Alison Krauss

I tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen Pour myself a cup of ambition And yawn and stretch ,trying to come to life I jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping Out on the streets the traffic starts jumping With folks like me on the job from 9 to...

In this world I walk alone with no place to call my home But there's One who holds my hand The rugged road through barren lands The way is dark, the road is steep But He's become my eyes to see The strength to climb, my griefs to bear This Savior lives inside...

All alone am I, ever since your goodbye All alone, with just a beat of my heart People all around, but I don't hear a sound Just the lonely beating, of my heart No use in holding other hands! For I'd be holding, only emptiness No use in kissing other lips For...

Another day, another dollar That's what I'm working for today Another day, another dollar Sure can't buy my blues away I'm just trying to make a living Working jobs that I enjoy But it ain't easy finding something For this lonesome-hearted boy Another day,...

Wind is blowin' 'round the cabin I hate to hear that lonesome sound I'm all alone and so downhearted Since my true love she ain't around I hate to see that sun a sinkin' Another night to toss and turn Another night to dream about her Another night for her I y...

The big moon is risin' so bright in the sky But it won't shine brighter than the stars in your eyes It rises above me so bright and so blue And I won't see anyone, as lovely as you Take me into the night, Past these lonely dreams in my heart I love you, more...

Baby dry your eyes There's no need to cry Cause I'll see you again It might be a while Before you understand [Chorus:] I'm just away down the river A hundred miles or more Crossing over Jordan To the other shore I'll be standing waiting With all who've gone b...

Baby mine, don't you cry. Baby mine, dry your eyes. Rest your head close to my heart, never to part, baby of mine. Little one when you play, don't you mind what they say. Let those eyes sparkle and shine, never a tear, baby of mine. If they knew sweet little...

Baby, now that I've found you I won't let you go I built my world around you I need you so, baby even though You don't need me now Baby, now that I've found you I won't let you go I built my world around you I need you so Baby even though You don't need me, Y...

Blue trail of sorrow Lies upon the ground And I get so lonely Since you let me down Well, I used to be so happy Walking on these streets Now there's just sadness Everywhere I meet [Chorus:] Start walkin', baby Walk all over town Sweet tears of sadness fallin...

So you're on your own lookin' down the road that goes only by one name And you don't need the signs to see lonely still runs both ways So who's the fool that would think the ties would be better off undone Did your heart heed the warning when you veered from t...

From the bright sunny south to the war, I was sent, E'er the days of my boyhood, I scarcely had spent. From it's cool shady forests and deep flowing streams, Ever fond in my mem'ry and sweet in my dreams. Oh, my dear little sister, I still see her tears. When...

I stood on faith and the corner of ambition I came here to sink or swim And to show them all that they were wrong And though I never thought I'd make it this far So the curtains are down For the moment I'm someone There were those in the wings who waited, who...

Everyone in this room has been associated with Whitey Either through basketball or the mall or various odd Jobs he does around town for free or at most a dollar And I'm guessing 99% of you have either laughed in Whitey's Face or ruthlessly made fun of his feet...

When The Morning Sun Streaks Across My Room And I've Waken Up From Another Dream Of You Yes I'm On The Road, Once Again It Seems All I've Left Behind, Is A Chain Of Broken Dreams But You Know I Love You Yes I Love You, Oh.... I Love You.... How I Wish That L...

He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants A three car garage, her own credit cards He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss good night If he could only read her mind, she'd say: Buy me a rose, call me from work Open a door for me, what would it hur...

I lit my love and watched it burn Asking nothing in return Except the lessons I will learn From holding crazy faith I've been touched by that bright fire Down to the root of my desire While the smoke, it rises higher Glowing crazy faith You're not asking if...

Dark clouds hangin' over me When will they go away? Rain is in my eyes and I can't see Life's become just cloudy days Why she done me like she done I guess I'll never know She knows I need her more than anyone I made a point to let it show Cloudy days don't...

Go on and lie I've heard it all before You had no shame This pain I feel you've never known The rain outside is shifting in the wind The road is looking lonelier Alone again Love is real Then love goes on and on The words you say condemn you As the guilty one...

I'm used to being alone. Except for six month playings without rings and phone bills that I've waited for. This is the life that I choose. I got no complaints if he is; if he ain't, I guess he'll send me a rose. Just don't ask me for the truth if you choose t...

I lit my love and watched it burn Asking nothing in return Except the lessons I will learn By holding crazy faith I've been touched by that bright fire Down to the root of my desire While the smoke it rises higher On crazy faith You're not asking if I love t...

I don't need a perfect lover to hold me in the rain Someone to ease my pain when I feel blue If I lost you to another, think I'd drown out here for sure Won't you stay with me and be my only cure? Dark skies may cloud my day But that don't bother me As long a...

Daylight falls and I'm lost in the big parade. Hold my hand, darling, I'm afraid of the daylight. Shade is dark. Cool and languid for life or love. Safe in shadows; never stark as the daylight. As the daylight. When I was just knee high, My Momma told me, nev...

And he'll tell her, he's working late again But she knows to well there's something goin' on. She's been neglected, and she needs a friend So her trembling fingers dial the telephone. And Lord, it hurts her, doin' this again He's the best friend that her husb...

Leaving is the longest word I ever learned In the time it takes to say it, the whole world has turned If a heartbeat lasts a lifetime then I've lived before `cause I remember standing at this open door [Chorus:] This path is not the one I'd choose to travel E...

Go to sleep you little babe Go to sleep you little babe Your mama's gone away and your daddy's gonna stay Didn't leave nobody but the baby Go to sleep you little babe Go to sleep you little babe Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn Didn't leave nobody...

This old house is falling down around my ears I'm drowning in a river of my tears When all my will is gone you hold me sway I need you at the dimming of the day You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide You know just where I keep my better side What days h...

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans To miss it each night and day I know I'm not wrong, the feeling's getting stronger The longer I stay away Miss the moss-covered vines, tall sugar pines Where mockingbirds used to sing I'd love to see the lazy Mis...

Sometimes I wonder where you're coming from When you roll in like thunder just to turn around and run It's a good thing I don't need you to stay You smell like moonlight and early morning rain Pray til a fool but surrender to your pain Or find a cure for your...

When I step on board that big jet plane I'll be leaving our love behind I hope its wings will carry me somewhere I can mend this heart of mine [CHORUS] So don't follow me, don't follow me I'm bound to a place I can't recall I feel the big jet slice through mi...

As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good ol' way And who shall wear the starry crown? Good Lord show me the way! O sisters let's go down Let's go down, come on down O sisters let's go down Down in the river to pray As I went down...

Every night I hope and pray A dream lover will come my way A girl to hold in my arms And know the magic of her charms 'Cause I want A girl To call My own I want a dream lover So I don't have to dream alone Dream lover, where are you With a love, oh, so true...

[Verse 1] My life on the road, its been hard on me and you Every time we say goodbye, it gets harder to do But when I'm far away somewhere alone, and the missing you starts All I got to do is picture you, and I can feel you in my heart [Chorus] So dream...

I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore I hope that I've learned this time I hope that I find what I'm reaching for The way that it is in my mind Someday I'll get over you I'll live to see it all through But I'll always miss Dreaming my dreams with you I w...

Are you leaving, are you going? Did you think you could lose that feeling Without me knowing? Are you wishing you'd never met me? Does it take some train whistle blowing To forget me? All the losing And the knowing that you love her still Could be nothing to...

Endless highway, as far as I can see The road'll take me back to him tonight It's been so long since I've seen him smile I'll be counting all the miles 'til I get home How many hours 'til I hold him? How many days before we hit the road again? Endless highway...

Look at the sky baby What do you see? Looks like the tears that I cry Fallin' down like rain on the ground Every time you say goodbye Take a look around now Why don't you feel The way that cold wind stings and bites And your words just are like arrows through...

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die Once upon a time there lived a man and his name was Isaac He walked with God both day and night but he didn't wanna die He cried, oh Lord, please let me live, death is close I know God smiled down on Isaa...

When years seem like days to me, No time on my hands. I run away to a place in me to a faraway land. When home seems so far from me, Heaven's lights grow dim. It's just as far as my deepest heart, Where my heart's father lives. His quiet voice speaking in si...

I used to laugh at all those songs `bout the rambling life, the nights so long and lonely Well, I ain't laughin' now Now that I'm caught up, it seems In all the same ambitious dreams That only lonely life allows And the home I don't go home to The friends I d...

I think I'll take my foolish heart, my friend, and head right for the door. There'll be a better world waitin' if I do. 'Cause I know I've been down this road a time or two before, The only time I let my heart turn to you. Now, I won't be blue with dreams tha...

Forget about it I'm admittin' I was wrong And I'll just take what's mine And walk right out the door Forget about it I'll split and I'll be gone And you'll have memories You'll find hard to ignore 'Cause after all I see you sometime Maybe when I can't recall H...

[Verse 1] It's knowing that your door is always open And your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag Rolled up and stashed behind your couch And it's knowing I'm not shackled By forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains tha...

I've lived a life full of sorrow With no where to run or to hide Happiness you'll see is borrowed All I want is you by my side [Chorus:] Gentle river take me away to the time of happier days All I need is love and company Gentle river bring him back to me Yo...

How pale is the sky that brings forth the rain As the changing of seasons prepares me again For the long bitter nights and the wild winter's day My heart has grown cold my love stored away My heart has grown cold my love stored away I've been to the mountain...

I don't pick up the mail I don't pick up the phone I don't answer the door I'd just as soon be alone I don't keep this place up I just keep the lights down I don't live in these rooms I just rattle around I'm just a ghost in this house I'm just a shadow upon...

I know your life on earth was troubled And only you could know the pain You weren't afraid to face the Devil You were no stranger to the rain Go rest high on that mountain Son your work on earth is done Go to Heaven a shoutin' Love for the Father and t...

I'm soaring the sky I can hear the birds and man they don't lie How you gonna catch me, when I'm this high I'm moving on I got the words to a brand new song How you gonna catch me, when I'm this close [Chorus:] Gone tomorrow here today Just in case you got s...

I left home when I was seventeen I just grew tired of falling down And I'm sure I was told The allure of the road Would be all I found And all the answers that I started with Turned out questions in the end So years roll on by And just like the sky The road n...

With your love I was complete Like a haven safe from harm Till the bitter stole the sweet I was perfect in your arms A precious while I had your smile Till it all fell apart with one change of heart The pain and regret will fade but a fact of love will still...

Way up north where the snow flies and the sun don't hardly shine If it weren't for my true love, I'd long ago lost my mind I'd long ago lost my mind There's good folks here, good folks there, most everywhere I go But the land of my heart is down where the sno...

Out on the hills of glory land So happy and free at God's right hand They tell of a place of marvelous grace On Heaven's bright shore Pilgrims on earth some day will go To live in that home for evermore Trusting in Him who died for sin And rose from the grave...

I can hear those lonesome midnight sighs in your sleep I can hear the freight trains whistle cry, its tellin me Its telling me, "Oh darlin cant you see? Here comes that same old line, here comes goodbye" Here comes goodbye, tonight Put a hold on all your lies...

Whenever my soul is lonely Whenever I'm feeling blue I start thinkin' 'bout my blue eyed darlin' And my heart starts pinin' for you [Chorus] I want to hear that high lonesome sound Cause my sweet baby ain't around When my life's got me down I want to hear tha...

(feat. James Taylor) I've had nothing but sorrow Since you said we were through There's no hope for tomorrow How's the world treating you Every sweet thing that matters Has been broken in two All my dreams have been shattered How's the world treating...

In constant sorrow all through theese days... Well, I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my day. I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was born and raised. (The place where he was born and raised ) For six long years I've been i...

It was so right It was so wrong Almost at the same time The pain and ache A heart can take No one really knows But when the memories cling and take you there Till you no longer care You can let go now It's not right for me To cling to you Somehow I just neede...

Last night my dear the rain was falling I went to bed so sad and blue Then I had a dream of you I dreamed I was strolling in the evening Underneath the harvest moon I was thinking about you Then we met out in the moonlight The stars were shining in your eyes...

I been up and down before Grief won't hold me any more You're running out of games to play I don't have to live this way Thought I loved you for awhile You were loaded up on style Talk is cheap but I won't play I don't have to live this way No I won't play t...

I don't know why the sky is so blue I don't know why I'm so in love with you If there were no music, I would not get through I don't know why I know these things, but I do I don't know why somewhere dreams come true I don't know where we'll find a place for y...

The wind is blowing down the quiet river, a shining road that carries you alone. Baby boy my love will last forever. If you're to live, I must give you up to God. I know our God will guide, protect and keep you. Teach you faith and hold you by the heart. Thou...

I don't know about tomorrow I just live for day to day I don't borrow from the sunshine For it's skies may turn to gray I don't worry o'er the future For I know what Jesus said And today I'll walk beside Him For He knows what lies ahead Many things about tom...

[Intro] The sun is filled with ice, and gives no warmth at all And the sky was never blue The stars are raindrops searching, for a place to fall And I never cared, for you [Verse 1] I know you won't believe these things I tell you I know, you won't bel...

Who knows how long I've loved you? You know I love you still Will I wait a lonely lifetime? If you want me to, I will For (and) if I ever saw you I didn't catch your name But it never really mattered I will always feel the same Love you forever and forever L...

I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold I'd rather be His than have riches untold I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land I'd rather be led by His nail scarred hands Than to be a king of the best domain Or be held in sin's dreads way I'd rather have Jesus...

Some bright morning when this life is over I'll fly away To that home on God's celestial shore I'll fly away [Chorus] I'll fly away, oh glory I'll fly away in the morning When I die, Hallelujah by and by I'll fly away When the shadows of this life have gone...

When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars And the beautiful moon sweeps the sky Dewdrops from Heaven are kissing the rose It's then that my memory flies Well, upon the wings of a beautiful dove I'll hasten this message of cheer And I'll bring yo...

What a gray, cloudy mornin' I rise from my bed And I wonder if he meant all the things that he said Well I think of all the good times, but the bad times came along Now it doesn't matter 'cause he's gone. Now I'm alone again, I cry in my sleep I wonder why he...

When you came to me You said love could not erase The ever present memory of another face I tried to make you love me How I could I be so blind To think I'd be the one to change your mind And if I'm gone before you start Well you can find me in your heart Wh...

I don't need a shrink to tell me what to think There ain't no missing link in my love life It's alright, I ain't that uptight I don't need a psychic 'cause I don't really like it When someone tries to tell me just what my future holds I already know Your love...

No matter what I say or do, I just can't seem to get inside your heart What have I done wrong? Lately you're so far away, You just don't seem to hold me like you used to Something's going on I've got that old feeling, you're leaving I'm so tired of goodbye I...

I turned around Before I could run I found you already settled down in the back of my mind I know this is just a customary feelin' The moon is our deceiver that will leave you running blind Your heart is pullin' If I didn't know any better I'd be fallin' Deep...

If I give my heart to you tonight Will you still be by my side? Or will you be gone with the morning sun Like a restless bird in flight? Take me in your arms Let the love you seek Wash away your sorrow, Let the morning be ours to keep. And if I should tell y...

[Chorus] I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden Along with the sunshine There's gonna be a little rain sometime When you think you gotta give live and let live Or let go oh I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden I could promise yo...

If I could have the world and all it owns A thousand kingdoms, a thousand thrones If all the earth were mine to hold With wealth my only goal I'd spend my gold on selfish things Without the love that Your life brings Just a little bit more is all I'd need 'Ti...

In your eyes, I see gentle rain Springtime comes, in love again puts me back on my feet again and in your eyes, i feel no pain and in my mind, I saw love walk past a lovers dream within my grasp I never knew I could fall so fast but in your eyes I found love...

Who do you think you're talkin' to. You know me, and I know you. Your silence and your stony face, You don't have the ground to waste. Your love is gone, 'cos it all comes down to you. What can we say when all is said? A house divided cannot stand. Your head...

It doesn't matter what I want It doesn't matter what I need It doesn't matter if I cry Don't matter if I bleed You've been on a road Don't know where it goes or where it leads It doesn't matter what I want It doesn't matter what I need If you've made up your m...

It's finally come Is that sorry on your breath? Where were you when I was sitting back here Missing you to death? It don't matter now How, I wanna know Can you tell me plain and true How high will you fly Without me there to be your sky? Well, it don't matter...

You walked up yesterday and you told me you were leavin' Left a note sayin' momma won't be back But you'll come back and I've got news for you dear You won't have a home and that's a fact Don't you come back on your knees asking my forgiveness Pack your bags...

Do you remember the last time I said If I ever thought of lying I'd rather think of dying instead And the last time you called me To say we were through How it took a million tears Just to prove they all were for you But it wouldn't have made any difference,...

You can tell everyone love is over and done You can pack all your things and go You can lie to yourself and say there's nothing else But there's something I think you should know (And) It's never really over even though you say we're through You may be over...

The nights are so lonely and the days pass me by True love has faded, left me behind So we'll just move along and stop wasting time It's over all over now It's over, end of the line It's over and your doin' fine It's over and over and over, I'm asking why You...

[Verse 1] You can send me pretty flowers You can send me valentines Send me letters every day but it won’t pay Leap to my desires, nothing else will do It’s goodbye and so long to you! [Chorus 1] You can hang around and love me You can hang your head...

In the spring of 1856 with the snow still on the ground Two little boys were lost in the mountains above the town The father went out hunting the boys had stayed behind While mother tended to her chores they wandered from her side The two had gone to follow h...

Through trials, troubles and care I know Jesus my savior is there Giving me faith through darkest days Keeping me on the narrow way Jesus savior, help me each day Fill me with hope, fill me with faith Darkness retreats at the touch of Your hand Jesus savior,...

When He cometh, when He cometh To take up his jewels All his jewels, precious jewels His Loved and His own. Like the stars of the morning His bright crown adorning They will shine in their beauty Bright jems for his crown. He will gather, He will gather The...

Dear Mama, well here's a letter from your girl Well I think my city days are done gone And it ain't been three weeks since I came And Mama, do remember what you said Say your prayers before you go to bed child And remember city boys ain't the same On like a J...

The sun came up on Monday morn, The world was all in flames. It’s all a mortal man can do To make it right again. Swing and turn, Jubilee. Live and learn, Jubilee. The moon came up, I stood my ground And swore to not give in, To never rest and do my best T...

I'm writing my last love letter And for reasons now, I don't know where to start Seems so many times I've written down "I love you" Well I hope this time I can get that through your heart Only fools will go on and keep talkin' to a wall But I can't fool aroun...

(feat. John Waite) [John Waite:] I've spent my life Lookin for you Findin' my way Wasn't easy to do But I knew there was you All the while And it's been worth Every mile So lay down beside me Love me and hide me And kiss all the hurtin' Of this world away...

Gonna lay my burden down Lay my body in the ground Cold clay against my skin But I don't care at all Can't seem to find my piece of mind So with the earth I'll lay entwined Six feet underground My feet are warm and dry When I get to the other side I...

It's been a long time coming, As you shed a lonesome tear. And now you're in a wonderama, I wonder what you're doin' here. The flame no longer flickers, You're feeling just like a fool. You keep starin' into your liquor, Wonderin' what to do. I don't hardly...

Once I had myself a good woman But I just didn't treat her right I was always leaving Livin' a party life True love was waiting for me I was much too blind to see Till she told me she would leave me I said that's all right with me Oh now she's gone Realize I...

I wanna run away Don't come out looking 'round Too busy dealing with it on my own He's right behind me Please God I can't be found Don't cast another stone Feel out the night, until the sunrise The city tells me not to go 'til dawn And if he wakes that's when...

Lost in the silence Surrounded by daydreams Holding that someone that's holding my heart Thrilled with the memory Of the smile that you gave me Gives a close feeling Though we're far apart The longest highway runs between us Though you're just a heartbeat aw...

I wonder should I tell you `bout all the crazy things I've ever done I've been searching all my life And when I should have stayed I tried to run I was searching for an answer In a world full of strangers But what I found was never real enough Now that I've fo...

Oh my Lord, Please don't forsake me This is your child, I'm tired and sore Oh my Lord, can you hear me? I need your love, my soul is poor I can hear, the angels singing I can see those pearly gates Oh my Lord, can you hear me? I need a place where I can rest...

Save me, free me from my heart this time Train's going down the track and I stay behind Nothing can free me from this ball and chain I made up my mind that I would live today And you're keeping me going, I know it's insane Cause I love you, and lose again Wh...

[Verse 1] Don’t sigh a sigh for me Don’t ever cry for me This is goodbye from me I know we’re through I’m losing you [Verse 2] Love sang it’s song for me Then things went wrong for me Nights are too long for me Because I’m looosing you [Verse 3]...

Is it still love when we no longer touch?, Passing white sheets in the night, Love goes unspoken, we don't say a word, We simply turn out the lights. Lost in the silence but still I can hear, The sound of my own breaking heart, I can't pretend that my wor...

Rainy Night, I'm All Alone Sittin' Here Waitin' For Your Voice on the Phone Fever Turns to Cold, Cold Sweat Thinkin' About the Things We Ain't Done yet Tell me now, I've got to know, do you feel the same Do you just light up at the mention of my name?...

I'm waiting tonight for you to tell me Do you still love me and will you remain My heart is breaking with each passing hour Please don't let me love you in vain I used to think your love would always save me And that you'd always stay right by my side But I c...

When I was a little boy (When I was just a boy) And the Devil would call my name (When I was just a boy) I'd say, "Who do Who do you think you're fooling" (When I was just a boy) I'm a consecrated boy (When I was just a boy) Oh, singin' in a Sunday choir My...

Yesterday the odds were stacked In favor of my expectations Flyin' above the rest Never fallin' from the nest Tuesday came and went and now I'm in a little situation Maybe it's for the best I can live alone, I guess Maybe I can stand alone Maybe I'm strong as...

I got to run to keep in hidin' And I'm bound to go on ridin' I've got one more silver dollar I ain't gonna let 'em catch me Lord I aint' gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider I don't own the clothes I'm wearin' Some old bed I'll soon be sharin' I got one mor...

It's feelin' longer now than it ever has before Another memory is another slammin' door It's gettin' too dark now to see Every photograph is another lesson learned Every sleepless night is another page I've turned I wake up to fallin' dreams And the pe...

(feat. John Waite) Every time I think of you I always catch my breath And I'm still standing here And you're miles away And I'm wondering why you left And there's a storm that's raging Through my frozen heart tonight I hear your name in certain circle...

Come all ye young fellas That handle a gun Beware of night rambling By the setting of the sun And beware of an accident That happened of late To young Molly Ban And sad was her fate She was going to her uncles When a shower came on She went under a green bush...

What a dying world re-defines, the reasons we strive to exist Refrain control and we're bound to learn the meaning of moments like this 'Cause in the peaceful lull, the quiet Seduced by the promise of bliss, we soon forget that nothing's happened yet We're li...

Momma loved us, every one. Every daughter, every son. She gave herself so happily, That's just the way she was, you see. From dawn to dark she'd find a chore. And work it 'til it was no more. And every day until she died, In the evening, Momma cried. Momma c...

I've been through hell and half of louisiana Lookin' for a man like you I know you could have any woman you want And I know you've had a few I know I've got some stiff competition They ain't got nothin' on me 'cause I've got something that you've been missin'...

My love stands before the open window Staring so far away He can almost feel the southern wind blow Almost touching my restless days He turns from the window to me Sad smile his apology Sad eyes reaching for the door Daylight loses to another evening And sti...

Don't expect too much from my poor old heart, You can blame me unforgiven for my scars, you might just be the best that I can find, but I can't seem to forget the tears I've cried, I don't know that I will ever trust again, it's a price I must pay for all my s...

My father was a farmer But his head was in the sky He worked everyday but Sunday 'Til the day he died He prayed for rain and thunder And listened for the sound In the dry years he went under He never got off the ground We all dream when we're younger That we...

When this world is caught on fire I wanna be caught in your will No I never will give up, no, no No I never will no, no No I never will give up, no, no No I never will no, no And when this world is caught on fire I wanna be caught in your will I never will g...

New Favorite They all say it I'll say it too You've got a new favorite You're old standby your right hand guy is nothing new you've got a new favorite Why do you lie about love? I saw the light go out And should I go you won't say so I know its true I know...

Sad songs and teardrops will surely mend this broken heart Time forgets these bitter things I feel But your days are numbered You'll learn your lesson well When you finally play a heart that plays for real There's a new fool somewhere waiting For your old fas...

When I was a child I used to love to watch the rain I'd stand under the downspout Let the water cool my brain I never thought to worry If the river rose too high That all the seeds we planted Would get washed out with the tide But now I am a man And I need a p...

Same old place Same old city What can I do? I'm falling in love I'm just an old hound dog Roaming around, oh Lord I've got all this and Heaven above Oh, Atlanta I hear you calling I'm coming back to you one fine day No need to worry There ain't no hurry caus...

There's a chill on this evening, nights right for greaving, Darkness surrounds him as he wanders alone He walked past the dim lights, the pathways and street lights They remind him, of nights long ago, When his love was strong and his muscles hard, His whiskey...

You close the door in front of me, I wait patiently outside And as the minutes tick away I feel my anger rise And who's the object of my rage, and who's not being fair? Is it you for your indifference or me for just standing there? 'Cause in my mind the room...

Just give me one good reason tonight Must be something you could say to me To keep me warm on this cold dark night Can you bring out the best in me? That old moon in shining brightly Up above the midnight plains I only want your love to guide me Back through...

Oh, listen to me, dear Remember Christmas only comes one time a year Say, I wanna be a gentleman's lady You alone can bring me cheer Oh, I've been so alone I can't remember when you felt so all alone Then I saw you standing walk into the room And you took awa...

I've lived a dozen lifetimes in twenty-some-odd years Got no use for trouble, got no use for tears Can't you see it's killing me, I'm old before my time I won't let you double the pain of a troubled life [Chorus:] I've had my share of sorrow, more than you co...

Bed of hay, Earthen floor Strangers walk through the door I wanted much more for you Look at Him, can't you tell All is fine, all is well And the word of the angel was true He's part of you, and he's part of me He's part of heaven He's part of you, and he's pa...

Well, it's always we ramble, this river and I All along your green valleys, I work till I die My land I'll defend with my life need it be 'Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground From the Grand Coulee Da...

[Chorus] For your poison love has stained the life But in my heart and soul dear And I know my life, will never be the same While my pleadings has all been in vain For you and you alone dear And you know that you are guilty of the same [Verse 1] Into...

Rain, please go away Leave me alone, come another day My love is gone, this time to stay Rain, please go away It's tough to live the whole day through Thinkin' of her is all I do She's happy now, and I'm so blue Rain, she's cold like you If only the time wou...

The things that I love I hold dear to my heart They are borrowed and Not mine at all Jesus only let me use them To brighten my life So remind me, remind me dear Lord Roll back the curtain of memory now and then Show me where you brought me from and Where i co...

Honey, I know you've been alone some, Why don't you 'phone some, 'cause I love you. An' honey, I know I've been away some, I've had to pay some and you have too. But the one thing I know: that when I, I turn out the light, Visions of you, dear, dance in the n...

I got a woman with plenty of money She got the money and I got the honey Called my baby late last night She told me daddy everything was all right She got the money and I got the honey She got the money and I got the honey She got the money and I got the hone...

River in the rain Sometimes at night you look like a long white train Winding your way away somewhere River I love you don't you care? But if you're on the run Winding some place, just tryna find the sun Whether the sunshine, whether the rain River I l...

Way back in the mountains Way back in the hills There used to live a mountianeer They called him fiddlin' Will He could play most anything And some say he could sing But the one thing that he liked to do best Was sawing on the strings So get out the fiddle A...

Let me reach out love and touch you, let me hold you for a while I've been all around the world and how I long to see you smile There's a shadow on the moon and the waters here below Do not shine the way they should and I love you, just in case you didn't know...

Sometimes I'm battle weary I forget to use my shield The arrows pierce my armor And I stumble in the filed A shield won't do much good if it's hangin' by your side Keep the shield of faith before you if you want to stay alive I'll think my life is over But...

Tonight, I waited but my heart is so cold 'Cause you never stay more than a minute, so I'm told I know you're just doing your job But what am I supposed to do? When all I want for Christmas, darling, is to be with you I watch you shimmy down the chimney, baby...

Little yellow house sittin' on a hill That is where he lived That is where he died Every Sunday morning Hear the weeping willows cry Two children born A beautiful wife Four walls and livin's all he needed in life Always giving, never asking back I wish I had...

I sat in the window of my room Watched you go away It was all I could do It was all I could do Your going away To leave me alone In all of this sorrow In this misery So look now, my darling I'll have to abandon All thought of you As your going away I still...

Could your heart ever be mine? Your arms hold me so close to you all through the night Your eyes gaze into mine Sayin' I should believe you, I always do, I don't know why Cause you taught me a lesson the hard way one time Told me you loved me but then changed...

I know I'll be lonesome That brings about a little fear I know I'll be sad and I'll be blue I have given the best of me When I forgot to say to you What you forgot to say to me So long, so wrong I have tried and cared, baby, it was never enough In your mind I...

You think love is nothin' but trouble 'Cause what you give you never get back You think hearts were made to be broken But you don't need to be thinkin' like that Can't you see somebody's just dying to love you To hold you and show you she cares? Can't you see...

Thousand miles Of lonesome highway Drinking gallons of coffee in a little cafe Brought me here, and it's so good to find there's someone who's got The same story as mine Just look at us, we're a couple hard cases So how'd we end up where we are? Somewhere in...

I don't drink as much as I used to Lately, it just ain't my style And hard times don't last like they used to They pass quicker, like when I was a child. [Chorus:] Somehow I've learned how to listen To a sound like the sun going down And the magic the morning...

Stood out in the rain. Let it soak me down, Before I called you... I called you. You did not see me there, Hidden by the dark, Beneath your window, But I saw you. When putting on a face for the mirror on the wall. Dreaming that the looking glass is you. Catc...

Where have you been, My long lost friend? It's good to see you again. Come and sit for a while I've missed your smile Today the past is goodbye. Time can't erase A lover's embrace. Can't you hear it calling? A new day dawning You were longing to find. Love's...

Steel rails, chasing sunshine round the bend Winding through the trees, like a ribbon in the wind I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track Cause I'm Looking out ahead, to keep my mind from turning back It's not the first time I've found myself alone...

Everybody's been a-talkin'; they say our love wasn't real That it would soon be over; that's not the way that I feel But I don't worry, honey; let them say what they may Come on and stick with me, baby; we'll find a way Yes, we'll find a way Everybody's been...

Don't choose me because I am faithful. Don't choose me because I am kind. If your heart settles on me, I'm for the taking. Take me for longing or leave me behind. I would be, for you, a fire in a rainbow, I would be, for you, an opening door. Time and hard le...

(Paul Craft) When time was young we walked the roads together When love was sweet I meant the world to you Now comes the sun we'll say goodbye forever And teardrops will kiss the morning dew Take me and make me your lover one more time Close in your arms as...

Who would sell their soul for love? Or waste one tear on compromise Should be easy enough To know a heartache in disguise But the heart rules the mind And the going gets rough Pride takes the fall When you find that kind of love I can't help feeling like a fo...

You've made up your mind We don't want the same thing And that we won't change things Wishing there were ways And there's no use staying together Nothing lasts forever That's what you say And that makes one of us not in love And that makes one of us who can't...

They came from near, they came from far Following a distance star to where He lay Not being sure of what it mean, but Knowing it was their way And the creatures gathered 'round And didn't make a sound And the angels cried The angels knew what was to come The...

I asked my love to take a walk, Just a little way's with me. An' as we walked, Then we would talk All about our wedding day. [Chorus] "Darlin', say that you'll be mine; In our home we'll happy be, Down beside where the waters flow, On the banks of the Ohio."...

Tell You a little story and it won't take long, 'Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn. The reason why I never could tell, That young man was always well. He planted his corn in the month of June. By July it was up to his eyes. Come September, came a b...

[Chorus] Let it go my love my truest, Let it sail on silver wings Life's a twinkling that's for certain, But it's such a fine thing There's a gathering of spirits There's a festival of friends And we'll take up where we left off When we all meet again. I c...

I was born in Guilford County Way back up in the pines It's where I hold the sweetest memories In the hills of Caroline My daddy wasn't much of nothin' Spent his life doin' time But mama learned me about Jesus In the hills of Caroline I met a girl her name w...

Her parents never took the young girl to church Never spoke of his name never read her his word Two non believers walking lost in this world Took their baby with them what a sad little girl Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs Never wanted to play or g...

You're the lucky one So i've been told As free as the wind, Blowin' down the road Loved by many, hated by none I'd say you're lucky 'cause I know what you've done Not a care in the world Not a worry in sight Everything's gunna be alright Cause you're the lucky...

Why do I, choose the things I choose, Why do I, always find some lame excuse, Why do I, not realize what I could do, Oh, I wish I knew the reason why, Why do you, get that sad look on your face, Why do you, pull away from my embrace, Why do you, see all my fa...

I met a man Traveling down the road He looked me in the eye And he gave me a ring And he gave me a rose And he told me some gypsy lies [Chorus:] The road is a lover You never recover Not now or any time soon My head starts to spin When I think where I've been...

When I recall his parting words Must I accept his fate Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll A little bird did sing Man has no choice When he wants everything We'll rise above the scarlet tide That trickles down through the mo...

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart Without saying a word you can light up the dark Try as I may I could never explain What I hear when you don't say a thing The smile on your face Lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes Sayi...

Wish I may Wish I might On my favorite star Let me feel let me see The world from where you are Someday soon mister moon I will touch your face I'll flutter by Lady butterfly challenging us to a chase (Chorus) Round and round and up and down no boundaries no...

I've seen hard times and I've been told There isn't any wonder that I fall Why do we suffer, crossing off the years There must be a reason for it all I've trusted in You, Jesus, to save me from my sin Heaven is the place I call my home But I keep on getting c...

Under the snow Beneth the frozen streams There is life You'll have to know When nature sleeps she dreams There is life And the colder the winter The warmer the spring The deeper the sorrow The more our hearts sing Even when you can't see it Insid...

Well, the rain is apourin' down in a fury And the road is lookin' long And the only thing that comes to mind Is the tune of this sad song Tune of this sad song! Oh Lord! Well, the wind is acreepin' up my back Through the door, through the roof, through the wi...

Somewhere, someday We'll be close together, wait and see Oh, by the way This time the dream's on me You'll take my hand And you'll look at me adoringly But as things stand This time the dream's on me It would be fun To be certain that I'm the one To know th...

He was just a little farm lad, so busy at play With his little play mate outside the gate. Well, he stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door At the home of his tiny play mate. Then he saw his Daddy watchin' too As the men swiftly walked to the...

It's like I always figured You'd be gone from me so soon A heartache would be the outcome And I'd be singing this lonely tune Your friends all tell me your happy now And how good she's treating you It looks to be the perfect love Well tonight, I'll be lonely...

Sitting all alone with my whisky on ice, I wonder why he's not with me tonight. If the rain be on tonight then I won't sleep. I'm haunted by this loneliness I keep. And it's too late to cry cause we left it all behind, Too late to cry cause there's nothing le...

Two highways lay before me, which one will I choose Down one lane I'd find happiness and down the other I would lose There is no one that I can trust, I must decide alone My decision is an awful one, which road will take me home In the mornin' would I wake to...

How many lovers In lifetimes gone Like clothing that we wear Long after it's worn out with love Undying love, undying love Life had no meaning Till I gave you mine Now the red rose and green briar Have entwined with love Undying love, undying love The light...

I got shoes, you got shoes All of God's children got shoes My Lord And when we get to Heaven Gonna put on our shoes We gonna walk We gonna talk All over God's Heaven Heaven I got a robe, you got a robe All of God's children got a robe My Lord And when we get...

What'll I do When you are far away? And I'm so blue What'll I do? What'll I do When I am wondering Who is kissing you What'll I do? What'll I do With just a photograph To tell my troubles to? When I'm alone With only dreams of you That won't come true What'...

When God dips His love in my heart When God dips His pen of love in my heart And He writes my soul a message He wants me to know His spirit all divine fills a sinful soul of mine When God dips His love in my heart Well I said I wouldn't tell it to a livin' s...

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart Without saying a word you can light up the dark Try as I may I could never explain What I hear when you don't say a thing The smile on your face lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes s...

Whenever I call you friend I begin to think I understand Anything we are, you and I have always been Ever and ever I see myself within your eyes And that's all I need to show me why Everything I do always takes me home to you Ever and ever Now I know my life...

Once I stood in the night with my head bowed low In the darkness as black as the sea And my heart was afraid and I cried, Oh Lord, don't hide your face from me. Hold my hand all the way, every hour, every day From here to the great unknown Take my hand, let m...

(feat. Brad Paisley) She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind U...

Who can blame you, though your heart's untrue When you say it's my fault anyway You turn your head from the tears I've shed Though your heart is untrue, who can blame you You justify yourself in your love for someone else When you say, I never loved you anywa...

Why me Lord, what have I ever done To deserve even one Of the pleasures I've known Tell me Lord, what did I ever do That was worth loving you Or the kindness you've shown. Lord help me Jesus, I've wasted it so Help me Jesus I know what I am Now that I...

As I went down for to take a little walk I came upon that Wild Bill Jones He was a-walkin' and a-talkin' by my true lover's side And I bid him to leave her alone He said, "My age is twenty-one, Too old to be controlled." I pulled my revolver from my side And...

I am thinking today of that beautiful land I shall reach when the sun goeth down When through wonderful grace by my Saviour I stand Will there be any stars in my crown. Will there be any stars, any stars in my crown When at evening the sun goeth down Wh...

You may walk away in anger Wear your heart upon your sleeve You make act like it don't matter Keep me laughing while you leave But burning bridges won't get me back If you change your mind some day Why can't we turn this scene around Before you walk away? Wil...

[Verse 1] We came to big city, from our little country town And every step he takes with you, is down And you're as cold and heartless, as your chilling winds that blow Before you freeze his heart, please let him go [Chorus] Windy City; you're haunting...

Oh it seems the sun will never shine The skies are so gray and the heart you left broken is lonely The winter wind blows through the trees and with the song I sing I long for the days you loved me only Sorrow lingers, shadows only fill the empty room Nights o...

Walking out on me must be the way you show me how it feels to be her I realize the fault is mine, I'm getting everything that I deserve It's over and older the tears seem much colder Sunshiney days seem to be so blue It's over and older the tears seem much co...

Take me back to Anona street Fill my glass again With a bittersweet Cause I don't wanna see The life I have Thought the next time around Wouldn't be so bad Same mistake that I made before I'll be waking up On the kinlin' floor While the bells are ringing So l...

Nobody else can make me happy No one could hurt me like you do You were the only one that mattered Then you were gone Love had moved on Left me alone Thinking of you There was never any other you and I were created to dream Isn't it love that keeps...

[Verse 1] You give your hand to me And then you say hello And I can hardly speak My heart is beating so And anyone can tell You think you know me well But you don't know me [Verse 2] No you don't know the one Who dreams of you at night And long...

You'll walk unscathed through musket fire, No ploughman's blade will cut thee down, No cutlass pull will mark thy face, And you will be my ain true love, And you will be my ain true love And as you walk through death's dark vale, The cannon's thunder can't pr...

Ain't gonna marry in the fall Ain't gonna marry in the spring For you're in love With a pretty little girl Who wears a diamond ring You're just a country boy Money have you none But you've got silver In the stars Gold in the morning sun Gold in the morning s...

Looks like we made it Look how far we've come my baby We mighta took the long way We knew we'd get there someday They said "I bet they'll never make it" But just look at us holding on We're still together still going strong (You're still the one) You...