UNRELEASED SONGS

Here are the lyrics to some of the Unreleased songs that Roy wrote/co-wrote  He would almost certainly have demo'd them on tape but not necessarily recorded to commercial standard, instead giving them to others to record instead.

There exists some 30 cds at Orbison Productions made up of unreleased material from Roy's 32 year career. They were shown to fans in December 1998 who visited the Orbison Building in Nashville and several of these songs were played to them by staff.

If we conservatively estimate just 10 songs per cd then we have 300 songs (about 50% of Roy's career unheard by his faithful following) Wouldn't it be a nice gesture by the Estate to get 'stuck-in' and do something positive to get these songs released to the fans. With today's technology any unfinished or damaged tape can be made good and there would be an army of well known artistes who would give their back teeth for a chance to 'duet' on a Roy Orbison Record. Equally top producers and sound engineers would be competing for the chance to finish off potential hits with the right equipment to do the job. It can be done if there is the will to do it......

Some of these songs were published in the 1970's Roy Orbison Songbook

If time permits I  may produce some midi files to give some idea of what they sound like.
 

LOOKIN FOR LOVE    VERSE:    "Well, I've been a lot of places and I've seen a lot of things    But I ain't never found the girl of my dreams    I've been coast to coast and back again    But I'm lonely as I've ever been    New York, Frisco too Old Chicago even St. Lou    Been to Dallas and New Orleans    But I ain't never found the girl of my dreams    Well, I don't know where and I dont know when    This lookin' for love will ever end    But I'll keep searchin' everywhere til I find a    love that'll really care ("Well, I've......)    2nd Chorus:    New York, Frisco too    Old Chicago, even St. Lou    Been to Dallas and New Orleans    But I ain't ever found the girl of my dreams    I've rambled around but I've never met    The one true love that you can't forget    So I'll travel on from town to town    Until my sweetheart can be found"	CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD    (Orbison/Dees, 1969)    1st Verse:    Coocoo that's you,    wonder why I love you    You do voodoo    Thunder clouds above you    Crazy, kooky, lazy , spooky    Oh, what a clown    Always around    And I have found    You're a woman    CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD    Long legged woman,    when I see you walking you look good,    ah - hum - hum,    Hey, little woman,    when I hear you talking you sound good,    ah - hum - hum    CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD,    you're driving me wild,    CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD      1st Chorus:    You're into my mind,    then you're out of my mind,    CHILD WOMAN    You wind and unwind my mind,    Time after time,    CHILD WOMAN    Ooh, CHILD WOMAN    Yeah, CHILD WOMAN    Yeah, CHILD WOMAN    CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD      2nd Verse:    Flying up tight    Don't know where you're going    Tying your kite    When the wind is blowing    Funny lady, sunny shady    Off to the fair    Sun in your hair    Oh, you're aware you're a woman    CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD    Strong minded woman,    When you start to grooving    You look fine, ah - hum - hum    CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD    You're driving me wild    CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD      CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD continues...    2nd Chorus:    I don't see you there    I see you everywhere    Child Woman    I don't even care    Yes, I really do care,    Child woman    Ooh, Child Woman    Hey, Child Woman    CHILD WOMAN, WOMAN CHILD
The Defector    (Orbison/Dees/Morrow)    "It's the Bonnie and Clyde days, where the girls wear curls and lace,    And the boys can stand the pace of the war, its not the war but the cause    the country's fighting for.    The seed of discontent is sown, they're burning cards back home, back home.    The old folks just ignore, the posters black with ink,..anymore. I'm not    sure what to think. Now I wonder why I'm on this foreign shore to find    peace of mind. For now I walk alone and it's no better, to leave than stay    and give more than I had to give. My life was not my own, the wife I've    never known.. I may never know, I may never go,..back home.    To the land of the free back home,..would there be a place for me, back    home, back home!    Well, I always wonder why.....will they take me when I die..BACK HOME!"    (Courtesy of Bill Dees)	BAD BOY(Roy Orbison, 1964)    When we walk by people stop and stare    they say that you don't care    what people say about you    but I know that you do and I do to    but let them say what they may    we'll find a way    to make our dreams come true    BAD BOY BAD BOY    I'll stand by you    I've heard them say you'll never change    that your bad and bad to stay    your just that way    and there's nothing you can do    but my love for you will see me through    and darling I'm so proud    so proud that I'll tell them out loud    that I'm in love with you    BAD BOY BAD BOY.........
BARBARA (Orbison/Melson, 1960)    BARBARA bye bye won't be coming round tonight    why did you tell me all those lies    BARBARA although you say your lonely miss so    oh yeah well that's the way it goes    BARBARA how could you    what did I do so wrong    BARBARA oh would you    do the same again    BARBARA bye bye    won't be coming round tonight    why did you tell me all those lies    BARBARA how could you    what did I do so wrong    BARBARA oh would you    do the same again    if I come back again    BARBARA don't cry    hush your lips and dry your eyes    guess I'll come around tonight	Here is 2 LIVE CREW'S version of Pretty Woman? Acuff Rose sued   them, but they didn't win the case, as far as I remember. Here's some of  the lyrics:   "PRETTY WOMAN walkin down the street    PRETTY WOMAN girl you look so sweet    PRETTY WOMAN you bring me down to     that knee    PRETTY WOMAN you make me wanne beg please    OH, PRETTY WOMAN    BIG HAIRY WOMAN you need to shave that stuff    BIG HAIRY WOMAN you know I bet it's tough    BIG HAIRY WOMAN all that hair it ain't legit    Cause you look like Cousin It    BIG HAIRY WOMAN

Here's a list of songs that Roy wrote with Joe Melson, but didn't   release(some MGM songs):
  Another Lonely Girl
  Barbara
  Can't Forget
  Daydream (Of You)
  Fancy Dan
  Go On
  Gypsy
  Hey!
  Honky Tonkin Around
  In Time
  I've Had My Moments*
  Jumpin Jack (Instrumental)
  Kiss Of Love
  Long Time No Love
  Looking For Love
  Memories Of Maria(Instrumental)
  No One Really Cares
  Once Again
  (I'll Have)Peace Of Mind
  Pretty Woman -different version-*
  Rita
  Sad Eyes*
  Shook
  Side Show (instrumental)
  Suddenly(There's Only You)
  Sugar Love
  (Stay Away)Sundown
  Suzie*
  Sweet Mama(not Sweet Mama Blue)
  Time And Again
  Turn Some More Lights On*
  Valley Of The Roses(Instrumental)*
  * = written by Roy Orbison Joe Melson and Ray Rush
 
 

    Here follows a list of unreleased MGM songs.

  1967
  Blue Teardrops(are Falling)
  Without your Love
  Sweet Memories
  Down the Line

  1968
  You'll never walk Alone

  1969
  Sweet Memories(second recording)
  Child Woman, Woman Child
  Laurie
  Loose lips Lucy
  Judy, Judy, Judy
  The Defector
  Leavin makes the rain come down
  Give Up
  One of the Lonely Ones
  Leavin
  Little Girl
  When I Stop Dreaming(Nashville studio version)
  Singing the Blues
  I Love You Because
  After Night
  I Got Nothing
  Shadow Of The Sun
  Say no More
  She Was Gone
  I Will Always
  Lillian

  1970
  Kellys Warriors(for the film Kelly's Hero''s, no vocals on master)
  Happy Together
  Gypsey
  Honky Tonkin Around
  (I'll Have) Peace of Mind

  1971
  Sundown
  Lay it Down(Not the same same song as "Laminar Flow")

  1972
  Take it easy to Love
  Someone to give my love to
  (Lost her love on our) Last Date
  Rita Joe
  The Days That I Loved You
  Searchin' for something to beleive in
  For old times sake
  She even woke me up to say goodbye
  When you got love
  Peggy, your breaking my heart

  1973
  Love that money can't buy
  She wakes me with a kiss
  Baby, I'm still not over You
  How can I be so Lonesome
  Inseperable
  I need a place to hide
  Time for one more Dream
  One thing left to Do
  As if I were here
  As if you were there(probably same song!)
  Bridge over Troubled Waters
  Funny familiar forgotten Feeling
  The very thought of you
  Sleepy Head
  Maybelline
  Roll over Beethoven
  Lonely Wine(re-recording of song on "In Dreams" album)
  Funny how time slips away
  Time for one more Dream(second recording)
  I need a place to hide(second recording)
  For the love money(Possibly the same as "Love that money can't buy")

  This is only a list of songs recorded specifically for MGM by Roy to fullfill  his part of the recording agreement. He did record others during this time which he did not offer to MGM.
  There are "dozens" of other unreleased songs from the period 74-88 and also  30-40 recordings still unreleased from 60-65, not to mention Sun  recordings.
There is the remaning songs from the proposed second album to  follow Regeneration
(only three of the songs have so far been released.).

                                             
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