Friday, June 17, 2011

CHARLIE RICH: YOU NEVER REALLY WANTED ME [10]



Charles (Charlie) Rich (December 14, 1932 – July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer and musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.

In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl". "The Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the pop singles charts.
irth name Charles Rich
Born December 14, 1932
Colt, Arkansas, U.S.
Died July 25, 1995 (aged 62)
Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres Country, Country pop, Nashville Sound, Rockabilly, Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Northern Soul,
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, Piano, Guitar
Years active 1958–1995
Labels Sun, Groove / RCA, Smash Records, Hi Records, Epic, UA, Elektra, Sire Records
Associated acts Roger Miller, Janie Fricke

1. A VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONG...


Babe, somewhere I know I'm gonna find it Babe
It'll have my love behind it
And it will be a symphony of all you mean to me
A very special love song
And Babe,
If there's a way you know I'm gonna say it Babe
If there's a melody I'll play it and I'll play it through
Especially for you
And all the words are true
A very special love song
So don't be surprised if your sitting alone

And you hear it
'Cause I'm gonna sing it to the whole big lonely world
So turn your radio way down low and get near it
And I'll tell the world
I love you girl
Babe, if there's an ounce of love
I'm gonna give it to you Babe
If there's a breath of life
I'm gonna live it everyday for you
And oh the whole night through singing just for you
A very special love song
For You

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2. YOU NEVER REALLY WANTED ME


(A. Rich)
You never really wanted me
Now I can see
Yes I can see
You took your love and ran away from me
You've gone and now you're back
What do you want from me?
Standing there
Please don't cry over me
After all you never cried for me before
Why start now?


Isn't it a little late for that now girl
Don't go feeling sorry for yourself

Remember I loved you
I loved you
I never knew the games we played
Had such a lasting grip upon the plans we made
I was busy laughing waiting for the day
Now our time is gone
And there's nothing left to say
Standing there
Please don't cry over me
After you never cried for me before...

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3. EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH ME I GET HIGH


And every time you're near I can fly
High above the clouds and rain
Way above the hurt and pain
And when you're gone I fall down from the sky
But every time you touch me I get high
I've been touched be the angels and
I've been kissed by the very best
I've been loved hard by quite a few
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But after you
I forget the rest
'Cause every time you touch me I get high
And every time you're near me I can fly
When your fingers touch my skin
That's when I start to live again
'Cause without your love
I'd lay right down and die
Every time you touch me I get high

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4. SINCE I FELL FOR YOU


When you just give love
And never get love
You'd better let love depart

I know it's so and yet I know
I can't get you out of my heart

You made me leave my happy home
You took my love and now you're gone
Since I fell for you

Love brings such misery and pain
I know I'll never be the same
Since I fell for you


Well, it's too bad
And it's too sad
But I'm in love with you

Oh, oh, oh, you love me
Then you snub me
But what can I do
I'm still in love with you

I, I guess I'll never see the light
I get the blues most every night
Since I fell for you

Since I fell for you

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5. HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT



Take the ribbon from your hair.
Shake it loose, and let it fall.
Lay it soft against my skin,
Like the shadows on the wall.

Oh come and lay down by my side,
‘Till the early morning light.
All I'm taking is your time.
So help me make it through the night.


I don't care what's right or wrong!
I don't try to understand!
Let the devil take tomorrow,
'Cause tonight I need a friend!

Yesterday is dead and gone,
And tomorrow's out of sight.
It’s so sad to be alone,
So, help me make it through the night!

(humming)

It’s so sad to be alone,
So, help me make it through the night!

I don’t want to be alone.
So, help me make it through the night!

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6. THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE.



Don't wait for the postman,
If you're lookin for a letter from me.
There wont be anymore!
There wont be anymore!
And don't sit by your telephone,
If you're waitin on a call from me.
There wont be anymore!
There wont be anymore!
Don't think of the love we had
Till you turned bad
And broke my loving heart in two.
And when your heart is breakin,
And you need some lovin from me,

There wont be anymore!
There wont be anymore!
(it wont be like before)
(there wont be anymore)
Don't think of the love we had.
(love we had)
Till you turned bad,
(you turned bad)
And broke my loving heart in two
And when your heart is breakin,
And you need some lovin from me,
There wont be anymore!
There wont be anymore!
It wont be like before.
There just wont be anymore!

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7. I LOVE MY FRIEND



[B. Sherrill/N. Wilson}

She was crying
And I was lonely
And a band was playing
Some old love song
Someone had hurt her
And someone had left me
And We both needed something
To hold on to
Who knows
Tomorrow it might all end
But tonight I love my friend
I love my friend
And we'll make it
Maybe
Just maybe
Even though we're gonna share the night

In each other's arms
I'll treat her like a lady
And I'll call her baby
'Cause I love my friend
We'll make it
Maybe
Just maybe
Tomorrow when we start another day
And we don't know the way
I'll still treat her like a lady
Still call her baby
'Cause I love my friend
And we'll make it
Maybe


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8. SITTIN' & THINKIN'


Sittin' & Thinkin'

(Please baby wait for me)
(Wait for me)
(Wait for me)
I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin.
And I had a fight with my best girl friend.
But when I'm drinkin I am nobodys friend.
But, please baby wait for me until they let me out again.
I know the same thing has happened before.
And every time it does,
I hate it more and more.
But when Im drinkin I am nobodys friend.
But, please baby wait for me until they let me out again.
(Spend a whole lot of time)
Spend a whole lot of time,

(Spend a whole lot of time)
Sittin and thinkin,
(Spend a whole lot of time)
Sittin and just thinkin bout you.
If I didn't spend so much time sittin and drinkin.
Wed still have a love that we once knew.
Oh, I wont promise the same thing wont happen again.
But I can promise, it'll be a long, long time till then.
Cause when Im drinkin I am nobodys friend.
But, please baby wait for me until they let me out again.
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again.

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9. LIFE HAS ITS LITTLE UPS AND DOWNS



I don't know how to tell her
That I didn't get that raise in pay today.
And I know how much she wanted the dress
In Bakers window, and it breaks my heart
To see her have to wait
And cancel all her plans she made to celebrate.
But I can count on her to take it
With a smile and not a frown.
She knows that life
Has it's little ups and downs,
Like Ponies on a merry-go-round.
And no one plants the grass green every time,
But she don't mind.
She wears a gold ring on her finger,
And it's mine.
The new house plans we've had so long,

I guess will gather dust another year.
And the daffodils are blooming
That she planted way last fall
Upon the hill, and over by the gate.
And Lord knows I hate to say again well have to wait.
But you can bet that shell just take it
With a smile and not a frown.
She knows that life has it's little ups and downs,
Like Ponies on a merry-go-round.
And no one plants the grass green every time,
But she don't mind.
She wears a gold ring on her finger,
And Im so glad that it's mine!
She wears a gold ring on her finger,
And Im so glad that it's mine!

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10. MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL

Hey. Did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?
And if you did, was she cryin' ... cryin'.

Hey. If you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me.

Tell her I'm sorry.
Tell her I need my baby.

Oh, won't you tell her that I love her.

I woke up this morining, realized what I had done.
I stood alone in the cold, grey dawn, and knew that I lost my morning sun.

I lost my head, and I said some things.
Now comes the heartaches that the morning brings.

I know I lost, but I couldn't see.

I let my world slip away from me.

So, hey. Did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?
And if you did, was she cryin' ... cryin'.

Hey. If you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me.

Tell her I'm sorry.
Tell her I need my baby.

Oh, won't you tell her that I love her.

If you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me.

Tell her I'm sorry.
Tell her I need my baby.

Oh, won't you tell her that I love her.


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