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Cajun Rage
(from the
LP "High Times")
Randy Goodrum
& Brent Maher * 1981 * Blue Quill Music - ASCAP
Well I just got back from New Orleans and I've got news for you
I heard a little band in a cellar club playing music that sounds brand new
Well they took a little Cajun country, mixed in some rhythm and blues
And threw in a little Dixie land and now they're gonna play for you (play
it!)
Well a boy came in from Nashville and said, "Hey, I'll play the steel"
"Would you mind if I sat in awhile 'cause I love that Cajun feel"
The piano man said, "hey, come on up 'cause we love that Nashville sound"
And when he started playin', the room started shakin'
And I thought that the house would come down
Chorus:
The
Cajun rage is coming, the Cajun rage is coming to you (here it comes now,
boy) (here it come, ei-yee) (here it comes, honey)
The Cajun rage is coming, the Cajun rage is coming
So move back the chairs and throw away your cares
And slip on your dancin' shoes (count it off boys...1-2-3-4)
Well southern Louisiana has got another claim to fame
'Cause that little band in that cellar club gave birth to the Cajun rage
So now when you hear that music and you feel you can't sit still
You better grab your girl and get out on the floor, if you don't, the next
guy will
(repeat chorus
2x)
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Cancel Tomorrow
(from
the LP "Forever Yours")
Red Lane & Dottie
West * 1970 Tree Publishing - BMI
Cancel tomorrow I
need no more time
I've wasted our words, running you through my mind
You'll love me forever not counting today
So cancel tomorrow or it will just be in my way
You promised me true love that never would die
You promised no heartaches no hurt or goodbyes
But now it's all over what else can I say
But cancel tomorrow or it will be just like today
Cancel tomorrow
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Careless Hands
(from the
LP "Careless Hands")
Bob Hillard &
Carl Sigman * 1958 Plain Two Music - ASCAP
I let my heart
fall into careless hands
Careless hands that broke my heart in two
You held my dreams like worthless grains of sand
Careless hands don't care when dreams slip through
Chorus:
You've brought me joy and oh, I loved you so
But all that sunshine didn't make roses grow
If you don't change someday you'll know the sorrow of
Careless hands that can't hold on to love
(Repeat chorus)
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Carolina Cousins
(from
the LP "Carolina Cousins")
Bill Backer &
Roger McBrien * 1975 Shada Music - ASCAP
When I was just a
young girl my mama told me hon'
What country's where you've been to what country's where you're from
Now I don't wanna hurt you honey can't you see
No I'm not in the country the country's still in me
Chorus:
I've got Carolina cousins, Carolina kin (they're waiting there)
At the gates of almost heaven they'll let me in
My Carolina cousins will smile and say hello
So for now I've gotta say goodbye and go
You found the country bluebird with a broken wing and then
You took her to the city and made her well again
But a hundred smilin' faces and a hundred voices call
Love you but I'm homesick so I'm leavin' after all
(Repeat chorus)
Soon you'll get a letter to say I'll meet the bus
You'll just be there on it we'll make one of us
Someday if God's willin' you're gonna tell our son
What country's where you've been to boy what country's where you're from
(Repeat chorus)
Cause I've got Carolina cousins
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Catch The Wind
(from the
LP "What I'm Cut Out To Be")
Donovan
Leitch * 1965 Southern Music - ASCAP
In the chilly
hours and minutes of uncertainty
I want to be in the warm hold of your lovin' mind
Feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
When sundown pales the sky I want to hide a while behind your smile
And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find
For me to love you now would be the sweetest thing that'd make me sing
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind
Standing in your heart is where I want to be and long to be
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
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Cattle Call
(from
the LP "Dottie Sings Eddy")
Tex Owens *
1943 Forster Music - ASCAP
The cattle are
prowlin' and the coyotes are howlin' way out where the doggies bawl
Where spurs are jinglin', my cowboy is singin' his lonesome cattle call
He rides in the sun till his day's work is done as he rounds up the cattle
each fall
Hmm, singin' his cattle call
For hours he will ride on the range far and wide
When the night winds blow up a squall
His heart is a feather in all kinds of weather he sings his cattle call
He's brown as a berry from ridin' the prairie as he rounds up the cattle
each fall
Hmm, singin' his cattle call
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Childhood Places
(from the
CD "The Essential Dottie West")
Les Reed &
Barry Mason * 1967 Jewel Music Publishing - ASCAP
A teddy bear, a
broken train, old pictures on the wall
And chalked up in the corner are the marks where he grew tall
A rocking horse with broken reins with red paint turned to gray
They fought the bravest battles and were heroes everyday
Chorus:
Can those sad eyes see? Are they watching me?
Can they remember all the joys they brought my little boy?
The pirate ship is dusty now and lays upon her side
Perhaps she's only dreaming of the trade winds and the tide
Now everything's grown misty, the room has filled with tears
And mem'ries come flooding back for those brief childhood years
So I'll just leave them sleeping there and softly close the door
For time goes back for no one, but goes on for ever more
(Repeat chorus)
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Choosin' Means
Loosin'
(from
the LP "Wild West")
Randy Goodrum
& Brent Maher * 1981 Blue Quill Music - ASCAP
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City Lights
(from the
LP "The Sound Of Country Music")
Bill Anderson
* 1958 Moss Rose Publications - BMI
A bright array of
city lights as far as I can see
The 'great white way' shines through the night for lonely girls like me
The cabarets and honky-tonks their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights
Chorus:
Lights that say forget his name in a glass of cherry wine
Lights that offer other guys with empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world so gay and bright
But I can't say 'I love you, dear' to a street of city lights
Lights that say forget his love in a different atmosphere
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquerade for tears
Yes, they paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight
And I just can't say 'I love you' to a street of city lights
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Clingin' To My
Baby's Hand
(from
the LP "Makin' Memories")
Red Lane &
Dottie West * 1970 Tree Publishing - BMI
I won't say he
won't ever stumble
But I'm clingin' to my baby's hand
I won't say he won't bring me trouble
But I won't say I won't understand
I won't say he'll love me forever 'cause forever's a long long time
But I will say he will never ever say she was never mine
Tomorrow could be forever away still I'd love him no less than I love him
today
So tonight sleep will find me while it still can just clingin' to my baby's
hand
(Repeat)
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Cold Hand Of
Fate, The
(from the
LP "Forever Yours")
Dottie West *
1970 Tree Publishing - BMI
The dawn of
springtime gave birth to a new love
For you and me but it was born too late
For we both had been placed in the arms of others
Cheated by the cold hands of fate
Chorus:
(And)
Fate has no conscience, no mercy for me and you
And the cold hands of fate wrote the book of who loves who
So let the snow of the winter cover our love
And for the sins of misfortune we'll pay
But we know in our hearts this love will live forever
Cheated by the cold hands of fate
(Repeat chorus)
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Come On Home
(from
the LP "Feminine Fancy")
George Richey &
Jack Rhodes * Central Songs/Fort Knox Music/Trio Music - BMI
Go
on with your new love, have a good good time
Take her out show her off, fill her tall glass with wine
Live all you can, I'll forgive you when the last thrill is gone
Just remember old faithful is waiting at home
Bright lights had you blinded for a long long time
Your rose colored world is such a long way from mine
I'm just a teardrop from a breakdown and I'm so all alone
Just remember when you wake up, won't you please come on home
Come on home, come on home, never more to roam
I'll open wide my arms for love, it's all right so come on home
I'll open wide my arms for love, I still love you so come on home
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Come See Me And
Come Lonely
(from the
LP "Dottie")
Red Lane * 1977
Tree Publishing - BMI
If your dreams
are just laying in a pile
And you feel they're gonna lay there for awhile
Come see me and come lonely
If your new love is gone and let you down
And if the emptiness has turned your smile around
Come see me and come lonely
Chorus:
Come lonely, I've got a lot of love left here in me
I can't live without you with me
'Cause I still love you baby
Come lonely, I'll be here when you need me - just phone me
I promise you, you won't be sorry
Come see me and come lonely
If the hurt that is written on your face
Becomes a mark that you cannot erase
Come see me and come lonely
(Repeat chorus)
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Country Girl
(from the
LP "Country Girl")
Dottie West &
Red Lane * 1968 Tree Publishing - BMI
I was born a
country girl and I will die a country girl
My world is made of blue skies and sunshine
Green fields and butterflies
I'm so glad I'm a country girl
Birds sing good morning country girl
And I sleep to the sounds of the whippoorwill
My day is made with puppies and kittens
Meadows and daisies
I'm so glad I'm a country girl
Running over hills, playing in the woods, free breezes blowing
Honey bees a'swarmin' black birds a'flyin' wonder where they're goin'
Pickin' stick-me-tights off my gingham dress, darkness is falling
Firewood to carry, eggs to gather in, supper's ready mama's callin'
(Repeat first verse)
Oh, I'm so happy I'm a country girl
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Country
Sunshine
(from the
LP "Country Sunshine")
Dottie West &
Billy Davis * 1973 Tree Publishing - BMI
You say you love
me and it's invitin' to go where life is more excitin'
But I was raised on country sunshine
I was raised on country sunshine green grass beneath my feet
Runnin' through fields of daisies, wadin' through the creek
You love me and it's invitin' to go where life is more excitin'
But I was raised on country sunshine
I was raised on country sunshine I'm happy with the simple things
A Saturday night dance, a picture show and the joy that the bluebird brings
I love you please believe me I wouldn't want you to ever leave me
But I was raised on country sunshine
There's just something 'bout the mornin' that makes each day a joy to see
Night time brings a peaceful feelin' to rest inside of me
I love you please believe me I wouldn't want you to ever leave me
But I was raised on country sunshine
Yes, you love me and it's invitin' to go where life is more excitin'
But I was raised on country sunshine
Hmm, I was raised on country sunshine
Oh, I was raised on country
sunshine
(Fade)
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Crazy
(from the
LP "Country Girl Singing Sensation")
Willie Nelson *
1961 Tree Publishing - BMI
Crazy, I'm
crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new
Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Wond'ring what in the world did I do?
Crazy, for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you
(repeat last
verse)
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Crazy Arms
(from the
LP "The Sound Of Country Music")
Ralph Mooney &
Chuck Seals * 1956 Tree Publishing - BMI
Blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
There's a storm brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
Chorus:
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
But my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
So please take the treasured dreams I've had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms will hold somebody new
But for now I'll be lonely all the time
(Repeat chorus)
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Crying
(from the
LP "What I'm Cut Out To Be")
Roy Orbison &
Joe Melson * 1961 Acuff-Rose Music - BMI
I was all right
for a while I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say hello
You wished me well you couldn't tell that I'd been
Chorus:
Crying over you, crying over you
Then you said so long left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying
Crying it's hard to understand that the touch of your hand can start me
crying
I thought that I was over you but it's true oh so true
I love you even more than I did before but darling what can I do
You don't love me and I'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you
Yes now you're gone and from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying, yes crying, crying over you
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