Eddy Arnold

If a girl could be made if clay Then I could mould that girl my way I got her picture in my mind But there's no need to waste my time. 'Cause I got you and God knew What to do when he made you On the day that you were born An angel took an earthly form...

Pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye Don't be angry with me should I cry When you're gone yet I'll dream a little dreams as years go by Now and then there's a fool such as I Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you You taught me how...

A DAISY A DAY Writer Jud Strunk He remembers the first time he met er He remembers the first thing she said He remembers the first time he held her And the night that she came to his bed He remembers her sweet way of singin' Honey has somethin' gone wrong?...

I want a full time job makin' love to you I'll do anything you want me to But if you have no plan to use a full time man A part time job will do I want a life time job bein' close to you Makin' all your dreams come true But if your heart don't throb about a f...

I traded a heart full of love for a handful of kisses That you were just throwing away I traded a lifetime of dream for a few carefree moments That you felt like wasting that day. If I had known you didn't care, I wouldn't be so blue 'Cause I'd have left my he...

A LADY LIKE YOU Writers Keith Stegall, Jim Weatherly Here I am just an ordinary man And my virtues are few And I'm amazed Every morning when I wake With a lady like you You're all the good things God put on this earth And you're so much more than I de...

You slipped a little heartache in on me Yes you slipped a little heartache in on me I thought everything was fine Thought your love was really mine Then you slipped a little heartache in on me I was so sure that I could make you happy I thought all of o...

You’re in my arms it’s true my darling And we’re one little kiss apart But I know just as well as you dear That I’m a million miles from your heart I won’t pretend I’ll ever reach it I guess I knew that from the start You’ll never know how much it hurts...

A PLACE IN THE SUN Writers Ron Miller, Bryan Wells Like a long lonely stream I keep runnin' towards a dream Movin' on, movin' on Like a branch on a tree I keep reachin' to be free Movin' on, movin' on 'Cause there's a place in the sun Where there's hope for...

I don't need chains or iron bars to tell me I'm not free I'm in a prison without walls I'm living in the memory of a love that used to be Here in a prison without any walls I come and go but still I know I'll never break a-way For deep inside my heart is...

A sinner's prayer is never answered A sinner's dreams cannot come true The one I love now loves another So sad am I alone and blue Upon my bosom lies your picture With tear dimmed eyes I placed it there Down on my knees I pray to heaven But angels heed...

ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI (Ervin Drake - Jimmy Shirl) '55 Jericho Music My lady love she stands a waitin' far across the wide Missouri On the banks I hear her calling to me A ro a ro la lee across wide Missouri a ro a ro la lee across wide Missouri For s...

Afraid to tell you how much I care Afraid I’ll need you and you won’t be there I’d love to take you into my heart But something tells me we would only part I loved and lost just one love ago I paid the cost and it hurt me so A heart gets careless when v...

All the places we used to go All the things we used to do All the things are in the past After losing you. Now my life's just one big heartache And my world is turning blue I've gotta hurt I can't get over After losing you. I go to the places we used...

Now after loving you what else is there to do 'Cause darling all the rest will just be second best I know I'll go through life comparing them to you I'll be no good to anyone after loving you. Your love can't be replaced with just another pretty face And hear...

You know that after the laughter comes the tears That's what happens when your memory appears I try to act real happy since you said goodbye But sometimes when I least expect I break right down and cry Cause always after the laughter comes the tears And...

Oh you cheated and you lied you laughed because I cried You said that you had found somebody new But I gambled and I lost now I'll pay what be the cost All alone in this world without you All alone in this world all alone and so blue Alone with my memori...

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM (Boudleaux Bryant) '58 House Of Bryant When I want you in my arms when I want you and all your charms Whenever I want you all I have to do is dream dream dream dream When I feel blue in the night and I need you to hold me tight...

When the princess and the peasants each look back at you the same When the friend that you had known before can't quite recall your name When each morning there's a cloudy sky to keep the sun from showing Then you know you are your own sometimes that's all tha...

All the time yes darling all the time tenderly constantly I'll love you Every day I'll prove it every day in happiness or loneliness I'll love you Other arms may tempt me don't let that worry you For even when they tempt me I'll never be untrue All the tim...

Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have And maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have If I made you feel second best, Girl, I'm sorry I was blind You were always on my mind, You were always on my mind And maybe I didn't hold y...

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

There's nothing left for me of days that used to be There's just a memory among my souvenirs Some letters tied in blue, a photograph or two I see a rose from you among my souvenirs A few more tokens rest within my treasure chest And though they do their...

AN ANGEL SLEEPS BESIDE ME EVERY NIGHT (Gary S. Paxton) '71 Acoustic Music An angel sleeps beside me every night Without her love my world would fade away Yes an angel sleeps beside me every night And because of her my sun shines every day Sometimes whe...

And I love you so The people ask me how How I live till now I tell them I don't know I guess they understand How lonely life has been But life began again The day you took my hand And yes I know how lonely life can be The shadows follow me And the night won't...

Angry please don't be angry 'cause I was only teasing you I wouldn't even let you think of leavin' don't you know I love you true Just because I took a look at somebody else That's no reason you should put poor me on the shelf Angry please don't be angry '...

Answer me Oh my love Just what sin have I been guilty of Tell me how I came to lose your love Please answer me sweetheart You were mine yesterday I believed that love was here to stay Won't you tell me how I've gone astray Please answer me my love I...

I memorize the note you sent go all the places that we went I seem to search the whole day through for anything that's part of you I kept a ribbon from your hair a breath of perfume lingers there It helps to cheer me when I'm blue anything that's part of y...

Anytime you're feelin' lonely Anytime you're feelin' blue Anytime you feel down hearted That will prove your love for me is true Anytime you're thinkin' 'bout me That's the time I'll think of you Anytime you say, you want me back again That's the time I'll co...

I'll bring some apples for Jenny to match her cheeks so fair And I'll swing her high if she starts to cry and tell her there and there I'll bring some apples for Jenny I'll bring some raisins for Sandy to match the color of her eyes And I'll kiss her brow...

Are you sincere when you say I love you? Are you sincere when you say I'll be true? Do you mean every word That my ears have heard? I'd like to know which way to go? Will our love grow, are you sincere? Are you sincere when you say you miss me? Are you sincer...

As long as I love I will love you As long as the stars may shine above you You can be sure my heart will be true for as long as I love As long as the waves touch the seashore You'll be the one I will live for There'll never be one I could love more for a...

You must remember this A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh. The fundamental things apply As time goes by. And when two lovers woo They still say, "I love you." On that you can rely No matter what the future brings As time goes by. Moonlight a...

The sun comes up and brings the dawn as usual And I awake I'll find you're gone as usual But I can't find a way to let this crazy heart of mine forget I pretend you're still beside me as usual. Each evening I take a walk as usual I make believe that we still...

(At sunset) It's that time of day again When dreams drift my way again My thoughts start to stray again At sunset. Your mem'ry is crystal clear And visions of last year Are sprinkled with silver tears At sunset. This is the moment that I miss you most of al...

AWAY IN A MANGER Writer W.J. Kirkpatrick Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his Sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awa...

Baby sweet sweet baby My world's so cold and empty since you've gone Baby sweet sweet baby Without you I don't know how I'll go on I've got that lonesome feeling deep inside of me And it just keeps right on hurtin' all the time I'd forget you if it wasn...

As I look across the mantel When I see a little toy chasing butterflies I can feel you here standing next to me In the mist of mem'ries filled my eyes. All your strenght you gave to bring her to the world You smiled and than I heard you softly speak Give her...

I used to cry and then I forgot how and that's living If there's no sweatin' up for my brow well that's living I'm doing everything I wanna do, Do they do to nothin' that I don't want to. Well, that's living baby that's living. Planted my garden with seeds of...

Back home again in Indiana, And it seems that I can see The gleaming candle light, still burning bright, Through the Sycamores for me. The new-mown hay sends all its fragnance Through the fields I used to roam. When I dream about the moonlight on the Wab...

Bad news travels like wild fire Good news travels slow They all call me Wildfire 'Cause everybody knows. That I'm bad news everywhere I go Always a gettin' in the trouble. ha, ha, ha And leavin' little girls who hate to see me go. I've picked peaches down in...

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee Greenest state in the land of the free Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree Kilt him a bar when he was only three Davy Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier In eighteen thirteen the Creeks uprose Addin' redsk...

Come all you good people and lend me your ear I got a sad story that you oughta hear The wind it was howlin' 'round Sam Older's shack The night that his killer stepped out of the black And shot Sam down from the rear Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred A pal right down...

BALLY-HOO DAYS Writers Larry Henley, Steve Pippin, Rafe VanHoy, Johnny Slate, Larry Keith Sitting at the stage door of the Palace Looking down the alley two ways One way takes my mind back home to Alice The other to my ballyhoo days There was a time my...

I've never wanted wealth untold my life has one design A simple little band of gold to prove that you were mine Don't want the world that have been hold for fame is not my line Just want a little band of gold to prove that you were mine Some sail away to Ara...

In Scarlet Town where I was born There was a fair maid dwelling And every youth cried Well Away Her name was Barbara Allen Twas in the merry month of May When all green buds were swelling Young William on his death bed lay For the love of Barbara Allen. H...

Have you ever heard the story Of the fight of Little Big Horn Right from the lips Of someone that saw? Well, I was there on that Cold and fateful morning Watched General Custer And the bloody massacre There were muskets Arrows, cannonballs a flyin' Yelling,...

Well in eighteen-fourteen we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississippi' We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we met up with the British in the town of New Orleans We fired our guns and the British kept a...

You say you're tired of struggling along bear with me a little longer It seems the things I do turn out wrong bear with me a little longer It hasn't been easy I know at least up to now But if you'll understand me have faith in what I'm tryin' I know we'll...

BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE (John Fearis - Jessie Pounds) '57 PD World Somewhere the sun is shining somewhere the songbirds dwell Hush then your sad repining God lives and all is well Somewhere, somewhere beautiful isle of somewhere Land of the truth wh...

Drifting with the girl down the moonlit stream While above the heavens in their glory gleam And the stars on high twinkle in the sky. Scheming in a paradise Of love divine dreaming Of a paradise that love in mine. Beautiful Ohio in dreams again I see visions...

They say that my kind of love is blind Some even say I must have lost my mind But if I knew I'd never feel your lips again I'd rather die (die) before this day ends (Before this day ends) Seeds of gossip always grow Till they kill the fragrance of the s...

I didn't know till I met you how foolish I could be The biggest fool in Tennessee is part compared with me I let myself fall in love with you and now it's plain to see The biggest fool in Tennessee knows more about love than me You had some kisses to spa...

There's a black cloud hanging over my head Down to my last buck With that old black cloud hanging over my head There ain't no such thing as good luck On the very first Saturday of every month I go to town to get my some pay When I ask my bossman about t...

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine Air of salvation, purchase of God Born of his spirit, washed in his blood. This is my story, this is my song Praising my Saviour all the day long This is my story, this is my song Praising...

How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man Yes and how many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand How many times must a cannonballs fly before they're forever banned The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind the answer...

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

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

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

I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses One for every time you broke my heart And as the door of love between us closes Tears will fall like petals when we part I begged you to be different but you'll always be untrue I'm tired of forgiving, now there's nothin...

So it's rainin' again and the wind's up in a roar I've been swept through the streets to be washed up at your door But you're with him I know so I'll crawl back later on Why do I need you so but for love I'd be gone With my back to the wind I'm wondering...

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising She'll find the note I left hanging on her door She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving Cause I've left that girl so many times before By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working She'll pro...

When I was but a youngster Christmas meant one thing That I'd be getting lots of toys that day I learned a whole lot different when mother set me down And taught me to spell Christmas this way. C is for the Christ Child born upon this day H is for Herald Angel...

Call her your sweetheart whenever she feels blue You know there's not a thing she wouldn't do for you And when you are tempted to wander astray Remember there are times she feels the very same way Share all your sunshine and all your heartaches too Let her kn...

Wise men say, only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you Shall I stay, would it be a sin If I can't help falling in love with you. Like a river flows surely to the sea Darling so it goes, Some things are meant to be Take my hand, take my who...

You're just too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you You'd be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much And long last love has arrived and I thank God I'm alive You're just too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you Pardon the way that I s...

Love, oh love, oh careless love Love, oh love, oh careless love Oh love, oh love, oh careless love Oh, look what love has done to me. It's made me cry, it's made me moan It's made me cry, it's made me moan It's made me cry, it's made me moan It's made me leav...

Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning No one could be sweeter than my sweetie when I meet her in the morning Where the morning glories twine around the door Whispering pretty stories I long to hear once more Strolling with my girlie wher...

Carolyn let me tell you What I've heard about a man today He didn't come home from work And he went away Till he came to a city bright In the night time like day. There they say he met up with some women Dressed in yellow and scarlet Oh, their warm lips like...

CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINIA (James A. Bland) '58 Robbins Music Carry me back to old Virginy There's where the cotton and the corn and taters grow There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime There's where this old fellow's heart am longed to...

Oh carry me back to the lone prairie Where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free And when I die you can bury me Neath the western skies on the lone prairie I'm a roving cowboy far away from home Far from the prairie where I used to roam Where the dog...

Come all your rounders, if you wanna hear The story 'bout a brave engineer Casey Jones was the rounder's name On a 68 wheeler, boys, he won his fame The caller called Casey at a half past four He kissed his wife at the station door Mounted to the cabin with h...

(We'll hide away in our castle made of walls) Close the blinds draw the drapes lock the doors Tonight our home will be just mine and yours Take the phone off the hook so no one will intrude No jingling bell to break the spell and spoil the mood Turn dow...

(Moan) The cattle are prowlin' the coyotes are howlin' Out with the doggies bawl Where spurs are jinglin' a cowboy is singin' This lonesome cattle call. (moan) He rides in the sun till his day's work is done And he rounds up the cattle each fall (moan) Singin...

Makes no difference if we two are far apart dear I could never ever love somebody new 'Cause there isn't any room inside my heart dear While I'm chained to a memory of you. I could never tell another I belong to them All the whispered words of love would not...

I'd like to be in Charlie's shoes that's what I always said 'Cause he had you and everything tied with a golden thread Then Charlie left and went away and when I got the news It wasn't long till I was walking around in Charlie's shoes Now I'm wearing out the...

Le la, le la, le la loo... I'm in love with you My daddy is a great lover With big, strong arms to hold His love is real, his love is strong And his heart's as good as gold And I'm a chip chop Chip off the old block Le la lou la dee Chip chop Chip off the o...

(Christmas can't be far away.) A neighbor tipped his hat to me this morning The landlord even smiled and said good day And I want you to know, a stranger said hello Christmas can't be far away. Old titewad down the street is buying candy To pass out to the n...

Thy my everlasting portion More than friend or life to me All alone my pilgrim journey Saviour let me walk with Thee. Close to Thee, close to Thee Close to Thee, close to Thee All alone my pilgrim journey Saviour let me walk with Thee. Not for easy wordly pl...

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

Come by me nice and slow come by me nice and slow Let me peace my eyes before you go come by me nice and slow Smile one more smile at me smile one more smile at me Make it sweet and tender like it used to be smile one more smile at me Why should I kid mys...

Come live with me and be my love Come fullfill the dreams my heart's dreaming of While the turtle dove calls to the mist as Aparil rain falls Oh come live with me and be my love Come take my hand and walk with me Unafraid to face whatever may be While t...

When the wind's blowin' soft through the valley And the rain's fallin' gentle and thin And it looks like the streams are a poppin' It seems it's comin', comin' green. When the sun's holdin' gold from the meadow And the land's laying still and serene Then the...

Condemned without trial no chance to explain Sentenced to be lonely, despised Condemned without trial to heartache and pain I thought that you demand me from the life. As heavens my chance and the world is my jolly I'm faithful I swear that I am Condemned wit...

All day I've faced a barren waste Without the taste of water, cool water Old Dan and I with throats burnt dry And souls that cry for water, cool clear water. Keep a movin' Dan, don't you listen to him Dan He's a devil not a man and he spreads the burning sand...

[2x:] When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in the cradle In them old cottonfields back home Oh when them cotton bowls get rotten You couldn't pick very much cotton In them old cottonfields back home It was down in Louisiana Just about a mile...

Last night as I laid on the prairie And looked at the stars in the sky I wondered if ever a cowboy Would drift to that sweet by and by. Roll along, roll along, Roll on little doggies roll on, roll on Roll along, roll along, Roll on little doggies roll on, ro...

I'm lonesome but happy rich but I'm broke And the good Lord knows the reason I'm just a cowpoke From Cheyenne to Douglas all the ranges I know Cause I drift with the wind no one cares where I go I ain't got a dime in these old worn out jeans So I'll stop...

You saw me crying in the chapel The tears I shed were tears of joy I know the meaning of contentment Now I am happy with the Lord. Just a plain and simple chapel Where humble people go to pray I pray the Lord that I'll grow stronger As I live from day to day....

Oh it's crying time again you're gonna leave me I can see that faraway look in your eyes I can tell by the way you held me darling That it won't be long before it's crying time Oh they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder And that tears are only rain...

When the weather's kinda chilly and we start to kiss and hug Everybody thinks she's silly cause she wants to cuddle bug That cuddle buggin' baby of mine keeps cuddle buggin' all the time Honey sweet double treat that cuddle buggin' baby of mine When we go...

The love between the two of us was dying And it got so bad I knew I had to leave But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw My little daughter running after me Cryin' daddy don't you walk so fast daddy don't you walk so fast Daddy slow down some...

You're an angel from Heaven Sent down from above Your daddy's little boy To have and to love Boy of mine, you're a fine little lady You're the world to your mommy and daddy You're a good little soldier who always obeys You bring me happiness in so many ways...

You're the end of the of the rainbow, my pot of gold You're daddy's little girl to hand and hold A precious Jim is what you are Your mommy's bright and shining star You're the spirit of Christmas, my star on the tree You're the Easter bunny to mommy and me Yo...

Dear Heart, Wish you were here to warm this night. And Dear Heart, Seems like a year Since you've been out of my sight. A single room, a table for one; It's a lonesome town all right ! But soon I'll kiss you hello At our front door, And, Dear Heart I want y...

Did it rain, did it rain at your house last night Like it rained, like it rained in mine Was it dark and cold, was it an ache in your soul Did you almost lose your mind. Did your thoughts wander back to the first time we met Did you pray for the sun begin to...

A little boy tugged gently At a soldier's khaki sleeve. He says, "Forgive me, mister; But you've been across I believe. I see the purple heart you wear That tells what you've been through. Perhaps you know my daddy, sir; 'Cause he's a soldier, too. Did you se...

Tell me, do you know, where God lives? Tell me, do you know, where God lives? He lives in the treetop, so tall. Lives in the sparrow, so small, Lives in the ocean, so deep. Lives in the heart of a baby fast asleep. He's here, he's there, he's everywher...

When the evening shadows fall do you miss me At the time I used to call do you miss me And at night when you're alone do you miss the love we've known Do you find your heart like mine is aching breaking And when mem'ries make you blue do you miss me And if I...

Before he takes you from me When you know I love you true Darling, ask yourself this question Does he mean that much to you Does he mean that much to you That you'll tear my dreams apart After all that we've been through Can you turn me from your heart Can y...

Don't ever take the ribbons from your hair Each tiny bow is tied with loving care You're pretty as a picture and I love each precious curl Your mommy's little problem but your daddy's little girl You'll never grow too old to wear your bows They'll always...

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love, Don't fence me in. Let me be by myself in the evening breeze, Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees. Send me out forever...

Don't forget I still love you Every day we're apart Someone else will be kissing you But you'll still be in my heart Don't forget I still love you When his arms hold you tight Just remember that I still care Though I'm losing you tonight When I told...

It sure gets lonely, alone No one to cry to alone Time sure goes slower since you're gone Don't keep me lonely too long. I need to hold you in my arms And hear you say you need me Don't let me live on dreams alone Don't keep me lonely too long. Mem'ries are...

Don't laugh at my love it's all that I've got You can put him above but don't laugh at my love I don't have much to offer just my love everyday And if that's not enough dear there's just one thing I pray Just don't laugh at my love... And when it's all...

They say a man's home is his castle He's like a king on a throne It may be a shack down alongside the track But everything in it's his own. So don't think of taking his loved one It's written Thou shall not steal Don't rob another man's castle No matter how lo...

DON'T SHE LOOK GOOD (Jerry Chesnut) '72 Passkey Music She was on her way out of your life when I found her Not knowing which way to turn She's forgotten the feeling of two arms around her But it didn't take her long to learn You had new worlds to conqu...

Tear a star from mounty sky and the sky feels blue Tear a petal from a rose and the rose weeps too Take your heart away from mine and mine will surely break My life is yours to make so please keep us hark awake Would you take the wings from birds so they then...

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

Down in the valley the valley so low Late in the evening hear the train blow Hear the train blow boys oh hear the train blow Down in the valley hear the train blow Write me a letter send it by mail Send it in care of the Birmingham jail (Write me a letter con...

I have no record now of time For you are all that's on my mind I think of you both night and day Each hour of each minute you're away. Was it days or years since you left Oh how many hours now have passed I know I've shed ten thousand tears Each minute...

Easy lovin', so sexy lookin' I know from the feelin' That it comes from the heart Easy lovin', everyday's things givin' To count all my blessin's I wouldn't know where to start. Everytime I look you over So real to life it seems Upon your pretty shoulders The...

You're my loving honey And you're worth your weight in money You're so easy on the eyes And when we walk to town Why everybody turns around 'Cause you're so easy on the eyes You've got a face That could win first place In any beauty contest held And...

Rock away my troubles, rock away my cares Oh, I found peace and comfort in that easy rockin' chair I feel just as wealthy as a millionaire When I get back to Dixie in that easy rockin' chair. Everyone, your neighbors welcome on the mare Just sittin', doin' no...

(Glenn Sutton - Merle Kilgore) I've always been a lover the easy going kind I've known a million pretty girls but I left them all behind Don't want no ties to hold me that's why I never stay I just love 'em and leave 'em that's the easy way. The easy wa...

M-O-T-H-E-R (A WORD THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME) Writers Howard Johnson, Theodore Morse I've been around the world, you bet, but never went to school Hard knocks are all I seem to get, perhaps I've been a fool; But still, some educated folks, supposed to be...

I just caught the lovebug itch Molly darlin' And I wanna play house with you Take me in your arms and hold me and be mine I'll send you a big bouquet of roses anytime. I know there's no wings on my angel But how easy on the eyes you've been There's been a chan...

Why does the sun go on shining? Why does the sea rush to shore? Don't they know it's the end of the world 'Cause you don't love me anymore Why do the birds go on singing? Why do the stars glow above? Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when I l...

We'll walk the road of life together day by day And I will love you every step of the way The road may wind beneath the sky of blue or gray But I will love you every step of the way. So only love me and love me only And we will never walk with loneliness For...

Every time we say goodbye, I die a little Every time we say goodbye, I wonder why a little Why the gods above me, who must be in the know think so little of me that they allow you go When your near there's such an air of Spring about it I can hear a lark...

Everything I have is yours you're part of me Everything I have is yours my destiny I would gladly give the sun to you if the sun were only mine I would gladly give the earth to you and the stars that shine Everything that I possess I offer you Let my dream of...

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

Faithfully ray as the day may be Somehow we allways seek hope in tomorrow Faithfully dark as the night can seem We close our eyes and dream of a new day. Why do we have such strong belief Oh, such a long belief in tomorrow Because we know as long as it may be...

He used to sing his songs to his Sara Jane the folk singer His songs filled with love made the mountains ring the folk singer At first Sara Jane was to be his bride But as his fame grew she was pushed aside Sweet mountain girl would say goodbye to the folk sin...

Like the first apartment that we had That bompy little couch that made into a bed Shower down the hall and footsteps through the wood she said it's just fine Times were hard for us for quite a while But through those hungry days she faced it with a smile Not w...

Don't look so sad, I know it's over But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning Let's just be glad, we had some time to spend together There's no need to watch the bridges that were burning Lay your head upon my pillow Hold your warm and tender b...

I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea From the fishing boats at Dingle to the shores of Dunardee I miss the river Shannon and the folks at Skibbereen The moorlands and the midlands with their forty shades of green But most of all I miss a girl in...

(Four walls too near me, closing in on me) Out where the bright lights are glowing You're drawn like a moth to a flame You laugh while the wine's overflowing While I sit and whisper your name. Four walls to hear me, four walls to see Four walls too near me,...

From heaven to heartache is such a long way to go From holdin' an angel to onlyness in her soul I said some things that I didn't mean to say And then like a fool I turned and just walked away From heaven to heartache I felt my world turnin' blue From heaven t...

(From this minute on) my heart belongs to you From this minute on I'll never be untrue Every minute every hour every day I'll give all the love I have in every way From this minute on you're all I'm living for From this minute on I'll need you more and more A...

GENTLE ON MY MIND (John Hartford) '67 Ensign Music It's knowing that your door is always open And your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up And stashed behind your couch And it's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotte...

Georgia Georgia the whole day through Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind Georgia on my mind Georgia Georgia a song of you comes as sweet and clear as moonlight to the pines Other arms reach out to be other eyes smile tenderly Still in peaceful dre...

An old cowboy went ridin' out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw A ploughin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw Yi pi yi ay yi pi yi oy the ghost riders i...

Gimme a little kiss will ya huh what are you gonna miss will ya huh God show gee why do you refuse I can't see what you've got lose Oh gimme a little squeeze will ya huh why do you wanna make me blue I wouldn't say a word if I were asking for the world But...

You've got to give a little, take a little, And let your poor heart break a little. That's the story of, that's the glory of love. You've got to laugh a little, cry a little, Before the clouds roll by a little. That's the story of, that's the glory of love....

You've got to give a little take a little and let your poor heart break a little That's the story of that's the glory of love You've got to laugh a little cry a little before the clouds roll by a little That's the story of that's the glory of love As long...

Go little prayer go everywhere Go to the hearts that are weary with care Go little prayer go everywhere Bring joy and happiness there Shout from the steeple sing out from above Pray that the morning will fill our hearts with love Go through the night show us...

We all have treasures we call our own Mine are these hills I call my home Just let me live till eternity in these hills God walks with me Yes, He walks these hills, these beautiful hills Where my soul is always free What a comfort to know, I'm never alone For...

Since you've gone The moon, the sun, the stars in the sky Know the reason why I cry Love divine once was mine Now you've gone Since you've gone My heart, my lips, my tear dimmed eyes A lonely soul within me cries I acted smart, broke your heart Now you've gon...

Gonna find me a bluebird Let him sing me a song Cause my heart's been Broken much too long Gonna chase me a rainbow Through a heaven of blue Cause I'm all through Crying over you There was a time My love was needed My life completed My dreams come...

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

(I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love) I was a rover on land and on sea Till a good woman's love made a new man of me Life had no meaning it was so incomplete Till a good woman's love put me back on my feet. Stead of roamin' back home in the evenin...

(Goodbye sunshine) Goodbye sunshine, gee, oh, I'll miss your smile Don't cry sunshine I'll be back in a while And when I'm lonesome and the lonely tears start I'll think of you and there'll be bluebirds in my heart. Keep those blue eyes full of love just for...

Irene goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene Goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams Last Saturday night I got married Me and my wife settled down Now me and my wife have parted I'm gonna take another stroll downtown Irene goodnight Irene goodnigh...

I've laid around and played around this old town too long Summer's almost gone yes winter's comin' on I've laid around and played around this old town too long And I feel like I've gotta travel on. Papa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home Johnny can't...

Green green it's green they say On the far side of the hill Green green I'm going away To where the grass is greener still Well I told my mama on the day I was born Don't you cry when you see I'm gone You know there ain't no woman gonna settle me down...

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

A time to be reaping, a time to be sowing The green leaves of summer are calling me home It was good to be young then in the season of plenty When the catfish were jumpin' as high as the sky A time just for plantin', a time just for ploughin'/plowin' A ti...

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

Hands across the table While the lights are low, Though you hush your lips, your fingertips Tell me all I want to know. Hands across the table Meet so tenderly, And they say in their little way That you belong to me ~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Hands across the table Whil...

I'm Eddy Arnold and I wanna tell you About the most performed song of the past century It was written by two school teachers In Olive Hill Kentucky Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, happy birthday Happy birthday to you 

If every wish of mine comes true A box will come addressed to you A velvet box, fit for a king Now who would send you such a thing? Open it up, and there will be A happy everything from me My love wrapped in a circus poster A song inside a ring of gold...

Have I told you lately that I love you? Could I tell you once again somehow? Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you? Well darling, I'm telling you now Have I told you lately when I'm sleeping? Every dream I dream is you somehow Have I told you...

A wonderful Saviour is Jesus my Lord A wonderful Saviour to me He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock Where rivers of pleasure I see. He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock That shadows have dried thirsty land He hideth my life in the depths of...

He lives next door to everybody in the world He's everybody's neighbor he is everybody's friend He alone can make the clouds disappear And let the sunshine in. He shares a dream with everybody in the world He can always hear your laughter He can always see yo...

HE'LL HAVE TO GO (Joe Allison - Audrey Allison) '59 Central Songs Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Let's pretend that we're together all alone I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low And you can tell your friend there with you he'll...

I've got the picture that you gave to me And it's signed 'with love', just like it used to be The only thing different, the only thing new I've got the picture, he's got you I've got the records that we used to share And they still sound the same, as whe...

I fly the midwestern skyways Each long day through And I live for the nights when I glide down the runway lights to you. Then I up with the sun back on my run Wanting and needing you so Counting minutes till I can go Down to heaven below. With the help of th...

If an angel wears a housewife's dress And fills a house with happiness One wakes me gently every morning And serves me coffee with a kiss. My life is heaven everyday Because of all the love you give Your smile drives all my cares away And makes life heaven ev...

Take the ribbons from your hair Shake it loose and let it fall Laying soft against my skin Like the shadows on the wall. Come and lay down by my side Till the early morning light All I'm taking is your time Help me make it through the night. I don't care who...

Here comes heaven all satin and lace Love in her heart and a smile on her face She's the world to me Heaven is all my heart can see Here comes heaven with soft golden hair Laughing blue eyes that tell me she cares She's my night my day Heaven is just a kiss a...

Here comes more tears to cry Here comes more heartaches by Here comes my baby back again Here comes more misery here come old memories here comes my baby back again. My arms are open wide To let more hurt inside Here comes my baby back again She's sorry once...

Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus lane Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer pulling on the reins Bells are ringing children singing all is merry and bright Hang your stockings and say your prayers cause Santa Claus comes to...

Here comes the rain, baby Guess it's goodbye again, baby For a while it was fun we could walk in the sun But you never could stand the rain, could you, baby? See the rain in my eyes, baby I never could stand goodbyes, baby For a while you were mine but the su...

Here we go again She's back in town again I'll take her back again One more time. Here we go again The phone will ring again I'll be her fool again One more time. I've been there before And I'll try it again But any fool knows That there's no way to win. He...

(Hey, good lookin', hey, good lookin') Hey, hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'. How's about cookin' somethin' up with me Hey, hey, sweet baby, don't you think maybe We could find us a brand new recepe? I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill And I kno...

His hands paint the flowers He puts leaves on the trees At His whisper birds start singing When my heart needs melodies. Why I strayed from all his goodness My poor mind can't understand I'm to blame for my misfortune I lost hold of his hands. Those hands th...

Hold me honey won't you hold me Hold me never let me go Take me honey won't you take me Ever to forsake me 'cause I love you so. Thrill me let your kisses thrill me Just like you will all can do Hold me tenderly infold me Never try to hold me from you. (Thri...

(Home home on the range) Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Home home on the range... Oh give me a land where the bright diamond...

See the tree how big it's grown But friend it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big I laughed at her and she got mad The first day that she planted, it was just a twig And then the first snow came And she ran out to brush the snow away so it wouldn't die Came r...

How did you know I was lonely how did you know I was blue How did you know needed someone someone just like you Why did you call at the right time whatever said you to me How could I ever get so lucky I never thought it could be You walked right in took my h...

How is she, is she well? Is she happy, could you tell? Is it all working out The way she wanted it to? Did her expressions change When you mentioned my name? No, don't answer that, Just tell me, how is she. --- Instrumental --- I guess the less I know of her...

(How's the world treating you) I have nothing but sorrow since you said we were through There's no hope for tomorrow how's the world treating you Every sweet thing that mattered has been broken in two All my dreams have been shattered how's the world trea...

When I lost my baby (baby) I almost lost my mind When I lost my baby (baby) I almost lost my mind My head is in a spin since she's left me behind I went to see the gypsy And had my fortune read I went to see the gypsy And had my fortune read I hung my head in...

I am Thine oh Lord I have heard Thy voice and it told Thy love to me But I long to rise in the arms of faith and be closer drawn to Thee Draw me nearer nearer blessed Lord to the cross where Thou has died Draw me nearer nearer nearer blessed Lord to Thine pre...

I called on the Master I said Lord help me to pray For I'm that little black sheep That you've been haunting today. I thought I could wander And find my way all alone Now I want you to guide This rolling stone. Then I heard His answer So clear to me Tell aga...

(I can't help it if I'm still in love with you) Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet I can't help it if I'm still in love with you Somebody else stood by your side and he looked so satisfied I can't help it if I'm still in love with...

I can't stop loving you So I've made up my mind To live in memories Of old lonesome times. I can't stop wanting you It's useless to say So I'll just live my life In dreams of yesterday. Those happy hours That we once knew So long ago Still make me blue. The...

Last night I came home and I knocked on my door I called to my love as I oft had before I knocked and I knocked but no answer it came No kisses to greet me no voice called my name I couldn't believe it was true Oh Lord I couldn't believe it was true My...

I cried for you now it's your turn to cry over me Every road has a turning that's one thing you're learning I cried for you what a fool I used to be Now I found two eyes just a little bit bluer I found the heart just a little bit truer I cried for you now it's...

I don't hurt anymore, all my teardrops are dried No more walkin' the floor with that burnin' inside Just to think it could be, time has opened the door And at last I am free, I don't hurt anymore No use to deny, I wanted to die The day you said we were throug...

I don't know why I love you like I do I don't know why I just do I don't know why you thrill me like you do I don't why you just do. You never seem to want my romancing The only time you hold me is when we're dancing I don't know why I love you like I do I do...

Let's make memories tonight For this is the night to remember Let's make moments to remember Forever and the day Let's don't play around tonight It's time now to stop for your teasing I must admit it was pleasing And make me want to stay A thousand r...

I don't want to walk without you , baby Walk without my arm about you , baby I thought the day you left me behind I'd take a stroll and get you right off my mind But now I find that I don't want to walk without the sunshine Why'd you have to turn off all that...

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

I gave my love a cherry without a stone I gave my love a chicken without a bone I gave my love a ring without an end I gave my love a baby with no cryin' [ string ] How can there be a cherry without a stone How can there be a chicken without a bone How can the...

There in the glow of early dawn I wake to find that I'm alone And turn off the alarm clock she always used to wind And that's when I get baby on my mind I make instant coffee just for one I scrape off the toast that's over done Then I sit there pretendi...

They talk about the golden rule But if I'd give a helping hand They'll laugh and say I'm just a fool I guess I'll never understand. My friends all wished the best for me But when success was in my hand They turned away in jealousy I guess I'll never understan...

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, goodwill to men. I thought as now this day had come The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along the unbroken song Of peace on earth, g...

Oh I just can't help believin' when the smiles up soft and gentle With a trace of misty morning and a promise of tomorrow in her eyes And I just can't help believin' when she's lying close beside me And my heart beats with the rhythm of her sighs This time...

I JUST HAD YOU ON MY MIND Writer Sue Richards Don't let this call bother you in any way I just had to hear your voice One more time, I know you've made a new life A new life without me, But I'm alright, I just had had you on my mind Oh, You sound so close,...

The mansion that I've promised her Is still a dream somewhere back in my mind Someday she's gonna have it if I live that long If God give me the time. Although I haven't given her The things she might have gotten from another Oh, never once till she complains...

(I love how you love me) I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And when I'm away from you I love how you miss me I love the way you always treat me tenderly But darling most of all I love how you love me I love how your heart beats whenever I hold...

I love to tell the story of unseen things above Of Jesus and his glory of Jesus and his love I love to tell the story because I know 'tis true It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do I love to tell the story 'twill be my theme in glory To tell the old...

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

Please put down the paper turn off the TV And darling look over my way And I know that lately we ain't done much talking But there's something I just have to say. I love you dear, I love you dear I haven't said that is such a long, long time Come sit close be...

I love you drops, I miss you drops Hurry home drops, you've been gone so long drops They're not teardrops they're sincere drops That say I'm lonesome and I love you so. They were on my pillow when I woke up this morning They were on the letter I tried so...

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

I told you that some day If you kept on being untrue Somebody else would come along And release me from you You'll be glad to know now Your fickle heart Can have its own way For it finally happened I've met her today I used to think I just couldn't...

Eagle make home on the mountain sparrow make nest in the tree But I'm all alone and need somebody to make a little home with me River make way through the valley right into the arms of the sea Makes me realize I need somebody to make a little love to me Someon...

Are the stars out tonight I don't know if it's cloudy or bright Cause I only have eyes for you dear The moon may be high but I can't see a thing in the sky Cause I only have eyes for you dear I don't know if we're in the garden or on a crowded avenue You are h...

How many arms have held you And hated to let you go? How many, how many, I wonder But I really don't want to know How many lips have kissed you And set your soul aglow? How many, how many, I wonder But I really don't want to know So always make me wonder Alw...

I really go for you knowin' in my heart you won't be there I'd cross the seven seas your smallest whim to please Around the world and then all the way back again To love the way I do seems so unfair I really go for you knowin' in my heart you won't be ther...

I started a joke which started the whole world crying But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no I started to cry which started the whole world laughing Oh, if I only see that the joke was on me Oh, I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes...

I STILL LONG TO HOLD YOU NOW AND THEN WRITER JERRY FULLER I see you now, I think of then And dwell upon the happiness of way back when Cause since you said goodbye The feelings just won't die And I still long to hold you now and then A million years ha...

I talk to myself about you, dear I can't realize that we're through I know in my heart that I'm wastin' my time When I talk to myself about you. I talk to my heart about you, dear I tell it I'll find someone new But somehow I know I'm just foolin' my heart Wh...

I thank my lucky stars for every day I spent with you I thank my lucky stars because I found a girl so true Many times I see other girls I might have had Watch 'em when they fall in love, watch it turn out bad So when I count my blessings, honey you're my...

I walk alone where once we wandered It seems so strange since you are gone Till you return I'll stay the same, dear I'll still be true and walk alone By stars above I swear to love you With all the love I've ever known While we're apart you'll always own me W...

Come here to me, my little chickadee 'Cause I think it's time you knew That you're the kinda gal, I've had in mind And I wanna play house with you Bought the ring, took care of everything And I'm ready to say, I do You'll be the Mama and I'll be the Papa 'Cau...

I want to go with you To that another world The one your love takes me to I want to go with you I wish I were glass So you could see through Then you'd know before you ask That I want to go with you I want to go with you To that another world The one your lo...

I was born to love you so what can I do Sometimes you've hurt me deep inside And you're so careless with my pride But when you touch me the world is new I was born to love you so what can I do Sometimes you're distant and you're cold And it's a strange...

Who knows how long I've loved you You know I love you still Will I wait a lonely lifetime If you want me to--I will. For if I ever saw you I didn't catch your name But it never really mattered I will always feel the same. Love you forever and forever Love you...

I wish I didn't love you so, My love for you Should have faded long ago. I wish I didn't need your kiss, Why must your kiss Torture me as long as this? I might be smiling by now With some new tender friend, Smiling by now With my heart on the mend. But wh...

Please don't ask me all The reasons why I love you I wouldn't know where to begin It's like asking me to Count the stars above you I wouldn't know where to begin Why can't our Love go on forever To let it end Would surely be a sin I could never look For any...

I wouldn't trade the silver in my mother's hair For all the gold in the world The hands that rocked my cradle Through all my baby days Are treasures from the sky That money cannot buy God gave us mothers And tried to be fair When he gave me mine I got more th...

I'd trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday For what good is life without the one you love I'd trade all of my tomorrows they're worthless anyway If my arms can't hold the one I'm dreaming of Just an empty world is all I have before me I'd give anyth...

Sweetheart if you should stray a million miles away I'll always be in love with you And though you'll find more bliss in someone else's kiss I'll always be in love with you I can't do any more I've tried so hard to please But let me thank you for such te...

I'll be home for Christmas You can plan on me Please have snow and mistletoe And presents onthe tree Christmas Eve will find me Where the lovelight gleams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams I'll be home for Christmas You can plan on me P...

I'll give you three guesses who loves you Who's loved you right from the start And not your mother who likes to baby you so And not the boy back home you used to know oh no. There's somebody special Who needs you together or apart Bet you don't need three gu...

I'll have nothing to lose after tonight Cause tonight you'll be breaking the news I'd have nothing to gain by holding you tight I'll be holding tomorrow's blues Though I'll cry when you're gone and I'll miss you There is one thing I'm certain is true I'll hav...

I'll hold you in my heart Till I can hold you in my arms Like you've never been held before I'll think of you each day And then I'll dream the night away Till you are in my arms once more The stars up in the sky Know the reason why I feel so blue when I'm...

I'll love you more than you need should you need it Too much love never gets in the way I'll love you and want to spend my life with you And I believe your love for me is complete But if along the way you should stumble We'll have more than we need to ge...

I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh again What good would it do? For tears would fill my eyes My heart would realize That our romance is through I'll never love again I'm so in love with you I'll never thrill again To somebo...

I'll string along, string along String along with you, dear I'll string along, string along String along with you, dear You may not be an angel 'Cause angels are so few But until the day that one comes along I'll string along with you I'm looking for an ange...

I'm alone because I love you love you with all my heart I'm alone because I had to be true Sorry I can't say the same about you Yesterday's kisses are bringing me pain Yesterday's sunshine has turned into rain I'm alone because I love you love you with all my...

I'm gonna lock my heart and throw away the key I'm wise to all those tricks you played on me I'm gonna turn my back on love, gonna stop the moon above She lower my windows up with tin so the love bug can't get in I'm gonna park my romance right along the curv...

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you I'm gonna write words oh so sweet They're gonna knock me off my feet A lot of kisses on the bottom I'll be glad I got 'em I'm gonna smile and say I hope you're feeling better...

I'm in love with you, in love with all my heart And I'll always be, if you'll come with me, I'm in love with you I'm in love with you, you make the music start You're the song I hear and I need you near, I'm in love with you. It's such a simple thing that's s...

I'm trying my best to convince myself That I'm doing the right thing by you You'd never have asked to be free of our love And I've loved you so much and I still do. If you had been cheat or wrong me in someway I guess it would be easier for me But that's not...

Could been better for us both had we never In this wide and wicked world had never met Why the pleasures we both seemed together I am sure love I'll never forget. Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blues eyes Who is sailing all over the sea Oh, I'm thinking tonigh...

I'm throwing rice at the girl that I love After she just said I do I'm throwing rice with a smile on my lips But my heart is breaking in two. She was my gal and he was my pal But she loved him better somehow I stepped aside after I kissed the bride And I'm thr...

I'm waiting for ships that never come in Watching and waiting in vain It seems that life's stormy sea Holds nothing for me. But broken dreams and shattered schemes With each day of sorrow I love to pretend One more tomorrow and waiting will end I'm waiting fo...

Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind I'm walking behind you on your wedding day And I'll hear you promise to love and obey Though you may forget me you're still on my mind. Look over your shoulder, I'm walking behind Maybe I'll kiss again with a love t...

Ask the sky above and ask the earth below Why I'm so in love and why I love you so Couldn't tell you though I tried dear just why did I'm yours When you went away you left a glowing spark Trying to be gay as whistling in the dark I am only what you make me com...

I've been to town I've walked the highways and the harbors too I've done some things I never thought I'd ever do Now as I stand here looking down at you You ask me why it is I frown I guess it's cause I've been to town I've been to town beyond the bouleva...

Seems that I don't think about you too much And I'm not too sure why I thought of you now Time has a way of numbing the touch but I still recall when you left me Just how much it hurts me to stand there just watching you leave I couldn't believe it was true Af...

Away beyond the hill in Idaho Where yawning canyons greet the sun As it smiles above the trees in Idaho To say another night is done. Warm summer winds toss a waving grain Calling me back to my home again To dream sweet memories of long ago Beyond the hill in...

If I had my life to live over I'd do the same things again I'd still want to roam to the place we call home Where my happiness never would end I'd meet you when school days were onward And walk through the lanes that we'd knew If I had my life to live over I'...

If I had you we'd run like gypsies in the wind If I had you we'd count the stars all one by one If I had you we's sail the seven seas as one We'd be lovers and we'd be friends if I had you We'd make love till they were gone oh, if I had you We'd never say...

If I never get to heaven it will be for loving you It's so easy for a heart in love to sin Oh I want to go to heaven please believe me dear it's true But I'm afraid the angels might let me in Cause I'd steal and I'd lied to keep you by my side And I even...

If it's all right with you I'd like to stay here and love you And hold you at least until the daylight comes. And if it's all right with you I'd like to think that when tomorrow comes It'll be way too soon If it's all right with you? If it's all right with y...

If the whole world stopped lovin' the way you stopped lovin' me Have you ever stopped to wonder what kind of place this would be If the whole world stopped lovin' the way you stopped lovin' me If every heart was broken the way that you broke my own And the who...

If you were mine Mary know what I'd do I'd take the stars Mary and give them to you If you were mine Mary know what I'd say I'd say that I love Mary over again all through the day. So if you love me please don't pretend For there's a lifetime of happiness wai...

In the misty moonlight By the flickering firelight Any place is all right Long as I'm with you In a faraway land On the trophic sea sand If your hand's in my hand I won't be blue Way up on the mountain A way down in the valley I know I'll be happy Any place,...

You're losing interest In me and it's showing It ain't no big thing But it's growing. The pain of heartbreak I've just started knowing It ain't no big thing But it's growing. Every day the hurt Grows bigger than before But I'll pretend that I don't know this...

It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth With news of joy foretold, "Peace on the earth, good will to men From heaven's all gracious King." The world in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing. Still...

It came upon the midnight clear that glorious song of all From angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold Peace on the earth goodwill to men from heaven's old gracious king The world in Salem still is laid to hear the angels sing [ organ ] For...

Everybody asks if I still love you And if you're still on my mind They ask me to tell 'em 'bout my broken heart And I tell 'em that I'm feelin' fine. I lie a little bit and I proudly say Our book of love is closed And your memory never bothers me And when it...

It had to be you it had to be you I wandered around and finally found the somebody who Could make me be true could make me be blue And even be glad just to be sad thinking of you Some others I've seen might never be me Might never be crossed or tried to be bos...

(It is no secret what God can do) The chimes of time ring out the news Another day is through Someone slipped and fell Was that someone you? You may have long for added strenght Your courage to renew Do not be disheartened For I bring hope to you. It is no...

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

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

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

My Father is all powerful and that you can't deny A God of might and miracles it's written in the sky It took a miracle to put the stars in place It took a miracle to hang the world in space But when he saved my soul cleansed and made me whole It took a miracl...

IT'LL BE HER (Billy Ray Reynolds) '73 Baron Music If anyone ever finds a better way to love It'll be her lovin' me If anyone ever goes out of their way to show they care It'll be her lovin' me She's every woman I've ever known rolled up in one If I'm...

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

Kiss me once and kiss me twice Then kiss me once again It's been a long, long time Haven't felt like this, my dear Since I can't remember when It's been a long, long time You'll never know how many dreams I've dreamed about you Or just how empty they all seem...

It's been so long darling Since I gazed into your eyes It's been so long darling Do you really realize? That just the thought of seeing you It scares me through and through It's been so long darling Since I had a kiss from you. It's been so long darling Sinc...

It's four in the morning once more the dawning Just woke up the wanting in me Wishing I'd never met her knowing if I'd forget her How much better off she would be The longer I hold on and the longer this goes on the harder it's gonna be But it's four in t...

It's my pleasure just to please you It's my pleasure and I'm glad to If you let me make you happy It's my pleasure. It's so easy to adore you Every moment living for you When your sweet lips smile to greet me It's my pleasure. Every little thing I'd do for y...

(It's only love it will go away) If I don't act myself when I'm around you And I recall the things you used to say Well, I just haven't learned to forget like you do But it's only love, it'll go away. It's only love, it'll go away At least that's what you sa...

If time were not a moving thing And I could make it stay This hour of love we share Would always be There'd be no coming day To shine a morning light And make us realize Our night is over (it's over) When you walk away from me There is no place to put my han...

It's such a pretty world today I look at the sunshine (Look at the sunshine) And every day's the same since I met you It's such a pretty world today knowing that you're mine (Knowing that you're mine) And happiness is being close to you And though the rain ma...

Takes a rocking chair to rock takes a rubber tire to roll Takes the man I love to satisfy my soul Because I'm jealous, jealous hearted me I said I'm jealous, jealous as I can be Got a stove in the kitchen and it bakes nice and brown But I need a poppa to turn...

Hurry hurry children you better get a runnin' Jeff Canady's comin' and he eats little youngin's His wife is a witch and Jeff can switch From a snake To a frog or an old mad dog So you better leave him alone My sister was a backward child she never walked a ste...

It was on a Wednesday night the moon was shining bright They robbed the Glendale train And the people they did say for many miles away Twas the outlaws Frank and Jesse James Jesse had a wife to mourn all her life Their children they are brave Twas a dirty lit...

Jesus is tenderly calling me home Calling today, calling today Why from the sunshine of love Will thy roam further and further away. Calling today, calling today Jesus is calling, he's tenderly calling today Jesus is calling the weary to rest Calling t...

Jesus keep me near the cross there a precious fountain Free to all a healing stream flows from Calv'ry's mountain In the cross in the cross be my glory ever Till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river Near the cross a trembling soul love and mercy...

Jim I did everything that I could but your fever just wouldn't die down So I tied your horse to the wagon bed and last night I brought you to town But when I got there you were gone Jim and there was nothing nobody could do I bought you a suit and a tie Jim...

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun Now the jingle hop has begun. Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time Dancing and prancing in Ji...

Just a lonely soldier lad, Johnny Reb, that’s me. Far away from all that’s home, Oh dear God, hear my plea. Hiding in the valley there, Yankee soldiers wait. When the battle starts at dawn, I know I’ll meet my fate. Oh, Johnny Reb, oh, Johnny Reb, A...

Jolly old St. Nicholas, lean your ear this way Don't you tell a single soul, what I'm going to say Christmas Eve is comin' soon, now, you dear old man Whisper what you'll bring to me, tell me if you can When the clock is striking twelve when I'm fast asleep D...

Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing. Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ;...

Are you weary and tired of living Does it all seem to be thankless giving Don't worry my friend it isn't the end It's just a bend in the road Have you reached for someone's hand And found that's she just doesn't understand Keep reaching my friend it isn...

Just a little lovin' will go a long way And you'll make me happy the rest of my days Put your arms around me then I'll be your slave 'Cause just a little lovin' will go a long way. Ever since the time began love has ruled the world Eve and Adam set the pace a...

Just across the mountain there is something calling me Calling come and see way you ought to be A valley full of buttercups is singing me a song Come and see the place where you belong It's near a town they say by the name of want to stay Right near a li...

Why must I love the heartless One who'll never know the harm she's done Though love is blind I should have known Just call me lonesome from now on. I climb the stairs up to my room But no one meets me in my gloom The silence tells me she is gone Just call me l...

You started a flame I can't drown then told me you see me around All I have to do is get a glimpse of you and then That's just enough to start me dreamin' again You promised a love I could hold then you turned away so distant and cold All I have to do is h...

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

(Close your eyes, close your eyes in sleep) Skeeters am a hummin' on honeysuckle vine Sleep Kentucky babe Sandman am a comin' to this little boy of mine Sleep Kentucky babe. Silvery moon am shining in the heavens up above Bubblelink am pining for his little...

We were waltzin' that night in Kentucky By that beautiful harvest moon And I was a boy that was lucky But it all ended too soon As I sit here alone in the moonlight I see your smiling face And I long once more for your embrace And that beautiful Kentucky Walt...

KING OF THE ROAD (Roger Miller) '64 Tree Publishing Trailer for sale or rent rooms to left fifty cents No phone no pool no pets I ain't got no cigarettes Ah but two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four bit room I'm a man of means by no mea...

Well when I was a young man and never been kissed I got to thinkin' it over how much I'd missed So I got me a girl and I kissed her and then And then oh Lordy well I kissed her again Because she had kisses sweeter than wine She had uhm uhm kisses sweeter than...

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

The crowd sees me out dancing carefree and romancing Happy with my someone new I'm laughing on the outside crying on the inside Cause I'm still in love with you They see me night and day time having such a gay time They don't know what I go through I'm laughi...

Tell me I'm great and I'll be greater build me up and I'll fly Love me now and be glad later and tell your troubles goodbye Lay some happiness on me, so the brighter side you'll see No more loneliness to be, lay some happiness on me (Lay some happiness on me)...

Leaning on the old top rail in a big corral Looking down the twilight trail for my long lost pal How he sang when he sprang on his old mustang and rode away Down the track by my shack he said I'll be back another day Oh the moon is shining pale on a loneso...

Oh my bags are packed I'm ready to go I'm standing here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breaking it's early morn the taxi's waitin' he's blowing his horn Already I'm so lonesome I could die So kiss me and smile for me tel...

I bless the day I found you I want to stay around you And so I beg you Let it be me Don't take this heaven from one If you must cling to someone Now and forever Let it be me Each time we meet love I find complete love Without your sweet, sweet love What woul...

Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Our hearts are made of it Let's take a chance Why be afraid of it? Let's close our eyes And make our own paradise Little we know of it Still we can try To make a go of it We might have been meant fo...

It's been a real long day Now here we are sipping wine by candlelight Let's take a walk beneath the stars There's a full moon out tonight We've been so busy babe Doing things that two people have to do The night is young and we're alone Let's spend...

(Johnny Nash) Let's make memories tonight for this is the night to remember Let's make moments to remember the day Let's don't play around tonight it's not time to stop the teasing I must admit it was pleasing and make me want to stay. A thousand roman...

When your mother went away On the day that you were born Little angel, life seemed all in vain Then I heard your lonesome cry Knew that hope just couldn't die She was my loss but you were my gain. Little angel with the dirty face God called mother, sent you in...

You're a little bit sweet you're a little bit mean You're a little bit cute than the others I've seen I wouldn't be sittin' here feelin' so blue If I could get a little bit lovin' from you You're a little bit smart you're a little bit dumb And without of your...

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

Little girls and little boys often cry over broken toys But tears which fall like gentle rain wash away the hurt and pain Little girls and little boys when they grow older change their toys They learn that life's a hurting game but never know who's to blam...

And I wake up in the mornin' With my hair down in my eyes and she says, "Hi" And I stumble to the breakfast table While the kids are goin' off to school, goodbye And she reaches out and takes my hand and squeezes it Says, "How you feelin', hon?" And I look ac...

There's a little boy at our house who's as happy as can be Cause he's always doing something keeping busy as a bee He can make believe he's anyone or almost anything And that is why we call him Little Johnny Everything. This imagination takes him anyplace or...

She was only seven When she was called to Heaven That little kid sister of mine We used to play together In fair and stormy weather That little kid sister of mine. They needed a new star up yonder And they couldn't find A brighter light to shine God...

Dressed up in a gown, the trails on the floor In a picture hat that your mommy wore Living in a world that you never saw My little lady, make believe What a pair of shoes for two tiny feet What a pair of gloves the fingers don't need Posing in a glass,...

Little man, you're cryin', I know why you're blue Someone took your kiddy-car away You better go to sleep now Little man, you've had a busy day Johnny won your marbles, tell you what we'll do Dad'll get you new ones right away Better go to sleep now Little ma...

I'm a little on the lonely a little on the lonely lonely side I keep thinking of you only and wishing you were by my side You know my dear when you're not here there's no one to romance with So if I'm seen with someone else it's just someone to dance with...

Little swallow please take wing and bring her to me Bring back the one I'm longing to see Little swallow please take wing and bring her to me Bring back my true love to me Little swallow when I mended your wing so long ago You said that come a day you'd bring...

Lonely again No one to love me You told me that others Before you were foolish To cause me to cry And just when I Learned to adore you You kissed one more Dream goodbye And left me lonely again Just like you found me Lonely again No one's around...

Lonely people just like me Everywhere I go I can see These lonely people with broken hearts like mine. Lonely people their tears are real And I know exactly how they feel These lonely people are people just like me. I hear a lonely bluebird somewhere i...

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

Drive-in shows covered with snow but we never felt the cold We bought us a blanket we always meant to thank it for hugging us so close In kickle round clothes at downtown in windows we posed I cling to your warmth while you're tugged on my arm Our eyes pas...

I want to have a long, long friendship with you After years and years It's still growing strong, Friendsip with you. I want to have long, long walks And some real close heart to heart talks In the spring when stars are glowing By the fire when snow is snowing...

Love and marriage love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage This I'll tell you brother you can't have one without the other Love and marriage love and marriage it's an institution you can't discourage As the local gentry and they will say it's al...

Snow can snow storms can blow but a boy will find his Miss As long as there's a girl left on this earth with pretty little lips to kiss Love finds a way it's been that way ever since time began Ever since that beautiful beautiful day when the Lord made a w...

I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more But the Master of the sea, heard my despairing cry From the waters lifted me, now safe am I. Love lifted me, love lifted me When nothing else could help...

Treat me like a fool treat me mean and cruel but love me Bring my faithful heart tear it all apart but love me If you'll ever go darling I'll be oh so lonely I'll be sad and blue crying over you dear only I would beg and steal just to feel Your heart beating c...

Oh, oh, oh love me like that, love me like that And darling love me forever Old man and woman a beautiful sight Still so in love makes the whole world seem bright. Their age is a symbol of a wonderful thing The happiness true love can bring Oh, oh, oh love me...

LOVE ON MY MIND Writer Cindy Walker Well, I have got stars in my eyes and wings on my feet And find in my heart the sleepering and kind And I've got dreams about you I dream will come true A runnin' through me as how you do me, I've got love on my mind....

Where do I begin to tell the story of how great a love can be? The sweet love story that is older than the sea The simple truth about the love she brings to me, where do I start? With her first hello she gave new meaning to this empty world of mine They'll ne...

When the lovebug bites you don't know where to scratch, It keeps right on a bitin' 'till it begins to hatch. It makes the old feel young, and the poor feel rich. It's just a little thing called the lovebug itch. Oh, the day I held my baby on my knee, along ca...

This is a lovely way to spend an evening Can't think of anything I'd rather do This is a lovely way to spend an evening Can't think of anyone as lovely as you We'll just belong together and dance round and round the room Playing our favorite records humming o...

My heart thunders like a thunder on an early April morn When my baby's close beside me and we're lovin' up a storm If the night is cold and windy I will still be nice and warm Cause she'll have her arms around me and just lovin' up a storm Like a streak o...

(Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again) Oh, I have seen the morning burning golden On the mountains in the skies Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies. Turnin' on the world the way she smiled Upon my soul as I lay...

Lucy, if you should wake up in the night Rememberin' how good love can be And find yourself reachin' for me Remember the times that you pushed me away And laughed at me achin' inside Oh, you showed the good love till it died Well part of me's leavin' an...

I've been around the world, you bet, but never went to school Hard knocks are all I seem to get, perhaps I've been a fool; But still, some educated folks, supposed to be so swell, Would fail if they were called upon a simple word to spell. Now if you'd lik...

Make the world go away And get it off my shoulders Say the things you used to say And make the world go away Do you remember when you loved me Before the world took me astray? If you do, then forgive me And make the world go away Make the world go away And g...

MAMA AND DADDY BROKE MY HEART (Spade Cooley) '49 Unichappell Music Mama and daddy broke my heart Yesterday when they told me that they must part I must be brave and I mustn't cry And I'll love them both till the day that I die Down on my knees each nig...

I'm a man's kind of man and I know what I want when I look at you I'm a man's kind of man and I know what I need when I look at you Cause you're a man's kind of woman and now I know That this man's kind of man's got a long long way to go I'm a man's kind o...

Many tears ago you said you'd love me Oh, how happy was this heart of mine Then a dark cloud came from out of nowhere And the sun went down no more to shine. Many tears ago I learned too well love What it means to bear a heavy load I found out just what has me...

(Her name is Mary Claire Melvina Rebecca Jane) There's a pretty little girl in my hometown I tried to kiss her but she turned me down Tried to hug her but her answer was the same She got blue eyes and the beauty spot I called her just to date her but she touc...

Nothing's quite as pretty as Mary in the morning When through a sleepy haze I see her lyin' there Soft as the rain that falls on summer flowers Warm as the sunlight shining on her golden hair mhm When I awake and see her there so close beside me I want to...

May the good Lord bless and keep you Whether near or far away May you find that long awaited golden day today May your troubles all be small ones And your fortune ten times ten May the good Lord bless and keep you Till we meet again. May you walk with sunligh...

May you always walk in sunshine Slumber warm when night winds blow May you always live with laughter For a smile becomes you so. May good fortune find your doorway May the bluebirds sing your song May no trouble travel your way May no worry stay too long. Ma...

Meet me at the altar kneel with me in prayer Side by side at the altar the one who knows is waiting there What the Lord has joined together Satan tries to part But let no man put asunder I know there's true love in our hearts Meet me at the altar... Le...

[Sweet, sweet memories you gave-a me You can't beat the memories you gave-a me] Take one fresh and tender kiss Add one stolen night of bliss One girl, one boy Some grief, some joy Memories are made of this Don't forget a small moonbeam Fold in lightly with a...

(Millions of roses) every single day If I bought a flower for each happy hour That you and your love have made life sweet Millions of roses millions of roses would lie at your feet For each time you hold me each love word you told me If I work to bring...

The mills of the Gods grind slowly away And there's no escape till reckoning day You think you've gone free and then suddenly The mills of the Gods grind slowly away [ guitar ] Be happy and forget me my heart's cried out today As you passed with another...

I often wish that I could see my old hometown once more The old red school I went to with the little girl next door I see that stopper bobbin' when the catfish start to bite I see a blue sky framin' little clouds of snowy white Missouri, I hear you callin' me...

Hush-a-bye, my baby, slumbertime is comin' soon Rest your head upon my breast while Mommy hums a tune The sandman is callin' where shadows are fallin' While the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by Way down in Missouri where I heard this melody When...

I can't recall my mother I don't remember dad Mister and Mississippi was all I ever had Oh I was born to wander oh I was born to roam And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home Oh I was born to wander... My cradle was the river my school a river bo...

(CHORUS) Oh, it's been such a long, long time Looks like I kept you off my mind But I can't, just the thought of you Turns my whole world a misty blue Just the mention of your name Turns the flicker to a flame I think of things we used to do Then my whole wor...

Molly The war began and Henry left his farm Left his darling Molly with a baby in her arms Now the war was over and their life could begin Molly saw her darling standing at the door again It's so nice to hear your voice again Molly So nice to feel your arms...

Won't you tell me Molly darling That you love none else but me For I love you Molly darling You are all the world to me Oh tell me darling that you love me Put your little hand in mine Take my heart sweet Molly darling Say that you will give me time...

A mother went out on a party She left at home her baby son He cried and begged her not to leave him But she would not give up her fun. She kissed his cheek and tried to soothe him But would not heed his childish plea She heard him call as she was leavin' "Ple...

Moody River more deadly Than the natalest night Moody River your muddy water Took my baby's life. Last Saturday evening I came to the old oak tree That stands beside the river Where you were to meet me. On the ground your glove I found With a note addressed...

Moonlight and roses Bring wonderful mem'ries of you My heart reposes In beautiful thoughts so true. June light discoses Love's golden dreams sparkling anew Moonlight and roses Bring mem'ries of you. Moonlight and roses Bring wonderful mem'ries of you My hear...

The postman came and brought a letter It was from her boy that went away She gave him up to join the colors Each time he writes I hear her pray Dear God watch over my boy in service Help him win the victory there And when this cruel old war is over Sen...

We belong to a mutual Admiration society My baby and me We belong to a mutual Admiration society I think he's handsome And he's smart I thinks that She's a work of art I say that he's The greatest man And likewise I'm Her biggest fan I say her kisses Are li...

My arms are a house I want you to live there Come into my house for you have the key My heart is the door that's waiting wide open To welcome the love who shares it with me We'll furnished with kisses and plans that come true Our eyes will be windows for...

I asked a little boy to call his daddy He said he couldn't and sighed And when I asked him what was wrong Here's what the little boy replied. My Daddy is only a picture, In a frame that hangs on the wall Each day I talk to my daddy, But he never talks a...

My darling, my darling, I wanted to call you, my darling For many a, many a day My darling, my darling, I flooded and flagged like a starling My courage just melted away Now all at once you've kissed me And there's not a thing I'm sane enough to say Except my...

There's a long green valley On the old Kentucky shore Where I whiled the many happy hours away A-sittin' and a-singin' by the little cottage door Where live my darling, Nellie Gray. Oh, my poor Nellie Gray they have taken you away And I'll never see my...

My dream is the dream of every man who's ever seen you It's to take you in my arms and hold you tight every night my dream My dream is for you to love me like I love you And to know you'll sometime always be here with me my dream. My dream is the dream of lov...

Pretty words that you told me Belong to yesterday And the things you said to hold me Have no power to make me stay. Maybe somebody else will date you But only good thing my heart can say No, I'll never put you down babe 'Cause my heart's not made that way. (...

(He's going home yes he's going back) I'm going home to the arms of my hometown sweetheart Cause she means the world to me I have missed her cherry lips cherry smile missed her kiss all the while Been as lonesome as can be. No other girl incompare to my home...

Close your sleepy eyes my little Buckaroo While the light of western skies is shining down on you Don't you know it's time for bed another day is through So go to sleep my little Buckaroo. --- Choir --- Soon you're gonna ride the rails Like grown up cowboys...

My own true love My own true love At last I've found you My own true love No lips but yours No arms but yours Will ever lead me Through heaven's doors I roamed the Earth In search of this I knew I'd know you Know you by your kiss And by your kis...

I must say that I don't care Hold my head up in the air Even tell my friends I'm glad that you don't call But when the day is through All my heartaches start anew That's when I miss you most of all And my arms keep reaching for you My eyes keep searching fo...

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

Standing on the road walking down the highway Ain't going nowhere but that's my way of life Well I ain't never had much ambition but I always made my own way By turnin' a couple of jobs in some ladies' backyard I averaged about a dollar a day I wake up ea...

MY WORLD BEGINS AND ENDS WITH YOU Writers Larry Keith, Steve Pippin Copyright 1974 My world was no more than a dream And waitin' on a dream can sure get lonely Your love just fell right into place And filled and empty space to overflowing, overflowing...

Nellie sits a waitin' waitin' all alone Waitin' for her Johnny to come home Johnny come on home Johnny courted Nellie she would be his wife Johnny went to battle lost his life Nellie promised Johnny her love for him she'd save For Johnny's in Savannah a...

Everybody talks about a new world in the morning A new world in the morning so they say I myself don't talk about a new world in the morning A new world in the morning that's today And I can feel a new tomorrow coming on And I don't know why I have to ma...

You're somebody's baby you just gotta be That much to offer can't walk around tree My thoughts're takin' my heart for much too far No matter whose baby you are No matter whose baby you are No matter who's a gettin' those kisses so fine I wish those swee...

No one to cry to no one to say goodnight No one to tell my troubles to No one to sigh to no one to hold me tight No one to cheer me when I'm blue I go home to my lonely room and find there's no one there And each night I beg of you please answer this one...

We've had our stormy weather, we've had our sunshine too We've shared them both together and I'm still here with you Sometimes I made you happy, sometimes I made you blue But love kept us together and I'm still here with you. No other arms, no other lips, no...

Come sit by my side little darlin' Come lay your cool hand on my brow And promise me that you will never be Nobody's darlin' but mine. Nobody's darlin' but mine Love be honest, be faithful, be kind Promise me that you will never be Nobody's darlin' but mine....

I never had time to wonder if you were happy or sad I never had the time to ask you what kind of day you had For I was too busy to notice that we were drifting apart Never had time to see just what you meant to me And now I've got nothing but time I never had...

When I was a child I thought as a child I thought of toys on Christmas morn Of puppy dog tails and chicken corn but now I think as a man Oh now I think as a man And as a man I think of you and all the things I'd like to do As a man with a woman who's love...

O CHRISTMAS TREE Traditional O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how true you stand unchanging, O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how true you stand unchanging, Your boughs so green in summertime remain so green in wintertime. O Christmas tree, O Christmas...

O COME ALL YE FAITHFULL Writers Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade, John Reading O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of Angels. O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore H...

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see Thee lie Above Thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by Yet in Thy dark street shineth the everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary and g...

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

OH OH I'M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN Writers Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Mark Marwell Uh-oh, I'm falling in love again, uh-oh... Many's the time I've been two-timed Many's the time I've been stung Many a honey took all of my money, but That was when I was much you...

I'm thinking of you again tonight And I'm oh so far from home I'm missing you again tonight As I sit and dream alone. I'm needing you as I never did before But somehow my plans went wrong I'm wanting you again tonight And I'm oh so far from home. From my tin...

Many months have come and gone Since I wandered from my home In those Oklahoma hills Where I was born Though a page of life has turned Then a lesson I have learned Well, I feel like in those hills I still belong. Way down yonder in the Indian nation Ride my...

Old faithful we rode the range together Old faithful in every kind of weather When your roundup days are over There'll be pastures white with clover For you old faithful pal of mine Hurry up old fellow cause the moon is yellow tonight Hurry up old fello...

OLD PORCH SWING Writers Joe Allen, Charlie Williams It's hung there on the front porch Since this old house was built It's where the old men whittle And the women fleece their quilts It's held four generations Through whatever life could bring That ol...

Old faithful, we rode the range together Old faithful in every kind of weather When your round up days are over There'll be pastures white with clover For you old faithful pal of mine. Hurry up old fellow, 'Cause the moon is yellow tonight Hurry up old fellow...

Tell me white dove where will I find the olive tree Just for one branch I search my whole life through I've heard them say a greener land is waiting there Where peaple wake and find their dreams come true. A flying dove please lead me and I'll follow you Abov...

On the golden sand Of old Miami shore There I always find A girl who might adore. Every year it seems To happen o'er and o'er On the golden sands Where love commands Miami shore. --- Instrumental --- Every year it seems To happen o'er and o'er On the golden...

On top of old Smokey all covered with snow I lost my true lover for courtin' too slow Oh courtin's a pleasure parting is grief And a false hearted lover is worse than a thief. A thief will just rob you take all that you have But false hearted lovers take you...

No decorations that I could see There were no presents, there was no tree From the sky there came a gloom One Christmas Eve long ago No shopping malls, no flashing lights Just one big star to fill the night The light of love began to grow One Christmas Eve, s...

One, one, one grain of sand One, one, one grain of sand. Just one little grain of sand Can change your life and ruin your plans Undermine your house of love Bring it tumbling down One, one, one grain of sand. Once upon a mountain top a castle stood Carved ou...

ONE KISS FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE (Kenny Young - Artie Resnick) '66 Alley Music (I want you I need you I love you please grant me this) One kiss for old time's sake just like it used to be One kiss for old time's sake could bring you back to me If you give m...

I had one kiss too many and it went right to my heart What a fool I was to fall in love with you I had one kiss too many and sure I was gone right from the start I was kissing someone who just couldn't be true. I knew the morning after I made a big mistake Tha...

ONLY YOU Writers Buck Ram, Ande Rand Only you can make the darkness bright Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do And fill my heart with love for only you Only you can make this change in me For it's true, you are my destiny When you hold my hand...

One of Thy children is coming home open Thy merciful arms One of Thy children's too tired to roam open Thy merciful arms Send out a shepherd open the gate Jesus has called and his sheep must not wait Oh what a joy to be travelling home open Thy merciful arms...

Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm And then you hold my hand Hmm-mm-mm-mm And then I understand Hmm-mm-mm-mm Your eyes afire with withone desire Then a hevenly kiss Could I resist And then we dim the light Hmm-mm-mm-mm And then you hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm-mm-mm Hmm-mm...

Pardon me if I'm staring at you I know it's not the thing to do But my eyes just look your way without my knowing Pardon me if my love is showing. Pardon me if my lips speak your name I try to stop them but in vain 'Cause my my lips just speak your name witho...

Two partners went in search of gold As friendly as could be One was young and one was old And the gay young fool was me. Since neighter one could write his name We swore upon our souls To share the wealth and then shook hands The hands that dug for gold. The...

Pass me not, oh gentle Saviour, Hear my humble cry While all others now are calling Do not pass me by. Saviour, Saviour, Hear my humble cry While all others, now are calling Do not pass me by. Let me add a tone of mercy Find a sweet relief Kneeling there in...

Please don't go, I beg you don't go For I need you here with me If we part down deep in my heart I know what the end will be. No one else can take your place The love that I have known If I don't see your sweet face My life I'll live alone. Stay here with me...

Please help me, I'm falling in love with you Close the door to temptation, don't let me walk through Turn away from me, darling, I'm begging you to Please help me, I'm falling in love with you I belong to another, whose arms have grown cold But I promised for...

You know I don't think much about her anymore Seldom if ever does she cross my mind Yesterday's gone love 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 o...

Poor boy, poor boy look straight ahead Good times are coming, it has been said Poor boy, poor boy do not lose faith Go right on loving the human race. Born in an old shack on a very cold day My mother had to work on the following day Destination poverty, very...

Poor Howard's dead and gone Let me hear to sing this song Poor Howard's dead and gone Let me hear to sing this song. Poor Howard had a wife And she nagged him all his life So he used his butcher knife Like I said he had a wife. Now poor Howard's dead...

Eyes that shine with love for me caring not for fame's prestige Asking not what I can give that's a portrait of my woman Loving hands caress my cheek understanding when I'm weak Courage when the need is there that's a portrait of my woman Arms that reach...

Praise him, praise him, Jesus our blessed Redeemer Sing, oh earth, his wonderful love proclaim Hail him, hail him, highest archangels in glory Strength and honor give to his holy name. Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children In his arms he carries...

Prayer is a song we all can sing A light that the blind can see Prayer is a gift the poor can bring However poor they'd be. Prayer is a star that lights the way For those who are in despair And when your heart kneels down to pray God will hear your prayer. P...

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

Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose Why you ramble no one knows Wild and wind blown that's how you've grown Who can cling to a ramblin' rose? Ramble on, ramble on When you're ramblin' days are gone Who will love you with a love true When you're ramblin' days are gon...

Ready willing and able I'm all set to fall for a gal like you Ready to tick you in my arms willing to hold you tight Able to give you hugs and kisses morning noon and night Because I'm ready to love you forever Willing to give up and settle down I've ne...

The red headed stranger from Blue Rock Montana Rode into town one day And under his knees was a raging black stallion And lopin' behind was a bay The red headed stranger had eyes like the thunder His lips that were sad and tight His little lost love lay aslee...

From this valley they say you are leaving I wll miss your brown eyes and sweet smile For you take with you all of the sunshine That lightened my way for a while. Come and sit by my side if you love me Do not hasten to bid me adieu And remember the Red River V...

I want some red roses for a blue lady Mister florist take my order please We had a silly quarrel the other day I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away I want some red roses for a blue lady Send them to the sweetest gal in town And if they do the...

(Please release me let me love again) Please release me, let me go For I don't love you anymore To waste our lives would be a sin Release me and let me love again. (Please release me let me love again) I have found a new love dear And I will always want her...

REMEMBER THE GOOD Writer Mickey Newbury Yes, I suppose at times I think about her She was once so much a part of me Heaven knows I've learned to live without her And hell, it was, at times, it was a painful memory But for all it matters now, if it does...

Rescue the perishing care for the dying snatch them in pity from sin and the grave Weep o'er the erring one lift up the fallen tell them of Jesus the mighty to save Rescue the perishing care for the dying Jesus is merciful Jesus will save Though they are slig...

When I was young back on the farm I could hardly wait Till Sunday came and my true love would meet me by the gate And we'd go roamin' through the countryside walkin' in the clover Making love and playing games to warm winds of summer Roamin' through the c...

(His robe his robe the robe of calvary Twas worn by my redeemer who lives eternaly) Kings wear robes of gold and velvet soon their glory fades away But the king of kings in heaven wore a homespun robe that day Soldiers gambled for his garment while the s...

Sitting alone in an old rockin' chair I saw an old mother with silvery hair She seemed so neglected by those who should care Rockin' alone in an old rockin' chair. Her hands were caloused and wrinckled and old A life of hard work was the story they told And I'...

Day is done and here am I alone and you know why Roll along, roll along Kentucky moon Shed a ray of silvery light at the one I love tonight Roll along, roll along Kentucky moon. You were watching on high as we whispered goodbye Twas a love dream that ended to...

Send some roses to Reno maybe it's not too late If the roses reach Reno maybe baby will wait Baby's gone she's out of sight it all happened over night But how long I should have stayed and that was yesterday before I'd found Baby's Reno bound Send some...

I am a roving gambler, I've gambled all around Whenever I need with the deck of cards I lay my money down I've gambled down in Washington I've gambled over in Spain I'm on my way to Tennessee to get down my last game. I had not been in Washington many more we...

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating goin' out somewhere The shadow on the wall tellsd me the sun is going down Oh Ruby don't take your love to town It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian wa...

Safe in the arms of Jesus safe on his gentle breast There by his love o'ershaded sweetly my soul shall rest Hark 'tis the voice of angels born in a song to me Over the fields of glory over the jasper sea Safe in the arms of Jesus... (Jesus my heart's dear r...

Two happy people on a Greyhound bus We came here looking for a life for us But the nightlife is her new life and the only thing I've found Is San Francisco is a lonely town Oh there were good times for a little while But now her new friends say I cramp h...

Oh, you better watch out, you better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town He's a making a list ,checking in twice Gonna find out who's naughty and nice Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when you're sleep...

Dance with me Dance with me You can dance every dance With the guy who gives you the eye Let him hold you tight You can smile every smile For the man who held your hand Beneath the pale moonlight So don't forget who's taking you home And in whose arms you're...

Say goodnight little one Save some fun for tomorrow Wave a bye, bye to your light For your light is sleepy too. For your toys are in bed Now they're resting and dreaming Snuggle tight, say goodnight For it's time you would dreaming too. --- Instrumental ---...

I peeked in to say goodnight, And then I heard my child in prayer. "And for me some scarlet ribbons, Scarlet ribbons for my hair." All the stores were locked and shuttered, All the streets were dark and bare. In our town, no scarlet ribbons, Not one ribbon...

Once I had a secret love That lived within the heart of me All too soon my secret love Became impatient to be free. So I told a friendly star The way that dreamers often do Just how wonderful you are And why I'm so in love with you. Now I shout it from the h...

When I was a young man courtin' The girls I played me a waiting game If a maid refused me with tossing curls I let the old earth take a couple of whirls, While I plied her with tears in lieu of pearl And as time came around she came my way As time came around...

There are stars in the southern sky southward as you go There is moonlight and moss in the trees down the seven bridges road Now I have loved you like a baby like some lonesome child I have loved you in a tame way and I have loved you wild Sometimes there's...

Seven years with the wrong woman Is more than a man can stand Seven years with the wrong woman Will wreck most any good man. Seven years with the wrong woman It's the same in the mountain or dale She'll stay awake all night tryin' to start a fight Then have yo...

SHADOWS OF HER MIND (Kris Kristofferson) '68 Careers BMG Music I met her sadly in the slowly falling rain Crying softly in her loveliness and pain Knowing no one needin' someone bad as me And she told me as I held her trembling hand Walking slowly how...

Shame shame on you shame shame on you Took my heart as a token when return it was broken Hide your face shame on you Shame shame on you shame shame on you Took my car and my money tell you girl that ain't funny Darn your hide shame on you [ steel ] Sham...

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

The day she left I told myself she could be replaced All the memories that she leaves they could be erased But since she's been gone I sing a different song For nothing is working out for me. Her empty chair or the pillow where she would lay her head Brings t...

I'm not much to look at nothin' to see Just glad I'm livin' and lucky to be I got a woman crazy for me she's funny that way I can't save a dollar ain't got a cent She doesn't holler she'd live in a tent I got a woman crazy for me she's funny that way Though s...

She's gone again it's not fair And what makes it even worse is I still care She's gone again who knows why She never said a word about goodbye My friends used to say she's not the kind who'll settle down Now they can say I told you so all over town She promis...

SHEPHERD OF MY HEART Writer Jenny Lou Carson You're the shepherd of my heart so treat it tenderly It's a heart that needs your ever-loving care You're the shepherd of my heart until eternity lead it not into the valley of despair While it's in your keepi...

Sierra Sue, I'm sad and lonely The rocks and rills are lonely too Sierra Sue, I want you only No one but you, Sierra Sue. The roses weep, their tears are falling The gentle doves no longer coo Oh, can't you hear my sad heart calling Calling for you, Si...

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright 'Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace 

I see a beautiful rainbow Even on the days it doesn't rain And for me December will be Thirty one days of spring. Loneliness has moved away And happiness moved in to stay And life has been extasy Since you've been loving me. You turned the skies into a bluer...

SINGING THE BLUES (Melvin Endsley) '55 Acuff-Rose Music Well I never felt more like singing the blues For I never thought that I'd ever lose Your love dear why'd you do me this way Well I never felt more like crying all night Cause everything's wrong a...

Some people say a man is made outta mud A poor man's made outta muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bone With a mind that's weak and a back that's strong. You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day older and deeper and debt St Peter don't yo...

You keep me waitin' Till it's gettin' aggravatin' You're a slowpoke I wait and worry But you never seem to hurry You're a slowpoke. Time means nothing to you I wait and then late again Eight o'clock, nine o'clock Quarter to ten. Why should I linger Everytime...

Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through for you Light up your face with glad...

I used to think when you fell in love, Bells rang and whistles blew Like the fourth of July, but it was December When I fell in love with you. It happened like a snowfall It came without a sound And when I looked the world had changed Everything was new. I tho...

So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal So complete, front to back, that's my pal Toasted by the sun and I'm a son of a gun She don't make my five o'clock shadow come around at one. You can bet your boots had walked for miles, through the snow Just...

SOFTLY AND TENDERLY (Will L. Thompson ) '49 Good News Broadcasting Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me See on the portal he's waiting and watching, watching for you and for me Come home come home ye who are weary come home E...

Your baby loves you now So, don't make her blue now You better start being true now I'm telling you why (CHORUS) Because if you break her heart Somebody's gonna come along And he'll steal her away from you Soembody like me Let me tell you, friend I'm not but...

(Charles Tobias - Peter DeRose) (Somebody loves you) Somebody loves you I want you to know Longs to be near you wherever you go Somebody loves you and right from the start Happiness flew into someone's heart. Somebody loves you each hour of the day When you...

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

Sometime to every lonely one Sometime someone comes along Somewhere there is an only one Singing love's old song. The grey skies above you Will change to ferries blue Sometime someone will whisper I love you, love you true. --- Instrumental --- The grey ski...

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child a long way from home A long way from home always wanderin' Sometimes I feel like my life's not worthwhile Sometimes I feel like my l...

Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue My disposition depends on you I never mind the rain from the skies If I can find the sun in your eyes Sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you But when I hate you it's 'cause I love you That's how I am, so what can I...

Who at my door is standing, patiently drawing near. Entrance with in de manding, who is the voice I hear? Sweetly the tones are fallin'open the door for me! If thou would heed ny callin' I will a bide with thee. Lonely with out He's standing, lonely withi...

If all the world were as pretty as you There'd be a million smiles for every tear or two And love would grow where once hurt only grew If all the world were as pretty as you All the raindrops fall just to be where you are And just to see your smile is th...

A lullaby can make me cry like the song of long ago I still can see another me and the girl I used to know I should forget but I won't let little mem'ries overflow And through the tears and misty years like the stardust as I go I think of when she loved m...

Song sung blue everybody knows one Song sung blue every garden grows on Me and you are subject to the blues now and then But when you take the blues and make a song you sing 'em out again You sing 'em out again. Song sung blue weeping like a willow Song sung...

Darling I don't know much I know I love you so much My life depends on your touch And my love is a river running soul deep Way down inside me it's soul deep It's too big to hide and it can't be denied My love is a river running soul deep, soul deep I w...

We lived our little drama we kissed in a field of white And stars fell on Alabama last night I can't forget the glamor your eyes held a tender light And stars fell on Alabama last night I never planned in my imagination a situation so heavenly A fairy lan...

All afternoon I sit alone and contemplate the joy I've known And suddenly my thoughts are all of you I feel the sun I see the trees that gentle and the summer breeze And suddenly my thoughts are all of you It may be wrong to be this way just clinging on t...

The summer wind came blowin' from across the sea It lingered there to touch your hair and walk with me All summer long we sang our song and strolled on golden sand Two sweethearts and the summer wind. Like painted kites the days and nights went flying by The...

Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain. Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain. The dark days are gone, and the bright days are here, My Sunny one shines so sincere. Sunny one so true, I love you. Sunny, thank you for the sunshine bouquet. S...

Don't sing those old sad songs of the love gone wrong no tears and misery You can have the rain Mister the sunshine belongs to me Don't tell me that old tales of the fool who sails upon a lonely sea You can have the rain Mister the sunshine belongs to me...

(Didli ai di ai didl didli ai di ai dei) Oh do you remember sweet Betsy from Pike She crossed the big mountains with her lover Ike With two yoke of oxen and a big yellow dog And a tall Shanghai rooster and one spottled hog Didli ai di ai didl didli ai di...

Sweet bunch of daisies Oh, how dear to me, Ever I hear them Whispering love to me. Murmuring so gently In the silent theme, Of one bright morning Now one sad, sweet dream. Chorus: Sweet bunch of daisies Brought from the dell, Kiss me once, sweethea...

The sun was her hair, the sea was her eyes Her voice was the warm summer wind Possessing the beauty of a golden sunrise I'll love her forever sweet Marilyn. Her love and her smile is still warm in my heart The ring of her laughter still echoes Remembering the...

The war began, and Henry left his farm. Left his darling Molly with a baby in her arms. Now the war was over, and their life could begin. Molly saw her darlin' standin' at the door again. It's so nice to hear your voice again, Molly. So nice to feel your ar...

TAKE A LITTLE TIME (John D. Loudermilk) '68 Acuff-Rose Music Take a little time to hold and kiss her Or you're gonna find someday you're gonna miss her Just a little time is all that love demands and understands So take a little time to take her dancing...

I take the tiger by the tail take the bull by the horns Look the bear right square in the eye But when it comes to a girl like you I'll get kinda shy I'm just as strong as the knock just as smart as the fox Not a mill that I haven't been through But when...

Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue ridge mountains, Shenandoah river Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, rollin' like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain momma Take me home,...

Take me in your arms and hold me Like I've been holding you in my heart Take me in your arms and tell me That you've missed me since we've been apart You just don't know how heartsick And lonesome I've been Or how much I've prayed That you'll come back again...

Take my hand for awhile explain it to be once again Just for the sake of my broken heart Look into my eyes and maybe I will understand How love I counted on was never there You see I've thought that you might love me So you caught me it seems off valums w...

Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, let me stand I am tired, I am weak, I am worn Through the storm, through the night, lead me on to the light Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home When my way groweth drear, precious Lord, linger near When my life i...

Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again. All aglow again, Takin' a chance on love. Here I slide again About to take that ride again. Starry-eyed again, Takin' a chance on love. I thought that cards were a frame-up, I never would try. But now I...

Taking chances with this heart each time I hold you Afraid I might be going too far Taking chances with these lips each time I tell you Oh, you're the one that I've been waiting for. Someone else is still on your mind But I'll take a chance that I'll win in t...

Now I haven't been well in the last few days Not since my baby up and walked away Packed her things and just said so long Said I won't be back this time I'm gone And that's when the tears broke out on me Then I came down with the miseries A fever of blu...

(Tell me the story of Jesus) (Sweetest that ever was heard.) Tell me the story of Jesus Write on my heart every word Tell me the story most precious Sweetest that ever was heard. Tell how the angels in chorus sang As they welcomed his birth Glory to Thy in t...

Well, there never was a horse Like the Tennessee stud Along about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would have gotten Through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been riding on The Tennessee stud I had some trouble With my sweetheart...

I was waltzing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see I introduced him to my loved one And while they were waltzing My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Now I know just how muc...

She's my Texarkana baby Do I love her Lowdy Law Her pappy came from Texas Her maw from Arkansas. I'm twisted round her finger Like a little piece of string And yet I'm satisfied because She's such a precious thing. If she hauled off and slapped me I would neve...

When you're sittin' with your honey just as cozy as can be And you ask her can I kiss you once or twice If she doesn't make you kiss but she quickly answers yes That do make it nice. When you take her to a party and the fellows buzz her down But she holds 'em...

THAT LITTLE BOY OF MINE (Wayne King - Benny Maroff - Walter Hirsch) '47 Edwin H. Morris & Co A tiny turned up nose his cheek's just like a rose So sweet from head to toe that little boy of mine He's all the world to me he climbs upon my knee To me h...

I saw you last night And got that old feelin' When you came in sight I got that old feelin'. The moment that you danced by I felt the thrill And when you caught my eye My heart stood still. Once again I seem to feel That old yearnin' And I knew the spark of...

THAT WONDERFUL MOTHER OF MINE Writers Walter Goodwin, Clyde Hager The moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of that wonderful mother of mine. The birds never sing but a message they bring Of that wonderful mother of mine. Just to bring back the ti...

Well I said if you're happy that I'm glad At times for all the fun that we've had I said if it's over I hope that you walk through fields of clover But that's a lie I hope you're sad Well I said I wish all the best to you And good luck to your someone ne...

A little love that slowly grows and grows not one that comes and goes That's all I want from you A sunny day with hopes up to the sky a kiss and no goodbye That's all I want from you Don't let me down oh show me that you care Remember when you give you a...

I got a letter from my mama just a line or two She said listen daddy your good girl's leavin' you That's all she wrote didn't write no more She'd left the gloom a hanging round my front door Now I woke up this morning a quarter past three I just couldn't reali...

That faint sweet smell of her perfume a powder box that plays a tune Lacy objects around the room that's all that's left of my baby The record that she loved to play some clothes she hadn't put away Some bills of hers I'll have to pay that's all that's left...

Now If I had a nickel I know what I would do I'd spend it all for candy and give it all to you I'd spend it all for candy and give it all to you 'Cause that's how much I love you baby That's how much I love you. Now if you were a kitten with pretty glossy fur...

To spend one night with you In our old rendezvous, And reminisce with you. That's my desire! To meet where gypsies play Down in some dim cafe And dance 'til break of day. That's my desire! We'll sip a little glass of wine, I'll gaze into your eyes divine, I'...

THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR LOVING YOU Writer Bobby Lee Now I've got melodies that never leave They linger on my mind Dreams that always do come true Especially late at night Happiness that grows and grows And fills me through and through That's what I get...

Chorus: Well the blues don't care who's got 'em Tears don't care where they fall And you don't care my heart is breaking in two No you and the blues don't care at all Outside my window It's raining Somehow the rain seems right Inside my lonely heart is aching...

I can hear the organ playing Gentle strains of peace be still I can see my mother praying In the chapel on the hill. While the choir turns the pages In my heart I feel a thrill Now they're singing Rock of Ages In the chapel on the hill. How that vision makes...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yule-tide 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 fi...

The days gone by are drifting through my memory The days gone by are shadding in my heart How often have I closed my eyes so I might see The days gone by that never quite depart. Old friends, hello, I called to you across the years And then my heart, I hear y...

The day that you told me, you wanted to be free, I agreed with everything you had to say, But I confess I lied, and darlin' how I cried, When the echo of your footsteps died away. Chorus: I thought our castle had a firm foundation, But all along was only made...

I see my darlin in each spray of summer sunlight. I see my darlin in the leaves that fall. I see her walkin' in the rainy April sadness And hear her name in every bluebird call. I've told the possum in the gum tree, The raccoon on the ground, Told everyone bu...

The last word in lonesome is me The last word in lonesome is me My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely The last word in lonesome is me. Too bad what's happened to our good love Too bad what's happened to our good love Sometimes our best isn't quite goo...

THE MINUTE YOU'RE GONE (Jimmy Gateley) '63 Jewel Music The minute you're gone I cry the minute you're gone I die Before you walk out of sight I'm like a child all alone at night I stare into emptiness I'm filled with such loneliness The world goes from...

It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and delights me, oh no It's just the nearness of you It isn't your sweet conversation That brings this sensation, oh no It's just the nearness of you When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to...

THE OTHER SIDE OF LONELY (Cindy Walker - Lee Fykes) '66 Unichappell Music (On the other side of lonely) On the other side of lonely is where I wanna be On the other side of lonely where once you were with me I'll hold on to memories that won't set me fr...

Oh, I wish I had someone to love me Yes, someone to call me their own Oh, I wish I had someone to live with 'Cause I'm tired of living alone. Oh, please meet me tonight in the moonlight Oh, please meet me tonight all alone For I have a sad story to tell you It...

One, two, three, four One, two, three, four (CHORUS) I got a humpack mule A plow, and a tater patch Eggs that are gonna hatch someday I got my Lord above and A good girl to love me I'm the richest man in the world Thank you, thank you, Lord above For smiling...

Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed Some say love it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need I say love it is a flower and you its only seed It's the heart afraid of breaking that neve...

Who will get a song of the coo coo Who will get a bark of the dog Who will see the stars who will point to Mars Who will taste the smell of the fog Who will pick the strings of the banjo Who will feel the heat of the sun Who will whisper words like I lov...

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a poor cowboy wrapped in white linen Wrapped in white linen, as cold as the clay. I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy These words he did say as I boldly stepped by Come...

I reached out my arms And I touched you With soft words I whispered your name I held you right on The tip of my fingers But that was as Close I came My eyes had a Vision of sweet lips Yielding beneath My command I held your love on The tip of my fingers But...

The prairie sun sends down its ray To warm my heart through every day The starlight beam that guides my way Is just the touch of God's hand. The scattered pearls of morning dew The rainbow mist on hills of blue The silver veil of moonbeans too Is just the tou...

I hear a voice so sweet and low The voice in the old village choir It sings to me of long ago The voice in the old village choir. In dreams I drift through the twilight haze Home to the seas of my chilhood days To hear again when lights are low The voice in t...

Some day, when I'm awfully low When the world is cold I will feel a glow just thinking of you And the way you look tonight Yes, you're lovely, with your smile so warm And your cheeks so soft There is nothing for me but to love you And the way you look tonight...

Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wonder And I was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind. In a lonely shack by a railroad track I spent my younger days And I guess the sound of the outward bound Made me...

Some day some old familiar rain Will come along and know my name And then my shelter will be gone And I'll have to move along But till I do I'll stay awhile And track the hidden country of your smile Some day the man I used to be Will come along and call on m...

I saw you last night, again darling And you still seemed as lovely to me I watched as you danced with a stranger And you seemed just as happy as he. I watched as you smiled at your stranger And since you seemed happy and gay I watched through a mist in my eyes...

I wanna go where you go do what you do Love when you love then I'll be happy I wanna sigh when you sigh cry when you cry Smile when you smile then I'll be happy If you go north or south if you go east or west I'll follow you sweetheart and share your little...

When I try to go to sleep and know That I won't lie awake and cry then I'll be over you When I wake up in the morning and I find That you're not on my mind then I'll be over you If the time should arrive when I feel alive once again When each beat of my heart...

She comes in about six o'clock trippin' over toys and pickin' up socks And you think her day had been a ton of trouble She's been doing important things with tradin' stamps and turnip greens And have I noticed how the price of soap has doubled She's as no...

Kiss me each morning for a million years Hold me each evening by your side Tell me you love me for a million years Then if it don't work out, then if it don't work out Then you can tell me goodbye Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss Soften my dreams with yo...

There goes my only possession there goes my everything I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor And a voice is softly saying darling this will be goodbye forever more There goes my reason for living there goes the one of my dre...

There you go pretending that you own me Actin' like you turn the world in which I live There you go pretending that you'll never hurt me Actin' like an angel that I should forgive. There you go now can't you see I'm not part of your show now I'm just a fool n...

(Uh huh, huh, there is always me) When the evening shadows fall And you're wondering who to call For a little company There's always me Or if your great romance should end And you're lonesome for a friend Darling you need never be There's always me I don't...

When I was very young my mother often said I was a bashful kid, my face was always red I was afraid of girls but now you see Lordy, Lord, there's been a change in me Then at the age of twelve I went to my first dance We played some kissin' games and then I go...

There's no wings on my angel 'Cause she's not from heaven above No halo on my angel But she's still the one that I love. I know that she flirts, I know she's untrue But I love her so, so what can I do There's no wings on my angel But she's still an angel to me...

I take a trip to the Moon In an old rockin' ship If I could be rewarded with A kiss from your sweet lips. 'Cause there's not a thing I wouldn't do for you There's not a single little thing In this world I wouldn't do for you. I'd pick a lotta cotton Work my fi...

I feel like this about you love can't miss about you And there's this about you you gotta be mine. Oh there's this about you incredible bliss about you And there's a kiss about you sweeter than wine No false alarms about you adorable charms about you I want m...

They just don't make love Like they used to Based on a heart So warm and true (CHORUS) It seems to fall apart No matter what we do They just don't make love Like they used to Love just don't hold on Like it used to It dies before it's Halfway through (CHORU...

Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near Just like me they long to be close to you Why do stars fall down from the sky every time you walk by Just like me they long to be close to you On the day that you were born the angels got together And decid...

It's been here since you've been gone It's been hanging round too long A thing called sadness not much of a friend When you walked out it walked in. It's in every chair where I sit down It follows me all over town A thing called sadness, not much of a friend...

THIS AIN'T TENNESSEE AND SHE AIN'T YOU WRITERS JIM SHAW, LARRY BASTIAN It's a big estate With wrought iron gates And palm trees standin' tall Fancy mirrors and chandeliers Comfort wall to wall And the ocean air is so crisp and clear And they rave abou...

This is the thanks I get for loving you This is the thanks I get for being true You wouldn't be honest, you wouldn't play fair You know how I've loved you but you didn't care. This is the end I guess we've said goodbye I'll miss you I'll confess but I won't c...

Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow Though they be as crimson they shell be as warm Though your sins be as scarlet though your sins be as scarlet They shall be as white as...

TIE ME TO YOUR APRON STRINGS AGAIN (Larry Shay - Joe Goodwin) '61 copyright control Tie me to your apron strings again I know there's room for me upon your knee Bring back all those happy hours when you kissed my tears away from day to day I thought that...

Till I waltz again with you Don't let no other hold your charms If my dreams should all come true You'll be waiting for my arms. Till I kiss you once again Keep my love locked in your heart Darlin', I'll return and then We will never have to part. Though it...

TILL THE END OF THE WORLD (Vaughn Horton) '56 Southern Music Till the star in the sky seems to shine till the sand in the desert grows cold Till the last petals fall from the roses and the silver in your hair turns back to gold Till the sun and the moon...

Time's a gettin' hard boys money's gettin' scarce Times don't get no better boys gonna leave this place Take my true love by her hand lead her through the town Say goodbye to everyone goodbye to everyone Had a joy a year ago had a little home Now I've g...

A rose must remain with the sun and the rain Or its lovely promise won't come true To each his own, to each his own And my own is you What good is a song if the words don't belong And a dream must be a dream for two No good alone to each his own For me there'...

Life, you have been good to me Life, have you chosen me To give your blessings too? Life, you served your finest wine I drank it down to find My glass was always full Life, sometimes you made me sad Although I always had the very best A friendship, love and...

To my sorrow I loved you only 'Cause you told me your heart was true Then you left me to love another To my sorrow, I trusted you. Only time can heal this longing in my heart dear And somebody else may help me to forget I should hate you for all these heartac...

Have I given anything today Have I helped some needed soul on the way From the dawn till setting sun have I wounded anyone Shall I weep for what I've done today Oh today oh the day oh the day Have I failed some greater flame on the way Just to know I've...

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

Hang down your head Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head Tom Dooley Poor boy you're bound to die. I met her on the mountain And there I took her life I met her on the mountain And stabbed her with my knife. Hang down your head Tom Doole...

I wish I could come back to you Dear, I know that you want me to But too much waters run under that old bridge There's too many rivers between me and you. There's just too many rivers to cross Babe, too many dreams have been lost And there's too many long nig...

It's too soon to know If I can forget her My heart's been broken in too many pieces And It's too soon to know Time passes slow Will I ever know If I can forget her and not let it show? But it's too soon to know News travels fast when a love affair ends Peopl...

She was thin, very young but still a woman And she loved me I was thin, she used to call me skinny Just to bug me She was sweet and, oh, so innocent And had grown up in a little country town And since, I was from the city I'd tease her and call her "Country"...

TROUBLE IN MIND Writer Richard M. Jones Trouble in mind I'm blue but I won't be blue always Cause the sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday I'm gonna lay my head on some lonesome railroad line And let that 2:19 train pacify mind Hello train hello (G...

See them tumbling down Pledgin' their love to the ground Lonely but free I'll be found Driftin' along with a tumbling tumbleweed. Cares of the past are behind Nowhere to go but I'll find Just where the trail will wind Drifitn' along with a tumbling tumbleweed...

Turn the world around the other way Back it up and stop on yesterday Back to before that silly fight And give me a chance to make things right I said some things I didn't mean to say Things that I am sorry for today Down on my knees I beg you please To turn t...

Twas the dawn of a beautiful, beautiful day When Jesus came into my heart He came in the darkness and blackness of night And bade all my sins to depart. The old days are gone and a new day I see He made all things new when He set my heart free Twas the dawn o...

Here we are out of cigarettes holding hands and yawning look how late it gets Two sleepy people by dawn's early light and too much in love to say goodnight Here we are in the cozy chair picking on a wish upon from the frigid air Two sleepy people with nothing...

Unbreakable heart won't you please be kind My love for you just feels so fine My last love affair was lost right from the start So I'll tell you now I've got an unbreakable heart The first time that we loved our love was just for fun We won't walk down that r...

Oh they tell me of a home far beyond the skies Oh they tell me of a home far away Oh they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day Oh the land of cloudless day oh the land of an uncloudy day Oh they tell me of a home whe...

Well don't call my name out your window I'm leavin' I won't ever turn my head Don't send your kinfolks to give me no talkin' I'll be gone like I said You'd say the same old things that you've been saying all along Lay there in bed and keep your mouth shut Til...

I'm not a king I'm not a saint I'm a man You're not a queen you're a woman take my hand We'll make a space in the lives That we planned And here we'll stay Until it's time for you to go Don't ask why Don't ask how Don't ask forever Love me now This...

Up on the housetop reindeer pause Out jumps good old Santa Claus Down to the chimney with lots of toys All for the little ones Christmas joy. Ho, ho, ho, who wouldn't go Ho, ho, ho, who wouldn't go Up on the housetop click, click, clik Down thru the chimney wi...

The very thought of you and I forget to do The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do I'm living in the kind of daydreams I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem to me that's everything But dear I dream of you the longing here for you Yo...

From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the queen of flowing mountains to the Southbell by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all She's a combination on the Wabash Cannonball She came down from Birmingham...

Wagon wheels, wagon wheels keep on a turnin' wagon wheels Roll along, sing your song Carry me over the hill. Go along mule, there's a steamer at the landin' Waiting for this cotton to load Go along mule, the boss is understandin' There's a pasture at the end...

Walk with me put your faith in love and walk with me You're the one my heart has waited for Trust in me leave your tears behind and trust in me I'll be here by your side forever more [2x:] True as the stars that shine up above That's how we stay we'll f...

I'm walkin' in love land holdin' your hand Here in the warm sand walkin' with you Walkin' in love land feelin' so grand Walkin' in love land baby with you I'm happy as I can be while you're here with me Here in the moonlight watching the tide roll in I...

(Charles Grean) (Wanderin' wanderin' mhm) My father is an engineer, my brother drives a hack My sister takes in washin', and the baby bolls a jack. And it looks like I'm never gonna cease my wanderin' (wanderin' wanderin' mhm.) I've done a lotta wande...

I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger A-traveling through this world of woe But there's no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright world to which I go. I'm going there to meet my Father I'm going there no more to roam I'm just a-going over Jordan I'm just a-goi...

We found it in each other's arms My life was so confused till I found you And you know I'm stumbled through a love or two We needed a loving place safe from all harm We found it in each other's arms I've known this thing of losing heart and mind And Lord knows...

We'll sing in the sunshine we'll laugh every day We'll sing in the sunshine then I'll be on my way I will never love you the cost of love's too dear But though I'll never love you I'll stay with you one year And we'll sing in the sunshine... I'll sing to yo...

Welcome to my world won't you come on in Miracles I guess still happen now and then Step into my heart leave your cares behind Welcome to my world built with you in mind. Knock and the door will open seek and you will find Ask and you'll be givin' the key to...

What a fool I was to ever let you go A sweeter love than yours I'll never know Darling, I was so unwise and now I realize What a fool I was to ever let you go. I'm so lonely as I write this note to you Sweetheart, I know that I still love you true Now that we...

When my baby holds me I feel so good I'll never leave her yet I know I should Though she does wrong I can't say goodbye Someday these blues will kill me but what a way to die Tonight I know if I let her go Just how lonely life would be for me But I'll let her...

I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day the dark sacred night And I think to myself what a wonderful world The colors of t...

What in the world's come over you? Seems we never get along (ooh, ah, ah, ah) Ev'ry night I reminisce dreaming of your tender kisses What in the world's come over you? (wah, wah, ooh) Could you ever change your mind? (ah, ah, ah) If you do, I'll still...

What is life without love What is love without you Why dream if they never come true Why try to go on When your only hopes are gone Darlin',what is life without love? Somehow I can't forget The first day that we met You were something from heaven above Now I'm...

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

What's he doing in my world? What's he doing holding my world? If he's not more than just friend Why were you kissing him? And what's he doing in my world? What's he doing in my world? Did you tell him that you're my girl? If your love is really true Tell hi...

(When the wheel of hurt comes wheeling round to you) You're gonna know what it means to be lonely You're gonna know what it meants to be blue You're gonna know how it feels to feel Your heart breaking in two. When the wheel of hurt comes wheeling round to yo...

When he was young I held him on my knee Pressed him close to me kissed his tears away When he was young very young together we would ween Lands of make believe where we two could play. But how the time hurries by summers go winters fly Toys on the shelf he ca...

I could have a mansion that is higher than the trees I could have all the gifts I want and never ask please I could fly to Paris, oh, it's at my beck and call Why do I go through life with nothing at all But when I dream, I dream of you Maybe someday you will...

Oh they tell me of a place and they tell me of a day Where the saints shall be gathered to stay They shall come from the east they shall come from the west Whe we gather on that roundup day When it's roundup time in heaven and our travels on earth are on...

Memories that linger in my heart Memories that make my heart grow cold But some day they'll live again sweetheart And my blue moon again will turn to gold. When my blue moon turns to gold again When the rainbow turns the clouds away When my blue moon turns to...

Well here here I am in Chicago all alone near the place where we met As I walk through the rain the wind whispers your name Oh why won't they let me forget Cause when the wind blows I get lonely and one day for sure you will find That the wind always blows...

When there's a fire in your heart break the glass sound the alarm Call on me I'll be there Instant service speedy fast I was your first I'll be your last No matter what you have in between When there's a fire in your heart break the glass sound the alarm...

WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE (George Johnson - James A. Butterfield) '35 American Cowboy Music I wander today to the hill Maggie to watch the scene below The creek and the creaking old mill Maggie as we used to long, long ago The green grove is gone...

When you say love you're telling everyone your moment's come And you've found out what you've been looking for When you say love you've said the only word that tells the world You never will be lonely anymore You've got a pretty rainbow of your own And at last...

WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER (Charles Tobias - Peter DeRose) '53 E.H. Morris & Co When your hair has turned to silver I will love you just the same I will only call you sweetheart that will always be your name Through a garden filled with rose...

Where have all the flowers gone long time passing Where have all the flowers gone long time ago Where have all the flowers gone young girls picked them everyone Oh when will they ever learn oh when will they ever learn Where have all the young girls gone long...

Lonely people just like me Everywhere I go I can see These lonely people with broken hearts like mine. Lonely people their tears are real And I know exactly how they feel These lonely people are people just like me. I hear a lonely bluebird somewhere in a tr...

If my years were less if my shoes were new I'd pack my things and I'd leave you Hitch myself to some westbound train you'd never see me again If I could dream as I once could I'd be gone it'd good I don't want to live have never try in some old house where lov...

I'm gonna ride ride ride ride down that dusty trail To the land of sweet enchantment where hardship don't prevail I'm headin' for the blue horizon where the mountains meet the sky Gonna saddle up my faithful pinto and wave the boys goodbye I'll say so lon...

I have heard of a land on the far away strand 'Tis a beautiful home of the soul Built by Jesus on high, there we never shall die 'Tis a land where we never grow old. Never grow old, never grow old In a land where we'll never grow old Never grow old, never gro...

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

Who at my door is standing Patiently drawing near In trance within demanding Who is the voice I hear. Sweet leader tones are falling Open the door for me If Thou will heed my calling I will abide with Thee. Lonely without He standing Lonely within am I While...

Why did you tell me that you love me when you really didn't love me, oh darling why? And why did you let me dream on Now the pretty dream's gone, all I can do is cry. And I will never understand It was that the way you planned it, was it all just a lie? Goodb...

Why don't we do this more often just what we're doing tonight Gee but it's great to get together again why does it only happen now and then We ought to do this more often don't you will agree that I'm right We make each other laugh we make each other sing And...

Why should I cry over you dear when you never cried over me You want to take without giving that's why our hearts disagree You called our dream world a prison but from now on you'll be free Why should I cry over you dear when you never cried over me [ steel ]...

I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road Searching in the sun for another overload I hear you singing 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...

Will Santy come to Shanty town To a poor little boy like me? Will he bring me some toys Like the other girls and boys? Will Santy come to Shanty town If he sees our Christmas tree? Mommy said he would If I promised to be good. For we don't have a fireplace Or...

There are loved ones in the glory Whose dear forms you often miss. When you close your earthly story, Will you join them in their bliss? Will the circle be unbroken By and by, by and by? In a better home awaiting In the sky, in the sky? In the joyous days of...

Will you always, Always love me like you're lovin' me tonight Will you always walk beside me from right Is it springtime or the moonlight That makes this moment see so right Do you always want my kisses like tonight. How my heart beats in mad confusion at t...

Sleigh bells ring are you listening In the lane snow is glistening A beautiful sight we're happy tonight Walking in the winter wonderland. Gone away is the bluebird And here to stay is a newbird He sings a love song as he goes along Walking in the winter wonde...

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

Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life Words of life and beauty teach me faith and duty. Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderfu...

[Verse 1] Can't you see I love you Please don't break my heart in two That's not hard to do Cause I don't have a wooden heart And if you say goodbye Then I know that I would cry Maybe I would die Cause I don't have a wooden heart There's no strings upon this l...

Last night was the worst that I've gone through Cause last night was the first without I never felt so left alone Called your house but you weren't home Last night was the worst of my life I've known your sweet love for so long So last night I tried to...

They gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia Sayin' Steve you're way behind time This is not 38 but this it's old 97 You must put her in Spencer on time He turned around and said to his black greasy fireman Just shovel on a little more coal And when we c...

Yesterday when I was young The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue I teased at life as if it were a foolish game The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned I always built, alas,...

Yesterday's mem'ries won't let me go Goin' to the place where we used to park Just like always, it was still and dark But it was a little too much for my poor heart Yesterday's mem'ries tore me apart Today I walked down to that little caf where we used to go A...

You always hurt the one you love the one you shouldn't turn at all You always take the sweetest rose and crash it till the petals fall You always break the kindest heart with hasty words you can't recall So if I broke your heart last night it's because I l...

You are so beautiful To me You are so beautiful To me Can't you see You're everything I hoped for You're everything I need You are so beautiful To me You are so wonderful To me You are so wonderful To me Can't you see You're everything I hoped for You're ever...

YOU BELONG TO ME Writers Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart See the pyramids along the Nile Watch the sun rise on a tropic isle Just remember, darling, all the while You belong to me. See the marketplace in old Algiers Send me photographs and souveni...

You can't be true dear There's nothing more to say I trusted you dear hoping We find the way. Your kisses tell me That you and I are through But I'll keep loving you Although you can't be true. --- Instrumental --- You can't be true dear There's nothing mor...

You give your hand to me and then you say hello And I can hardly speak my heart is beating so And anyone can tell you think you know me well But you don't know me No you don't know the one who dreams of you at night No longs to kiss your lips longs to hold yo...

You don't need me anymore you're not a girl out in the cold Searching for someone to care reaching for a hand to hold Someone to turn to until your heart was well again But that was all my love was for you don't need me anymore I'll go on loving you till...

Your walls are lines with pictures of your triumphs through the years Your doors is bolted tight against all wordly want and fear But you left your passion and your pain with your first love back in school You fool you fool In your penthouse high from the...

Born in the heat of the desert, my mother died giving me life Deprived of the love of a father blamed for the loss of his wife You know Lord, I've been in a prison for something that I've never done It's been one hill after another but I've climbed them all on...

Buy yourself a cottage with a picket fence around High upon the hilltop a few miles out from town Wrap yourself in loneliness and try to have a ball You'll find you gotta have love you gotta have love or you've got nothing at all Buy yourself a new car an...

I'm hearing funny stories and they're far from being true But you know how talk gets around Those busy tongues are wagging saying I walked out on you But you know how talk gets around. I must admit our romance wasn't all that it should be We tried to claim a l...

Today you say the one who loves you Is turn into a ball This town and all the people bug you And now you want much more. You think your meant for a better life For the sunshines every day But you may be too much for Memphis baby But you're not enough for LA....

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY Writers Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer You must have been a beautiful baby, you must have been a wonderful child . . . When you were only startin' to go to kindergarten I bet you drove the little boys wild! An' when it came to...

I cried a tear, you wiped it dry I was confused, you cleared my mind I sold my soul, you bought it back for me And held me up and gave me dignity Somehow you needed me You gave me strength to stand alone again To face the world out on my own again You put me...

Though I only see you now and then It's just enough to break my heart again Cause you still got a hold on me It hurts to ask how you've been And walk away from you like some old friend Cause you still got a hold on me Can't help it if I show it don't ca...

You'd better stop tellin' lies about me For I'm gonna tell the truth about you Now you pretend you're an angel but, baby, if that's true Someone must have clipped your wings before I met you You'd better stop tellin' lies about me For I'm gonna tell the truth...

You'll never know just how much I love you You'll never know just how much I care And if I tried I still couldn't hide my love for you Surely you know for havn't I told you so. A million and one times you went away And my heart went with you I speak your name...

You're my everything underneath the sun, You're my everything rolled up into one. You're my only dream, my only real reality, You're my idea of a perfect personality. You're my everything, everything I need. You're the song I sing and the book I read. You're...

You're nobody til somebody loves you You're nobody til somebody cares You may be king, you may possess The world and its gold But gold won't bring you happiness when you're growing old The world still is the same, You never change it As sure as the stars s...

You're the only star in my blue heaven And you're shining just for me You're the only star in my blue heaven And in dreams your face I see You're the guiding light that brightens up the night Till you come in sight my heart is lonely You're the only star in m...

(You've made up for everything) You are the trip to the land that was too far away The violin I never could play The song in my heart that I never could sing You've made up for everything You are the ship that never came in The price that I could not w...

Have you heard there's a place called the Young Land Where a kiss is worth more than pure gold Lovers walkin' in hand in search of this land Where true love will never grow old Ask me how do I know of the Young Land Well now I've had a love of my own But she...

(Your cheating heart will tell on you) Your cheating heart will make you weep You'll cry and cry and try to sleep But sleep won't come the whole night through Your cheating heart will tell on you. When tears come down like falling rain You'll toss around and...