Don Gibson

A CHANCE I HAD TO TAKE (Don Gibson) Yes my love for you was a mistake I heard about you and the games that you played What could I do it was too late And you were just a chance that I had to take But it started like I thought it'd be you ought to be here with...

A little bitty tear let me down, spoiled my act as a clown I had it made up not make a frown, but a little bitty tear let me down. You said you were leaving tomorrow That today was our last day I said there'd be no sorrow, that I'd laugh when you walked away....

Well 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's something that money can't buy A poor boy's chances for pretty girl's glances it's som...

I remember when I made you cry Ages and ages ago I'll never blame you for our last goodbye Ages and ages ago Someone told me when you walked away That time would make me miss you so And though it happened only yesterday It seems like ages and ages ago Someo...

Almost you fell in love with me almost you were my bride to be But each promise that was made you have broken and betrayed And left me with a faded memory Almost my precious dreams came true almost you whispered dear I do But someone new came by and you left m...

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...

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

Anything new gets old except my love for you it goes on and on it's forever true I'll forever love you oh my whole life through Anything new gets old except my love for you Anything new gets old except the way you smile The tenderness of every kiss and th...

As much as the stars need the heaven as much as the roses need dew As much as the plea in a baby's cry well that's how much I need you As much as the flowers need sunshine as much as the sky needs the blue As much as much as my love is true well that's hoew m...

If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you baby we're really in love If you're happy with me like I'm happy with you old Cupid just gave us a shove If you're thinkin' of me like I'm thinkin' of you I know what you're thinkin' of If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin...

It's been a bad bad day for me it's been a sad sad day for me My baby left on her way now I'm left here to pay it's been a bad bad day for me It's been a dark dark day for me the sun won't shine on my blue misery Tears are falling like rain only sorrow remains...

Poet Index Poem Index Random Search Introduction Timeline Calendar Glossary Criticism Bibliography RPO Canadian Poetry UTEL by Name by Date by Title by First Line by Last Line Poet Poem Short poem Keyword Concordance Stephen C. Foster (1826-1864) Beautiful Dr...

A big hearted me big hearted me big hearted me A big hearted me had to go give 'em my love away I give it to a girl that broke it in two like it was plain I should have known better should I never let her but I couldn't break free I give her all my love so gen...

It's been a blue blue day I feel like runnin' away I feel like runnin' away from it all My love has been untrue she's found somebody new it's been a blue blue day for me Well I feel like crying dying what can I do I feel like praying saying I'm glad we're thro...

Last night I had a blue dream cause in my dream you told me we were through I cried cause in my blue dream I saw you away with someone new And then beside the blue stream I saw him makin' a fairy love to you Last night it was just a blue dream But tonight I'm...

Blues in my heart oh how it aches nobody knows the sorrow it takes I should have known right from the start you'd leave me with these blues in my heart Rain's falling down down from the sky even the sun's refusing to shine Everything's wrong since we're apart...

Well I'm a loser yes a loser born loser everytime I find a new love yes I think true love then I find out that she's not mine I couldn't be so lucky this next time as to find me a love so true I guess I'll keep on taking chances making love right out of the bl...

Born to lose I've lived my life in vain every dream has always brought me pain All my life I've always been so blue born to lose and now I'm losing you Born to lose it seems so hard to bear how I long to always have you near You've grown tired and now you say...

Bring back, bring back Bring back your love to me I need your kisses Oh, how I'm missing The things that used to be I love you, I want you I need you constantly If you'll just come back home I'm begging please Bring back your love to me Days and nights go cr...

Well, I came down there with my hat caved in Oh I'll go back home with my pocket full of tin oh doo-dah day Goin' to run all night, goin' to run all day I'll bet my money on the bobtail nag, somebody bet on the bay. Well, the Camptown ladies sing this song do...

(I'm on my way I'm on my way) Well I'm on my way to Canaan's land I'm on my way to Canaan's land I've done signed up made up my mind I'm on my way to Canaan's land If my mother don't go don't you hand to me If my mother don't go don't you hand to me I've done...

All day long Life's a song Just can't do any wrong 'Cause I love you Just a glance When we dance And I fall in a trance 'Cause I love you It's like floating on air With no worry or care I'm in Heaven enchanted, I swear! You make fear Disappear When I feel y...

I'm climbing up the mountain I'm climbing up the mountain Once I've traveled in the valley so low lonely and weary way I Now I travel in the valley no more yeah I'll reach the other side by and by Well well I'm climbing up the mountain to the sky I'm a going w...

I tried so hard, my dear, to show That you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do Is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past Keeps us so far apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind And melt your cold, cold heart Another love...

Country green, do you know what I mean? She's true and pure like country green I feel her hand upon my shoulder Waking me from a drawn out sleep I'm the only man to ever hold her What we share ain't nothin' cheap Sunday morning, we spend at God's house Sunda...

It's as dark as a dungeon way down in the mine I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky. I was a-talkin' to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born, and an old friend of the family. He says...

Uh huh didn't work out did it you'll have to admit it It wasn't so easy was it didn't work out did it You thought love had made me blind you could do just as you please But just like a graet big ol' neon sign I could see you were cheatin' on me Uh huh didn't...

Do you think the raindrops will ever stop falling Do you think the stars will grow dim Do you think my teardrops will ever stop flowing till I want your love back again I was a fool when I played with your heart And brought you the shame that has torn us apart...

FINAL EXAMINATION WITH DOTTIE WEST (Red Lane - Dottie West) You reset with the love that has built to stand on its own Somewhere we surely went wrong So let's study our hearts we may learn we might change our minds A final examination to test our situat...

Don't tell me your troubles I got troubles of my own Don't tell me your troubles Just leave me alone Leave me alone Go on home Tell it to a friend I got troubles of my own You say your sweet love's left you What you think about me? I got them same old hearta...

Your hand is like a torch each time you touch me That look in your eye pulls me apart Don't open the door to heaven if I can't come in Don't touch me if you don't love me, sweetheart Your kiss is like a drink when I'm thirsty And I'm thirsty for you with all...

I'm just driftwood on the river floatin' down the tide I don't care where this old river carries me I keep drifting just because my heart is broken inside And I'm tired of wishing for what cannot be I'm just driftwood on the river and I'm drifting on Till the...

I'm drinking champagne And feeling no pain till early morning Dining and dancing With every pretty girl I can find I'm having a fling With a pretty young thing till early morning And knowing tomorrow I'll wake up With you on my mind Guilty conscience I g...

Even tho you took the sunshine out of my heaven Even tho you took the twinkle out of my eyes I will always be in love with you my darling even tho I sit and wonder if I'm wise Since the day that you first told me that you love me I have been head over hee...

If I have wounded any soul today if I have caused one foot to go astray If I have walked in my own willful way dear Lord forgive If I have uttered idol words or fame if I have turned aside from want or pain Yes I offend some other through the strain dear Lo...

(Everybody everybody everybody but me) Everybody's got someone caryin' everybody's got a love they're sharin' Everybody everybody but me Everybody is gettin' ready everybody is goin' steady Everybody everybody but me I stay home on a Friday night I go to...

As I look at the letters That you wrote to me, It's you that I'm thinking of, As I read the lines That to me were so sweet, I remember our faded love. I miss you, darling, More and more, every day, As heaven would miss the stars above, With every heartbeat I...

Far far away is my love of yesterday And she's gone gone gone gone from me from me Far far away is my life my love my way And wonder where where where oh where can she be Days endless days nights dark as may Lonely I'm lonely where can she be Far far away is m...

Here she comes look at her roll there she goes eatin' that coal Watch her fly look at her sail let her by by by it's the fireball mail Engineer makin' up time tracks are clear look at her climb See that freight clearin' the rail bet she's late late late it'...

Your love is colder than a foggy river flowing o'er a heart of stone You left me stranded on this foggy river drifting helpless and alone Can't escape this broken heart of mine there's no freedom anymore Oh heaven help me on this foggy river help me find th...

Foolish me I gave my heart away and traded all my dreams for just one kiss from you Foolish me to pay the price I paid for just a chance that you might think about me too Your tender words of love keep thrillin' me they fill me up so high I believe you even...

Last night, quietly, she walked through my mind As I lay searching for sleep. Her soft hand reached out, she whispered my name As she brushed a tear from my cheek. And then those funny familiar forgotten feelings Started walkin' all over my mind. It's sad, so...

I've got a lot of memories To last me the rest of my life So if you don't wanna love me, Baby that'll be alright I'm gonna take all the lovin' That I have for you Gonna take all the loneliness Sit right down with the blues! I'm gonna give myself a party, Serv...

Goodbye Lou cherche vous another man Say l'amour, portoujour if you can You're high class, you've got a past Now you're a wheel ho ho, good deal Lucille Go your way, leave today, that's your plan Leave me here, cherche vous another man Paint the town, sorrows...

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

If you love me half as much as I love you You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do You're nice to me when there's no one else around You only build me up to let me down If you missed me half as much as I miss you You wouldn't worry me half as much as you...

I'm alone in a house made of sorrow and each room is haunted with you Should the end of the world come tomorrow I'll be waiting on Heartbreak Avenue I scattered all our promises behind me there's no use to hope that they'll come true But if you change your...

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine Well they said you was high-classed Well, that was just a lie Yeah they said you...

(Miriam Eddy aka Jessi Colter How do you tell someone you don't care how do you say I don't love you Win the heart that you're tellin' is so good and true and loves no one but you And how could my heart be made of stone oh why must this be I'm unable to give...

I have nothing but sorrow since you said we were through Tthere's no hope for tomorrow how's the world treatin' you Every sweet thing that mattered has been broken in two All my dreams have been shattered how's the world treating you [ guitar ] Do you wonder a...

She told me she loved me She told me a lie She said I'd be happy Then she made me cry Well, I'm hurting, hurting Hurting inside She called me her baby In front of these guys She was just flirting I wasn't wise Now I'm hurting, Hurting inside Tell me, what'...

Well I told you I was leavin' you a long time ago but I'm still here and I still love you so And I can't leave no matter how hard I try You know I love you you know it's true I just can't leave you no matter what you do And I can't go no matter how hard I try...

I can't stop loving you So I've 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'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday Those happy hours that we once knew Though long ago, still make m...

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

I love you so much, it hurts me Darling, that's why I'm so blue I'm so afraid to go to bed at night Afraid of losing you I love you so much, it hurts me And there's nothing I can do I want to hold you, my Dear, forever and ever I love so much, it hurts me so...

Don't call me anymore by now you know the score By now you know I'm not what I seem to be Too much you loved and too much I decieved I think it's best to forget me Yes I'm the one who lied used every alibi Down deep inside I think that you're really you I must...

I'll walk alone Where once we wandered It seems so strange Since you are gone 'Til you return I'll stay the same, dear I'll still be true And walk alone By stars above I swear to love you With all the love I've ever known While we're apart You'll always own...

We were alone last night pretending wrong is right Time flew by it seemed I wish it had been a dream You said those words again we were so close again But it's easier to awake from a dream and cry than to walk away and say goodbye (To count the years since...

If heartaches brought fame in love's crazy game I'd be a legend in my time If they gave gold statues for tears and regrets I'd be a legend in my time But they don't give awards and there's no praise or fame For a heart that's been broken over love that's in va...

I'll let my heart break for a little while Who cares if it aches for a little while I'll hold you so close for a little while And then I'll go my way and forget I know that it's wrong I shouldn't do this to you I know that it's wrong I shouldn't make you...

IM ALL WRAPPED UP IN YOU Writer Don Gibson You and the good times, Free let the sun shine Lucky me, love so sweet and kind And Im all wrapped up in you Love makes the whole world bright Love changes wrong to right Kiss me, darlin, hold me tight Cause Im all w...

That big eight wheeler rollin' down the track Means your true lovin' Daddy ain't commin' back Because I'm Movin' On I'll soon be gone You where flying too high for my little old sky So I'm Movin' On That big loud whistle as it blew and blew Said hello to the...

Did you hear the lonesome whippoorwill He sounds to blue to fly The midnight train is a-winding low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by. The moon just went behind the clouds To hide his face and cry Did you...

You'd known so long that you were wrong but still you have your way You told her lies and alibies and hurt her more each day But now your conscience bothers you you've reached your journey's end You're asking me for sympathy I'm sorry for you my friend You...

If I can stay away long enough maybe I'll forget you If I can stay away long enough I'll lose my love for you If I could get you out of my mind another love I'll try to find And live my life of happiness till the end If I can stay away long enough maybe you'll...

If my heart had windows You'd see a heart full of love just for you A tear may appear when I hold you near But that's for the sweet things you do If my heart had windows You'd see a heart full of love just for you By your side I'll stay, till we're old and...

Well if you don't know it know that I do know that I love you yes love you Well if you don't know it baby what can I do I tell you that I love you love you love you love you Well how many times do you think I'm gonna tell you How many times do you think yo...

IF YOU'RE GOIN' GIRL WRITER BOBBY BOND If you're goin' girl in the summertime Then you'd better take the shinin' sun And you'd better take all the golden fields And the perfume of the clover and the corn If you're goin' girl in the winter time Then you'd bet...

Although you mean and throw to me just like a fool won't set you free I love you so oh don't you know it has to be mhm Although at times your love's not true though you've had friends I know not who Can't let you go I love you so it has to be Well you can'...

Makes no difference now what kind of life they hand me I'll get along without you now that's plain to see I don't care what happens next I'll get by somehow And I don't worry cause it makes no difference now It was just a year ago I first met you I learned to...

It only hurts for a little while that's what they tell me that's what they say It only hurts for a little while then all your heartaches will fade away It's so easy to be smart with somebody else's heart But I don't know how to start forgetting you what can I...

It's a sin, my darlin', how I love you Because I know our love can never be It's a sin to keep this memory of you When silence proves that you've forgotten me The dream I built for us has tumbled Each promise broken like my heart It's a sin, my darlin', how I...

I'll live every day for you I'll breath every breath for you So if I'm mean and make you blue it's my way of loving you If I say that you're untrue and it breaks your heart in two I can't help these things I do it's my way of loving you Try to understad my lov...

I am weak but thou art strong, Jesus, keep me from all wrong, I'll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to thee. Just a closer walk to Thee, Jesus grant my humble plea! Daily walking close to thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. Through this w...

If I could see you just one time oh how it'd ease my troubled mind If I could hold you just one time and then pretend that you're still mine Lips that used to thrill me so they now thrill someone else I know Gone is the love that once was mine wish I could see...

Love that runs away from me Dreams that just won't let me be Blues that keep on botherin' me Chains that just won't set me free Too far away from you and all your charms Just out of reach of my two open arms Each night in dreams I see your face Memories time...

Just to hurt me just to see me sit and cry Just to know that you brought teardrops to my eyes Just to hurt me that's all you ever do And just because you know I love you oh so true Guess you know that I settle down to be a fool Just to hurt me that's all you e...

Kaw-Liga was a wooden indian standing 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 He always wore his sunday feathers and held a tomahawk The...

When my eyes behold the stars this heart of mine is filled with wonder My poor mind cannot grasp their array But the hand that spilled them there all across the wide heaven Had a plan when he placed them that way Known only to him are the great hidden secr...

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend And what have I done that's made you so different and cold Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again Will you be happy when you are withered and old I cannot offer you diamonds or mansions so fine I cannot o...

I'm looking for that Lonely Street I've got a sad sad tale to tell I need a place to go and weep where's this place called Lonely Street A place where there's just loneliness where dim lights bring forgetfulness Where broken dreams and mem'ries meet Where's th...

Lonesome number one just call me lonesome number one Although no titles have I won I surely must be lonesome number one Every love I've had has faded like a dew Every one I wanted has wanted someone new Heartaches hang around they always come I surely must be...

In this lonesome old house In this lonesome old house Listen to the clock A-going tick tock Listen to the rain On the window pane Everything's quiet Quiet as a mouse In this lonesome old house In this lonesome old house Everything's dark Dark outs...

Look down, look down that lonesome road Before you travel on. Look up, look up and meet your maker, For Gabriel blows his horn. I get weary totin' a load, Traveling down this lonesome road, Look down, look down that lonesome road Before you travel on. ~~~♫♫♫...

Well you've gotta walk that lonesome valley you gotta go there by yourself There's no one here who go there for you you gotta go there by yourself Well now some folks say John was the baptist others say he was the Jew Oh but the Holy Bible tells us that he wa...

Please, please have pity on me Oh can't you see that I'm in misery Please, please I'm begging like a fool Whoa is me look who's blue There ain't no girl that's ever gonna tie me down I'm going out each night to paint the town Well I was doing fine till...

I've wandered far away from God now I'm coming home The path of sin too long I've trod Lord I'm coming home Coming home coming home never more to roam Open wide Thine arms of love Lord I'm coming home [ guitar ] I've wasted many precious years now I'm coming h...

LOSING YOUR LOVE (Don Gibson) Losing your love that was mine brings hurt and lonely time Losing your love I fall through brings tears and heartaches too I should've known and never let you hurt me ever But I was blind love stood in the way Yes I lost in this...

Well it looks how love has finally come my way At last it looks like love has come way After all the heartaches I've gone through they were worth it all for you Well I'm a little bit older now a little bit wiser now I know you're the one for me goodbye blues a...

I've been a feelin' kinda funny oh and everyday is sunny All the bees are makin' honey oh the lovin' season is on Got all the ambition got a sweet deposition Baby I've been wishin' you will gonna catch me before the lovin' season is gone Well I've got nothing...

Low and lonely, sad and blue Thinking only of little you Always tryin' to keep from cryin' I'm low and lonely over you. Do you miss me? Say you do! Tell me darlin', please tell me true Do you yearn dear, for my return dear? I'm low and lonely over you. Low a...

Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and, oh, how I feel As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill Do you recall when we parted The story to me you revealed You said you could live without love, dear In your loveless mansion o...

Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight I'm alone and oh so blue tonight Like a piece of driftwood on the sea may you never never be alone like me I believed the lies you told to me when you whispered dear I worship Thee Now here am I alone and blue all...

I know we'll love again Maybe tomorrow, maybe tomorrow I don't know where or when Maybe tomorrow, maybe tomorrow You say, you say, you're gonna cry Because they've made us say goodbye Our love will stand their test of time And our ages won't be there to draw...

Midnight I've spent another lonely day thinkin' of you Midnight tomorrow is on its way empty and blue I'm so lonely so lonely at midnight for you Midnight oh what a lonely time to weep I ought to know Midnight I should have been fast asleep hours ago Stil...

MIXED UP LOVE (Wayne P. Walker) I'm in I'm out sure then I'm in doubt What a crazy kind mixed up love I'm in I win I lose I'm happy then I'm blue What a crazy kind mixed up love I'm in I tell myself I ought to leave you I almost make it through the door...

Vernon'll meet me when the boat lands Keys to th M. G. will be in his hands Adjust to the driving 'n' I'm on my way It's all on the right side in Montego Bay Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Come sing me la! Come sing me Montego B...

I followed you to Texas I followed you to Utah We didn't find it there, so we mo-oved on I followed you to Alabam' Things looked good in Birmingham We didn't find it there, so we moved on I know you're tired of followin' My elusive dreams and schemes For they...

there are some things I may not know, there are some places I can't go, but I am sure of this one thing, my God is real for I can feel him in my soul. My God is real, he's real in my soul, my God is real for he has washed and he made me whole, his love for m...

Well my hands're tied yeah my hands're tied Baby tonight I like to hold you tight oh but my hands're tied Well my hands're tied yeah my hands're tied Like a well puppy duck it's just my luck and my hands're tied When you call my name I go insane Oh a date...

Castles were made high and mighty and oceans were made deep and wide We were made for each other that's how I feel about my love for you Up in the sky is a rainbow that some people say has no end This I don't know it's true but there's no end of my love for...

I've learned to hide my bleed within my heart And to conceal the thing that hurts me so For everytime somebody calls your name I cry for you but still my tears don't show For my heart is big enough to hold many tears Long with all the memories I'll treasur...

And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain My friend, I’ll say it clear I’ll state my case of which I’m certain I’ve lived a life that’s full I’ve traveled each and every highway And more, much more than this I did it my way Regrets, I’ve had a...

MY WHOLE WORLD IS HURT (Don Gibson) No day passes by no night without cry my whole world is hurt from now on Each minute reveals heartbreak so real my whole world is hurt from now on And if I try to forget a just plain misery I'm more confused and emptin...

I've known many loves before I met you but I'll never love again I could probably know others too but I'll never love again After knowin' your love I'll never love again I'll never love again (I've held many girls before I held you) but I'll never love agai...

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT (Don Gibson) There's no doubt about it I know this time I saw for the first time you're his you're not mine There's no doubt about it I've reached the end of my life I've lost my whole world this time Yes and I bow my head and cry And...

No one will ever know my heart is breaking Although a million teardrops start to flow I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling I'll miss you but no one will ever know I'll tell them we grew tired of each other That I was glad the day you set me free I'll...

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

Oh such a stranger you don't even know me it's just as though we've never even met Oh such a stranger you don't even see me tell me was I that easy to forget Don't you remember please won't you try Was it that long ago you brought tears to my eyes Oh such...

T'is the old ship of Zion T'is the old ship of Zion T's the old ship of Zion Get on board, get on board 

When you found somebody new, I thought I never would Forget you, for I thought then I never could But time has taken all the pain away Until now, I'm down to hurtin' once a day. Once a day, all day long And once a night, from dusk 'til dawn The only time, I w...

I'm only human, I'm just a woman. Help me believe in what I could be And all that I am. Show me the stairway, I have to climb. Lord for my sake, teach me to take One day at a time. One day at a time sweet Jesus That's all I'm asking from you. Just giv...

PERFECT MOUNTAIN (Gene Thomas) '70 Acuff-Rose Music Gonna find a perfect mountain gonna stay until I die Drink of mother nature's fountain let my worries roll on by Well the good times go easy and the bad times go slow Even in the in-between times I can...

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

RELEASE ME (AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN) (Eddie Miller - W.S. Stevenson - Robert Yount - Dub Williams) '54 Four Star Music Release me darling let me go I don't love you anymore To live together is a sin release and let me love again Oh I have found a new love...

RIGHT AWAY (Don Gibson) '65 Acuff-Rose Music Right away I lost my pride and right away we could lie It's not like I said it would be it's not so easy to forget you I see I said I would never cry at all if you should leave I'd never try to call But oh ho...

RUN ALONG BLUES (Don Gibson) Run along blues don't you bother me run along blues let me be Well you're all the time weighin' on my mind You won't let me be run along blues don't you worry me Just let me alone now let me pretend That she's still mine now...

Well, you ask me if I'm happy If I have sweet peace within If I'm worried 'bout tomorrow When I reach my journey's end Well, I'm satisfied with my Jesus When He knocks I let Him in He'll go with me through the valley For I know He is my friend Satisfied, sat...

The lights in the harbor don't shine for me. I'm like a lost ship adrift on the sea: Sea of a heartbreak, lost love and loneliness, Memories of your caress So divine, how wish you were mine again, my dear. I'm on a sea of tears, Sea of a heartbreak (sea...

Comb your hair and paint and powder you act proud and I'll act prouder You sing loud and I'll sing louder tonight we're settin' the woods on fire You're my gal and I'm your feller dress up in your frock and yeller I'll look swell but you'll look sweller set...

They say that everyone want someone. So how come no one wants me. Then they say that everyone needs someone. So how come no one needs me. Well if you wonder who the loneliest creatures in the world can be. It's the ugly duck, the little black she...

I know that someday you'll want me to want you When I'm in love with somebody else You'll expect me to be true and to keep on loving you Though I'm feeling blue You'd think I can't forget you. Until someday you'll want me to want you When I'm strong for someb...

Someday you'll call my name and I won't answer Someday you'll reach for me I won't be there For you've grown tired of all the love I gave you But someday you'll wish that I still care All through the years how I have loved you Still I know I claimed you for m...

Blue Spanish eyes Teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes Please, please don't cry This is just adios and not goodbye Soon I'll return Bringing you all the love your heart can hold Please say "Si, si" Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me Blue...

Beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly For I'm a young cowboy I know I've done wrong As I walked out in the streets of Laredo as I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a poor cowboy wrapped in white linen Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay I see...

Sweet dreams of you every night I go through Why can't I forget you and start my life anew Instead of having sweet dreams about you You don't love me it's plain I should know you'll never wear my name I should hate you the whole night through instead of having...

She was a sweet, sweet girl to me No matter where I go, no matter who I see Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah She was a sweet, sweet girl to me She was a sweet, sweet girl to me Though she said goodbye and set me free Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah She was a sweet, sweet girl t...

Why must you always try to make me over take me as I am or let me go White lilies never grow on stalks of clover take me as I am or let me go You're trying to reshape me in a mold love In the image of someone you used to know But I won't be a standing for...

(Take these chains from my heart and set me free) Take these chains from my heart and set me free You've grown cold and no longer care for me All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on Take these chains from my heart and set me free Take these...

On your knees you are taller than trees you can look over heartaches and fears When my faith is gone to my knees I will go growing stronger and taller than trees (One night it was a long time ago now I knelt at my mother's knee For I weary I was heartsick I wa...

I was waltzin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see I introduced him to my loved one and while they were waltzin' My friend stole my sweetheart from me [2x:] I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Now I know just h...

THEN I'LL BE FREE (Don Bowman - Ray Corbin) '64 Central Songs All I gotta do is forget about you And find someone who will be true that'll never leave me Think about something all the time get you far and out off my mind I'll be free Oh free to do what...

Written by Dallas Frazier I hear footsteps slowly walkin' as they gently walk across a lonely floor And a voice is softly sayin' Darling this will be goodbye forever more. There goes my reason for livin' There goes the one of my dreams There goes my o...

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

There's a story goin' 'round I've heard it now all over town The two of us is here through And I'm afraid to ask of you Is there a reason? Is there a reason? For all the words heard and said Should I forget it? Say it's just gossip And let it pass right thoug...

The sun goes down it leaves me sad and blue The iron curtain falls on this cold war with you Through you won't speak and I won't speak that's true Two stubborn people with a cold war to go through Oh why oh why should love ever come to couples like you and...

You say that in time I'll forget how I feel but time hurts as well as it heals You tell me you're sorry you know how I feel But do you tell me do you know that my love is real The hours pass slowly when you love someone still And time hurts as well as it h...

TIMES WERE GOOD (Don Gibson) Times were good while they lasted the good times didn't last long enough Now my times are wasted thinkin' bout what I didn't do enough Well now I loved you then I loved you true true true Never was a minute without loving you...

TOO MUCH HURT (Don Gibson) '65 Acuff-Rose Music I got too much hurt not enough love for me Nothing but misery lonesome old memory I got too much hurt you tore my world apart Left me with broken dreams tears in my heart Tellin' lies blues and cries oh y...

(Too soon too soon too soon to know) It's too soon to know If I can forget her My heart's been broken in too many pieces And It's too soon to know Time passes slow Will I ever know If I can forget her and not let it show? But it's too soon to know News trav...

Touch me in the morning Then just walk away We don't have tomorrow But we had yesterday Hey, wasn't it me who said That nothing good's gonna last forever And wasn't it me who said Let's just be glad for the time together It must've been hard to tell me That...

Now the hacienda's dark, the town is sleeping, Now the time has come to part, the time for weeping, Vaya Con Dios, my darling, May God be with you, my love. Now the village mission bells are softly ringing, If you listen with your heart, you'll hear them si...

We live in two different worlds dear that's why we're so far apart You made your world out of vows that were broken I built the world in my heart Everyone here tried to warn me you were just a playing game I told them all we were made for each other I thou...

You're happy now it's plain to see you're not concerned with your old used to be's You could at least show some sympathy you're happy I see what about me You pass me by with your head up high You've known regrets since we said goodbye You've got no heartac...

What now my love Now that you left me How can I live through another day Watching my dreams turn into ashes And all my hopes into bits of clay Once I could see, once I could feel Now I am numb I've become unreal I walk the night, oh, without a goal Stripped o...

Yeah how can we get along everything I do is wrong Tell me what's the reason I'm not pleasin' you I've tried and I've tried still we're never satisfied Tell me what's the reason I'm not pleasin' you Yeah you can change me about how a lot know what to do Y...

The worst that I've ever been hurt In my life The first time I ever have Wanted to die Was the night when you told me You loved someone new And you asked me if I could forget When I stop dreaming That's when I'll stop loving you You may teach the fl...

Where is your heart tonight you look at me with eyes that do not see Where is your heart tonight mhm some love thief must have stolen it from me Yes tomorrow you'll be different I'm hoping you'll end it all that everything's all right But now though I'm hol...

Once I stood in the night with my head bowed low In the darkness as black as could be In my heart felt alone and I cried oh Lord don't hide your face from me Hold my hand all the way every hour every day from here to the great unknown Take my hand let me s...

Where the deep blue pearly waters wash upon white silver sands Where on the brink of love I kissed her and obeyd my heart's command Where the deep blue pearly waters wash upon white silver sands We watched the sunset in the evening in a far and distant land...

I walked down this ol' lonely street And no one seems to wanna speak Oh Who Cares, who cares for me? All the world seems cold The world seems grey Nothing seems the same since you went away Who cares, who cares for me Surely happiness can be found Surely th...

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

WITH YOUR LOVE ON MY MIND (Robert Ford) Here I sit with your love on my mind I'm blue as a man can be So long ago you told me you'll return Now I've been waitin' so long you think I'd learned Here I sit with your love on my mind I'm hoping praying saying...

Woman, I can hardly express My mixed emotions and my thoughtlessness After all, I'm forever in your debt And woman, I will try to express my inner feelings and thankfulness For showing me the meaning of success Ooh, well, doo doo doo doo doo. Ooh, well, well...

Hello baby hello honey please won't you come back to me I can hardly see how I write this letter if you don't hurt home I never get better Please won't you come back to me It's been a long long time since I kissed your lips Seems like ages since I took tha...

Dear one the world is waiting for the sunrise every road is heavy heavy with you The crush on high his sleepy mate is calling and my heart is calling you [ guitar ] The crush on high... 

YES, I'M HURTING Writer Don Gibson Everywhere I go heartache just hurts me so I can't escape from you, and I'm hurting Sorrow is by my side, misery is my guide Every minute is blue, and I'm hurting Loving you from day to day, memories that make this poo...

YOU CAN'T LAUGH (AT A FOOL) WRITER DON GIBSON Yes I really thought that you would be mine forever I didn't ever really think that you would leave me ever I thought that true love was to yes I trusted in you But I was wrong now I know it's too late Now w...

YOU DON'T KNOCK Writer W. Westbrook and C.A. Walton You don't knock you just walk on in the door to heaven's inn There's love and joy for you to share the whole day through I know my friends are there to rest in the heaven's nest You don't knock ring pun...

YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN Writer Marty Robbins Born in the heat of the desert my mother died giving me life Despised and disliked by my father blamed for the loss of his wife You know Lord I've been in a prison for something I'd never done It's been one hil...

YOU WIN AGAIN Writer Hank Williams The news is out all over town that you've been seen a runnin' round I know that I should leave but then I just can't go you win again This heart of mine could never see what everybody knew but me Just trusting you was my gr...

Ooh you make me live Whatever this world can give to me It's you you're all I see Ooo you make me live now honey Ooo you make me live Ooh you're the best friend that I ever had I've been with you such a long time You're my sunshine and I want you to know That...

YOU'VE STILL GOT A PLACE IN MY HEART Writer Leon Payne) If the one you'd think is true ever turns his back on you You've still got a place in my heart If every road you take proves you made a big mistake Baby you've still got a place in my heart If I'm...