Charley Pride

Sometimes I want to throw my arms around you Then I tremble at the thought of giving in Because I know how much it cost to love you And I'm so afraid of losing you again Being close to you revives the sorrow That wakes me up and tells me I can't win I'd...

Rain drippin' off the brim of my hat Sure is cold today Here I am walkin' down Sixty-Six Wish she hadn't done me that way Sleepin' under a table in a road side park A man could wake up dead But it sure seems warmer than it did Sleepin' in our king size bed I...

I called her today, an accidental mistake And her name slipped out to some friends Forgotten old feelings are brand new today 'Cause I'm right back where I've always been Now, she's just an old love turned memory And now I seldom see her around She's ju...

I came here because I knew I'd be welcome And because somehow you always understand You seem to have a way with lonely people And you always were my greatest helping hand Now once again, I'm here to take advantage Though I don't deserve the arms I left al...

I've got a whole lot of things to sing about I've gotta whole lotta things to say Like I love you and I need you Every night and day I've gotta a whole lot of things I wanna do I've gotta a whole lotta dreams to dream And I want you here beside me Every...

A word or two to Mary, please write a letter for me That's what my buddy said to me today I couldn't keep from cryin', sad eyes are looking at me He said, I'll tell you what I wanted to say Oh, I don't mind dyin', I just hate to leave you alone And I wis...

I'm calling from the station and I haven't got much time to let you know Got a ticket for Misoury and there's things I need to say before I go If I could I'd have you meet me but I don't see how I can I don't have enough to pay your fare There's a factory...

Well I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love And I'll never ever make you cry Yes I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love And love's something that money can't buy Well a poor boy's chances for pretty girl's glances...

They're a gonna put me in the movies they're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man who's sad and lonely and all I gotta do is act naturally Well I'll bet you I'm a gonna be a big star might win an Oscar you can never tell The movies are...

ALL HIS CHILDREN WRITERS HENRY MANCINI, ALLAN AND MARILYN BERGMAN When you're standing alone With the mountains and the sea Where the arms of the world are opened wide Where the truth is as plain as the falling rain And as sure as the time and the tide...

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 mansion waiting on the hill with crystal cha...

All the time yes darling all the time Through the years through smiles or tears I'll love you Every day I'll prove it every way Through the years through smiles or tears I'll love you Other arms may tempt me but don't let that bother you For even if they...

When we were young along the Mississippi life was never lonely way back then We'd need each other down along the dirt road And go for walk so along the river bend I bought some ground along the Mississippi and told you of my plans that lay ahead But you we...

When she wakes up this morning and turns to kiss me She'll find I let her sleep because we talked so late last night She'll know I kissed her face gently till my returning And when she finds the rose on my pillow I know she'll smile Her amazing love unendi...

Charley Pride Miscellaneous Amy's Eyes (1990) Amy left the crayons on the table yesterday So I called her in and asked her to help put them away And I noticed on the table theres a picture she had drawn It was me and Amy, just the two of us alone She p...

Wake up and open your eyes breakfast's on and the sun is high Off to work I'll kiss you goodbye I'll phone you at noon and I'll miss you till five It's another I live you kind of day Cause you're with me through everything I do and say It's another I live...

There are places to go where the cold north wind blows Mountain's tall and the seashore have its charms But the best place for me darling where I want to be Is anywhere just inside your arms Anywhere just inside your arms to be with you is where I want to...

Just follow the stairway to this lonely world of mine You'll find me waiting here in Apartment No 9 Not so very long ago you walked away from me And after all the plans we made you decided to be free Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me And...

Everybody calls me Bo I got no money but I hold my row Some folks say I'm just a no good kind But I can ride for miles in old boxcar smoke cigarettes butts and used cigars Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line Hear that lonesome whistle whine smell that perfume...

The world goes around and the young men get old The people next door are all down with the cold The stars are in the heaven that's where they belong They don't shine in my world since baby is gone If I were a writer I'd write me a song and all I could say...

I can see the sadness in your eyes knowing that I'm going to leave If I told you the reason you'd never understand cause the truth you never could see So I'm goin' back to the country roads back where the tall corn grows Back where the stream is running fre...

: (spoken) I asked my love to take a walk Just to walk just a little way As we talked of our future wedding day And when she said she could never be mine (sung) I placed a knife against her breast As into my arms she pressed She cried oh please don't murder me...

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...

I'll be there before the next teardrop falls If he brings you happiness then I wish you both the best It's your happiness that matters most of all But if he ever breaks your heart if the teardrops ever start I'll be there before the next teardrop falls Th...

I didn't think too much about books and schoolin' Cause there are more important things to do I'd just sit out in the yard and pick my ol' banjo Tryin' to do what the big hillbillies do I would sit there by the hour pickin' Wildwood Flower Wore my little...

I know she's gonna get me back when I get home again Cause she pretends to get upset when I call her little girl And as we lie there trying to outlove each other Knowing there never could be any other I realize I'm up against the best in the world I alwa...

Back about eighteen hundred and some a Louisiana couple had a red headed son No name soothe him Jim Jack or Joe they just called him Billy Bayou Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go you're walkin' on quick sand and walk slow Billy Billy Bayou watch what you...

You think only of yourself I think only of you too What chance for me is left since both of us love you We only think we agree on it's not to make you blue We have a lot in common seems both of us love you seems both of us love you [ steel ] How lonely I...

I'm looking for a brand new bed of roses A love just like mine that stands the test of time I'm looking for a brand new bed of roses a love with everlasting clinging vine Roses and true love fade a little now and then But with the kiss and sunshine they'll...

Charley Pride Miscellaneous Burger And Fries (1978) Burgers and fries and cherry pies, it was simple and good back then Walking in the sand hand in hand never thinking that it could end Making our love with the moon above at the drive-in picture show And...

Burgers and fries and cherry pies it was simple and good back then Walkin' in the sand hand in hand never thinkin' that it could end Makin' our love with the moon above at the drive-in picture show And it was burgers and fries and cherry pies in a world we...

The bills are all due and my baby need shoes but I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted I got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day The county will haul my belongings away I'm b...

There's a white Christmas in my hometown Where the streets are snowy, shining bright And the lights so on all the Christmas trees are burning For old Santa's sure to come this very night There are jingle bells and Christmas carols singin' By the children...

Charley Pride Miscellaneous Church In The Wildwood (1971) There's a church in the valley by the wildwood No lovelier place in the dale No spot is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the dale How sweet, on a clear Sabbath morning To l...

Well I hear that your new romance has faded just the way ours did sometime ago Why I've lost count of all the times I've waited For you to tell me that you've missed me so Yes come on home and sing the blues to daddy Things ain't workin' out the way you pl...

Comfort of her wings. There's a place they call The Bottom, and friends!: I've been there once or twice. It's dark down there and lonely, and something's missin' in your life. Tonight I thought I'd had enough, when I heard a voice said: Don't give up!...

My mind has been in a constant burl since the day that I met you girl I've never had a feelin' like this to come over me I can't sleep a wink I can't eat a bite I toss and tumble in my sleep all night Baby it's the feelin' that I just can't fight I'm comin'...

Completely helpless I'm standing alone facing the whole world now that you're gone Completely helpless oh what can I do completely helpless oh without you With hands that are trembling I walk out the door I can't take these four walls alone anymore Cause...

When I was a little bitty baby my mommy would rock me in the cradle In them old cottonfields back home When I was a little bitty baby my mommy would rock me in the cradle In them old cottonfields back home Well when of them cotton bolls get rotten you can't pi...

Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall But will the timely crowd that has you laughing loud help you dry your tears When the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers I never d...

One day you came along and spoke so tenderly You kissed me oh so sweet and gave your love to me One moment in my life I clung to every thrill Time was a precious thing the day the world stood still For one day in my life you brought me happiness You stopp...

The world will tumble from its axes the sun will be covered by the sea The moon will burn and turn to ashes the day you stop loving me You gave me love and with your giving you opened my eyes and made them see My life will cease to be worth living the day y...

I'm having daydreams about night things in the middle of the afternoon And while my hands make a living my mind's home loving you I'm having daydreams about night things in the middle of the afternoon And every night you make my dreams come true Now all d...

When I noticed her the first time I was outside running barefoot in the rain She lived in the house next door her nose was pressed against the window pane When I looked at her she smiled and showed a place where two teeth used to be And I heard her ask her...

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 those cottonfields and home I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for s...

Ere' you left your room this morning Did you think to pray? In the name of Christ our Savior Did you sooth for loving favour As a shield today Oh how praying rests the weary Prayer will change the night to day So when life seems dark and dreary Don't...

I hear the sound of distand drums far away far away And if they call for me to come then I must go and you must stay So Mary marry me let's not wait let's share all the time we can before it's too late And love me now for now is all the time there may be If yo...

Does my ring hurt your finger When you go out at night? When I bought if for you darling, It seemed to fit just right. Should I take it to the jeweler So it won't fit so tight? Does my ring hurt your finger When you go out at night? Did you enjoy your...

Don'tcha, don'tcha, don'tcha fight the feelings of love 'Cause love is something nobody ever gets enough of So reach out your hand, take in all the sunshine from above Well now love is believing so don't fight the feelings Don't fight the feelings of love...

Don'tcha don'tcha don'tcha fight the feelings of love Cause love is something nobody ever gets enough of So reach out your hand take in all the sunshine from above Well now love is believing so don't fight the feelings don't fight the feelings of love A b...

Looking back a hundred years On daughters and sons of the land Who're standing here, holding a fistful of dirt Watching it slip through my hands See the fields of sweat and tears Where we labored in love We cursed the wind and we prayed for rain But nev...

The easy part's over now it's time to cry the easiest part of all was saying goodbye The easy part's over now and you are gone now comes the hardest part living alone Time is the only friend that I have left here with me How can those healing hands of time...

Charley Pride Miscellaneous Easy Part's Over (1968) The easy parts over now, its time to cry The easiest part of all, was saying goodbye The easy parts over now, and you are gone Now comes the hardest part, living alone Time is the only friend that I...

Yesterday tomorrow seemed a million years away But here it is just twenty four hours later and I find that I still miss someone I said I could despise her by the dawn of another day But there's the sun and I don't hate her even after everything she's done...

I saw a man today who said he talked to you not so long ago I think a month or two As my mind raced back in time I prayed oh Lord don't let it show He thinks I forgot you fifteen years ago Fifteen years ago and I still feel the same why did he have to menti...

I hear the train a comin' it's rollin' round the bend And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone When I was just a baby my mama told me so...

Fools never learn you play with fire and you gonna get burn You and I are fools we play with love so we gonna get burn Fools that's what we are fools we've gone too far I know But then love you come to me your eyes on fire you tempted me Love knows no boun...

The strange lonely whistle of the distant movin' train Breaks the silence of the gray winter skies As I walk with my belongings down the road I'd never seen While the bitter wind brings teardrops to my eyes Oh where will I be when tomorrow weakens me am I...

Georgia sweet sweet Georgia keeps pulling on my ring Most men would give their right off or anything they own To have a woman just like you to be waiting when they come home But the devil made me cheat on you one too many times And honey I'm sorry but she...

Well could that look I see on you mean that you might be lonely too Well you don't have to feel so bad you're not the only one that's sad Just look at all the hearts in town you're looking for the lost and found For someone special just like you might come...

The day you walked away you left the hurt behind A hurt that kept on growing all the time A hurt that lit the match that burned my world down Till everything was gone gone gone And now I'm left among the ashes of my dreams searching for a reason to go on...

Someday I think I'll take up thinking and try my best to understand How she could be loving me forever and leaving on the other hand Last night I thought I'd see a movie to help me get my thoughts in hand I think what I saw was the western preacher or James...

When we met you brought the sunshine in the summer of our love And like the sun then everything was bright Your love changes like the weather now there's dark clouds up above And there's a good chance of tearfall tonight Your love is like the weather it ch...

A long time forgotten are dreams that just fell by the way And the good life he promised ain't what she's living today But she never complains of the bad times or the bad things he's done Lord She just talks about the good times they've had and all the good ti...

I was a rover on land and on sea till a good woman's love made a new man of me Life had no meaning it was so incomplete Till a good woman's love put me back on my feet Stead of roamin' I go home in the evening she's waiting there And no matter what happens...

She don't hold and kiss me like she did one time I think my sweet baby's got leavin' on her mind The longer I know her the more I can tell my darling's not happy with me The longer I know that I know her too well the less love in her eyes I see She don't...

(It's so good to touch the green green grass of home) The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa And down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the...

You ask me if I'll forget my baby I guess I will someday I don't like it but I guess things happen that way You ask me if I'll get along I guess I will someway I don't like it but I guess things happen that way God gave me that girl to lean on then he put...

Play the happiest song on the jukebox cause that's the way I'm feeling tonight Play the happiest song and I'll be headin' home To an angel waitin' there to hold me tight I used to think this barroom had become my second home But now it's just a place to c...

HAPPY STREET WRITER BEN PETERS I was blue till I found you I didn't know where the road of life was leadin' me to I'm on my own I walk alone it seems like Lonely Street would be my permanent home But baby now I'm walkin' down Happy Street smilin' at every...

I hear they're hiring men in Oklahoma And I've been blessed with two hard working hands I'll take that job till the mill goes back to working And we'll make it through the hard times again Like the preacher said in church last Sunday morning Oh the Lord d...

Yes you're the hardest part of livin's loving me Must be thousands of good reasons that I may never see Still you keep that candle burnin' let me live there in your dreams You're the reasons for tomorrow you're the sunshine morning brings I've got friends...

The one you love stopped by to see me today - said she just couldn't tell you she was goin' away I took her to the station, and I held her as she cried, and she asked me if I would tell you goodbye Have I got some blues for you - your baby's gone Have I...

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone. Let's pretend that we're together, all alone. I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low, And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go. Whisper to me, tell me do you love me true, Or is...

Heartache number one was when you left me I never knew that I could hurt this way And heartache number two was when you came back again You came back and never meant to stay Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score Every day you love me le...

Hello darlin' nice to see you it's been a long time You're just as lovely as you used to be How's your new love are you happy hope you're doing fine Just to know this means so much to me What's that darlin' how'm I doing guess I'm doing all right Except I...

Well I left my home down on a rural route I told my folks I'm goin' steppin' out Forget the honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues Yeah Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues [ harmonica ] Well I went to a dance and wore out my shoes Woke up this mornin'...

No one could hold me no one could control me but now my future is up to you Your lovin' can shape me make me or break me Oh I hope you're feelin' me like I'm feelin' you This feeling is crazy and only you can save me From this love thing that I've got for...

I picked last night in Tucson I sang 'em a country song Missed my plane this morning Lord cause we parted all night long I'm out here now usin' my thumb tryin' to make it to El Paso Cause tonight I play at the cabarete they done told it on the radio To a c...

Lovin' you's the last thing I think of every night The first thing in the morning when I rise There's no doubt in my mind that you were made for me Cause I can see the lovin' in your eyes I can feel the lovin' in your fingers I can hear the lovin' in your...

Tomorrow I'll say happy birthday darling And surprise you with a gift when I come home Then mine forgetful arms will reach out for you I can't forget you just because you're gone I can't believe that you've stopped loving me it's too much for me to underst...

You wanted to know that you could break my heart but I could have told you you could You just had to see if I'd go to pieces but I could have told you I would Just think of the time not to mention the trouble That you threw away on a heart like mine If you...

Everybody says you let me down I should be ashamed to take you round Makes no difference what you used to do darling I could never be ashamed of you Maybe you were reckless yesterday but together we can find a brighter day In my heart I know that you'll com...

I can feel the warmth of you against my skin Like a gentle wave that rushes to the shore I have loved you since the day the world began But I don't see how I can love you anymore When the gentle touch of you is touching me And the blinding fires of love b...

Well, I came in late again last night Really, it was this morning I had my alibi down pat I was gonna be charming But the locks were all changed I was stuck outside With a key that no longer fit There was a note on the door That said, adios, sayonara...

When all your loves have ended when all your friends have flown Who'll be around to want you when all your loves have gone Only a fool would do it after the way you've done But how many fools would have you I know one This fool keeps wondering why he fell...

I don't just love you I live you where I'm concerned nothing comes before you If I had ten lifetimes every one I'd give you No I don't just love you no I don't just love you I live you Every moment with you makes a memory When I stumble you're the reason...

I love you because you understand, dear Every single thing I try to do You´re always there to lend a helping hand, dear I love you most of all because you´re you No matter what the world may say about me I know your love will always see me through I love you...

Just outside my window there's a sound that I can't stand The cold night rain is falling and the crying lonesome wind It's telling me you're gone and he's with you now tonight But I still love you more in memory than he can holding you tight There were tim...

Last night it came around again and went walking through my mind And again it's got the best of me and I felt just like a child After all the hurt it caused me I guess I sure have known But I still can't leave your memory alone No I still can't leave your...

I think I'll take a boat and sail the ocean and spend my life just roaming on the sea And kiss the girls from Panama to China then she'll be sorry she mistreated me I think I'll take a walk and think it over cause things are gettin' tougher for me here Now...

Once I lived a life of wine and roses I drank a lot back then for one concern Success for me lay just around the corner I thought my social friends would help me make the turn But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses A victim of the drunken life I ch...

If tonight should be our last night together I'm not sorry that we fell in love at all If tomorrow sun should find me hurtin' for you I know That the price for loving you would still be small For I'd never know the thrill of your sweet lips And the chills...

Yes, I'll buy you a drink If you'd like me to I might even dance A slow one with you Lord, knows you're a looker And, honey, what's more It's not hard to see What you're looking for 'Cause you're as tempting a woman As I've ever seen But there's some...

They say I'm like my daddy always on the roam I know he love my mama but he couldn't stay at home I vowed to not be like him but somewhere I went wrong Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere and the girl I love at home One of these days I'm gonna quit my...

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me a fugitive must be a rolling stone Down every road there's always one more city I'm on the run the highway is my home I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days While mama used to pray my crops would fail...

I don't make the same old places that I used to and I seldom let you cross my mind And I tell myself I'll soon forget you that it's just a matter of time I tell myself that I don't miss you that the tears will never find my eyes But I've told so many storie...

I've been working every day since you've been gone Ending the road that our love once traveled on And I'll have you back when I am through Cause I'm building bridges that will take me back to you Little things to show my love for you I'll find And I'll se...

Down at the railroad station there's people gettin' on Some are a goin' north some are a goin' south I'm just goin' to be gone Some people are born to be takers others just wanna give Some people live just to love but I just love to live For I was just bor...

Last night I walked down that little country lane And a million memories ran through my mind Where I used to walk with you now I walk with someone new And I'm learning to love her with time Yes I'm learning to love her cause you've gone and found another...

If we go should live hill forever I'll be there beside you while we do I don't know how long we have to gather I just know I'm never leaving you No matter where the road will be leading or what kind are things we running to Just as long as my heart keeps on...

Dear mama I'm coming home tomorrow If you don't mind would you meet me at the train Dear mama my wandering days're over and it's so good to be coming home again Dear mama we'll walk the fields together And through the valley we will stroll hand in hand I...

Mornin' lonely mornin' I feel so lonesome raindrops fallin' down Leavin' Lord she's leavin' she bought a oneway Greyhound ticket from this town Takin' she's been takin' she's been a long time takin' all of my hurtin' away Losin' I'm only losin' I'm only los...

Did you 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 To hide its face and cry Did you ev...

I'VE GOT A WOMAN TO LEAN ON (Jim Owen) '74 Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (I've got a woman to lean on) I've seen times there was no way the sun could ever shine And I've seen me so completely down and I count up every time But I've got me something special t...

Somehow you know just what it takes to please me Sometimes I think that you can read my mind And when the weigh of the world is on my shoulders You're there to share my burdens everytime If I could count the reasons why I love you I'm sure there would be...

It may not make me tremble the soft touch of her hand But she won't break my heart the way you do So I'm gonna try to give her the best love that I can If she just helps me get over you If she just picks me up when I get down If she's there when the mem'r...

You'd stop at hundred and forty tears I forget the lonely years I know I've been lost for words to say I know my lonely heart would go wild you can bet I'd have to smile If you should come back today If you should come back I wonder what I'd act like I wo...

If you'd have only taken the time to tell me you're mine and say that you love me I may not have been too eager then to tell you goodbye But I made up my mind for sure this time that I'm gonna leave you So next time don't wait don't hesitate appreciate the...

Yes I know she's the life of the party and without her things here would die Oh but don't be fooled by her laugter she has her sad times she knows how to cry She drinks and she talks just a little too loud And with her pride gone she tags along with any old...

Yesterday you smiled and my world stopped its turning All the love in your eyes was so strong From my first hello to last night's bitter tears And darling I have loved you though in my world you don't belong Do you remember that first night when I told you...

They had meant for me one last time to see my hometown again Once again go there see the places where as a child I've been As I journeyed now it was so far out it was almost in In the middle in the middle of nowhere Sadness talked with me as I walked the s...

I watch it's three a.m. I know she's waitin' up again On the road I'm wonderin' what I'm gonna say Funny how the light's not turnin' maybe this time she'll be sleepin' In the drive I'm wonderin' if she's okay The house looks dark to me as I fumble for the...

Anytime the world is gettin' to me all I have to do is think of you Then I know the world cannot undo me I feel so easy loving you It amazes me that all I seem to be is me loving you and you loving me It amazes me the rhythm and the rhyme two loving hearts in...

Couldn't tell my teacher my last name when I was in grade school Stuttered when I talked and everybody laughed at me I was a boy from across the tracks I wore hand-me-downs on my back But I swore that I'd never let the bitters get the best of me Fell in...

Baby it's gonna take a little bit longer for me to ever get you off of my mind Baby it's gonna take a little bit longer cause I've been lovin' you a long long time People try to tell me that it won't be long till I won't even miss you anymore But I can tel...

The way you fix my tie in the morning and always brush my coat before I go The hurried kiss I get from you when I'm leaving It's the little things that make me love you so The way you take my arm when we go walking Way you hold my hand when we're at a show...

It's been ten long and lonely years since I've been to my hometown I saw fame and fortune which I finally found Everyone at home may know me and they say that I'm a big man A hometown boy that made good and he's back home again But there's a face in my mem...

There's a picture that I carry one we made some time ago If they ask who's in the picture with me I say just a girl I used to know Just a girl I used to go around with just a friend from long ago I don't tell them how lost I am without her I say she's just...

Charley Pride Miscellaneous Just Between You And Me (1967) So I feel so blue sometimes I want to die And so Ive got a broken heart so what They say that time will heal all wounds in mice and men And I know that someday Ill forget and love again But jus...

Yes it's true that I've known other but I didn't know back then A man could ever want the way I do And the life I used to lead was before I found the need just to be loved by you Ever since the day I found you I have felt deep down inside I just been marki...

Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian standin' by the door He fell in love with an Indian maiden over in the antique store Kaw-Liga well he just stood there and never let it show So she could never answer yes or no Poor ol' Kaw-Liga well he never got a kiss Poor o...

Whenever I chance to meet some old friends on the street They wonder how does a man get to be this way I've always got a smilin' face any time and any place And everytime they ask me why I just smile and say You've got to kiss an angel good mornin' And le...

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

There is something in your heart weighing heavy on your mind You need gentle arms to hold you like these gentle arms of mine You need love and understanding and the shoulder you can cry on You need someone to rely on you don't have to be alone Let me help...

Let me live again Let me live again A little taste of heaven that I had before Was just enough to keep me coming back for more After loving you, losing you was more than I could stand Now I'm the ghost of what was once a man Let me live again, let me liv...

Let me live again let me live again [ steel ] A little taste of heaven that I had before Was just enough to keep me coming back for more After loving you losing you was more than I could stand Now I'm the ghost of what was once a man Let me live again le...

I'm finding that I'm spending most of my time Wondering where she goes the rest of the time But tonight I will find out for once and for all Tonight I will follow her and let the chips fall So let the chips fall let them fall where they may My moment of t...

If she seems cold and bitter I beg of you Just stop and consider all she's been through Don't be quick to condemn her for things she might say Just remember life turned her that way She's been walked on and stepped on so many times And I hate to admit it but...

We've decided we can't work it out we might as well call it a day We agree to disagree and go our seperate ways We just don't seem to get along we're fightin' and we fuss So we've agreed to part as friends is best for both of us. But what's gonna happen to...

At first mom and papa called their little boy Ned They raise him on the banks of the river bed A houseboat tied to a big tall tree a home for my papa and my mama and me The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat...

Yes your love put a song put a song put a song in my heart Never have I heard this beautiful music before Yes your love put a song put a song put a song in my heart A beautiful song of two people in love evermore It wasn't too long ago I thought I would n...

Love unending love undying love that never grows cold Love that never leaves you crying love that never grows old That's what I'd give to you if you say that you love me too That's what I'd give to you all the days of my life Love for loving love for livi...

[Yodeling Intro] I got a feelin' called the blues, oh, Lord Since my baby said goodbye Oh, Lord, I don't know what I'll do All I do is sit and sigh, oh, Lord The last long day she said goodbye, Lord I thought I would cry She'll do me, she'll do you, she's...

My baby changes like the weather one day she's warm and then she's cold But some day I'll understand her better in a thousand years or so But as long as there's blue sky above me and as long as there's life in my hand My baby knows I always will be her lovi...

I've seen the big fish jumping mama I've heard crickets sing And I've felt my heart start pounding at the side of New Orleans I've seen the New York City with her lights aglow I've been a lot of places always on the go I've seen most everything I cared to...

I'm sure you've seen me along the highway sleeping bag and guitar on my back Searching for the things in life that matter thinking that the world was out of act I'm going back to the girl that I still dream of going back to find the place for me I found out...

Oh love's a merry go round so Mary go round with me Won't you takin' a ride deep down inside you know you'll never be free And it was love we found on the merry go round so now for all the world to see Whether wrong or right we're back in love tonight so Ma...

Busted flat in Baton Rouge headin' for the train 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 blowing sad while Bobby sang the blues...

Mem'ries I've got a million of those mem'ries in my mind Mem'ries I think I've got enough to leave you behind Oh mem'ries they used to make me warm but now I find Mem'ries only make me feel old before my time Mem'ries try not to think about the mem'ries al...

Way down in the state of Georgia through the swamps and the everglades There's a big ol' hole in Tiger Mountain God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave I had me a girl in waycross Georgia but she had unfaithful way She made me feel I was unwanted l...

If the wife and I are fussin', brother that's our right Cause me and that sweet woman's got a license to fight Why don't you mind your own business (Mind your own business) Cause if you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine. Oh, the woman on our...

Well, I wake up every mornin' Throw some water on my face I look up in the mirror I can see that nothing's changed. I don't know why I go to bed 'Cause I never sleep a wink All I do without you here Is lie awake and think. Missin' you, every night I...

In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town one dusty street to walk up and down Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound in a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town Down in the Delta where I was born all we raised was cotton potatoes and corn I've picked co...

When my baby moved out and the blues moved in there wasn't nothing I could do But mosey around with my head in my hands oh Lord what am I comin' to I just keep moanin' moanin' the blues I wrote a nice long letter sayin' mama please come home Your daddy is...

MORE AND MORE (Merle Kilgore - Webb Pierce) '54 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI 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 forgettin' bout you But oh how hard I'd tried to keep you by...

Yes more to me than anything else I've ever known More to me than anything else I'm ever gonna see Just your love is all that I need to depend upon And each day that passes by you're more to me When I'm gone away thoughts of you keep a runnin' through my...

My love is deep my love is wide you can't see across to the other side My love is deep my love is wide I've got too much love for you for me too hard to hide People say I'm not the man not they used to know Something made a change come over me And when I...

Tonight my head is bowed in sorrow I can't keep the tears from my eyes My son calls another man daddy the right to his love I've been denied My son calls another man daddy he'll never know my name nor my face God only knows how it hurts me for another to be...

I'm no stranger to loving arms I'm accustomed to lady's charms You know I didn't just arrive into town You might say I've been around I've seen the fighter in lover's eyes I've seen the lost pay in my time I didn't think that there was much I'd missed B...

He'll buy you lots of pretty things fancy clothes and fancy rings But he will never love you never more than I Your pillard home all dressed in white will be cold on the summer's night Cause he will never love you never more than I Wealth and possession I...

When that neon sun comes up In the evening And that warm red wine and the memories Start to flow You'll find me there With all the others Just looking for love The only way we know Oh, we're playing night games (Oh, we're playing night games) Love at...

Darling no one could ever take me from you I'll be with you as long as you want me to You wanted to be mine long before I hadn't a dime And darling no one could ever take me from you Oh when I'm talking you always know just what I mean You're the one to un...

Well once I met a pretty little girl and she was fair to see I fell in love with a pretty little girl she fell in love with me I kissed her on her dimpled chin while stars in heaven did play But along come a howl in that old north wind and carried her away...

Tonight it's so cold the rain is fallin' but it's still not as cold as your love for me That's why I'm walking down this highway and a diesel going my way Will take me far from you and you'll be free There was nothin' left but leavin' for us in Tulsa But t...

Nothing's prettier than Rose is she's the sunshine of my day Nothing's prettier than Rose is she's my everything to say Rose has always been a plain me they say beauty once was her desire Rose to me has so much altere one look in her eyes sets me on fire...

Now and then if I could just see you just enough to get me through Get me through the times when I need love take me in now and then Now and then hold me in the night just enough to get me by Get me by when I feel so alone take me in now and then Now and t...

When my baby left me she left trouble all around She left a tangle in mind and a tear in my eye and my heart was sorrow bound But when I woke up this morning I brushed my teeth and combed my hair Then I looked all around for a little tear but the little tea...

OKLAHOMA MORNING WRITER JERRY CHESNUT Oh! On an early autumn day Freshness of the breeze brought the mornin' And the sun came risin' up Shinin' down on leaves that fell like golden snow And the mystery of it all Made the problems of the day seem unimp...

Here is one that we took one Sunday afternoon I remember it was in the summer time On the back it says eight eleven sixty five the same day you promised to be mine But old pictures have a way of fading like a love that wasn't meant to be Still each night I...

Well I woke up this morning when the cold Chicago wind Blew my newspaper blanket off my back Through my dirty broken window the grey sun filtered in As I dreamed about the Southbound railroad track I could almost hear the crickets in a sleepy cottonfield...

The telephone rings and I tremble knowing what it means if I talk to you Your sweet lips still whisper darling I love you and need you And once again I'll do the things I shouldn't do And once again I'll come to you my heart just won't let go When you whis...

Old beatup suitcase on the platform a train ticket in my hand And a train just arrivin' that'll take me as far as fourteen dollars can But a train won't take me far enough it never has before I gotta find how far a memory reaches and then go one mile more...

One of these days one of these days I'll spend more time with you I'll do more things for you To show you how much I love you one of these days One of these days one of these days When our children can share us when our duties can spare us And our problem...

And when it's one on one she's a different kind of girl In a lovin' kind of world where our own private day has just begun And when it's one on one after all the daily grind I'm the one thing on her mind when she whispers now it's one on one She likes to...

Tell me again how much you love me and that you're contented in these arms of mine Tell me there's been no one else before me say you've only loved this way one time Even if somebody else has kissed you say you've only known these lips of mine Even if I'm n...

Pirogue Joe " Charley Pride Down in Louisiana where the bayou blows Lives a little man called Pirogue Joe He wears a red shirt and a pole cat cap And when he walks his gum boots flip flop flap He's got a puppet on a string and a trick yo-yo And a pup i...

There's a place just down the street for the lonesome Where the sad and broken hearts come in To pay a little Gypsy woman a dollar she'll tell me how to start a new life again Goin' down to that place for the lonesome Have my future read from the palm of m...

PLAY GUITAR PLAY WRITER CONWAY TWITTY C Play, guitar play.... Take me back.... to yes-terday... G Gm let me see... cotton growin'... in the fields.... C Let me hear... my momma callin'... "Look a yon-der y'all who's comin'! G F C Down the road, he's comin'...

She grew up in the backwood country found her dreams in movie magazines Now she's gone looking for her castle what chance is there for a poor boy like me City lights oh you took my darling and the love that she promised me After wine and big city parties wh...

Well hello there come on in I'm expecting you my friend Yes you came to see the house that is for sale All the neighbors are so fine they're the friendly helpfull kind There's so many extras here that you'll enjoy See the fireplace in the den have the bar...

I had the world in my hand when you were in my arms And our love seems to grow everyday Then like a fool I wasn't true brought shame and hurt to you Now the time has come for me to pay Now the whole world is empty without you you're my life my dreams and m...

You gave me every right to love you now you prefer that I leave you alone You push me away from you and every time you do You're giving me the right to do wrong You don't seem to notice that I need you if you care at all it's never shown Each time you woun...

Walking along, whistling a song, Barefoot and fancy free, A big riverboat, passing us by, she's headed for New Orleans There she goes, disappearing around the bend. Roll on Mississippi; you make me feel like a child again. A cool river breeze, like peppe...

Standin' in a pouring rain on a cold Chicago day A worn and battered suitcase in my hand Watch the trains pullin' in and out the people are rushin' about Wondering what goes to the making of a man Searching for the morning sun and anyplace and everyone Lo...

Tonight as I lie here I'm sleepless any thoughts are flooding my mind They're thoughts of peace and not trouble peace of a wonderful kind Peace that I have a good woman a woman whom I adore Tonight is our anniversary we were wed seven years ago Seven years...

Everybody thinks that I walked out on her they're calling me a no good so and so Why can I make them see that though I walked away I didn't want to leave she made me go What makes them think I'll give up everything I love There's a lot of things that they...

Her hair should be a little darker and her eyes should be a deeper blue She's not perfect but I'm happy I found her Cause she's as close as I can get to loving you She doesn't know she's being used and it would break her heart in two If she knew that she w...

I've told her all about you when I met her So she understands what I'm going through She knows when I forget you I can love her And that's why she's helping me get over you Lord knows she never makes my heart stop beating Or tears me all to pieces like yo...

So you're out there having fun and drinking with the guys Trying to hide the hurt you feel inside Someone plays the certain song and in spite of all you do she's still got a hold on you She's still got a hold on you and many times her mem'ry still comes thr...

She can take the morning rain falling on my window pane And turn it into sunshine in my mind And she can take the darkest night and brighten it with a love sweet light And I'm satisfied just knowing she's that kind And I can feel so down and out but she kn...

Sometimes late at night I wake up dreaming I reach and feel for her she's too good to be true Then I touch the sleeping softness of my angel And half asleep she turns to whisper I love you Cause she's just too good to be true but she is And in my arms she...

In the shelter of your eyes I have finally learned my song It took so long to realize I just can't make it all alone Words're only what they say but this feeling isn't wrong Now I'm so glad I found the way it's good to be where I belong And I'm gonna stay...

Shutters and boards cover the windows of the house where we used to live All I have left is a heart full of sorrow since she said she'd never forgive The house that we've built was once filled with laughter But I changed that laughter to tears Now I live...

Yes I keep singin' a song about love hummin' a tune about happiness Winkin' my eye at the sun up above and just singin' a song about love I don't have no acts to drive no bridges to be burned There's better ways to go through life and the best way I have l...

Well I pulled outta Pittsburgh a rollin' down that Eastern Sea board I got my diesel wound up and she's a runnin' like a never before There's a speed zone ahead alright well I don't see a cop in sight Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonigh...

All te snakes crawl at night that's what they say When the sun goes down then the sneaks will play I watched that car pull right up into my driveway Saw a shadow slip away from my house So I hurried straight and looked in her room And I found out that it...

You don't know how it feels but someday you will At the moment you can't see what you're doing to me You don't know how I feel but someday you will It don't mean a thing to you all this hurt I'm going through You don't know how it feels but someday you wil...

If I hurt long enough then I won't hurt the more If I cried hard enough my tears will stop to flow That's what I tell myself each day I go through But something is wrong cause I can't forget you There's still someone I can't forget and there's still only o...

I wanna share your life Every minute, every day and night And I just want you to know That whatever you do and wherever you go Remember, someone loves you, baby No matter what, just be my, girl Someone loves you, honey More than anything in the world...

The only thing I really own is what you see me wearing on my back The only friends I've ever known are the kind you meet along a railroad track The kind you bum tabacco from and view the world through a boxcar door A friend who talks and makes you laugh has...

The wild birds are flying high wild and free Whatever calls the wild birds is calling to me The spell of the freight train got in my blood one day I'm always going never get nowhere I'm just on my way My baby she loves me but she don't understand The spel...

I'm a western North Carolinean made of stone and red place oil I got Cherokee blood deep within me when I was born it began to boil Well I left my home across the mountains to see what kind of life I'd find Well I searched the world in all directions to try...

If I wake up in the morning when I look outside it's storming And it seems the world is covered by clouds of grey I don't really mind the weather baby long as we're together In my heart it's a gonna be a sunshiny day I don't ever pay attention about the we...

(Promises sweet promises promises sweet promises) Sweet promises sweet promises that's all I've had from you But a promise is as a promise does and yours never did come true You've promised me the moon and the stars when I would've settled for your kiss Ne...

Stranger livin' in my house I'm writing this letter to you There's a few odds and ends in my house that I neglected to do Take care of the little things I'm depending on you And love my sweet baby I neglected her too The garden I planted needs water the ho...

Well I left home at a crack of dawn just about a year ago I thumbed my way cross the USA and I learned a lot I didn't know The Primised Land that I thought I'd find was always just ahead of me Until one day when I realized I left it back in Tennessee And t...

Tonight it's been six lonely days since you called me to tell me we're through To think just last week you loved me so but that was forever ago I've cried all my tears sure there's none anymore my heart is empty and cold The future is black cause I can't go...

Beside the cottonfield I was born underneath the tree was my home A flock of geese flew overhead Wind from the wings fall down to me come go with us that's my way It grieves me much to see you cry I'll break a heart with my goodbye I warned you ahead of ti...

Troubles and a worried mind it seems that's all I've ever known But now I'll leave it all behind if you'll just leave me alone And if I go on loving you if to leave is a mistake If I'm wrong in what I do that's the chance I'll have to take [ dobro - fiddle...

Got the blues in Batton Rouge walked a mile or two then caught her eye I got out in Memphis she smiled at me and slowly said goodbye She asked me if I'd like to tag along a little farther down the line But travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life...

You stood by me whenever times were bad and never once did I hear you complain You always made the best of what little bit we had And held your head up proud to wear my name And that's just one of the reasons why I love you so much You are the reason that...

If he's the one that's always on your mind the only one who's love can satisfy If he's the one that keeps your heart alive then who am I who am I Am I no more than just a rock you needed for a stepping stone Until the right one came along If he's the one t...

Well Hank I never met you but I sure heard you sing At a little bitty port down in Mississippi you filled my heart with dreams I got an old guitar and I learned how to sing as you did the Lovesick Blues So Hank if you're listenin' there's one just for you...

I just pull the tread and unravel my life with you And I'm rebuilding at home a little at a time Now and then your mem'ry slows my tragic down But things are looking up I haven't lost my mind Things are looking up I haven't called you now in day The hurt...

I no longer notice if you're wearing perfume I quit smoking girl you never even knew And the road is full of young and restless people and they pull off the energy to move It's the habit for us to stay together we said and watched the nightly shadows grow E...

You look good to me every morning over coffee even with the curlers in your hair I just kinda smile and consider myself lucky And I'm happy just to know that I've got you to care Everything I am I am because you love me whatever I become depends on what you...

Seems like only yesterday we fell in love just barely old enough to be sincere Back then I thought I loved you all I could But I've grown to love you more through the years Through the years I've had you to keep me happy Hand in hand we face tomorrow with...

You took her off so many times always had your way The hurt she hid behind a smile had turned her face away You always thought of someone else tomorrow was her day But today is that tomorrow you thought of yesterday Today is that tomorrow you always pushed...

Just two words were all that she would ask of me And I could have the world and all its holds for me Of love and tender care not the pain and the sorrow That will be mine tomorrow but I just can't seem to say it I'm sorry I know exactly what I should do ad...

I was on the rebound from a broken love affair When I first thought of glimps of her in you And though you never measured up to what she meant to me I couldn't find the words to tell you so Cause I'm not strong enough to leave you and too weak to let you g...

How's the view from the top of the world I wonder are you still my girl From so far above me can you hear my plea wait for me at the top of the world I just thought you might like to know that someone down here below Is hopefully climbing the ladder of fort...

Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery Then tell me again what love can do for me If you lived in my world awhile you'd soon forget how to smile In my world there's a million ways to cry If you had my eyes you could see how woman changed my desti...

Well I finally got the one I thought I wanted I no longer have to slip around on you Cause today the postman brought my freedom But I wonder now was it all worth losing you Yes I wonder how my leaving will affect you After all the heartaches we've been thr...

If anyone could find the joy that true love brings a girl and boy We could we could you and I If anyone could ever say that their true love was here to stay We could we could you and I When you're in my arms I know you're happy to be there And just as lon...

It wasn't very long ago we had a love few people know And everything was going oh so fine I've trusted you you've trusted me the way that it's supposed to be But the love slipped from us somewhere down the line We had all of the good things going baby you...

To watch the rain fall the fields and the valleys hear the thunder roar across the sky See the sun's great shine through a wall without windows We hold hands and smile at what money can't buy We haven't a mansion seen only by me and you our days without sun...

How do some folks stay in love like a honeymoon couples that can't get enough How can love be tender yet so tough as it grows I've left you and I've come back so many times I can't keep track What is it one of us lacks do you know When I stop leaving I'll...

Another loenly day is almost gone the sun's going down again and you're still not home The last of the trains have all come in but I'll come back tomorrow and wait again I know the conductor he thinks I'm losing my mind Cause I come here and wait so many ti...

I've taken down all of her pictures I've cleaned out all of her drawers I've painted over the scratches From all of our little wars I've put away every gift That she ever gave to me Now everything is in its place Except for her memory And where do I pu...

Which way do we go now you and I should I laugh now or should I cry Think of what you're saying now to me cause it's still you babe and I'm still me Did I let you down in some way I don't know of But I just can't believe that we've run out of love That par...

Whose arms are you in tonight darling is it someone I know Whose arms are holding you tight so baby don't ever go If arms were just harbors then you seen the world from one to another you sail Yes you tried to hide it but have you feel low it's almost like...

Why Baby Why " Charley Pride Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby cry Well, I got a crow I wanna pick with you Just like last time when the feathers flew You're runnin' wild a-kickin' up your heels A-leavin'...

I hear your new love sends you pretty something different each day And he never forget to call you whenever he's away He sends you flowers and candy tied in ribbons of blue Why didn't I think of that before I lost you He takes you dancing out with the crow...

Well why don't you love me like you used to do How come you treat me like a worn out shoe My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue Why don't you love me like you used to do Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin' in a long long while We don't...

On the wings of a snow white dove He sends His pure sweet love A sign from above on the wings of a dove When troubles surround us when evils come the body grows weak the spirit grows numb When these things beset us he doesn't forget us He sends down his l...

Have you ever been awaken by the crowing of a rooster While the night is still heavy on the ground And the voice of Uncle Ben seems to break the morning silence Bringing lights to windows all around Well it's time to rise and shine and start another hard w...

Railroad steamboat river and cannal yonder comes a sucker and he's got my girl And she's gone 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 w...

She walked right up to me and took me by the hand An angel who could please most any man She said to me, I'm free and you're just my kind And for a moment you almost slipped my mind Almost, you almost slipped my mind I could taste, taste her kisses in the...

Through the years with you I have often fallen I've been every kind of fool a man can be For I never had control of a devil in my soul but somehow you never did give up on me When I couldn't keep a word I struck at you in my hunger for things I didn't need...

You snap your fingers and just like that I'm back in your hands I cried a river washin' your mem'ry away And I finally made it at least till you phoned me today And I nearly hung up but teardrops destroyed my plan You snap your fingers and just like that I...

Before there ever came the time that I could realize That you've meant all the world to me You turned and I was gone to find the good life I've been missin' But you were all the good there was in me I went from bad to worse and back to find the good time...

The news is out all over town that you've been seen a running round I know that I should leave but then I just can't go you win again This heart of mine could never see what everybody knew but me Just trusting you was my great sin what can I do you win again [...

When other arms have held me close and new lips softly called my name With all our goodbye's said and done you'll still be the one you'll still be the one The night she tried with all her love to take away your memory But when I wake up in her arms you'll s...

Every day I read ads in the paper Saying come to the islands Bikinied ladies sweet rum drinks, yeah They'll keep you smiling But I've got calypso music on the record at home And when it comes to the warmth and sunshine Well, I got my own You're my Jamai...

You're a lady, you're an angel Bringin' sunshine to my life You're closest thing, heaven that I've ever had Oh, but sometimes, you're a devil When you reach out and dim the lights An' I say, mmm, mmm, you're so good when you're bad You would never hurt a...

I have done everything I can to please you And the price I paid for loving you was high And for you I would been over backwards just to keep you satified Now you say that you would like to ask a favor and I just can't believe that it's true But I'm afraid...