Covers

1. It’s Growing

   It’s Growing

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   (William Robinson, Jr.-Warren Moore)

   Like a snow ball rolling down the side of a snow covered hill,
   It’s Growing.
   Like the size of the fish that the man claims broke his reel,
   It’s Growing.
   Like the rose bud blooming in the warmth of the summer sun,
   It’s Growing.
   Like the tale by the time its been told by more than one,
   Woo, It’s Growing

   Every day it grows a little more than it was the day before.
   My love for you just grows and grows,
   Oh, oh, oh oh, how it grows and grows,
   And where it’s gonna stop I’m sure nobody knows, hey,hey,hey!
   Nobody knows how it grows, and it grows, and it grows.
   Nobody knows.
   Nobody knows how it grows and grows.
   Where is it gonna stop?
   Woo!

   Like the need in a guy to see his girl when she’s gone away,
   It’s Growing.
   Like the sadness in his little heart when he knows that she’s gone to stay.
   It’s Growing.

   Every day it grows a little more than it was the day before.
   My love for you just grows and grows,
   Oh, oh, oh oh, how it grows and grows,
   And where it’s gonna stop I’m sure nobody knows, hey,hey,hey!
   Nobody knows.
   It get a little wider.
   Oh, it get a little stronger, get a little wider…

   (EMI Music Publishing)

2. (I’m A) Road Runner

   (I’m A) Road Runner

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   (Edward Holland, Jr.-Lamont Dozier-Brian Holland)

   Money, who needs it
   Let me live a life free and easy
   Put a toothbrush in my hand
   Let me be a traveling man
   I’m a roadrunner, baby
   Roadrunner
   Roadrunner
   I’m a road runner baby,
   Can’t stay in one place too long
   I’m a road runner,
   You might look at me
   And I’ll be gone
   Well you can love me if you wanna
   But I do declare
   When I get restless
   I got to move somewhere
   Yes, I’m a road runner baby,
   Anywhere is my home
   And I love the life I live
   And I’m gonna live the life I love
   Roadrunner baby
   Roadrunner Roadrunner
   Don’t want no woman to tie me down
   Gotta be free baby to roam around
   All my life I’ve been like this
   You can love me at your own risk
   When the dust hits my shoes
   I got the urge to move
   ‘Cause I’m a road runner baby,
   Gotta keep on, keepin’ on
   And I live the life I love
   And I’m gonna love the life I live
   Roadrunner baby
   Roadrunner Roadrunner

   (EMI Music Publishing)

3. Wichita Lineman

   Wichita Lineman

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   (Jimmy Webb)

   I am a lineman for the county,
   and I drive the main road
   searchin’ in the sun for another overload.

   I hear you singin’ in the wires,
   I can hear you through the whine,
   and the Wichita lineman is still on the line.

   I know I need a small vacation
   but it doesn’t look like rain
   and if it snows that stretch down south
   will never be the same.

   And I need you more than want you,
   and I want you for all time,
   and the Wichita lineman is still on the line.

   (From Hall Leonard)

4. Why Baby Why

   Why Baby Why

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   (Darrell Edwards-George Jones)

   Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why
   You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby
   Lord, I can’t help but love you ’til the day that I die
   So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why

   Well I got a crow I wanna pick with you
   Just like last time when the feathers flew
   You’re runnin’ wild kickin’ up your heels
   A-leavin’ me home with a hand full of bills
   Lord, I can’t live without you and you know it’s true
   But there’s no livin’ with you so what’ll I do
   I’m goin’ honky tonkin’, get as tight as I can
   And maybe by then you’ll ‘preciate a good man

   Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why
   You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby cry
   No, I can’t help but love you ’til the day that I die
   So tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why

   Well, now I don’t know, but I’ve heard say
   That ever’ little dog is a-gonna have his day
   You’d better pay attention, don’t you dare forget
   ‘Cause I’m just a little bitty puppy yet
   Well, I caught you honky tonkin’ with my best friend
   The thing to do was leave you, but I should’a left then
   Now I’m too old to leave you, but I still get sore
   When you come home a-feelin’ for the knob on the door

   Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why
   You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby
   Lord, I can’t help but love you ’til the day that I die
   So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why

   Tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why

   (Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Company)

5. Some Days You Gotta Dance

   Some Days You Gotta Dance

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   (Troy Johnson-Marshall Morgan)

   It was bout five till five on Friday
   We were all getting ready to go
   And the boss man started screaming
   And his veins began to show

   He said you and you come with me
   ‘Cause you’re gonna have to stay
   My heart was thumping, I was jumping
   I had to get away

   Some days you gotta dance
   Live it up when you get the chance
   ‘Cause when the world doesn’t make no sense
   And you’re feeling just a little too tense
   Gotta loosen up those chains and dance

   Well, I was talking with my baby
   Over a small glass of tea
   He asked the loaded question
   He said how do you feel about me

   My mind was racin’, I was pacin’
   But the word just wouldn’t come
   And there was only one thing
   Left to do I feel it comin’ on

   Some days you gotta dance
   Live it up when you get the chance
   ‘Cause when the world doesn’t make no sense
   And you’re feeling just a little too tense
   Gotta loosen up those chains and dance

   Some days you gotta dance
   Live it up when you get the chance
   ‘Cause when the world doesn’t make no sense
   And you’re feeling just a little too tense
   Gotta loosen up those chains and dance

   You gotta loosen up those chains and dance
   Come on and lloosen up those chains and dance

   (From SonyATV)

6. Seminole Wind

   Seminole Wind

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   (John Anderson)

   Ever since the days of old
   Men would search for wealth untold
   They’d dig for silver and for gold
   And leave the empty holes
   And way down south in the Everglades
   Where the black water rolls and the saw grass waves
   The eagles fly and the otters play
   In the land of the Seminole

   So blow, blow Seminole wind
   Blow like you’re never gonna blow again
   I’m calling to you like a long lost friend
   But I know who you are
   And blow, blow from the Okeechobee
   All the way up to Micanopy
   Blow across the home of the Seminole
   The alligators and the gar

   Progress came and took it’s toll
   And in the name of flood control
   They made their plans and they drained the land
   Now the glades are going dry
   And the last time I walked in the swamp
   I sat up on a Cypress stump
   I listened close and I heard the ghost
   Of Osceola cry

   So blow, blow Seminole wind
   Blow like you’re never gonna blow again
   I’m calling to you like a long lost friend
   But I know who you are
   And blow, blow from the Okeechobee
   All the way up to Micanopy
   Blow across the home of the Seminole
   The alligators and the gar

   (Universal Music Group and Holmes Creek Music)

7. Suzanne

   Suzanne

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   (Leonard Cohen)

   Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
   You can hear the boats go by
   You can spend the night beside her
   And you know she’s half crazy

   That’s why you want to be there
   She feeds you tea and oranges
   That come all the way from China
   And just when you mean to tell her

   That you have no love to give her
   She gets you on her wavelength
   And she lets the river answer
   You’ve always been her lover

   And you want to travel with her
   You want to travel blind
   You know she will trust you
   For you’ve touched her perfect body with your mind

   And Jesus was a sailor
   When He walked upon the water
   And He spent a long time watching
   From His lonely wooden tower

   And when He knew for certain
   Only drowning men could see Him
   He said, “All men will be sailors then
   Until the sea shall free them”

   But He, Himself was broken
   Long before the sky would open
   Forsaken, almost human
   He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

   And you want to travel with him
   You want to travel blind
   And you know him, he will find you
   For he’s touched your perfect body with his mind

   Suzanne takes your hand
   And she leads you to the river
   She is wearing rags, feathers
   From Salvation Army counters

   And the sun pours down like honey
   On our, our lady of the harbor
   And she shows you where to look
   Near the garbage and the flowers

   There are heroes in the seaweed
   There are children in the morning
   They are leaning out for love
   And they will lean that way forever
   While Suzanne holds the mirror

   And you want to travel with her
   You want to travel blind
   And you know she will find you
   For she’s touched your perfect body with her mind

   (From SonyATV)

8. Hound Dog

   Hound Dog

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   (Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller)

   You ain’t nothing but a hound dog
   Been snoopin’ round my door
   You ain’t nothing but a hound dog
   Been snoopin’ round my door
   You can wag your tail
   But I ain’t gonna feed you no more

   You told me you was high class
   But I could see through that
   You told me you was high class
   But I could see through that
   And daddy I know
   You ain’t no real cool cat

   You made me feel so blue
   You made me weep and moan
   You made me feel so blue
   You made me weep and moan
   You ain’t looking for a woman
   All you lookin’ for is a home

   (Cherry Lane Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing)

9. Sadie

   Sadie

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   (Joseph Jefferson-Charles Simmons-Bruce Hawes)

   In a world like today
   Its a rare occasion to be able
   To see young mothers like the ones
   That were around when I grew up
   But they live on in memory
   To quite a few of us
   And this song is dedicated
   To those who cherish that memory

   Early one Sunday morning
   Breakfast was on the table
   There was no time to eat
   She said to me, Boy, hurry to Sunday school

   Filled with her load of glory
   We learned the Holy story
   Shell always have her dreams
   Despite the things this troubled world can bring

   Oh, Sadie
   Don’t you know we love you
   Sweet Sadie
   Place no one above you

   Sweet Sadie (Well, well, well)
   Living in the past
   Some times it seems so funny
   But no money will turn your life around

   Sweeter than cotton candy
   Stronger than papas old brandy
   Always that needed smile
   Once in awhile she would break down and cry

   Some times shed be so happy
   Just being with us and daddy
   Standing the worst of times
   Breaking the binds with just a simple song

   Oh, Sadie (Oh, Sadie, baby)
   Don’t you know we love you (Shell love us all in a special way)
   Sweet Sadie (Well, well, well)
   Place no one above you

   Sweet Sadie (Sweet Sadie livin in the past)
   Living in the past
   Oh, she’s never sinnin
   In love she’s always winnin, yeah

   Sadie (My, my, my, my, my)
   Don’t you know we love you (I love you, mama)
   Sweet Sadie
   Place no one above you (I just cant forget)

   Sweet Sadie (How you gave me love, oh, Lord)
   Living in the past
   If there’s a heaven up above
   I know she’s teaching angels how to love

   Sadie (Its a mean world without you)
   Don’t you know we love you
   Sweet Sadie (All the love you showed)
   Place no one above you

   (Warner-Tamerlane Publ. Corp. (BMI))

10. On Broadway

    On Broadway

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    (Jerry Lieber-Mike Stoller-Cynthia Weil-Barry Mann)

    They say the neon lights are bright
    On Broadway
    They say there’s always magic in the air
    But when you’re walkin’ down that street
    And you ain’t got enough to eat
    The glitter rubs right off and you’re nowhere
    They say the chicks are somethin’ else
    On Broadway
    But lookin’ at them just gives me the blues
    ‘Cause how ya gonna make some time
    When all you got is one thin dime
    And one thin dime won’t even shine your shoes
    They say that I won’t last too long
    On Broadway
    I’ll catch a Greyhound bus for home they all say
    But they’re dead wrong, I know they are
    ‘Cause I can play this here guitar
    And I won’t quit till I’m a star
    On Broadway
    But they’re dead wrong, I know they are
    ‘Cause I can play this here guitar
    And I won’t quit till I’m a star
    On Broadway
    On Broadway
    I’m gonna make it, yeah
    On Broadway
    I’ll be a big, big man
    On Broadway
    I’ll have my name in lights
    On Broadway
    Everybody gonna know me
    On Broadway
    All up and down Broadway
    On Broadway

    (From EMI Publishing)

11. Summertime Blues

    Summertime Blues

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    (Eddie Cochran-Jerry Capehart)

    Well I’m a- gonna raise a fuss, I’m a- gonna raise a holler
    I’ve been a- workin’ all summer just to try to earn a dollar
    Tried to get the car go out on a date
    The boss says “No dice son, you gotta work late”
    Sometimes I wonder what I’m a- gonna do
    But there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

    Well, my mom and poppa told me “Son, you gotta earn some money
    If you wanna use the car to go riding next Sunday”
    Well I wouldn’t go to work, I told the boss I was sick
    He said “You can’t use the car ’cause you didn’t work a lick”
    Sometimes I wonder what I’m a-gonna do
    But there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

    Gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
    Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
    Well I called my Congressman and he said quote
    “I’d like to help you son, but you’re too young to vote”
    Sometimes I wonder what I’m a-gonna do
    But there ain’t to cure for the summertime blues

    (Warner-Tamerlane Publ. Corp. (BMI))

12. Not Fade Away

    Not Fade Away

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    (Norman Petty-Buddy Holly)

    I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be,
    You’re gonna give a your love to me.
    I wanna love you night and day;
    You know my love not fade away.
    Well, you know my love not fade away.

    My love is bigger than a Cadillac,
    I try to show it and you drive me back.
    Your love for me has got to be real;
    For you to know just how I feel.
    A love for real not fade away.

    I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be,
    You’re gonna give a your love to me.
    A love to last more than one day;
    A love that’s love not fade away.
    A love that’s love not fade away.

    (MPL Music Publishing Inc.)