The Price Of Love
(Don & Phil Everly)
Wine is sweet & gin is bitter
Drink all you can, but you won't forget her
You talk too much, you laugh too loud
You see her face in every crowd
CHORUS:
That's the price of love, the price of love
The debt you pay with tears & pain
The price of love, the price of love
Can cost you more & you're to blame
Kiss one girl, kiss another
Kiss 'em all, but you won't recover
You're dancin' slow, you're dancin' fast
You're happy now, but that won't last
(chorus)
Man With Money
(Don & Phil Everly)
She wants a man with lots of money, & I'm a poor boy
He buys her things, she calls him honey, she calls me poor boy
What good does it do to give her love good & true?
When any fool would understand
She thinks money makes a man
She wants a man with lots of money, & I'm a poor boy
She wants the things you buy with money & not a poor boy
(title x3)
Just down the street, I know a place
When they're asleep, I'll cover my face
I'll break the lock, open the door
I'll slip inside, I'll rob the store
Then I'll be a man with lots of money & not a poor boy
I'll buy her things, she'll call me honey & not a poor boy
(title x5)
Love, love is strange
Lots of people take it for pain
Once you've got it, you never wanna quit
After you've had it, you're havin' awful fits
Love is strange, love is strange
(spoken):
Phil: Hey, Don?
Don: What, Phil?
Phil: How would you call your baby home?
Don: Well, if I needed her real bad, I guess I would call her like
this
(sung):
Baby, oh sweet baby
My sweet baby, please come home
(spoken):
Phil: Yeah, that ought to bring her home, Don!
People don't understand
They think love is money in the hand
Your sweet lovin' is better than a kiss
When you left me, sweet kisses I miss
Love is strange, love is strange
Give Me A Sweetheart
(John Loudermilk)
Grow me a heart that won't cheat but will be just for me
Make me some lips that won't lie but will smile & speak sweet
Give me some eyes that are shined up so blue
Give me a sweetheart, give me you
Give me some arms that will cling & won't mingle with friends
Make me a kiss that will stay even after it ends
(x2):
Give me a touch that is tender & so true
Give me a sweetheart, give me you
You're The One I Love
(Bourdleaux & Felice Bryant)
Tenderly, tenderly
Come to me tenderly
You're the one I love, you're the one I love
Hold me near, hold me tight
When you're near, it's so right
You're the one I love, you're the one I love
Bridge:
Baby, don't you be afraid to love me, love me
Baby, don't you be afraid to love me
& I'll be good to you
Come to me, come to me
Tenderly, come to me
You're the one I love, you're the one I love
(repeat bridge & verse 3)
(repeat title & fade)
You're My Girl
(Don & Phil Everly)
When I close my eyes & I think of you
You wouldn't believe what comes into view
Your big brown eyes, your tasty lips, ahhhh
Your tender sighs, my my my, your shapely hips
You'd be surprised what I visualize
I really tell the world you're somethin' else
& you're my girl
When I lay myself a-down to sleep
I count your charms & steal the sheep
The way you walk, your swingin' sway
The way you talk, hey hey hey, the things you say
I can't believe you belong to me
I really tell the world you're somethin' else
& you're my girl
Kiss Your Man Goodbye
(Don & Phil Everly)
You've had your way far too long, girl
& your kiss goes bittersweet
So you'd better change your way, girl
Or I'll walk out in the street
Oh girl, you'd better try to please me
Then kiss your man goodbye, goodbye
You can hang onto me, girl
If you cling with all your might
& when you whisper to me, love
It had better sound just right
Oh girl, you'd better try to please me
Then kiss your man goodbye, goodbye
(instrumental)
Every time I see you smile, love
It had better be at me
& don't let me see you cry, girl
That's the way it's gotta be
Oh girl, you'd better try to please me
Then kiss your man goodbye, goodbye
Don't Let The Whole World Know
(Don & Phil Everly)
Don't let the whole world know; go on home, boy
Don't just stand there alone; go on home, boy
She made a fool of him
They split, it's done, it's through
Don't let the whole world know; go on home, boy
She had no use for him
Not like she used to do
Don't let the whole world know; go on home, boy
Don't Forget To Cry
(Bourdleaux & Felice Bryant)
You always said you'd shed a million teardrops
If we should part, if ever we should part
But now you're gonna leave me high & dry
Goodbye baby, don't forget to cry
You said your tears would build a brand-new river
If we were through, if ever we were through
But now somebody new has caught your eye
Goodbye baby, don't forget to cry
Nothing Matters But You
(Gary Geld/Peter Udell)
Since we met, I sit around & want you
I don't do the things I ought to do
I'm so in love I let the world go by me
Nothing matters but you
Nothing matters but you
Every dream I dream, I dream about you
Loving you is all I wanna do
I'm so wrapped up that nothing can untie me
Nothing matters but you
Nothing matters but you
Most folks need a world to conquer
Something big to do
They don't know the worlds I conquer
When I'm kissing you
Let them all go chasing after rainbows
I have found my pot of gold in you
Your love is all I need to satisfy me
Nothing matters but you
Nothing matters but you
It's all over, didn't even cry
I just stop living when you said goodbye
It's all over, can't feel a thing
I just stop living; couldn't stand the pain
There are no light leaves in September
Lips as fresh as spring
Love that warms like summer sun
Shouldn't die when winter comes
It's all over, didn't even cry
I just stop living when you said goodbye
It's all over (it's all over)
A beggar me, a count of empty boxes
That is all I own in this world
Oh Diana, sweet Diana
To flirt & fling a young girl dressed in ribbons
Taking fancies to those like you
Oh Diana, sweet Diana
Yet you wait with mourning in your hair
& now I need good reason, but I've none to spare
You are just a leaf that I have turned
& I am like a match that slowly burns
(repeat verse 1)
Bowling Green
(Terry Slater/Jackie Ertel)
Way down in Bowling Green
The prettiest girls I've ever seen
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
To live down in Bowling Green
Bowling Green folks treat you kind
They let you think you're all mine
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
In Bowling Green you walk your own mind
Bridge:
Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold
It warms the body, & I know it touches the soul
Bluegrass is fine, Kentucky owns my mind
The fields down in Bowling Green
Have the softest grass I've ever seen
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
To lie down in Bowling Green
Bowling Green girls treat you right
They wear dresses cut country tight
A man in Kentucky sure is lucky
If he's seen the Bowling Green light
(repeat bridge)
(I'd Be) A Legend In My Time
(Don Gibson)
If heartaches brought fame
In love's crazy game
I'd be a legend in my time
If they gave gold statuettes
For tears & regrets
I'd be a legend in my time
Bridge:
But they don't give awards
& there's no place or thing
For a heart that's been broken
Over love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim
Then everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend in my time
(instrumental)
(repeat bridge & verse 3)
I'd be a legend in my time
Well I be movin' on down the track
Means true love baby ain't comin' back
I'm a-movin' on, I'll soon be gone
You will find enough on me alone sky
I'm a-movin' on, ah
Well, people that whistle is blue & blue
Said hello Alabama, I'm comin' to you
I'm a-movin' on, I'll soon be gone
You will find enough on me alone sky
I'm a-movin' on, ah, ah, ah
(instrumental)
Well I want you baby, 'cause time has come
But just won't listen, no baby, no not
I'm a-movin' on, I'll soon be gone
You will find enough on me alone sky
I'm a-movin' on, ah, ah, ah
(repeat title & fade)
The Lord Of The Manor
(Terry Slater)
(1-minute-plus instrumental)
The lord of the manor loves the upstairs maid
& I tend the flowers of the seeds he lays
His collar is velvet, his hands are real soft
She sleeps with the master, I'm awakened above
I wish in the bedrooms the sheets were all torn
I wish that the flowers would only grow thorns
(1-minute-plus instrumental)
The lord of the manor has a wife of gray
He pays the chauffeur to drive her away
The lord & my baby are upstairs alone
The one who could stop them is physically gone
I wish in the bedrooms the sheets were all torn
I wish that the flowers would only grow thorns
(instrumental, bass scat singing & "cha" whispers, fading out)
Sing Me Back Home
(Merle Haggard)
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest
& I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
"Let my guitar-playin' friend do my request"
"Let him sing me back home, a song I used to hear
Make my old mem'ries come to life
Take me away & turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die"
I recall a Sunday morning a choir from on the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
& I heard him tell the singer "There's a song my mama sang
Could I hear it once before you move along?"
"Won't you sing me back home, a song I used to hear
Make my old mem'ries down to lie
Take me away & turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die"
Shady Grove
(Venetia Everly/Jackie Ertel)
Beyond this maze of city streets
Beyond those painted faces
There's a road that leads to cool green fields
& girls who're dressed in laces
Everyone has a front porch swing
Every house a parlor
When the float is dry, watch me thirst
There's more than just spring water
CHORUS:
Shady Grove, my little miss
Shady Grove, my darlin'
Shady Grove, my little miss
Come with me to Harlan
Just sittin' here & the mornin' sun
Looks like glittering fire
She's long, she's lean, she won't run
She fills me with desire
Kentucky, I could go back in
From a bed of yellow daisies
The sun is warm & her kiss is hot
She's known to drive me crazy
(chorus x3)
Cuckoo Bird
(Don & Phil Everly)
CHORUS:
Oh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird; she warbles as she flies
But I never give her water till the 4th day of July
It is often that I wonder why women love men
& I look back & I wonder why men are men
(chorus)
(instrumental)
Gonna build me a castle on a mountain so high
So I can see my true love as she passes by
(chorus)
Jack o' Diamonds, Jack o' Diamonds, I know you of old
You have robbed me my whole pockets of silver & gold
(repeat chorus & fade)
I'm On My Way Home Again
(V. Stevens)
No I don't think I'll ever get on that train again
I'll just smile & wave at the engineer
I'll put my guitar in a gunny sack
& walk away & I won't be back
& when the whistle blows my name
I'll say "Whoo whoo! I'm on my way home again"
No I don't think I'll ever come this way again
I'll be content with the pictures in my mind
I'll remember how that lonesome road
Used to press my back like a heavy load
& when the diesel calls my name
I'll say "Whoo whoo! I'm on my way home again"
(instrumental)
Runnin' hee, I'll just sit & look out the window
Too dee, I'll just spend the day drinkin' beer
Winds, they will find me asleep at the TV
The rest of the week will be free, free
(repeat verse 1)
(repeat & fade):
"Whoo whoo! I'm on my way home again"
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