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| US |
36 |
7/77 |
| GB |
- |
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| D |
- |
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Daytime
Friends
(Ben
Peters)
And
he'll tell her he's working late
again
But she knows too well there's
somethin' goin' on
She's been neglected and she needs
a friend
So her trembling finger dials the
telephone
Lord, it hurts her doin' this
again
He's her best friend and her
husband ever knew
When she's lonely, he's more than
just a friend
He's the one she longs to give her
body to
Daytime friends and nighttime
lovers
Hoping no one else discovers
Where they go or what they do
In their secret hideaway
Daytime friends and nighttime
lovers
They don't wanna hurt the other
So they love in the nighttime
And shake hands in the light of
day
And when it's over, there's no
peace of mind
Just a longing for the way things
should have been
And she wonders why some men never
find
That a woman needs a lover and a
friend
Daytime friends and nighttime
lovers
Hoping no one else discovers
Where they go or what they do
In their secret hideaway
Daytime friends and nighttime
lovers
They don't wanna hurt the other
So they love in the nighttime
And shake hands in the light of
day ....
| high.pos. |
chart entry |
| US |
1 |
11/79 |
| GB |
1 |
2/80 |
| D |
18 |
4/80 |
Coward
Of The County
(Roger
Bowling/Billy Edd Wheeler)
Everyone
considered him the coward of the
county
He'd never stood one single time
to prove the county wrong
His mama named him Tommy, but
folks just called him 'Yellow'
Something always told me they were
reading Tommy wrong
He was only ten years old when his
daddy died in prison
I looked after Tommy, 'cause he
was my brother's son
I still recall the final words my
brother said to Tommy
"Son my life is over, but
yours has just begun"
"Promise me, son, not to do
the things I've done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It won't mean you're weak if you
turn the other cheek
I hope you're old enough to
understand
Son, you don't have to fight to be
a man"
There's someone for everyone, and
Tommy's love was Becky
In her arms he didn't have to
prove he was a man
One day while he was working, the
Gatlin boys came calling
They took turns at Becky, n' there
was three of them
Tommy opened up the door, and saw
his Becky crying
The torn dress, the shattered look
was more than he could stand
He reached above the fireplace,
and took down his daddy's picture
As his tears fell on his daddy's
face, he heard these words again:
"Promise me, son, not to do
the things I've done ...."
The Gatlin boys just laughed at
him when he walked into the
bar-room
One of them got up and met him
half way cross the floor
When Tommy turned around they
said, "hey look! old Yeller's
leaving"
But you could've heard a pin drop
when Tommy stopped and locked the
door
Twenty years of crawling were
bottled up inside him
He wouldn't holding nothing back,
he let 'em have it all
When Tommy left the bar-room, not
a Gatlin boy was standing
He said, "This one's for
Becky, as he watched the last one
fall
N' I heard him say:
"I promised you, Dad, not to
do the things you've done
I walk away from trouble when I
can
Now please don't think I'm weak, I
didn't turn the other cheek
And papa, I should hope you
understand
Sometimes you gotta fight when
you're a man"
Everyone considered him the coward
of the county
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