Life’s Like Poetry - Lefty Frizzell

Life’s Like Poetry

Compilation by Lefty Frizzell

Released 1992

Tracklist

CD 1
1
I Love You a Thousand Ways
2:48
2
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
2:58
3
Shine, Shave, Shower (It’s Saturday)
2:35
4
Cold Feet
2:26
5
Don’t Think It Ain’t Been Fun, Dear
2:49
6
When Payday Comes Around
2:37
7
My Baby’s Just Like Money
2:19
8
Look What Thoughts Will Do
2:33
9
My Baby’s Just Like Money
2:42
10
You Want Everything but Me
2:29
11
I Want to Be With You Always
3:03
12
Give Me More, More, More (of Your Kisses)
2:20
13
How Long Will It Take (to Stop Loving You)
2:25
14
Always Late (with Your Kisses)
3:11
15
Mom and Dad’s Waltz
3:05
16
You Can Go on Your Way Now
2:31
17
Treasure Untold
3:16
18
Blue Yodel No. 6
3:14
19
Travellin’ Blues
2:54
20
My Old Pal
2:56
21
My Lovin' Gal Lucille (Blue Yodel, #2)
2:33
22
Lullaby Yodel
2:45
23
Brakeman’s Blues
2:15
24
My Rough and Rowdy Ways
2:41
25
I Love You (Though You’re No Good)
2:50
26
It’s Just You (I Could Love Always)
3:18
27
You’re Here So Everything’s Alright
2:54
28
I’ve Got Reasons to Hate You
3:03
CD 2
1
I Love You (Though You’re No Good)
2:52
2
Don’t Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)
3:00
3
It’s Just You (I Could Love Always)
2:52
4
(Darling Now) You’re Here So Everything’s Alright
3:00
5
If You Can Spare the Time (I Won't Miss the Money)
2:32
6
A King Without a Queen
2:35
7
Forever (and Always)
2:31
8
I Know You’re Lonesome (While Waiting for Me)
2:33
9
Lost Love Blues
2:41
10
That’s Me Without You
3:07
11
Send Her Here to Be Mine
2:51
12
Lost Love Blues
2:26
13
That’s Me Without You
2:57
14
I Won’t Be Good for Nothin’
2:33
15
If I Lose You (I’ll Lose My World)
2:32
16
I’m an Old, Old Man (Tryin’ to Live While I Can)
2:30
17
You’re Just Mine (Only in My Dreams)
2:49
18
I’ll Try
2:15
19
(Honey, Baby, Hurry) Bring Your Sweet Self Back to Me
2:17
20
Time Changes Things
2:37
21
All of Me Loves All of You
2:22
22
California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)
3:02
23
Never No Mo’ Blues
3:11
24
We Crucified Our Jesus
2:39
25
When It Comes to Measuring Love
2:20
26
Sleep, Baby, Sleep
2:57
27
(I’m) Lonely and Blue
2:52
CD 3
1
Before You Go, Make Sure You Know
2:47
2
Two Friends of Mine in Love
2:45
3
Hopeless Love
3:07
4
Then I’ll Come Back to You
2:26
5
The Tragic Letter
Lefty Frizzell & Wayne Raney
3:00
6
Two Hearts Broken Now
Lefty Frizzell & Wayne Raney
2:41
7
You Can Always Count on Me
Lefty Frizzell & Wayne Raney
2:06
8
I’ve Been Away Way Too Long
Lefty Frizzell & Wayne Raney
2:15
9
Run ’em Off
3:07
10
The Darkest Moment (Is Just Before the Light of Day)
2:58
11
You’re Too Late
2:45
12
My Little Her and Him
2:21
13
I Love You Mostly
2:37
14
You’re There, I’m Here
2:23
15
Let It Be So
2:28
16
Mama!
2:27
17
Making Believe
3:10
18
Moonlight, Darling and You
2:37
19
I’ll Sit Alone and Cry
2:51
20
A Forest Fire (Is in Your Heart)
2:19
21
Sweet Lies
2:31
22
Your Tomorrows Will Never Come
2:23
23
It Gets Late So Early
2:57
24
I’m Lost Between Right and Wrong
2:32
25
Promises (Promises, Promises)
2:08
26
My Love and Baby’s Gone
2:13
27
Today Is That Tomorrow (I Dreamed of Yesterday)
2:16
28
First to Have a Second Chance
2:18
CD 4
1
These Hands
2:51
2
You Can’t Divorce My Heart
2:55
3
Treat Her Right
2:36
4
Heart’s Highway
2:26
5
I’m a Boy Left Alone
2:43
6
Just Can’t Live That Fast (Anymore)
2:06
7
The Waltz of the Angels
2:41
8
Lullaby Waltz
2:39
9
Glad I Found You
2:29
10
Now That You Are Gone
2:10
11
From an Angel to a Devil
2:00
12
Lover by Appointment
Lefty Frizzell & Johnny Bond
2:08
13
Sick, Sober and Sorry
Lefty Frizzell & Johnny Bond
2:34
14
No One to Talk To (But the Blues)
Lefty Frizzell & Shirley Caddell
2:30
15
Is It Only That You’re Lonely
2:24
16
Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
2:33
17
You’ve Still Got It
2:35
18
Tell Me Dear
2:40
19
To Stop Loving You (Means Cry)
2:05
20
The Torch Within My Heart
2:30
21
Time Out for the Blues
2:33
22
I Love You a Thousand Ways
3:08
23
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
1:58
24
I Want to Be With You Always
2:50
25
Mom and Dad’s Waltz
2:12
26
Darling Let’s Turn Back the Years
2:15
27
You Win Again
2:46
28
Why Should I Be Lonely
3:22
29
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
2:35
30
Nobody Knows but Me
2:21
CD 5
1
If You’re Ever Lonely Darling
2:31
2
Silence
2:48
3
Release Me
2:49
4
Our Love’s No Bluff
2:28
5
You’re Humbuggin’ Me
2:33
6
She’s Gone, Gone, Gone
2:19
7
Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
2:39
8
I Need Your Love
2:32
9
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
2:29
10
I Love You a Thousand Ways
2:53
11
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
2:06
12
Mom and Dad’s Waltz
2:35
13
I Want to Be With You Always
2:45
14
Always Late (with Your Kisses)
2:12
15
If You’re Ever Lonely Darling
2:15
16
Sin Will Be the Chaser for the Wine
2:10
17
Knock Again, True Love
2:23
18
The Long Black Veil
3:10
4.0 ★
19
One Has Been to Another
2:20
20
Farther Than My Eyes Can See
2:18
21
My Blues Will Pass
2:32
22
Ballad of the Blue and Grey
2:37
23
That’s All I Can Remember
3:28
24
So What! Let It Rain
2:20
25
What You Gonna Do, Leroy
2:40
26
I Feel Sorry for Me
2:21
27
Heaven’s Plan
2:35
28
Looking for You
2:46
CD 6
1
Stranger
2:29
2
A Few Steps Away
2:53
3
Forbidden Lovers
2:39
4
Just Passing Through
2:42
5
That Reminds Me of Me
2:41
6
Don’t Let Her See Me Cry
2:14
7
Through the Eyes of a Fool
2:32
8
James River
2:05
9
Preview of Coming Attractions
2:32
10
Lonely Heart
2:29
11
What Good Did You Get
2:19
12
When It Rains the Blues
2:51
13
I’m Not the Man I’m Supposed to Be
2:44
14
Saginaw Michigan
3:07
5.0 ★
15
There’s No Food in This House
2:25
16
The Rider
3:14
17
The Nester
3:12
18
I Was Coming Home to You
2:20
19
Hello to Him (Goodbye to Me)
2:34
20
I Can Tell
3:05
21
Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee
3:00
22
’Gator Hollow
2:39
23
It Costs Too Much to Die
2:35
24
She’s Gone, Gone, Gone
2:24
25
Running Into Memories of You
2:15
26
Confused
2:22
27
How Far Down Can I Go
2:19
CD 7
1
It’s Bad (When It’s Thataway)
1:55
2
I Don’t Trust You Anymore
2:27
3
A Little Unfair
2:29
4
Woman Let Me Sing You a Song
3:16
5
Preparations to Be Blue
2:47
6
Stranger
2:43
7
Love Looks Good on You
2:40
8
Mama!
2:40
9
It’s Hard to Please You
2:58
10
You Don’t Want Me to Get Well
2:52
11
Writing on the Wall
2:40
12
I Just Couldn’t See the Forest
2:26
13
I’m Not Guilty
2:13
14
It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy
2:33
15
Everything Keeps Coming Back (But You)
2:04
16
Heart (Don’t Love Her Anymore)
2:51
17
You Don’t Have to Be Present to Win
2:28
18
My Feet Are Getting Cold
2:39
19
Is There Anything I Can Do
2:26
20
The Old Gang’s Gone
2:29
21
A Song From a Lonely Heart
3:03
22
You Gotta Me Puttin’ Me On
2:53
23
There in the Mirror
2:47
24
Get This Stranger Out of Me
2:30
25
Money Tree
2:57
26
Hobo’s Pride
2:33
CD 8
1
When the Rooster Leaves the Yard
2:19
2
Anything You Can Spare
2:23
3
Only Way to Fly (original vocal)
2:55
4
Only Way to Fly (laughing version)
2:54
5
A Prayer on Your Lips Is Like Freedom in Your Hands
2:48
6
Little Old Winedrinker Me
2:49
7
A Word or Two to Mary
2:56
8
Almost Persuaded
3:08
9
Have You Ever Been Untrue
2:35
10
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
2:14
11
When the Grass Grows Green Again
3:31
12
The Marriage Bit
2:48
13
I’ll Remember You
2:13
14
Wasted Way of Live
2:37
15
Keep Them Flowers Watered While I’m Gone
2:12
16
An Article From Life (without Chorus)
3:14
17
Blind Street Singer
2:45
18
Honky Tonk Hill (without Overdub)
2:48
19
My Baby Is a Tramp
2:35
20
She Brought Love Sweet Love
3:56
21
Watermelon Time in Georgia
2:16
22
I Must Be Getting Over You
2:50
23
Out of You
2:12
24
It’s Raining All Over the World
3:08
25
There’s Something Lonely in This House
3:00
26
Three Cheers for the Good Guys
2:12
27
An Article From Life
3:01
28
Honky Tonk Hill
2:45
CD 9
1
Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy
2:59
2
What Am I Gonna Do
2:36
3
Give Me More, More, More (of Your Kisses)
2:31
4
You Babe
3:17
5
This Just Ain’t a Good Day for Leavin’
2:27
6
Down by the Railroad Track
2:24
7
Let Me Give Her the Flowers
2:53
8
If I Had Half the Sense
2:47
9
Somebody’s Words
2:20
10
Lucky Arms
3:02
11
True Love Needs to Be in Touch
2:18
12
My House Is Your Honky Tonk
3:15
13
I Buy the Wine
2:48
14
If She Just Helps Me to Get Over You
3:11
15
Falling
3:00
16
Railroad Lady
2:43
17
I Can’t Get Over You to Save My Life
3:01
18
I Never Go Around Mirrors
2:38
19
That’s the Way Love Goes
2:51
20
She Found the Key
2:52
21
I Wonder Who’s Building the Bridge
2:46
22
My Wishing Room
2:32
23
I’m Gonna Hang Out My Mind Today
3:02
24
Sittin’ and Thinkin’
3:01
25
I Love You a Thousand Ways
3:10
26
I’m Not That Good at Goodbye
3:49
27
Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again
2:25
28
Life’s Like Poetry
2:23
CD 10
1
Darling I’m Missing You
2:23
2
I’ll Never Cry Over You
2:02
3
My Confession
1:44
4
I Hope You’re Not Lonely When I’m Gone
2:13
5
My Baby and My Wife
4:00
6
It’s All Over Now
2:21
7
Worried Mind
2:13
8
Maiden’s Prayer
2:05
9
I’m Wasting My Life Away
2:17
10
You Nearly Lose Your Mind
1:28
11
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
2:33
12
Lost Love Blues
2:41
13
Just Can’t Live That Fast (Anymore) [Part 1]
0:41
14
Just Can’t Live That Fast (Anymore) [Part 2]
0:44
15
Honey Baby
2:28
16
Please Be Mine, Dear Blue Eyes
3:16
17
I’m Yours If You Want Me
3:40
18
I’ll Be a Bachelor
2:02
19
Yesterday Mail
2:24
CD 11
1
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
0:46
2
Look What Thoughts Will Do
1:46
3
Shine, Shave, Shower (It’s Saturday)
3:27
4
I Want to Be With You Always
2:46
5
My Baby’s Just Like Money
1:52
6
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
0:41
7
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
0:42
8
Why Should I Be Lonely
1:41
9
Ida Red Boogie
2:56
10
I Love You a Thousand Ways
2:58
11
Always Late (with Your Kisses)
2:09
12
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
0:47
13
Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
3:04
14
The Long Black Veil
3:21
15
Chain Gang
Freddie Hart
2:49
16
Desert Blues
2:13
17
Theme & If You’ve Got the Money
1:37
18
I Want to Be With You Always
1:19
19
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
1:12
20
Always Late (with Your Kisses)
1:15
21
Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee
1:08
22
Mom and Dad’s Waltz
1:55
23
Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
2:30
24
Darling Let’s Turn Back the Years
2:16
25
Things
1:53
26
Woodchopper’s Ball (instrumental)
2:03
27
I Want to Be With You Always
1:41
28
Stay All Night (Extract)
0:18
29
Somebody’s Pushing
2:16
30
The Long Black Veil
3:25
31
Mona Lisa
David Frizzell
2:24
32
I Want to Be With You Always
2:38
33
Stay All Night (Extract)
0:20
34
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
0:50
35
Sunday Down in Tennessee
1:23
36
A King Without a Queen (& Interview)
4:07
37
Mom and Dad’s Waltz
2:01
38
Travellin’ Blues
2:08
39
If You’ve Got the Money (I’ve Got the Time)
1:35
CD 12
1
I’ll Make It Up to You
2:00
2
It’s Hard to Please You
2:31
3
Too Much Love
1:50
4
My Abandoned Heart
1:51
5
Wait Till I’m Asleep
3:27
6
Not This Time
1:42
7
Not This Time
1:16
8
Why Didn’t You Tell Me Our Love Was Wrong
1:16
9
Forever and Always
1:38
10
Why Didn’t You Tell Me Our Love Was Wrong
1:14
11
Please Don’t Stay Away So Long (1)
1:22
12
Please Don’t Stay Away So Long (2)
1:22
13
You Have Never Been Known to Be Wrong
2:13
14
The Reason Why My Heart’s in Misery
1:19
15
Blue Yodel No. 6
1:26
16
Just Little Things Like That
2:05
17
I Love You So
1:39
18
A Fool’s Advice
2:29
19
When Me and My Baby Go Steppin’ Out (1)
2:30
20
When Me and My Baby Go Steppin’ Out (2)
2:29
21
Lullaby Yodel
2:43
22
Brakeman’s Blues
2:09

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Life’s Like Poetry
12x CD
1992