Dwight Yoakam

Runway Four, Flight 209 Teardrop falls, we start to climb This window seat proved a poor choice It shows the dream that's been destroyed A little baby starts to cry Hey, I would too, if not for pride I owe so much to pride, it's true It brought an end...

3 pears of glasses 3 pears of shades 3 pears of other things, all there in space 3 pears of shoe-less feet, Dream mindless thoughts 3 pears of wishes for all that you want That means where you are is where you at When your head is cold, to ṗut on a hat If you...

I saw you coming, you saw me And took off running Shells in your eye, What … in disguise I wonder why you never try To understand a heart like mine Oh I didn’t waste any time Cause I love, I’ll have to find So is what you see You’re in love, belong...

Don't look inside. No don't look there 'Cause you might find yourself somewhere Walkin' round lost and alone Without one clue that it's a long way home Years and years is a lot of time To drag your heart across every rock you find Hate is deep and its p...

I heard you swear your love this morning And it caught me almost wanting to believe The three little words that serve as warning And say it's just a promise you can't keep A statement that's been so used I felt compelled to tell you But knew there wasn't much...

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere Time don't matter to me 'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere And there's no place I want to be I got heartaches in my pocket I got echoes in my head And all that I keep hearing Are the cruel cruel things that you said I'...

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

They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I have to do is act naturally [Chorus] Well, I bet you I'm gonna be a big star Might win an Oscar you can never tell The mov...

You keep calling me On the telephone You say you're all alone Well, that's too bad You keep leavin' Notes stuck on my door Guess you're hungry for some more Girl that's too bad 'Cause I ain't that lonely yet No I ain't that lonely yet After what yo...

Well alright, alright, alright, alright girl I'm wrong Well alright, alright I didn't know you felt that strong Well alright you made your point I didn't plan to stay this long Alright, alright, alright, alright girl I'm wrong. You said that love could make a...

Always late with your kisses Won't you come to my arms sweet darlin' and stay You're always late with your kisses Why, oh why do you want to do me this way How long do you think that I can wait When you know you're always late Always late with your kiss...

Soft clouds all drift away Bright sunshine never stays Warm afternoons turn rainy Dark and cruel A candle's glowing light will die The purest voices often lie And with love I've found That all the same is true Even though I should know better I guess we coul...

Away in a manger no crib for his bed The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head The stars in the sky looked down where He lay The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay The cattle are lowing the poor baby wakes The little Lord Jesus, no crying. He makes...

She never had a mother, She hardly knew her dad She's been in town for 18 years, And I'm the only boy she's had. Chorus: Oh baby don't go Pretty baby please don't go I love you so Pretty baby don't go. I never had no money, I bought at the second hand store...

Oh baby why not Just take one more chance And risk all we got On this luckless romance If someone asks why We'll say we forgot And went kinda crazy Oh baby why not If love needs a fool For it to survive It sure looks to me Like we both qualify And...

If I could I'd take us back To where we were When we didn't need to be Anyplace but deep inside The moment love first came to life and see There's a way lost hope can lead To help find that memory Baby if you just believe A yearning heart can teach u...

I blame the vain for what we wear And I blame the blind when we can't see I blame it all on somebody else 'Til there's nobody left, then I just blame me I blame her mind for the thoughts we share Whoa, and I blame her heart for the time we cared I blame it al...

She wore red dresses with her black shining hair She had my baby and caused me to care Then coldly she left me to suffer and cry She wore red dresses and told such sweet lies I never knew him but he took her away On my knees like a madman for vengeance I...

Bury me along the big sandy Down in the blue gray mountains Rest my soul in those hills of coal Until this old earth does tremble Now don't you mourn for me when my soul is free Woman don't you cry Just bury me along the big sandy Under a blue Kentucky...

I hear Mariachi static on my radio And the tubes they glow in the dark And I'm there with her in Ensenada And I'm here in Echo Park [Chorus] Carmelita hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town Well, I'...

I got a brand new baby And I feel so good She loves me even better Than I thought she could I'm on my way to her house And I'm plumb out of breath When I see her tonight I'm gonna squeeze her to death Chorus: Claudette Pretty little pet, Claudette...

She's in some honky tonk tonight I know She's dancing where the music's loud and lights are low In a crowed bar she likes to hang around And as long as there's a honky tonk, she'll never settle down So close up the honky tonks, lock all the doors Don't let the...

Come on Christmas Please take me away Keep me hidden safe 'Til January's second day Come on Christmas Come on Noel I'll wrap myself Up in the cheer That's so abundant This time of year Come on Christmas Come on Noel Even though it's just Septembe...

This thing called love I just can't handle it This thing called love I must get 'round to it I ain't ready Crazy little thing called love This thing (this thing) called love (called love) It cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night It swings, it jive...

Oh, it's cryin' time again, your gonna leave me, I can see that far away look in your eyes, I can tell by the way you hold me, darling, That it won't be long before it's cryin' time Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, And that tears are onl...

He's a dangerous man He's got blood in his plans Better watch out where you stand 'Cause he's a dangerous man He'll make you believe that he's your friend But don't forget it's just pretend And he's a dangerous man He'll tell you the right things Abou...

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and loud, loud music It's the only kind of live you'll ever understand Oh, dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music You'll never look at your wife, you go home loving mine At home and little children,... and evil Our house fi...

[Chorus] Don't be sad 'cause you got What you wanted You should be glad to know That I'm finally gone Don't feel bad or be Disappointed 'Cause you got what you Want all along Wasn't it you who said a Blinded fool could see the Clear plain truth about how Dee...

You'll find me hangin' around It's there I'll be found Down on the corner of love Beneath the stars that shine And the neon signs I'll be down on the corner of love When night starts to fall And love starts to call Down on the corner of love You'll find me han...

I'd been building hopes so long Honey, I must have lost sight of what went wrong 'Cause in sorrow's blinding light today Baby, it looks like my dreams were made of clay Years of yearning spent for you Honey, I know now were the cravings of a fool I guess your...

Everybody's talking at me I don't hear a word they're saying Only the echoes of my mind People stopping, staring I can't see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes I'm going where the sun keeps shining Through the pouring rain Going where the weather sui...

They just don't know how lost I feel without you My teardrops never see the light of day I laugh and joke each time they talk about you But if they heard my heart they'd hear it say Excuse me, I think I've got a heartache There's an aching deep inside And it...

Fair to Midland is all that I need If I had fare to Midland I'd take the first seat On a fast train, bus, or plane Which ever proved the quickest Way for me I left her in Midland Near one last promise I couldn't keep To chase a future paved with fools Small c...

Maybe someday I'll be strong Maybe it won't be long I'll be the one who's tough You'll be the one who's got it rough It won't be long and Maybe I'll be real strong Maybe I'll do things right Maybe I'll start tonight You'll learn to cry like me Baby l...

It's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones Yeah, the grief is strong for the man that's gone And at the grave his woman cries and she moans 'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones The six children he raised are all weepin' For this soft-spoken mountai...

I know that you've been foolin' around on me Right from the start So I'll take back my ring and I'll take back my heart And when you're tired of foolin' around with two or three Come on home and fool around with me. I wasn't foolin' around the day I said I do...

Honey, if you only knew What I've the will to do Endure or take All for love's sake Baby, there'd be no denyin' Any sacrifice that I'm prepared to make All for love's sake As evidence, I offer up my heart Begging you to use every last part Baby, I'll stand...

Baby now I understand how time can alter any plan Then gently lead you to know, truth hopes lies will never show That love only pauses for a while and is always free to go Honey I learned not to seek any promise hearts must keep After mine had come to know, d...

Take my picture off the wall It don't matter to me at all Throw it down, just let it fall So that you could watch me crawl Take back your TV It don't mean that much to me But before the room goes dark Give back the key to my heart Give back the key to my hea...

[Chorus] That'll be me you'll see Walking away That'll be me you'll see For the last time today That'll be me you'll see For not very long 'Cause that'll be me You'll see That'll be gone Remember how you warned me 'Bout all your leavin' plans Well I know thi...

Everybody's gone away, Said they're movin' to L.A. There's not a soul I know around, Everybody's leavin' town Some caught a freight, some caught a plane Said find the sunshine leave the rain They say this town will waste your time Guess they're right -...

Girl you taught me how to hurt real bad and cry myself to sleep You showed me how this town can shatter dreams Another lesson about a naive fool that came to Babylon And found out that the pie don't taste so sweet Chorus: Now it's guitars, Cadillacs and hillbi...

[Chorus] This heart of stone sure is missing you Sure is wishing you were back where love belongs This heart of stone has not forgotten you But broke while trying to pretend that it was strong Memories have made its will grow tired and weak Silently it turned...

I pay rent on a run-down place There ain't no view but there's lots of space In my heart The heart that you own I pay the rent Pay it right on time Baby I pay you every single dime For my heart The heart that you own Used to be I could love here for free Way...

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

Here comes Santa Claus Here comes Santa Claus Right down Santa Claus lane Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer Pulling on the rein Bells are ringing and children singing All is merry and bright So hang your stockings and say your prayers 'Cause Santa Claus c...

I can see her right out my window Walkin' on the street, my girl with another guy His arms around her like it used to be with me Hey man, it makes me want to die Yeah, yeah, yeah Here it comes Here comes the night Here comes the night Whoa, whoa, who...

Hey Little Girl Hey little girl, you don't have to hide nothin' no more, Oh, you didn't do nothin' that hasn't been done before. Little girl thought she wouldn't get caught, you see, She thought she's get away with goin' out on me. Oh, other girls do it, yo...

Hold on, hold on, hold on to God And not the ways of the world Hold on, hold on and put your trust In His ever lasting Word Hold on, hold on, hold on to God In this life's storm-tossed sea Cling to Jesus, His lifeline It will salvation bring Satan shall lead...

Home for sale That's much too large Too many rooms Big ole empty yard Far more space Than the owner needs Price includes All memories Home for sale Restored like new Just a place Two lives outgrew A change in heart Forces move away Would like to keep But just...

Just around the corner there's heartache Down the road all losers use If you can wade in through the teardrops of my friend I'll meet you at the home of the Blues I walk and I cry as my heartbeat Keeps in time with the drag of my shoes The sun never shines th...

[Chorus] Well I'm a honky tonk man And I can't seem to stop I love to give the girls a whirl To the music of an old jukebox But when my money's all gone, I'm on the telephone singing Hey hey mama can your daddy come home Now I'm living wild and dangerously...

Well I don't care if the sun don't shine I don't care if the bells don't chime Just as long as you love me And I don't care if the tops don't spin I don't care if the gins won't gin Just as long as you love me So darling let it rain let it snow let the cold no...

Honey you sure do it well But I don't need it done I know if I did it with you It'd be a whole lot of fun I'll send my regrets But I won't hedge my bets I found a real true love Now I don't need it done Baby you sure look fine But I don't need it don...

I've had to buy back damn near everything I own From a little man whose name is Saul And has a lot of money to loan I drive a beat up '67 Chevrolet With a torn up seat That pokes a brand new hole in my back near every day I got a letter from the folks over at...

I hear you knockin' I hear you callin' I hear you every time you say my name But it's too late, baby Your calling is all in vain I hear you crying You done the lying You tried to cheat Baby, you're to blame But it's too late, baby Your crying is all in vain...

When I was a boy my family would travel Inta' Western Kentucky where my parents were born To a lost little town there that's often remembered So many times that my memory drew warn And daddy won't me take me back to Mulingburg County Down by the green river w...

[Chorus] I sang Dixie as he died The people just walked on by as I cried The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride So I sang Dixie as he died He said way down yonder in the land of cotton Old times there ain't near as rotten as they are On this damned...

I want you to want me. I need you to need me. I'd love you to love me. I'm beggin' you to beg me. I want you to want me. I need you to need me. I'd love you to love me. I'll shine up my old brown shoes. I'll put on a brand new shirt I'll get home early from...

I was there (I was there) I was there (I was there) When love crashed and burned I was there. I was there when love came around With sweet, warm kisses I was there when it burned into desire I was there when it ran into a raging river And then turned into a...

I wouldn't put it past me I wouldn't press my luck If I were you I don't believe I'd take that chance with love Chorus: A big chance you'll be taking The wrong odds is what you're staking us on And any love you wind up making Won't pay back half Of all we'v...

Here I sit all alone Just a wonderin' why You must have slipped out While I was high I know just how it feels And I'm not blamin' you Cause if I had to choice I'd avoid me too I've heard tell people say I'm half worth nothin' at all While that may not be true...

I watch as you take off your clothes and slip under the sheets Then I turn and kick the boots off my feet there's no need to speak Girl, beauty like yours is hard to beat But I'll be gone in the morning, in the morning I'll be gone 'Cause I'm not one for hang...

I'll be home for Christmas Just you wait and see There'll be snow and mistletoe And presents 'neath the tree Christmas Eve will find me Where the love light gleams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams There'll be snow and mistletoe And presents 'n...

Chorus: I'll go back to her when I'm wanted Maybe I can make up for the wrong In spite of all I've done she still wants me So I'll go back to her where I belong Walking out on her wasn't easy But without a second thought I left her there I gave my all, I did...

I think that I Will just take a memory A small one that I know Real well, then go What I'll take is all The happy thoughts I can recall But I know there won't be much That I can bear to touch Chorus: So I'll just take What my mind can stand 'Cause there's...

I'll make believe That the sight of her in my head's seldom seen And then insist That I can't still taste the inside of her kiss With luck in time I might even fool myself with both those lies Till there's no need I'll make believe I'll just pr...

If teardrops were diamonds And only mine were used They could pave every highway Coast to coast and not be close to through If teardrops were diamonds, cold blue If heartaches were rubies Stacked up just like stones There would be a mountain Ten miles high, b...

I was just standing Alone in this room Surrounded by memories We stopped making too soon I was just standing I was just standing Alone in this room Alone in this room I was just thinking All to myself How I still want you And nobody else I was just thinking I...

If You Were Me And I Were You And I Should Do The Things You Do Would You Still Love The Way I Keep On Loving You Of All The Times You've Been Untrue If I Should Be That Same Way Too Just Tell Me Now What Would You Do IF You Were Me And I Were You INSTRU...

In another time and place There awaits a sweet embrace Where stains on hearts just fade away Replaced with hopes lost from today Bound by love that never strays In another world We'll be okay That doubt and sadness in your eyes Will disappear with tea...

She drove South I-95 straight through Carolina She didn't use no damn map to find her way She pulled off on a state route just north of Charlotte And took mostly county roads the rest of the day. She said I'll give you an intentional heartache That'll hu...

When peace like a river Attendeth my way When sorrows like sea billows, roll Whatever my lot Thou has taught me to say It is well, it is well with my soul It is well, it is well with my soul With my soul It is well, it is well with my soul My sin, oh, the b...

The only time I feel the pain Is in the sunshine or the rain And I don't feel no hurt at all Unless you count when teardrops fall I tell the truth 'cept when I lie And it only hurts me when I cry You couldn't tell it by this smile But my recovery took a while...

Chorus: It won't hurt when I fall down from this barstool. It won't hurt when I stumble in the street It won't hurt cause this whiskey eases misery But even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me Today I had another bout with sorrow You know this time I almost w...

It’s never alright. It comes and it goes. Oh it’s always around, Even when it don’t show. They say it gets better. Well I guess that it might. But even when it’s better, It’s never alright. It’s never okay. Lonely moves here and there. Sometimes it stays...

She had left him lost and broken Like no other had before Now his heart was just a token Of all the pain it had endured And his memories were clouded With all the hurtful things she'd said Yes, for all intent and purpose He might just as well been dead Choru...

Just passin' time with everyone I meet. I'm just passin' time as I wander through the streets. Just passin' time wrestlin' with thoughts that fight my sleep, She left behind just passin' time. I'm just passin' time inside these empty rooms. I'm just passin' t...

As you look into my eyes And tell those empty lies I'll pretend they're true 'Cause that's what I do As you sit and hold my hand And smile at other men I'll pretend I'm blind 'Cause I'm just that kind I'm the king of fools And I'll always reign Ove...

Together we stand Divided we fall Come on now people let's get on the ball Let's work together Come on come on let's work together Make someone happy Make someone smile Let's all work together and make life worthwhile Let's work together Come on come on let's...

You say that you will When I know that you won't You say that you do Baby when I know you don't Really love me You never loved me at all Honey you never tried If you did you would have had to crawl You say that I did Baby when you know I don't You s...

Listen in the places you hide Woah, oh, oh, listen through the stillness inside Yeah, yeah, yeah listen to the words that are near And try to hear Listen take one less step away Please listen love may persuade you to stay Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby listen p...

Little sister don't you, little sister don't you Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice Tell me that it's nice and then you run Yeah, yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done You know I dated your big sister' Oh, I took her to the show I...

Chorus: You've got your little ways to hurt me You know just how to tear me up And leave me in small pieces on the ground You've got your little ways to hurt me They're not too big but they're real tough Just one cold look from you can knock me down To...

Where did I go wrong You know I've never had a clue I must have just been born no good 'Cause bad's the best that I can do Was it just my fate in life To end up here this way Lost and all alone One more black lamb That's gone astray Lonesome roads are the on...

Dreamin' is only dreamin' 'Til dreamin' is the only thing that's true Yeah wishin' is only wishin' Till my only thoughts' the wish to be with you I've got a long way to go before I get there I've got a lot of field to hoe with the sun so high Got a lot...

Night wolves moan Winter hills are black I'm all alone Sitting in the back Of a long white Cadillac Train whistle cries Lost on its own track I close my eyes Sitting in the back Of a long white Cadillac Chorus: Sometimes I blame it on a woman The...

I've been waiting here in Louisville Lots of time to kill, waiting here for you I've had to get a job in Louisville Cause my hotel bill is six weeks overdue You called to say you were leaving That Kentucky was half away I love this old river town but I never...

Baby, I couldn't hide No matter how hard I tried Was foolish to have begun To believe I'd ever outrun And honey I had no call To try and escape at all 'Cause by the time I got free Love caught up to me Baby, I used to have ways To avoid anyplace That even ha...

Love's Gonna Live Here Again Oh, the sun's gonna shine in my life once more Love's gonna live here again Things are gonna be the way they were before Love's gonna live here again Love's gonna live here Love's gonna live here, Love's gonna live here again No mo...

Have you ever seen a heart as it lays dyin' Or what's left of it's life slips away? Well, any tears that get shed ain't worth cryin' 'Cause I've seen plenty, I'm lucky that way Have you ever heard a voice start to moanin' After despairs choked it's last words...

I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my day. I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was born and raised. (The place where I was born and raised) For six long years I've been in trouble No pleasures here on earth I found For in t...

Hey girl, hey girl, you warned me to go But girl, but girl, little did I know All the things you told me about what lay in store Would only make me want you more Chorus: No not a word had one chance to save me From your love. that wicked love There's...

Well if I had money Tell you what I'd do I'd go downtown and buy a mercury or two Crazy bout a mercury Lord I'm crazy bout a mercury I'm gonna buy me a mercury And cruise it up and down the road Well the girl I love I stole her from a friend He got lucky, sto...

When the whistle blows each morning And I walk down in that cold, dark mine I say a prayer to my dear Saviour Please let me see the sunshine one more time When oh when will it be over When will I lay these burdens down And when I die, dear Lord, in heaven Ple...

I am a missing heart With no place left to start To ever find my way Around these empty parts Oh I'm a missing heart I am an open wound In need of time and room With the space to heal Any loss that looms Oh I am an open wound I searched so long And all that...

Oh, my heart skips a beat, When we walk down the street I feel a tremblin' in my knees And just to know your mine, Until the end of time Makes my heart skip a beat. Well, I did a double take the day I met you My heart turned a flip as I stood next to you And I...

Everywhere you go each day I will be near you Oh and dear you Don't even have to say much For me to hear you Because it's clear you Have a very simple way To keep me near you Oh yeah dear Through the power of love Through the power of love Every morning, nig...

I've seen 'em watch you and Make plans what they'll do when Someday you are no longer mine I've heard 'em carry on about How when I'm finally gone they're Gonna treat you oh so fine But I could have told them that They'd never hold you if they tried...

The clock in your pocket keeps tickin' But that don't get prayed to by me I threw away all I was given Just so that I could be free I've got no future in sight Time won't deny that I'm right The past has always been bright But I've got no future in sight So,...

There's no such thing As tears or heartache There's no such thing As lonely or blue There's no such thing As any memory about us There's no such thing As me and you There's no such thing As it turning out badly There's no such thing As hopes and dreams gone...

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two With George Pratt his partner and brother Billy too They crossed the Yukon river and they found the bonanza gold Below that old white mountain Just a little south-east of Nome Sam crossed the Majestic mountains to...

I couldn't change your heart I couldn't change your mind So I just had to learn to live with This empty life you left behind You didn't try to hear You didn't try to see You just stared right through the teardrops Like there was nothing left of me No...

Nothing but love will ever heal your torn up heart Nothing but love can fix the worn out, broke, lost, empty, part No 'cause nothing but love is strong enough To make you forget what you won’t believe If nothing but love was all there was Then nothing but lov...

I hear you walking across the floor I think that I'm dreaming 'Til I hear you shut the door I wake up crying and calling your name Nothing's changed here without you I start every day the same The same old sun comes up to shine On this old bed at the same old...

If you see me, you don't have to say hello The way you never said goodbye so long ago If you wonder how I am just fine Alone right where you left me off your mind When I heard the news about your life I never doubted you became his wife But I can safely...

My friends tried to tell me you were steppin' around But I wouldn't hear it, I shut them all down But now I'm a thinkin' you've made a fool out of me 'Cause the words that are slippin' spell grief and misery One more name, one more name you call out in yo...

One more night and I know That'll be over you One more night and I know That the worst is through And if I can make this heart Just believe it too Then one more night and I know That I'll be over you One more night and I know That I'll forget your voice One m...

Hey girl, hey girl, you warned me to go But girl, but girl, little did I know All the things you told me About what lay in store Would only make me want you more Chorus: No not a word had one chance to save me From your love. That wicked love There's...

Only you, can make my dreams come true Only you, can turn my skies to blue Love like ours, should not be far apart Only you, can break my heart [Instrumental] Only you, can end these sleepless nights Only you, can make things turn out right You and you alone...

When I was a boy, my family would travel Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born To a lost little town there that's all but remembered So many times that my memories are worn. [Chorus] And, "Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County? Down...

Oh, girls, you know we've got to watch out, You know, you know, you know we've got to watch out. He, he, he's a playboy, (watch out) He, he, he's a playboy. Playboy get away from my door, I heard about the lovers you had before. You took their love for a gam...

Chorus: Please, please baby come back home 'cause it's so cold and dark here all alone If you come back I promise I'll be good If you come home, baby, I'll act like I should I laughed when you packed your bags and told me goodbye I hollered, I don't need you,...

Inside a pocket of a clown Is a sad place to hang around Just watching smiles turn into frowns Inside the pocket of a clown Inside the heartache of a fool You'll learn things they don't teach in school And lessons there can be real cruel Inside the hea...

This place will tell you lies With each passing shadow That goes by But there's only one or two At most just three More likely none That I still believe. They'll say you're not alone But don't listen to them Tell that very long I did then find out Through mis...

They learned readin', rightin', Route 23 To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories They didn't know that old highway Could lead them to a world of misery Have you ever been down Kentucky-way Say south of Prestonburg Have you ever been up i...

Love is a burning thing And it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire [Chorus] I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down, and the flames climbed higher And it burned, burned, burned the ring of fire The ring of fir...

I never really believed in Somethin’ said with a word At least I never trusted what I was told or ever heard I never really believed in Somethin’ said with a word At least I never trusted what I was told or ever heard I never tried to avoid it If it did come...

Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Because another man has got my woman and gone Hey I've got those blues I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes Yes I've got those blues I'm wearing out the soles...

Hey, listen to me Rudolph, you know you're the mastermind Run, run Rudolph, Randolph ain't so far behind Chorus: Run, run Rudolph, Santa's gotta make it to town Yeah, you gotta make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down Ah, run, run Rudolph, r...

There should be music Sad, sad music But this silence that you left Is all that I have I must have missed a couple days Or just forgotten What went wrong or where it all Fell apart And I know you must have told me You were leavin' It just never crossed my min...

I'm just the same fool The old fool The one fool That you won't fool no more 'Least not the way that you fooled The last fool you fooled before So let the next fool The new fool Be a fool That you will fool for sure Just know that this fool won't be fooled...

Cold tears fall from his eyes As he turns into the night and walks away Lucille runs outside Just to see if there might be a sleigh Little Bobby stares down At the plate where cookies still lay And tries to understand Why momma said Santa can't stay [Chorus]...

Well, it's Christmastime pretty baby And the snow is on the ground It's Christmastime pretty baby And the snow is on the ground Said you better be good now baby 'Cause Santa Claus is back in town I got no sleigh with reindeer Got no toys on my back You're gon...

She said when I trusted love I dreamed in color too But memories turn black and white, at least mine do She said my brother, you know, he used to have this friend But this is now and that was then It's better off just not to start Than to have to watch u...

Send a message to my heart On the wings of the wind Let me hear your sweet voice sayin' You love me again Even though we're apart I hold to your memory Send a message to my heart To keep you here with me Darlin' when you're all alone tell me do you t...

Send me the pillow that you dream on Don't you know that I still care for you Send me the pillow that you dream on So, darlin', I can dream on it, too Each night while I"m sleeping, oh so lonely I'll share your love and dreams that once were true Send me the...

She won't show you What's really real She won't show you The way she feels She won't show Where her heart goes She'll just let you Wonder, guess, and suppose She won't show you At any time She won't show you What's on her mind She won't show Ev...

She came in and she told me She said, "I'm leaving you", I said, "Oh, you are? Let me tell you something If you leave, I suggest you stay gone And I mean stay gone forever, you hear me? Ever" So she left and then I missed her I'm not gonna go into why mister...

Silent night, Holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in a heavenly peace Sleep in a heavenly peace Silent night, Holy night Shepherds quake, at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Hea...

City sidewalks Busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing People passing Meeting smile after smile And on every street corner you'll hear Chorus: Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmas time in the...

This old town is filled with sin It'll swallow you in If you've got some money to burn Take it home right away You've got three years to pay And Satan is waiting his turn The scientists say it'll all wash away But we don't believe anymore 'Case we've...

Since I started drinkin' again Since I started drinkin' again I ain't shed one lousy tear over you Since I started drinkin' again I know that the neighbours are all a-talkin' They swear that I have lost my mind Ah but they do not know That I've just gained co...

One day the train was passin', and I caught it comin' by To look this old world over, under God's blue sky My darlin' stood there weepin' as I was lookin' back I kissed my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track Chorus: Bye, Bye, so long, there's somethin' d...

You'll be sorry you asked me the reason That she's not here with me tonight And I know you were probably just acting polite But you'll be sorry you ever asked why We started having problems in August last year So things had been kinda rough for quite awh...

If you ever get south of Cincinnati down where the dogwood trees grow If you ever get south of the Mason Dixon to the home you left so long ago If you ever get south of the Ohio River down where Dixieland begins If you ever get south of Cincinnati I'll be your...

[Chorus] Stop the world and let me off I'm tired of goin' 'round n' 'round I played the game of love and lost So, stop the world and let me off. My dreams are shattered don't you see Now you no longer care for me I miss the wonder of your kiss How could you l...

I came here looking for something I couldn't find anywhere else Hey, I'm not trying to be nobody Just want a chance to be myself I've done a thousand miles of thumbin' I've worn holes in both my heels Trying to find me something better On the streets of Bake...

We're caught in a trap I can't walk out Because I love you too much, Baby Why can't you see What you're doing to me When you don't believe a word I'm saying? We can't go on together With suspicious minds And we can't build our dreams On suspicious min...

I said, T for Texas, T for Tennessee Oh, yeah, I said T for Texas, T for Tennessee Said, T for old Thelma The gal who made a wreck out of me Well, if you don't want me momma You sure don't have to start Ah, if you don't want me momma You sure don't have to st...

Take hold of my hand And I'll do what I can To make everything right At least for tonight If you'll just take hold of my hand Press your lips against mine And I promise to find A way out of the pain Some place safe from the rain If you'll just press your lips...

Takes a lot to rock you baby It takes a lot to make you smile It Takes a lot to rock you baby You make me crawl the extra mile So much for wishful thinkin' So much for beginner's luck It takes a lot to rock you baby When it comes to love you're double...

Luck found me too late To be what I could use And caught me tempting fate Still red handed and confused Pride has sent me where There's not much left to lose Then cruelly let me care And convinced me I could choose [Chorus] About you As if there was one sm...

That's okay It's alright No, really everything is cool This is just The way I look When I'm feeling like a fool Teardrops falling jealous Drowning in them's just as well as Drifting on this lonely sea of pain Could have used another Night or so to be recovere...

When you give it up for gone But your still digging in the mind And your staring out the window Saying everything will be just fine Keepin' with whole affair Every word seems out of line No matter what angle you get Its polished till it shines (Chorus) Take...

I ain't never seen the big time Honey that's okay with me I ain't never seen the big time Honey that's okay with me Just a sittin' on this front porch All the big time I'll ever need I'll buy you a ticket to the big time Might need a loan but that ai...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nippin' at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe Help to make the season bright Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find...

Don't you sleep Don't you have a single moment's peace Just walk through the darkness With fears that are deep And don't you even sleep Don't you smile Don't you have happy thoughts for a while 'Til teardrops and sadness Both go out of style No, don't you eve...

Take a rock tie a rope Throw it down in the sea Let it fall to the bottom Nobody knows how deep Stare real hard through the water And you might just perceive The distance between you and me The distance between you and me Take a map of the world And measure w...

Take her away But don't let me see Who the last heart in line Turns out to be I'll never know There won't be any sign Of how close it came For the last heart in line Though for a while, I'll still be Waiting around for my chance patiently Fact that she's gon...

To the Lord's defenders at the last surrender Granted passage to the other side Where he shall cherish in his name those who've perished And embrace with everlasting life To each heart that is tendered at the last surrender A home is promised with him to abid...

Well, I told you once and I told you twice But you never listened to my advice You don't try very hard to please me With what you know it should come easy Chorus: Well this could be the last time This could e the last time Maybe the last time I don't...

In the late great golden state It's getting hard to negotiate When you're one slip From a grim fate In the late great golden state In the late great golden state I don't do much But I'm always late I ain't old, I'm just out of date In the late great golden st...

Everybody's doing a brand-new dance, now (Come on baby, do the Loco-motion) I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now (Come on baby, do the Loco-motion) My little baby sister can do it with me It's easier than learning your A-B-C So come on, com...

These arms that hang here by my side These arms that ache to open wide Useless arms with nothing left to do Since these arms stopped holding you These arms are worthless now to me They let you go so how good could they be Just foolish arms For which I have no...

She said, Baby things change I said, But I feel the same She said, Well let me explain Baby, how things can change I said, But that doesn't show How a love that could grow Would become so estranged She said, Well baby, things change Chorus: She said, Na, na...

You say you will love me If I have to go You'll be thinking of me Somehow I will know Someday when I'm lonely Wishing you weren't so far away Then I will remember Things we said today You say you'll be mine, girl 'Til the end of time Well, these da...

Think of me when you're lonely Think of me when you're blue Think of me when you're far away And I'll be thinking of you Remember all of the good times We had in days gone by Remember all of the sadness The day you said goodbye You told me you would be leavin...

I used to think love was The soft rope meant to tie me down And all that could ever own me Was a guitar and another town Ten years can disappear real fast When every morning just leaves somewhere else behind But I've been thinking about leaving Long enough to...

Sitting at a tiny table in a Ritzy restaurant She was staring at her coffee cup He was trying to keep his courage up by applying booze Talk was small when they talked at all They both knew what they wanted There was no need to talk about it They were old enou...

They say this drinkin will kill me And I dont know, oh Lord, it might be true If I stop Ill just die from your leavin So either way that I go, its cause of you Death can come from this broken heart Or it can come from this bottle So why prolong the agony Hey,...

This much I know She'll never come back to me This much I know She meant what she said This much I know It's taught me all about misery I just learn kinds slow This much I know This much I feel I should have reached out to her This much I fell I tr...

This time Is the last time That I'll ever call her name This time Is the last time That I'll ever play her game And this time Is the last time That I'll endure this pain 'Cause this time Is the last time She'll ever hurt me again I tell myself eac...

The nighttime gets longer each morning I wake up With sunlight that's long overdue I start making plans for having thoughts that might take up Some of the time that I'll spend missing you Winters come a crawling after fall left me calling For an end to what s...

I'm so tired, tired of waiting Tired of waiting for you I'm so tired, tired of waiting Tired of waiting for you I was a lonely soul I had nobody till I met you But you keep a me waiting All of the time what can I do? It's your life you can do what you want...

Together again My tears have stopped falling The long lonely nights Are now at an end The key to my heart You hold in your hand And nothing else matters We're together again Together again The gray skies are gone Your back in my arms Now where you belong The l...

They say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you love me and that's a fact And then you left me, said you felt trapped Well some things you can't explain away But the heartache's with me to this day Did you stand by me? No not...

Trains and boats and planes are passing by Could mean a trip to Paris or Rome To someone else but not for me The trains and boats and planes Took you away, away from me We were so in love, and high above We had a star to wish on Wish and dreams come true, but...

If deep in the night You hear a voice calling Lost and alone Barely able to speak With each weary step Through cold shadows they stumble Blindly along Frail, hopeless and weak Chorus: Won't you set out a traveler's lantern Just a small light that they might...

Truckin' - got my chips cashed in Keep Truckin' - like the doodah man Together - more or less in line Just keep truckin' on Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street Chicago, New York, Detroit, it's all the same street Your typical city involved...

Try not to look so pretty The next time that we meet Please don't look so pretty And I won't act so weak Please don't look so pretty You're lovely but it's just cruel Try not to look so pretty And I'll try not to be your fool You walk in and steal my mind But...

I've been trying for so long And this trying just goes on As I keep trying to hold on To my heart To my heart I've been waiting here for you And that waiting still ain't through Guess waiting for what the end may do To my heart To my heart To my hea...

Well I'm back again for another night Of trying to break free from the sadness I can't Lay to rest This old honky-tonk sure does feel like home And the music and the laughter seem to soothe my loneliness (So) Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose From (The/H...

Hey look yonder, Henry, comes the sheriff And he's carrying a warrant in his hand Don't you run, poor old Henry, for he will shoot you Not long will you be a free man Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars For a crime that you did not do Yeah the l...

Two doors down there's a jukebox That plays all night long Real sad songs All about me and you Two doors down there's a barmaid That serves 'em real strong Here lately That's how I make it through Two doors down there's a heartache That once was my friend Two...

[Chorus] You've got me under your spell again Sayin' those things again Makin' me believe that you're just mine You've got me dreamin' those dreams again Makin' those things again I've gotta take you back just one more time I swore the last time that you let...

Don't call my name out your window as I'm leavin 'Caus I won't even turn my head And don't send your kinfolks to give me no damn talkin' 'Caus I'll be gone like I said You’d just say the same old things That you've been saying all along Just lay there in...

I see blue skies and sunshine up ahead V's of birds flying south for the winter Ricks of wood line the side of the road Fire for the place to be warm Listen, listen I hear 'em teaching And it's something I want to learn Even fallen angels need shelter...

Waiting for your world to turn around is less likely to be found As I watch it moving past Than any other hope that I might hold that someday you Might know what it's like to slowly drown Waiting for your world to turn around Waiting for the the thought t...

I go out walkin' after midnight Out in the moonlight, just like we used to do I'm always walkin' after midnight Searchin' for you I walk for miles along the highway Well, that's just my way of sayin' I love you I'm always walkin' after midnight Searchin' for...

Watch how she tore me all apart. Watch how she ripped up my heart. Watch how she cut that thing clean through. Watch out she'll do the same to you. Watch how she wrecked this hope filled train. Watch how she revelled in my shame. Watch how she learned me who...

If I had a waterfall We wouldn't wonder, not at all How much fun each day was gonna be If I had a mountain top I know we would never stop Climbing way high up to look and see If I had a jellyfish I betcha we would never miss A single peanut butter kiss or sq...

Hey baby, what'd you know about how it feels Honey, what'd you know about if that's real Baby, what'd you know about the whole deal And what'd you know about love Hey baby, what'd you know about all its dreams Honey, what'd you know about Cupid's schemes Baby...

What I don't know might not hurt me If I stay dumb and no one tells But if I find out that you've been cheatin' What I don't know might get you killed Death row in prison don't look half as bad As a life filled with heartache over you So if you're a playin' t...

We've all got wheels to take ourselves away We've got the telephone to say what we can't say We all get higher and higher everyday Come on wheels take this boy away. Chorus: We're not afraid to ride, We're not afraid to die So come on wheels take me home tod...

When I first came here, I was empty, lost and weak. When I first came here, in your arms I found relief. When I first came here, well, I was empty, lost and weak. When I first came here, in your arms I found relief. When I first came here, I was searching for...

Who at the door is standing Patiently drawing near Entrance within demanding Whose is the voice I hear All through the dark hours dreary Knocking again is He Oh, Jesus at Thou not weary Waiting so long for me Sweetly the tones are falling Open the door for m...

Long as I remember, The rain been comin' down. Clouds of myst'ry pourin' Confusion on the ground. Good men through the ages Tryin' to find the sun. And I wonder, Still I wonder Who'll stop the rain. I went down Virginia, Seekin' shelter from the sto...

I am a lineman for the county And I drive the main road Searchin' in the sun For another overload I hear you singin' in the wires I can hear you through the whine And the Wichita lineman is still on the line I know I need a small vacation But it don't look li...

I walked in There sat Slim Cleaning up his memory With some sapphire gin Mr. Paine grabbed my arm Pulled me aside And said, kid are you ready for the wild ride I looked up There she stood I said, if you didn't look so great I'd say you look good Ah...

I'll be fine in time But right now, I'm just trying to forget you And clearly I have yet to succeed I think I'll just leave now Before this hurts too much Avoiding sights from places My eyes can't bear to touch I didn't plan to see you And then I saw him fir...

You're the one You're the one That made me cry You're the one That laughed at me Then said goodbye You're the One You're the One That made me blue So how's it feel Now that you're the one It's happened to Now you're back calling me with open arms What happene...

I don't need a ship to sail the ocean And I don't need fancy clothes to wear I just need your sweet lips to kiss me I just need your tender loving care Winter needs the north wind and the snowflakes Springtime needs the flowers soft and rare I just need...