorite wine like we used to do back then
Let's put it all back together and make it special again

Let's turn off the phone play like no one's at home we won't answer the door
Between you and me there'll be no time for sleep cause I'll be comin' back for more
We'll lay out of work in the mornin' but really we'll be sleepin' in
Gettin' in touch with each other makin' it special again

Let's make it special again...
Let's put it all back together and make it special again
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8.

YOU BEAT 'EM ALL

(Ben Peters)
« © '80 Ben Peters Music, BMI »
I guess somebody heard me in heaven
And they sent you to answer my call
I never thought I would see an eleven
But honey you sure beat 'em all

I 've seen losers and winners and some are most tender
Who could make most any man crawl
I've known warm southern beauties and hot barroom cuties
But honey you beat 'em all

In a silk gown or ole faded denim
You could drive any man up a wall
Cause there's nobody got what you put in 'em
Yes darlin' you sure beat 'em all

I 've seen losers and winners and some are most tender...
But honey you beat 'em all
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9.

GHOST WRITTEN LOVE LETTERS

(Jerry Hutchins)
« © '80 Roz Tense Music, BMI »
Well today I checked my mailbox another one was there
A letter written by some girl tellin' me she cared
All this time I've wondered who that secret admirer could be
I just don't know why she won't give her name to me

Now she says that she loves me and that I really mean a lot
She says there ain't another man with the kind of love I've got
I wonder if it might be from a girl that I once knew
The handwriting cannot be traced there's not a single clue

Yes I get ghost written love letters hand writing unknown
But they're the sweetest words I've ever heard oh they really turn me on
Yes they are ghost written love letters no one's name is signed
No address or no zip code not a clue of any kind

A these words of love she writes to me Lord I just can't resist
And I've tried ev'ry way I know to find out who she is
She might be somebody far away and then again somebody near
I've received so many letters from her ev'ryday another one appears

Yes I get ghost written love letters hand writing unknown...
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10.

YOU ALMOST SLIPPED MY MIND

(Troy Seals - Don Goodman - Tilden Back)
« © '72 Irving Music, BMI »
Just for a moment you almost slipped my mind

She walked right up to me and took me by the hand
A woman who could please most any man
She said to me I'm free and you're just my kind
And for a moment you almost slipped my mind

Almost you almost slipped my mind
I could taste taste her kisses in the wine
But your mem'ry came and found me just in time
And for a moment you almost slipped my mind

I can see now how sometimes a man can be so blind
Ah let himself be led astray become the cheating kind
I found myself fallin' for that same ole line
And for a moment you almost slipped my mind
Yes for a moment you almost slipped my mind
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