GOOD MORNING DEAR
(Mickey Newbury)


Mickey Newbury - 1968
Don Gibson - 1968
Don Cherry - 1968
Frank Ifield - 1968
Roy Orbison - 1969
Pat Boone - 1969
Deanna Marie - 1969
Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1969
Ray Charles - 1970
Wayne Newton - 1971

Also recorded by:  Joey Martin



Were the nights any sweeter
The mornings any cooler when she was here
Or was her mind grown accustomed
To hearin' "Good morning, Dear"

Should I still feel the sunshine
Remembering brings to mind in my thoughts of her
When, Lord, we both know things could never
Be the way they were

Her little girl confusion built walls of illusion
Between right and wrong
That stand there between her and a dream
That I cherished too long

All faded and tattered, once all that mattered
When she was here
And this mind grown accustomed
To hearin' "Good morning, Dear"

Were the nights any sweeter
The mornings any cooler when she was here
Or was her mind grown accustomed
To hearin' "Good morning, Dear"

Should I still feel the sunshine
Remembering brings to mind in my thoughts of her
Lord, we both know things could never
Be the way they were



(Transcribed by MEL PRIDDLE - October 2017)