Tuesday, July 06, 2010

BILL ANDERSON: BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU AND 9 MORE



James William Anderson III (born November 1, 1937), better known as Bill Anderson, is an American country music singer, songwriter and television personality. He has released more than 40 studio albums and has reached number 1 on the country charts seven times: "Mama Sang a Song" (1962), "Still" (1963), "I Get the Fever" (1966), "For Loving You" (with Jan Howard, 1967), "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" (1969), "World of Make Believe" (1974), and "Sometimes" (with Mary Lou Turner, 1976). Twenty-nine more of his singles have reached the top ten.One of the most successful songwriters in country music history, Anderson was also a popular singer, earning the nickname Whispering Bill for his soft vocal style and occasional spoken narrations.[1] Artists who have recorded his material include Ray Price, Connie Smith, Jim Reeves, Kenny Chesney, and George Strait.


Birth name James William Anderson III
Born November 1, 1937 (1937-11-01) (age 72)
Origin Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Genres Country, Nashville sound
Occupations Singer-songwriter, television personality
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1958–present
Labels TNT
Decca/MCA
Southern Tracks
Swanee
Festival
Curb
Associated acts Jan Howard, Mary Lou Turner, Ray Price, Connie Smith





1. QUITS


We couldn't call it love cause it really wasn't love anymore

Yet we couldn't call it hate cause there's no way to hate

Someone you've loved so much before
We couldn't call it livin' cause it wasn't still alive

We couldn't call it dead cause it refused to die

We ran out of anything to call it so we called it quits

Quits quits we called it quits it sounds like the easy way out but oh when it hits

The longer you live with someone you can't live with the harder it gets

We called it magic then we called it tragic finally we called it quits

It's always been harder to fall out of love than fall in

I don't know where I'm goin' but I doubt if I'll ever forget where I've been

We couldn't call it happy though it was for a while

We couldn't call it sad cause it taught us both to smile

For luck for a better word to call it we called it quits

Quits quits we called it quits it sounds like the easy way out but oh when it hits

The longer you live with someone you can't live with the harder it gets

We called it lovely then we called it lonely finally we called it quits

We called it magic then we called it tragic finally we called it quits


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2. GOLDEN GUITAR

I happened to walk into a honky tonk one night down in New Orleans

Up above the bar hung a big guitar like none I'd ever seen

The neck was set with diamonds and though the strings were old

Like Kings of Sound they wound around six keys of solid gold
A man stepped up beside me his breath was strong with wine

He said you know that guitar once belonged to a mighty close pal of mine

He used to play it right here I forget the year around '45 I think

Ha I could tell you quite a story friend if you'd care to buy me a drink

[ ac.guitar ]

Well I possessed by every weakness that takes a man a fool

I bought a round he drank it down and then he rocked back on his stool

He said yeah I remember now it was '45 alright

He just returned from the Great War that's where he lost his sight

His buddies gave him that guitar at the time it was simple and plain

He added the gold and the diamonds as he played his way to fame

He was doing a show in Shreveport the night he received a call

To come appear on the Grand Ole Opry the greatest show at all

[ ac.guitar ]

I was driving him to Nashville it was cold and misting rain

The signals flashed and the whistle screamed I swear Mister I never saw that train

I heard the doctor tell him just after he used his knife

You're lucky son it was just your arm it could have been your life

But he died that night life just demanded more than he could give

I think he couldn've made it he just lost his will to live

But this world's loss is heaven's gain and tonight he's still a star

He plays with a band of angels that's my son's golden guitar



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3. LOVE IS A FRAGILE THING

My mama and daddy were celebrating their anniversary

In all their years together I'd never seen them disagree

I said mama what's your secret daddy tell me the truth
They laid a little wisdom on me that I've carried ever since my youth

If you hold on to love too tight it'll crumble and crack

If you hold on to love too loosely it'll fly away and won't come back

Love has a mind of it's own it'll dance like a kite on a string

For something that can be so strong love is a fragile thing love sure is a fragile thing



They said your mama and your daddy ain't perfect son we made our share of mistakes

But we never go to bed when either one's mad no matter how long it takes

We sit up and talk things over till we work everything out

We kiss goodnight and in the morning we've forgotten what we argued about

If you hold on to love...

True love is a treasure treat it like it is

And then one day you can say to your own kids

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3. WHEN A MAN CAN'T GET A WOMAN OFF HIS MIND


I've been fightin' with these sheets again can't make myself lie still

My pillowcase is soaking wet and yet I feel a chill

It takes all I can do these days to just survive the nights
It gets crazy when a man can't get a woman off his mind

When a man can't shake a memory he runs hot and cold and blind

He hates he then he loves her then he hates her one more time

Your love has such a grip on me it chokes me like a vine

Oh it's crazy when a man can't get a woman off his mind

I've been phoning you since eight o'clock it's almost four a.m.

My mind keeps painting pictures of you out loving him

I just crushed a dixie cup for running out of wine

It gets crazy when a man can get a woman off his mind

Repeat Chorus/tag:
drives him crazy when a man can't get his woman off his mind

When a man can't shake...

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4. TOUCH MY HEART

Johnny Paycheck - Aubrey Mayhew - Donny Young)
Bill Anderson & Len Miller

Touch my heart feel the hurt it's destroying me
I've tried but can't seem to shake her memory
Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery
Then tell me again what love can do for me.

If you lived in my world awhile you'd soon forget how to smile
In my world there's a million ways to cry
If you had my eyes you could see how someone changed my destiny
I'm a man who can't live and yet can't die.

--- Instrumental ---

Touch my heart feel the hurt it's destroying me
I've tried but can't seem to shake her memory
Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery
Then tell me again what love can do for me...

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5. ROLLING IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS

(Lester Flatt)

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

I ain't gonna work on the railroad
And I ain't gonna work on the farm
I'll just lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

--- Instrumental ---

Where were you last Friday night
While I was lyin' in jail
Walkin' the streets with another man
You wouldn't even go my bail.

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms.

Lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms...


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6. I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER


I can't take any longer baby I mean I can't wait any longer

Mhm I gotta have you I gotta know how it is to touch you

To hold you to feel you our lives have touched our minds have touched
And I can't wait any longer for our boddies to touch our souls to touch

I can't wait any longer this feelin's gettin' stronger

Satisfy my hunger you're the only one who can

Where do I have to go what do I have to do

Who do I have to lie to so I can lie with you I can't wait any longer

[ strings ]

Patience has never been one of my virtues baby when I want something I want it now

And I want you now I wanna kiss you now I wanna love you now

I can't wait any longer...

(I can't wait I can't wait doo doo doo) baby I can't wait any longer

I want you now hmm now yeah (I can't wait I can't wait...)

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7. BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU

trumpet ]

Now the morning sun streaks across my room

And I'm wakened up from another dream of you

Yes I'm on the road once again it seems
All I've left behind is a chain of broken dreams

But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you

How I wish this love was all we'd need to live

What a life we'd have cause I've got so much to give

And it seems so wrong deep inside my heart

That the dollar sign should be keeping us apart

But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you

If only I could find my way back to the time

When the problems of this life had not yet crossed our minds

For the answers could be found in children's nursery rhymes

I'd come running back to you

But you know we can't live on dreams alone

Got to pay the rent got to leave you all alone

But you know I made my choice many years ago

Now this traveling life is the only life I know

But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you

But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you

But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you

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8. I HAVE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG



've been loving you too long
it's time I sang a different song

You've been stringing me along
I've been loving you too long

I've been clinging like a vine
but I'm gonna take the time
To find where I belong
I've been loving you too long

Babe I'm not saying that
I've stopped loving you

That it won't be hard to say goodbye

I may never get your lovin' out of my head
but I'm just saying that I've gotta try

I've been loving you too long...

[ dobro ]

No one owns another one and that's what you try

You tried to own me body mind and soul

Love to you's a one way street all coming your way

But always givin's gettin' kind of gold

I've been loving you too long...

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9. FOOT PRINTS ON SAND


Over all my burdens and through all my fears
Jesus carries me
Through all my trials and through all my tears
Jesus carries me.

One night a man had a dream
And he dreamed he was walking with the Lord
A crossed the sky flashed scenes from his life
For each scene he noted two sets of footprints in the sand
One belonged to him the other to the Lord
When the last scene of his life flashed before him
He looked back at the footprints in the sand
And noticed that many times along the path of his life
There was only one set of footprints
He also noticed that this seemed to happen
At the very lowest and sadist times in his life
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it
Lord you said that once I decided to follow you
You would walk with me all the way but I have noticed
That in the most troublesome times in my life
There are only one set of foot prints
I don't understand why when I needed you the most
You would leave me

The Lord replied, ''Oh, my precious, precious child
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering
When you see only one set of foot prints.
I did not leave you, it was then that I carried you.''

Over all my burdens and through all my fears
Jesus carries me
Through all my trials and through all my fears
Jesus carries me.

Oh, he carries me across
The burning sand, over water deep and wide
He gently takes me by the hand
And carries me to the other side.

Oh, my Jesus carries me...

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10 I SAID A PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY


My friend I said a prayer for you today
And I know God must've heard
I felt the answer in my heart
Although He spoke no word.

I didn't ask for wealth or fame
I knew you wouldn't mind
I ask Him to send you treasure's
Of a far different kind.

I asked that He watch over you
At the start of each new day
And grant you health and peace
And friends to share your way.

I asked for happiness for you
In all things great and small
But it was for God's loving care
I prayed most of all...

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BONUS:



Music by Deborah Carothers as an answer to the Hank Williams song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", a song also recorded by BJ Thomas, Glen Campbell, Elvis and others. Music performed by the Robert Jeffrey Band: Bob Carothers on guitar, Mark Huff on harmonica, Chris Carothers on drums, Ben Carothers on bass. Special thanks to Don and Jane Baracskay for providing much of the video footage.

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