The Mercury Years

~ Release by Bobby Bare (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1The World Is Weighing Heavy on My Mind
2:24
2Mama Bake a Pie (Papa Kill a Chicken)
cover recording of:
Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken)
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
2:55
3Coal River
recording of:
Coal River
lyricist and composer:
Jim Belt
2:34
4Christian Soldier
recording of:
Good Christian Soldier
writer:
Bobby Bare and Billy Joe Shaver
3:03
5Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me
cover recording of:
Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (in 1964)
2:24
6West Virginia Woman
recording of:
West Virginia Woman
writer:
Bobby Bare and Billy Joe Shaver
2:17
7New York City Snow
recording of:
New York City Snow
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joe Shaver
3:15
8Jesus Is the Only One That Loves Us
cover recording of:
Jesus Is the Only One That Loves Us
writer:
Bobby Bare and Billy Joe Shaver
2:19
9Lovin’ Her Was Easier
recording of:
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
2:44
10I Need Some Good News Bad
recording of:
I Need Some Good News Bad
writer:
Red Lane and Danny Morrison
2:45
11Me and Bobby McGee
cover recording of:
Me and Bobby McGee
lyricist and composer:
Fred Foster and Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
Combine Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Songs Ltd. and Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
3:38
12A Million Miles to the City
recording of:
A Million Miles to the City
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:09
13Just the Other Side of Nowhere
cover recording of:
Just the Other Side of Nowhere
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
2:45
14City Boy, Country Born
recording of:
City Boy, Country Born
writer:
Doug Ashdown and Jimmy Stewart (British songwriter, producer, who wrote songs with Gerry Langley and Doug Ashdown.)
2:49
15Short and Sweet
recording of:
Short and Sweet
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joe Shaver
2:30
16The Puppet and the Parakeet
2:27
17Great Society Talking Blues
2:43
18The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
recording of:
The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:48
19Roses Are Red (My Love)
cover recording of:
Roses Are Red
writer:
Al Byron and Paul Evans (50s US rock n roll singer/songwriter)
2:45
20Lonely Street
cover recording of:
Lonely Street
writer:
Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder and W.S. Stevenson
2:28
21Crazy Arms
cover recording of:
Crazy Arms
writer:
Ralph Mooney (in 1954) and Chuck Seals (in 1954)
publisher:
Champion Music Corp., Leeds Music, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (in 1956) and MCA Music Svenska AB (in 1978)
2:23
22Jesus Christ, What a Man
cover recording of:
Jesus Christ, What A Man
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joe Shaver
2:23
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