Loretta Lynn Album

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
We get together every time we can.
The Mississippi River can keep us apart
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart.
Too much love in this Louisiana heart.

See the alligators all a waitin' nearby
Sooner or later they know I'm gonna try.
When she waves from the bank don't you know I know
It's goodbye fishin' line, see you while ago.
With a Louisiana woman waitin' on the other side
The Mississippi River don't look so wide.

Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
We get together every time we can.
The Mississippi River can keep us apart
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart.
Too much love in this Louisiana heart.

Well, I thought I'd been loved but I never had
Till I was wrapped In the arms of a Mississippi man.
When he holds me close it feels almost
Like another hurricane just ripped the coast.
If he can't come to me I'm gonna go to him
That Mississippi River Lord I'm gonna swim.

Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
We get together every time we can.
The Mississippi River can keep us apart
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart.
Too much love in this Louisiana heart.

Well, Mississippi River, Lord, it's one mile wide
And I'm gotta get me to the other side.
Mississippi man, I'm losin' my mind
Gotta have your loving one more time.
I'm gonna jump in the river and here I go
Too bad alligatior you swim too slow.

Hey, Louisiana woman, Mississippi man
We get together every time we can.
The Mississippi River can keep us apart
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart.
Too much love in this Louisiana heart.

There's too much love in the Mississippi heart.
Too much love in this Louisiana heart.

Heae...

There's too much love in the Mississippi heart.
Too much love in this Louisiana heart.

There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
Too much love in this Louisiana heart...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

Wait here for me I’ll get the key
Darlin’ I won’t be long
The place isn’t much but as soon as we touch
Anywhere’s home away from home.

It’s a very nice room, do you like my perfume
I wanted everything to be just right
There’s so little time for a love of this kind
It can’t even last through the night.

We have to steal all the love that we feel
And we’re feelin’ like stealin’ again
We’ll never be free so it’s gotta be
Lovin’ from seven till ten.
Lovin’ from seven till ten.

Do you see a trace of love on my face
I know she’ll have on the light
Look in my eyes – can he see how I cried
While you were lovin’ me tonight.

We have to steal all the love that we feel
And we’re feelin’ like stealin’ again
We’ll never be free so it’s gotta be
Lovin’ from seven till ten.
Lovin’ from seven till ten...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

Where you been, where you been.
It's the same ole question again
What's the use baby, what's the use
They ain't never gonna turn us loose.

You got dirt all over your face
And your lipstick is way out of place
Oh, we gonna tell 'em
What we tell 'em every time before.

They won't leave us alone
They want us to come home
We been busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries.

We're pickin' wild mountain berries
That's our excuse every time
We've been busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries.

--- Instrumental ---

Conway, I don't know. Loretta, I don't know
If I can keep honey, from lettin' it show
What's our plan, tell me what's our plan
Now you know they won't understand.

If my hair is a drippin' wet
And my clothes are soakin' wet
And we didn't go skinny dippin'
In a cement pond.

You're my baby, you're my man,
And though your hair is sure gettin' to be a mess
And there ain't no berries in your bucket
Now we'll explain it honey, as best as we can.

They won't leave us alone
They want us to come home
We been a busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries.

We're pickin' wild mountain berries
That's our excuse everytime
We been a busy makin' merries
And pickin' wild mountain berries...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

Hello (hello Loretta) darlin' I knew it was you
(Loretta there's something I just got to tell you)

Oh, please tell me what to do
(I don't really know how to say this
But I want to tell you that I)
You gave me the will to go on
As soon as I picked up the phone

(No, no, you don't understand Loretta
I'm trying to tell you that I)
The talk is around that we're through
(Yeah, I know, I've heard it too.)

Oh darling, tell me what to do
(But that's just it that's what
I'm trying to tell you
I wanna tell you that)

I knew you'd tell me they were wrong
as soon as I picked up the phone
(Oh but it's true they're not wrong)
Oh, no (I'm sorry Loretta)

Oh no, I can't believe that it's true
(I'm sorry Loretta, I'm really, really sorry)
Oh no, oh no, I can't believe that we're through.
(I know, you know that I never thought it would come to this.)

You tell me it's over and done
(I really thought that I loved you and you know that)
You say that you've had all your fun
(You've just got to believe me that I never meant to hurt you.)
But I can't believe you've been gone

(This is the hardest thing that I've ever had to do
And it hurts me too)
As soon as I hang up the phone (Yeah, I'll be gone)
As soon as I hang up the phone (Goodbye Loretta.)

Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn

You're the reason I'm a-ridin' around on recapped tires.
And you're the reason I'm hangin' our clothes outside on wires.
And you're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin'
Ah, but looks ain't ev'rythin' and money ain't ev'rythin'
But I love you just the same.
You're the reason I've changed to beer from soda pop.
And you're the reason I never get to go to the beauty shop.
You're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin'
Ah, but looks ain't ev'rythin', and money ain't ev'rythin'
But I love you just the same.
I guess that we won't ever have everything we need
'Cause when we get ahead it's got another mouth to feed

And that's the reason that my good looks and my figure is gone.
And that's the reason that I ain't got no hair to comb.
And you're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin'
Ah, but looks ain't ev'rythin', and money ain't ev'rythin'
But I love you just the same
I guess that we won't ever have everything we need
'Cause when we get ahead it's got another mouth to feed

--- Instrumental ---

Conway, why in the devil don't you go
And shave and put on a clean pair of pants?
But Loretta, look at yourself. Now I wish you'd take them
Curlers out of your hair and go put on a little makeup
And get out of that housecoat before supper.
Ha, well let me tell you something,
Conway, considerin' everything that I went through today,
I look like a movie star.
Eh-he-yeah, Ruth Buzzie.
Thankyee.
Besides that, all our kids took after your part of the family, anyway.

Oh they did, huh? What abouts the ones that's Bald?
(Laughs)
Well, I guess you could say they take after me...
(laughs)
(laughs)

People see us everywhere
They all think we really care
But myself I can't deceive
I know it's only make believe.

My one and only prayer
Is that some day you'll care
My hopes my dreams come true
My one and only you.

No one will ever know
How much I love you so
My only prayer will be some day you'll care for me
But it's only make believe.

My hopes my dreams come true
My life I give for you
My heart or wedding ring
My all my everything.

My heart I can't control
You lure my very soul
My only prayer will be some day you'll care for me
But it's only make believe.

My one and only prayer
Is that some day you'll care
My hopes, my dreams come true
My one and only you.

No one will ever know
How much I love you so
My plans, my hopes, my schemes
You are my every dream
But it's only make believe...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

I thought I've never seen a girl like her in here before
And I could see her watching me as I walk across the floor
I asked her if she'd like to dance
When the band starts up again
She said I never danced with strangers
I don't even know your name.

I said we're not exactly strangers, you and I
My thoughts were running wild and free
As I watched you tonight
Just think about it and you'll find
We're not exactly strangers
I've already loved you in my mind.

The band started playing a slow moving song
She got up and easily moved into my arms
I kept on saying the things a girl likes to hear
And when the dance was over she whispered in my ear.

She said we're not exactly strangers, you and I
My thoughts were running wild and free
While you held me tight
I thought about it and I find
We're not exactly strangers
I've already loved you in my mind...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone.

The bottle is almost empty
The clock just now struck ten
Darlin' I had to call you
To our favorite place again.

We know it's wrong for us to meet
But the fire's gone out at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone.

Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone.

--- Instrumental ---

Your lips are warm and tender
Your arms hold me just right
Sweet words of love you remember
That the one at home forgot.

Each time we say is the last time
But we keep hangin' on
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone.

Love is find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

I’d crawl through the desert
On my hands and knees
Without a drink of water.
Just for a chance
Of a little romance
With that coal miner’s daughter.

Yeah, if I was a poor girl
Beggin’ in the street
Livin’ crumb to crumb.
I’d turn down
A 12-pound t-bone steak
For a boom – boom – boom.

Love is all we feel
Spinnin’ like a wheel
We let it roll
Roll, I love you so.

When you walk that walk
and you talk that talk
I can’t love you enough,
I can’t love you enough
You’ve got a way of making me say
I can’t love you enough,
I can’t love you enough
I’m never gonna give you up
I can’t love you enough

Hey Conway, you're my Mississippi man
You're really gettin’ to me fast
Every time we kiss it burns so deep
It just lasts and lasts and lasts.

Loretta my love for you is strong
I wouldn’t sell it for a million dollars
I know I belong here singin’ this song
With that girl from Butcher Hollow...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

Feelin's just lead us on till we know where we're goin'. mhmm

If I told you that I loved you
Could we slip away where the lights're low
And if I put my arms around you
And held you close could you tell me no.

Well, you know that I'd be lyin'
If I said I was a tryin' to let you know I'd go
Yes, love take me where we've never been before
Feelin's just lead us on till we know where we're goin'. mhmm

You don't know how long
I wanted to have you where you are right now
With you looking soft and pretty
Ain't no telling where we've found.

Now here we are together, too close with talkin'
I can't tell you no
Yes. love take us where we've never been before
Feelin's just lead us on till we know where we're goin'. mhmm

Feelin's mhmm feelin's...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

I remember when Loretta Lynn said ,
You want to walk me home again
And I said, mhm yes I do.
And she said, Well I don't want to go right home
And I'm the kind that don't want to be alone
If you would I would too.

Ha, ha and so we took a stroll
And wound down by a swimmin' hole
And she said do what you wonna do, I don't care
Mhm, I got silly and I found me a frog
In the water by a holler log
And I said Loretta this frog's for you.

I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes
To love me like I want you to
I don't like spiders and snakes
and that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I wanna be loved by you.

--- Instrumental ---

Well, I think of that girl from time to time
And I phone up when I got me dime
And I say, Hello baby, ain't you cool
Ha, ha she said, Do you remember when
And you like to get together again
If you do hey, I see I'm just cool.

Ha, ha Well I am shy and so for awhile
Most of my lovin' was tough and smile
Till she said come on over here, I don't care
Mhm mhm I would never say you might guess
Still lookin' for somethin' but a sneak out of dress
And she said... ha ha ha.

Yeah, I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes
To love me like I want you to
I don't like spiders and snakes
and that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I wanna be loved by you...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

Today I saw her for the first time since she left me
And she said, I've got a favor to ask of you
And I said all right what is it?

And she said, you know you always told me
If I ever needed any help just to ask you and you'd help me
And I said yeah, I remember, and she said

Well, there's this fellow that I've been going with
And I just found out that he's been slipping around me
And I thought that maybe if you'd write me a letter
And tell me that you miss me and that you still love me.
That he may find it and it might read it.
And it might make him jealous and I might not lose it

And I said, OK I'll write you the letter
Dear sweetheart just a line to let you know
That I still think about you and I still love you so
I remember your kisses and every time you held me tight
But most of all I remember the good times that we had each night
Dear sweetheart if you're lonely just let me know
For you're still my one and only and I still love you so
I'm gonna close for now sweetheart and try to go on without you
But don't forget I'll always love you no matter what you do.

So now I've written the letter the way you've asked me to
And I hope it makes him jealous the way you want it to
For I've told you I still love you and I wanna be with you
But you know sweetheart the saddest part,
I'm not pretending for I still do...

Once I made a promise that I'd never lead you on
But I feel the yearn to love you even though I know it's wrong
You'll have to take my hand and lead me slowly through the door
I'll be wrong in what I'm doin' I can't refuse you anymore.

Lead me on and take control of how I feel
I can't do this on my own cause it's against my will
I need love warm and tender in a way I've never known
If you want me I'll go with you but you'll have to lead me on.

--- Instrumental ---

Lead me on and take control of how I feel
I can't do this on my own cause it's against my will
I need love warm and tender in a way I've never known
If you want me I'll go with you but you'll have to lead me on...

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty

God bless America again
You see all the troubles that she's in
Wash her pretty face, dry her eyes
And then God bless America again.

God, I sure to wish you'd bless America again
You know like you did way back when it all began
You blessed her then, but we just sorta kinda take it for granted
And never did ask again.

So God just hold her hand that's all
And if she should stumble please don't let her fall.

God bless America again
You see all the troubles that she's in
Wash her pretty face, dry her eyes
And then God bless America again.

You know I don't understand to everythin' I'm readin' here
About what's wrong with America
And if you don't have a lotta good learnin'
I guess there's a lotta things you don't understand
But let me say this God she's like a mother to me
And though all I am or ever hope to be I owe to you and to her
Wash her pretty face, dry her eyes
And then God bless America again...