B.J. Thomas

It's so lonely out tonight And the feeling just got right For a brand new love song Somebody done somebody wrong song Hey, won't you play another Somebody done somebody wrong song And make me feel at home While I miss my baby, while I miss my baby So...

Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be Close to you Why do stars fall down from the sky Every time you walk by? Just like me, they long to be Close to you On the day that you were born The angels got together And...

He makes love to her every night And you know this ain't no lie She makes love in the afternoon With another guy He comes in saying where ya been She just look him in the eye She says you can get everything you need At the movie It's a fine way to go Livin...

They say you've found somebody new, But that won't stop my loving you. I just can't let you walk away, Forget the love I had for you. Guess I could find somebody, too, But I don't want no one but you. How could you leave without regret? Am I that easy to forg...

Your eyes are distant Shining in the light I wonder where you are tonight Haven't heard a word I said What's inside your head I never thought you were dreaming Or is it there's so much between us Are we losing touch Drifting far away Have we changed so much T...

Show me that smile again Oh, show me that smile Don't waste another minute on your cryin' We're nowhere near the end We're nowhere near The best is ready to begin All in a cloudy daze I look into your eyes and see them shining out Holding you close this way H...

If my soul could talk to you Here's what I'd say I would reminisce every sweet kiss of yesterday To all you young fools I've got a lonesome surprise Time won't turn back And light a candle when love dies When your baby says good-bye That's when you'll find yo...

Baby is the only name I've called her Ever since the day she came my way And told me she was lonely When I asked her why baby cried She told me that no boy ever held her hand Sixteen and she couldn't understand Why no one paid attention, yeah When I held her...

They held up as long as they could All those people at my feet Yeah I was so smug in my prime Up at the height of my conceit Oh, I thought I would never fall Oh, I got to tell you all I got my back up against the wall You know this ain't the first time I got...

Bad news travels like wildfire Good news travels slow They call me old wildfire 'Cause everybody knows That I'm bad news Everywhere I go Always getting into trouble And leaving little girls who hate to see me go I picked peaches down in Georgia Lumber jacked...

Sitting at the stage door of the Palace Looking down the alley two ways One way takes my mind back home to Alice The other to my ballyhoo days There was a time my name had swept the nation But now my job is sweeping cafes I wonder how much living I have waste...

Once my life Had no direction I was lost as could be I was caught in a world Spinning around in misery I needed a friend You took me in and you touched my heart With your song of love You gave me a brand new start Now there's beautiful music Flowing all throu...

Beautiful world I see hard times coming I see a time I might have to run Beautiful girl I'd never leave you behind Even in hard times You are my world Beautiful world I hear rumors spreading They're like a fire Burning my soul Beautiful girl Now we've got to...

I've had my share Of life's ups and down But fate's been kind The downs have been few I guess you could say That I've been lucky Oh, I guess you could say That it's all because of you If anyone should ever write my life story (For whatever reason) For whatev...

This is a story about Billy and Sue They were as in love as were any two And yet Billy had to die And when you hear the reason why You'll hang your head and cry Billy and Sue met the first day of school And ever sinced lived by the golden rule Beacause they...

An out of town gawkier In the lobby Of the old Peabody Hotel By the wishing well I threw in my quarter Watched it shining in the water And wished for a southern belle It must have hypnotized me 'Cause suddenly beside me True as life Just real as hell Long dre...

Bobbie Bobbie I need you oh so bad I never knew I could be so sad Since you been gone from me I've had nothing but misery I know I could search this whole wide world But I'd never find another girl like Bobbie Bobbie I still see Bobbie's face I feel her warm...

Come on, get along Hang out with the new kids You were born again today In a way somehow In a way somehow Come on, get along Take a dance with me You were born again today In a way somehow In a way somehow Come on, get along Hang out with the new kids You wer...

There's a gap in the world Only love can fill And we can bridge that gap If we have the will No it won't be easy We'll need help from above But if everybody pitches in We can build a bridge of love Let's build a bridge of love Across the sea of hate From nati...

Bring back the time When you were mine Children were laughing then I could hear a bluebird sing Bring back the time I was finding you And all your beauty And all your charms And the warmth of your arms Oh the warmth of your arms Bring back the time When you...

Such a pretty little face, With a heart that's been torn. Living in a borrowed space, From the moment she was born. How many times shes cried, But never tears of joy. Someones taken a little girl, and made a broken toy. Two sad little eyes, Painted he...

You look at me and baby all you see Are my blue eyes, I'm not a man Baby all that I am is what I symbolize Brown eyed woman, oh brown eyed woman Brown eyed woman, oh I could love you so, love you so Brown eyed woman, I could love you so All of the years, all...

As a child I never stopped believing The joy that filled our house on Christmas Day By the fire we loved to share the meaning With songs we sang all through the holiday Oh, and I long for that feeling The one of peace on earth for everyone Home is in your hea...

Now, I love my baby And she's bound to love me some Yes, I love my baby And she's bound to love me some Now, she throws her arms around me Like a circle around the sun I lay down last night, Lord Just to try to take my rest I lay down last night, Lord I was t...

City boys singing country songs And they tell you what they've seen City boys singing country songs But they don't know what they mean How can a boy from Philly tell ya How it feels it feels to be in the arms Of an Oklahoma girl And how can a New Yorker born a...

City on a Sunday morning Everybody's gone away Seems to me I like it best that way Standing on an empty corner Caught up in a very funny mood today Footsteps on the sidewalk Echo on the avenue 6 AM the sun is peeking through Lazy alley cat is sleeping Whiling...

Love is our common ground Love is our common ground Love has no limits Love has no bounds Love is our common ground I've lived down in a valley You live on that mountain above And although we live in different places The common ground we share is love Oh Lov...

Conversation Is gettin' so hard to make I try to communicate But I can't get through We are strangers But I remember when You used to be my friend And my lover too And I don't really know how it happened And I don't really know what to say I just wonder how...

I was all right For a while I could smile for a while And then I saw you last night You held my hand so tight As you stopped to say hello As you wished me well You couldn't tell that That I'd been crying I thought that I Was over you But it's true oh so true...

I sang about Mama, but I guess I forgot Daddy So Dad, this is for you Who's the one who used to tickle your toes And wrinkle his nose Who taught you how a choo-choo goes Daddy Oh Daddy And who's the one who'd wake in darkest night To see if you were alright...

Didn't it rain children Talk about rain oh my Lord Didn't it fall didn't it fall Didn't it fall my Lord didn't it rain Didn't it rain children Talk about rain oh my Lord Didn't it fall didn't it fall Didn't it fall my Lord didn't it rain Oh it rained forty d...

Girl, I can understand how it might be Kinda hard to love a guy like me I don't blame you much for wanting to be free I just wanted you to know I've loved you better that your own kin did From the very start it's my own fault What happens to my heart You see...

It was the hottest day of August All of us were down by the banks of the Paint Rock River I was next in line to be baptized At the innocent age of ten And I'll never forget I remember it yet The taste of that clear pure water And that preacher's words still f...

Doctor God, Doctor God Won't you give me an appointment Been so long since I've had a check up Can you squeeze me in today ? Doctor God, oh Doctor God I know there's a long line waiting Emergency situation And I need you Doctor God Now I have come to seek th...

Don't worry 'bout me, it's all over now Though I may be blue, I'll manage somehow Love can't be explained, can't be controlled One day it's warm, next day it's cold. Don't pity me, 'cause I'm feelin' blue Don't be ashamed, it might have been you Oh, oh, oh, o...

Well, it's been building up inside of me For, oh, I don't know how long I don't know why But I keep thinkin' Somethings bound to go wrong But she looks in my eyes And makes me realize When she says "Don't worry baby Everything will turn out alright Don't worr...

Oh oh I thought I'd see you smile When I walked in the door Thought those arms of yours would be open wide The way they were before Why do you look at me Like I'm some stranger now Why do you pull away When you used to hold me so tight Don't you love me anymo...

Sometimes I wake up and the dark of night is creeping And the early morning hush is all around I wonder if any of my dreams are worth keeping Or are they as foolish as they sound There's so little time And so much living And so many treasures to be found Mayb...

It's funny how love goes 'Cause I know this will never work out But honey my loves grows Even though there's no reason to doubt This can never be You keep saying it's wrong Neither one of us is free Still I wanna hold on When even a fool would let go 'Cause h...

I heard about it raining on a Georgia night Never saw clearly in the morning light I was walkin', just walkin' in the rain She was a rainy day woman She made me love her Took my soul and I soon discovered I was searchin', searchin' for rainbows Everybody lov...

Everybody's talkin' at me I don't hear a word they're sayin' Only the echoes of my mind People stoppin', starin' I can't see the faces Only the shadows of their eyes I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin' Through the pourin' rain Goin' where the weather suits...

I knew you When you were a dream to me You turned into a memory And you became a part of me I didn't know That you still remembered me I thought that it was fantasy To see you comin' back to me Do you remember When we tore up our nursery rhymes? And when I s...

A star fell from Heaven Right into my arms A brighter star I know I've never seen Then I found out that it was only you With all your charms Who came into my life To fill a dream A fallen star Is what you are The twinkle in your eye Came from the sky Oh you m...

Out where the bright lights are glowing You're drawn like a moth to a flame You laugh while the wines overflowing While I sit and whisper your name Four walls around me Four walls to see Four walls too near me Closing in on me One night with you is like heav...

In the western part of Texas 90 miles from of San Antone There's a place I go each summer When I get the urge to roam I stand out on the highway If I couldn't catch a ride I'd walk To Garner State Park Let's go to Garner State Park Come on along to Garner Sta...

God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ our savior Was born on Christmas day To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray Oh tidings of comfort and joy Comfort and joy Oh tidings of comfort and joy From God our heavenl...

Since you've gone The moon, the sun, the stars in the sky Know the reason why I cry Love divine once was mine Now you've gone Since you've gone My heart, my lips, my tear dimmed eyes A lonely soul within me cries I acted smart, broke your heart Now you've gon...

Well you had nothing when I met you baby But look what you got now Sometimes I wonder did I make a mistake But I brought you from the south So I'm gonna take you back to Georgia Well back where you belong Yes I am You done got in the big city baby You done st...

Everybody's goin' away Said they're movin' to LA There's not a soul I know around Everybody's leavin' town Some caught a freight, some caught a plane Find the sunshine, leave the rain They said this town's a waste of time I guess they're right, it's wastin' m...

Do you remember me I sat upon your knee I wrote to you with childhood fantasies Well I'm all grown up now But still need help somehow I'm not a child But my heart still can dream So here's my life long wish My grown-up Christmas list Not for myself But for a...

If you love me half as much as I love you You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do Your nice to me when there's nobody, nobody else around You only build me up to let me down If you needed me half as much as I need you You wouldn't stay away half as much...

Hal-le-lu-jah! We are open please come in Fill us up with love again We want to praise you In every way we can Hal-le-lu-jah! You have made us what we are By your blood and by your scars We want to praise you In every way we can Words are so empty and time i...

Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom I'm happier than the morning sun And that's the way you said that it would be If I should ever bring you inside my life I'm happier than the morning sun And that's the way you said that...

When I die there won't be much To salvage from my earnings I never had a lot of land or houses to my name I've never been a corporate prince On Madison and New York I never held a diamond in my hand But I've seen children laughing As only children can And I'v...

Woman I hear what you say. Now and then you've gotta get away. But when your now and then start to coming every day, I fall apart. Baby, have a heart. See what I'm going through, Afraid I'm losing you, Never knowing where you're going or what you might do. I'm...

Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the yule-tide gay From now on our troubles will be miles away Here were are as in olden days Happy gold...

The road is long With many winding turn That leads us to who knows where ? Who knows where ? But I'm strong Strong enough to carry him He ain't heavy, he's my brother So on we go His welfare is my concern No burden is he to bear We'll get there And I...

[Chorus] He don't love you like I love you If he did, he wouldn't break your heart He don't love you like I love you He's tryin' to tear us apart Fare thee well, I know you're leavin' (I know you're leavin') For the new love that you've found The handsome guy...

He's got it all in control He's got it all in control He's put that reassurance Way down in my soul He's got it all in control I've put my life in His hands I've put my life in His hands So every road I walk down I'm sure is in His plan 'Cause I've put my lif...

I grew up in the void place south of Heaven Couldn't find the Lord to save my life Then I realized the trouble is I wasn't lookin' Oh if you don't seek How can you expect to find So I talked to the Man I said whats the deal now He was kind and he said You kno...

He's the hand on my shoulder When I need to know someone cares He's the hand on my shoulder Assuring me that He's always there He's the voice in the silence That sounds so sweet and so clear He's the voice in the silence Telling me that He's always near So t...

He used to walk this earth With sandals on His feet Many people would gather 'round Just to hear Him speak With His hands He'd heal the sick And open the eyes that could not see And just to think that life that lives in Him Is now a part of me Now He's walkin...

My life was cold Then you came and warmed my soul I need you everyday to stop my loneliness In you I see Everything that's good for me Goodbye misery Hello love I ain't believing This wonderful feeling That I'm receiving When I touch your hand And now I see...

Met the girl that I want to get to know a little better Tonight I'm gonna take her to the picture show Gonna park in the darkest spot I know I got a question That I never asked anybody else before Hey would you help me make it to my rockin' chair Love me all...

You almost have to lose your mind To find yourself sometimes You have to close your eyes to see Just when I thought I'd reached the end You let it all begin You made it easy to be me You're the wall I hide behind You shelter me from time to time You're reach...

Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come? Why should my heart be lonely And long for heaven and home? When Jesus is my portion A constant friend is He His eye is on the sparrow And I know He watches me I sing because I'm happy I sing because...

They say that heavens pretty And living here is too But if they said that I would Have to choose between the two I'd go home, going home Where I belong And sometimes when I'm dreaming It comes as no surprise That if you look and see The homesick feeling in my...

Now your Father has told you Son you're naive To still be out lookin' For something to believe The realities of power Are above your ideals And he sure has good reasons For the way that he feels For man has never hesitated To do violent deeds To ravage this e...

I can't stop this feelin' Deep inside of me Girl, you just don't realize What you do to me When you hold me in your arms so tight You let me know everything's alright I I'm hooked on a feelin' High on believin' That you're in love with me Lips are sweet as...

Oh lord my God When I in awesome wonder Consider all The worlds thy hands have made I see the stars And I hear the rolling thunder Thy power throughout The universe displayed When Christ shall come With shouts of acclamation And take me home What joy shall fi...

Oh Lord Why did you make me human I've got to laugh I've got to cry I've got to live And I've got to die And Oh Lord Why did you make me human I've got the best girl in the world But make her understand That I'm only a man You mend When I make the tears fall...

No one in the world Ever had a love as sweet as my love For nowhere in the world Could there be a boy as true as you love All my love I give gladly to you All your love You give gladly to me Tell me why then Oh why should it be that We go on hurting each othe...

Two broken hearts lonely looking like houses where nobody lives Two people both having so much pride inside Neither side forgives Angry words spoken in haste Such a waste of two lives Its my belief pride is the chief cause In the decline In the number o...

I could just sit around makin' music all day long (yeah) As long as I'm makin' my music I know I can't do nobody no wrong And who knows? Maybe I'll come up with a song (yeah) And make people wanna stop their fussin' and fightin' Long enough to sing a song I-i...

Today I passed you on the street And my heart fell at your feet I can't help it if I'm still in love with you Sombody else stood by your side And he looked so satisfied I can't help it if I'm still in love with you A picture from the past came slowly stealin...

I just can't help believing When she smiles up soft and gentle, With a trace of misty morning, And a promise of tomorrow in her eyes... And I just can't help believing When she's lying close beside me And my heart beats with the rhythm of her sigh... This ti...

I walked with you And talked with you And held your loving hands We loved awhile I lived awhile And thought that fate Had it planned Then someone stole my angel And I lost what I loved most I may never get to Heaven But I once came very close I may never pl...

I need to be still and let God love me I need to be still and let God love me When this old world starts to push and shove me I need to be still and let God love me I need to relax and let God take over I need to relax and let God take over He'll take this lo...

I need you so To keep me happy And if I can't have you I know I can't go on I need your arms Around me tightly You know I miss them nightly When you're not at home When day is done I need you so I lie awake To hear your knock on my door When you leave me I...

I pray for rain I pray for rain Picnic basket Filled with goodies For you and your new love To have dinner on the ground Oh oh I pray for rain I pray for rain If it rains It won't be groovy For you and your new love To share the new love that you've found Oh...

Silver coins that jingle jangle, Fancy shoes that dance in time. Oh, the secrets of her dark eyes, They did sing a gypsy rhyme. Yellow clover in tangled blossoms, In a meadow, silky green. Where she held me to her bosom, Just a boy of seventeen. I recall a g...

I saw pity in the face of a friend And that's something I don't wanna see again With sad eyes he gave me sympathy 'Cause he knew Yes he knew That you've been cheatin' on me Oh I saw pity in the face of a friend Even though he tried to hide it with a grin Yes...

I don't know how long I'll be here 'Cause Jesus said He'd come again And where He leads I will go with Him When I hear Him call my name I wanna be ready I wanna be ready I wanna be ready I wanna be ready I cannot be sure of When it will take place But it doe...

What kind of man Would wash men's feet Get pushed around Then turn the other cheek I want to be more like Him Everyday In every way So little time He took for Himself He was more concerned For everybody else I want to be more like Him Everyday In every way I...

I'm gonna do all the things for you A girl wants a man to do Oh baby (Oh baby) I'll sacrifice for you I'll even do wrong too For you baby (Oh baby) Every minute, every hour I'm gonna shower You with love and affection Look out it's comin' in your direction I...

I've never seen the Eiffel Tower. I've never seen the streets of Rome. I've never seen the worlds seven wonders, But I'll see the greatest wonder that day when I go home. Chorus: I'm gonna see Jesus, I'm gonna see Jesus. I'll see him smile open His arms and wa...

The truth was all around me But I closed my eyes and ears I went looking for the answers somewhere else Now I've learned to listen When I used to only hear And I found the answers inside myself I'm in tune I can see Heaven's heartbeat In the stars that shine...

Did you hear that lonesome whippoorwill? He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low And I'm so lonesome I could cry Did you ever see a night so long When time goes crawlin' by? The moon just went behind a cloud And I'm so lonesome I could cry...

Funny how you can go on livin' And lose the simple knack of givin' It slips away before ya know it's gone Ya build up walls and before ya know it Someone moves you and you want to show it But you just can't find a way of lettin' on I've been alone too long Ba...

I've been down this road before I've felt like this somewhere before I've felt the warm hand Turn cold Yes I've been down that road before I've walked along this road somewhere I learned a lot then and there I know a smile can turn into a frown I've been down...

If you ever leave me Don't worry at all If you ever leave me Just smile when I fall The world will still be turning Without you life goes on And spring will be returning Each year though your gone If you ever leave me I won't show the tear If you ever leave me...

Standing in my eyes You'll always be The reason That I know I can't keep you for good And I'm not even sure that I should Oh Girl If you must leave my life You'll leave me alone And baby long Before you leave my life Be sure to have your own Somewhere in my...

In the misty moonlight By the flickering firelight Any place is alright As long as I'm with you In a far away land By the shifting sea sand With your hand in my hand I won't be blue Way up on the mountains Or way down in the valley I know I'll be happy Any p...

It came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold Peace on the earth goodwill to men From heavens all gracious King The world in solemn stillness lay To hear the angels sing O ye beneath...

The chimes of time ring out the news Another day is through Someone slipped and fell Was that someone you You may have longed For added strength Your courage to renew Do not be discouraged For I bring hope to you It is no secret What God can do What He's don...

It's not unusual to be loved by anyone It's not unusual to have fun with anyone But when I see you hanging about with anyone It's not unusual to see me cry I wanna die It's not unusual to go out at any time But when I see you out and about it's such a crime I...

I see the sunlight in her hair I feel the warm smile that she wears She has no recipe for love And I just can't get enough From the distance of my mind The clock that's ringin' says it's time To wake up to my destiny It's time to face reality It's only love t...

Met you on a springtime day You were mindin' your life And I was mindin' mine too Lady when you looked my way I had a strange sensation And darlin' that's when I knew That it's sad to belong to someone else When the right one comes along Yes it's sad to belon...

This is a song for those Jesus hearted people This ones for the way Them Jesus hearted people treated me I came across a Norman Rockwell In a faded magazine And the pictures on the page Brought to mind familiar faces I think everybody knows the kind I mean T...

Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh Over the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bob tail ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way O what fun it i...

Joy to the world The Lord has come Let earth receive her King Let every heart Prepare Him room And Heaven and nature sing And Heaven and nature sing And Heaven and Heaven and nature sing Joy to the world The Savior reigns Let men their songs employ While fiel...

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 it's my plea, Daily walking close to Thee Let it be, dear Lord, let it be Oh 'cause when my...

I once was lost in sin But Jesus took me in And then a little light from heaven filled my soul It bathed my heart in love And wrote my name above Just a little talk with Jesus made me whole Now let us have a little talk with Jesus Let us tell Him all about ou...

Don't you go crying 'Cause it's too late for that now Tears don't fit your face They don't fit your act somehow Well, then anyway it won't be just today Till you find someone who's glad to tag along And you'll be just as happy And I'll be just as gone Don't...

Just as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidst me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I...

If again you were just mine The sun for me would always shine Though fate had ruled that we must part You're still the keeper of my heart. Each night now I'm upon my knee I pray that you remember me When we are many miles apart You'll be the keeper of my hear...

Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Oh it doesn't show signs of stopping And I brought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let it snow, let...

Let's all go down to the river There's a man Walkin' on the water Come along with me All I want to see Is this man walkin' on the water He can raise the dead from the grave Change the water Turn it into wine He can make the lame walk He can make the dumb talk...

You Can't look behind Or you'll never find Where you're going to Don't Don't waste your time Looking behind At things you can't undo Life What it puts you through Life The things it makes you do You turn around And another dream falls through But that's life...

You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl, we couldn't get much higher Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire The time for hesitate is through There's no time to...

And I wake up in the morning With my hair down in my eyes and she says hi And I stumble to the breakfast table While the kids are going off to school, Goodbye. And she reaches out and takes my hand and squeezes it And says how you feeling hon? And I look acros...

If you would come into my life again I would never hurt you like I did you then No I'd be so content So satisfied to live again I know my face would wear smile again And when I feel your touch I'd hear my heart begin To start beating inside I'd come alive So...

Maybe I'll be the things I dream And not the things I seem Maybe I'll get to change the world Before it changes me And maybe my life Will always be Just as happy as it seems Long ago tomorrow Long ago tomorrow Long ago tomorrow In my dreams Maybe I'll learn t...

Lord I'm just a baby Teach me how to talk Lord I'm just a baby Teach me how to walk My first word will be Daddy My first step to Your arms Lord I'm just a baby Let me have a baby's charm I'm still a baby Lord Jesus Even though the world says I'm a man You kno...

Living on free food tickets Water in the milk from the hole in the roof Where the rain came through What can you do? hm hm Tears from little sister Crying 'cause she doesn't have a dress Without a patch for the party to go Oh but you know,she'll get by She i...

The morning sun woke me I felt the warmth of soft skin beneath my hand Last night the devil got to me And today I'm just a common man So I'll get up and say goodbye On my way home I'll make up the lie That holds our lives together one more time I'll be lyin'...

Who's the one who tied you shoe when you were young And knew just when to come and see what you had done Mama oh mama And whos the one who patched your eye and told you not to cry Cause he was to big for you to try Mama mama And whos the one you didnt need t...

I'm gonna wait til the midnight hour That's when my love comes tumbling down. I'm gonna wait for the midnight hour When there's no one else around. I'm gonna take you Girl and hold you And do all the things I told you In the midnight hour. Yes I am Oh yes I...

Those old bad dreams Been sleeping in your head Those old dark clouds Been hanging around your head But all your hard times Will vanish in the wind When the mighty clouds of joy Come rolling in Ohhhh, Holy Jesus Let your love seize us Oh, let us find sweet pe...

Way down in The state of Georgia Down amongst the swamps And the everglades There's a big ole hole In Tiger mountain God help the man Who gets lost in Miller's Cave You know I had me a girl In Waycross Georgia But she had unfaithful ways She made me feel Just...

Hello darlin', my – it's good to hear you I'm at the railroad station in st. Paul How are all the folks, I'd love to see 'em But girl I'd love to see you most of all Well I've been staring at the rain and I've been thinkin' Ever since the train left Montreal...

Mailman, Mailman Have you any mail today I've been waiting for a letter I've tried to reach her every way She's way down in New Orleans And Boston's so far away Funny how we met in Georgia It had to be my lucky day Well I had her name and number Written down...

Done a lot things I'm sorry For things I wouldn't do anymore But my biggest mistake of all Was leaving my home town Since then my foolish thoughts have died Grass isn't really greener on the other side I'm goin' home Goin' to that city where people care abou...

Early this morning I opened my eyes And caught you watching me sleep I'm getting new looks from an old lover again I love you, I want you forever and always Was written all over your face I'm getting new looks from an old lover again It's such a good feeling...

Read in the paper nearly day People breakin' up and just walkin' away from love and that's wrong That's so wrong A happy little home comes up for sale Because two fools have tried and failed to get along And ya know that's wrong A man hurts a woman and...

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh To make you laugh I'll play the fool for you Although the people turn and stare I give my everything to keep you, girl It breaks my heart when you not there I'll stage a ballet on a tabletop Command performance finger sized And though...

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 the world of lost sinners was slain So I'll cherish the old rugged cross Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling...

You lips are beggin' for more girl And it's tearing me all up inside Because I like what you're doing And it's something I've never tried I know we both oughta stop here You're tempting me to come on strong And when I look in your eyes girl There's no way to...

Come all to the junior/senior prom Biggest occasion Of the year And now the time was here All the girls were going They all had a date But what about jane What about Plan Jane She wasn't pretty Kids made fun of her But she was gentle as a kittens purr Still...

When my way grows drear' 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 Help me stand I am tired, I am weak, I am worn Thr...

Raindrops are falling on my head And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed Nothing seems to fit Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling So I just did me some talking to the sun And I said I didn't like the way he got things do...

What good is that happy lie? All you wanted from the start was to cry, girl. It looks like another fall. Your friends they don't seem to help at all. Now, when you're feeling kind of cold and small, Just look up your rainy day man. It does you no good to pret...

Roads Nameless roads Where you takin' me to Now we're movin' into country These boots ain't traveled through And I'm losing all my heart By going on But the point of no returning Is long gone Roads Hungry roads Something feels mighty wrong First you came to o...

She was just sixteen and all alone When I came to be So we grew up together My mama child and me Now things were bad and she was scared But whenever I would cry She'd calm my fears and dry my tears With a rock and roll lullaby And she'd sing sha na na na na n...

It seems like yesterday I heard the people say Son you were born to stray Someday you'll settle down I guess there'll come a time Maybe I'll tow the line Right now I'm doing fine Rolling from town to town I don't care where I ride I'll let my feet decide Do a...

Rock of Ages Cleft for me Let me hide myself in Thee Let the water and the blood From Thy wounded side which flowed Be of sin The double cure Save from wrath and make me pure Could my tears forever flow Could my zeal no respite know These for sin could not at...

There was a time I knew my mind And needed no one else As strong as stone I stayed alone Depending only on myself And suddenly my eyes Fell on you And with a smile You conquered me I became a sandman Crumbling in your hand Just a sandman You turned me into sa...

Send my picture to Scranton, PA Write them and say I'm the kid they used to laugh at Send my picture along with the news Of all the good things I've done Since they said Nothing good ever would become of me They were so sure Let them know just how wrong they...

Settin' my sights too high Spending too much time day dreaming Should have seen her slowly leavin' Before my eyes Before my very eyes Man of the year award Spending too much time wheeler dealing Should have seen him slowly stealing You from my side Before my...

No one knew my name Everyday the same Oh so lonely I prayed the time would come When I'd be someone's One and only I found you Made me feel brand new Now I'm shining Like the brightest morning sunlight Shining Brighter than the moon at midnight Shining If eve...

I don't have plans and schemes And I don't have hopes and dreams Baby, I just don't have anything Since I don't have you I don't have fond desires And I don't have happy hours Baby, I just don't have anything, anything Since I don't have you, I don't have ha...

[Chorus] Oh, listen to the children while they play, Now ain't it kinda funny what the children say, Skip a rope. Daddy hates mommy, mommy hates dad, Last night you should a heard the fight they had, Gave little sister another bad dream, She woke us all up wi...

They asked me how I knew My true love was true Oh oh I of course replied 'Something here inside Cannot be denied' They said 'Someday you'll find All who love are blind Oh oh When your heart's on fire You must realize Smoke gets in your eyes' So I chaffed th...

The dark is filled with dreams So many dreams Which one is mine? One must be right for me Which dream of all the dreams When there's a dream for every star? And there are, oh, so many stars, So many stars... The wind is filled with songs So many songs Which...

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling Calling for you and for me See on the portals 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 O sinner, come home Oh for t...

Melinda was mine 'Til the time That I found her Holding Jim And lovin' him Then you came along Loved me strong That's what I thought Me and you But that died too I don't know that I will But until I can find me A girl who'll stay And won't play games behind...

You laugh and play your part You fool the world but not your heart 'Cause you can't teach a heart to tell a lie You thought it all would pass in time The melody and all the rhyme But still the music starts when she walks by Some love songs never die They hau...

Wooden planes Propellers spinnin' in the west Texas wind We ran behind You know we laughed We thought our little flight would never end You were my brother And I I knew you were my friend I wish that we Were chasing after wooden airplanes Once again The road...

Somewhere there should be For all the world to see A statue of a fool made of stone An image of a man Who let love slip through his hands And then just let him stand there all alone And there on his face A gold tear should be placed To honor the million tears...

After a while I began wanting to be with you Wanting to be seen with you But why I just couldn't say But after a while You were my lady and lover I didn't know what I'd discovered Until today And still the loving is fun Just like it was when it all began We...

I've had peace and I've had joy Every since I found you And everyday is full of hope Now that I'm around you You bring to me storybook reality Storybook realities are what you to me You took my rusty dreams and made them new Storybook realities are what I liv...

It's such a beautiful day That the sky seems to say good morning Mister dust off your shoes Throw away all your blues And start smiling Take a good look around There's no clouds looking down Upon your way So won't you decide To come back alive It's a new day...

Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? I don't remember growing older When did they? When did she get to be a beauty? When did he get to be so tall? Wasn't it yesterday When they were small? Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swift...

Wish I was the Superman Stoppin' trains and makin' diamonds in my hands A big reporter man I'd write all the news today And it would say Up, up, baby and away 'Cause I got fire in my head And my feet they wanna dance But I ain't got a chance If I'm gonna have...

When I wake up in the morning feeling like The night before And the day comes crashing down around about the time my feet hit the floor There ain't nothing I know Can fix me up fine Like a little taste of lovin Laced with sweet cherry wine When I need a frien...

Sweet hour of prayer sweet hour of prayer That calls me from a world of care And bids me at my Father's throne Make 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...

I play an old piano from nine till a half past one Tryin' to make a livin' watchin' everybody have fun Well, I don't miss much that ever happens on a dance hall floor Mercy, look what just walked through that door Well, hello T-R-0-U-B-L-E What in the world y...

The city's decorated up for Christmas All the stores are open late tonight People hurry through the frozen streets I take a walk Every child has a thousand wishes Every window has a thousand lights Every soul has a need for peace I take a walk There's a star...

Come on weatherman, Give us a forecast snowy white. Can't you hear the prayers Of every childlike heart tonight? Rockies are calling, Denver snow falling, Somebody said it's four feet deep. But it doesn't matter, Give me the laughter; I'm gonna choose to keep...

Thank you my Lord For a beautiful day Thank you my Lord I'm so happy to say Thank you my Lord For the flowers that grow There would be nothing I know Without You Thank you my Lord For the sun in the sky Thank you my Lord I'm so grateful that I Thank you my Lo...

I'll be in New York City When the lights shine bright tonight Where my woman waits for me Arms that hold me tenderly Lips as sweet as honeycomb Love that waits for me alone Deep in the eyes of a New York woman The eyes of a New York woman Are eyes tha...

The first Noel the angel did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay, In fields where they lay tending their sheep, On a cold winter's night that was so deep. [Chorus] Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Born is the King of Israel. They looked up and saw...

Somewhere I heard these words one time Love is like a clinging vine Wrap me 'round your heart And 'round your mind I've never had to cling to you 'Cause I have no fear of losin' you Our love is not a clinging vine It's the lovin' kind Somewhere I let read th...

The rain keeps falling Tears keep coming down I can't find my baby I wonder she left town Rain rain rain rain I'd like to see my girl again She broke my heart in two And caused me so much pain Rain rain rain rain My pillow's soaking wet I can't find her in t...

Lost and feeling lonely Had become ordinary I was always glad to see a day go by The darkness just got deeper The mountains just got steeper But when I heard the Word it changed my life The Word is love The Word is love It gently touched my heart and changed...

As we sit out on the back porch And the night begins to show It feels good just to be here and unwind And the sun is slowly setting A reflection in your eyes And when you look my way I have to say The thought that's crossed my mind [Chorus] And you know there...

I'll pretend I'm free from sorrow Make believe that wrong is right Your wedding day will be tomorrow But there'll be no teardrops tonight Ooh, why, oh, why should you desert me Are you doing this for spite If you only want to hurt me Then there'll be no teard...

They don't give medals to yesterday's heroes 'Cause yesterday's over and I've got to live for today I'm goin' places and nothing can stand in my way Yesterday is over No they don't give medals to yesterday's heroes I know my way now, I'll never look back from...

Caught in the heat of passion Out on the edge of town I tried to get to heaven on a highway Hungry for satisfaction I always get let down And now I'm standing here alone With nothing but a heartache. Throwing rocks at the moon Back talking to the night Throwi...

Oh, you tell me that you love me Yes, you tell me that you care That tomorrow we'll be married But tomorrow is never there Many weeks now have I waited Many, many long nights have I cried Just to see that, that happy moment When I'll have you right by my side...

I used to be Mr. Free, Tall, Dark and Cool I did a solo act Made up my own rules Then you came along And Changed my point of view Oh baby what am I going to do? Just look at me Looking at you I can't believe the things I'm looking foward to Would you believe I...

O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies, O they tell me of a home far away; O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise, O they tell me of an uncloudy day. O the land of cloudless day, O the land of an unclouded sky, O they tell me of a home whe...

Using things and loving people That's the way it's got to be Using things and loving people Look around and you can see That loving things and using people Only leads to misery Using things and loving people That's the way it's got to be Being loved is in the...

Tonight's the night I swore I'd return with ecstasy With fortune and fame 'Cause I'd made myself a name And they'd be so proud of me Tonight they're waiting at the airport I'm not on the plane 'Cause I'm walking back Empty hearted To the place Where it all st...

Yeah they say the blues Are hard to forget I wouldn't know I haven't been there yet I'm happy Got the sunshine above me The rent note is spent And bills to pay And I don't know if I'll find a way But I'm happy And we're happy together Now I don't know much a...

When will Wendy come home? Tell me what's wrong? Ohh, Wendy is gone Tell me what's wrong? I said, Wendy is gone Well, have you told her that you love her? Yes, I've told her that I love her Have you told her that you need her? Yes, I've told her I need her i...

What a difference you've made in my life What a difference you've made in my life You're my sunshine day and night Oh what a difference you've made in my life What a change you have made in my heart What a change you have made in my heart You've replaced all...

I been rocked to sleep many a night To the tune of "what a friend"; come morning, "rock of ages would waken me gently once again. Then dad, he'd reach up and take the bible down And read it, read it loud and long. I always thought that maybe our home was blest...

I've been lookin' at people And how they change with the times And lately all I've been seein' are people Throwin' love away and losing their minds Maybe it's me who's gone crazy 'Cause I can't understand why All these lovers keep hurtin' each other When love...

We live in the modern age Where love is fast like a turning page In a magazine, we've hardly seen The friends we used to know They disappear, they come and go Like the times we've had It's kind of sad Whatever happened to old fashioned love The kind t...

I don't want to read the paper this morning I don't want to hear no busy city sounds There's so many things that's so much more important And they're the only things worth thinkin' bout Why don't go somewhere and love It's been a long long time Why don't we j...

If you're lucky enough To have someone who loves you Then be glad that you got Someone who loves you Cold lips that were warm Can grow cool Listen to the wisdom of a fool When you take her poor heart And you do something to it And you think to yourself Why d...

I flash back and think about The time I first found you You took me in just as I was And made me feel brand new And though it wasn't long ago At times it's hard to believe It really actually happened I let you get to me Without a doubt I've had my doubts With...

I awakened this morning I was filled with despair All my dreams turned to ashes and cold And as I looked at my life It was barren and bare Without love I have nothing at all Without love I have nothing Without love I have nothing at all I could conquer the w...

If they saw Him riding in, long hair flying in the wind, Would they love Him down in Shreveport today? If they heard He was a Jew and a Palestinian too, Would they love Him down in Nashville today? If they saw Him talk with ease to the junkies, whores, and th...

I always heard about the great Atlantic How it humbles you to stand upon it's shore So I thought I'd take some time to go and see it Since I had no ties upon me anymore But I don't know what I'd wasted my time for You call that an ocean? To me it's just a pon...

You gave me time when no one gave me time of day, You looked deep inside while the rest of the world looked away, You smiled at me when there were just frowns everywhere, You gave me love when nobody gave me a prayer. That's why I call You Saviour ..... that'...

My love I'll never find the words, my love To tell you how I feel, my love Mere words could not explain Precious love You held my life within your hands Created everything I am Taught me how to live again Only you Cared when I needed a friend Believed in me t...

You were there to catch me When I fell in love Fell in love You were there to catch me When I fell in love Fell in love The paper moon I was reaching for Was never really there And you were there to catch me When I fell in love When I fell into your love Whe...

I remember the feeling of wanting to die When you said goodbye Now you've come back home, crying Go on and cry, girl, your tears leave me cold At first the pain of losing you Tore my poor heart in two Now I find my prayers weren't lying Go on and cry, girl, y...