The Cold Hard Facts of Life

~ Release by Porter Wagoner (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD: Confessions of a Broken Man / Soul of a Convict
#TitleRatingLength
1Men With Broken Hearts
cover recording of:
Men With Broken Hearts
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:44
2I Just Came to Smell the Flowers
recording of:
I Just Came to Smell the Flowers
lyricist and composer:
Vic McAlpin
2:37
3May You Never Be Alone
cover recording of:
May You Never Be Alone (Hank Williams song)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:22
4Skid Row Joe
recording of:
Skid Row Joe
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Hart (Country, Nashville Sound, US)
3:03
5Take Me Back and Try Me One More Time
cover recording of:
Take Me Back and Try Me One More Time
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
2:34
6How Far Can I Go?
recording of:
How Far Down Can I Go
lyricist:
Jerome C. Barney and Harlan Howard
composer:
Harlan Howard
2:41
7I’m a Long Way From Home
recording of:
I’m a Long Way From Home
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
2:14
8Confessions of a Broken Man
recording of:
Confessions of a Broken Man
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
3:00
9My Tears Are Overdue
cover recording of:
My Tears Are Overdue
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Hart (Country, Nashville Sound, US)
2:41
10I’ve Been Down That Road Before
cover recording of:
I’ve Been Down That Road Before
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:51
11Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
cover recording of:
Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
lyricist and composer:
Pee Wee King
2:58
12My Last Two Tens
cover recording of:
My Last Two Tens
lyricist and composer:
Vic McAlpin
2:52
13Boston Jail
cover recording of:
Boston Jail
writer:
Tony Senn and Tommy Stough (US / Nashville songwriter)
2:14
14The Convict and the Rose
cover recording of:
The Convict and the Rose
writer and composer:
Betty Chapin aka Robert King (late 19th- early 20th c. composer aka Mary Earl)
2:30
15I Relived My Life Today
recording of:
I Relived My Life Today
lyricist and composer:
Vic McAlpin
3:06
16I’m Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
cover recording of:
I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
writer:
Karl Davis and Harty Taylor
publisher:
Duchess Music
42:14
17Let Me In
recording of:
Let Me In
lyricist and composer:
Gene Crysler (American songwriter, has written over 100 songs. His name is a pseudonym)
2:46
18The Big River Train
cover recording of:
The Big River Train
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mullins
2:52
19The Snakes Crawl at Night
cover recording of:
The Snakes Crawl at Night
writer:
Fred Burch and Mel Tillis
2:36
20They’re All Going Home but One
cover recording of:
They're All Going Home but One
writer:
Karl Davis and Harty Taylor
2:57
21Folsom Prison
cover recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
2:17
22Soul of a Convict
recording of:
Soul of a Convict
lyricist and composer:
Red Sovine
3:28
23Green Green Grass of Home
cover recording of:
Green, Green Grass of Home
lyricist and composer:
Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
publisher:
Burlington Music Ltd. and Tree Music
translated version of:
Ik ben weer in m’n dorpje
2:26
24(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
cover recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
lyricist, writer and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer-Southern Productions, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
2:23
2▶CD: The Cold Hard Facts of Life / The Bottom of the Bottle
3▶CD: The Carroll County Accident / Down in the Alley