Alabama

There are people in this country who work hard every day Not for fame or fortune do they strive But the fruits of their labor are worth more than their pay And it's time a few of them were recognized Hello Detroit auto worker, let me thank you for your ti...

Here’s another morning Soon she’ll be waking up I watched her and wonder If there’s a better word for love So many times I’ve told her It never seems enough So I keep searching For a better word for love Moaning, stumbling, wondering When I find a w...

There's a road that I remember leading to a special place Where the door was always open to a smiling face There's a picture on the mantle of a boy that looks like me It's always the same, there's a stocking with my name And a candle in the window, a flam...

I've seen him plow a field of corn all day. That's reality. His overalls are black with dirt, but his face is still full of dignity. He talks about the waether, and he can tell you when it's gonna rain. Told me 'bout the flood of twenty-nine that washed th...

Said you loved me on a Monday, left me crying on a Tuesday. You broke my heart just as quick as you flicked your cigarette, Forgetting you is getting harder i tried to run under the water, it don't come off in the sink I wish that we never met...

American pride something you feel inside Something you can't describe American pride Dad said, "Son I'm proud you won But the game is more than any toy" Mama said, "Now Son say sir and say ma'am And be proud you're southern born" You play when you're hu...

I was walking home from school on a cold winter day. Took a shortcut through the woods, and I lost my way. It was getting late, and I was scared and alone. But then a kind old man took my hand and led me home. Mama couldn't see him, but he was standing the...

Anytime you wanna love me you can love me anytime Early morning, late at night, anytime the time is right Oh, if you want to hold me, well, you know that you can Anytime, anytime, I'm your man Baby you're something, you're something else I'll keep you're...

As Right Now Alabama You're still the lady of my dreams You're still my high school beauty queen To me it's still magic when we touch And I have never loved you so much As right now As right now You're still my actress on the screen Still the leadi...

Everybody get on your feet you make me nervous when you're in your seat Take off your shoes and pat your feet we're doin' a dance that can't be beat We're barefootin' we're barefootin' we're barefootin' we're barefootin' Went to a party the other night long...

They married back in '32 They were young and love was new And every day the feeling grew Between the two of them When work grew scarce and times got bad The hope would chase away the sad And hope was sometimes all they had Between the two of them The...

In a cloud of dust cross Texas south of San Antone The lawman and the cowboy pushed their horses on Racin' toward the Rio running out of time They had to catch the Outlaws before they crossed the borderline Well the lawman wanted justice the cowboy needs r...

Clear creeks and cool mountain mornin's. Honest work out in the fields. Cornbread in my momma's kitchen. Daddy saying grace before the meal. Family ties run deep in this land. And I'm never very far from what I am. Chorus I was born country and that's...

Atlanta was on fire and so was she the night he left her. Left her there to bear her pain alone, hoping soon to return. Burn, Georgia, burn. The roaring of th guns filled the emptiness inside her where once she felt the pounding of her heart. When he hel...

Calling, calling all angels, oh I'm calling, calling all angels The night was still, the moon was bright when he saw a distant light So he started walkin' till he found a church outside of town And he stumbled in and closed the door, said why I'm here, I'm...

(Teddy Gentry) The walls of my mind Are closin' in Can't get away Your mem'ry won't end Can't forget about you. Can't forget about you. Can't forget about you. Can't forget about you. Breakin' my mind in three quarter time makin' me blue. Can't forget about...

i thought it was forever i thought it would last i gotta try to make it a page of my past you didn't even say goodbye when you slammed that door now i'm lying here alone in what once was our bed trying to forget all the cruel words you said the radio is...

Somewhere in the mountains.........in northern Alabama The Carolina lady waits for her man from Tennessee Somewhere in a motel......out in Oklahoma There's the Alabama dreamer That same man from Tennessee Sometime late at night......the lonely wakes her...

Long hair was not in style the first time I heard Haggard on the radio, but I could feel the changes comin' on. The Beatles crossed the ocean, an overnight explosion on the T.V. My brother had to go to Vietnam. Ford unveiled the Mustang. Things were good...

This town ain't big, this town ain't small. It's a little of both they say. Our ball club may be minor league but at least it's triple A. We sit below the Marlboro man, above the right field wall. We do the wave all by ourself. Hey ump, a blind man could'...

By now in New York City, there's snow on the ground And out in California, the sunshine's falling down And, maybe down in Memphis, Graceland's all in lights And in Atlanta, Georgia, there's peace on earth tonight Chorus: Chirstmas in Dixie, it's snowin'...

All my friens are asking me where I plan to spend the holidays People seem to celebrate the season in so many different ways Some go where the weather's freezing cold while others like it warm I don't care about the weather just whether I spend Christmas in...

It's that time of year when the whole world is heart tot heart You can feel love all around you, you can see it everywhere Christmas is love, it's in the songs we're singing Christmas is love, it's families comin' home Christmas is love, it's on the child...

There's a blanket of snow coverin' up the old road to the house where I was raised Through the window I see the lights on the tree and a glow from the old fireplace Though it all looks the same so much has changed from the way it used to be Christmas mem...

If You Like My Site, Make Sure To Vote For Me In The Just outside of Austin I turned on my radio Turned it in to a satellite station She was talkin' on a call-in show She said it was over, she'd made her choice Her mind was made-up by the sound of her vo...

Clear water blues Thinkin' of you Sittin' here fishin' Catchin' a few Spendin' my days Just tryin' to lose These clear water blues Clear water blues Driftin' along Nowhere to go Now that you're gone My lonely heart Don't know what to do With thes...

Sometimes her morning coffee's way too strong And sometimes what she says she says all wrong But right or wrong she's there beside me Like only a friend would be And thats close enough to perfect for me Now she's been known to wear her pants too tight...

The closer you get The further I fall I'll be over the edge now In no time at all. I'm fallin' faster, and faster, and faster With no time to stall The closer you get The further I fall You have me dreamin' Is this really real? Is there's something...

Country Side Of Life Alabama Album: Roll On You can have your buildings and your arithmatic I don't need no crowded streets or city slicker tricks I just need to be some place where I can move around Look down at my toes and I can still see the ground...

Hey baby I’ll be by to pick you up at eight Wear that red dress You know the one you wore on our first date Ease into my Chevrolet We’re gonna listen to those oldies play, behind the wheel We’ll go cruisin’, cruisin’ on Saturday night We’ll be groovin’...

Well the Magic Attic's where the music rolls And the Army-Navy's got ol' Jackie Soul Down on Peaches Corner there are Good Ol' Boys And Mother Fletchers makin' lots of noise They're dancin', shaggin' on the boulevard Dancin', shaggin' on the boulevard W...

Deep River Woman Lord I'm comin home to you Deep River Woman Lord I know she's waiting Just anticipating all my love Spent a night in LA just another chance to see you just you and I Wanted you to know that my playin days are over cause all I do is think of...

Iwas raised in the shadow of an old cotton mill, back when believin' was in style. Smalltown heaven and a big-eyed boy made sweet music for a while. My daddy worked hard down at the facotry. Nights he went to G.I. school. He didn't know nothin' 'bout the...

I'm not a stranger to passion I've seen a lotta love in my time I've felt that physical attraction from a touch in the heat of the night I've been all over this country I've started my share of new flames But after all is said and done there's only one that...

Rollin' down a backwoods Tennessee byway, one arm on the wheel, holdin' my lover with the other: a sweet, soft, Southern thrill. Worked hard all week; got a little jingle on a Tennessee Saturday night. Couldn't feel better: I'm together with my Dixieland De...

Just off of the beaten path A little dot on a state road map That's where I was born and where I'll die Things move at a slower pace Nobody's in the rat race And these days that's a special way of life Chorus: Down home, where they know you by name An...

She sits and stares out the window at the water Every night down at ....Cafe' All alone she sips her pina colada Talking to herself, dreaming time away The story is that a dark haired stranger Stole her heart many years ago He promised her he'd come back...

Down on the river it's an easy kind of life everybody here's feeling fine No need to worry or get in a hurry nothing to spend but time Light up a smoke and tell a few jokes and pass the old jug around We're gonna get right on a Saturday night when the sun g...

Down this road there's an old brick house My mama cried the day that I moved out And my first summer job was pumpin' gas and fixin' flats But at Henry Walker's Texaco Down this road, down this road Down this road there's a maple tree In a cotton field w...

Run your fingers through my hair and softly kiss my lips hold me close in your embrace and love me face to face face to face heart to heart body to body tingling tangle feelings lovers face to face I'll caress your body and hold you close to me I'll sli...

Fallin' Again Alabama Album: For The Record Thinking of the faces I've seen Back when I was young and green I was falling back then Now I'm workin' on building a fire And flirtin' with that ol' desire And fallin' again into the wind I fall in love ag...

Fantasy, midnight and you and me Ecstasy, spirits running wild and free Take me away, away. Outside on a blanket in the moonlight It feels right with my arms around you tight Laying under heaven watching stars play While me and you and mother nature drift awa...

Whisper to me softly, breathe words upon my skin No one's near and listening, so please don't say goodbye Just hold me close and love me, press your lips to mine Mmm feels so right. Feels so right. Lying here beside you I hear the echoes of your sighs Promise...

He was a stranger in a little town She was sittin' alone in a crowd Listening to the old jukebox playin' a song From the moment we walked through the diner door She felt something like never before A feelin' so strong right from the start It wouldn't sto...

Once I was cold But now I know How a fireworks 'Cause I felt the flame It drove me insane Fireworks There was this lady Soft as as a gentle glow She told me everything That she knows About fireworks She's got fireworks Now on the fourth of July...

Just punched the clock and boy am I ready Walkin' out the door a-headin' home It's time to buckle up again In my rolling hunk of tin It's quittin' time the evenin' race is on It's that five o'clock 500 and I run it every day Pick-up trucks, cars and bus...

my dad was a big man with a will that was tough He was at his best when the going was rough He made a living for the family and never had to cheat To keep food on the table and shoes on our feet we sat down at the table and thanked god in prayer Cause w...

I'll admit I could feel it The first time that we touched And the look in your eyes Said you felt as much But I'm not a man Who falls too easily It's best that you know Where you stand with me Chorus: I will give you my heart Faithful and true And...

I got something cookin' And I'm boilin' way down deep While I'm hot and bothered Why don't you give me what I need Your kind of lovin' really hits the spot The things you're doin', baby, Make me want what you got So get it, get it, get it while it's hot, get...

(Cary Lynn Rutledge) Wish I had just one more chance To hold you close and say I love you Can't believe that our romance was just beginning Now its through I'm looking for tomorrow To start a newlife on my own And all I see is sorrow You're all I lived for No...

Life ain't all that easy I can testify to that It's been up and down and round and round to get to where I'm at If you could see how I'm living in this old car I drive Well you'd probably wonder and even ponder why I even wanna stay alive So give me one...

Can this be true? Tell me, can this be real? How can I put into words what I feel? My life was complete, I thought I was whole Why do I feel like I'm losing control? Never thought that love could feel like this, and you changed my world with just one kis...

Chorus: Gonna have a party, a good time jamboree. Gonna have a party. Come on along with me. Gonna have a good time, ev'rybody's feelin' right. Gonna have a party a week from Saturday night. Well, thought I'd call you early, I thought you'd like to know...

Before I fly and wave goodbye I say to you "Days with you are the best years of my life" But if I don't see you anymore Keep my words safely stored And I'll be back I promise once more Chorus: Goodbye, goodbye Till I see you again Goodbye, goodbye I'...

Take me back down where cool water flows, y'all. Let me remember the things I've done: walk on the log where the catfish bite; walking along the river road at night; barefoot gir, dancin' in the moonlight. I can hear the bullfrog calling me. (ribbit) Wond...

I live to work and work to live Oh but what I wouldn't give For a ray of sun and a little piece of beach Where the sand dollar is the only currency Chorus: I vote we go to the Gulf of Mexico You and me by the sea Palm trees call me, oh that's the place...

Snowny days and frosty night, everything looks cold and white Hangin' 'round the mistletoe, hangin' 'round the mistletoe Christmas day will soon be here, and everybody's full of cheer Hangin' 'round the mistletoe, waitin' for you dear Well, I've waited a...

I've been goin' around in a whirlwind not knowing which way to go. I've been lost in a jungle of heartaches looking for what I don't know I've spread my wings and I've done some things that I never meant to do. Its took me some time but I've made up my mind...

Happy birthday, Jesus, it's that time of year All the lights on the trees say Christmas time is near Another year's behind us, you helped us make it through So, happy birthday, Jesus, this song is just for you We all get so hung up on material things at t...

Smilin' faces on city streets, crowded shoppers, busy feet And every smile just seems to say, we're having some Happy Holidays Twinklin' lights on Christmas trees, kids up on Santa's kneww Busy lines on telephones, sending a Merry Christmas home Bells ri...

The stage is set tonight down in Nashville It's been a long, hard ride into town And thanks to some cowboys and heroes My chance to sing has finally come around The first song I ever sang was Haggard Momma sang to me "I Saw The Light" I'd turn my radio...

Here we are, once again Stronger now than we have ever been Hand in hand, heart to heart Now we're made it through the hardest part Chorus: We had to break it all down To build it back up Lean on each other when the times got rough How'd we survive go...

Hey, hey baby, I wanna know if you'll be my girl Hey, hey baby, I wanna know if you'll be my girl When I saw you walking down the street I said that's the kind of girl I'd like to meet She's so pretty, Lord she's fine. I'm gonna make her mine all mine H...

We didn't know that times were lean Round our house the grass was green It didn't seem like things were all that bad I bet we walked a thousand miles Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows And learnin' how to give it all we had. As life went on and years went...

Atlanta, Georgia made her the Ctoon Queen. L.A. bound she had visions of the silver screen. But Hollywood ain't nothin' but glamor and lights to a blue-eyed blonde with stars in her eyes. Her days are long. Lord, her nights are longer yet. Tryin' to find...

A glowin' fire and fallin' snow, they spark a memory Stockings hangin', mistletoe, presents beneath a tree A happy boy wakin' up to toys, lookin' so surprised And wondering how Santa knew just when I closed my eyes Chorus: It's a Homecoming Christmas, go...

Hey baby won't you take my hand And make me a happy man I ain't rich but I found my fortune in you Two jobs on the nighttime shift I'm still left with an empty fist But my heart is full and my love is true We can still get married in the style of our fri...

How do you fall in love When do you say I do When is the perfect time To spend the rest of your life Seasons may come and go And sometimes it rains and snows And there will be highs and lows So only you will know You never know just where it will find...

I'm gonna call up my boss and tell him I'm ill Gonna tell him I'm home, with the fever and chills I don't usually lie but for your sweet love I will I need it so We won't be disturbed, the phone's off the hook And when it comes to lovin' woman, you wrote...

When we're in a crowd, I'm sure you've noticed how I love to look at you (you, you, you) No, I can't deny, I get hypnotized When I look at you (look at you, look at you) Oh, it's the kind of thing, that I can't explain No matter how I try It's no mystery...

My heart fell to the floor The night you broke the news Said you couldn't feel it anymore Those words that rolled off your tongue Tore my world in two As you turned and walked on out the door I've been trying to get over you And get on with my life But...

My love is like an automobile Out of control ramming down a hill I can't stop, no, I can't stop My love is like a runaway train Running over anything in my way I can't stop, no, I can't stop Once I get started making love to you That's the only thing t...

Your love for me is gone But my love for you lives on And my memories of you Will never die. I can just see you now The special smile you gave to me The face I'll love eternally I see all the things you do. Your nearness seems so real to me As thoug...

You've got me achin' more than I should My heart is breakin', oh don't it feel good 'Cause I know for certain, we're magic in love You've got me hurtin, 'cause I can't get enough I just couldn't say no even though I should Even if I did, wonder if you co...

I've rehearsed this day a thousand times I've played this scene out in my mind You spread your wings, you need to fly It breaks my heart to say goodbye These arms of mine wanna pull you close But I love you enough to let you go My mind goes back to memo...

I saw the time When every baby that was born Was wanted and had a place to stay warm And when the farmers could exist To feed the hungry in our midst I saw the time When the poor could still have pride And hard work paid off in time I saw the time Whe...

She told me I should straighten up my ways or she'd be walkin' out But I guess I was just too blind to see or maybe just too proud So I never thought twice when she loaded up her things and drove away Cause I knew she'd be back someday I knew she'd be back...

Don’t she look good on the floor Moving so slow Look how she’s looking at him And dancing so close There’s not a man in the crowd Who wouldn’t like to hold her right now (Chorus) I taught her everything she knows About love So why is she looking at h...

(Richard Berardi/Michael Berardi) Is that what time it is I'm sorry if I woke you with this call But all this wine is in my head And I'm so lonely from it all Don't hang up Baby hear what I gotta say We started out such a beautiful story We just can't end thi...

Sometimes all you need is someone to hold you Sometimes that's all you're looking for But I'd like to take the time to get to know you 'Cause I don't want this time to be like all the times before I want to know you before I make love to you I want to sh...

He raced that engine down the track 'round the tree on Christmas day I was so amazed my dad would play with trains I saw a sparkle in his eye, then I heard him say, come on son let's play, I was young once, too He washed that Buick faithfully, Lord he kep...

Military mail call.... I lay out some paper, I take out my pen Turn on my table-lamp and here I go again It's time to write a letter, I'm in the mood tonight Gotta find a way to tell you how I feel inside So I write a little and I cry a little It's so...

If You're Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band) (Dan Mitchell/Murray Kellum) If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band That lead guitar is hot but not for "Louisiana Man" So rosin up that bow for "Faded Love" a...

I'm in a hurry to get things done, oh I Rush and rush until life's no fun All I really gotta do is live and die But I'm in a hurry and don't know why Don't know why I have to drive so fast My car has nothing to prove It's not new but it'll do 0-60 in 5.2, oh...

There's something sexy 'bout the way you're dressed I can see you're lookin' your best tonight, that's right You're walkin' with a new attitude There's something different 'bout the way you're movin' tonight, that's right But before we walk out the door, l...

I knock off with a lot on my mind From a long hard day Pull in at home, see you and find My stress slipping away Then you run to my arms and give me a kiss And nothing else matters When you hold me like this (Chorus) Girl, I'm in the mood to be you...

We used to get crazy every saturday night Drive into town and get feelin right A child of the 60's in 74 But I'm not that way anymore Well I burned the tires, off my Chevrolet Tryin to impress, the girls that I date And I've been a gambler, when I could...

I know people who lose their lover turn around and they find another Fall in love and then they break up I don't know if I want to wake up Cause I'm still dreamin' I'm still dreamin' baby I'm still dreamin' oh oh oh about you Other women walk right up to...

Sitting here and drinking hey that's my favorite song What's that, that I hear ringing would someone get the phone Wondering if she'll ever come home I've had no sleep, sad songs, I'm stoned Our love a fading memory as I chase another down My eyes are getting...

If I had you we'd run like gypsies in the wind We'd be lovers and we'd be friends, if I had you If I had you we'd count the stars all one by one We'd make love till they were gone oh, if I had you 'Cause you light a fire way down in my soul The flame kee...

Oh I love those Colorado Rockies And that big starry Montana sky And the lights of San Francisco On a California night Enjoyed those ballgames in Chicago On those windy afternoons It’s a big beautiful country But I’m never home too soon If it ain’t Dix...

(Chorus) If you're gonna play in Texas, You gotta have a fiddle in the band. That lead guitar is hot, but not for "Lousiana Man". So rosin up that bow for "Faded Love" and let's all dance. If you're gonna play in Texas, You gotta have a fiddle in the b...

I've got her photograph on a stand by my bed two on the mantle and thousands in my head I can't believe how fast she's growing it ain't supposed to be like this everytime I look at her I see how much I've missed I missed her first steps her first words a...

Is that what time it is? I'm sorry if I woke you with this call. But all this wine is in my head, and I'm so lonely from it all. Don't hang up. Baby, hear what I gotta say. We started out such a beautiful story. We just can't end this way. Chorus: I w...

Chorus: Is the magic still there whenever I hold you Do these lips of mine send chills down your spine like they used to Or is it slipping away, baby come out and say, I'm asking because I care I just need to know is the magic still there Oh I still reca...

Gentle conversation Walking hand in hand Sunset on the water Footsteps in the sand Now our hearts beat to the rhythm To the waves that are rolling in Oh I wonder is this how love begins Day turns to night And there’s music in the air The candlelight...

He rattles his glass, she jumps up fast And pours him a glass of tea Deep in her heart she believes That's the way it should be Yeah, and I've seen my dad get fightin' mad Over one little four-letter word He'll tell you fast you don't talk like that arou...

Must have been the luckiest man in the world Never known why I left her There’s nothing like the love of a small town girl But I thought I found something better So I hit the big city Coast to coast And I must admit I had a good time But now I’ve been a...

Out here is the country there's magic in the air. It's the middle of December there's excitement eveywhere Everyone's invited, the celebration's planned The gift is just what's in your heart and not what's in your hand Chorus: Who's the one we need to t...

Dave Gibson/Ronnie Rogers, 3:39 Chorus: In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox It's playing all my favorite memories One by one they take me back To the days when you were mine And I can't stop this jukebox in my mind I don't need no quarters Don'...

Katy brought my guitar back today. I left it there to play, when I'd stay over. And I remember all those nights Sitting in the fireplace light, And how she loved to hear me play; Katy brought my guitar back today. Katy brought my guitar back today. I'v...

I am so happy with you in my arms. Honey, don't you ever leave. Lay back and love me and tellme you're mine. Keep on dreamin' with me. Your hair is so soft and your eyes are so brown. Your body's warm here next to me. You be my woman and I'll be your ma...

What's goin' on with the sun and the moon 'Cause one's goin' down to early, one's comin' up to soon The hands on my old clock tell me once again that I'm fallin' behind There's too much to do and not enough time Keepin' up I'm movin' as fast as I can Kee...

It's her first night on the town since she was just eighteen a lady down on love and out of hope and dreams. The ties that once bound her now are broke away and she's like a baby just learning how to play. She never thought that love could ever end s...

Can I have your attention Ladies and gentlemen We are honored To have among us Someone special tonight (Chorus) Let’s hear it for the girl Who made one man’s dream come true Let’s hear it for the girl Darling here’s to you For the good and bad For...

You say hello, I say goodbye You go your way and I go mine There's not much time for you and I these days We work too hard, we're gone too much And we're too tired to even touch So just how long can we go on this way Oh, life's too short to love this fa...

Come, they told me pa rum pa pum pum Our newborn King to see pa rum pa pum pum Our finest gifts we bring pa rum pa pum pum To lay before the King pa rum pa pum pum Rum pa pum pum, rum pa pum pum So to honor Him, pa rum pa pum pum When we come Baby Jesus pa ru...

You kiss me awake in the mornin' Now what a way to start the day With love notes that you leave me Written in your own special way You call me up for nothin' I hear your voice on the line We start talkin' 'bout lovin' You get to me everytime It's thos...

There's a full moon risin' Comin' up behind them cypress trees Betty Jo ain't wearin' nothin' 'round her body But a cool night breeze Her daddy warned me Boy, don't come round here no more But here I am knockin' On sweet Betty's door Louisiana moon,...

Well you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow Kick off your shoes and you throw them on the floor Dance in the kitchen 'till the morning light Louisiana Saturday Night Waitin' in the front yard, sittin' on a log A single shot rifle and a one-eyed...

I once though of love as a prison A place I didn't want to be. So long ago, I made a decision To be footloose and fancy-free. But you came and I was so tempted To gamble on love just one time. I never thought that I would get caught. It seemed like a perfect c...

When the last drop of rain has fallen When the final note has drifted away When the earth ceases to turn And the last fire has burned When the wind stops its ceaseless blowing When the last wave has come into shore When the sun has called it a day And...

I don't mind the cold and rain where I'm waiting. I'm holding on to your mem'ry as tight as I can. Silver wings are bringing you back so I can hold you, and let me know that I'm still your lovin' man. You carry my dreams through the darkness while I'm sle...

You go out on the town, feelin' alright. Leavin' me here alone, you're stayin' all night. You're good to me; do something sweet. Tonight, you're back out on the street. Lovin' you the way I do is killin' me. I don't blame you for havin' fun, as long as I...

Well, here it comes again That old feelin' so strong You came into my life I won your love for a song And when I see you in my mind baby Think of the words you will say And in a mist of desire Your love takes me away Girl you take me away In a mist o...

Flattop guitar Down around the campfire You can smell that hickory burnin' Catfish fryin' Onions got us cryin' Hushpuppies they're a turnin' Friends and kin comin' down the hill Trippin' in the ole starlight Cookin' and kickin' do a little pickin' Pa...

Chorus: Oh, play me some mountain music, like grandma and grandpa used to play. Then I'll float on down the river to a Cajun hideaway Drift away like Tom Sawyer, ride a raft with ol' Huck Finn. Take a nap like Rip Van Winkle, daze dreamin' again. Chorus...

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day And when its cold outside girl I've got the month of May Oh I guess you'd say what can make me feel this way My girl, talkin' 'bout my girl, my girl I've got so much honey the bees envy me I've got a sweeter song baby th...

Drinkin' was forbidden In my Christian country home I learned to play the flattop On them good ol' Gospel songs Then I heard about the barrooms Just across the Georgia line Where a boy could make a livin' Playin' guitar late at night. Had to learn about the l...

My nights belong to the sandman 'Cause I sure like a dream My morning's belong to the wild-woods 'Cause I like to hear the birds sing My soul belongs to heaven My feet belong to my shoes Oh but baby my love belongs to you My thoughts belong on tomorrow...

Drift off and dream in your paper-doll world. Play with the presents from the boys and the girls. You big day is over. The cake is all gone. We sang you to sleep with the birthday song. Chorus: No. you'll never be one again. The two's are tumbling on in...

Baby, let's make a date for a night on the town How does the turn of the century sound I guarantee that we'll have a good time New Year's Eve 1999 Now I know it sounds a bit premature But I'm askin' you now 'cause I want to be sure Do you have anything...

O little town of Bethlehem how still we see thee lie Above they deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by Yet in they dark streets shineth the everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight O holy child of Bethlehem desce...

Why do you ask of course I'm alright I guess I wasn't thinking I'd run into you tonight Do I seem surprised, I guess you caught me off guard Yes I'm really doing fine, no it hasn't been that hard How 'bout you, getting on with your life There's so much t...

I saw you starin' at each other I saw your eyes begin to glow And I could tell you once were lovers But you ain't hidin' nothin' that I don't know. There's an old flame burnin' in your eyes That tears can't drown and make-up can't disguise Now that old flame...

I had my rent-a-car flyin' down a two-lane road Late for my plane again Had to stop for some gas at this country store That's when I saw the old man He was kicked back workin' on a big RC Watchin' Gomer Pyle on his little TV Took him awhile to even noti...

Round Ole Baugh Road it’s a great place kids to grow Some grow up and move away Most of us decide to stay Round the ole’Baugh Road Hard working mom and dad gave us things that they never had in our corner of the world Romance is slow for the boys and gir...

Some folks looks through a telescope And dream of flying high above the stars They say it won’t be long ‘Til we can haul on a ship to Mars I’m just a simple man There’s a lot that I don’t know But as long as you’re here with me I just assume stay home...

Once upon a lifetime I looked in someone's eyes And felt the fire burning in my heart for the very first time She was scared and young and had never tasted love So I took her by the hand and a boy became a man Once upon a lifetime And once upon a lifetim...

Well it's concrete and asphalt drivin' into work every day This livin' can't be healthy but the Lord knows I got bills to pay And there's others here just like me, they got families to feed Chorus: One more time arouund, time around, on the job is where I...

We live in the land of plenty But many things aren't plenty anymore Like the water from our sink They say's not safe to drink You gotta go and buy it at the store Now we're told there's a hole in the ozone Look what's washing on the beach And Lord, I be...

(Spoken) I was born and raised down in Alabama On a farm way back up in the woods I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches Papa used to tease me about it Of course deep down inside he was hurt 'Cause he done all he could (Sang) Papa was a gr...

Well northern Georgia highway 41 Beside the carpet mills and the gas stations There was a music store slash radio shack With the sound of dreamers jammin' in the back Well we rocked all night and we rolled all day We never bought nothing but we sure did p...

There's a teardrop falling slowly from my eyes tonight As I think of your two arms that used to hold me so very tight But you're gone now and girl I'm alone and blue With just these pictures and memories of you Pictures and memories of a love warm and tru...

He came in and sit down at the end of the bar His old rawhide shirt full of dust He asked for a glass and he ordered rye whiskey He talked to himself and he cusses He left Sacramento early that morning With a sackful of mail for St. Joe Had to outrun so...

Let's roll the windows down, turn the radio up let the wind blow through our hair Love is reckless let's get reckless tonight Verse 1: There ain't nothin' out here but a big ol' Texas sky There's a red sun painted across the coming night Well, your daddy...

I remember campin' all night down by the river's edge, skinny dippin' in the bright moonlight, divin' off a ledge, skippin' rocks across the water, fishin' on an old trout line, gigging frogs till the early mornin', smokin' dried crossvine. Chorus: Take...

Seems like everywhere I look There's another version of the same old book And someone telling me it's new Every song on my radio sounds like one I heard a long time ago Different windows, same old view Yeah Uh-huh All the clothes in the magazines I cou...

Before he ever made the headlines Or won the Winston cup He survived his share of crashes But he never did give up The tracks in Carolina Where all the Petty’s ran What kept the motor’s running Way back then were you the fans He won seven at Daytona I...

Orange Blossom Special, the Wabash Cannonball, the Chattanooga ChooChoo, this hobo's seen 'em all. I've watched the Sante Fe lay her smoke against the sky and listen to old number three rollin' through the night. Chorus: Ride the train. Ride the train. A...

Subways runnin' under the city Condos reachin' to the sky Each of this own, but I feel at home Standing on this mountain high And right where I am Is where I wanna be It's all I want It's all I need Forever in your arms It's alright with me 'Cause r...

Well, rockin' around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop Mistletow hung where you can see every couple of tries to stop Rockin' around the Christmas tree let the Christmas spirit ring Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling You...

Hey how bout you alabama roll on chorus: Roll on highway, roll on along Roll on daddy till you get back home Roll on family, roll on crew Roll on momma like I asked you to do And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on (roll on) Well it's Monday morning, he'...

I thought that you could fly, I thought that you had wings I guess that I believed you'd never say goodbye But my world stopped turnin' 'round, the stars turned upside down It knocked me to the ground on my knees Chorus: Now there's a sad lookin' moon sh...

You always come around this time of year With your big ole bag that's full of Christmas cheer And when it starts to snow The little boys and girls all know Soon they'll hear the sounds of your reindeer Now sometimes grownups grow up to believe That you...

Julianna, be mine tonight The time has come girl and the feelings right Love forever, not fade away A reborn love of yesterday. I can't believe it, this love I've found The fever's rising I can't cool it down And just like the South, Girl, we're gonna rise ag...

She ain't your ordinary She ain't your ordinary girl She don't love carelessly that's what I've always heard Can't use the usual lines she measures every word No empty promises proof is what it takes to win her heart The truth and nothing less, Simple t...

She and I live in our own little world don't worry about the world outside She and I agree She and I lead a perfectly normal life Ah but just because we aren't often seen socially people think we've got something to hide. But all our friends know we're j...

She can light a fire under me give me all the courage that I need She can see a side I just can't see she can She can make me smile when I wanna cry find a way to change my state of mind She can always reach through my disguise she can When my world gets c...

He was a good time, beer bar picker until the night she came along. He gave up his women and his liquor, and she put the sad in all his songs. Something about hermade him sorry. She was holy in his eyes. She had him bound and hypnotized. She put the sad...

She's still got those pretty eyes like she did in school The first time that she looked at me my heart went ka-boom Today I saw that look again on sale in summer square She looked so good in what she wore somehow it don't seem fair She's got that look in...

Out on highway 1, I saw a camper van parked out on the shoulder Thinkin' they had broken down, I pulled over There was a little old lady and her old man kickin' back relaxin' They said "sit down and help us celebrate our golden anniversary" They had foldin...

There's a little cafe' on the corner of town Lucy works there 'til the sun goes down It ain't very much but she brings home the bacon and the bread We got a mortgage we pay just a little bit on But it seems like all of our money is gone Before we get a c...

(Jeff Cook) I remember, walking through flowers In a garden of a mem'ry I'm thinkin' of I remember, being in heaven Some other place, some other time, some other love I remember, walking on silver sand With a mid summer moon shining above And I remember, the...

There were times I stood my ground When I knew you were right Turned around and walked away When I should've held you tight But you never closed the door You just turned out the light Gave me time to think it over A chance to make it right Sometimes o...

Chorus Song, song of the south. Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth. Gone, gone with the wind. There ain't nobody looking back again. Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch. We all picked the cotton but we never got rich. Daddy was a veteran, a s...

Oh, southern star, how I wish you would shine And show me the way to get home Well I'm blue-collar branded and stuck in a mill Hard work is a way of life for me Well I'm too young to live like I'm over the hill And too old to be wild and free My heart i...

He just can't wait to graduate He's marking time and counting days He'll toss that cap and watch that tassel fly So he can start living Yeah, finally start living 'Cause he's got big plans And he'll have time on his hands To start living Before he kno...

If I could design forever I'd put you and me together each night Together each night The best I can do is promise I'll love you true and honest and right I'll love you right Chorus: Starting tonight and from now on I will be yours and yours alone Dep...

Through the years, We've had our ups and downs. Ain't been a block We haven't been around. We've been one step up, And two steps back, But our love's gotten Right back on track. Chorus 1: We're still goin' strong, Like a freight train Burning on a...

Well my muscles ache and my feet are sore Thank God it's Friday and it's almost four And time to hit the door I'm gonna spend the weekend on the lake We've been working over-time and we need a break And Honey I can't wait We know how to spell relief Got...

If we could leave this big old city and head back for the cabin we loved back deep in the woods Whoa baby we would If we could jump in some big old jet plane & head for the islands where the weather is always good Oh don't you know we would Well we c...

Fly away with me tonight. Take me on a one-way flight in your lovin' arms, and ev'rything's gonna be alright. You're the one who took my hand when no one else could understand. You're the one who moves me like nobody else can. Chorus: Take me down where...

You get up every morning From your alarm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start y...

It was July hot across Georgia On my way to Myrtle Beach I just got my diploma so I set out in search of me The honeymoon was over And Alabama was far away For being little more Than just a southern state I got a gig down at the Bowery I played for t...

Come on weather man give us a forecast snoowy white Can't you hear the prayers of every childlike heart tonight Rockies are callin', Denver snow fallin' Somebody said it's four feet deep, but it doesn't matter Give me the laughter, I'm gonna choose to keep...

I was born across the river In the mountains where I call home. Lord, times were good there. Don't know why I ever roamed. Oh, Tennessee River and a mountain man, We get together anytime we can. Oh, Tennessee River and a mountain man, We play together in Moth...

I’ve made some decisions Never not the best Against my better judgment I must confess I went astray so many ways So my dreams fall apart And came a day I’m glad to say I followed my heart That feeling the one I’m feeling now Oh that feeling that turn...

I satnd here lookin' up at the starts tonight, how can one man have somuch in life As I look around me, what a picture it paints, I'm muchmore than lucky, I oughta give my thanks There's food on the table, a log on the fire, and in my woman's eyes there's...

He stays up at night till way after dark Feeding the dog that lives in our yard He'll put on my shoes and stumble around But together we can catch any outlaw in town The boy tries to be just like me I'm all that he tries to be Watching cartoons on my kn...

I see the lights of the city tonight and I see a star shinin' so bright A babe in a manger in swaddling clothes, it's you, it's me everyone knows The Christmas spirit is in the air, the Christmas spirit is everywhere Like th day Christ was born in Bethlehe...

Chorus: The closer you get, the further I fall. I'll be over the edge now in no time at all. I'm falling faster and faster and faster with no time to stall. The closer you get, the further I fall. Could I be dreamin'? Is this really real? 'Cause there's somet...

You took me for a fool Then you took me for a ride You really had me going Till I looked into your lies I let you keep me hangin' on But honey here's where I get off It's the end of the lyin' And I can't stand no more denyin' It's all over but the cry...

Before we ever made the headlines Or toured the concert halls We survived our share of barrooms Stared at many motel walls The years in Carolina And all the one night stands What kept the fires burnin', back then, was you the fans We two-stepped out to...

I was taught to believe Never to doubt The man up above knew what he’s Talkin about So when I heard that voice So loud and clear Speak to my heart I knew that she must be near The maker said take her and love her forever Take care of her for life And...

Ribbons and paper cover the floor, it's been a great Christmas with presents galore Everyone's happy and I'm happy, too Oh, what a night, oh, what a night, night before Christmas I had with you Frost on the window, snow on the ground, holiday spirit, holi...

Chorus: You can tell a lot about a man By the woman he loves Nothing else shows a part of his soul Like she does She’d be the one to swear that he hung The moon above Yes you can tell a lot about a man By the woman he loves She knows him inside out...

We could walk away now, call it over and done Say we fought the good fight and nobody won Say we're both better off that worst came to worst So we didn't last, hey, we're not the first But then again, if we give it one more try We might find the feeling...

You've got your secrets, girl I've got mine We're fallin' apart one glance at a time Night after night, actin' like strangers Out of emotion, nothing to say I brush your shoulder but you turn away Nobody tries, nobody's changin' Who'll be the first to sa...

Running scared Wonderin' what I'm doin' so far from home Beginnin' not to care that I was so alone Then my eyes met hers and without one word I could tell what was gonna happen I could feel it in my bones By the dark o' the moon There's a fire in the n...

As I lay by your side and hold you tonight I want you to understand this love that that I feel Is so right and so real I realize how lucky I am And should you ever wonder if my love is true There is something that I want to make clear with you There's no...

Sittin' alone at a table for two, when she walked in I was down on my second love, Swore I'd never do that again She sat down beside me and tried to explain That two bad loves don't spoil the whole darn game The first love lies The second lover hurts yo...

The city's full of manger scenes And stores lit up in red and green. But down the road just out of town There's more magic to be found. The countryside is all a-glow With holly trees and mistletoe. And in them woods there lives a bear Known to all as Th...

The factories are all shut down and the shopping malls are all closed And the busy streets are all empty except for the falling snow And in the small towns, in the cities families gather as one 'Cause the night of love and sharing they look forward to has c...

Too much love Too much love At times I make you crazy At times I make you sad Sometimes you make me feel like There's no one quite as bad But there's just too much love between us There's just too mcuh love between us We can work it out Oh, I know...

Play us a song we can slow dance On we wanna hold each other Play us a groove so we hardly move Just let our hearts be together Oh baby 'cause it feels so good When we're close like this Whisper in my ear And let me steal a kiss Come on touch me when...

There’s softness in the sound There’s sweetness in the way You whispered When you say “Honey I love you Is there anything I can do” You helped me through all my pain Made sunshine out of rain You’re the one I’ll be in love with all my life Oh I thank G...

Oh, the Twentieth Century wasn't all that bad It was a time like no one else has ever had We learned to drive, we learned to fly We sent a man into the sky When he walked on the moon, we were so glad Yeah, the Twentieth Century wasn't all that bad Yeah,...

I worry all day and I can't go to sleep at night Thinking about baby and wondering who's holding her tight tonight People say I've been a fool too long, too long All my friends still ask me why I keep hanging on and on Chorus: And I say You'll never kno...

Well it’s time for my vacation It’s time for me to have some fun Yes, it’s time for my vacation I wanna lay out in the sun in Florida Cause I’ve been working every weekend I’ve been working overtime Now it’s time for my vacation Have nothing on my mind...

She said, "I spent eight years in California. That's the reason why I talk the way I do. But I've hear how Southern men respect the ladies, and I'd like to meet a gentleman like you." Well, I spent most of my life in Alabama. That's the reason why I talk...

you're laying right beside me, but you're a million miles away and if i ask you what's the matter you don't have much to say and i can tell that i'm not standing where i stood with you before we can't love like this, anymore sometimes it makes me angry,...

We were all we ever wanted Before there was a single brick in this wall That keeps the distance here between us We built a life but we forgot we already had it all When we made love, we made love Baby, we had something that nothing else could touch We m...

Early morning , and as I rise, you won't even open your eyes. You used to love this time together. Now you won't even say goodbye. With the passin' time I've watched you change. My love for you still remains the same. Your love for me used to come so easy...

It'll creep up on you like a kudzu vine Even miles above the Mason-Dixon line 'Til one day you're craving hominy grits And scanning the jukebox for George Jones hits Drinkin' Jack Black tryin' to kick back 'til the condo's looking like a shotgun shack yo...

Well, I'm glad little Johnny wants that remote control I know I'm gonna run it as fast as it will go And Jenny wants every game that Nintendo makes It's just around the corner and I can't wait I've got my stocking hangin', it's time to go to bed I think I hea...

There's a light, in your eyes tonight. You know I know that look anywhere. You got plans, and I'm one lucky man. Before we get so carried away, Theres just something I've been wanting to say. When we make love Its more to me than just an affair I want...

(Teddy Gentry/Richard Scott) Why lady why, can't I leave you alone I try lady try, but the feeling's too strong You stay on my mind, feel just like a fool Why lady why, can't I get over you Why lady why, it was easy before I try lady try, but it ain't easy n...

I come here today, I'm kind of nervous You know how words get in my way It should come easy, I've been rehearsing I don't know why I'm so afraid to say (chorus) Will you marry me Put our life and love together Will you stay with me For always and for...

I got her in my heart and I got her in my head I got her in love and I got her in bed I got her to think that's all I own If it wasn't for her love I'd be all alone. She's my woman back home that treats me right Early in the morning till late at night It does...

It's almost summer you know and I can't wait to go Diggin' my toes in the sand Spendin' long summer days soakin' up some rays To the sound of a reggae band My baby looks so good but I knew she would And I'm so glad she's mine I'm gonna kiss her again wh...

Just like a western movie, a challenge has been made. A shot was fired in anger, and pride stepped off the train. Won't we ever stop this killin', me and you, till our hearts are up on Boot Hill and there's nothing we can do? Chorus: Words at twenty paces...

Everyone knows it, see talks goin' 'round It ain't no secret 'cause it's all over town Some people are talkin' that we know so well Everyone's heard it but the one you can't tell Write it down in blue Sorry I don't love you If you can't face the truth...

Look at those evening shadows Casting a peaceful light The sun is disappearing It's a beautiful sight Moments caught forever By the master's touch A lasting reminder To us You only paint the picture once (And) you only get one chance Take the time t...

Chorus: You know how t'turn me on in a special way all your own. No one has been where you've gone in so long. Oh, baby, you turn me on. Your world fits right into mine with perfection time after time. And my world's where you must belong, 'cause baby, y...

Oh, we had a good night last night Like every other night We made love and everything was just right (just right) Oh, lovin you is as fresh as a dew in early morning And you're my explanation for living And you're my, my explanation for living mhm Witho...

Lyin' beside you watching you sleepin' After you've loved me so tenderly I'm searchin' for some way to tell you How good it felt when I held you There's so many ways you get to me 'Cause you've got the touch It turns me on and on You light the fire in...