Don Williams

Till the rivers all run dry till the sun falls from the sky Till life on earth is through I'll be needing you I know sometimes you may wonder from litte things I say and do But there's no need for you to wonder if I need you cause I'll need you Till the river...

I've been lonesome, I've been empty I got an achin', Way down inside I need someone, Someone to hold me Pull down the shade, Turn out the light And love me tonight. Don't think about tomorrow It don't matter any more We can turn the key And lock the world out...

Break us down by our elements and you might think he failed We're not copper for one penny or even iron for one nail And a dollar would be plenty to buy twenty of us Until true love is added to these handfuls of dust Handful of dust, handful of dust Sums up t...

I've never had a face youd notice The world never took much notice of me I've never been good at conversation I was too busy tripping on my own feet I've never had grand illusions Love was always for someone else But in a world so few surprises Theres still a...

I go to places we like to go I do the things we like to do Familiar faces we both know All I'm missing is you Don't ask me how I'm getting along 'Cause there's really nothing new Everything's about the same since you've gone All I'm missing is you The same o...

I've held it all inward Lord knows I've tried It's an awful awakenin' In a country boy's life When you look in the mirror In total surprise At the hair on your shoulders And the age in your eyes. [Chorus] Amanda light of my life Fate should have made you a ge...

thought we'd always be together In my mind, there was no doubt Our two hearts were bound forever We would never be without Spring to summer, falls to winter Those that can just fly away To find a place for them that's better I guess here is where I'll stay A...

Oh it's late, I know I should be leaving We've both got someone waiting we'll have to go And it's so strange to think that I just met you I almost wish I'd met you long ago In your eyes I see a certain look And that same look must be in mine And who knows wha...

Atta way to go you finally broke it off Atta way to go we can't even talk or cry Or even wonder why that a way to go Didn't you believe me when I loved you I guess you thought we were playing games All this time I tried to think I've known you I guess I reall...

Back in my younger days I used to go all night long Now I just stay at home and everything is all right Back when I first met you I used to live in a haze But that was so long ago back in my younger days I would do anything just to stumble and fool It's a wond...

I'm back on the street again Got to stand on my own two feet again I'm walking that lonely beat again Remembering when, whoa, whoa, remembering when Got a tear in my eyes again To remind me that I might cry again Feeling sad & wondering why again Remember...

I've been talking to a beautiful woman, all night long And I don't know if I'm coming or going, feels so strong There's a look in her eyes it's turning me on Something inside says the bad time is gone Wonder why it's taken so long I've been looking for a bea...

I got high hopes that tomorrow is gonna be better than today It don't look like it's comin' I know, why not believe it anyway Call it a prayer, call it a dream, Call it a leap of faith, call it anything I got high hopes that tomorrow is gonna be better than...

He climbs up on his John Deere Shoves a plug of redman in his jaw His eyes stretch cross the valley Way down to where they're puttin' up a mall His baseball cap says Kansas The Washington says how much he can grow There's a bank note in his pocket That says i...

They call me Catfish Bates 'Cause I can catch a catfish anytime I want to Even when the moon man tells me they won't bite They call me Catfish Bates 'Cause I know where that big ole flathead's a hiddin'. I'm a gonna take him home with me tonight I am the ki...

Now Stop that small talk, turn that light off, it ain’t my fault, you look so fine; My hearts achin’, and I ain’t fakin’, I don’t ask for much of nuthin', I just need a little lovin’; Come on babe, come a little closer, honey move it over, feels so right, Pul...

I been walking, walking in the moonlight Tripping in the starlight, Lord and I'm feeling down Walking in the shadows, sneaking down a side road Come early morning I'll be there on the edge of town I was a thinking, thinking about a good thing Thinking bout a...

My daddy told me when I was a young girl A lesson he learned, it was a long time ago If you want to have someone to hold onto You're gonna have to learn to let go You got to sing like you don't need the money Love like you'll never get hurt You got to dance l...

Well he spent that summer walkin' door to door With a can of gas and an ol' lawn mower That's a sure fire way to make a buck when you're fourteen Well he made a buck with no luck at all Then he spotted a place where the weeds were tall With a young girl sitti...

Could you just tell me how you're feelin' Lately that's all I want to know We've been actin' so deceiving You're holdin' on and lettin' go Cryin' eyes don't give a reason Lips don't always say what's so When you touch me, I'm believin' You really don't want m...

I'll never let you see The way my broken heart is hurting me I've got my pride and I know how to hide All the sorrow and pain I'll do my crying in the rain If I wait for cloudy skies You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes You'll never know that I s...

I don't want to be the fiery sun I just want to be your candle honey I just want to be your candle baby Let the sun shine on I don't want to be the deep blue sea I just want to be your cup 'o tea I just want to be your cup 'o tea Let the sea rage on Let the...

Early this morning before you awoke There was mist on the creek While the cigarette's smoked And when the sun rose up and burned off the cold The smoke turned to silver and then turned to gold Darlin' that's just what your love does That's what it does with...

My heart is out of control This ole love struck soul Just lives for the moment you're around When I hold on to you It is all I can do Just to keep my feet on the ground Desperately loving you desperately When you're not here with me I get a little bit craz...

Love is a question that few understand It runs like a river between a woman and man But it's course can get twisted It's bed can run dry And a heart become desert in the wink of an eye Once there was loving once there was trust Once it was honest and open an...

I know I'm ready now To love you like you want me to I've finally figured out That I depend on you I haven't started loving you yet So don't stop loving me now Don't do something we'll both regret Don't stop loving me now You've seen me running round Tryin...

[Chorus:] Don't you believe I've tried long enough Don't you just believe it's time Don't you believe I've gone far enough Don't you just believe it's time Lord knows I've tried just to keep you off my mind But it's no use, nothing works You just stay with me...

Don't you think it's time for us to work it out Don't you think you know what it's all about Don't you think it's sad livin' all alone So don't you think it's time for us to get along We know the songs of all the wrongs love that dies nobody tries But here an...

Donald and June enjoyed their brief honeymoon Then they came home to lead the big baby boom June wanted boys so Margie wore short hair and corduroys Soon they had Claire then Linda and Louise a matching pair June liked boys Donald and June they put some money...

I guess there's not much I can do or say Saw my baby with another guy today Though I love her and I try to tell her so It's hello blues and down the road I go Well I've never seen that guy before today He held my baby in close this way And the way she snuggle...

I'm an easy touch she knows it everybody does I just can't say no she calls I go And I would bring her the world on a silver platter Oh but things like that don't matter All she wants is all my love and for that I'm an easy touch I'm an easy touch I love her s...

Sitting in the barroom, ordering another beer She stepped up on the stage, but nobody wanted to hear And every word she sang was sweet music to my ears Elise, Elise, I believe every word you say Elise, Elise, I believe every word you say It don't matter if t...

The night was dark, rain falling down. Looked for my baby, she's nowhere around. Traced her footsteps down to the shore; Afraid she's gone forever more. I looked at the sea and it seemed to say: I took your baby from you, away. I heard a voice crying in the d...

I see the rainbow in your eyes, I see all the colors pass me by I sure like the things my eyes can do, Especially when they see you. I hear the music of this day, I sure like the songs this world can play But most of all I like your tune, When you whisper...

No one could love me the way that you love me but is it a matter of time But each time you hold me the way that you hold me time never crosses my mind We all took chances sometimes too many so I'll take some chances myself 'Cause you're an expert at everything...

Fair weather friends, fair weather sailors, Will leave you stranded on life's shore. One good friend who truly loves you Is worth the pain your heart endures. We never know which way the wind will blow, Nor when or where the next turmoil will be. But He's a s...

Love be gentle love be kind as I give this heart of mine To a new love I hope will never end It seems like only yesterday love was here and went away Out of love again but now I'm fallin' in Fallin' in love again I'd fallen out but there's no doubt I'm fallin...

I should take my time, I know, take it easy, take it slow Every heartache needs to mend, before you love again So I hold on for awhile and try to keep this old heart free And then I look across a room and someone smiles at me [Chorus] Oh and heaven help me he...

Never know how much I love you, Never know how much I care When you put your arms around me, I get a fever that's so hard to bear You give me fever, when you kiss me, Fever when you hold me tight Fever in the morning, fever all through the night. Sun light...

I know I shouldn't love you From the way we said goodbye And I know there are others With tears for you still in their eyes But if I thought you were lonely I wouldn't waste any time I'd be the first fool in line Funny thing about a memory When it comes to lo...

Could it be our love wasn't planted deep enough Or could it be we just didn't try Looking back we see so much that we left undone We should have known it would wither and die Flowers won't grow in gardens of stone The ground must be tended but we left it alone...

Fly, fly away, fly away in the morning Fly, fly away; just don't give me no warning Go on, girl, fly away If that's what you want to do 'Cause whatever's left to say, girl It won't come from me and you So fly, fly away, fly away in the morning Fly, fly away;...

Everybody comes with baggage Places and people before You don't know what all you're getting When love walks through your door, through your door I've had some hills and some valleys You've done some traveling too You can tell by the dents and the scratches O...

Oh, the games people play now, Every night and every day now Never meaning what they say now, Never saying what they mean. They just wile away the hours, In their ivory towers Til they're covered up with flowers, In the back of a black limousine. La da d...

I been cryin so long I been a watin for you to come along There you are what can I say I wont ever let you get away I been sittin by myself Been compairin you to ever body else You always won each hand you play I wont ever let you get away I can't pretend th...

I've seen how you tremble Whenever he walks through your mind Stirring up memories that cloud up your eyes Where the light of our love ought to shine I know that he hurt you, hurt you so bad He must have been going insane Now I've finally learned how to hold...

You can't live without loving You can't love Without giving of yourself You can't know What you're missing Till you give your heart away To somebody else. Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me. Love is alive deep inside you But you're afraid to set it...

You know I'm working overtime Just trying to cover my behind You know you took all my money And I guess you thought you took my mind You can run, you can't hide And just as sure as your breathing I ain't gonna let it slide When you're living in a glass house...

When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bed With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head Then daddy came in to kiss his little man With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand He talked about honor and things I should know Then he'd stagger a little a...

It seems you've gone, without leaving All the doors, are closed at night Though I've tried ,to think of leaving Goodbye isn't really good at all If there were really something good to it And I knew it wouldn't get me down I could leave in the morning But good...

Waves are rollin' in, lazy summer wind Sittin' in the sand, holdin' to your hand I was ten and you were nine Way out on the gulf shore line You became my girl, I became your man Underneath the stars, we were makin' plans You said I do and you've done just fin...

Harry and Joe moved south with their wives Enjoying the golden years of their lives But life doesn't always give back what it owes Suddenly there was just, Harry and Joe. Now Joe'd been a teacher gentile and calm Harry, a teamster with a fuse like a bomb Thro...

In your heart of hearts there is a voice It speaks from truth and not from choice It sees it all not just in parts Deep inside your heart of hearts A secret place known to your soul Where you can't hide but you can go When it's all too much and you fall apart...

Cadillac smiles in the ladies' styles in this world They ain't no part of me A hundred dollar bill can cure your ills in this world But it ain't no good to me You see money and clothes are easily burned People and cars are easily turned around I'm looking for...

What a time to turn your back on someone What a day to be without a friend What a shame when no-one seems to bother Who will offer shelter to candles in the wind And it follows we are only helpless children Ever changing like sunlight through the trees It's a...

I remember how we struggled when we first started out She recalls, we had it all, not what we did without I think back on those hard times, she remembers only love Well, who am I to say, that's not exactly how it was? That's how she remembers it, she was the...

You don't seem to be doing all that bad In fact you look good You don't seem to be feeling all that sad Like I thought maybe you would CHORUS: How, how did you do it How did you let it go How, how did you do it I need to know Now you've got friends to help y...

How much time does it take to get it right How much time does it take to get along Well you worry me about it day and night How much time does it take to get it right I've heard that life is like a song when you find a friend well the world just sings along B...

I don't believe in superstars, organic food and foreign cars I don't believe the price of gold, the certainty of growing old That right is right and left is wrong That north and south can't get along That east is east and west is west, and being first is alway...

I'm glad you called me I can still feel your voice Touch something inside me but I have no choice But to tell you I'm no longer one of the boys And I can't get to you from here. No, I don't think you'd know me if you saw me up close I've built me a family and...

I don't think much about her no more Seldom if ever does she cross my mind Yesterdays gone, it's better forgotten Like the poison red berries to die, on the vine This morning at dawn Lord I pulled into town Had some coffee and talked with some old friends of...

Road signs all show there's no cause for leaving And the weeping wind knows that I'm broken and beaten For my love has just hurt me like nothing I've known How can I step aside from the feelings inside when I don't wanna let go Let go when I know love will cl...

I don't want the money I just want your time Life without you honey isn't worth a dime We can think of dollars farther down the line I don't want the money I just want your time An air-conditioned car won't ever cool my heels I'd rather have your love than mo...

No, no, no, I don't want to love you And oh, oh, oh I'm tryin' not to No, no, no I don't want to love you But oh, oh, oh, I think I do This heart of mine it's been mistreated Love's done me wrong time and again After the way I've been cheated I want you, and y...

He doesn't mean to come on too strong It takes all the strength he's got Just to walk up to her table With his big ole broken heart And he stumbles on the way He tries his best to smile And he finally just says forgive me I haven't done this in a while I jus...

I keep your picture on my dresser I keep your pillow on the bed I keep believin' you still love me I keep sayin' you'll come back again. I keep a light on in the window I keep it burnin' day and night I keep sayin' didn't mean it When you said goodbye. Oh,...

I don't need a fortune teller I don't need me no M.D. I don't need some slick suit that's passed the bar. I don't need a politician Or some preacher on T.V. Folks to tell me how I've done so far. I just need you I need you to want me I want you to love me The...

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

When I was younger, the hunger came calling And humbly I answered each rising and falling I will not surrender at this wiser and tender age I turn the page [Chorus] And I sing for Joy For the smile that it brings, from the heart Through these guitar strings I...

Well I don't know how it happened Must have been something I said We had some words, she said some things I guess I must have lost my head It's been a week since I left her And I can't go on this way I'll call her up and swallow my pride When she says hello I...

I wish I had a circle driveway There's too much for me to leave behind If I only had a circle driveway I'd just ride around and wave goodbye. I really can't believe she packed my suitcase I can't believe that both her eyes were dry The only thing we didn't ha...

I was sittin' here thinkin' about some old times Some old times, some old friends And suddenly it came across my mind I would like to see you again Remember how we used to walk and talk Walk and talk, holdin' hands We said we love each other I recall We made...

There's a slow moon rising It's shining on your skin The way your body moves me I know there's no holding back No holding back I wouldn't be a man If I didn't feel like this I wouldn't be a man If a woman like you Was anything I could resist I'd have to...

Sometimes you may think I take you for granted And granted, sometimes maybe I do 'Cause I've grown so used to you lying next to me That I wouldn't want to live if you didn't love me [Chorus] No I wouldn't want to get up in the morning if you weren't there To...

I can see your heart is aching He hurt you more than he knew But should you ever want to love again I'll be faithful to you You've been crying like a willow When the night bird sings so blue Trust was broken but hearts will heal And I'll be faithful to you....

It wasn't easy and I know it, You'd been alone much too long, I had a job places to go, But I'd rather be right here at home, He had the time he could give you, When your lips could never find mine, And our little home was payin' the price, Of love left on t...

Your bags are packed and waitin' By the door If you really want me to go it's alright Don't worry 'bout me darling I'll get by But I'll need someone to hold me When I cry I'll need someone to tell me I'll get over you I'll need a friend to lean on When...

You can write your own ticket now I'll get by without you somehow Don't you worry 'bout what I'll do I'll be fine without you You say you think the change will do you good If you feel that way well I guess it would I can live my life without you I've got plac...

I have seen this old, cold world go gold and silver crazy. Some people live to fill their pocket and it never seizes to amaze me. If money can buy them happiness, that o'right for them I guess. Money sure can buy a lot, but it can't buy what I've got. CHORUS:...

Solitaire I'm gettin' good at solitaire I've got lots of times to spare I'm gettin' good without you here Telephone I'm good at listenin' for the phone I'm good at hopin' you call home I'm good at listenin' for the phone I'm gettin' good at thinkin' of you I'm...

I ain't gonna marry in the fall I ain't gonna marry in the spring Cause I'm in love with a pretty little girl who wears a diamond ring And I'm just a country boy money have I none But I've got silver in the stars And gold in morning sun gold in morning sun N...

Love comes once they say If it's the real thing Me I feel that way Knowing you must be there Waiting for me somewhere Some people say that I'm a fool But I'm still looking for you. Yes, I guess it's sad the lovers I've been through Some I could have had But t...

Darling if you ever leave me well I'll just put my heart away I couldn't love again believe me no one could please me anyway And if another ever came along I'd just turn them down cause after all I've been loved by the best I can't settle now for less why both...

I oughta know, what it's like to loose at love I've done it enough and I oughta know But then you came my way And tore away, the fear of pain I won't loose again, this time I know I've got a winner in you No way I can loose A love I can hold on to I've got a...

I've got Sunday school to thank for Jesus, Got educated thanks to mum and dad; I can borrow money thank to banker Johnson Thanks to me I've spent all that I have. I quit smooking thanks to coach kwasky, Thanks to lefty Thomson I can fight It took a while learn...

I wish there was some way to tell you I'm sorry That I didn't leave you a long time ago But many mistakes are part of the story And heartache by heartache I've turned you to stone So call me a traveller, gonna catch me a train I want to see Frisco feel the su...

Well you know I'm not much good at writin' letters So I gave up and decided that I'd call Now there's really not much news to tell you Things back here they never change at all It snowed today, it's cold here for November But I hear the weather's warm out ther...

If I needed you Would you come to me, Would you come to me, And ease my pain? If you needed me I would come to you I'd swim the seas For to ease your pain In the night forlorn The morning's born And the morning shines With the lights of love You will miss sun...

Another twenty miles and I'm halfway there, Another twenty miles and I'm running scared It's a beautiful night and I should be there I know you are tired of waiting And I know you are tired of hesitating If love gets there before I do, Darling don't you tak...

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

If you could read my mind love, What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie, 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet, You know that ghost is me. And I will never be set free, As lon...

No more nights sleeping alone In an empty bed, in an empty home Someone to talk to Someone to hold in my arms Imagine that, how sweet it'd be To have you here again with me Oh lord, I wish I had you back But all I can do is imagine that No more silence in th...

Hearts have been broken In the game of true love I'm afraid to surrender I'm not strong enough. Give it all away Open up every door My heart is a castle In love's endless war. In love's endless war. Dreams can betray you When you're far out at sea Many pro...

Well I was raised up by the golden rule In an old house with a patched up roof We had a hard home but it pulled us close We were family Oh that summer when the crops all died Was the first time I saw Daddy cry An' I heard Momma say what goes on here stays In...

When the sun comes up and it's time to get up in the mornin' Will you think of me and how it ought a be in the mornin' Well I don't know why you could say goodbye And I can't see how you could be anywhere but here with me in the mornin' Where was I when you ma...

Just how far does the universe go Does it ever end, You say you want to know Just how high can you count? Before the numbers all run out Who built the pyramids? Do aliens exist? Where does god come from? One more phenomenon: But if you know how strong my lov...

First I get cold, then hot Think I'm on fire, but I'm not Oh, what a pain I've got It must be love There's nothing I can do All that I want is you Look what I'm going through It must be love [Chorus] It must be love, it must be love I fall like a sparrow, fl...

I know all about black clouds, There's one that follows me around It may sound funny but somehow, It only rains on me. It follows me, most everywhere, And it seems its hardly fair People will stop and people stare, But it only rains on me. [Chorus:] Brok...

Well, finally I see the lovelight in your eyes I can feel it when I hold you and you breath that little sigh It took awhile but now at last I finally understand All I want to be is be your man. Oh, it's about time, you've been drivin' me crazy Wonderin' if yo...

It's good to see you, so good to see you Oh, how I've missed you, since I've been gone I've crossed the ocean travelled through many lands And it's good to see you to be in your home. There's something in me, that makes me wander There's many a land, I have t...

I'm back on the road Sometimes I don't know It's hard to make good sense of it all When I have to roam My mind's back at home Thinking of you there all alone But we're doing well Somehow I can tell I really don't know It's something I feel 'Cause we've bee...

Well tonight she came home early And she watched TV alone Lately the nightlife doesn't do much for her It's not that she's not pretty She could have brought some cowboy home But the last time that she did, it only bored her Well she's tired of crowded places...

Lying here beside her I've come to understand If you want to be happy you can It don't take living like a king, it doesn't cost you anything All it takes is a woman and a man Because its who you love and who loves you Its not where you are if she's there too I...

There's no stronger wind than the one that blows Down a lonesome railroad line No prettier sight than looking back On a town you left behind There is nothin' that's as real As a love that's in my mind Close your eyes I'll be here in the morning Close...

Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun shines gaily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship But when I reached Jamaica I made a stop But I'm sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down my head is spinning...

Well I love to wander on a sandy shore And I love to wander down the streets of towns I've never been before Take me somewhere out of reach lie in unfamiliar sheets And hear the ocean roar ask for more I could not do just as long as you're there too Just as l...

It's true, you've got me going, 'round in circles You keep me so darned dizzy, I could cry But every time you hurt me, I grow a little stronger I'll soon be strong enough to say goodbye. It will be so good to smile Gee, it's been a long, long while After all...

I've got just enough love for one woman Not just any woman will do I've got just enough love for one woman And that one woman is you Love's like it should be but I knew it would be You're the answer to my dreams God helped me choose you, I don't want to lose...

I've spent my life looking for you Finding my way wasn't easy to do but I knew there was you all the while And it's been worth every mile [Chorus] So lay down beside me Love me and hide me Kiss all the hurtin' of this world away Hold me so close that I feel...

There is nothing that is wrong Wanting you to stay here with me I know you got somewhere to go Won't you make yourself at home and never leave And don't you ever leave Lay Down Sally resting in my arms Don't you think you want someone to talk to Lay Down Sal...

There's a young man sits by the river Got his head held down in his hands There's a lost love in every teardrop And reasons that he just don't understand There's a dirt road runs by the river Comes an old man stepping high With a soft voice & kind intenti...

Sweetly flows the water from the mountain Softly falls the rain upon the leaves Gently blows the breeze among the cedars Quietly my heart is on its knees How could anything in all creation Be more beautiful than all I see With it all my heart is not rejoicing...

I guess as a lover I have a ways to go When someone wants you they should just say it's so But you'll understand if you'll take my hand Then we can dance real slow. To something on the radio. Listen to the radio Listen to the radio. Let's spend the night toge...

Your phone call took me by surprise Gee its been a long, long time Since those hot and humid Texas nights We went swimmin' in the tide Corpus Cristi seems so far away And I'm not talkin' 'bout the miles There ain't much I wouldn't give today Just to see one of...

Ten years ago on a cold dark night A man was killed underneath the town hall light There were few at the scene but they all agreed That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me The judge said, "Son what is your alibi? If you were somewhere else then you won't...

Looking back over my life I can see where I caused you strife But I know yes I know I'd never make that same mistake again Looking back over my deeds I can see signs of wise man heeds But if I just have a chance I'd never make that same mistake again Once my...

Well I grew up wild and free walking these fields in my bare feet There wasn't no place I couldn't go with a twenty-two rifle and a fishing pole Well I live in the city but don't fit in you know it's a pity the shape I'm in But I got no home and I got no choic...

Lord, I hope this day is good I'm feelin' empty and misunderstood I should be thankful Lord, I know I should But Lord, I hope this day is good Lord, have you forgotten me I've been prayin' to you faithfully I'm not sayin' I'm a righteous man But Lord, I hope...

Waiting in the front yard sitting on a log Single shot rifle and a one-eyed dog Yonder come my kin folk in the moonlight Louisiana Saturday night Hey you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow Kick off your shoes and throw 'em on the floor Dance in the...

I can't work late although I need the money Gotta get home to my loving honey She'll be there waiting, waiting impatiently Love is on a roll, love is on a good roll Usually I meet with the boys of Friday Only this morning she said this is my day The look she g...

Likely as not, there's been better weather I feel real sure there's been better times. Right here tonight, with you all around me I'm so glad right now is mine. So honey, tonight, make it alright. Turn on your smile for me for a while Take me away from where...

My baby changes like the weather One day she's warm, and then she's cold But someday, I'll understand her better In about a thousand years or so [Chorus:] But as long as there's blue sky above me As long as there's life in my hands My baby knows I always will...

[Chorus:] I've been loving you so long now What I'd give if I could see you once again Just to throw my arms around you And live those happy times again Lovely lady, it seemed so right When I held you all through the night I could see me forever loving you I...

I've been rained on I've been wind blown Took a wrong road every now and then I've been passed up once or twice stuck And I thought love was just around the bend But lately my hope was wearing thin It's a lonesome and endless highway I've been searching for s...

Maggie's up each morning at four am By five at the counter at the diner Her trucker friends out on the road will soon be stoppin in As the lights go on at Cafe Carolina Maggie's been a waitress here most all her life Thirty years of coffee cups and sore feet...

Wish I had a magic carpet together we could fly We could sail away forever watch the world go by If I'd had Alladin's lantern I'd know just what to do 'Cause all I'd need to do is touch it to make my dreams come true But I don't have a magic carpet magic lamps...

You came to me like a dove on the wind As great as your beauty was your freedom within You said to me the things on your mind But I didn't help you I couldn't unwind Maybe I should have held you Maybe I should have tried Maybe I could have helped You throug...

I'll love you forever and a day That's what the love songs like to say In love it seems, life is but a dream When we started out it felt that way. But it didn't take us very long To find out the world is not a song Life gets blue and love does too You learn t...

Way down in the state of Georgia Through the swamps and the everglades There's a big hole in Tiger Mountain God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave I had a girl in Waycross Georgia But she had unfaithful ways She made me feel like I wasn't wanted Like...

Miracles, miracles, that's what life's about Most of you must agree if you've thought it out I can see and I can hear, I can tell you why I can think and I can feel, I can even cry I can walk, I can run, I can swim the sea We had made a baby son and he looks...

Love is gone but not forgotten Memories are very much alive Life goes on and life goes well But I wonder if I'll ever lose the pain of missing you Missing you, it won't let me be Wishing you were missing me Missing, you I'll never be free From missing you, mi...

People tell me, boy you're crazy Some people say that I'm nuts For trying to get back together with you baby They say that once is enough I should never have left you cause now I need you Sometimes it happens that way I come back like a fool who's believing N...

You give to me what life should be for everyone. You're my pepper, you're my salt, my favorite tea. You're my sunset on the ocean, my desert dawn. So much of you is now a part of me. I know a greater power must have noticed me, And decided I would meet someo...

The sun is sinking in the west The cattle go down to the stream The redwing settle in their nest It’s time for a cowboy to sing. Purple light in the canyon That's where I long to be With my three good companions Just my rifle, my pony and me. Whippoorwill in...

Nighttime finds me reaching out to you Days are only waiting time, it's true Lovely lady, you're so warm and fine I just can't believe that you're all mine Even in my dreams you're calling me Saying things I just can't believe 'Cause everything you say is oh-...

Nobody's life is perfect nobody wins' em all In everybody's backyard a little rain must fall And when I think about you you're just the way you are If you were any different oh, it would break my heart You talk too much you laugh too loud When you hold my ha...

The weather vane out on the shed is looking to the west I reckon I'll head that way; it's good as any way I guess Closing this old gate kinda ends our episode 'Cause there's no use running when you're on the wrong road Gal, it wouldn't take much for someone t...

Who, by touching my hand Makes me understand, questions my heart is asking Who, opened my eyes, made me realize Love is everlasting Nobody but you, nobody but you Nobody else, could love me, like you do Nobody but you, could see me through Your love is true an...

Oh, If you could only see me In the day or in the night Maybe then you would believe me When I say everything's alright. Have I told you if you leave me Winter, summer, spring or fall I could never love another It's you and me or none at all. I'll never smil...

Now and then, a loser wins Gets a winning hand, now and then Once in a while the angels smile And someone's life turns out just right Now and then dreams come true When someone like me Is loved by someone like you. So many times I just couldn't believing I'd...

Oh misery, coming down all over me Oh can't you see, you're the one that I need You don't seem to notice, the way I feel You don't seem to understand ,my love is real You don't seem to care at all, how hard I try And I do try, Lord knows I try. Oh misery, co...

He's got a US flag on his front porch to remind everyone where he lives And up in the attic there are papers that prove the old house is finally his After thirty five years the grass still don't grow in that rock hard west Texas ground Where my old dad still c...

There's a million oil rigs pumping that black gold all over the world Sheiks and cowboy billionaires in limousines loaded with sparkling girls But money can't buy happiness just listen to the stories they tell All you need to really succeed in life is one good...

You are my sunshine, you are my rain You make me happy, (and you) never complain When life gets tested, and all disarranged You clear the air, (and) help me not go insane [CHORUS:] I can’t afford a life for me See what you see How could you be OK, with one li...

You may live alone and close your eyes, some folks do You may dream a dream that's twice your size, all night through When the morning comes who's to tell your dreams to, only you Only love, love only, only love, will do Only love, love only, only love comes...

Not that long ago I was on the run People telling me I should be someone And the things I'd learned were forgotten in my haste Till I reached the end of the rainbow I had chased. It was only water shining in thin air I put out my hand and there was nothing th...

Pancho, don't you like me no more? Pancho, to me our friendship means more Pancho, please forget what I said 'Cause Pancho we're headin' towards our end I remember the first time when you came to town Speaking in Spanish making the rounds When you first saw m...

I've been happy lately thinkin' about the good things to come And I believe it could be something good has begun Oh I've been smilin' lately dreamin' about the world as one And I believe it could be someday its goin' to come Cause out on the edge of darkness...

Well, we've had our troubles, we've had our hard times Where some might have stumbled, we've always survived Sometimes love weakens, when the chips are all down But what we've got together gets stronger somehow. Pressure makes Diamonds much harder than stone...

Pretend your happy when you're blue It isn't very hard to do And you'll find happiness without and in Whenever you pretend Remember anyone can dream And nothing's bad as it may seem The little things you haven't got could be a lot If you pretend You'll find...

Pretty little baby, lying in a manger Staring at the strangers, who've come so many miles They were told to follow the star up in the heavens And it brought them to the stable of the little baby child Could this be the kingdom of the high and mighty Is this th...

It's hard to hide a lingering disappointment But most of the time I wear it well Bur there are times when I just can't help remembering The night you left, that rainy night when my whole future fell. Rainy nights and memories go together And with every drop...

I ran into an old friend of mine the other day. We hadn't seen each other for quite a while. What he had to say to me hit me pretty hard, 'cause I think a lot of folks get started this way. He said: I thought it would be so easy, another one night stand. S...

First I was love, then I came to be I had a heart inside of me And though my heart was working I found Still there was something it had not found So I went away hoping to see Maybe I'd find what's missing in me Knowing so well but not knowing why If I didn't f...

If I listen long enough to you I'd find a way to believe its all true Knowing that you lied straight faced while I cried Still I'd look to find a reason to believe Someone like you Makes it hard to live without somebody else Someone like you Makes it easy to...

Give me too many bad signs, I'll be gone and I can tell you why Right or wrong that's just the way I am I'm not looking for sympathy, We either do or we don't agree All I need to know is where I stand. So it's comin' right down to you, I wanna stay.if you...

Peggy Sue rode away last night, on a rocking horse Straight into the pale moonlight, make believe of course But what's a little girl of eight Supposed to do when she's up so late She can't sleep 'cause it sounds like hate Coming from her momma and daddy's ro...

Chorus: Running in the fast lane, movin' on through Doin' the best that I can, just to get home to you I've got my radar lookin' for trouble ahead Running in the fast lane, looking for my bed Life out on this highway gets me weary to the bone I feel like some...

Oh all I needed was one look One magic moment was all it took From that moment I loved you so Now that I found you I'm never gonna let you go Come on say it say it again It sounds so good say it One more time and then Well if you mean it say it again The...

They got a road out in Alaska now, I hear that you can go there. Tell me about Montana, With the cool blue mountain air. I know your honeys got the money, I can understand your wanderlust. Brother, and boy, for me these days, Its refrigerator or bust. I ain'...

Back in the innocent days there was a young Cowboy Who was in love with a Mexican girl, Only she didn't know it, And he would watch her when she walked back, In the cotton dress which danced in the wind And her eyes held the stars Now, she was the most beaut...

Everytime the tide comes in the tide goes out Some folks fail some do alright You could take a john boat all the way to town Had an angry broken father, in a house beside the water [CHORUS:] Shadowland, what secret are you keeping Are you only sleepin to wake...

She packed up her suitcase and walked to the door She said she won't come back like she's done before I bet she's in Dallas before it gets dark I know she's thinking she's breaking my heart She knows I love her so she thinks I'll crawl But she never knew me s...

One minute she's up, one minute she's down Lovin' her's like bein' on a merry-go-round Sometimes she's sad, and sometimes she's funny Sometimes I wonder if I'm going or coming. I know she's not easy To understand But lovin' her makes me Do the best that I can...

She's got just a touch of grey and her hair And that's ok, she knows that I don't care The little lines around her eyes She don't need to disguise In her heart she's by the ocean The sun on her face Or going down the road less traveled At her own pace She's...

She's a barmaid in a west Texas dance hall She's there ev'ry night till they close And the cowboy's pay for the jukebox And she plays 'San Antonio Rose' Well I know her life ain't been easy And the lines in her face say it all But she still is a beautiful wom...

I'm not too obsessed with holding on to time and yes I knew her light was meant for all to see But whenever time this crazy world gets to pulling' on my girl It just makes me wanna scream She's with me, if you didn't know When it's clear for miles and we're o...

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

Once I had a heart cold as ice, Love for me was only for fun. I'd make a mark for each broken heart Like notches on the butt of a gun. Once I had a trick up my sleeve And a reputation all over town. I was heartless and cold wherever I'd go, I shot down...

When I get up in the mornin' And I face a brand new day I know that you're beside me Every Step of the way. For so long now we've been lovers Always been the best of friends I raise my glass up to ya! As we start all over again. I'll love you till the day th...

It was warm, now its cold. It was young,, now its old. Love was here now its gone, Simple song. Once she did, now she don't, Once we tried, now we wont. How could love go so wrong? Simple song. Oh, it don't take much to say it And anyone can play it....

Starting to want you when I don't want to Lately I find you on my mind Comin' on slowly, signs all show me Something is growing as time goes by Well, you think about me when you're not with me Beginning to miss me when you're alone Ever so gently you find you...

Smooth talkin' baby I've been looking for you all my life it seems Smooth talkin' baby Maybe you're the meaning of my dreams. I've waited for so long for you to come alone I thought that time would never fly Do what you want to do, say what you're wantin' t...

Saturday evening, your honey and you Lay back on the sofa watching the tube The telephone rings, you jump to your feet Dont answer that honey, I know its for me Sneaking around, sneaking around Midnight romances, the wrong side of town You build it all up and...

I think I'm is a world of trouble, Talk about a worried man. I've seen enough women fallin' out of love To know I've got one on my hands. There must be somethin' going on That I don't know about. I got a feelin' fore the weekends over She'll be movin' o...

Coffee black, cigarettes, start this day, like all the rest, First thing every morning that I do, is start missing you Some broken hearts never mend, some memories never end, some tears will never dry, my love for you will never die Rendezvous in the...

Others have touched me soft in the night And others have kissed me and held me tight Good times and lovers I've had a few But I was just waiting for someone like you. Others have loved me before your time Some who were gentle, some who were kind Don't it seem...

Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem Cannot hold you to its heat. Your temperature's too hot for taming, Your flaming feet burn up the street. I am homeless, come and take me Into reach of your rattling drums. Let me know, babe, about my fortune Down along my restle...

Standing in a sea of teardrops It's getting deeper all the time Standing in a sea of teardrops And everyday I feel it rise. For every bit of pain you've caused me Another little tear falls down Baby, if you hurt me one more time Oh, I think I'm gonna drown....

Friends I could count on I could count on 1 hand with a left over finger or two. I took them for granted, let them all slip away, now where they are I wish I knew. They roll by just like water & I guess we never learn, go through life parched and empty st...

Oh, don't ya lose that light in your eyes you're never too old to love, never too late to try When somebody needs you Give em all you can give Oh, when you're livin to love and a lovin to live [CHORUS:] Stay young keep your wheels in motion you've got everyth...

Oh, take a little bit of my love tonight And it will be alright. Steal my heart away It'll be okay. Won't be hard for you to do, 'Cause I want you to, Steal my heart away. We're almost strangers, We don't know each other well. I got a feeling Before the break...

Someday I'm gonna write The story of my life I'll tell about the night we met And how my heart can't forget The way you smiled at me. I want the world to know The story of my life The moment when your lips met mine And that first exciting time I held you clos...

You've got your world and I've got mine and it's a shame. Two grown up worlds that will never be the same. Why can't we be like storybook children running through the rain hand in hand across the meadow. Why can't we be like storybook children in a wonderland...

[Chorus] Last night I came home and found you there You with your pretty eyes and shining hair Look at you, you're the kind of woman men stop and stare Such a lovely lady to be mine Such a lovely lady should be somewhere else It seems to me, the likes of me,...

I've been feelin' funny shakin' like a leaf I don't know what's wrong but something's strong sure got a hold on me Sun lights up my morning moon lights up my night And I light up when your name comes up I feel all funny inside I got a sweet fever comin' all ov...

There's two hundred people pushin' up daisies In the graveyard out back of the old Baptist church There were some schemers. some sinners and dreamers and not one died wishin' they spent more time at work [Chorus:] Take it easy on yourself The world will kee...

Faded pictures, yellow from time. Well worn memories of days gone by. Needing someone and nobody's there. These are the things broken dreams are made of, Lord they're everywhere. Tears of the lonely keep falling all the time, tears of the lonely never dry....

Tempted, tempted, tempted to fall in again Tempted, tempted, I'm tempted to fall in love again Sometimes love, can hurt you bad Make you stop and wonder what you really had But I guess it's all part of the master plan To be tempted to fall in love again Tempte...

I have seen the paddle wheelers Rolling south on a summers' day. I've seen the lovers at the guardrails With stars in their lemonade And I've heard the hobo's gather, Heard their banjo's brace the blade. Heard them sing about the river, Called it the la...

Sometimes you feel lost and far from home Then with just one kiss you're a king on a throne It can make you soar like an eagle Or it can make you feel as meek as a dove Whoa, that's the thing about love You hope and pray the right one comes along Some fools d...

Give me a ticket for an aero-plane I ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone I'm a goin' home My baby just wrote me a letter I don't care how much money I gotta spend I got to get back to my baby again Lonely days are gone I'm a goin' home My...

There's a new ridge road That cuts the mountain to the bone. Slices through the woods Like there ain't nobody home. You can wheel on up the valley view. You'll never feel the climb. Oh, but I'll take the old trail every time. The old trail, Just mosies...

Some say love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed Some say love, it is a razer 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 breaking Tha...

Knowing you stand by me through good and bad Makes all the difference in my life And day by day sweetheart I find These are the ties that bind The little things you do that please me so The way you always understand When simple joys bring peace of mind These...

Some people say that love is a rose - and maybe they've hit It right on the nose But other folks say that it's like the sun Well a long time ago daddy said to me 'son I'll help clear Up the mystery - I'll give you a simple rule of thumb' If it knocks you off...

I thought I'd be an angel And fly on astral skies I thought I'd wear a fanciful disguise And It's taken me a lotta time To find out I'm not one An outlaw on the run, On this side of the sun. I hoped I'd be a champion And live without a care I thought I'd chan...

Let's not fight it anymore, Unpack the bags and close the door I'll never leave you Though you lied right from the start I can't convince my stupid heart Not to believe you. You've got two good men strung out and there's not the slightest doubt That o...

Some people run some people crawl some people don't even move at all Some roads lead forwards some roads lead back Some roads are bathed in light some wrapped in fearful black Time oh time where did you go time oh good good time where did you go Sometimes I'm...

Everyday of my life until forever Is spoken for when you looked at me. Now that you're gone my life goes on But all of the heart is out of me. [Chorus:] And I've got time on my hands, you on my mind. No where to send all my love And I'll be here waiting i...

Getting in deep, losing my sleep Thinking of you all the time I feel I'm falling under your spell About to lose my mind But it's too late to turn back now It's too late now Too late to turn back now You got me now Feel the danger in your touch Haunts me nigh...

It's coming all apart babe With every tearing word I've lost my taste for what I take from you When a painful night of silence Is the sweetest sound I've heard If I play your game I'm cheating on the truth [Chorus] It takes too many tears to make love strong...

Too much coffee, too much tea, too much sugar isn't good for me. Too much money and too much fame, too much liqueur drives a man insane. But too much love, too much love, there's no such thing as too much love. Too much fighting and misery, ther's too much tr...

You have your ways, I sure have mine. We have our days, things go just fine. Then there are days we'd leave if we could. Should we break it off when it's not that good? Fairweather minds need the sunshine, It has to show which way to go, But true blue he...

Adam met Eve on a Saturday night That's when the trouble started She said Adam let's go for a bite She led him to the garden And ever since then We tried to make sense Of this mystery emotion But we might as well try To count the stars in the skies Or t...

I left Oklahoma drivin' in a Pontiac Just about to lose my mind I was goin' on to Arizona, maybe on to California Where all the people live so fine My baby said I was crazy, my momma called me lazy I was goin' to show 'em all this time 'Cause you know I ain't...

Walkin' down this midnight street Just the sound of two lonely feet Walkin' a broken heart Walkin' a broken heart Empty city, not a soul in sight And a misty rain falls on a perfect night To walk a broken heart To walk a broken heart And I know that you're t...

Day by day Seems like you drift away Maybe it's just a phase But it won't take a lot To put out this fire we've got What's left just don't seem so hot It flickers and strains Waits for the rain. As it fades from a fire To a dying flame, And it looks like rain...

I want to be a worker I want to sing and pray I never want to be a stumbling block along the way But in the hour of living so many people say They all have all the answers but they all have different ways But we can sing glory hallelujah brother we can sing I...

You, You got me We got somethin' everybody else can see Me, I got you We got a good thing honey you know we do Friends, they all know 'cause we can't help but let it show Smiles, we can't hide We got somethin' just too good to hold inside [CHORUS] We don't n...

Well, show me your wounds, I'll show you my scars. We'll compare our broken hearts. I know what you've been through. I've been hurt just like you. Love makes you sad, it makes you cry. You've had tears and so have I. Don't give up on love yet. We might...

I think about you When I don't want to Dream about your smiling face I keep trying not to love you But I love you anyway We should be together, together We should be walking side by side We should be together, together Keeping each other satisfied I have t...

Today we laid old man Pate to rest His big hands folded across his chest God rest his soul just two days ago He was in his yard waving to me As I stood by his grave the impression was strong One minute we're here and the next we're gone And with each breath o...

There's no cause to think that I won't stay Haven't I been with you all the way There's no time like now to make amends Cause after all we're more than friends [Chorus] This could be the time for you and me We could go wherever we should be So don't put...

There's a storm rollin' over the hill And the willow trees are blowin' I'm standin' here starin' out the window Safe and warm I feel her put her arms around me And its a good feelin' I'm knowin' Oh, I've got a good woman and we've got a good fire goin' We've...

I see her walkin' down the street What does it matter to me And I can wonder who she might be What does it matter to me Is there someone who She could be runnin' to She's gonna do what she's gonna do What does it matter to me Seems she's everywhere I look Wh...

What if we were old when we got here Got a little younger every year And we all laughed in the face of fear Like it was nothing What if we could all come in first place Take our time without being late Drink a few beers just to get in shape Yeah, wouldn't be...

What's the score? I can't tell anymore Are we winning, are we losing, are we tied? What's the score? It ain't what it was before Can anybody tell me what's the score? I hurt you and you hurt me Seems we both just try to see How far we can push each other's he...

If I could write about the way you make me feel I wonder what I'd write Cause of all the words there are to use That never say it right When I only have a minute and It'd take a thousand hours And some new words too But my nights are never blue And I don't mi...

You call me up at five to five, and you ask me if I'll drop by That you need me, tonight you're all alone Like the fool I am and the fool I'll be, I drove there anxiously But when I got there, you were not alone [Chorus:] When will I ever learn that you'll ne...

Where is the sun where is the day I'm looking for? Where is the moon where are the stars that'd shine before? Where are you where are you? Where is the time when hours were like minutes here before? Where are the nights when it was warm even on the floor? Whe...

The groceries are gone, my pay cheque is spent. They turned off the water; I'm behind on my rent. Last night I drank my last beer, And where do I go from here? I've been laid off since Monday before. The union is holdin' out, hopin' for more. Well, I could b...

Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma It runs free and rambles muddy and wide Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma It's gone forever and never looks back I met her in Stillwell she just turned twenty a spirited beauty like I'd never known And me a di...

Walk round town, spending my money, thinking about you Wondering why, because you were my honey, what did I do I'm tired, yes I'm tired, why Lord goodbye I've tried, yes I've tried, why Lord goodbye You made my life, oh so much better, being with you Cause s...

I went to see my honeydew; she lived just down the way I got stuck, and the truck froze up; and I only got half way Sittin' here on the muddy road, stuck here all alone The rain won't stop it's a-beatin' on the top, and I should have stayed at home I wish I w...

It's late in the evening, she's wondering what clothes to wear She puts on her make-up, brushes her long blond hair And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?" I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight" We go to a party, everyone turns to see This beautiful la...

I know this feeling from somewhere, I know I've been here before. The one I love forever doesn't love me anymore. So here I am heartache. My only friend, wrong end of the rainbow again. I was lookin' for true love but I didn't get far before I tied all my...

Years from now, I'll want you years from now I'll hold you years from now as I hold you tonight You are my one true friend always my one true friend And I'll love you till life's end, as I love you tonight I know this world that we live in can be hard now and...

The moon is on the rise it stares at me tonight. I'm reminded of the arms that held me tight. Last time I held you it ended all to soon We were lying underneath a yellow moon. There's a yellow moon hangin' in a starry sky Oh, I wonder if you're watchin' i...

You get to me And it's been plain Enough to see That you get to me, You just can't believe How you get to me. Night after night I've tried holdin' you tight And then I'll stay away. I've tried holdin' your hand, Bein' your man And just anyway. When...

You sure know how to get to me Somehow you just wont let it be We both know it’s all in vain But you keep coming round again The many days & nights we’ve tried But every time somebody’s cried And every time should be the end But you keep coming round agai...

Some days I seem so far away from where I want to be And the things that I've accomplished seem so small When I'm weary of the struggle and I feel I can't go You love me through it all Your love gives me a balance when I'm standing on the edge You keep me goin...

You placed gold on my finger You brought love like I've never known You gave life to our children And to me a reason to go on You're my bread when I'm hungry You're my shelter from troubled winds You're my anchor in life's ocean But most of all you're...

When you're down and troubled And you need a helping hand And nothing, nothing is going right Close your eyes and think of me And soon I will be there To brighten up even your darkest night You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I'll come runnin...

Another lonely night And every passing hour Makes it harder to fight I'm still under your power. You've got a hold on me Won't let me be You're not even here I'm in love with the memory. Another morning alone I don't even remember How many battles you've...

There are those to tempt me if I'd let 'em There are times it gets so hard for me Don't ever make me feel you've left me wishin' Don't ever make me feel you're not with me Your sweet love, love, love I place none above Your sweet love, love, love Loving me S...