Conway Twitty

Well I said friend Don't take her she's all I've got Please don't take her love away from me I'm beggin' you friend Don't take her she's all I've got She's everything in life I'll ever need She is life when I want to live She's everything to me in life...

I can't believe she gives it all to me I pinch myself when I wake up each morning Cause I'm constantly amazed when I see Exactly everything I've always wanted But I can't believe she gives it all to me Lips that warm my face with morning kisses Arms that reach...

I wanna live fast love hard die young And leave a beautiful memory I wanna live fast love hard die young And leave a beautiful memory I don't want slow walkin' or sad singin' Let 'em have a jubilee I wanna leave a lot of happy women A thinking pretty thou...

(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date It's over ' our love affair Too late now I find I care Her sweet love never more I'll share She's gone ' I'm alone I was wrong ' should have known Took her home after our last date I searched for a simple way To tell her...

Now I'm lying here with Linda on my mind And next to me, my soon to be, the one I left behind And Lord, it's killing me to see her crying She knows I'm lying here beside her with Linda on my mind Yes, I know that I once loved her and I placed no one above her...

A Bridge That Just Won't Burn I threw away the pictures of those better days in Dallas But I can't throw away these pictures in my mind She's a page of precious memories I've tried hard to turn She's standing on a bridge that just won't burn If only time wil...

Didn't know what I was missin' All those nights of a huggin' and a kissin' Making love on a night in June Looking at the stars around the silvery moon. Next day the sun was shinin' The whole world had a silver linin' The moonlight so alone and blue, No more n...

I never saw a single tear, if she cried it would never show Maybe she was lonely, I didn't take the time to know I never thought I'd see the day I'd miss her like I do Until the day I saw her from a stranger's point of view. She never even noticed me. If...

In the country lies a meadow In the meadow stands a tree 'Neath the tree flows a river But my fondest memory... Is a tree in the meadow With a stream drifting by And carved upon that tree I see "I love you till I die" I will always remember The love in your...

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

Today I got a letter from someone Just a friend we knew some time ago And as I read between the lines I began to realize He didn't know I lost you a long long time ago Oh I just can't make it any longer Everything I do is always wrong I'm living a lie a...

Love is where you find it When you find no love at home And there's nothin' cold as ashes After the fire is gone The bottle is almost empty The clock just now struck ten Darlin' I had to call you To our favorite place again We know it's wrong for us to meet...

I remember when I made you cry Ages and ages ago I'll never blame you for our last good bye Ages and ages ago. Something told me when you walked away That my poor heart would miss you so And though it happened only yesterday It seemed ages and ages ago. Some...

Ain't it sad to stand & watch love die? Ain't it sad to stand & watch love die Unfaithful wife, I took her life and the quicklin' of the knife And ain't it sad to stand & watch love die? I found her in the arms of my best friend And I vowed, she's...

Don't you like the way she talks to you When she's feeling woman warm And don't it make you feel so good Just to know she's yours all by yourself Don't you like to see the sun go down When she's lying close to you And can't you feel her all around And when sh...

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

Last night all alone in a barroom Met a girl with a drink in her hand. She had ruby red lips, coal black hair And eyes that would tempt any man. Then she came and sat down at my table, And as she placed her soft hands in mine, I found myself wanting to kiss...

When she wakes up this morning and turns to kiss me She'll find I let her sleep 'cause 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, unending...

Now Amos Moses was a Cajun he lived by himself in the swamp He haunted alligators for a livin' he just knock 'em in the head with a stump The Louisiana law's gonna get ya Amos It ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp boy Now everybody blames his old...

There's a clock on the wall At the end of the hall That hasn't kept time in years There's an old tattered bear In the bedroom somewhere 'Cause you can't hardly sleep 'less it's near There's an old box of letters I know you still save 'Cause you're too sentime...

I've tried to be strong I've tried to leave town This conscience of mine is getting me down I needed a love someone sweet and kind But another man's woman was all I could find Another man's woman how low can I get It's too soon to answer for I'm falling yet T...

Hello (hello Loretta) darlin' I knew it was you (Loretta there's something I just got to tell you) Oh please tell me what to do (I don't really know how to say this but I want to tell you that I) You gave me the will to go on as soon as I picked up the phone...

You keep comin' to me tryin' to look inside my mind well what you see Are you wonderin' if you're in there well you are but baby you got company I'm not looking for a place to go when I'll leave I won't be coming back no more I'm more like a circus show I pitc...

Baby, I'm a-want you Baby, I'm a-need you. You're the only one I care enough to hurt about. Lately I'm a crazy but I just can't live Without your lovin' and affection. Givin' me direction like a guiding light To help me through my darkest hours. Lately I'm a...

Baby's Gone My hand is trembling As the key unlocks the door My legs are shaky As I walk across the floor My voice weakens As I call out, "I'm home!" Do my eyes deceive me Or is my baby gone Baby's gone, she couldn't stand to tell me Face to face And things...

You didn't know I wasn't free when you fell in love with me And with all your young heart you learned to care It brought you shame and disgrace the world has tumbled in your place For they call our love a back street affair They say you wrecked my home I'm a h...

There was backstreets of Birmingham Taking my clothes and my food and a trash can Sleeping in alleys at night, making love to a bottle of wine Cause you know life is to succeed But that was back when Judy loved me Somewhere in yesterday, seems a million miles...

Everyday your husband goes to work from nine to five Wakes up in the morning and puts on his coat and tie Sits down at the table with some coffee and the news "Two eggs over easy," girl, that's all he says to you The kids are all in school now and you sit home...

She's not a bad girl, she's just a sad girl Please don't blame her for what she's done to me I know it doesn't look too good for her And I suppose she's done the things you say And I guess it's true, I tried more than I should for her But it's not her fault t...

I have the reputation that's known throughout the land They say I'm master on the draw of any livin' man They call me a bad man, they say I kill for fun They say the only thing I know is how to use a gun But they don't know the reason they branded me as bad It...

I was found in Wilson County just a mile outside of town On the doorsteps of two people who brought me up to where I am I was born to be a loser and my name nobody knows And as far as they concern I'm just a bad seed daddy sowed They brough me up to the age of...

The man who preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die He laid down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes They hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some chairs It took us seven hours and I guess we must have dru...

Darling I love you can't you see so help me and love me all you can And if you love me then love me for what I am not what I should be Woman be proud of your man Walk with me not on me talk to me not about me Help me don't hurt me be proud of your man Laugh wi...

I was standing on the seashore Looking down into the sea When a good looking girl Came a walkin' up to me She was a blond haired Green eyed good lookin' baby to me. I said come on, come on baby, Don't you walk the other way I'll be right behind you, ahh honey...

Because you love me the stars do shine Because you love me the world is mine Because I love you you'll always be My everything, my only love eternally. Because you love me angels sing Because you love me I have everything Because you love me my life is comple...

I stood and saw the judge's gavel fall And much to my dismay these words I've heard him say I've listened to your story boy and it seems to me You'd be better off if you'll set her free But I love her I love her down on my knees I cry And I don't want to lose...

Other arms have held me before your time Other lips have thrilled me before your time Other eyes have seen the light you see in my eyes tonight Oh but darling that was long before your time Other hearts have been broken before your time Unkind words were spoke...

Somewhere between her blue eyes and jeans There's a heart, that's been broken Along with her dreams. And tonight she's out dancing Drinking and thinking Feeling a feeling, Between her blue eyes and jeans. She looks just like an angel In a big ole cloud of lon...

(Big John, Big John) Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John. (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (...

Big boss man Won't you hear me what I call? Big boss man Won't you hear me what I call? Yeah, you ain't so big You're just tall, that's all Yeah, you got me working, boss man Working 'round the clock I want me a drink of water But you won't let me stop Big bo...

Sometimes in life we ought to think twice About the people that we step on Better show our worth while here on earth For soon the chance is gone Don't gossip about your neighbor We gotta show more love One of these days we're gonna stand Before that big man a...

This big town is a shelter for me I found a place to hide my misery I lost my love so long ago And though my heart is hurting so The one I love will never know As long as I stay In this big town I find the peace of mind That only losers in the game of love ca...

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

Once upon a time Before I took up smiling I hated the moonlight! Shadows of the night That poets find beguiling Seemed flat as the moonlight With no one to stay up for I went to sleep at ten Life was a bitter cup For the saddest of all men Blue moon you saw...

Well, it's one for the money, two for the show Three to get ready, now go, cat, go But don't you step on my blue suede shoes Well, you can do anything but get off of my blue suede shoes Well, you can knock me down, step in my face Slander my name all over the...

I found my thrill Yes, On Blueberry hill On Blueberry hill Woo, When I found you. My heart stood still Right there on Blueberry hill You know it ain't good until All my dreams came true. The wind in the willow played Love's sweet melody And all of those vows...

There's a new kind of music going round It's known as the boogie grass sound So grab her partner and swing her around And dance to the boogie grass sound I love to hear Bill sing about Kentucky And the Allman Brother's 'Rambling Man' We pulled the music all to...

A man can only last so long. Before temptation gets too strong. But I'm doin' all I know to do. To try and stay away from you. You got me right on the Borderline. [Chorus] Borderline. Don't let me cross over. She's right behind me in the moonlight. Lor...

Born to lose I've lived my life in vain Every dream has only brought me pain All my life I've always been so blue Born to lose and now I'm losin' you Born to lose it's been so hard to bear And when I've waited and I found that you're not there You've grown ti...

Born to sing the blues So tired an' worn, just singin' the blues Alone right from the start, I walked alone with blues in my heart. True love, (true love) I've never known (I've never known.) Everything (everything) I do is wrong. (all wrong.) But wrong, I've...

From a kiss to a small spark, in a heartbeat a raging fire With hungry flames burning higher, Georgia gave to her desire She said no for so long, to temptation 'she finally turned But when she gave, she gave it all, burn, Georgia burn. Burn, Georgia burn Ther...

I was a man with a world in his hand but I dropped it A world of dreams a world of plans but I dropped it It didn't lay there very long I turned around and it was gone He took my girl he put my world right in his pocket All she wanted was my love and understa...

Her face reflects as much of me as any mirror can And my image in her eyes is all I know of who I am But even as I see myself the lines begin to blur For who I am has long been tied and tangled up in her. And it isn't luck or chance she can read me at a g...

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be risin'. She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door. She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin', 'Cause I've left that girl so many time before. By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be workin'....

You tell me that it's over I'm just someone you think of now and then And you say that you once loved me But the love you had for me came to an end. And you tell me that my memory Is just a dying ember not a flame? Well, you can call it what you want to It's...

Candy came from LA California he was a picture of a perfect man His hair was styled and his silken suits were tailored He drove a red imported sports sedan Candy was a traveling playboy his heart was made of solid stone He would find them love 'em and then he...

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

I tried so hard my dear To show that you're my every dream Yet you are afraid each thing I do Is but some evil scheme. In anger unkind words are said That make the teardrops start Why can't I free your doubtful mind And melt your cold, cold heart. 

Somebody listen, I'm a voice in the distance cryin' Come see about me I am a stranger in a world filled with anger Come see about me I'm gettin' weary tryin' to carry this load all by myself I'm bone tired and fallin', can't you hear me callin' I need somebody...

Here we are in a warm embrace As cozy as a kitten by a fireplace The lights are dim with a mellow glow The musics playin' soft 'n low. And everything's rosy, oh yea Comfy 'n cozy, uh huh Everything's rosy, yea, yea Comfy 'n cozy, hmm, hmm, hmm Let's forget t...

Now blue ain't the world for the way that I feel And the storm is brewing in this heart of mine This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real You're someone else's love now you're not mine Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new And my yearning heart keep...

Dreams, dreams Crazy dreams Now, I have These crazy dreams. You know, I know You broke my heart That's why I have These crazy dreams. Blue, blue Alone with the blues At night I have These crazy dreams. Near, far Like falling rain At night I only Dream again...

Ain't it funny how time Steals the feelings from a love affair And there's no place to lay the blame It ain't a case of no one cares Helplessly just watch it fade away Neither will admit it, we're both aching to say Ooh, I miss the days when we were crazy in...

I'd say that I don't worry And our parting brought no pain I'd say that I'd be happy If we'd never meet again About the time I get 'em fooled And think I'm really smart I realize that I can't hide My cryin' baby heart Cry baby heart I wished you were at home...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E But the words we're hiding from him now Tear the heart right out of me. Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E become...

Well here I sit high gettin' ideas Ain't nothin' but a fool would live like this Out all night and runnin' wild woman's sittin' home with a month old child Dang me dang me they oughta take a rope and hang me High from the highest tree woman would you weep for...

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen and down the mountain side The summer's gone and all the roses falling It's you, It's you must go and I must bide Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy the pipes are calling From glen to glen and even down...

Darlin', dearest darlin' Put your arms around me baby please Darlin', dearest darlin' Kiss me one more time before you leave. If you must go be on your way Before I start in begging you to stay with me I am getting weak from being strong The first thing that...

If I never love again I won't feel cheated You gave me more than I knew how to use On the day we met my journey was completed Even though my autumn years won't be with you. Seems like yesterday we called each other darling Seems like yesterday you reached and...

Here I am late again for the last time And like I promised I just told her goodbye Please believe me for this time, it's really over And darling you know I wouldn't lie Didn't I come and tell you about her How temptation lured she and I But now I know it was...

Should I just ride in and steal you away Don't know what else to do I got a desperado love for you They say you belong to another man The first time we met I knew That I'd have a desperado love for you I know that it breaks every law To feel the way I'm feel...

When you were only friendly on my mind Before your love became my way of life You knew that it would rain on down the line Did we have to come this far to say goodbye Why did you keep puttin' off your leaving When staying was the last thing on your mind You c...

So you came from New York city And you want to see the sights You've heard all about those cowboys And their crazy Texas nights I see you've got your eye on something Leaning on the bar But the toughest ride he's ever had Was in his foreign car So don't call...

Today I stumbled from my bed With thunder crashing around my head My pillow still wet From last nights tears And as I think of giving up A voice inside my coffee cup Keeps crying out And ringing in my ears. Don't cry daddy Daddy, please don't cry Daddy, you...

Jimmy please say you'll wait for me I'll grow up someday you'll see Savin' all my kisses just for you Signed with love forever true Joni was the girl who lived next door I've known her I guess 10 years or more Joni wrote me a note one day And this is what she...

Don't you cry no more, hey baby, don't cry Don't you cry no more, baby, hey baby, don't cry Don't she'd a tear, don't she'd a tear baby Don't you cry no more, hey baby, don't cry. Well, you could cry me a river, come on cry me a sea Yeah baby, I believe our l...

Couples walking in the park Seeing them just breaks my heart in two, right in two Wonder how you spend your time? Do you know that I'm still missing you, missing you Am I the only one who can't stand a midnight train Or do you hear that whistle moan and want...

So she smiled at you when you saw her today And you're still thinking bout the things she had to say She said leaving you was hard to do and it's sad we had to part But don't let it go to your heart So she told you she thinks of you now and then Now you're th...

Don't let the stars get in your eyes Don't let the moon break your heart Love blooms at night, in daylight it dies Don't let the stars get in your eyes Or keep your heart from me For some day I'll return And you know you're the only one I'll ever love. Too ma...

Don't put your hurt in my heart Stop what you're planning before you start Yes I loved you once it's true but now I'm over you Don't put your hurt in my heart Don't put your burning in my eyes Cause the burning only stops when I cry Once my teardrops fell lik...

I been lookin' for you all night long, darlin' You've got to talk to me I wanna tell you how wrong I've been And I won't do it again You know that woman didn't mean a thing to me I hope, I don't embarrass you too much Here in front of all your friends I'm gon...

She can give you a reason to live if she wants to She can make you forget other loves that you've known She has two lips and two arms that thrill you as bad if you do And if you want her to give them to you she will Don't you believe her I did and soon she'll...

We´ve all dreamed together of being kids forever hanging on to all the people that we love like: Monroe and JFK, hoping they'll come back someday, Elvis, John and Jimmy, too, what´s the world gonna do? Everybody needs a hero to look up to, like kings and...

You've heard songs about the bright lights of the city And songs about the heroes of our land But there's one guy around who never lets us down The every day family man He works hard to pay the mortgage and the taxes And there's lots of things that he don't u...

As I look at the letters that you wrote to me it's you that I am thinking of As I read the lines that to me were so dear I remember our faded love I miss you darling more and more every day As heaven would miss the stars above And with every heartbeat I still...

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 mention...

I never felt the way I feel tonight Here with you in the pale moonlight Tender love songs on the radio Sweet, sweet music that lets feelings flow There's love in our hearts and the stars above us All that's left are the final touches Warm wine chilling in th...

Like the first apartment that we had That bumpy little couch that made into a bed The shower down the hall and footsteps overhead She said, "It's just fine" Times were hard for us for quite awhile But through those hungry days she faced it with a smile Not wa...

Far across the blue waters Lives an old German's daughter By the banks of the old river Rhine Where I loved her and left her But I can't forget her 'Cause I miss my pretty Fraulein Fraulein, Fraulein Look up toward the heavens each night When the stars seem t...

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale they say He was made of snow but the children know how he came to life one day There must have been some magi...

Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play Oh the games people now every night and every day now Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean And they wile away the hours in their ivor...

He put his arms around her shoulder And with a voice that sounded older He said mom I've got something on my mind I don't want to bother you But I sure need to talk to you If you could only spare the time And mom I hope you understand How much I love and need...

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 waitin' when they come home But the devil made me cheat on you one too many times And honey, I'm sorry but she l...

She can't help it, the girl can't help it She can't help it, the girl can't help it If she walks by and the menfolks get engrossed She can't help it, the girl can't help it If she winks an eye and bread slices turn to toast She can't help it, the girl can't h...

Go woman go Go woman go There you stand to Tellin' me you're gettin' tired of me. You're sayin' that I've changed up Not the way I used to be Well, there's some things I wanna say I think you ought to know And then I think I'm gonna let you Go woman...

To him it may be over But for her it'll be one day at a time He may call it freedom But to her he's still locked inside her mind You can throw away love's golden pen 'Cause that's all she wrote The fire of love they kindled Has all gone up in smoke Wha...

Goodbye Time It's your life You say you need a change Don't all the dreams we've seen come true Mean anything You say it's different now And you keep staring at the door How can you walk away Don't I matter anymore [Chorus] If being free Is worth what you le...

I sure am gonna miss them old twin fiddle I love to sing them good ole country songs But my whole world's a blue eyed girl in Memphis And I'd be down there with her for too long Midnight train to Memphis take me easy Let me look back on the things I'm gonna l...

The Grandest Lady Of Them All She's never in the spotlight But everybody knows she's the star And once she shines upon you She'll make you truly proud of where you are She'll wipe away the pain of all the dues you had to pay When the curtain to her world...

You shake my nerve and you rattle my brain Too much you love drives a man insane You broke my will, but what a thrill Goodness gracious great balls of fire. I laughed at love and I thought it was funny You came along and you moved me honey I changed my...

The old hometown Looks the same As I step down from the train And there to meet me Was my mama and my papa. And down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips, like cherry It's good to touch the Green, green grass of home. Yes, they'll all co...

Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart I saw her and told myself, She was my dream come true I let my eyes deceive me From the start. They told me I wanted her More than I wanted you Guess my eyes were bigger Than my heart. [Chorus] Wasn't I the foolish on...

We're halfway to heaven Don't leave me, now The angels are singing Your lips are so near The bells are ringing And all 'cause you're hear Now we're halfway to heaven Darlin' stay, say you'll stay, with me. Your heavenly kisses Could take me there O...

Let me tell you 'bout a boy (girl) I know. He(She) is my baby and he (she) lives next door. Ev'ry morning 'fore the sun come up, He (she) brings my coffee in my fav'rite cup. That's why I know, yes, I know, Hallelujah, I just love him (her) so. When I'm...

Hey girls, gather round Because of what I'm puttin' down Oh, baby, I'm your handy man I'm not the kind that uses pencil or rule I'm handy with the love and I'm no fool I fix broken hearts, I know I really can If your broken heart needs repair I'm the man to s...

Hello darlin' happy birthday I've decided not to give you a present this year In fack I think it's about time I took some things away I'd like to take away this suspicion that I know clouds your world at times By giving you some faith to hold on to honey whene...

My leading lady is gone And it's so hard to go on Without the part she played My life's just an empty stage. She's a hard act to follow I thought I'd find somebody by now She's a hard act to follow Her leavin' brought the whole house down. She was so right for...

Have I been, have I been away, been away There's a chance that I won't know you Maybe I won't like you It's a long, it's such a long Lady it's been a long time We were lovers in a different story Can you duplicate it Can we make, can we make up Can w...

Hush, hush Everyone who had a great big crush Just hit the ground Yeah, that's the sound Of hearts breakin' all over town Hey, hey, guys, I see you've heard the news Sooner or later she had to choose Yeah, we all thought we might be the one Now, she's gone an...

Somebody's gonna hurt someone Before the night is through, Somebody's gonna come undone There's nothin' we can do. Everybody wants to touch somebody If it takes all night, Everybody wants to take a little chance It make it come out right. There's gonna be a...

Tak,I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score Every day you love me less Each day I love you more Now I've got heartaches by the number, a love that I can't win But the day that I'll stop counting That's the day my world will end Heartache num...

Sittiin' in a dim cafe listenin' while the jukebox plays The songs I like to hear when I'm alone Thinkin' of my wasted past wonderin' if someday at last I win the sweetest love I've ever known Then all at once I saw her arm in arm with my best friend Heartbrea...

Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell. Its down at the end of lonely street At heartbreak hotel. You make me so lonely baby, I get so lonely, I get so lonely I could die. And although it's always crowded, You still can find some room. Whe...

Eyes, you can trust your eyes If you see someone across the room You know it's still too soon if you say don't Your eyes won't. Hands they'll understand And if you tell them not to touch The last time hurt too much You can depend on your hands. But love'd ge...

Heavenly, heavenly, that's what you are to me A guiding light, in the night For only me to see Your sweet lips, your lovely eyes Are holding me to paradise A guiding star, that's what you are So heavenly, for only me (Heavenly) I feel your tender touch (Heaven...

One day you're happy the next day you're blue You feel like the whole world's comin' right down on you There ain't nothin' wrong but then there ain't nothin' right It's just the kind of thing that keeps you up all night Heavy tears in your eyes Lord don't the...

Hello darlin' nice to see ya 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 doin' fine just to know it means so much to me What's that darlin' how am I doin I'm doin' alright except I can't...

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

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

Mmm, baby, when I take you out tonight Fix your hair, dress up right Paint your fingertips nice and red But leave your sweet, sweet lips alone Little Lucy, don'tcha put no lipstick on (Little Lucy) don'tcha put no lipstick on Before the night is through...

I got a gal, Miss Ruby is her name She don't love me but I love her just the same Oh, little Miss Ruby, is her name She's got the kind of lovin', set my heart aflame I got a gal, Miss Ruby is her name. Hey, Miss Ruby, you make my heart to flip Every time I ki...

When you're tempted by another who could thrill you through and through Think of all the love I'm giving love I'll share with only you Hold to my unchanging love hold to my unchanging love Don't go looking for another hold to my unchanging love There are men...

Well I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop Yeah I love to give the girls a whirl to the music of an old jukebox But when my moneys all gone I'm on the telephone A hollerin' hey hey mama can your daddy come home It takes a purty little gal and a jug of...

Got me room in a cheap hotel My head was a spinnin' and didn't feel well I laid right down and tried to go to sleep A band kept a playin' in the joint underneath I picked up my pillow and I covered up my head But the band kept a playin' and a shaken my bed Ho...

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, a-baby Cryin' around my door You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, a-baby Cryin' around my door You've been doin' me wrong, a-baby You ain't my friend no more. Don't call me, you're a hot dog, a-baby Yeah, that was just a lie D...

There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and Lord I know I'm one My mother was a tailor boys she sowed my old blue jeans My daddy was a gambling man way down in New Orleans I got one foot on the platf...

Every night it's the same old plan And I leave work at five-o-five Been doing my best to forget about her But she's driving me out of my mind When I get home, I know what I'll find How I wish that it wasn't so There'll be no one there to hold me tonight In th...

There's a devil in my body That I just can't satisfy Other women haunt me Even though, I love my wife It's because I really love her I try to save her heart with lies But I know, she knows I can see it in her eyes I try to stay at home, love only her Play wit...

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

When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind My heads been in a spin Since she's left me behind. I went to see the gypsy To have my fortune read I went to see the gypsy To have my fortune read I hung my head in sorrow Wh...

A kiss in the dark, a touch of your hand My arms are around you, my dream begins The only thing that's different than any other night Here we are together, my dream by my side. I am the dreamer, you are the dream You are the answer to my fantasy All that I ha...

I'm surrounded by silence tormented by dreams Tortured by sweet words that you didn't mean It's the stillness it's the silence that I can hardly take For I can hear I can hear my heart break. Now these arms are mighty lonesome guess they're missing you And I...

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 understand...

I can't see you in my arms anymore And I can't see me without you Is it day, is it night Am I losing my sight Is it over, are we really through I can't see you in my arms anymore And I can't see me without you [Chorus] I can't see me without you to lean on A...

I can't stop loving you so I made up my mind To live in memories of old lonesome times I can't stop wanting you, it's useless to say So I just live my life in dreams of yesterday Those happy hours that we once knew So long ago, still make me blue And they say...

Today, the thought of leaving you wander through my mind And woke the sleep and memories that we make I thought about the love we knew, that one day upped and died It wasn't even strong enough to fake Soon as I am strong enough, I pull myself away You didn't...

Lying all alone in this midnight blue With nothing but these memories of you Staring at these walls that are closing in Wondering if you're ever coming back again Now I'm just a prisoner in this big old bed Living with the things that I should've said Why is...

(And I did the best I could with what I had) When I first met you I promised you the world And it was all because you were my favorite girl Pretty things like diamond rings and all the things you never had But I did the best I could with what I had I know you...

You may find her in a tavern in the cheap part of town With bright lights and music and a crowd gathered round It may be too late now to tell her but I love her more today But I didn't lose her I threw her away She stood by me looked for the good in me when s...

I don't believe I'll fall in love today Old memories of you stand in your way I just can't make my heart find someone new It's always much too busy loving you. So I don't believe I'll fall in love today Cause if I did I'm sure I wouldn't stay You'd come betwe...

Morning will tell you what I couldn't say Didn't really want to leave or didn't really want to stay Yes it seems so unkind but what else can I do No matter how I try just don't feel like loving you Walking beside me you're walking alone Never moving quite tog...

I talk to the man in the moon. I said, "Sir, is she coming back soon?" He smiled and he stated, "Son, I'm over-rated, I've had to much credit in those old love tunes. I don't know a thing about love, I just kind of hang here above. I just watch from the sky, W...

Pray before I close my eyes Please don't be in my dreams again tonight I don't love you There's no place in your life for me So just get out of mine and let me be I don't love you I don't stare at your photograph Wishing I could get you back I don't need you...

It used to break my heart each time you cheated, I tried to leave you, the Lord knows how I've tried But I stayed here no matter how I'm treated And all it really cost me was my pride. But I don't mind, I don't mind I did for a time But I don't mind. You and...

People say, when I walk by There he goes a lucky guy He got a big long car, a lotta money too But I don't wanna be with me If you're not with me too Fancy clothes, diamond rings Pretty house, yeah, all these things People say, "He can't be blue" But I don't w...

I fall to pieces Each time I see you again I fall to pieces How can I be just your friend. You want me to act like we've never kissed You want me to forget, pretend we've never met And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet You walk by and I fall to piec...

I got a good thing going and I guess it's showing Everybody knows what I've got going's going wrong She loved me and I let her down and that upset her And now the good thing I got going's going going gone And I just started feeling the realness of her leaving...

You know it kills me to see you crying, to think of all your love He's been denyin' and I can't blame you for feeling cheated Being so in love and so unneeded But, the reason you keep trying is a feelin' that I know Oh, I hurt for you every time, he breaks yo...

I just can't get over you getting over me. You look lovelier tonight than I remember It's been a long time but I've loved you constantly I know the fire of love for me was getting dimmer I just can't get over you getting over me. You seem happy knowing it's...

Don't let this call bother you in any way I just had to hear your voice one more time, I know you've made a new life, a new life without me, But I'm alright, I just had you on my mind. Oh, you sound so close, I can almost feel your touch And remember the way,...

Things work out for the best some people say My wanting you has turned to love and just today I realized I loved you long ago These are some little things I just wanted you to know I just wanted you to know I love you The life don't have the right to let it s...

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 tonight I love you more in memory than he can holding you tight There were times when you were...

I want you more than anything in the world You mean more to me than any other girl Now he's with you things you do with him we've done them for so long I love you more today than he can from now on I kissed your tears away when you were sad Held you close felt...

See that girl over there by the jukebox Hear the lonely song that she plays Well you ask me if I know why she's crying I know a little I made her that way Well you ask me if I know why she's lonely And why her head is dizzy from wine And did I know she was ev...

I came to your wedding Like you asked me to So you would be sure that all is forgotten Between me and you. I could tell you remember As our eyes met I made you a woman And that's hard to forget. I made you a woman A long time ago And I know you're...

I walked with you and talked with you and held Your lovin' hand We loved a while and I lived a while and I 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 mighty close I may n...

Love, love, gimme some love and make Love, love, gimme some love and make Gimme me some love, I need your lovin' Gimme some hug, I need your huggin' Gimme some love, I need your lovin' bad Gimme some kiss and gave it gladly Baby, I miss it, your lovin' badly...

Oh yes you were my first love I was your first love too But I never did quite get over you I almost forgot you almost a time or two But I never did quite get over you When I had to leave for a little while you promised you'd wait But the days were long and th...

The nights were dark and long, I spent a million all alone But I never once stopped loving you My world was cold and still my dreams lay unfulfilled But I never once stopped loving you I never once stopped believing We'd love again the way we used to do And t...

I see the sparkling little diamond on your hand It's plain to see that you've already got a man I can see you're not about to fall for any of my lines I see the want to in your eyes Deep in your smile there's a quiet, soft desire Like the embers of a once rag...

I see him everyday in the same old haunting way From his hiding place wearing his same disguise And this hurting me to know he's hurting someone I love so But I still see him through the hurt in your eyes You never talk about him am I ever last to know About...

I was sittin' on a barstool Sippin' on a cold brew when she walked in A slow-movin' thing, in tight-fittin' jeans I turned and I said to my friend, 'Well ole drinkin' buddy, my mind's gettin' muddy From watchin' the way she moves So pardon me please, I'm gonna...

Once I lived a life of wine and roses And 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...

You roll your eyes and my heart skips a beat I vibrate from my head to my feet You look so tame, yet you set my heart aflame Every time I kiss you, Lord, it drives me insane You've got a way of a-movin' around That makes my temperature go up and down I look a...

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

I was the first to hold you in my arms so tight I was the first to thrill you with a kiss goodnight I was the first to stir your feelin's new and strange I was the first and that's the one thing he can't change I was the first to take advantage of your youth...

If I were a sailor, Lost upon the tide Sailing round in circles, Half an ocean wide My heart would be my compass It would guide me through I will always find my way to you. If I were a soldier, In some far distant land Your face and my memory, Rifle in my han...

I saw you through a cafe window down on second avenue The passage of time sure has been good to you I was tempted for just a moment to run out in the street But what do you say when two old lovers meet You say, hello (Hello) How are you Youre doing well it se...

Oh and I wish you could have turned my head and left my heart alone Ever since I've met you baby you have done me wrong You walked by you shook that thing and you know I'm not that strong But I wish you could have turned my head and left my heart alone Oh and...

I wonder what she'll think about me leaving I wonder if she'll even know I'm gone I wonder what she'll think about my leaving Wish I could be there hidden if she cries 'Cause leaving really won't be worth my trouble If I can't see the teardrops fill her eyes...

There's a lot of ways of sayin' what I want to say to you There's songs and poems and promises of dreams that might come true But I won't talk of starry skies or moonlight on the ground I'll come right out and tell you, I'd just love to lay you down Lay you d...

I feel like a stranger in this home I built for you And I can't understand this awful change you're going through But lately I've been watching you grow colder day by day And I'd rather be gone than in your way I'd rather be gone than in your way I'd rather...

If tonight should be our last night together I'm not sorry that we fell in love at all And 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...

If you ever want somebody to love if you ever get to feeling blue If you ever want a little company then I'll come running to you It's been so long since I held you tight But I still dream about you darling every night I don't care who was wrong or who was rig...

The pain, the pain of a broken heart The price I'll pay for loving you I loved you from the very start But I'll get over losing you I just can't seem to realize You're leaving me today As burning teardrops fill my eyes I watch you walk away The pain, the pai...

Today I started home with just a mile ago And everythin' was goin' on right And then I heard sock it to me on the radio And I'll never make it home tonight Well I made it down on the old crossroad Where the wrong road leads to the right Then I thought of many...

I'll share my world with you everything that I own My earthly possessions there's no good if I'm alone Let me bring you the sunshine when it's fresh with morning dew Can't you see that I'm waiting to share my world with you I'll share my world with you if you'...

Well, if your heartaches are many And your friends are few Well, darlin', I, I, I, I I'll sympathize with you, yeah Well if your days, your days are lonely And your nights are blue Well darlin', I, I, I, I I'll sympathize with you, yeah Well, if you want som...

A little third grade hand wrote I love you on a note of yellow paper And sent it to the front row to a little blonde-haired girl The blonde-haired girl just opened it and read it to herself And I was so embarrassed when she turned around and said. I'm already...

Lately you've been actin' kinda stranger's true Everybody knows there's been a change in you You come home for a while and then you're gone again Well I thought I'd better let you know just where I stand I'm tired of bein' a loser in this game you play You're...

I'm in the blue, blue mood now that you're gone, oh wee I'm in the blue, blue mood it's been a lonesome day I'm in the blue, blue mood I see you everywhere I reach out to hold you but you're not there It's just my blue, blue mood. Maybe someday love will come...

You came to me and you threw me, with a simple goodbye I begged your forgiveness, but you won't even try You just say that it's all over, that you'll soon forget But I still remember, I'm not through loving you yet [Chorus: x2] No I'm not through, loving you...

I'm so used to loving you sweetheart you're on my mind each minute we're apart And I love you more each day that we go through You're my life and I'll live it loving you I'm so used to loving you it seems I can't stand the thought of losing you not even in my...

Yesterday you walked away, and left me. Today you say you're sorry that we're through. Our love will work, we'll heal the hurt, so help me. Being blamed's the last thing I would do. [Chorus:] I'm the only thing I'll hold against you. Let my loving arms show y...

I came here to say I love you one more time Determined to get through to you or drive you from my mind The way you're treating me is nothing new I know the feeling well I'm used to losing you I'm used to losing you but I want you to know You've hurt me your l...

Thought I'd never seen a girl like her in her before And I could see her watching me an I walked across the floor I asked her if she'd like to dance when the band starts up again She said, "I never dance with strangers, I don't even know your name" [Chorus] I...

She wore that fallin' out of love, look I even swore by the good book Still the last lie I told her Was the one she couldn't believe. No more crying on her shoulder She won't even let me hold her And this time I've hurt her more Than she loves me. I've been...

The sun just went behind the clouds There's darkness all around me now And I've just destroyed the world, I'm livin' in I broke her heart so many times And now at last, I've broken mine And I've just destroyed the world, I'm livin' in What made me think that...

I got out of bed this morning, smoked a cigarette or two Then I read the morning paper just the way I always do Saw a picture of you darling, and I thought of yesterday And I know I've never loved you more Than I'm loving you today. Heard my wife say com...

You walk in and I can hear the whisper As a hush fills the crowded room You stand there looking just like heaven Lord, I've never seen the likes of you From the doorway your eyes search every table As every man turns to look at you Ah, you're special and anyo...

I can't believe it's really me telling you goodbye But, I've run out of reasons to defend your alibis I can't go on pretending everything is still okay Now, I know the truth behind all the games you've played It wouldn't be so hard for me to turn my heart away...

If I ever had to say good bye to you Let the world come to an end it wouldn't matter to me then I wouldn't want to live with just your memory Deep inside myself I never would be free This life would hold no happiness for me I could never say hello...

If you were mine to lose I'd gladly let you go Cause that would mean you once belonged to me I'd gladly face the heartache of losing you some day 'Cause then at least I'd have a memory Through all the years I've known you you've never noticed me Just a friend...

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 laughter She has her sad times, she knows how to cry (chorus) She drinks, and she talks, just a little too loud And with her pride gone, she hangs around...

Just like all the other times as we entered Across the white dance floor then to the bar I thought I saw him smile in your direction Or was my imagination running wild With ten minutes he had asked you for a dance love Oh too soon you said you'd like it fine...

Never quite got over you I wondered if you missed me too I tried to call a time or two You were never home Tried to call again last night Number's changed, but that's alright You wouldn't see me anyway But that's ok, I'll see you. In my dreams And they never...

I cry myself to sleep each night Wishing I could hold you tight Life seems so empty since you went away The pillow where you lay your head Holds my lonely tears instead It keeps right on a-hurtin' Since you're gone. It keeps right on a'hurtin every minute of...

In a way I'm glad it's over Even though it's gonna hurt me once you're gone I can learn to live without you Give me time and I can make it on my own Lovin' you to me came easy Now losing you will change my life no doubt And in a way I'm glad it's over In anot...

Love walked out the door It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more no more Love walked out the door It's a cryin' shame we don't have it no more no more Readin' your letter I didn't know whether to call you up and talk again When I saw the name it signed g...

It all started early this morning As her mem'ry cruely teased my mind I found a picture in my wallet I thought I hrew away Oh it's been one heck of a day Then while looking through the evening papers I ran across some torturing news Mr and Mrs O'Grady now hav...

It's been so long darling since I had to go away It's been so long darling and I can't forget that day Although you never mentioned it you cried that whole day long It's been so long darling but now I'm coming home It's been so long darling since I gazed into...

People see us everywhere they all think you really care But myself I can't deceive I know it's only make believe My one and only prayer is that some day you'll care My hopes my dreams come true my one and only you No one will ever know how much I love you so...

Warden threw a party in the county jail Prison band was there and they began to wail Band starting jumpin', joint began to swing Should've heard the knocked out jailbirds sing Let's rock, everybody let's rock Yes, everybody in the whole cell block Was dancin'...

Exchanging, yes, I do's Forever's coming true Two needing hearts unite Captured in black and white Gathered on yellowed walls Sixty years says it all The loving, the laughter, still after years Are kept alive in Jenny's souvenirs Tickets from picture shows D...

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh Hey, Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh...

Well down in Lousiana close to New Orleans Way back up in the woods neath the evergreens There stands a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a little country boy named Johnny B Goode He never ever learned to read or write so well He could play a guitar...

Jeremiah was a boo frog he was a good friend of mine I never understood a single word he said but I helped him drink his wine Everybody now joy to the world all the boys and girls Joy to the fishes in the big blue sea I said joy to you and me If I was the ki...

Please, please, judge of hearts Please don't let me lose Each time I play the game of love I get left with the blues. I've tried, oh, how I've tried But I can't make her see Judge of hearts make her understand What she means to me. Chorus: Don't sentence me...

You were always there for me, Julia. I was so afraid to fall in love. I thought you'd wait for me, Is it too late for me now? Have you given up? How it must have hurt you, Julia. Waitin' for your love to be returned. I never knew how. What can I do now that I...

I passed you on a street in town today And my heart ached in an old familiar way I thought of things I'd like to say should I catch your eye And just like a stranger you walked right on by I stood there on the corner of the street The same old corner where we...

Two different worlds, somehow Found a way to come together Moving so close until now When we find ourselves alone So it's one more lonely night I tried to feel like it was over But just the thought of losing you And the emptiness is more than I can take Livin...

You packed in the morning I stared out the window And I struggled for something to say You left in the rain without closing the door I didn't stand in your way But I miss you more than I missed you before And now where I'll find comfort, God knows Cause you l...

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

Oh jealous me and careless you the odds were just too great I couldn't take those lonely nights you made me sit and wait I thought I'd seen the last of you when you walked out of sight Instead I see you in my dreams each night Oh the key's in the mailbox come...

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'...

Leona Leona you tell him you're through You tell him Leona about me and you You tell him we're married with a baby of two You tell him Leona you tell him you're through You laughed as I pleaded and walked out the door To meet him to kiss him to shame me once...

I lie in bed this lonely bed and suddenly I cry The night is cold and I'm alone and you're the reason why I never thought I'd miss someone the way that I miss you I guess the joke's on me cause I'm the one who said we're through You always saved your love for...

Just let me be the judge of what you've done and if I find You guilty I'd erase you from my heart and from my mind Talk is goin' over town that you my love had let me down I don't believe what people say I still love you I don't believe that you're to blame I...

Today I saw her for the first time since she left me And she said I've got a favor to ask of ye and I said all right what is it And she said you know you always told me If I ever needed any help just to ask you and you'd help me And I said yeah I remember and...

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

And a little cried cause a little boy lied The vows that he made he broke and betrayed And her little heart broke cause the words that he spoke Were just tenrder lies and a little girld cried She was too young to know that he'd soon hurt her so So she gave hi...

My name should be trouble My name should be woe For trouble and heartache is all that I know Yeah, lonely lonely blue boy is my name My life has been empty My heart has been torn It must have been raining the night I was born Yeah, lonely, lonely blue boy is m...

She gave into him last night She thought he was Mr. Right But he left like all the others Before the morning came around Same old story in lonely town The sun comes up, the heart goes down She's tried everything she knows Come so far and yet so close She keep...

Look into my teardrops And darlin' you will see The reflection of an angel (Oh) That made a fool of me (Oh) Look into my teardrops And you will see the eye That promised me so many things (Oh) But all of them were lies (Oh) Look into my teardrops In the mirr...

I looked into my future what did I see Nothing but a lonely face staring back at me I looked into my glass of wine and there to my surprise I saw my dream world fall apart right before my eyes Looking through my glass of cherry wine Trying hard to get you off...

I remember how your eyes used to light up over promises I made But for the first time in my life I know now how it feels to be afraid I don't know what I do if you go away this would sure be one lonely old town For a man so busy going up in the world He couldn...

I've seen her as she awakens in the morning She reaches out her hand and without a word As her fingers softly fall upon my face She lights the flame of desire and makes me want her And love is the foundation we lean on All you need is love to ease your mind A...

Out of the night you came to rescue me From my world of misery I saw the light, I saw your lovelight shine I saw the light the first time I looked in your eyes. You are my love salvation You are my sweet sensation, woman You are my love salvation Into m...

Make me, make me, make me know you're mine My true love, oh, tell me and be kind Make me feel tears that you can't ignore Each kiss is sweeter than the one before Oh baby, take me and make me know you're mine Hurt me till these teardrops burn my eyes As...

You say tomorrow you're going It's so hard for me to believe I'm making plans for the heartaches Cause you're making plans to leave The tears for me will be falling Like a tree shedding its leaves I'm making plans for the teardrops Cause you're making plans t...

First thing I remember knowin' was a lonesome whistle blowin' And the youngest dream of growin' up to ride On a freight train leaving town not knowing where I'm bound And no one could change my mind, but mama tried One and only rebel child for my family meek...

Maybe baby, I'll have you Maybe baby, you'll be true Maybe baby, I'll have you for me (All for me) It's funny honey you don't care You never listen to my prayer Maybe baby you will love me someday (Someday) Well, you are the one (You're the one) that makes me...

As I was motivatin' over the hill I saw Maybelline in a Coupe DeVille Cadillac movin' down an open road nothin' outrunnin' my V-8 Ford Cadillac doin' bout ninety-five bumper to bumper rollin' side to side Maybelline why can't you be true oh Maybelline why can...

Long distance information give me Memphis, Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me I could not have her number but I know who placed the call My uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall. Now, help me information get in touch...

Mr. Jones I'd like to speak to you For a moment if you don't mind I love your daughter And your daughter she wanna be mine. Yeah, Mr. Jones please be seated I know what's running through your mind I love your daughter And your daughter she wanna be mine. Yea...

Well Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have named you For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile Well, it your smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa Or is this your way to h...

In my adobe hacienda there's a touch of Mexico Cactus lovelier than orchids blooming in the patio Soft desert stars and the strum of guitars Makes every evening seem so sweet In my adobe hacienda life and love are more complete [ guitar ] In my adobe hac...

My baby don't stand no cheating, my Babe My baby don't stand no cheating, my Babe Well, my babe don't stand no cheating, Don't stand none of that midnight creepin', my Babe Lord, what a woman my baby, babe. Yeah, my babe, I know she loves me, my babe Yeah, my...

Yes my baby left me, Never said a word. Was it something I done, Something that she heard? My baby left me, My baby left me. My baby even left me, Never said a word. Now I stand at my window, Wring my hands and cry. I hate to lose that woman, Hate to say goo...

I think that I just wrote my first country song I've had this lonesome hurtin' feeling all night long I didn't know I loved her and now she's gone I think that I just wrote my first country song I always like to hear those country singers sing And the way the...

You keep saying you love me and I know it's not true You just don't want to hurt me I respect that in you You're in love with another and you won't let it show Oh I hate to admit it but it's sure my heart knows I thought I'd won when he lost you I thought you'...

I woke up this morning to a world that's all wrong And suddenly remembered you're gone I tried hard to forget you but there's no way I find My heart won't listen to my mind I cried a river of teardrops got a heart full of ache I never learned to give all I kn...

My one and only you I'll never make you cry I'll never make you blue My one and only you. My one and only you For us there will be a sad goodbye I'll never make you cry My one and only you. Each time you cry I try to brush your tears aside Well for when you...

I reach across the table each morning And gently touch your hand As she pours my morning coffee She smiles, I know she understands The way she says good morning That look in her eyes tells me so I'm her man, she understands me well I know my woman knows My w...

See her there at the table Watch her tear at the label From the bottle that she just drank dry In her mind there's a burning It took a long time, but she's learning And just look at the deardrops she's cried [Chorus] Everbody knows I love her But her mind is...

A long long time ago, As all you folks should know Ol' Santa started loading up his sleigh. A smile on every face, Each reindeer took his place, To bring us joy on Christmas Day. With one little, two little, three little reindeer, Four little, five litt...

You're nobody with no one to care You're nobody with no one to share You'll find that dreams are your destiny You're nobody to no one but me. You're nobody with no lips to kiss You're nobody with no one to miss You'll find that dreams are your destiny You're...

In this life there's a light only you can shine Down this road there is gold only you can find While you're walking down the road of life There is so much you can do And nobody can fill you shoes, (nobody) can fill you shoes. There's a word, we haven't heard,...

(Spoken) You know I've always tried To never take love for granted As you know. 'Cause if you ever Said goodbye why, I just don't know What I'd ever do with out you. baby. (Sang) Well, all of the friends we know Are lettin' each other go, there own way Will t...

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee and we don't take our trips on LSD We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street Cause we like living right and being free We don't make a party out of loving but we like holding hands and pitching woo And we don't let...

She's not with me for the same reason you were She's not here cause I won't her to be She just took what was left when you said you were through And I found her on my way to losing you She made temptation the easy way out And there were times you're all that w...

I know how long it's been So, if I can't come in Then let me just talk to you through the door I'm a man without a place Lost, and lookin' for a trace Of the warm and tender love we had before I closed every door behind me Shook my shoes and walked away Turn...

One for the money two for the show you've played your little game so cleverly First you took my money then you made me go You showed me up and made a fool of me Not too long ago I still remember kisses warm and sweet and oh so tender But like a boat of life t...

I know you're tired a picking up the pieces of my life And if the truth was known I'll bet you're tired of being my wife And I know there's only so much hurt one girl can stand And still go on believing in her man. But you're one in a million and you're mine...

There'll be just one more sunrise in this cell for brother and me He'll go home while I'll go to the hanging tree Tell Betty I still love her and kiss her once for me And tell mama at sunrise we'll both be free Sitting in my prison cell the day is just beginn...

Mistakes I have made them and you don't know how much I hate them But that's me and I don't guess I'll ever change And I don't mean to hurt you heaven knows I hate to hurt you But here I am to ask forgiveness one more time (One more time) one more time I'll a...

Every son wants to follow in the footsteps of his dad That's why my boy is in this cell next to me Tonight I'll sing him a song about mama and home For tomorrow he'll meet his destiny So I'll sing him a song about mama and home It's all that's kept him from l...

You were mine for just a while, Now you're puttin' on the style And you've never once looked back At your home across the track. You're the gossip of the town But my heart can still be found Where you tossed it on the ground. Pick me up on your way down. Pick...

Pieces of you all scattered around Pieces of love that's all over now What can I do? I'll never be free With pieces of you all over me There's a letter in the dresser And a picture in the hall There's my mem'ry to remind me And heartaches you left laying wall...

There's an island out in the sea Just a waitin' for the guys like me Oh on this island is a crazy school And there's where I learned the golden rule. Twenty-one fellas and one little girl She looks like just an angel with a platinum curle Ooh, wee oh, me, oh...

Play, guitar play Take me back to yesterday Let me see, cotton growing, in the fields Let me hear, my momma calling Look a-yonder ya-all who's coming Down the road, he's a coming home But they know I never will I left them living with that awful thing I done...

Forever my darling My love will be true Always and forever I'll love only you. Just promise me darling Your love in return May this fire in my soul, dear Forever burn. My heart's at your command, dear To keep, love and to hold Making you happy's is my desire...

Pop a top again I think I'll have another round Another one my friend Then I'll be gone and you can let some other fool sit down I'd like for you to listen to a joke I heard today From a woman who said she was through and calmly walked away I tried to smile a...

Paint two eyes, make them cry Paint two lips, make them lies And you're painting the portrait of a fool Paint one heart that's been untrue Paint one soul make it blue And your paintin' the portrait of a fool There are somethings that look so familiar Strange...

Alone from night to night you'll find me Too weak to break the chains that bind me I need no shackles to remind me I'm just a prisoner of love For one command I stand and wait now From one who's master of my fate now I can't escape for it's too late now I'm j...

Operator, I'm calling long distance Please charge it to my room, 702 Hello, baby No, there's nothing wrong You know me When I'm away from you You see a blue moon hanging Low outside our window? And it's hard to sleep with All of those feelings around Oh, if...

Left a good job in the city a workin' for the man every night and day And I never lost a minute of sleep While worryin' bout the way things might have been The big wheels keep on turnin' Proud Mary keeps on burnin' Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river Cleaned...

Pure love, baby it's pure love Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning Pure love, baby it's pure love Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love. I wake up with sunshine, (Sunshine), laying beside me And Bluebirds singing right...

Hoverin' by my suitcase Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night A heavy rain a fallin' Seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right" A rainy night in Georgia A rainy night in Georgia I believe it's rainin' all over the world Neon signs a flashin' T...

Hello baby, Conway here Let me lay this in your ear Get ready to go We gonna roll about sundown I got some boogie-woogie music On the old eight-track Yeah I got the top laid back We'll go cruisin' we'll go fooling around Well here I am baby, ready to play Slid...

Some-times I will, then again I think I won't. Some-times I will, then again I think I won't. Some- times I do, then again I think I don't. Well, I looked at my watch it was nine twenty one 'Twas at a rock 'n' roll dance havin' nothin' but fun. We were rollin...

Maybe you don't know me any more than I know you And I wouldn't blame you if you walked away I've been watching you all evening with those teardrops in your eyes And it touches me much more than I can say You know I hate to think that someone could have hurt s...

Reuben James in my song you'll live again And the phrases that I rhyme Are just the footsteps out of time From the time when I knew you, Reuben James. Reuben James all the folks Around Madison Caunty cussed your name Just a no count sharecroppin' colored ma...

Ribbon of darkness over me since my true love walked out the door Tears I never cried before ribbon of darkness over me Clouds're gathering o'er my head it chills the day and hides the sun And shrouds the night when day is done ribbon of darkness over me Rain...

Blue light, big crowd Jukebox plays loud No fear, no care Everybody's rockin' everywhere Rock house, rock house, rock house We're goin' to the rock house Well rock it in the mornin' Rock it in daylight Rockin' through the evening And I won't...

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

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms Lay around the shack till the mail train comes back Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms. Hey, where were you last Saturday night While I was a layin' in jail Go around town with another man You would...

Sally used to carry my books to school Sally was a good ole girl Helped me with my homework 'cause I was a fool Cause Sally was a good ole girl. If you wanted just a kiss or a little bitty squeeze She was always willing to do her best to please Yeah, girls we...

Three sunburned noses, The color of roses, Bobby's got a frog in his pocket Where is your sister For an hour I've missed her She's trying to find her gold locket. And your tow-headed brother Has startled his mother Trying to swallow his dime. Do you really th...

I just came back from a lovely trip along the Milky Way Stopped off at the North Pole to spend a holiday I called on dear old Santa Claus To see what I could see He took me to his workshop And told his plans to me, so [Chorus] You better watch out, you bette...

I was there to buy a pistol. She was there to hock her ring. The broker in that pawnshop deals in almost anything. He'll pay you for your misery or he'll sell you someone's pain, And that twinkle in his greedy eyes says your loss will be his gain. She stood...

The seasons come the seasons go We get sunshine rain and snow Just the way that it was planned to be But there's no seasons in my heart While you play the leading part Cause the flowers will bloom eternaly Your leaving will bring autumn sorrow And my tears li...

Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease Gonna make a sentimental journey To renew old memories Got my bag, got my reservation Spent each dime I could afford Like a child in wild anticipation Long to hear that "All aboard!" Seven, that's t...

Like a muddy river running wild and deep You've got a flaming memory that keeps burning me Just when I think you love me, doubt creeps in I still feel the shadow of your distant friend. It's a major heartache when you lose your trust When you love the fe...

Well, I got a girl, she lives upon the hill Well, I got a girl, she lives upon the hill Sometimes she won't, sometimes I think she will Got to shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Shake your moneymaker Oh, I l...

Shake, rattle and roll Shake, rattle and roll. Get out of that bed, wash your face and hands Get out of that bed, wash your face and hands Yeah, make me some breakfast I'm a hungry man. Yeah, I said shake, rattle and roll I said shake, rattle and roll...

She wants the world to know she loves me so My woman can only see the good in me She never had a thing she needed just enough to get by And many times I've done her wrong late at night I've hurt her pride She don't complain at the bad she's had and the things...

You may think she's not been true all those things she's telling you But believe me what she says is really true Cause I'm the one who left her there I'm the one who didn't care And she knows what she's crying about She knows what she's crying about She bears...

You've always been good to me and I know how hard you tried And maybe that should be enough to keep me satisfied But the lonely in a man needs more than just a friend And that's where she came in and she loves me I know you've walked an extra mile you could a...

Well I can see you're dancing every dance with her And seems to me you're dacing much too close her And when you set at our table, you set next to her But my heart knows it's true (yes it's true) She Loves Me (She Don't Love You) Just one look and I can see s...

Lord, she needs someone to hold her when she cries. She packed her few belongings left a note and now she's gone And I can't stand to think of her out there so all alone As soon as she's gone far enough to know she's out of sight She'll pull off the highway a...

She was young and she was pretty And she met him in the city And somehow he fit right into her plan She knew she'd hit it lucky He owned half of Kentucky and best of all He was a sixty year old man She let him think he'd caught her She led him to the alter T...

Her pretty sad eyes glisten from a tear about to fall When you're hurtin' don't the time moves slow Her soft warm fingers trace a tear along my cheek She sure does make it hard to go Her sweet lips softly whisper how much she wants me now She's not at least to...

She takes care of me whenever I need lovin' she takes care of me She's so good for me she don't tie me down but she takes care of me The colored light stand by as I pass through another town Just riding on the wind I'm not the kind to settle down And where th...

Just because I asked a friend about her Just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I rang her number by mistake today She thinks I still care Just because I haunt the same old places Where the memory of her lingers everywhere Just because I'm not th...

See that far away look on her face Twisting her hair, staring out into space There's no talking to her, don't even try Better save your breath and just walk on by She wasn't looking when he caught her eye But now she can't see enough of that guy Her head is s...

She can't find the words to break it to me 'Cause she always was the gentle kind She's hoping I'll hear it from a friend somewhere She's hoping I'll read between the lines But it comes as no surprise 'cause she told me with her eyes So watch her untie the tie...

My heart is beating so, just to know she is near And when she speaks my name, her voice is all I can hear The feeling she feels deep down inside It touches my heart, brings tears to my eyes 'Cause she's in love when she looks at me It's plain to see that she'...

I've got a gal who treats me right Plenty good loving every night There just ain't nothing That she don't know I guess that's why I love her so I'd do anything she wants me to I lnow that her love for me is true Why do I love this gal of mine Because she's, m...

Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style In the air there's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing, meeting s...

She was pure as mountain rain and had never known a pain Of what it meant to love someone that let her down She never kissed on her first date and ten o'clock to her was late Then she met me and I showed her the evil ways of town She was everything I searched...

You say somehow she don't fit in with your old drinking crowd Well bartender it's all new to her she's a lady and should be proud She loved me so long and asked so little but I always gave her less Now since she's not with the one she loves she'll love the one...

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell 'Let my guitar playing friend do my request' 'Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hea...

Skip a rope, skip a rope Awwwww listen to the children While they play Now, ain't it kinda' funny What the children say. Skip a rope. Daddy hates momma and momma hates dad Last night, you should've heard the fight they had It gave little sister another bad...

As the midnight moon was drifting through The lazy sway of the trees I saw the look in your eyes look against the night Now seeing what you wanted to see Darling don't say a word I've already heard What you're body?s saying to mine You've got a fast move you'...

What would you think about wine, and dinner by candlelight A nice warm glowing fire to lie down beside And what about a song or two, a walk in the midnight mist And after all that what would you think about this? Let's do some slow lovemakin' tonight 'Ca...

Slowly I'm falling more in love with you Slowly you're winning a heart that can be true For I can't hide my feelings no matter what I do For slowly I'm falling more in love with you More and more I need you and want you by my side More and more I love you as...

Well, I was working this joint in Dallas To make the payment on my car Just a weekend stand with a local band They had me playin' rhythm guitar. Well, I was singin' some old cheatin' song When this blue-eyed blonde came by She said, I'm a table over in the co...

Someone somewhere's fallin' asleep In a chair in front of the TV 'Cross town somebody's up And walkin' the floor at a quarter to three In some little corner of the world A forgotten soul, is waitin' by the phone And right down the hall someone's in there feel...

Might be dreamin', might be crazy Thinkin' you might love me maybe Poor hearts pounding, overflowin' Taking bets, I know where it's goin' Someday you'll love me, it's written in the stars Someday you need me, to hold you in my arms Someday you'll want me, jus...

Somewhere lost in another world Nowhere can I find another girl I lost her then lost me how could I have been so blind I'm somewhere just out of her mind I was in her eyes for a while then in her smile I was in her heart for a time A man that lost his way whe...

Jenny was the girl that I once called my own Then came the day my Jenny left me all alone She died 'neath the wheels of a midnight train Trying to find the high school ring And that's when I first heard the sound of an angel's wings Oh, how my poor heart crie...

Splish splash, I was takin' a bath 'long about a Saturday night A rub dub, just relaxing in the tub, thinkin' everything was all right Well, I stepped out the tub, put my feet on the floor I wrapped the towel around me and I opened the door And then a splish s...

Over the battle fields of all the great wars since the beginning of time Have walked perhaps the bravest heroes of them all The men known simply by the soldiers as the Chaplain And this is the story of but one of the many and many thousands Who gave his life i...

Darling we're not very old But there's a love story that has to be told By stars above I swear that it's true It's the story of my love for you Of my love for you It starts when you came in to my life You vowed someday you'd be my wife Sweetheart I thought the...

It was a night oo-oo what a night It was it really was such a night The moon was bright oh how so bright It was it really was such a night The night was alight with stars above Oo-oo when she kissed me I had to fall in love Oh it was a kiss oo-oo what...

There's a table in the corner Of a honky-tonk in town And if you should ever want me There I can be found There'll be heartache all around me And the blues for company At the table in the corner Where we once used to meet There'll be two chairs at the table...

I want you to take me home to mama Introduce me to your friends I want you to take me home to mama I'm ready to take a chance on love again I didn't need a lover I was happy on my own I didn't want another Girls are melted for the phone But since the day I m...

You're just a kind of girl everybody wants to meet You've got a way about you when you walk down the street That makes me wonder if I'm gonna lose your love someday And I'm the kinda guy that don't stand in your way All my life I've been afraid of losing you...

Well, I came home this morning there was a note hanging on my door She said, This time I'm a leaving you and I won't be back no more Yeah, yeah, and that's all, that's all she wrote She said, I used to love you when you were nice and kind But the way you been...

I woke up crying late at night When I was very young. I had dreamed my father Had passed away and gone. My world revolved around him I couldn't lay there anymore. So I made my way down the mirrored hall And tapped upon his door. And I said "Daddy, I'm so afr...

That's what it's like to be lonesome I know cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy The streets are dark and empty and you walk them all alone You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong You go to bed each night and pray you'll never see the dawn Afra...

Does she seem a little cold when you love her? Does she turn away when you hold her tight? Just search your soul and you will discover How you hurt her night after night And when was the first time she begged you to love her? But you turned away and acted lik...

I watched the shadow of her body on the wall As she slowly moved across the room. Anticipatin', Lord, I can't stand the waitin' As I looked through the gown she slipped into. I hear my heart beating out of time As I feel her body move so close to mine W...

I've known you since you were a schoolgirl Saw the smoke turn to fire in your eyes From the window of my room I watched a young girl bloom Saw the woman in you come alive Watched you fall in love a time or two I saw you get hurt once or twice And you'd come r...

You love the way it makes me feel when I can't catch my breath Like walkin' on a high wire, Lord, it scares me half to death You're always high above me and I'm always fallin' down Our love's just a circus baby, and I'm just the clown And I'll do tricks f...

I just got the goodbye news Handed me, down by Travis Shoes Yes, our love was just a lie Don't want you to see me cry But those are hurts, the hurt in my heart. Cause, you always loved me so Guess a fool's the last to know Even fools must have their pride So...

Touch me I want you to be the first the last the only one to touch me If there ever was an angel then surely you must be one If there ever was a perfect love when I look at you I see one If there's heaven here on earth then this must surely be I want you to b...

They all reach to touch him As he walks out on the stage They came to see the legend And to hear the legend sing While the men sit there applauding Ladies love him with their eyes And he looks just like a legend should Up there in all those lights But they d...

It was in my weakest moment when temptation was so strong Then the mem'ry of your sweet love came and got me and brought me home Today I tried to tell myself I didn't love you anymore Even led temptation take my hand and lead me to her door Just as her footst...

Time to say goodbye I know I've said it before Though I hate to go I can't be hurt anymore You'll never see me With a tear in my eye The next kiss Is the last goodbye When I'm not around There's someone else you can call Half a love is worse Than having noth...

I saw her walkin' down the street I tell you all she sure looked neat Lovely eyes and long black hair She looked so nervous standing there. (Whistles) Man's she's great Think I'll ask her for a date. I guess I look just like a clown Getting up and fallin' do...

I feel tears wellin' up goin' deep inside like my heart's sprung a break And a stab of loneliness so sharp and painful that I might ever shake You might think I'm a takin' it hard oh she wrote me off with a call Don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow I may...

I can tell that you're surprised to see me Standin' at your door at three a.m. Yes I had someone else to talk to Sometimes a man needs more than just a friend Yes I know what they will say about us The bitter tongue of gossip's never fair I'm with you to me th...

Some say love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed Some say love, it is a razor That leaves your soul to bleed Some say love, it is a hunger An endless aching need I say love, it is a flower And you, it's only seed It's the heart afraid of break...

I've seen these teardrops fill your eyes so many times before And each time I tell myself I won't hurt you anymore I know you know that hurting you's not part of my plan It's just part of the weakness in your man. It seems I never say the things that I want y...

There stands the glass That will ease all my pain That will settle my brain It's my first one today There stands the glass Fill it up to the brim Till my troubles grow dim Then I'll be on my way I wonder where you are tonight I wonder if you are all right I...

When was the last time you kissed me And I don't mean a touch now and then It's been a long time since you felt like my woman And even longer since I felt like your man So tell me if you think it's over And I'll leave it up to you how it ends And if there's so...

You'll find there's more love in the arms you'll be leaving Than all the good you'll ever find in goodbye The words I love you came easy for a while But lately they're gettin' harder to say I can't help noticein' the sadness in your smile I know he's on your...

Any girl who hangs out in a honky tonk who smokes my cigarettes and drinks my wine Some call her a bad girl but to me she means the world Cause she's holding these lonely hands of mine She listens while I cry on her shoulder she runs her slender fingers throu...

I've seen you out with your in crowd Holdin' somebody and laughin' loud That was me, you know Whose eyes were burning through you Someone rings you late at night But no one says hello at the end of your line That was me, you know Breathing warm in your ear A...

Two weeks without alcohol ain't hard If it weren't for these goddamn stars And memories and hell that helps me sleep I cannot focus if I don't rest And If I ain't doin' nothin', lord, then I get depressed So here's to raisin' hell and livin' cheap Oh he...

Oh, the faucet started drippin' in the kitchen And last night your picture fell down from the wall Today the boss said, "Sorry I can't use you anymore" And just then the light bulb went out in the hall Things have gone to pieces since you left me Nothing turn...

It's over I've known it for a long time So I went out and found somebody new She gave me the kind of love I wanted And I found in her the things I lost in you I loved you darling how I loved you I still recall each tender memory But there's one thing I guess...

Last night I dreamed I took a walk up Calvary's lonely hill The things I saw with my own eyes could not have been more real I saw upon three crosses three men in agony Two cried out for mercy and the third man he looked at me And oh the hurt in this man's eyes...

Well this road that I walk is a mighty lonely road And this load that I bear is a mighty heavy load And this song that I sing is a mighty lonely song I had a true love but I've done her wrong (He had a true love but he's done her wrong) Well this road that I...

Thanks for the times that you've given me, The memories are all in mind. And now that we've come To the end of our rainbow There's something I must say out loud! Your once, twice Three times a lady And I love you. Yes, your once, twice Three times a lady And...

She tried to hide it by the faded denim clothes she wore. But I knew she'd never been inside a bar before. I felt just like a peasant, who just had met a queen And she knew I saw right through her tight fittin' jeans. I asked her what's a woman, like you d...

It's common knowledge everybody knows I love you When cheatin' caused you wear another's name Every night I swear tomorrow I'll forget you Lord I can't I'll keep hurtin' till the pain outwears the shame So I'll be back in your arms again tomorrow We'd let us...

See her there, see her crying she thinks she loves him so But she don't know how much it hurts me to hear her beg him not to go If she were mine again I'd never let the tears fill her eyes But she don't know how much it hurts me to see an angel cry Once she b...

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

Together, forever and always No more sleepless nights and lonely days I promise, I've hurt you for the last time We'll be together, forever and always I've cheated and I've lied to you so many times And I'm sorry more than words can say But I'll make it, yes,...

Today I heard my woman say something I never heard her say before She just told me that she was going to leave me and that she didn't love me anymore But I know that the loving kindness and the understanding is still there somewhere So I'm gonna get down on my...

Trouble in mind I'm blue But I won't be blue always 'Cause the sun's gonna shine in My back door someday. Trouble in mind that's true I have almost lost my mind Life ain't worth living, I feel like dying sometimes. I'm gonna lay my head On some lonesome rail...

Well I stopped at a roadhouse in Texas Twas a little place called Hamburger Dan's And I heard that old jukebox a playing A song about a truck drivin' man Pour me another cup of coffee For it is the best in the land I'll put a nickel in the jukebox And play...

Turn your pretty face to mine Lift your pretty eyes from the ground I forgive you every way Oh, turn around, turn around. Though you left me for a new love And your new love turn you down I forgive you every way Oh, turn around, turn around. Though I've been...

Without a warning you broke my heart You shouldn't've done it and tore it apart You left me sittin' in the dark a cryin' Said your love for me was dyin'. I'm beggin' you baby, baby please I'm beggin' you baby, down on my knees Turn on your light, let it shine...

We had just set our wedding day and I took you home And went to a quiet place to celebrate alone Then I heard your laughter and turned in time to see You enter with someone a stranger to me Two of the usual I heard him say Two of the usual in a two familiar w...

He tells his wife he's going back to work To finish something he's left undone And like a fool she believes every word The door slams and he's on the run To that other side of town Where the music's turned up and the lights are turned down He's a two timin'...

Oh my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch A long lonely time Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much Are you still mine? I need your love I need your love God speed your love to me Lonely rivers flow to the sea To the sea To the op...

Up comes the bottle and down goes the man I can't help him but I can understand When up comes the bottle And down, down, down goes the man You may find him anywhere There's heartache and despair With loneliness so heavy You can feel it in the air And the onl...

Please don't take you out of us. You took the happy out of happiness You took the love out of loveliness Take all these precious things from me if you must But please don't take you out of us. You took the tender out of tenderness You took the hope out...

I'll go out tonight in hopeful desperation Though I know there's little chance that I'll succeed I just got to search this town until I find you I've become a victim of my needs. I cried as finally realized The hurt you left is twice my size The tears I she'd...

Walk me to the door And hold me close just one more time Kiss me just once more The way you did when you were mine The longest walk I'll ever take Will be across that floor That's why I'm asking one last favor Walk me to the door Divorce is granted, you must...

If I see you tomorrow on some street in town Pardon me if I don't say "Hello" I belong to another, and it doesn't look so good To know someone I'm not supposed to know Just a walk on by, wait on the corner I love you but we're strangers when we meet Just a wa...

Falling into love so young seemed so right How could we know we'd grow up and grow apart? All we really wanted was each other in the night But, it's plain to see we've had a change of heart The day we said I do I really did and so did you Love came so easy, c...

I can hear the wind blowin' in my mind Just the way it used to sound through the Georgia pines And you were there to answer when I called You and me Lord knows we had it all Remember how I used to touch your hair? While reaching for the feelin' that was alway...

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

(Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream) Woke up this mornin' and I looked around So disappointed, I laid back down Oh, what a dream, oh, what a dream I had last night Dreamed that I held you in my arms But I'm still waitin' for that day to come Oh, what a dream,...

Well, what am I living for if not for you? What am I living for if not for you? What am I living for if not for you? Baby, nobody else, nobody else will do Well, what am I longing for each lonely night? To feel your lips close to mine and hold you tight Well,...

Don't you worry so much about it I knew someday you'd say goodbye No need in crying, we both can do without it And, I'll fall in love again bye and bye. What's a penny to a millionaire? What's another seashell to the sea? It's okay, I'll probably survive it W...

Lately I watched strange changes overcome you Destroying the loving part of you I knew You're letting someone turn you into a stranger And when the final change is made I won't have you When the final change is made I won't have you Someone's got you chasing...

When you're in love with a beautiful woman, it's hard; When you're in love with a beautiful woman, you know it's hard; Everybody wants her, everybody loves her; Everybody wants to take your baby home; When you're in love with a beautiful woman, you watch you...

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may...

(Whew whay soway) white lightning In the Arkansas mountains way back in the hills Lived my old pappy we had us a still We brewed white lightning till the sun went down And we take out a jug and we pass it around Mighty mighty pleasin' my pappy's corn squeezin...

A child was born in Tupelo In 1935 I'm grateful for his music It forever changed my life Oh, I loved, 'Love me tender' And how that boy could sing But when he died I wondered why Millions called him, 'King' Tell me, who did they think Who did they think he w...

My rough and rowdy ways have kept me from his grace But theres hope for me 'cause mommas faith is strong Shes the only hope Ive got to keep me in touch with God But wholl pray for me when mommas gone? Wholl pray for me when mommas gone? Wholl ask His forgiven...

I wonder who'll turn out the lights in your world tonight Whose shoulder will your head be restin' on Does your hungry arms reach for someone you feel you need Will the need still be there when he's gone As I reach for the switch that turns out my lights I won...

I know you know what's on my mind It's been coming on for some time There's no way for us to stop it, if we just let go Who's gonna know (Who's gonna know if we touch each other?) Who's gonna know (Who's gonna know how it feels together?) If we share our love...

(Shake it, shake it) (shake it, shake it) Well, I said come on over baby, A-whole lotta shakin' goin' on (Shake it, shake it) (shake it, shake it) Yeah, come on over here baby, Now baby don't you know you can't go wrong. (Shake it, shake it) (shake it, sha...

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

High on the mountain where the wild flowers grow I fell in love with my wild mountain Rose Rose lived high on the mountain with the bright lights of the city below She dreamed of the day we would go there just me and my wild mountain Rose But like the wild wi...

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

Just outside these prison bars The hanging tree is waitin' At sunrise I'll meet darkness And death will say hello Darling, touch your lips to mine And tell me you love me Promise me again before you go Will you visit me on Sundays? Will you bring me pretty f...

I've been living a new way of life that I love so But even now the clouds're gathering and the storm will wreck our home I thought we belonged together that our hearts fit like a glove I was wrong for I've been watching from the window up above You must have t...

I'm the center of attention in this barroom Cause I've got the biggest heartache of the year And each night those swinging doors reach out for me and draw me in Cause they know each night that I'll come back to wine me up again Wine me up turn me on and watch...

Sleigh bells ring are you listening In the lane snow is glistening A beautiful sight we're happy tonight Walking in a winter wonderland Gone away is the bluebird Here to stay is a new bird He sings a love song as we go along Walking in the winter wonderland...

With pen in hand, you signed your name Today at five I'll be on that train And you'll be free and I will be alone So alone If you think we can't find the love we once knew If you think I can't make everything up to you Then I'll be gone and you'll be on your...

Imagine a world where no music was playing And think of a church with nobody praying Have you ever looked up at a sky with no blue Then you've seen a picture of me without you Have you walked in a garden where nothing was growing Or stood by a river where not...

They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain If you're looking for a wife 'Cause old Clifton Clowers has a swingin' daughter And he's mighty handy with the gun and the knife. Don't you know her lips are sweeter than honey And Wolverton mountain protects her there...

I've known my share of women and their pleasures I've spent a few cold nights out in the rain I've lived most all my life out on the highway Known the girls in all the towns and all their names. I'm just a woman lovin' kind of man I find 'em when I leave 'em...

Working girl working girl I love you working girl and all the things that you do Oh I don't know what I would do if you should up and leave just sit and grieve Sit and grieve working girl Working man you've got money all the time Working man pay my debt and t...

I live in the world world of forgotten people Who've loved and lost their hearts so many times I'm here in the world, world of forgotten people Where every heart is aching just like mine, Well I've loved and I've been loved But I had a reckless heart An...

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

Last Friday night down at the diner Booth in back, they sat alone Holding hands like two young lovers Her hair was gray and his was gone. She said to him I'm getting older A pretty girl, no more to be Heaven knows I'm not a treasure He softly said, you are to...

I would just like to say dear thank you for making my life all it should be Life's not the same your love has changed dear you love the best out of me You are my dreams coming true I'm doing everything I've ever wanted to do You've made me all I've ever wanted...

Doing wrong is not a heavy on mind But tonight I know I did for the very first time Soon I'll pace you for I love you without a doubt You make it hard to take the easy way out I'll confess and hope that you understand Then I'll beg you to forgive this one mis...

I want a honky tonk girl I want a honky tonk song I'd like to pull my saddle off And send my pony home I've got fast cars, fast planes Fast trains everything Never gets me there on time You've got the bossman Tax man screwin' up my game plan Messin' with my...

You see this smile on my face You put it there There was a time you couldn't barely trace Any one anywhere. Now I got dreams, the future's mine Built outta rock, it won't turn to sand Cause I got love in my life And you put it there. There's a high step in m...

The news is out all over town That you've been seen, oh runnin' 'round I know that I should go but then I just can't go, you win again Oh this heart of mine will never see Oh what everybody knew but me Just trustin' you was my great sin Well what can I do you...

All my friends ask what can they do To help me get over you But I'm not blue and all broken in two Why should I miss you? Cause you'll be back every night in my dreams You'll be back, and it won't even seem Like your gone, no I won't be alone Cause you'll be...

When you walk through a storm, Hold your head up high, And don't be afraid of the dark. At the end of a storm, Is a golden sky, And a sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Though your dreams Be tossed and blown Walk...

Look out! there's a sunny day I do believe it's headed your way. You've been crying long enough But you'll forget what a teardrop was. You've got a good love coming You've got a good love coming You've got a good love coming To you tonight. Knock, knock baby...

I can almost hear the stillness As it yields to the sound of your heart beating Bom bom bom And I can almost hear the echo Of the thoughts that I know you must be thinking Bom bom bom And I can feel your body tremble As you wonder what this moment holds in sto...

Your cheatin heart, Will make you weep, You'll cry and cry, And try to sleep, But sleep wont come, The whole night through, Your cheatin heart, will tell on you When tears come down, Like falling rain, You'll toss around, And call my name, You'll walk the floo...

Last night was our last night together And it's too soon to know what I'll go through They say time will tell me if it's over But your leaving left me still loving you I know the hurt of the last time will haunt me a lifetime And the worst is yet to go t...

There's no need in goin' over all the things that took me under It's bad enough just bein' here without explainin' why There was nowhere else to go after bein' next to heaven Did you know your love had taken me that high? Did you know your love had taken me t...

You and I have known a love beyond compare Oh, but lately when we reach out there's nothing there We seem so far apart, face to face 'cause your faith divide But I'd do anything to get back on your loving side To get back on your loving side To get that tende...

I hold her close and try to do the things you never did I love her like a woman and tease her like a kid I do the things I hope will bring sunshine to her life She'll be yours to hurt tomorrow but she's mine to love tonight She'll hurry home tomorrow to prete...