Bill Anderson

I was standing on the band stand acting like a big man singing my fans a song, picking it real loud for a big crowd but feeling all alone. when I saw her walking in the door looking like nothing I'd seen before and I said to my guitar picker I'm taking her hom...

I'm five hundred miles away from home Teardrops fell on mama's note when I read the things she wrote She said we miss you son we love you come on home I didn't even have to pack I had it all right on my back Now I'm five hundred miles away from home Away from...

(8x10, 8x10) All that's left of Our old love now is Just your picture, 8x10 (A souvenir of things That might have been My lonely world is Only 8x10) (8x10, 8x10) I remember the night You gave me this picture I ought to, I've relived It so many times I rem...

He looks in the mirror and spots a new wrinkle The gray in his hair sadly tells him the truth Time's marching on to its own heartless drummer It'll never return to the days of his youth He listens to Garth and he listens to Reba He loves country music but he s...

I'd have spent a lot more time out in the pouring rain without an umbrella covering my head And I'd have stood up to that bully when he pushed and shoved And called me names but I was too afraid And I'd have gone on and seen Elvis that night He came to town an...

For thirty some odd years he faced a grinder in the city, hustlin' day in day out just tryin' to survive, He bought his wife the finer things, and sent his kids to college, that always took what little bit he tried to put aside, But thru it all he had one th...

(Abilene, Abilene,) (Prettiest town I've ever seen) (Women there don't treat you mean) (In Abilene, my Abilene.) I sit alone most every night Watch those trains pull out of sight Don't I wish they were carrying me Back to Abilene, my Abilene. (Abilene, Abile...

Well, I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love And love's something that money can't buy A poor boy's chances for pretty a girl's glances Are sometimes very few I've got no money but if you'll be my honey Here's what I'll offer you W...

Ain't no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me Ain't no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me Whatever will be will be Just wait and you'll see You'll see Ain't no woman gonna make a George Jones outta me Love is priceless, it's a feeling Love is ruthles...

Before you take another step there's something you should know About the years ahead and how they'll be You'll be living in a world where roses hardly ever grow Cause all I have to offer you is me There'll be no mansions waiting on the hill with crystal chande...

All that keeps me goin' is knowin' that you love me and you're mine All that keeps me goin' is knowin' you're gonna see me through troubled times This morning when I woke up that ole sun didn't wanna shine So I just laid back and let your mem'ry fell down acr...

This song's for all the lonely women in the world Drivin' a car sittin' in a bar wherever you are This song's for all the lonely women in the world Ringin' your hands thinkin' no man understands To me there's nothing sadder than to see a lonely one Neglected b...

Lips, are you ready to tremble hands? Are you ready to shake? Eyes, get ready to cry heart Get ready to break Here she comes now, she's getting closer Is everyone ready to start? Altogether now let's fall apart Nerves, you'll be going to pieces Tears...

Always remember I love you I love you, only you Always remember your whole life through I love you, just you I'd give anything in this world If I could be with you right now And hold you real tight in my arms But since I can't I thought maybe if you k...

People laugh and love and cry And I'm still missing you The paper boy still comes around (The paper boy still comes around.) Just like he used to do (Just like he used to do) But he's a little taller now And I'm still missing you. The sky is hazy blue (The s...

I remember how once upon a time Before I could even phone you I had to borrow a dime I had nothing to give you and still you said you'd be mine Lord these were the good years A big night on the town for us used to be Just two glasses of wine on our first anniv...

My latest sun is sinking fast My race is nearly run My strongest trials now are past My triumps has began. Oh, come angel band Come and around me stand Bear me away on your snowy wings To my imortal home. Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings To my imortal ho...

In the fury of the moment When the words of rath rang out When my mind was filled with questions And my head was filled with doubt/ I can still see all the sadness And the sorrow in your eyes How can flowers live in darkness How can I apologize? For the blac...

As long as I live if it be one hour Or it be one hundred years I'll keep remembering forever and ever I'll love you, dear, as long as I live It was easy said that night we parted That we'd forget we'd ever met I haven't forgotten, I wonder if you have...

As much as I love you I don't understand you, oh girl It's almost as though you prefer me to them Just on the fringe of your world As much as I love you You're costing me part of my mind What am I supposed to do with the part of me That you don't want...

Lord you know she's packing up her clothes And telling me one more time it's the end But you and I Lord we know she'll never go It's just that baby's blue again It happens Lord every time before it rains When the sky turns green and leaves tumble in the wind...

He came to town with a lot of dreams Swapped BMG for KFC And four strings on his Gibson And now he's fryin' chicken He swore someday the world of country music But he held on to his faded dreams Would be his'n his jeans and cowboy hat He drove a beat up Chevy...

Ain't been in Little Rock But two weeks and here I am now Packing up and disappearing into thin air Girls in Little Rock are cute But I can't make my heart take roots 'Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere. I need a lots of sunshine I need a lots of raindro...

La, la, la La, la, la La, la, la You've just gotta be one of the most Beautiful people in the whole wide world It's true, it's true, it's true and I love you You're so easy to make conversation with A nobody else could please me that way No one can say that...

I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time but that was before I met you I never saw one that I wanted for mine But that was before I met you I thought I was swinging the world by the tail I thought I could never be blue I thought I'd been kissed and I thou...

Let's close the door and pull the shades And listen to the winter rain grow quiet As it's turning into snow Share a cigarette and take it easy, take it slow. Let's pull out some records that We haven't played in much too long The misty moods Would sure sound...

Love is full of happiness But love is full of dangers The very best of sweethearts And became the best of strangers. I only knew that your two lips Could kiss and whisper sweet I never stopped to think That those two lips could also cheat. Your precious love...

(Beyond the sunset for evermore) Should you go first and I remain to walk the road alone I'll live in memory's garden dear with happy days we've known In spring I'll watch for roses red and shades of lilac blue In early fall when the brown leaves fall then I'...

(spoken) The birthday party was over toys were scattered here and there Seven candles laid by the last piece of cake in front of an empty chair A mother said son I know you're disappointed but please Try to understand Your daddy's been awfuly busy cause he's...

This is my story, this is my song Praising my Saviour all the day long This is my story, this is my song Praising my Saviour all the day long. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine Air of salvation, purchase of God Born of His...

I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won't mean a thing dear if you're not here with me I'll have a blue Christmas that's certain And when that blue heartache starts hurtin' You...

In the twilight glow I see her blue eyes crying in the rain As we kissed goodbye and parted I knew we'd never meet again Love is like a dying ember only memories remain Through the ages I'll remember blue eyes crying in the rain Now my hair has turned to silv...

(Born, born) on the day I was born everyone laughed but I cried They say I was born with a silver tear in my eye Must have been I felt the wind that cold November morn And I knew it would blow me no good from the day I was born. I was born at an early age and...

(Born to be with you) By your side satisfied through and through Cause I was born to be with you Wondrously love can see So I knew that I was born to be with you Do you find peace of mind Yes I do cause I was born to be with you All life through yes I was born...

I love those bright lights and country music I won't stay home and cry tonight like all the nights before I've just learned that I don't really need you anymore I found a little place downtown where guys like me can go And they've got bright lights and countr...

Children be careful when playing with matches Everything's dry and ready to burn Lord Lord The neighbors are cooking out in the backyard Just two doors down ain't nobody home (they're all busy) Building fires strong desires We've got to be careful there's to...

Now the morning sun streaks across my room And I'm wakened 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 this love was a...

When I rolled into town it was raining You met the bus but you brought along a friend You introduced me to him But I guess I looked right through him I didn't come all the way to Calgary Just to see you with another man. It's a long way out here from Nova Sco...

Honey if I'll be a good boy and always say please If I promise to do all the right things like get down on my knees And do everything you want me to do eu-eu-eu-eu can I come home to you Baby I know I acted ugly oh how dumb can I be But I'm sorry really I'm so...

If I kiss you tonight when the sun comes up tomorrow can we still be friends If I take you in my arms and if you become another can we still be friends Can we still laugh and talk can we still hold hands and walk Through the magic world that we've been living...

He came speeding through the town each day at sundown And his car was painted candy apple red He was coming there to see the sheriff's daughter And the sheriff didn't know it so they said. Time and time again the sheriff tried to catch him But he always speed...

Casper lives in a world without promise Sitting at home in his pajamas Just wishing it would all go away somehow We walked by but he never saw us He could have been a famous guitarist He must have not had a clue Feeling like a bowl of spaghetti Not knowing wha...

I was certain you'd always love me I was certain you'd never change I gave my love to you completely I felt so certain of everything. (But now you're gone, you're gone) and that's for certain (I'm all alone, all alone) and can't quit hurtin' You're still the...

Good evening dear how did things go did you have a good day today I hope she doesn't notice that traces of Mary's lipstick that I just light away Okay I guess but that dog's gotta go but he always gets in my way And he almost bit Charlie when he caught him sn...

Children we're acting like children instead of like a man and a fullgrown woman We're acting like babies little bitty babies And we're about to throw away a lifetime of good good loving Love is not a game love is not a toy I'm not a little girl and you're not...

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 yo...

Christmas time's a comin' Christmas time's a comin' Christmas time's a comin' And I know I'm going home. Snowflakes are fallin' My old home's a callin' Tall pines are hummin' Christmas time's a comin'. Can't you hear Them bells ringing Ringing joy, joy Hear...

(Cincinnati, Ohio ~ Cincinnati, Ohio) One more hour and I'll be home Close my eyes and rest my bones Can't be more than a mile or so From Cincinnati, Ohio ~ Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati where the river winds 'Cross the Mason and the Dixie Line Heaven waits fo...

There's a circle in a triangle it's a shining little band of gold You're the one who put it on her finger Yeah but it's your hand I long to hold That tiny circle it's the tie that binds me It's there to remind me you'll never be mine For that circle in a trian...

The bright array of city lights as far as I can see The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me The cabaretes and honky tonks their flashing signs invite A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights. (Lights that say forge...

Coctails tore up my family Coctails tore down my home One to wake me up every morning One with a buddy at noon. One for the road every evening Till I found out pretty soon It took two to wake me up every morning Two with my buddy at noon. Two for the road ev...

I got back in town a day before I'd planned to I smiled and said I'll sure surprise my wife I don't think I'll phone, I'll just head on home For I didn't know the cold hard facts of life I passed a little wine store on the corner I pictured pink champagn...

Way down in Columbus, Georgia Wanna be back in Tennessee Way down in Columbus Stockade Friends have turned their backs on me. Oh, go on and leave me if you wish to Never let me cross your mind In your heart you love another Leave me little darlin', I don't mi...

My feet don't have much use for a new pair of shoes First I wasn't crazy bout the St Louis blues And I recall there was a time I used to hate to dance But I'm glad I gave them all a second chance (Come back) come back baby (come back) This time we'll make our...

I heard the front door closing softly As I weaken from my sleep With the last touch of her lips Lord like a whisper on my cheek And I cursed the sun for rising For the worst lord is yet to come 'Cause this morning she's just leaving But come sundown she'll be...

Tonight in the darkness I was awakened by a knock at the door And you know at first I thought that it was still a dreem But you're back and I still can't believe I'm seeing you once more God it's been so lonely without you where you've been Darling I missed yo...

To a boy who grew up walking in the woods and the fields of South Carolina This big ole city feels hard underneath my feet And to a kid who ain't never heard a noise a whole lot louder than a freight train I get scared sometimes just standing here along the st...

I'm not looking for a sweetheart Just a gentle lady friend Someone I can softly turn to When I need to, now and then When my head gets kind of tangled And my soul is lying here I reach over in the corner of my life And I find you waiting there You're a numbe...

I'm gettin' up when my next door neighbor's Turnin' off the late show and hittin' the hay I've got to sign on the radio station I'm what's known as a country DJ Nothin' in the house but some instant coffee doughnuts left from early yesterday Ain't exactly what...

I stepped out of the rain into a downtown city cafe And I saw him at the counter looking lonesome at the rain I sat down beside him and I ordered us some coffee He smiled and said Hello city country is my name and I'm here to play your city game I saw there...

I dreamed I was there in Country Music Heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight Last night I dreamed I went to Country Music Heaven And you know who greeted me at the Gate The Old Blue Yodeler himself Jimmy Rodgers He said to me "Bill, they asked me to show you arou...

I been travelin' down the highways with my guitar for so long Pickin' tunes and meetin' lots of folks Living my life my way with a handshake and a song carin' little if I was rich or broke Cause there's country music in my soul people music for the young and t...

I didn't know that losing her Would be so hard to take I never thought her memory Would be so hard to shake Or that just one little flash of her Could make my day go wrong Kinda makes me wanna Sing a country song A country song loud and clear With lots of cr...

My daddy and my mama and me walkin' on this old burnt ground Must be a hundred and three travelin' from town to town Maybe we can find work today sweatin' in this old hot sun Then we can buy something to eat before another day is done The harvest has sure bee...

(Daddy, what if the sun stop shinin'?) (What would happen then?) If the sun stopped shinin' Why you'd be so surprised You'd stare up at the heavens With those big blue eyes. And the wind would carry All of your light up to the skies And the sun would start s...

The reason why I've called us all together Is to share with you some heartbreaking news You see there's been a death in the family And as relatives I thought it best you knew By now you've noticed Betty's not here with me And Betty won't be joining us tonight...

When I first heard this song, I was a little boy growing up Down in the state of South Carolina The song had been written and recorded by a man named T.Texas Tyler The song in it's original form related to something that Happened during the second World War L...

I wanna go home, I wanna go home Oh Lord, I wanna go home. Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City And I dreamed about the cottonfields and home I dreamed about my mother dear old daddy sister and brother And I dreamed about the sweetheart who's waited for...

It's so nice to meet an old friend And pass the time of day And talk about the hometown A million miles away. Is the ice still on the river Are the old folks still the same And by the way Did she mention my name? Did she mention my name just in passing? And...

Dis-satisfied, dis-satisfied Nothin' makes you happy that I can see Dis-satisfied, dis-satisfied How long before you say that you're dis-satisfied with me? You like your new dress for a while then you say it went out of style And you liked your new car for a...

Hey baby (yeah chil'e) I know you've gotta leave me for a few short days (But you know I'm gonna be a good boy now don't you) Baby (uh-huh) I know that you'll be tempted in so many ways (Not a big ole strong minded man like me.) I've heard about those city gi...

She was on her way out of your life when I found her Not knowing which way to turn She's forgotten the feeling of two arms around her But it didn't take her long to learn You had new worlds to conquer so you didn't want her or anything crampin' your style But...

She was sitting on a stool in a little bar Called the Seldom Seen When I walked over and said, ''Hi'', introduced myself ''And what's your name?'', I asked, she just smiled She was wearin' a tiny gold chain With the initials SS on the front And I said, ''Wait...

You told me that you'd love me until the end of time But you are only human and humans change their minds You left me without warning and the storm brought me pain And down down down came the rain All your love would bring a man so much happiness That the heav...

I'm drinking from my saucer cause my cup has overflowed You know I never did make my fortune and I guess it's a little late now But I never did worry about that much No shoot I was happy anyhow cause you see As I have journeyed down life's road I have reaped a...

If it's true what you say in your letter If your sweet love for me is really gone If there's somebody else that you love better Pack your bag, shake my hand and move along. Easy come, easy go, I found that long time ago Ain't no future in the past. broken hea...

(Eight by ten eight by ten) All that's left of all our love now Is just your picture, eight by ten (A souvenir of things that might have been.) My lonely world is only eight by ten eight by ten eight by ten I remember the night that you gave me that picture I...

Every time I turn the radio on some cat's singin' a happy song About a woman who wakes him up every morning and loves him Scrambles his eggs and unscrambles his life butters his toast with a golden knife Bears his kids and nearly bout all of his burdens And I...

Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder why it should be thus all the day long While there are others living about us never molested though in the wrong Farther along we'll know all about it farther along we'll understand why Cheer up my brother live in the...

Day after day and for hour upon precious hour I've held you and marveled at love that stayed fresh as a flower From daylights to nightfall through sunlight and rainfall Our spark hasn't once lost its glow My arms have entwined you but never confined you I'd di...

Sometimes there's such a fine line Between the fire in my heart and the fear in my mind What do I hold on to, what do I leave behind? Which side is the right side of a fine line? One day love is rolling down the highway And the next day love is stopping on a...

(Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones) Her real first name was Betty But I'd rather just forget it So I'll call her the first Mrs. Jones We were married in September And it lasted till November When one day she just took out on her own. I followed her to Savannah Then Mobi...

I came home last night to a dark and lonely cottage I took the wreath off the door and somehow I stumbled inside I just can't I just can't I said live without her Give me one reason to live now that my darling has died. And then five little fingers Touched my...

Over all my burdens and through all my fears Jesus carries me Through all my trials and through all my tears Jesus carries me One night a man had a dream And he dreamed he was walking with the Lord Across the sky flashed scenes from his life For each scene he...

For loving you, for needing you, but most of all For loving you, for loving you For loving you, my life is so much richer You've given so much to live for And I never really lived before Before loving you For loving you And for loving you, my faith is a lit...

Don't look so sad, I know it's over. But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning. Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together. There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning. Lay your head upon my pillow. Hold your warm and ten...

I thought if you weren't busy we might have lunch tomorrow And talk about a few things laying heavy on my mind I'll get the corner table in that cozy little cafe Where we used to go back in the better times when you are mine The years rolled by like thunder,...

You know friends are never earned They are a gift from the loving God They're precious beyond human evaluation You dare not take them for granted Or they'll drift away like smoke And the warmth of there caring Will vanish into the chill of the endless night....

From a jack to a king from loneliness to a wedding ring I played an ace and I won a queen and walked away with your heart From a jack to a king with no regrets I stackled the cards last night The Lady Luck played her hand just right to make me king of your hea...

Oh, the games people now Ev'ry night and ev'ry day now Never meanin' what they say now Never sayin' what they mean. So they wile away the hours In their ivory towers Till they're covered up with flowers In the back of a black limousine. Lotten da la da da da...

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 shacked by forgotten words and bons And the ink stains that have dried upon so...

When I was a little boy my daddy used to say to me son We got a little big land and a lotta hard work to be done Go get your marbels put 'em in the house tear down your castles in the sand Come with your pappy to the cotton patch and get a little dirt on your...

I gotta get while the gettin's good baby get while the gettin's good Out of your life into a life where I'll be understood I need a lots of tender love and your heart's made out of wood If I'm never gonna find a peace of mind I gotta get while the gettin's goo...

How do you like your eggs in the mornin'? How do you like your toast? When you first wake to the silvery dawnin' What do you want the most? Do you want your man to be tender? Do you want your man to be wild? Do you wanna be treated like a woman Or maybe baby...

I happened to walk into a honky tonk One night down in New Orleans Up above the bar hung a big guitar Like none I'd ever seen. The neck was set with diamonds And though the strings were old Like Kings of sound they wound around Six keys of solid gold. A man st...

The night was black the roads were icy snow was fallin' drips were high And I was weary from my drivin' so I stopped to rest for a while I sat down at a truck stop I was thinkin' about my past I've had a long streak of a bad luck but I pray it's gone at last...

Gonna find me a bluebird let him sing me a song Cause my heart's been broken much too long Gonna chase me a rainbow through a heaven of blue Cause I'm all through crying over you There was a time my love was needed my life completed my dreams come true Then c...

There's just no way to tie a river down No way to hold back the wind Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again The only life I've ever known is driftin' a little Somethin' I've picked up from my dad Watchin' the su...

Sometimes I get restless, Lord I hate to go home Tired of livin' with someone And afraid of livin' alone. What an urge to be free now But I'm so used to my chains I don't know what I want, Lord I just want my life to change. And I don't want to stay In the c...

(Green, green, it's green they say) (On the far side of the hill) (Green, green, I'm going away) (To where the grass is greener still.) Well, I told my mama on the day I was born Don't you cry when you see I'm gone There ain't no woman gonna settle me down I...

The old hometown looks the same As I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green, grass of home The old house is still stan...

Happiness, happiness The greatest gift that I posses I thank the Lord, I've been blessed With more than my share of happiness. To me this old world is a wonderful place And I'm just about the luckiest human in the whole human race I've got no silver and I've...

(Wally) You got some rather nice duty to do don't you Bill? (Bill) Yes, I do Wally, you know 1975 marks the fifty birthday of the oldest continuos radio show in the history of American radio. It was in November of 1925 that an old bearded fiddle player named...

Maybe I don't love you quite as much as I believe I love you baby But don't tell me cause lovin' you's a happy state of mind Maybe I don't need you quite as much as I profess to need you baby But don't leave me needin' you's a happy state of mind And who's to...

[Have I told you lately that I love you Could I tell you once again somehow] Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you (Well darling, I'm telling you now.) This world would end today if you refuse me [I'm no good without you anyhow] Have I told y...

I see her face everywhere I go On the street, even at the picture show Have you seen her? Tell me, have you seen her? Oh, I hear her voice as the cold winds blow And the sweet music on my radio Have you seen her? Tell me, have you seen her? Why oh, why did s...

Your hair is soft your eyes are bright your nose is small your mouth is right Your skin is smooth your waist is small Your legs are curved you've got dainty feet I love it all Head to toe can't you see I love you head to toe I can't get enough of you I told yo...

Your love is heavenly sunshine you fill my heart with your sweet love so divine Heavenly Sunshine Heavenly Sunshine you make me happy because your love is mine You make me happy because your love is mine 

Take the ribbon from your hair Shake it loose and let it fall Laying soft against my skin Like the shadows on the wall Come and lay down by my side Till the early morning light All I'm taking is your time Help me make it through the night I don't care who's...

I've seen the way you've looked at her ever since you've got to town You've wondered if she's married and if she is does she fool around Well look a little closer at the third finger on her left hand That's the wedding ring she's wearin' and her wedding ring's...

Just about the time I pull myself together When the hurt in me gets better than it's been Just about the time I feel life's still worth living It's funny, here comes honey, again. Honey comes and honey stays just long enough to tear my mind up Then she leaves...

Never thought I'd miss that little old shack where I was born Never thought I'd miss that little hick town But then I never thought I'd wander quite this far away Or my dreams would get turned quite this upside down Home and things are heavy on my mind tonigh...

Oh, I'm so homesick All I do is roam the street Can't sleep at night, can't eat a bite Homesick to be with you. I'm so homesick, I'm going crazy And I don't know what to do Too ashamed to cry, too sick to die I'm homesick to be with you. Little by little I g...

Well honey, I know I've said it too many times before I said I'd never say it again I guess I shouldn't say anything at all Since you're supposed to belong to him But I just can't let you go Without tellin' you just how much I love you So that is why I'm gonna...

When I first saw you I saw something I hadn't seen in a long long time I saw a lady who looked like a woman who could drive me right out of my mind But I also saw your diamond and your golden wedding band I know you're married but I've gotta ask you how marrie...

I'll just sit back and watch you leave it seems you want more that I can give You don't care how much my heart will grieve You've got to see how the other half lives Dim lights and smoke filled crowded bars loud music that plays until all hours My todays and t...

A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labor camp Stands out in this mem'ry I revive 'Cause my daddy raised a family there with two hard working hands And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes. He dreamed of something better and my mama's faith was strong And us k...

I am a soldier I'm a slave of power Power so great that it can destroy God's world with one mighty blast I'm a machine, a computer an engine Programed to reap destruction wherever I go I'm a bad risk for my credit is only backed Up by the United States Governm...

I plowed the fields and I planted the seed I worked my hands to the bone But the ground laid barren till He sent the sunshine For I can do nothing alone. I raised the corn and I rode to the mill With the best crop I ever had grown But the wheel wouldn't grind...

(I can't believe that it's all over baby) Not after all that we've been through (I can't believe that you no longer love me) I never will stop loving you. I still can't believe it when I wake up you're not here I just wander through the house sit awhile and s...

It's twelve o'clock again And here I am slowly driving home To nothing but a big old empty bed And another night alone Before I left this evening I turned the lights down low and chilled some wine I thought tonight would be the night Someone would use that pi...

I can take a little cement And mend our patio I can fill in all the rough spots So they won't even show. I can mend a roof of shingles With a hammer and some nails But baby, when I try to mend Your broken heart, I fail. I can't mend it I can't mend it. Your...

I can't sleep with you I can't sleep with you I can't sleep with you on my mind Here I lay in bed tossing and turning The fires of love we once knew are still burning I'm living with your mem'ry all the time I can't sleep with you I can't sleep with you I can'...

I can't take any longer, baby I mean I can't wait any longer Mhm, I gotta have you I gotta know how it is to touch you To hold you, to feel you. Our lives have touched Our minds have touched And I can't wait any longer for Our boddies to touch Our souls to tou...

You told me late last night you wished I'd leave you Your love for me is gone and we both know I'll do anything I can to make you happy but I don't have anyplace to go I can't go running home cause I don't have one To stay in town would be like dying slow For...

I don't love you anymore not the way I did before And since you've found someone new I think it's best I don't cry and walk the floor I don't love you anymore Trouble is I don't love you anyless. I don't love you anymore for I've got no more love to give You...

The only thing I know to say if love can leave me feeling this way I don't want it, I don't need it never again If this is what love's all about, I'm so much better off without it I don't want it, I don't need it not again If love's a thing we only borrow, he...

I've just been to heaven with someone so true I dreamed about mama last night She read me her Bible like she used to do I dreamed about mama last night. Mama used to never go to sleep at night Until all of us were in bed On party nights till we come home She...

Every time I hear the midnight trains Rollin' out to the open plains A sense of freedom fills my veins I get the fever. Every time a sparrow flies Up into the endless skies Something down inside me cries I get the fever. I get the fever to pack up and leave he...

I know you're married But I love you still. The day I met you I knew you weren't free But I knew I'd love you Through eternity. And though I knew you Were another's bride I vowed my heart Would never leave your side. You know I love you And I always will I...

(I love you for a hundred thousand reasons) (But most of all I love you 'cause you're you.) Why do I love you? I love you not only for what you are But for what I am when I'm with you I love you not only for what you've made of yourself But for what you're ma...

They're not teardrops just sincere drops They're I love you drops cause I love you (I love you) They were on my pillow when I woke up this morning They were on the letter I tried all day to write And just a little while ago I saw them falling on your picture a...

They said our love was just emotion that time would slowly fade away But time just deepen my devotion I love you more and more every day The day you made those tender vows beside me My joy was more than words could ever say And darling still it grows and grows...

Last night was the worst night of my life no doubt Cause while I stayed at home someone else took you out I cried cause I love you with all of my might And I missed me, how I missed me at your house last night. I missed holding hands walking out on your lawn...

The nights were dark and long I spent a million all alone But I never once stopped loving you My world was cold and still my dreams lay unfulfilled But I never once stopped loving you I never once stopped believing we'd love again The way we used to do And to...

My friend I said a prayer for you today and I know God must've heard I felt the answer in my heart although He spoke no word I didn't ask for wealth or fame I knew you wouldn't mind I ask Him to send you treasure's of a far different kind I asked that He watch...

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin I wouldn't let my dear Saviour in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise The Lord, I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight P...

I've been walked on looked through laughed at lied to I've been stripped of all my feelin's and what little pride I've got But I still believe in love believe it or not I've been pushed aside unsatisfied I've tried and I've cried I've given and I've taken and...

The leaves have changed from green to golden at least one time and maybe two All I know is I feel a hundred years older and I still feel the same about you Time hasn't been the great physician and healed my hurt like it's supposed to do Lord I feel like a fool...

At my door the leaves are falling A cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone I go out on a party And look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner 'Cause I still miss someone Oh, I never got over those blues eyes I...

(Every morning when I wake up) I thank God for you (Every night I close my eyes) and I thank God for you I shudder to think what might have happened to me if I hadn't met you when I did My life was just one big mangled mess of mistakes no purpose and no futur...

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds because you're mine I walk the line I find it very very easy to be true I find myself alone when each day's through Yes I'll admit that...

I want that feelin' again I want that feelin' again I had it once and it got away and I want that feelin' again I want that feelin' again I want that feelin' again I had it once and it got away and I want that feelin' again I felt it early in the morning I tre...

Somewhere a telephone is ringing right now Someone's old sweetheart is on the line She's calling to patch up an old love affair Oh, I wish it was mine. Somebody's writing a letter right now And saying oh Lawd, I was blind Somebody's darling longs to come home...

We were tunin' up to play a gig Just another one night stand I looked over my guitar And there stood an old man. His cowboy clothes were frayed and worn And his boots were far from new He said I'd like to sit in with your band I'm a country singer too. Well, w...

Though you never talked of all ways you were gentle And life was simple just because you cared I never thought too much about tomorrow I just could not imagine you're not here I wonder what the weather's like in Charleston Someone said they heard that's where...

Tonight I'm sad my heart is weary I'm wondering if I'm wrong or right To dream about you though you left me I wonder where you are tonight That old rain is cold and slowly falling Upon my window pane tonight And though your heart was even colder I wonder where...

I don't care what anybody thinks of me My pride is gone and here I am on bended knee I only know I need you and I love you so And I'd fight the world before I'd ever let go go I'd gladly beg I'd steal I'd borrow I'd turn my back on everyone I know I'd do these...

(I'll be somewhere, somewhere) When he holds you I'll be somewhere When he kisses you I'll be somewhere And then when he takes you in his arms And you go where the music's soft and the lights are dim I'll be somewhere wishing I were him. (I'll be somewhere wi...

Packed my things and went away a thousand years ago today For I had places to go and things to see I had a girl who loved me so and she begged me not to go But I left and took her pleading words with me. I'll be waiting, always waiting I love you and I'll mis...

We used to talk together remember And we used to do things crazy things I guess Like just walking around lookin' in windows When we knew we couldn't buy anything Not with the baby comin' at all. And sometimes when it rained you'd sit beside me And we'd race r...

The one I love don't want me hanging round All she does is put me on and put me down Tonight she's with a stranger at a party in her home And I'm here at a tavern gettin' stoned. 'Cause if I gotta go, I'll go down swinging Where there's lights and laughter Bo...

I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms Like you'd never been held before I'll think of you each day and I'll dream the night away Until you are in my arms once more The stars up in the sky know the reason why I feel so blue when I'm away from...

I can't settle down and marry you we both know that But I dedicate my life to you each minute that I live And if you'll only try and take me like I am I'll give you what there is of me to give I can't live with you but I'll live for you Every minute every hour...

I'm alright, I'm alright I'm a little bit red in the eyes A little bit hurt in the heart A little bit weary in the soul But I'm alright, I'm alright You mean I'm worth the dime it took To call me on the phone Since when are you concerned About the way things...

Appreciate ye callin' me Charlie Invitin' me to go out tonight with you and the boys Drink one for me won't ye Charlie Flirt with all the girls and make lotsa noise. Live it up like we used to do We sure had fun together in the good ol' days But I'm happilly...

I could count the miles between us now and say I'm that much further from you now than I was yesteday But even after all the roads I've traveled on We're as close as we were then I'm just gone. Standing in the wind comparing then to now And it seems to me I s...

I'm leavin' it all up to you you decide what you gonna do Now do you want my love or are we through That's why I'm leavin' it up... I've got my heart in my hand but there's so much that I don't understand And baby I don't know what I've done wrong You know I...

Hear that lonesome Whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behind a cloud I'm so lonesome I could cry Did you ever see...

Somehow in the midst of all the madness that surrounds us Love's come along out of nowhere like magic and found us You say you've never been so happy and you cried unashamed Go on and cry baby cry till you're dry baby I'm used to the rain For until you came al...

I'm a walkin' the dog and I'm never blue I'm a walkin' the dog ain't thinkin' bout you I don't need no one to tie me down I'm a walkin' the dog and paintin' town Such an easy life I never knew since the day that I left you I'm a carefree lad and I've seen the...

Hey baby what's a nice girl like you (doing here) yeah that's what I mean And say haven't I seen you (somewhere before) yeah that's what I mean It was my first time to cheat I think she knew And her smile just said (I'm way ahead of you) I was wondering could...

I've been loving you too long it's time I sang a different song You've been stringing me along I've been loving you too long I've been clinging like a vine but I'm gonna take the time To find where I belong I've been loving you too long Babe I'm not saying th...

I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand You look lovelier tonight than I remember I'm so glad I got to see you once again I've enjoyed just sitting down and reminiscing But I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand. So you say you're happy now you've g...

In your letter you said please don't try to find me I'm leaving cause you're choking me to death Your love is like a chain that ties and binds me And I'm goin' off somewhere to get my breath. I didn't mean to come on strong believe me I've just always loved y...

If it's all the same to you if you don't love me like before I don't think I'll hang around and let you hurt me anymore If it's all the same to you if your love has really gone Pardon me while I walk out pick up my heart and move along I'll bet you somewhere I...

If only you'd of happened to me a long time ago There might have been a way we'd've found to make love grow We might've found a little bitty happiness I don't know If only you'd of happened to me a long time ago It's kinda late for me to think of what might h...

You say, you've found another, another you love better You say, you're gonna leave me, pack up and go You don't wanna hurt me, but you've just gotta have him And how will I take it you want to know Well, if you can live with it, I can live without it If you c...

(I'll be waiting till the end of time) (In case you ever change your mind) (In case you ever change your mind.) He came down from the mansion on the mountain He kissed you and he handed you a line I begged you not to go I said darling don't forget me In case...

In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight Anyplace is all right long as I'm with you In a faraway land by the trophic sea sand if your hand's in my hand I won't be blue Way up on the mountain a way down in the valley I know I'll be happy anyplace anyw...

In the summertime when all The trees and leaves're green And the red bird sings, I'll be blue 'Cause you don't want my love. Some other time That's what you say when I want you Then you laugh at me and make me cry 'Cause you don't want my love. You don't see...

Hi friends this is Bill Anderson Decca Records and I are presenting to you here an album called From This Pen. To most of you this is an album of twelve songs But to me it's a collection of twelve dreams, Twelve dreams that all came true. Because this album co...

So kiss my lips goodnight and head on home It can't go anywhere but wrong It's been a lotta fun baby And all the money in the world Couldn't buy back these precious memories In fact I'm counting on the warmth of your love To live here in my heart forever like...

Your love eased into my heart like a mornin' sunrise At the end of a cold and lonely rainy night I was nearly to the end of my road, out of mind and out of hope But you believed in me and gave me strength To try again and get it right Now it feels so good to...

I didn't see no sense in me just sittin' here and draggin' out the pain There's nothin' you can say or do to ever make me want for you again You say I've turned my back on you I'm runnin' out but baby that's a lie It just don't take me long to say goodbye I to...

You slipped in and really caught me by surprice When you told me you were leaving me today You say you've found another you love better Well it was time for me to move on anyway I've already loved you longer than I meant to and I'd've had to tell you so someda...

(It's been so long darling) it's been such a long time since I gazed into your eyes (It's been so long darling) I just wonder if you really realize That now now just the very thought of seein' you again Scares me scares me through and through (It's been so lon...

It's not that I can't get up in the morning And go fry myself an egg It's not that I can't reach and put a bandaid On the scratch on my leg. It's not that I can't iron a shirt And sweep up dirt and feed the bird All the little things you used to do But it's j...

(It's not the end of everything) Just because my love has gone Don't think my life would still go on Because she wanted to have her fling It's not the end of everything The world still turns the sun still shines There's plenty of girls for hearts like mine One...

When I'm like a leaf in the wind you're an oak tree beside me Lifting your branches to make sure I don't blow away And when I'm like a rolling stone you're the Rock of Gibraltar Steadfast and mighty and I ask myself every day What did I ever do to deserve you...

I am weak but Thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong I'll be satisfied as long as I walk Let me walk close to Thee. Just a closer walk with Thee Grant it Jesus is my plea Daily walking close to Thee Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. When my feeble life...

Just as I am without one plea but that Thy blood was shed for me And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee oh lamb of God I come I come Just as I am and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark blot To Thee who's blood can cleanse each spot oh lamb of God I come I co...

You gave me just enough of you to make me want it all You held me in your arms just tight enough to make me tremble And the sexy way you looked at me drove me up the wall I thought for sure I'd die and gone to heaven when you kissed me You gave me just enough...

Just for you just for you that's why I say the things I say and I do the things I do No one else can make my arms feel like they're wrapped around the world Yes I live my life just for you (just for you) Each day I wake up with a kiss just for you And I count...

The boss needs me to come to work In the morning, he told me so My landlord needs me to pay My rent or out I go The parakeet needs me To teach him a song The puppy dog needs me To bring him a bone Everybody needs me But something's wrong That ain't the kinda...

When we get home babe gonna light your fire All day I been thinkin' about you baby you're my desire Gonna wrap my arms around you and hold you close to me Oh babe I wanna taste your lips I wanna feel your fantasy I don't know what I'd do babe without you I do...

Mhm, mhm, the greatest feeling in all of the world Is simply knowing you're mine Wherever I go and whatever I do Always knowing you're mine And when I close my eyes at night slumber comes easy There's nothing to trouble my mind The happiest way to greet each...

In your eyes I can see you really don't believe it's you I'm holdin' in my arms Cause I've known you all your life You've never been the kind of woman to do wrong And I know you havenm't changed and I know you still wear his name And you're still the lady that...

A lesson too late for a learning Made of sand made of sand In the wink of an eye My soul was turning in your hand in your hand Are you going away with no words of farewell Will there be not a trace left behind I could've loved you better didn't mean to be unk...

Let me be a little kinder let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about me let me praise a little more Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery Think a little more of others and a little less of me Let me be a little braver when tempt...

Let me be the one to walk with you when you want somebody to talk with you Anything that makes you happy I want to do darling let me be the one Let me be the one who means the most the one you want to love and call your own And when you choose a partner I wann...

Let me take you away let me take you away love there's still time let me take you away Did he tell you he love you this morning before he left (no) Did he kiss you when he got back home No he just came in and opened up a beer and sat down by the TV alone Did s...

Let me whisper darling one more time let the soft curves of your body cling to mine Let me feel you through and through I can't get enough of you Let me whisper darling oner more time Everytime I hold you it gets harder to let you go and get you off my mind S...

Hi honey, I'm workin' late again tonight Yeah, I just called so you'd know Liars one, believers zero Hello baby, can I buy you a drink Am I married? haha, heavens no Liars two, believers zero. I see the look in her eyes And I know that she believes Before the...

There's a deep silent river flowin' just beyond and its waters are deep and wide It's as dark as the night but my eyes see a light just down by the river side There's a light at the river a light at the river a light at the river I can see My Lord will stand a...

There you were standing there smiling as you made your plans You were going to leave me and go with him You said you loved him so and your love would always be And that's the very same thing you once told to me And you still had my little golden band on your h...

And I wake up in the mornin' With my hair down in my eyes and she says, "Hi" And I stumble to the breakfast table While the kids are goin' off to school goodbye And she reaches out and takes my hand And squeezes it and says how you feelin' hon And I look acro...

Lonely is everything you said it would be. A cup of coffee by myself starts off my day With eyes so red from crying I can't see The minutes seem like hours since you went away Yes, lonely is everything you said it would be. You said that I'd be sorry for the...

Once upon a time you and I were so in love The whole wide world was gay and happy then I don't know how or why our love began to die Till it vanished like a straw in the wind. We're side by side but we're lonely together Clinging to the pieces of a vow Everyb...

Well, I make it alright (well, I make it alright) From Monday morning till Friday night But oh, those lonely weekends Since you left me (since you left me) I'm as lonely as can be Oh, those lonely weekends. Said you'd be good to me Said our love would never...

They say I sing my songs with lots of blue eyed soul What they mean is Lord I sing it sad But feeling like I feel I can't sing no other way She left me, Lord and oh I hurt so bad And lonesome is the mother of soul And lonesome gave birth to my blues I'm the o...

Lost in long and warm ago, I just caressed a memory And took it from my mind, it fell around me like a gentle glow A smile of sadness curved my lips, my thoughts rushed back in time To when you loved me long and warm ago The breeze that cooled our faces is no...

Love you Look, how I love you Look, how I love you See it shining in my eyes Little drops of love Falling from my eyes Tell an old familiar story You're telling me goodbye And I still love you Look, how I love you Look, how I love you See it falling from my...

I was looking back to see if you were looking back to see If I was looking back to see if you were looking back at me You were cute as you could be standing looking back at me And it was plain to see that I'd enjoy your company One Sunday afternoon as I was r...

My mama and daddy Were celebrating their anniversary In all their years together I'd never seen them disagree I said, "Mama what's your secret? Daddy tell me the truth?" They laid a little wisdom on me That I've carried ever since my youth If you hold on to...

(And now here's Bill Anderson) Love is a sometimes thing your love is a sometimes thing It comes and goes like winter and spring yes your love is a sometimes thing You told me you would always care in time of need you'd always be there But lately I've seen so...

Love me and I'll be your best friend and you won't have to be alone ever again I'll sing with you in the sunshine I'll shelter you from the raindrops and the wind Love me and I'll be your best friend I wanna be your lover and and slowly spread your hair down...

He stopped at the bar on his way to the bandstand To strengthen his courage and weaken his pride On an old paper napkin he wrote me this message "When the snow's over, Mister, could I see you outside?" To look on his face said it's no laughing matter I nodded...

Cause your love takes good care of me yes your love takes good care of me And when the rain falls and the wind blows and the storm is on the sea I'll be safe your love takes care of me When life for me gets weary and the sun refuses to shine I run to the arms...

A bell's not a bell till you ring it A song's not a song till you sing it I believe what the wise men say Love's not love till you give it away. And there's nothing like giving love to you You're my only dream that's ever come true The Lord made you for me to...

Lovin' pains wrapped around me Like a chain I will never be the same Because of lovin' pains. I have fallen in love in the sunshine Fallen in love in the rain Love can burn but I'll never learn I'm falling in love again. Lovin' pains wrapped around me Like a...

I loved you more in just a few hours than most people love in all of their years And now though you're gone I still have you with me The sweetest reflections fill the loneliest tears And I'll spend my life loving a mem'ry chasing a rainbow without any gold I s...

Make mine night time honky tonk women and bright signs I gotta play At the end of the day Give me the lights of the city and the feel of a woman against me and I'm on my way Places faces jokers they play like they're aces kings and queens in shadowy scenes Whe...

Mama never got to rock us mama never got to love us But papa rocked and loved us night and day Mama never got to sing to us mama never got to teach us But papa taught us what and not to say And I can still remember every cold December red roses in the snow on...

(God put a song in the heart of an angel and softly she sang it to me) I get to thinking lots of times about back when I was a lad Of the old home place where I grew up of the days both good and bad My overalls were hand-me-downs my shoes were full of holes I...

My mama loved my dad for fifty years She worked along beside him in the fields He never gave her much but he gave her all he had Dad's the only reason my mama lived. Mama's face would light up like a diamond Each time my daddy just walked in the room She'd st...

I've got a confession to make when I first decided to bring you here tonight I was scared to death I started once to call it off Run back to my little corner of the world But then I remembered how soft your lips can be How tantalizing your body can be And how...

Like a bird that's lost it's mate in flight I'm alone and oh, so blue tonight Like a piece of driftwood on the sea May you never be alone like me. I believed the lies you told to me When you whispered dear, I worship thee Now here am I alone and blue All beca...

(Me) That's all I ever thought about (Me) That's all I ever cared about (Me) I turned my back on the love that I now cry for (Me) I pushed aside what some men die for. (You) You wanted so little for yourself (You) You wanted my love and nothing else (You) You...

Busted flat in Baton Rouge Headin' for the trains Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down Just before it rained Took us all the way to New Orleans. I took my har'poon out of my dirty red bandana And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the bl...

High a top a mountain lookin' down to Panga Canyon I came to see the blue pacific in the night The stars are like a miollion dancin' diamods on the water And my lover's arms're wrapped around me tight And almost empty bottle of rose sits on the table Like the...

(Melinda, Melinda) Oh, how I miss Melinda While a walking down a street in Denver I passed by a little dress shop A sign on the door read Melinda's And I asked myself if I should stop For I knew a girl named Melinda When I lived here years ago And I wondered...

(You're my memory No 1) I've got lots of golden memories Of a million things I've said and done But when I seperate them Darling you're my memory No. 1. I've called lots of others sweetheart And I admit I've had some fun But when I stop and think of true lov...

Your pillow don't get wet when I go to bed and weep Your eyes don't turn red when I don't get my sleep Your world don't fall apart when my phone don't ring You say you feel for me but you don't feel a thing Mercy, have mercy on me Mercy, have mercy on me A li...

More and more I'm forgetting the past More and more I'm living at last Day by day I'm losin' my blues More and more I'm forgetting 'bout you I wish you knew how hard I'd tried to keep you by my side And I wish you knew how many tears I cried the day we said...

There's nothin' I like any better than turnin' the lights down low Turnin' the covers back and lettin' all of our feelin' show My favorite room is the bedroom my favorite time is night My favorite place is in your arms nothin' lovin' and holdin' you tight But...

The alarm clock woke my sleeping but I lay there for a minute With a million cobwebs clinging to my brain I stopped the bell from ringing in the times it takes a heartbeat Then I settled back and closed my eyes again. I reached out for my baby for some early...

Sometimes I wonder when things go so wrong Has God forsaken me and left me alone? And then I remember through trials of distress He's always with me, I'm most richtly blessed. I asked for strenght that I might achieve I was given weakness that I might learn h...

(They call it that ole mountain dew) (And them that refuse it are few) I'll hush up my mug if you'll just fill up my jug With that good ole mountain dew. There's an old holler tree down the road away from me Where you lay down a dollar or two Go around the be...

This is a song about a girl from The bayou down in Louisiana country The story simply says She left home at sixteen Said she was gonna be a movie queen Said her hometown was just too small And she had roaches and rats wall to wall So without a bag of bean...

My Christmas list grows shorter every year Things just aren't the way they were before My Christmas list grows shorter every year It's almost not like Christmas anymore. I guess it's 'cause I came from a pretty big family Christmas was always a big happy time...

You followed me to Texas You followed me to Utah We didn't find it there so we moved on You followed me to Alabam Things look good in Birmingham We didn't find it there so we moved on. I know you're tired of following My elusive dreams and schemes For they're...

You don't understand the pattern of my life Because my life has got no pattern You don't see and you can't feel the wind That's blowing at my back and saying move boy You think this burning fever in my heart is just a folly And I'm throwin' away my happiness...

Nail my shoes to the floor glue my coat to the door Take my hat throw it far far away Hide the keys to my car and if I ask you where they are Don't say a word just nail my shoes to the floor I've spent the better part of my life walking in and out of doors I'...

In a dusty old saloon out west in Abilene Dreaming dreams at forty that he dreamed at seventeen He sings and plays his guitar for all of you bucks tonight Still tryin' to be a star and see his name in lights Somewhere the organ's playin' a hymn of salvation As...

Nearer my God to Thee nearer to Thee in though it be a cross that raises me Still all my songs shall be nearer my God to Thee Nearer my God to Thee nearer to Thee Though like a wanderer the sun come down darkness be over me my rest a stone Yet in my dreams I'd...

In a barroom in Chicago somewhere after midnight I'm sitting on a barstool drinking like a fish And although I just met you I can tell by looking You're wondering what my problem really is Next time you're in Tulsa go see Mrs Johnson And you'll be looking my p...

My mama always told me better Than to play with a loaded gun If I'd've just listened to her she'd've Never had a prisoner for a son. The picture's still in front of my eyes The echo in my ears When the jury said he's guilty And the judge said ninety-nine yea...

You've cried the last tear you're gonna cry You've kissed your last lips that cheat and lie Forget him baby he's just not worth hurtin' for Your heartache's over it's all gone I'll make you happy from now on And no one's gonna hurt you anymore. You've been mi...

Come closer, let me give you a kiss just for fun No thanks, no thanks, I just had one Then hold me, let me make this a moment you won't forget No thanks, I just had one that I'm not over yet I just lost my darling who kissed me goodbye And I don't care now if...

What is my reason for going on living when I'm not really living at all I come home in the evening there's no laughter there to fill the air A cool lonely room to meet me nobody here to greed me where has our love gone And then my thoughts begin to stray back...

The old man got to feelin' bad In the middle of the night His grandson got up out of bed And lit the coal oil light He sat there and held his hand Till his grandpa felt alright And then he tucked him back in bed And kissed his wrinkled brow goodnight Now tha...

I don't wanna see no lips of all the lips you've ever kissed I just wanna be your number one I don't need no one to warm me, I don't care who came before me I just wanna be your number one All that happened yesterday is now a part of history Let me be your de...

Everybody's going out and having fun I'm just a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how she set set me free Oh, lonesome me. A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round I know that I should have some fun and paint the town A lovesick foo...

He was just and old country doctor in a small Georgia town Fame and fortune had passed him by but we never saw him frown As day by day in his kindly way he served us one and all Many a patient forgot to pay although Doc's fees were small But ol' Doc Brown didn...

There's a place dear to me Where I'm longing to be With my friends at the old country church Where with mother we went And our Sundays were spent With our friends at the old country church. Precious years of memory Oh, what joy they bring to me How I long onc...

It feels like the old me and you again it feels like the old me and you The clouds're gone and the sun's shining through And it feels like the old me and you This is where it was before it got to where it is And I like it better here than where it's been Love...

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross The emblem of suffering and shame And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners were slain. So I'll cherish the old rugged cross Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling t...

(On and on on and on) All the things come to an end Yes that means we'll never love again The end of our love the end of my dreams The end of almost everything it seems Except these heartaches these teardrops And this loneliness goes on and on and on On and on...

He stopped at Fifth on Broad near where the Opry used to be For one last tiny thought of singing there in '53 He walked into a pawnshop with a ring of gold and watch of silver Then he continued east on Broad Street on his way down to the river He stopped at Th...

When you found somebody new I thought I never would Forget you for I thought then I never could But time has taken all the pains away until now I'm down to hurtin' once a day Once a day all day long and once a night from dusk till dawn The only time I wish you...

Once more to be with you dear just for tonight to hold you tight Once more I'd give a fortune if I could see you once more Forget (forget) the past (the past) this hurt can't last So I don't want it to keep us apart Your love (your love) I crave (I crave) I'll...

One mile over and two miles back My heart's been crushed like a paper sack She loves another it's a natural fact One mile over and two miles back. She called me up and told me She was lonely and she needed my company But she lived pretty far and my brother ha...

You're one more sexy lady a true piece of heaven's art You're one more sexy lady and I love you with all my heart Sexy lady with all my heart I like the sexy way you build a fire in the fireplace Then lay me down and rub my back and build another fire in my s...

Jesus Jesus Jesus sweetest name I know He was born in an obscure village The son of a simple peasant woman He grew up in another small town And worked with his father in a carpenter shop until He was thirty And then for three years he was what we might call a...

Well, I woke up one too many mornings To find that you had not yet made it home And I sat up too many midnights crying Till now the time for tears has come and gone One too many mornings One too many midnights without you One too many mornings left me lonely,...

When I started out to write this song You and I were walkin' down the highway holdin' hands I was gonna write about how much a woman's love can help a man But somethin' kinda restless started stirrin' in my body Before I even got my guitar out And I'm glad I...

Open up your heart and let my love come in Open up your heart and let my life begin The sun's gonna shine there'll be blue skies again When you open up your heart and let my love come in. I know you've been hurt by an old love affair But darling don't blame m...

Papa was a simple man Papa loved his farming land Guess I didn't understand Please forgive me papa. You can't paint a picture of a man like papa With something as empty as words 'Cause there's no way to measure The toughness of timber And compare it to the so...

I've tried to forget you by running and hiding Burning down bridges and closing off doors I guess it just took me a long time deciding Part of my heart will always be yours My footsteps have wandered over mountains and valleys My eyes have awakened on far dis...

Well I'm tired and so weary but I must go along Till the Lord comes and calls me calls me away oh yes Where the morning's so bright and the lamb is the light And the night night is as black as the sea oh yes There will be peace in the valley for me some day Th...

On the poor side of Fort Worth In a rundown motel A rodeo cowboy Held a young Texas belle. He scooped up some peanuts Right out of the can And he whispered as he placed them In the palm of her hand. Baby I wish they were diamonds And this was north Dallas And...

She's still the angel that I knew before the only difference now is she's mine In an apron or a nightgown or the wedding dress she wore She's a perfect angel all the time You know it's funny how when you first meet a girl And start likin' her you always see h...

In the world's mighty gallery of pictures hang the scenes that're painted from life There hang pictures of love and of passion and there's pictures of sorrow and strife There hang pictures of youth and of beauty of old age and a blushing young bride But the sa...

There's a whole lotta people lookin' down their noses at me 'Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family There was ten of us livin' in a two room shack On the banks of the river by the railroad track We kept chickens in a pen in the back And everybody said we wa...

You know I don't think much about her anymore Seldom if ever does she cross my mind Yesterday's gone Lord, it's better forgotten Like the poison red berries to die on the vine. This mornin' at dawn I pulled into town Had some coffee and talked with some old f...

I knew this morning as soon as the phone rang That crazy woman had hurt you again That's why I told you to come on over The coffee is warm, so are the arms that you fit so nicely in. Poor sweet baby, poor sweet baby Did my baby spend another sleepless night P...

Precious mem'ries, unseen angels Sent from somewhere to my soul How they linger ever near me As the sacred past unfolds. Precious mem'ries how they linger How they ever flood my soul In the stillness of the midnight Precious sacred scenes unfold. Precious fa...

I know what you do and it drives me insane No matter what I do you never will change You just keep denying this thing that you do But someday, someway, I'll have proof that it's true I know it's been goin' on now for quite a few years And many is the time tha...

Think of your fellow man lend him a helping hand put a little love in your heart You see it's gettin' late oh please don't hesitate put a little love in your heart And the world will be a better place and the world will be a better place For you for you and me...

We couldn't call it love 'cause it really wasn't love anymore Yet we couldn't call it hate 'cause there's no way to hate Someone you've loved so much before We couldn't call it livin' 'cause it wasn't still alive We couldn't call it dead 'cause it refused to d...

Remember me when the candle lights are gleaming I want to know you still remember me The sweetest songs belong to lovers in the gloaming The sweetest days are the days that used to be The saddest words I've ever heard were words of parting When you said sweet...

It's funny but I don't remember one thing you and I ever fought about I know you used to look at me with the coldest eyes And speak to me with the sharpest tongue But even that's hazy now you know what I do remember The warnth of your lips when we'd kiss And m...

(Restless. restless) I slept last night in the bus depot in Pittsburg Tonight I walk the streets of Baltimore Ain't no telling where I'll be tomorrow My baby don't care and I don't anymore. I've grown restless (like the wind that blows) Restless (like nobody...

(Spoken) He rode easy in the saddle. He was tall and lean, And at first you'd a-thought nothing but a streak of mean Could make a man look so down right strong, But one look in his eyes and you knowed you was wrong. He was a mountain of a man, and I want y...

There was justice in his sixgun there was magic in his name And I always tried to be him when we played our cwboy games I stood in line to see him ride across our small town screen And in my mind's eye I rode with him in every scene And he would ride off in th...

If you don't want me, baby If you ain't satisfied If you don't care get on your horse And ride, ride, ride Since you got on your high horse New fancy friends you've found You don't even notice me You don't look that far down If you don't want me, baby If you...

Children play ring around a rosie laugh and sing like you always do Children play ring around a rosie mommy will be home in a day or two Remember the story I read to you when I tucked you in last night About the pretty princess who loved the party life Well t...

Well, I spent the better part of My life on a Mississippi riverboat I used to be known from coast to coast Ss the slickest gambler afloat. I've dealt the cards from Minnesota To the harbor at New Orleans Made a lotta big money on the riverboat Loved a lotta p...

Wish that I was on old Rocky Top Down in the Tennessee hills Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top Ain't no telephone bills. Once I had a girl on Rocky Top Part bear the other part cat Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop I still dream about that. Rocky Top, yo...

Ever since I met you you run me like a flag up and down the pole You taught me into choppin' all the wood for your fire Then kicked me out to sleep in the cold I gave all the love that I knew how to give I stood faithfully by your side I thought that you were...

We've had some good we've had some bad but mostly in-between Used words like love words like hate and words we didn't mean We've put it down we've patched it up we both have had our say Divorce ain't black divorce ain't white just a sad ole shade of gray Ne...

I was born in Saginaw, Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay My daddy was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman Too many nights he came home with too little pay. I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man But he called m...

Oh, you better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm tellin' you why Santa Claus is comin' to town. He's a making a list Checking it twice Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice Santa Claus is comin' to town. He sees you when you're sleeping He...

Satin sheets to lie on, satin pillows to cry on And still you're not happy here with me Big long Cadillacs, tailor mades upon your back And still you want me to set you free We've been through thick and thin together Braved the fair and stormy weather We've h...

How many times have you heard someone say If I had his money I could do things my way But little they know, it's so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind. Well, once I was waiting on fortune and fame Everything that I dreamed for turned to st...

She was pretty and she laughed a lot Lord knows these days I need some laughter So I called her up and I took her out she never dreamed what I was after I wanted her lips I wanted her bad I wanted her love to clear my head I wanted her to make me forget you bu...

She came in the door and walked to the bar and I guess my face turned white I hadn't seen her in a long time and I didn't want to see her tonight The lady who was sharing the table with me said is that somebody you know I watched as a stranger bought her a dri...

Last night I was preparing to go to a party And on the rack with my suits I found the shirt that I'd worn When I held her in my arms For the very last time The shirt that I vowed I'd never wear again. As I took it from the rack All my dreams came racin' back...

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round young virgin Mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace... 

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ City sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Meeting smile after smile And on every street corner you hear. Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmas time in t...

Since I met you baby, my whole life has changed Since I met you baby, my whole life has changed Everybody tells me that I'm not the same I don't need nobody to tell my troubles to I don't need nobody to tell my troubles to 'Cause since I met you baby, all I ne...

Sittin' in an all nite cafe in a booth back in the corner Making paper wads from napkins throwing toothpicks on the floor Got a problem I can't solve it gonna sit here till I figure out The reason why my baby doesn't love me anymore Well it can't be another wo...

Sleep sweet and deep Close my eyes with a smile Sleep come over me Let me rest and dream awhile I want to dream of two young lovers holding hands The dreams that I used to dream way back when All the things that could and should've been Before the eternal sad...

Monday's promise is Tuesday's lie Saturday's party is Sunday's fight Something's wrong with you and I Love's gone wrong that used to be right And I can feel it slippin' away, slowly, slowly slippin' away It'll be gone in a few more days If we don't stop this l...

My roads have been rocky and the women's been rough I woke up this morning and I'd just had enough When I get to her sweet arms I won't feel alone She's a smooth southern highway that's takin' me home She don't have no mountain that I cannot climb She don't wa...

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me See on the portal he's waiting and watching, watching for you and for me Come home come home ye who are weary come home Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling, calling oh sinner come home Oh for the...

When I was prayin' (somebody touched me) When I was prayin' (somebody touched me) When I was prayin' (somebody touched me) must've been the hand of the Lord Glory glory glory somebody touched me Glory glory glory somebody touched me Glory glory glory somebody...

Someday we'll be together Say it, say it, say it again Someday we'll be together Yes we will, yes we will You're far away From me my love But just as sure my baby As there are stars above Mhm, someday we'll be together Yes we will, yes we will Someday we'll...

I need a post I can lean on without it falling a rock I can stand on without it rolling I need a road I can walk down without it turning A fire I can feel the glow but not the burning I don't need love just something to believe in Where are the lips that told...

(Bill) Hello beautiful, are you married? (Sometimes.) Tell me are you happy? (Yes, sometimes.) (Mary Lou) But sometimes I feel like I've just got to get away From the same old existence day after day. Oh, haven't you ever felt that way? (Sometimes.) I can see...

I was born eatin' gravy and black-eyed peas Cracklin' bread and turnip greens Washin' 'em down with a big I'm a son of the south I've picked tomatoes off of the vine Watermelon in the summertime Ate 'em in the shade of a Georgia pine I'm a son of the south I'm...

Standing on the promises of Christ my King Through eternal ages let His praises ring Glory in the highes I will shout and sing standing on the promises of God Standing (on the promises) standing (on the promises) Standing on the promises of God my Saviour Stan...

Well I don't know what makes you wanna go Baby you won't let your feelings show Now you're leaving me all alone And I'll be just another broken heart when you're gone Stay with me just a little bit longer lay with me till I'm a little stronger I can't feel th...

(Still) though you broke my heart (still) though we're far apart (I love you still) (Still) After all this time (still) You're still on my mind (I love you still) I've lost count of the hours and I've lost track of the days In fact I've lost just about eve...

We've been together since way back When sometimes I never want to see you again But I want you to know after all these years You're still the one I want whispering in my ear You're still the one I wanna talk to in bed Still the one that turns my head We're st...

I see the town where we were born I see the place we were raised I see all the things you wanted that I never gave I see sadness I see sorrow I see pain on your face But I just can't see a stranger in my place I can see now where we quarreled I can see now I w...

Oh, come hear a story a stranger just told me Of a woman who meant everything So proud he once owned her but he has her no longer For she wears another man's ring. He talked of the good time they'd had in the springtime Before she was stolen away He blamed he...

I came downstairs and found the morning paper by my plate A glass of orange juice waitin' there for me I looked across the table and I saw the sweetest face And she smiled at me and then I heard to say Do you want sugar in your coffee honey on your toast Or ba...

On the last day of Christmas I start thinking about the summer son The beauty of the roses the sweet song of the robin The warmth of the yellow summer sun And the two of us together running through the meadow Laughing making mem'ries having fun It's a long way...

Sweet hour of prayer sweet hour of prayer That calls me from a world of care And bids me at my father's throne Makes all my wants and wishes known In seasons of distress and grief My soul has often found relief And oft escaped the tempter's snare By Thy return...

Sweet sweet lovin' warms my heart inside sweet sweet lovin' keeps me satisfied I touch Heaven when your arms reach to hold me tight You give me sweet sweet lovin' every night sweet lovin' every night 

I looked over Jordan and what did I see Comin' for to carry me home A band of angels comin' after me Comin' for to carry me home. Swing low, swing low, sweet chariot Comin' for to carry me home Swing low, swing low, sweet chariot Comin' for to carry me home....

Take me home, I don't wanna roam no more. Well, I've been from Boston to LA seen Boulder Dam and Frisco Bay I been to New York City and Washington Montreal and Saskatchewan. (and Rhode Island.) And I've worked in three All night service stations and drove a t...

When my way groweth dear Precious Lord linger near When my life is almost gone Hear my cry Hear my call Hold my hand lest I fall Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home. Precious Lord take my hand, lead me on Let me stand, I am tired I am weak, I am worn Thr...

(Take these chains from my heart and set me free) Take these chains from my heart and set me free You've grown cold and no longer care for me All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on Take these chains from my heart and set me free Take these t...

I walked one day along a country road And there a stranger journeyed too Bent low beneath the burden of his load It was the cross, the cross I knew. Take up Thy cross and follow me I hear the blessed Saviour call How can I make a lesser sacrifice When Jesus g...

Hmm-hmm-hmm talk to me Ohio hmm-hmm-hmm can't you hear my song Down your city streets somewhere a country girl is runnin' Seekin' peace and comfort in the midnight of your soul She thinks she saw a rainbow reachin' down to touch you And within your arms she th...

Oh I might as well be talking to the wall I've known so long with me you've been unsatisfied So I finally found the strenght to set you free Why already I forgot a million memories and leaving you was easy as could be But I might as well be talking to the wall...

I come home every night and she meets me with a great big kiss And she says I love you and how was your day She brings me my slippers, cooks my dinner and holds my hand And vows her love for me won't ever fade away. Tell it like it was Tell it like it was Not...

Sunday morning in the valley we would gather for the service You would always run to meet me you'd smile at papa kinda nervous All the people came from miles around and I can still hear the sound As they sang thanks to the Lord for the sun up in the sky For th...

The streets're dark and empty and you walk them all alone You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong You go to bed each night and pray you'll never see the dawn Afraid of each tomorrow with its heartless cold unknown And that's what it's like...

Two nights in the pourin' rain (in a motel in Dallas) That's what made me love you (that's what made me love you) Champagne in a dixie cup (you had a little and I had too much) That's what made me love you that's what made me love you There ain't no way that t...

I was resting one evening by the side of the road When I saw an old farmer in a field he had just hoed His face was brown and all wrinkled by the sun and the wind And he was talking to the Lord Just like he would be talking to a friend "Well sir" he said wit...

Our father which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done There as it is in heaven Give us this day Our daily bread. And forgive us our debts As we forgive our debtors And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For Th...

I signed the paper, She signed below me, The judge said married, She said hold me, Church bells started, As we departed, Straight into life we sailed, Just like a fairy tale, Hopefully heartache I signed the paper, She signed beside me, The bank said good luck...

Soft as the voice of an angel whispers our comforting way You know all entertainers get mail from their fans And sometimes folks even write to us for advice For example; I got a letter not long ago From man that worked in a factory The factory had been forced...

We get to break out of prison Make love to our best friend's wife Have a beer for breakfast in Boston Drink rum in Jamaica that night We get to tell all our secrets In a code no one understands We get to shoot all the bad guys And never get blood on our...

I reached out my arms and I touched you With soft words I whispered your name I held you right on the tip of my fingers But that was as close as I came. My eyes had a vision of sweet lips Yielding beneath my command I had your love on the tips of my fingers Bu...

'Twas battered and scared and the auctioneer thought it hardly worth his while To waste much time on the ol' violin but he held it up with a smile "What am I offered good folks?" he cried "Who will start the bidding for me? A dollar, one dollar, two, only two...

The world needs a tune it can hum hmm mmm the world needs a guitar it can strum The world needs a melody it can sing sing sing sing now let's all sing together In the sweet bye and bye we shall meet on that beautiful shore together The world needs a bell it ca...

In your haste you left and said you'd be returning In my sorrow I forgot to ask you when In my lonely room I sit and count the hours Every minute hopin' I'll look up and you'll come walkin' in For then and only then will I stop crying And this aching breaking...

If there's water in the desert Sand out in the sea If you were not an angel Sweet as you can be. You could turn the night to day Make all my dreams come true Say how far it is to heaven Then I'll stop loving you. If the earth is up above us Stars are down be...

Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep. I just kissed the one I love for the last time Never have her soft lips been so sweet She's gone away and won't be back forever Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep. I'll go somewhere and cry myself...

Sometimes I catch myself staring at you while you're lying fast asleep I memorize the moment and lock it away In my heart somewhere where it'll keep Sometimes I still tremble when you brush against my skin Where your hand reaches out to touch my face I've neve...

I never knew my mother and the closest that I came Was a picture that my daddy showed to me When he held it in two calloused hands and told me son don't cry This is how the Lord intended things to be Daddy told me mom grew weaker on the night that I was born H...

This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine, Every day, every day, Every day, every day, Gonna let my little light shine. On Monday,...

(I want to respectfully dedicate this next song to every man That ever drove a truck Every travelin' salesman whoever rode the highways And every guitar picker whoever chased a dream And ended up in a motel room Starin' at four walls talkin' to himself Feeli...

Look at me walking the streets at 3 a.m. And you're saying what a crazy fool I am But the one I love is out tonight with him Somewhere making love at 3 a.m. I need a drink but all the bars are locked up tight A lonely man gets mighty thirsty late at night I wo...

Thank you for the times that you've given me The memories are all locked away in my mind And now that we've come to the end of our rainbow There's something I feel I must say out loud You're once twice three times a lady Yes you're once twice three times a la...

When I stood on the top of a high high mountain And watched the sun rise in the dawn I walked by aside a cold cold river and heard the nightingale song I once saw the king of a mighty nation the princess and I had a conversation But the great big thrill of my...

(One love, one life, one dream forever) (One love for one heart till death do us part.) Forsaking all others till death do us part Wherever you go I'll follow and whatever you do I want to be part of it Because you're so much a part of me That I just couldn't...

Let's take time out to get aquainted again We're man and wife we might as well be friends. You don't kiss me like you used to kiss me Sometimes I take that there must be somebody new And when I come home at night You act like you didn't even miss me Lately ho...

Time's been good to me time took your memory Erased it slow but well now I can almost tell The fire that used to burn is gone and won't return I'm close to victory time's been good to me They all told me that time would only fan the flame Each minute without...

(To be alone) to be alone (With just a memory) with just a memory This is my destiny to be alone (You left me here) you left me here (With just these walls to see) with just these walls to see I know you meant for me to be alone. You left me to be alone But...

Today, I started loving you again I'm right back where I've really always been I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend Then today, I started loving you again. What a fool I was to think I could get by With only these few million tears I've cr...

What good is my life If I don't have you 'Cause all of my dreams Are built around you. I'd be like Miami without any sun Without you I'm nothing Without you I'm nothing Together we're one. The roar of Niagara When you are near Turns into a drip When you disa...

What a wonderful thing that our love would have been tomorrow What a pity that our dreams didn't stay around to see tomorrow But your love has gone away and our dreams vanished too Starved for so many things I intended to do I'm alone with a love I meant to g...

All day long it's been rainin' at my place All day long there's been water on my face All day long the phone ain't rung the door ain't knocked And the mail ain't come And I'm the biggest bum is the human race. But tomorrow's gonna be better than today Winds o...

Too country what's that Is that like too Republican or too Democrat Is it too far too the left, too far to the right Too straight down the middle, is it too black or too white? Are the biscuits too fluffy, is the chicken too fried Is the gravy too thick, are...

Rock of Ages clef for me let me hide myself in Thee It was a stylish congregation you could see they had been around And they had the biggest pipe organ of any church in town But over in the amen corner of that church sat Ol' Brother Ire And every Sunday he in...

I stopped at a road house in Texas A little place called Hamburger Dan's Heard that old jukebox a playin' Song about a truck drivin' man. The waitress then brought me up some coffee I thanked her then called her back again I said that old song sure does fit m...

You emptied all my pockets You took away my gold You stripped me of my innocence And left me in the cold. You robbed me of my patience And you messed up my mind But we're gonna stick together babe 'Cause a truer love you'll never find than mine. You set my v...

Mhm I don't think I've ever felt anything as good As your fingers on my back or seen anything as pretty As that long beautiful hair dripping down around your shoulders And yet all this time you're lovin' me you're lyin' here Wonderin' how I'm gonna feel about...

I asked the man who drove the bus To let me off at Maple Avenue He looked at me through puzzled eyes And said, "You don't live around here, do you?" I said, "No but I don't come from quite as far back In the steeps as it appears" He said, "Yeah but we ain't h...

A long time ago when the earth was green Why there was more kinda animals than you've ever seen And they just run around free while the earth was bein' born And loveliest of them all was the unicorn. There was green alligators and long neck geese Some humpty b...

Me the girl, untouchable Who always kept her distance Me the boy, untouchable The wall of solid resistance. A walk, a talk and one little kiss Who would have thought it would lead to this Love has touched the untouchables Right in the heart. What am I gonna...

I can't ever go back to the little cafe With the candle light That was our cafe and to go there without you Wouldn't seem right Besides I don't want to touch that part of life That meant so much The days the world belonged to us just us And I'd telephone at t...

People tell me I don't look as good as I used to And they say I don't act as nice as I used to But they don't know the heartbreak and the pain I've gone through I'm not loved by the woman who used to. Somebody else lives in the same house I used to And he kis...

Sometimes she's a child I love her that way her little girl smile just begging to play But when I'm confused and when I am weak She rocks me gently takes me to her bosom Feeds me her love and gives me her strenghts She's velvet and steel (she's gentle and stro...

I'd rather live a life of lies and fantasy Than face the truth and realize you're leaving me You built me up so high, my heart can't stand to fall And life without your love just isn't life at all So walk out backwards, if you must go And please don't wave go...

It seems that I'm spendin' most of my life Spendin' ten cents while I'm makin' a dime Tryin' to make sense out of life's mixed up rhyme Meantime I'm watching it go. Clouds in my head they keep crowding my brain Fair weather thoughts disappear with the rain I'...

I've watched Casablanca twenty-three times I know who's doing what to who, everyday on the days of our lives I cut the grass three times this week, it looked real good but then I think I heard it growing this morning, I guess I better go cut it again I've got...

We walked the warm streets of Florida With sand in our pockets lots of times Walked the cold streets of New York With two guitars and a tin cup just for dimes. We spent one winter in Winnipeg A summer in the Mississippi sun Had some trouble once in Fargo Some...

We held on darling we held on baby we hold on to what we had They couldn't break us up baby We held on baby we held on baby we held on to what we had One two three you and me baby we held on to what we had People on a showstop tryin' to play God claiming to...

We made love but where's the love we made We made love but you couldn't prove it now Suddenly I feel alone and so afraid We made love but where's the love we made? It's not in the house anywhere, that's for sure We've looked everywhere that we know By the fi...

You're a thousand miles away from me tonight and Lord I miss you so You could be in someone else's arms right now and I would never know But I'll go lay me down to sleep and never let it cross my mind Cause I love you and you love me and our love is that rare...

I know it's late I know you're weary I know your plans don't include me Still here we are both of us lonely longing for shelter from all that we see Why should we worry no one will care girl look at the stars so far away We've got tonight who needs tomorrow we...

I have the invitation that you sent me You wanted me to see you change your name I couldn't stand to see you wed another I hope that you'll be happy just the same. Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel That should be ringing now for you and me And down the...

She won't miss (and he won't miss) What we're taking here tonight You can't call it stealing when it's been thrown away Unwanted love left lying will bloom again some day We found each other lonely baby Don't that make it right She won't miss (and he won't mis...

You're gonna know what it means to be lonely You're gonna know what it meants to be blue You're gonna know how it feels to feel your heart breaking in two When the wheel of hurt comes wheeling round to you You're gonna cry little tears someday maybe I'll hear...

I've been fightin' with these sheets again Can't make myself lie still My pillowcase is soaking wet And yet I feel a chill It takes all I can do these days To just survive the nights It gets crazy when a man Can't get a woman off his mind When a man can't sh...

She didn't look so pretty as some other I have known And she wasn't good at conversation when we were alone But she had a way of making me believe that I belong And it felt like coming home when I found her She seemed to be so proud of me, just walking, holdi...

I hold her hand much tighter now stars are shining brighter now And throughout the day I find she's always on my mind What a wonderful wonderful feeling when liking turns to loving A kiss from her means so much more now I know what kissing's for The tender smi...

Your world was so different from mine, don't you see? And we couldn't be close though we tried We both reached for heavens but ours weren't the same That's what happens when two worlds collide Your world was made up of things sweet and good My world could nev...

I remember waking in the morning To the sound of the rooster's crow Mamma cooking in the kitchen And Arthur Godfrey on the radio Me and Dad were just like strangers We never did see eye to eye We almost came to blows one morning So I packed my bags and I said...

Where are you going Billy boy where are you going Billy Boy I'm going to Atlanta let this farm just run on down It's made all it can make but it don't go around Do you want to go with me Mary Lou do you want to go with me Mary Lou I'm not sure I could live the...

Living below in this old sinful world Hardly a comfort can afford Striving alone to face temptations call Where could I go to the Lord Where could I go where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go...

Where have all our heroes gone What's come over our great land America is still my home sweet home But where have all our heroes gone? I saw a group of boys the other day Standing in the corner of a playground Looking and laughin' at a magazine And I overheard...

I can hear my Saviour calling I can hear my Saviour calling I can hear my Saviour calling Take Thy cross and follow, follow me. Where He leads me I will follow Where He leads me I will follow Where He leads me I will follow I'll go with Him with Him all the w...

Once I stood in the night with my head bowed down In the darkness as black as the sea And my heart felt alone 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...

Whiskey can't sing and whiskey can't write If it could I'd be singin' my song on some big ole stage tonight I had it all but I lost everything Here I sit in this honky tonk livin' proof that whiskey can't sing I was well on my way to bein' the star that I alw...

Soft as the voice of an angel whispers our comforting way You know all entertainers get mail from their fans And sometimes folks even write to us for advice For example; I got a letter not long ago From man that worked in a factory The factory had been forced...

Who is the biggest fool of the two you for loving me or me for loving you We were both just out on the town both of us just killing time When almost before I knew it your lips found their way up to mine And now here we are doing things we both know we shouldn'...

Every time it rains Lord I run to my window All I do is ring my hands and moan Listen to that thunder roll And hear that lonesome wind blow. Tell me baby why you been gone so long Tell me baby why you been gone so long You been gone so long now Tell me baby...

As I lay here by my woman I know I'm back where I belong again I can't help but think about you though and all the things that might've been But we used commonsense to work it out we quit before the word got out We hurt each other stead of hurtin' all the rest...

You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you You toldd me not to call you on the phone But there's something I'm wanting to tell you So I wrote it in the words of this song I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels I might have known you'd never make a wife You...

Got the alarm clock set for seven got the taxi called for nine Plane takes off at eleven and I gotta be there on time Told the boss I was going to my mother's told mama I was gonna see a friend Don't want no one to know I'm slippin' out of town on a wild weeke...

Will the circle be unbroken By and by, Lord, by and by There's a better home a-waiting In the sky, Lord, in the sky I was standing by the window On a cold and cloudy day When I saw the hearse come rolling For to carry my mother away Will the circle be unbrok...

Wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine Pretty red wine, pretty red wine. It cost me my family, it cost me my home Gave me a dark dirty street to roam Made me a drifter, made me a bum Looking for a hand out, looking for a chum. To get me wine, pretty red wine...

He's got a funny red nose old baggy pants When he staggers down the street it's a funny little dance Children gather round when he falls down Everybody laughs at wino the clown But they don't knowthat when his wife died he died inside He lost all his will to...

Well baby now that you've got your freedom how you're doin' (without) And honey I'm a subject you've got your freedom too how you're doin' (without) Without your arms around me the world's a lonely place Please don't look too close when you're looking to my fa...

Won't it ever be morning Won't the dawn ever break Won't it ever quit hurtin' How much can I take? A man could go crazy In the shape that I'm in I love you and miss you so much Won't it ever be morning again? It's barely twelve o'clock But I've already spent...

I make believe, I make believe That you're here with me, yes I do I make believe, I make believe That you'll always be my very own, yes I do I guess I'm all wrapped up in a world of make believe. I make believe, I make believe Every time the phone rings, that...

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. This train I ride is twenty-one coaches long Yeah this train I ride is twent...

Worry the nights away Worry all through the day I worry what's come over you Worry somehow you've changed Worry you seem so strange I worry what am I gonna do. Your lips keep saying that you care But your heart just isn't there And your eyes reveal the lies y...

Railroad steamboat river and cannal yonder comes a sucker and he's got my girl And she's gone gone gone and she's gone gone gone and I'll bid her my last farewell I fell in love with a pretty little thing I thought that wedding bells would ring She was as swe...

I wish you only knew all the days I've made it through Because of you and your sweet love I wish that I could count the times peace and comfort filled my mind Because of you and your sweet love You're what keeps me going the sun that lights my sky The rose tha...

They asked me to write a story Describing the loveliest Sight I've ever seen And I wrote your name They asked me to write a song And set all my dreams to music And I did I wrote it again For you are my story, you are my song Loving you, baby, all night long...

I can see the dark clouds over head Now I see raindrops falling from the sky Seems every living thing is dead now Ever since the day you said goodbye. I can hear the winter winds a blowing They chill my body to the bone I can feel my life's slowly going Livin...

The one I love found another She ran away with my best friend Came home last night for just an hour Daylight came she's gone again. Well, you can have her, I don't want her She never loved me anyway She only wanted someone to play with But all I wanted was lo...

You don't have to be a baby to cry All you need is for love to go wrong You don't have to be a baby to cry Or to lay awake the whole night long When you leave me my golden rainbow disappears And you leave me a broken heart full of tears These ain't raindrops i...

Time has passed and things have changed You've gone your way I've gone mine On the surface it's all over but beneath the surface You're still on my mind 'Cause you're still the only one I'll ever love Forget the hours forget the miles Your lips are still the...

Someday we're gonna get away and spend some time together Someday I'll hold you in my arms and not just my dreams But as much as I want to love you and feel what lies in store I don't worry, I'm in no hurry 'cause you're worth waiting for You're like a pr...

Your eyes tell me all the things I need to know And they’re telling me you no longer care I know you’ll never leave me so I say goodbye and go And remember all the love we used to share Your eyes tell me you don’t love me anymore They’re begging me to set you...

Your love blows me away like a breeze blows across the meadow Like a trade wind blows across the bay your love blows me away Your love shows me a world most men have never seen or dreamed of Your love brings me a song no one else could ever sing a song of swe...

May the fruit of my toil be yours love May the food from my soil be yours love And from this moment on may a love true and strong That lives on and on be yours love. May the sons that I raise be yours love May the comforts I praise be yours love If I ever get...