Hank Thompson

A blossom fell from off a tree It settled softly on the lips you turned to me The Gypsies say, and I know why “A falling blossom only touches lips that lie.” A blossom fell and very soon I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon I thought you loved me; y...

A good man is hard to find, you always get the other kind Just when you think that he's your pal, You look for him and find him fooling around some other gal Then you rave, you even pray, To see him laying in his grave So if your man is nice, You better take m...

When the evening falls twilight shadows find There beneath the stars an Indian maiden divine The moon is on high and seems to see her there In her eyes there's a light shining ever so bright As she whispers a silent prayer Every word reveals an empty broken he...

I know I broke your heart and made you cry Once again I'm sorry so here am I Asking for forgiveness one more time After all the things I've done Just another chance at loving you All the little things I never thought to do Can you just forgive me one more tim...

I remember when I made you cry ages and ages ago I'll never blame you for our last goodbye ages and ages ago Someone came along and took my place how wrong I was to let you go And though it happened only yesterday it seems like ages and ages ago (Something tol...

Always late with your kisses Won't you come to my arms sweet darling and stay Always late with your kisses why oh why do you want to do me this way How long do you think I can wait when you know you're always late Always late with your kisses why oh why do you...

We just discovered each other Tonight when the lights were low One dance led up to another And now, I can't let you go So tell me, I may always dance The anniversary waltz with you Tell me this is real romance An anniversary dream come true Let this be the a...

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...

Where theres dim lights and theres liqueur Theyll find you each night The jukebox will be playing your favorite song tonight Youre the loneliest fool thats living in your make believe world Youre a honky tonk sweetheart and anybodys girl Though you chose the...

I've traveled this whole world over and now I'm going down to the rainbow's end No friends no home I'm just a traveling alone on my way to the rainbow's end I'm weary and tired but I don't care I'm going down to the rainbow's end From twilight till dawn I'm tr...

Baby I need lovin' in any kind of way I need a warm sweet angel to let me have my way Baby I need lovin' that's all that's on my mind Tender arms above me to squeeze me all the time Well your eyes are an indication then you gently squeeze my hand It stops my...

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

Want no silver threads among the gold. Want no silver threads among the gold. Want no silver threads; want some action instead. Want no silver threads among the gold. Be my life's companion, and you'll never grow old. I'll love you so much that you'll nev...

In a garden, what a garden Only happy faces bloom there And there's never any room there For a worry or a gloom there Oh, there's music and there's dancing And a lot of sweet romancing When they play the polka They all get in the swing Every time they hear t...

My baby makes me proud, Lord don't she make me proud She never makes a scene by hanging all over me in a crowd 'Cause people like to talk, Lord, how they love to talk But when they turn out the lights, I know she'll be leaving with me CHORUS: And when w...

When I was young and went to school they taught me how to write To take the chalk and make a mark and hope it turns out right Well, that's the way it is with love and what you did to me I wrote it so you'd know that I was yours eternally But my tears have was...

I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue just thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won't be the same, dear, if you're not here with me And when those blue snowflakes start falling That's when those blue memories start...

I wandered alone one night, till I heard and orchestra play I met you where lights were bright, and people were care-free and gay You were the beautiful lady in blue, I was in heaven just waltzing with you You thrilled me with strange delight, then softly...

My troubled old heart dear is beating with pain You've gone and I know I'm the one who's to blame You've gone in the world dear to make a new start And left as a mem'ry you're brand on my heart They say you were crying while packing your things And left me you...

You're breakin' in another heart To take the place of mine The kind of love I gave to you Is very hard to find You're breakin' in another heart To try to take my place But have I left of memory That time cannot erase Can you find another one Who'll love you...

Breakin' the rules every time I hug and kiss you darling While you wear another's name If you're breakin' the rules in any kind of game you're playing reckless And taking chances just the same Can it be a sin to love you like I do And we'd just be called a pa...

I'm gettin' tired of roamin' round I'm gettin' tired of paintin' the town Bright lights and blonde haired women don't thrill me I'm gettin' tired of being lit up like a Christmas tree I've done about everything there is to do you said it would be this way Well...

Tonight in the bar alone I'm sitting Apart from the laughter and the cheer The scenes from the past rise before me I’m watchin' the bubbles in my beer A vision of someone who loves me Brings a lone silent tear to my eye So I know that my life’s been a failure...

Black satin slippers and the long flowing gown walking on the clouds never looking down Baby that's you baby that's the way I look at you But that's all right yeah that's all right lovin' you may be wrong but that's all right That funny looking thing that litt...

Cab Driver, drive by Mary's place I just wanna chance to see her face Don't stop the meter, let it race Cab Driver, drive by Mary's place Cab Driver, once more round the block Never mind the ticking of the clock I only wish we could have a talk Cab Driv...

Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down Went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head Woke up next mornin' grabbed that gun Took a shot of cocaine and away I run I made a good run...

I'm not looking for a sweetheart just a gentle lady friend Someone I can softly turn to when I need to now and then When my head gets kinda tangled and my soul is layin' bare I reach over in the corner of my life and I find you waiting there You're a number I...

He walked into the bar and parked his lanky frame upon a tall bar stool With a long soft southern drawl said I'll just have a glass of anything that's cool A barroom girl with wise and knowing eyes slowly looked me up and down And she said I wonder how on eart...

Well, I went to see my baby She said stay away from me 'Cause I'm a hot wire And you're a flat tire And I'm a-lettin' you go, you see (Chorus) And now, I'm gone You can look for me Down by the ocean Cryin' in the deep blue sea Well, I never thought my baby W...

When you go down to Deep Elem just to have a little fun Better have your fifteen dollars when the policeman comes Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues Oh sweet mama papa got them Deep Elem blues Now once I knew a preacher Preached the Bible through and...

The stars at night are big and bright (clap, clap, clap, clap) Deep in the heart of Texas. The prairie sky is wide and high (clap, clap, clap, clap) deep in the heart of Texas. The sage in bloom is like perfume (clap, clap, clap, clap) deep in the heart...

Headed down life's crooked road lot of things I never knowed And because of me not knowing I now pine Trouble's got in the trail spent the next five years in jail Should have read that detour sign Detour there's a muddy road ahead detour paid no mind to what i...

Dinner for one please, James The Madame will not be dining Yes, you may bring the wine in Love plays such funny games Dinner for one please, James Close Madame's room, we've parted Please, don't look so downhearted Love plays such funny games Seems my...

Don't cry Oh honey, please, don't be that way Clouds in the sky should never make you feel that way The rain will bring the violets of May Tears are in vain So honey, please don't be that way As long as we see it thru You'll have me, I'll have you, sweet...

Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Couldn't bear it without you Don't get around much anymore Thought I'd visit the club Got as far as the door Then they'd have asked me about you Don't get around much anymore Darling, I guess my mind's m...

Just because you were hurt by someone Don't take it out on me Although I know you love that someone More than you ever loved me You always will remember The day he went away Our love has left an ember That burns your heart away The love you thought would las...

Railroad train, railroad train, hurry some more; Put a little steam on just like never before. Hustle on, bustle on, I've got the blues, Yearning for my Swanee shore. Brother if you only knew, you'd want to hurry up, too. (Refrain:) Down yonder, someone...

My sweetheart is gone and I'm so lonely He said that he and I were through I started out drinkin' for pastime Drivin' nails in my coffin over you I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin Every time I drink a bottle of booze I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin Driv...

Walking slow to the graveyard I've lost everything I could lose Now I've even lost my baby I guess I've got the drunkard's blues It was down at Big Joe's barroom on the corner beyond the square Everybody drinkin' good liquor the regular crowd was there So I st...

Well she spent all my money throwed me out on my nose Then have the nerve to ask me what a matchbox hold my clothes Dry bread it ain't greasy hard work it sure ain't easy Dry bread and hard work is always coming my way Well I been to Nashville New Orleans Bee...

Dusty skies I can't see nothing in sight Good old Dan you'll have to guide me right For we lose our way the cattle will stray And we lose them all tonight With all of the grass and water's gone We'll have to keep the cattle moving on Sand blowing I just can't...

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

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

You're a fooler a faker a little heartbreaker The slightest gal that I've ever known Abuser a chooser but now you're the loser Cause the heart that you broken was your own I knew someday you'd meet someone who'd put you in your place You started way out in the...

I left you and left you broken hearted I left you and now I can't forget I thought then that I could live without you Forgive me and I'll make you happy yet Forgive me for all the pain I caused you Forgive me for unkind words I said I thought once that I c...

It's four in the morning and once more the dawning Just woke up the wanting in me Wishin' I'd never met her, knowing if I forget her How much better off she would be The longer I hold on, the longer this goes on The harder that it's going to be But it's...

I've been gathering flowers from the hillside To wreath around your brow But you've kept me a-waitin' so long, dear The flowers have all withered now I know that you have seen trouble But never hang down your head Your love for me is like the flowers Your love...

She lives her life in honky tonks and crowded backstreet bars A world of make believe that knows no sun or moon or stars Just a glitter of the great white way and the glare of city lights Where music's loud she's in the crowd, a girl in the night I wonder if...

Give a little take a little take a little kiss from me Take a little give a little give a little kiss to me You're the one the only one the girl I'm thinking of Now don't you be afraid let's make a little trade Let's give a little take a little love Give a lit...

Gloria it's not Marie it's Gloria It's not Sherrie it's Gloria she's in your every dream You tried to play a game of kiss and run away But now you find it's not that way somehow you've changed the scene Wasn't Magdalene your first love it was just hello goodb...

Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Lead us lest too far we wander Love's sweet voice is calling yonder Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Hey, there don't get dimmer, dimmer Light the path below, above...

Well, my pappy told me as I was sittin' on his knee About the birds and the bees and such You can do right proud in a college crowd But you ain't gonna learn that much Get your degree in the ABC's And dig out the cold hard facts You've got to sell them chicken...

The grass looks greener over yonder You've got a brand new love affair And at your door, temptations pointin' yonder The grass looks greener over there That look in your eyes is kinda distant That love light in your eyes is hard to find Here, of late your kis...

I turn your hole card upside down I caught you cheatin' and runnin' around There's a smile upon your face while another takes my place And now at last dear the truth I'd found Babe there's the green light you're free to go You'll take a high road I'll take th...

In a quaint caravan there's a lady they call the Gypsy She can look in your future and drive away all your cares Everything will come right if you only believe the Gypsy She could tell at a glance my heart was so full of tears She looked at my hand and told m...

The Gypsy spread the tea leaves to find the reason why You took my heart and broke it and told me all those lies The sign of loving someone was seen there in the leaves But why was it another why couldn't it be me The tea leaves are just one way to show me I h...

Oh don't your conscience ever bother you Every time you hear my name Try to think of all that I've gone through And hang your head in shame Someone came along and took my place Then you gave me all the blame You should go somewhere and hide your face And hang...

I've got a hangover heart from your kisses last night My head is so heavy the tears blind my sight You no longer love me, you said, we must part And all I have left is a hangover heart Too much wine from the bottle makes you feel bad next day But take another...

Oh Lordy me I feel so bad this mornin' A but I won't be feelin' bad too long I'm headed for Hangover Tavern My head is heavy My spirit's kinda of low And every time I feel this way To Hangover Tavern I go Well, this bar I'm talkin' about The shades are pulle...

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 My world would end today if I should lose you I'm no good without you anyhow Have I told you late...

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 have to go Whisper to me tell me do you love me true or is he hold...

Too many sweethearts and none of them true Done too many things that I shouldn't do I made lots of money all spent the wrong way Headin' down the wrong highway I made lots of friends but now they're all gone Too many mem'ries that still linger on I had too ma...

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 heart...

Here comes Santa Claus! Here comes Santa Claus! Right down Santa Claus Lane! Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer are pulling on the reins. Bells are ringing, children singing; All is merry and bright. Hang your stockings and say your prayers, 'Cause...

Haven't got a worry haven't got a care Haven't got a thing to call my own Though I'm out of money I'm a millionaire I still have my home in San Antone When I greet my neighbor with a hi y'all I'm wealthy as a king upon a throne You can have your mansion or you...

Don't be fooled by big blue eyes By a smile or a golden curl For she'll love you now And then break every vow 'Cause she's just a honky-tonk girl Don't be fooled by kisses Or arms that hold you tight There will be another In her arms tomorrow night Hearts to...

While you're honky-tonkin' 'round All you do is run me down Now we're parted How cold hearted can you get? You're tellin' all your friends What a rascal I have been Now we're parted How cold hearted can you get? I remember back when I was Tall hog at the tro...

How do you feel you were taken for granted It doesn't seem real that your new love has gone You always thought that you had him enchanted Now how do you feel since your new love has gone When I think of your smile oh what mem'ries it brings When we walk down...

I've got a Humpty Dumpty heart You dropped it and broke it apart All the king's horses, all the king's men Could never put it together again But when I gave to you my heart You said that we must part That was my doom, my heart went boom I got a Humpty Dumpty...

Well I ain't never I ain't never seen nobody like you No no no never have I ever seen nobody like you You call me up and say to meet me at nine I have to hurry hurry but I'm there on time I walk a right up and knock on your door The landlord says she ain't a h...

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 you A picture from the past came slowly stealing...

Every evening when the sun goes down I sit here in my room And the lamplight shining on me projects my lonely gloom My counterpart in agony mocks each tear that falls And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls He's always by my side at night n...

I really didn't mean to ever fall in love with you I knew eventually that you'd grow tired of me That's why I tried so hard not to fall in love with you To have a broken heart and my heart fall apart I didn't want to give a fine desire to live And now my drea...

They say what you don't know will never hurt you What you don't see won't ever bother you at all So if you see my sweetheart with another Don't tell me you just make the teardrops fall Let me go on thinking I'm the lucky one And deep within her heart she loves...

Just like old times you were here last night and gone was my worry and care When I awoke I knew then that I had dreamed of an old love affair I was alone in the darkness my dear many dreams ago you left me there Sunlight told me you were gone and I had dreamed...

I find you cheatin' on me like you have done before There ain't no greetin' for me when I walk through the door I find you cheatin' on me but then I'm not surprised All the things you told me were little white lies A secret love you're hiding behind the heart...

Baby, baby I miss you so very much, it hurts me Baby I just gotta, I gotta have my baby back Can't sleep, can't eat because I've lost my sweet baby sweet I just gotta, I just gotta, I gotta have my baby back Alone in a tavern people all around Laughing and da...

I guess I'm gettin' over you cause less and less I cry Now everytime I hear your name just a little less I die I find the way to live again without you now it seems The cloudy day is clear enough less and less you're in my dreams There are even moments withou...

I used to dream I don't dream anymore I don't believe that dreams come true Paint through me a curve but I don't deserve to keep me in girls like you I used to think that someday I would choose the one to love my whole life through But I'm never chooser I wind...

I left my gal in the mountains I left her standing in the rain I went down to the depot caught myself a midnight train Made my way down to Georgia land it in a gambling town Got myself in trouble cause I shot a county sheriff down The jury read my verdict murd...

I guess I'm as quiet as I can be There are times I can't say what I need when I love you needs to be said I hold you tight instead and let my heart , do my talking for me chorus I let my heart do my talking for me when I can't find the words for what I feel I...

Silver coins that jingle jangle fancy shoes that dance in time Oh the secrets of her dark eyes they did sing a gypsy rhyme Yellow clover in tangled blossoms in a meadow silky green Where she held me to her bosom just a boy of seventeen I recall a gypsy woman s...

Your daddy was a gambling man my mother said to me He left me when you were a child but he was all this world to me I know your daddy loved me too from tattoo on his arms Was a heart of love that bored my name and was his good luck charm I didn't heed my mothe...

I was the first to chose her to make her mine I was the first to lose her be left behind I was the first she cried to harsh words I spoke I was the first she lied to first heart she broke If she seems so warm and tender the way she kisses now Then you might r...

You really had yourself a fling all night parties everything People say you're really quite a girl But when you fall in love at last your future will be in the past And I wouldn't miss it for the world You always leave a broken heart you kiss and run away Your...

They ask me if I'm sorry that I loved her so Someone I couldn't ever have and had to let her go They know I'm broken hearted they've watched me when I cry They saw a man who bowed his head and once held it so high Was it birth of the heartaches and the tears I...

I'd like to tell you how much I love you and take you in my arms again I cannot measure with any treasure how much I love you deep within But it's too late now you found another our love we never can restore I'd like to tell you how much I love you and take yo...

I'll take you to the picture show and babe I'll hold your hand I'll sit up in your parlor let you cool me with your fan I'll listen to your troubles and pet you when you cry But get that marrying out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die I done my honky t...

I'll be around No matter how You treat me now I'll be around from now on Your latest love Can never last And when it's past I'll be around when he's gone Goodbye again And if you find a love like mine Just now and then Drop a line to say you're doing fine A...

Now listen girl, as you gather 'round Don't think that I could ever settle down I've got to keep moving from town to town Like a ball keep rolling 'cause it's made round Here today and gone tomorrow Don't depend on me to stay Like a breeze that blows I've got...

If the world keeps on turning as I'm sure it's bound to do Then I'll keep on loving you If the dawn comes tomorrow and we know that it is true Then I'll keep of loving you What the thing changes sky to fall The dawn wouldn't come the world wouldn't stall I wou...

I'll sign my heart away in court tomorrow When I sign the papers that will set you free But to part this way is to my sorrow My heart will break to see them take your love from me I'll tell my friends I'm glad that it's all over But when I do I'll wipe the te...

I'll step aside for you if you don't want me I'll step aside for you if you don't care I'm not the one to cling to a broken promise I'll step aside for someone else somewhere I'll step aside for you if you don't want me I'll step aside for you and you alone A...

I know I told you I could take it if you had to tell me goodbye But you're leavin' and I don't think I can make it forgive me but I'm afraid I lied I am thankful for each stolen moment and I promised that I wouldn't cry But you're leavin' and there goes my pro...

That big eight wheeler rollin' down the track Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back Cause I'm movin' on I'll soon be gone You were flyin' too high for my little old sky so I'm movin' on That big loud whistle as it blew and blew Said hello to the South...

I'm tired of pretending that I don't care for you I'm tired of pretending that I found someone new Each lonely night keeps lending an atmosphere that's blue I'm tired of pretending that I'm not in love with you I'm tired of make believing that I'm happy when...

I've convinced everybody I've forgotten you at last That my heart has healed completely from the heartbreaks of the past They can't see the tears I'm hiding how they hurt me when you left I've convinced everybody everybody but myself When somebody mentions yo...

If you've got the money, I've got the time We'll go honky tonkin' and we'll have a time We'll make all the night spots, dance, drink beer and wine If you've got the money, honey, I've got the time There ain't no use to tarry, so let's start out tonight We'll...

In the back of your mind is there still a familiar song Are you wondering where you right or wrong for walking out In the back of your mind is there still a little part of me That somehow won't set you free, you're still in doubt In the arms of another, you a...

I had a friend named Rambling Bob who used to steal gamble and rob He thought he was the smartest guy in town But I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jail...

Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me" Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude" He said "...

(In the valley of the moon) Down the lane we strolled 'Neath the roses in the valley of the moon And I lost my love 'Neath the roses in the valley of the moon We kissed and said goodbye She cried and so did I Now dear, you wonder why I am lonely But we'll mee...

It don't hurt anymore All my teardrops are dried No more walking the floor With that ol' burning inside Just to think it could be Time has opened the door It's so wonderful now It don't hurt anymore No need to deny I wanted to cry The day you said we we...

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 learn...

It's my fault now that I've lost you you were right to let me go People said it's gonna cost you I just said she'll never know I stepped around and kept on lying I should have known that you'd catch up Your faithful heart I kept denying it's my falt that you a...

John Henry was just a little bitty boy No bigger than the palm of your hand His mammy looked down at John Henry and say Johnny you're gonna be a steal drivin' man Lord lord Johnny you're gonna be a steal drivin' man John Henry he said to his Captain Captain I...

Oh tonight each happy moment that I ever spent with you Brightens up my mem'ries of the past Then I remember that dark moment when we said our last goodbye To a love we knew could never last Just a little while just a little while Just a little while ago when...

Just an old faded photograph of you One I always will treasure more than gold It keeps reminding me of bygone times dear A keepsake of a love that won't grow old Though the old faded photograph is dim In my heart there's a picture same as new As the years go...

I got an old slouch hat, I got my roll on my shoulder I'm as free as a breeze And I’ll do as I please, Just a bummin' around . . . I got a million friends, I don't feelany older I’vegot nothing to lose Not even the blues, Just a bummin' around . . . Whenever...

Up a lazy river by the old mill stream That lazy, hazy river where we both can dream Linger in the shade of an old oak tree Throw away your troubles, dream a dream with me Up a lazy river where the robin's song Wakes up in the mornin', as we roll along B...

Let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you Let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you Let me hear you whisper That you love me too Keep that love light glowing In your eyes so blue Let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you Let me call you sw...

I was standing by my window yesterday morning Without a thought of worry or of care When I saw the postman coming up the pathway With such a smiling face and jolly air He rang the doorbell and he whistled as he waited He smiled and said good morning to you Ja...

Oh dear I'm so tired and so lonely I wonder why mommy don't come She told me to close my pretty blue eyes and when I awoke she'd be home I guess I'll go down and find daddy I think he went down to the store That big long room filled with bottles I wish that he...

In a little Rosewood casket in the hall up on a stand There's a package of old love letters written by a true love's hand Won't you go and get them sister read them o'er to me tonight I have tried so hard to read them but the tears they blind my sight [ guitar...

Hello Mrs Johnson you self righteous woman Sunday School teacher what brings you out slummin' Do you reckon the preacher would approve where you are Standing here visitin' with a back slidin' Christian in a neighborhood bar Well yes that's my bottle and yes th...

Just a rolling stone all alone and lost For a life of sin I have paid the cost When I pass by all the people say Just another guy down the lost highway I was just a lad nearly twenty two Not bad not good just a kid like you But now I'm lost too late to pray L...

Well you stole my heart and that's a sin but in this case I hope you win Love thief that's what you are You took my heart and that's a crime but I don't care if it's just mine Love thief that's what you are I'm not complaining for can't you see that I'm so gla...

We tried to pick the most unlikely places Where no one's out to know us by our name And for a while we shared the sweet affection That makes it worth the sorrow and the shame A lovin' on back streets and livin' on main Suffered hell through the daylight for th...

(Make room in your heart for a dream) Just make room in your heart for a memory Then just once in a while will you think of me Though you're gone to another who loves you too But won't you remember what I meant to you In a dream maybe sometime I might drop in...

Mama don't allow no guitar playing around here Mama don't allow no guitar playing around here Well we don't care what mama don't allow we gonna play the guitar anyhow Mama don't allow no guitar playing around here Mama don't allow no fiddle playing around here...

One night it was dark and it was storming when along came a tramp in the rain He was making his way to some station to catch a long distance train May I sleep in your barn Mister it is cold lying out on the ground And the cold north wind is whistling and I ha...

Lots of things in life have never mattered I never cared if winter followed fall But the dreams I hoped for now have shattered 'Cause it was you that I wanted most of all Most of all I've wanted you to love me And live again those moments I recall But I've ha...

I had a home down in Texas down where the Bluebonnets grew I had the kindest old mother how happy we were just we two Till one day the angels they called her that debt we all have to pay And she'd call me close to her bedside these last few words to say Son d...

My front door is open for someone like you won't you come in for a while My front door is open for someone like you gee but I like your smile So come on in then let's get well acquainted I'll bet that you'll like me too And the two of us fault ever fuss so eve...

You'll be sorry in a little while, my friend When your new love has come to an end Let me warn you for heartaches to prepare I know my friend cause my old flame is your new love affair It hurts to see you take her from my side And I know you think that she'll...

For years and years I've rambled drank my wines and gambled But one day I thought I'd settle down I met a perfect lady she said she'd be my baby We built a cottage in the old hometown But somehow I can't forget my good old rambling days The railroad trains are...

I turned your whole card upside down I caught you cheatin' and runnin' around There's a smile upon your face while another takes my place And now at last dear, the truth I've found Babe, there's the green light, you're free to go You'll take a high road, I'll...

This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy For my size oh baby for my size I'm goin' on the mountain I gotta see my baby And I ain't comin' back no I ain't comin' back Say roll on buddy don't you roll so slow How can I go when the wheels won't roll Say roll...

Now I've got a gal from New Orleans She's the cutest little thing that you ever have seen She's got a cute little walk with a hippity-hop She's *big at the little and bottom at the top* (Do ya need any help?) No help wanted (Do ya need any help?) No help wante...

Many months have come and gone Since I wandered from my home In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born Many a page of life has turned Many a lesson I have learned Yet I feel like in those hills, I still belong Way down yonder in the Indian nation I rode my pon...

Ole Napoleon Bonaparte he was a mighty man With his powerful army he conquered all the land he conquered all the land Everybody praised him the battles he could win They all talked about him ole Napoleon ole Napoleon He said if I must rule the world I think I...

On tap, in the can or in the bottle To me it will all taste the same Down the hatch cause my throat's open throttle My heart is pumping sorrow through me vanes I could drink to the times when I was happy But here's a toast to my misery On tap, in the can or in...

Look a-yonder comin' Comin' down that railroad track Hey, look a-yonder comin' Comin' down that railroad track It's the Orange Blossom Special Bringin' my baby back Well, I'm going down to Florida And get some sand in my shoes Or maybe Californy And get some s...

I'm gonna buy a Paper Doll that I can call my own A doll that other fellows cannot steal And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes Will have to flirt with dollies that are real When I come home at night she will be waiting She'll be...

You said that you'd be mine and we signed that dotted line I thought that we'd be happy, you and me If I had only known your love was just a loan For now you're asking me to set you free I never thought your kisses were like a charge you count That I'd have t...

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

Pop a top again I just got time for one more round Sit em up my friends Then I'll be gone Then you can let some other fool sit down I'd like for you'd to listen to a joke I heard today From a woman who said she was through and calmly walked away I'd tri...

There's no place that I'd rather be than right here With my red necks, white socks and blue ribbon beer The barmaid is mad 'cause some guy made a pass The juke box is playin' there stands the glass And the cigarette smoke kind-a hangs in the air Red-necks, whi...

Right or wrong I'll always love you Though your're gone I can't forget Right or wrong I'll keep on dreaming Still I wake with the same old regret All along I knew I'd lose you Though I prayed that you'd be true In your heart please just remember Right...

A rock down deep in the ocean means more than my heart means to you I don't know what changed your notion what makes you do things like you do You told me that there was no other but those words have proven untrue There's no use to help me further I'm lost lik...

I'm rollin' rollin' rollin' in the sunshine of your sweet sweet love So many loves left me in darkness I'd lock my heart and slept alone at night But when you smiled a window opened In poured the sun you were the one who let him to light And now I'm rollin' in...

I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around Whenever I meet with the deck of cards I lay my money down I lay my money down I lay my money down I had not been in Dallas many more weeks than three Till I fell in love with a pretty little girl she fell in love...

Now once upon a time in a nursery rhyme Three little men got lost Like you and me they couldn't agree And upon the wave they tossed Well, I'll sing their tune 'cause I got marooned With the love I can't forget Now the three little men just took me in On an oc...

You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen, But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all? Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him, you would even say it glows. Al...

Deep within my heart lies a melody a song of old San Antone Where in dreams I lived with a memory beneath the stars all alone It was there I found beside the Alamo Enchantment strange as the blue up above A moonlit pass that only she would know Still hears my...

You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town He's making a list, And checking it twice; Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice. Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when you're sleeping...

Scotch and soda, mud in your eye. Baby, do I feel high, oh, me, oh, my. Do I feel high. Dry martini, jigger of gin. Oh, what a spell you've got me in, oh, my. Do I feel high. People won't believe me. They'll think that I'm just braggin'. But I could feel the w...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ The leaves of brown came tumblin' down, remember, That September in the rain The sun went out just like a dying ember That September in the rain To every word of love I heard you whisper The raindrops seemed to play a sweet refrain Though spring...

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 t...

She's a girl without any sweetheart and each night she sits there alone This whole world she'd give for a new start but the chances she had now are gone She used to have boys by the dozens but each one she left sad and blue Now she's a girl without any sweethe...

I found you again in somebody new It's sorta like old time, doing things we used to do She's just about your size, that same look in her eyes Yes, she's just a whole lot like you But I'll never tell her, she's like my used to be I never want to hurt her, the...

In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Lives a girl who is waiting just for me Many times we waltzed in the moonlight And in her loving arms I long to be I miss her smiles in the moonlight And I know she misses me too In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Lives...

There it stands in the corner with the barrel so straight I looked out the window and over the gate The big, fat rabbits are a-jumpin' in the grass Wait'll they hear my old shotgun blast Shotgun Boogie, I done saw your tracks Look out Mr. Rabbit when I co...

Signed, sealed and delivered A package containing my heart To open remove the wrapper But please don't tear it apart You tore up this heart when you left me You left me alone and so blue I'm sending this special delivery The postman will bring it to you ~...

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

Simple simon simple heart you met a girlie at the fair Miss your timin' simple heart when you thought that she could care Simple simon you're not smart she gave her love to someone new Simple simon simple heart oh what a lesson you guessen what to do Shame oh...

Sing me something sentimental Make it anything that's blue Sing it sweet and sing it tender Just the way she used to do If I cry take no attention Every tear that falls is real Sing me something sentimental Cause that's the way I feel Sing it for somebody sp...

Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh Rollin' down the Eastern Seaboard I've got my diesel wound up And she's running like never before There's a speed zone ahead, all right I don't see a cop in sight Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight I...

Hey, Mister Bartender Please don't be so slow I got time for one more round And a six pack to go Tomorrow mornin's Sunday I'm gonna be feelin' low So please, please, bartender I wanna six pack to go I've been drinkin' all day long Takin' in the town I've don...

Some people say man is made out of mud A poor man's made out of muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bone A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong You load sixteen tons and what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter d...

Well, listen here, girls, I'm telling you now, They call me loving Dan, I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a sixty-minute man. And if you don't believe I'm all I say, Come up and take my hand. As soon as I leave you go, you'll cry "Oh yeah, he's...

Seems we always have to slip around To be together, Dear Slipping around Afraid we might be found I know I can't forget you And I've gotta have you near But we just have to Slip around and live in constant fear Oh, you're tied up with someone else And...

Now I'm a fellow with a heart of gold And the ways of a gentleman I've been told Kind-of-a-guy that wouldn't even harm a flea But if me and a certain character met The guy that invented that cigarette I'd murder that son-of-a gun in the first degree It a...

Soft lips that feel so divine soft lips pressed close to mine The thrill of your kiss is heavenly blessed Your tender caress I could never express Soft lips I love you so soft lips don't ever go My heart would break don't you see if you ever took from me The t...

If I can steal your love from someone else someone can steal you from me If you can't be true to the one you have you wouldn't be true to me A wedding ring can't mean a thing to a heart that's so carefree If I can steal you from someone else someone can steal...

I've been loved in Cincinnati Evansville and St Paul All the gals were pretty and I ain't tryin' to find no fault There's a gal in the Windy City I can't forget about But if you want to love like you ain't had love go south south south Southern loving take tha...

There's a salmon colored girl who sets my heart a whirl Who lives along the Yukon far away Where the northern lights they shine she rubs her nose to mine She cuddles close and I can hear her say Ooga ooga mooska, which means that I love you If you'll be my ba...

Been runnin' around, seen many a town, and maybe you'll find I'm the kind of guy that brags. But listen to me and see if you don't agree No melody rolls like that old steel guitar rag And when they slide that thing, along those strings It sounds so doggon...

Swing wide your gate of love, open wide up your heart I knew when I first met you that you'd be my sweetheart Swing wide your gate of love and please don't let me fall I know you're gonna love me after all (Chorus) Swing wide the gate and leave it open Towards...

I didn't have to open up the bottle to pour out the glass of cherry wine After all the things you've said if I want to look at red I look at this broken heart of mine You broke my heart and left it slowly pleading A crimson stream is red as cherry wine It coul...

Where's that gal with red dress on some folks called her Dinah Stole my heart away from me way down in Louisiana Take me back to Tulsa I'm too young to marry Take me back to Tulsa I'm too young to marry Little bee sucks the blossom big bee makes the honey Poor...

You must take the A train To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem If you miss the A train You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem Hurry, get on, now it's coming Listen to those rails a-humming All aboard, get on the A train Soon you will be on Sugar Hil...

Babe you got me up a tree a way out on a limb You told me lies you let me on then turned me down for him You took my heart tore it all apart and then threw it away And now that it's all over babe here's all I can say Oh take my glass fill it up fill it to the...

Well hello Sam now how you been guess it's a while since I've been in Before she left you know we came here a lot Oh but without her here it's not the same pour just one and keep the change Tonight I'm having teardrops on the rocks Well I remember when she sat...

When your lover cries hold her close and whisper low That tears are only rain to make love grow Kiss her tenderly tell her that you love her so For tears are only rain to make love grow Anyone can plant a seed but everybody knows It needs both sun and rain bef...

Did you ever watch the one you love Slowly drifting away from you And you know deep in your heart There is nothing that you can do To make her stay (To make her stay) To turn the tide (To turn the tide) To ease the pain (To ease the pain) That you feel down...

The everlasting hills of Oklahoma They hold a million treasures to be found Golden grain on hills of green Wave to valleys cool and clean Too bad some folks have never seen The everlasting hills of Oklahoma The everlasting hills of Oklahoma Are told of clouded...

I once did know a President, Away down South, in Texas. And, always, everywhere he went, He saw the eyes of Texas. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, All the live long day. The Eyes of Texas are upon you, You can not get away. Do not think you can escape...

To someone new you're about to go But after the Charm has passed You'll come back because I know the new wears off too fast. You're like a Kid with a brand new toy but the luster just won't last, Your latest love is a passing joy 'Cause the new wears of...

It seems you think that 45 is just a little too old now But I'm not ready yet to be put out in the cold now I got plenty of good love left woman if you'll just use it You know the older the violin the sweeter the music And I can play a symphony of love Like a...

Only a tramp was Lazarus sad fate He who lay down at the rich man's gate He begged for some crumbs from the rich man to eat But they left him to die like a tramp on the street. He was some mother's darlin', he was some mother's son Once he was fair and once he...

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

There's a little bit of everything in Texas Just look around and you'll agree There's a little bit of everything in Texas And a whole lot of Texas in me There are forty nine states around there And each of them have treasures of their own And everything they...

I feel the autumn breeze, it steals cross my pillow, as soft as a will-o'-the-wisp And in its song there is sadness because there's no you The lonely autumn trees, how softly they're sighing For summer is dying they know That in my heart there's no gladnes...

Well, this train don't carry no liars, this train This train don't carry no liars, this train This train don't carry no liars Knee-high dresses and home-brew buyers This train don't carry no liars, this train This train is bound for glory, this train This tra...

This world is not my home I'm just a passing through My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue The angels beckon me from heaven's open door And I can't feel at home in this world anymore Oh Lord you know I have no friend like you If heaven's not my ho...

Now if I was a millionaire I'd be poor and I'll tell you why Your eyes your lips and your hair those things money can't buy I could own a ship on the sea or a plane that flies through the sky But the kisses you once gave to me those things money can't buy [ fi...

I'm three times seven baby I do as I doggone please There ain't nobody this sign of heaven gonna get me on my knees I'm a three times seven aby I'm gonna have my fun Well I just won't tame I'm gonna be the same till I'm three times twenty-one I'm the big duck...

Till then, oh darling, please wait for me Till then, no matter when it will be One day I know I'll be back again Please wait till then Our dreams will live though we are apart Our love, I know well keep in our hearts Till then when all the world will be free...

Today I'm like a leaf in autumn never again to know the spring Today my heart is at rock bottom sorrow nothing else could bring But those words you told me just today you said I'm only in your way You left me and what could I say for my world ended today [ ste...

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

Tomorrow night you'll have another sweetheart Tomorrow night you'll have somebody new I'm a fool to think your indiscrete heart Could ever love someone with love that's true You love me in your mind and not your heart dear And you'll change your mind tomorrow...

Let's not be too in love for we're not new at love And we must realize it may last Let's have it understood that darling if we should We'll have to break the ties as in the past Enjoy my company have lots of fun with me For we know it could be a sad affair Alt...

Now I was down upon my luck And the jobs were hard to find I was sort of short on cash And my bills were way behind So I went to see my life long friend An old man now by trade I figured it's how he had help me out With his fortune he had made I said, Old pa...

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the queen of the flowing mountains to the southbells by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all She's a regular combination on the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle...

I didn't have to be thrown in a dungeon Or left in the chamber cold and dark For such loneliness I'm sure is the same that I endure While I'm waiting in the lobby of your heart And now I'm waiting, waiting in the lobby of your heart I'm on the doorstep, yet w...

For months and months and months around the country Everybody sang Irene goodnight But she wouldnt go to bed no matter what they said Though everybody tried with all their might She stayed awake while steel guitars were a going In every honky tonk she could b...

You left me and you went away You said that you'd be back in just a day You've broken your promise And you left me here alone I don't know why you did dear But I do know that you're gone I'm walkin' the floor over you I can't sleep a wink, that is true I'm ho...

Put a nickel in the jukebox and let it play For my heart is so cold with pain Take the cork from the bottle of the warm red wine And fill my glass up again Fill my glass to the brim till it flows o'er the rim Like the tears flow in this heart of mine And I'll...

We Wish You A Merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, And a happy New Year Good tidings we bring to you and your kin. We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Now bring us some fi...

Our first affair was just too dared to tempt our patience greed I slipped around with you and found the kind of love I need Now on the sly both you and I are deep in love somehow These things they are we've gone too far to ever turn back now We've gone too fa...

What made her change from my love to my used to be? What made her wake from a dream that was only me? Her last goodbye in my heart will forever ring She walked away and there went my everything What made her change from my love to somebody new? Was it because...

What will I do next Monday after you've left me alone What will I do next Monday with no one to call my own Church bells will ring next Sunday on your wedding day But what will I do next Monday after you've gone away [ piano ] Wednesday was just like Tuesday T...

It's late and she's waiting and I know I should go home But every time I start to leave they play another song And someone buys another round then whenever drinks are free What's made Milwaukee famous has made a fool out of me Baby's begged me not to go so man...

When God dips his pen of love in my heart And writes my soul a message he wants me to know His spirit all divine fills this sinful soul of mine When God dips his love in my heart Well I said I wouldn't tell it to a living soul How he brought salvation when he...

When my blue moon turns to gold again, When the rainbow turns the clouds away, When my blue moon turns to gold again, You'll be back in my arms to stay Memories that linger in my heart. Memories that make my heart grow cold, But someday they'll live again...

Oh, when the saints go marching in (2x) I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in Oh, when the sun, refuses to shine (2x) I still, want to be in that number When the sun refuses to shine Oh, when the saints go marching in (2x) I'm going...

When you're lovin' and you're livin' there's a smile upon your face You'll sing louder and you're prouder you belong to the human race You'll be spritely goin' nightly at the age of ninety-five If you're lovin' then you're livin' and it's great to be alive If...

Your love's a light you know that sets my heart aglow But my heart grows cold when your love burns low So let your love burn bright keep my heart's light aglow For my heart grows cold when your love burns low Like a candle that is burning in the snow Love tha...

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

Every room seems empty now since she's gone away The music of her laughter is a thing of yesterday The patter of her footsteps when she'd meet me at the door The smiling face I loved to see is gone forever more I see a cozy love seat when we used to sit and t...

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 Oh, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And m...

Someone must have known that I was lonely That's why they sent you to me from above I know someone must have heard me crying And gave me such an angel that I love (Chorus) Who left the door to heaven open Who turned their head for a moment Who told you that my...

I'll tell you 'bout my night on shore if you will lend an ear I stepped into a cabaret to get myself a beer A pretty girl sat all alone and needed company But when I got close, this girl a rose this is what she said to me Now she said, "Whoa sailor, be carefu...

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

Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair With the roses so red and the lilies so fair And the myrtles so bright with emerald dew The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue. Oh, I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay I will char...

Won't you ride in my little red wagon I'd love to pull you down the street I'll bet all the kids will be jealous When they see my playmate so sweet Hold tight till we come to the hilltop Then we'll coast down the hill, you and me Won't you ride in my little re...

I get the world's greatest feelin' just knowing that you're mine. And knowing I'm your lover and your friend. All I have to do is think of you and it happens every time. I get the world's greatest feelin' all over again. If I climbed the highest mountain any...

They give him his orders at Monroe, Virginia Sayin', "Steve you're way behind time This is not Thirty-Eight, but it's old Ninety-Seven You must put her in Spencer on time" Then he looked 'round and said to his black greasy fireman " Just shovel in a little...

You told her lies as her starry eyes Looked up in admiration You painted schemes and lovely dreams With all your temptation You spoke of things like wedding rings And promised her the world For no cause at all you let her fall And now she's yesterday's girl...

You always hurt the one you love The one you shouldn't hurt at all You always take the sweetest rose And crush it until the petals fall You always break the kindest heart With a hasty word you can't recall So if I broke your heart last night It's because I lo...

You remembered me when you were far away I thought you would forget the day we ever met but your letter came today You remembered me I was so surprised My thoughts quickly flew to moments we knew and teardrops filled my eyes I recall our distant romance we pl...

If I'll ever fall in love with someone you'll be the one If I'll ever feel the feeling coming you'll be the one If I'll ever decide to hold someone and say I love you true Well I can promise this the one I kiss will be you If I'll ever get my heart in shape d...

You're nobody till somebody loves you You're nobody till somebody cares You might be king, you might 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'll never change it As sure as...