Marty Robbins

The way that we live has no meaning We drift more apart day by day It's so plain to see you're not satisfied with me And it looks like I'm just in your way You seem to forget you're not perfect You show me my faults every day But you took my name knowin...

I dreamed that we were livin' in A Castle In The Sky A world of make believe, a dream for you and I For one time in my lifetime, I was sure about your love I held you in my Castle In The Sky. Then from another world a stranger came one day I begged you n...

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) Dear Lord, I want to thank you For what you've done for me For all these many blessings In a world that's caught in grief and misery No matter where I wander I'm always in your sight And so, my friends, to you my love Upon this Christmas n...

Like a song you keep returning, you never leave to stay You're mean to me, why must you be, why don't you stay away Every goodbye kiss keeps sayin' to love like this is wrong You'll come back to me in memory like a favourite song When I think that I've fo...

If half of all the things you say, were true instead of lies Then there'd be only half as many teardrops in my eyes If half of all the dreams I dream, were ever to come true Then in my heart I'd feel I had, A Half-way Chance With You. If most of all the t...

I got a hundred and sixty acres in the valley Got a hundred and sixty acres of the best Got an old stove there that'll cook three square And a bunk where I can lay me down to rest. Up at dawn to greet the sun I've forgotten what a care or worry means He...

Sitting here with you don't know why I'm blue Just a feeling that I've had right from the start Something bout your smile that lingers for a while Stirs an old time mem'ry in my heart. Don't mind me if I'm a little sentimental Don't mind me I'm not about to c...

I don't ask you ,Lord, to lighten up my burden I don't mind the trials on earth that I go through Bein' down, I want to prove that I am worthy Of a little spot in Heaven close to you Years ago my Mother taught me all your meaning Of the hardship and the...

A man and a train, a train and a man They both tried to run as far And as fast as they can But a man's not a train and a train's not a man A man can do things that a train never can Goin' up a mountain even half way to the top The minute that a train ru...

There's a time and a place for everything So let's pretend we're not blue There's a time and a place for everything Someday our dreams will come true They say that just before the dawn That night is as black as can be-e-e There's a time and a place for...

There's a tree in the meadow With a stream passing by And carved upon that tree I see "I love you till I die" I'll always remember The love in your eyes The day I carved upon that tree "I love you till I die" Further on down lovers' lane A silhouette I see I...

I love you in a very special kind of way In fact so much that words could never really say I love you never knowing that you cared for me Until I needed you then I could really see That love between us was a card or letter Or something that you'd send me...

A white spots coat and a pink carnation I'm all dressed up for the dance A white sports coat and a pink carnation I'm all alone in romance Once you told me long ago To the prom with me you'd go Now you've changed your mind, it seems Someone else will hold my...

Woman gets her way most every time. Man holds his head up high Builds his castles to the sky One kiss can bring him down Make his foolish head go spinning around. Woman, woman, gets her way Molding man like a piece of clay Even makes him like it fine...

All you young cowboys, come gather around I'll tell you a story of Abaline town Of two young lovers as true lovers know The girl in this story is Abaline Rose Rose, Rose, Abaline Rose Your memory still lives in my heart Rose, Abaline Rose We promised we never...

I waited each day for your letter Although I knew what it would cause The moment it came I knew that your game Had been won and I knew that I had lost I just didn't open your letter I know you're no longer my own The moment it came I wrote 'neath my name Thes...

Adiós, Mariquita linda, Ya me voy porque tú ya no me quieres, Como yo te quiero a ti. Adiós, chaparrita chula, Ya me voy para tierras muy lejanas Y ya nunca volveré Adiós, vida de mi vida, La causa de mis dolores; El amor de mis amores, El perfume de...

We both have fought the storms of life together And at times it seemed our world was gonna end We've touched the thorns of life now we know better And we're more in love now than we've ever been After the storm comes the sunshine The clouds are gone and...

After you leave me who'll kiss away my tears After you leave me who'll cheer my lonely years No one but you, dear, can make my life worthwhile After you leave me I won't wanna smile Roses need sunshine just like I need your love Stars need the Heaven and...

You came down to this southern town last summer To show the folks a brand new way of life But all you've shown the folks around here is trouble And you've only added misery to their strife Your concern is not to help the people And I'll say again, though...

Ain't I the lucky one Look what I've gone and done I let her steal my heart I know we'll never part She brings me joy, so much fun Ain't I the lucky one Well ain't I a happy man She lets me hold her hand And when the lights are low She never tells me...

I'm tied to someone that's true and yet I love another too Oh ain't life a crying shame I hate to hurt them either one I want 'em both can't have but one Oh ain't life a crying shame I wish I knew which way to turn which love light should I let burn Makes...

Well, all around cowboy, I've won it six years in a row All around cowboy means champ of the big rodeo I made me some money, I had me some good times The falls that I've had been few Till a rodeo queen made the all around cowboy Look like an all around fool I...

Well, today I'm so weary Today I'm so blue Sad and broken hearted And it's all because of you Life was so sweet dear Life was a song Now you've gone and left me Oh, where do I belong? And it's all for the love Of a dear little girl All for the love that sets...

All I wanna do is make sweet love to you Hold you next to me and love you all night long There's not a minute that you're not on my mind You're a gift from God A love like yours is so hard to find I know where you're commin' from When you tell me I'm th...

If somebody loves you it's no good unless he loves you all the way Happy to be near you when you need someone to cheer you all the way Taller than the tallest tree is that's how it's gotta be Deeper than the deep blue sea is that's how it goes when it's real...

Yesterday you said you loved me But today you say it's over now Why did you go away and leave me All the world is lonely now Don't tell me that you'd love another And that you've broken every vow Cause I don't want to live without you All the world is...

Almost persuaded now to believe Almost persuaded Christ to receive Seems now some soul to say," go spirit go Thy way Some more convenient day, on Thee I'll call" Almost persuaded harvest is past Almost persuaded doom comes at last Almost cannot avail almost i...

Love is lost on Echo Island hearts are broken just like mine Kisses lost on Echo Island whispered love words seem so kind Tender moments gone forever gone is all the love we knew On the Island there's an echo softly saying I love you [ steel ] Tender moments...

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 I live in memories 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 be...

Amor, amor, amor, This word so sweet that I repeat, Means I adore you. Amor, amor, my love, Would you deny this heart That I have placed before you? I can't find another word With meaning so clear, My lips try to whisper Sweeter things in your ear. But somehow...

It's so hard to fight a memory Only time can be a healer of the past And the thorns of love are many When they're clingin' to a love that didn't last Yesterday is over and his memory Will fade away with time So I'll accept a rose and just be patient Till all y...

When you're far away from home When you're blue and all alone There's an old friend, a real friend Who loves and misses you When you're down to your last dime And there's nothin' left but time There's an old friend, a real friend Who loves and misses y...

We were children who played On the backstreets of border towns And we dreamed of the day when we might run away To where the good life was found I remember the night When I asked you to be my girl Now I feel so ashamed of the promise I made When I said I would...

I just stopped by to have a cup of coffee And get some things I left when he moved in I can't stay too long 'cause I've got someone waiting I got to hurry up and meet a friend Well, it's workin' out just fine since he took over 'Cause that leaves me lots...

You wake up in the mornin' And before you can realize Another day has passed you by You get your poor heart broke And before you can turn around The evenin' sun has just gone down It seems like it's this way most every day Why fight it, you can't save it You...

Yesterday it started all over again Sittin' in a tavern, talkin' with a friend Talkin' 'bout a little girl whose love I couldn't win Had a drink, then I got started on another lost weekend Well, I told him 'bout her pretty eyes, I had a drink and then To...

Another pack of cigarettes, another glass of wine Another night of loneliness pretendin' you're still mine But when the dawn comes breakin' through And the sun begins to shine It's another pack of cigarettes, another glass of wine And I'm still lonely, fo...

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 belived that love was here to stay Will you tell me where I've gone astray Please, answer me my love If you'r...

It should be April Fools Day cause you've been foolin' me All the things you promised just weren't meant to be You lied, you lied you cheated, you never could be true It should be April Fools Day and the joke should be on you It hurt me so to see you go y...

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 sincere every...

You must remember this A kiss is still 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 and love son...

At the end of a long lonely day without you, When the world seems to fall in my face. I'm all right through the day, but the day fades away, And the long lonely night takes its place. Chorus #1 Another day to wish that you were here, I dread each lonel...

At times when it's snowin' At times when the wind is blowin' At times when the night is still At times when the moon has climbed the hill I can feel you close to me But when I reach I find you gone My world is make believe At times when it's sunny At times I...

A long time ago in the small border town of Nogales There lived a beautiful Mexican girl named Ava Maria Morales Her dark hair would glisten and shine when touched by the sun And she loved a cowboy that told her he worked on a ranch just outside of Tucson...

Two lips need two more to kiss them Two lips need two more to miss 'em Baby, I need you like you need me The sun and sky need one another That's the way we need each other Baby, I need you like you need me Let's not try to fool our hearts, dear Let's m...

Over blue mountain I must go back to the woman I love so I told her I'd return someday I'd return to Montego Bay I left Montego Bay fortune to find for the woman I'd love to make mine Now my fortune I have found I'm going up blue mountain then I'm going do...

Once when I was on shore liberty, On the tropic little island of Bimini I go to bar where lights are bright; Calypso music everything all right. Beautiful woman do a dance, Do the Limbo, put me in a trance. I say, "Man, what her name be?" He say, "Bahama mama...

He was a small man but this man was all man He was accustomed to danger He knew the badlands, he knew every bad man This man was a ranger, ranger, ranger Into the township of Pecos he rode Everyone noticed this stranger Plainly it showed in the way that...

In the southern part of Texas In the town of San Antone There's a fortress all in ruins that the weeds have overgrown You may look in vain for crosses and you'll never see a-one But sometimes between the setting and the rising of the sun You can hear a ghostly...

1. Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away! Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song, List while I woo thee with soft melody; Gone are the...

Here we are we're close together And it's where we both belong Two in love like we should never Be apart, because it's wrong May the flame of love burn brightly May it burn forever strong May we always be together Not apart, because it's wrong True r...

I left you this morning couldn't take anymore You laughed and you dared me to walk out the door You said that I'd come back you knew what I'd do And you know you were right 'cause I'm back here tonight begging to you I won't disappoint you I'm begging to...

Past the first bend in the river is another bend I can't see And the bend that keeps calling is the bend that keeps hiding from me Past the first hill on the desert is another hill I can't see And the hill that keeps hiding is the hill that keeps calling t...

Beyond the reef where the sea is dark and cold My love has gone from me and my dreams grow cold There'll be no tears, there'll be no regretting Will she remember me, will she forget? I'll send a thousand flowers Where the trade winds blow I'll send my lonely...

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip...

I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid I'll sing of some desperate deeds that he did Way out in New Mexico long long ago When a man's only chance was his own forty-four. When Billy the Kid was a very young lad In old Silver City he went to the bad Way out...

In an Arizona town one day Bill Venero heard them say That a band of Apache Indians Were on the trail that way Heard them tell of murder done Three men killed at Rocky Run "They're in danger at the cow ranch" Said Venero under his breath! Nearly forty miles a...

(Blow out the candles) (Blow out the candles) (Is all that I could do) You came to my party on my special day And I couldn't help it I wish you'd stayed away But you walked right in close to your new love's side And I walked right into the next room and cried...

Blue sand, you left my island Now I hold in my hand This blue, blue sand Blue sea, that took you from me We sigh and we're lonely The sea and me Will you remember Our moonlight swims at sea We laughed together You gave your love to me And now there'll be bl...

Blue sea, carry me away Take me from the girl I loved and lost today And, cool breeze, let me feel your embrace As I drift through the night I can see her loving face Goodbye my love, it's over We will never kiss again For your father has picked another The s...

True I wasn't born anywhere south of the border and I'm not a native to old Mexico But there's someone there makes my heart as though may to order And it's fittingly proper through these eyes that lovers show If I could just write it off as mere fascination...

I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses,one for every time you've broke my heart,and as the door of love between us closes,tears will fall like pedals when we part. I begged you to be different but you've always been untrue,i'm tired of forgiving and there is n...

I have held you in my arms I have known your sweetest charms Two hearts in love, at least that's how it seems But only in my dreams Though my days are often blue Nights are always spent with you There I know your love is really true But only in my dreams I h...

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising She'll find the note I left upon her door And she'll laugh at word that says I'm leaving Oh I've left that girl so many times before By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working She'll probably stop for lounch...

When you're all alone and blue And you don't know what to do Call me up and I'll come calling on you When you're all alone at home And no one calls you on the phone Call me up and I'll come calling on you When there's teardrops big and round In your e...

Down in Jamaica where the soft winds blow I took a trip, it was a long time ago From distant shores the music gently played And I was hypnotized by a dark skinned girl That danced and whirled Quickly I knew I was in love with that calypso girl Dance and whirl...

From where I stand I can see all the lights in the city For one man to love one woman so much it's a pity From where I stand I can see the canteena she goes to Where she's not supposed to but goes anyway From where I stand I can hear the music and laughter Ca...

Can I help it that I fell in love with you Can I help it that you broke my heart in two How can I control the tears that ache to fall When I know that I'll never matter to you at all I recall how you once were the springtime to me Though I knew, somehow, this...

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 whole...

Some will say we have no call To throw away such a true love And some, no doubt, will blame it all On the losing out to some new love But after all is said and done And we talked out every part we start To realize it all comes down To just a change of h...

Change the dial, turn off that song It reminds me of somethin' I've done Somethin' so wrong Once I had a real true love And she was good to me I cheated and she found out Then she left me We used to sing that same old song It seemed we loved it so Now I can't...

Chapel bells, chapel bells Chapel bells, a message of love you tell Chapel bells ring sweetly tonight All is well, echo the chapel bells Neath the spell of the moon's golden light In my arms I hold you so close to me And love flows so tenderly From your hear...

Did you ever find yourself out chasin' rainbows When that pot of gold was right there in your arms Did you ever take the woman you love for granted And try to win another's charms I've been blinded by the colour of the rainbows I've been steppin' over do...

(sleigh bells, sleigh bells, sleigh bells, sleigh bells,) Sleigh bells ringin' in the lane Christmas time is here again Boys and girls are dancin' round Snowflakes fallin' on the ground Tom loves Mary, Jim loves Ann Dan loves Sue and Sue loves Dan Eve...

May the children of the world, every boy and every girl Have a bigger and better Christmas day For they all need a part in somebody's heart Since Christmas is for kids, anyway Christmas is for kids, anyway (anyway) You hear this expression every day May...

(kisses, kisses, kisses, kisses, kisses,) Christmas time is almost here and you're not here with me Smilin' shoppers everywhere, I'm lonely as can be Oh, but I'll be home in two more days it's you that my heart misses Please meet me, dear, at eight P.M. and b...

Christmastime's a-commin' Christmastime's a-commin' Christmastime's a-commin' And I know I'm goin' home Snowflake's a-fallin' My old home's callin' Tall pine's hummin' Christmastime's a-commin' Can't ya hear them bells ringin', ringin' Joy, joy hear...

I guess I'll take a walk tonight I know that I can't sleep And I won't go to bed at all I'll just lay there and weep Instead, I'll make our favorite spot That's what I think I'll do I got those smokin' cigarettes And drinkin' coffee blues CHORUS: Smo...

Clara, Clara, where can you be Clara, Clara, come back to me I love you honestly Think of you constantly Clara, come back to me Friends ask about you Why I'm here without you So hard to explain but I try You found a new love Said we were through, love Someti...

We could always find tomorrow when a problem came our way We could reach back in a storehouse full of love Now we can't find tomorrow or run back to yesterday 'Cause this time we've run completely out of love This time there's no tomorrow, oh, we've told...

If this world should tumble down And we'd go spinning all around Find ourselves somewhere in space I wonder if I'd find my place Would be beside you or would I be here Like I am, confused and lonely If this world should disappear And then another world...

When the dews of the evening are falling Glistening on the flowers loved so well Then my heart to thee is calling From my place within the dell My heart, oh sweet, is there forever It thrills with love for thee alone It's constancy fades never I'll be...

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

I rode into Tucson three hours ago For supplies and a short friendly game of poker While Smitty put some new shoes on Old Dan before he goes lame. I sat in a game at the Miner's Saloon Soon I had doubled my stake The cards run like they'd been dealt by Lady L...

Taking me for granted was your first mistake And that was the beginning of my last heartache. And then you added insult to my injury When you started treating me just as you please. Count me out of future plans you might be making. No more foolish chances am...

Well, he walks out in the arena All dressed up to the brim Said he's just came down from a place Called 'Highland Rim' Well, he said he came to ride the horse The one they call 'The Brute' But he didn't look like a cowboy In his Continental Suit We snickered...

Is there anything that I can do to bring you back to me again If there's anything you want from me tell me what tell me when I've done everything a man can do how many time have I said please Ya got me down go on and kick me you got me crawlin' on my knees...

The night was a-blaze with the heavenly fire Of lightnin', wind, and rain. And the sound of thunder is spookin' the herd And I fear there'll be a stampede. The cattle are starting to mill around, Their bellows strike fear in my heart. I know if the stom lasts...

The steel guitar played when I met her And it played the night I lost her Yes, you drove her to another With your sweet Hawaiian charm's I know your sorry, but it's too late now And I know you meant no harm But the waltz that you were playing Put her in anothe...

Baby, baby go to sleep You're in daddy's arms, don't weep Don't be 'fraid of darkness, dear Daddy loves you, daddy's near God's been mighty good to me Daddy's thankful as can be For the one he loves so dear Daddy loves you. daddy's near What if God d...

The T.V is turned down the kids are in bed And thoughts of ya, darlin', spin round in my head Bobby still loves you and as he walks by He says, where's mommy, and I started to cry Darlin', come home, darlin', come home Susie still needs you, what can I say I...

She's a devil in a cowboy hat She looks evil in her faded jeans Seems like a lamb in a sheepskin coat But buddy, let me tell ya she's mean Well she'll do me, she'll do you You know that it's a well known fact She'll tell you she needs you Then loves ya...

I told Mary about us, told her about our great sin Mary cried and forgave me and Mary took me back again Said if I wanted my freedom, I could be free evermore But I don't want to be and I don't want to see Mary cry anymore Oh, devil woman, devil woman, let go...

Do me a favour, let me forget I don't want to remember that we ever met Please stay away from me, leave me alone I've had too many heartaches A little too long Each time you walk by, I don't know why But I wanna cry And it's always the same when I hear...

I'm kin to the rovin' wind that brings the norther in Along that dusty trail I'll take my stand The steers are big and bold and the nights are often cold But I'll get by so long as I can Throw that rope and brand that calf dream of a girl in a photograph I go...

In my wandering days I wandered south of the border I ended up in a little Mexican town Was there I met a lovely senorita There she offered her heart if I promised I'd settle down Love beyond compare eternally happy This could have been but I just had to...

Hang the holly on the door just the way we did before But don't hang the mistletoe this year When you decorate the tree hang a special star for me But don't hang the mistletoe this year Christmas eve you'll hang your stocking by the chimmny with care And...

If you love me let me know if you don't then let me go Don't let me hang around if you don't care Life holds nothing, can't you see only doubt and misery Don't let me hang around if you don't care Don't offer me your pity it only makes me cry If you foun...

Guess who I saw today and I asked him about you I saw your new love and it was plain he cares about you But I'll wait until he's out of town Then I'll call you up and want to come around But don't let me touch you don't let me get close to you Though I might...

Don't make me ashamed of things that you say or do Don't make me regret that I fell in love with you I'm pleading with you to love, honor and obey Though others may tempt you remember our wedding day And should others tempt you by tellin' you lies Their...

Don't sing aloha when I go Because I'm comming back you know Don't sing aloha though I cry Our parting does not mean goodbye I'll dream of you in Waikiki That's where I'll always long to be Just smile and say you'll miss me so Don't sing aloha when I go Don'...

Don't be foolish Don't, don't throw me away Keep me around Just for keeps, dear You might need a laugh someday, oh Love is unpredictable At least I've heard people say Keep me around Just for keeps, dear You might need a laugh someday, oh I've learned how to...

Don't worry 'bout me, it's all over now Though I may be blue, I'll manage somehow. Love can't be explained, can't be controled One day it's warm, next day it's cold. Don't pity me, 'cause I'm feeling blue Don't be ashamed it might have been you. Oh, oh, oh, o...

She's been gone away too long In fact eight weeks tonight Don't ya think I've got a right to cry She just walked right out the door She didn't say goodbye Ah, don't you think I've got a right to cry Lovin' her gives me the right To miss her like I do And it g...

Down where the tradewinds play Down where they lose the day We found a new world Where Paradise starts we traded hearts The night that I sailed away Flowers were in her hair Music was everywhere Under an awning of silvery boughs we traded vows The nig...

A miner was leavin' his home for his work He heard his little child scream He went to the side of his little girl's bed Oh, daddy, I've had such a dream Oh, daddy my daddy, oh don't go away For dreams have so often come true Oh, daddy my daddy, oh don't go aw...

Ninety days since the country's seen a drop of rain Forty-four since the grass began to burn Thristy cattle are millin' round the old creek bed Dusty winds where the waters used to churn Dusty winds, hear them blow Dusty winds, moanin' low Night and day on th...

A thousand miles, dear, a thousand more Across the water, across the shore Please say a prayer, dear, for yours and mine Please think of me, dear, each night at nine The bugles playin', out go the lights Gee, but it's lonely these army nights Just tell the ki...

My early morning sunshine with her long golden hair Brings my cup of coffee to my bed And her silken nightdress brushes cross my chest As she bends down And last night's memories rush into my head With her kiss she makes me feel that even If the sun would go a...

Love is lost on Echo Island hearts are broken just like mine Kisses lost on Echo Island whispered love words seem so kind Tender moments gone forever gone is all the love we knew On the Island there's an echo softly saying I love you Tender moments gone fore...

Eighteen yellow roses came today Eighteen yellow roses in a pretty bouquet When the boy came to the door I didn't know what to say But eighteen yellow roses came today I opened up the box to see what it said I couldn't believe my eyes When I had read Though y...

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl. Night-time would find me in Rosa's cantina; Music would play and Felina would whirl. Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina, Wicked and evil while casting a spell. My love was...

From thirty thousand feet above The desert floor, I see it there below A city with a legend The west Texas city of El Paso Where long ago, I heard a song About a Texas cowboy and a girl And a little place called Rosa's Where he used to go and watch this beaut...

If I have wounded any soul today if I have caused one foot to go astray If I have walked in my own willful way dear Lord forgive If I have uttered idol words or vain if I have turned aside from want or pain Last I myself shall suffer through the strain dear L...

Someone's gotta hold you so tight Someone's gotta kiss you every night You've got to be loved all the time 'Cause you're everybody's darlin' plus mine You're everybody's darlin' plus mine And you walk with one foot across the line Right words from any f...

She always laughs the loudest And she seems so satisfied She's the centre of attraction To all the world outside You can see the anguish and The hurt she tries to hide For she reveals her tortured soul When you look into her eyes But she's not livin', she's e...

When your baby says goodbye And make you feel like you wanna die That's the real beginnin' of Someone fallin' out of love When your baby goes away Makes you lonely both night and day That's the real beginnin' of Someone fallin' out of love Oh, I've b...

In the days of William Bonney Better know as Bill the Kid A young cowboy named Joey Steele Was 'bout to make his bid. Well, they heard one day That Bill the Kid just rode into town And if he could take him He would be fastest gun around. He was just a kid of...

Out in New Mexico, many long years ago There in a shack on the desert, one night in a storm Amid streaks of lightnin' and loud desert thunder To a young Mexican couple, a baby was born; Just as the baby cried, thunder and lightnin' died Moon gave it's light to...

Past the first bend in the river Is another bend I can't see And the bend that keeps calling Is the bend that keeps hiding from me Past the first hill on the desert Is another hill I can't see And the hill that keeps hiding Is the hill that keeps calli...

Five brothers who left Arkansas Set out to find the gambler Who murdered their pa Five brothers and three in their teens Gotta find the man Who killed their pa in New Orleans They heard of him in Houston And his trail was leadin' west He'd left there many mon...

When you were only five, you caught a butterfly You held it for a while, it made you smile, you caught a butterfly Finally it flew away, you cried and cried that day To see it fly so high an, eagle came and caught the butterfly So don't fly too high in th...

When I was a bachelor I lived all alone I worked at the weaver's trade And the only only thing I did that was wrong was to woo a fair young maid I wooed her in the winter time part of the summer too And the only only thing I did that was wrong Was to keep...

Well, some folks like the summertime When they can walk about Strollin' through the meadow green Well, it's plesant, there's no doubt Give me the wintertime when The snow is on the ground 'Cause I found her when The snow was on the ground I found a-little foo...

You are so wonderful Just to be with and to talk to Yes, you're wonderful I'm forever your's You are my heart's desire Just the touch of your hand The way you understand tells me you're wonderful And I'm forever your's I never knew a heart could love as much...

Two years ago I left my home Thought I'd make it big but all I've done is wrong Planned some things that might impress the home folks After two long years I'm still broke Up and down the west coast I have been From Dego to Seattle and then back here agai...

I can't cry anymore I'm fresh out of tears I can't cry anymore seems I'm fresh out of tears I can't cry I can't cry anymore How can I just ignore all my sad souvineers I can't cry I can't cry anymore Fresh out of tears my broken heart lost all control...

Funny face I love you, funny face I need you My whole world's wrapped up in you When the road I walk seem all up hill And the colors in my rainbow turn blue You kiss my tears away, you smile at me and say Funny face (funny face) I love you Funny face I love...

The childhood memories I treasure the most I suppose Are the Saturday afternoons spent at the town picture show I worked all day long in the fields but at night I would dream Of seeing Gene Autry go ridin' across the big screen Saturday mornings I'd walk...

An old cowpoke 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 Plowin' through the ragged skies, and up a cloudy draw Yippie-I-ay, yippie-I-o Ghost herd in the...

Way out west an Arizona cowboy tends the herd The dessert lies beneath a sky of blue Far away, in brightest day, a ghostly sound is heard The phantom of the rail comes into view Hear that lonesome whistle callin' On his lonely ear is fallin' Loud and cl...

Past the Gulf Of Mexico is an island where I lived and loved a long time ago Disappointed in love I decided to roam Sad was the day that I sailed far away from my home Every dream I dream takes me again To the island down in the Carribean Back to happin...

One starry night in a little town in old Mexico I found my love down by the sea where soft trade winds blow She came in the night with perfume that sweetened the air And I lost my heart to the girl with gardenias in her hair I glanced her way she smiled an...

God understands, he knows all about us He knows of our hopes, he knows of our plans He's willing to help if we will but follow He knows all about us, God understands I walk with the Lord in sunshine and darkness I cannot forsake his word and command Tem...

In my dreams I can still feel the fire From her body, next to mine It all happened up in Washington Early in the spring of sixty-nine Now it's only a memory of some Moments I will never share again Just another love from my life that is gone now Another...

I wanna ten gallon stetson And a horse that wears my brand A thousand head of cattle On a great big piece of land I want a ranch in Arizona Where they never sleep inside I wanna gaze at the moon and stars above I wanna learn to rope and ride I want t...

She's a good-hearted woman in love with a good-timin' man She loves him in spite of his wicked ways She don't understand Through teardrops and laughter, They'll pass through this world hand in hand, She's a good-hearted woman loving a good-timin' man We...

Don't listen to gossip whatever you do It's usually lies that you'll hear What they say about me they say about you So kiss me and dry up your tears And don't you believe what they say about me They're tryin' to keep us apart The vows that were spoken w...

Oh, I thought that I'd been in love before But that was in younger years Now I know that you never been in love until You've cried those big old grown up tears You've cried those grown up tears And I thought that I knew what love could do But now the whole tr...

Here we are but we're not close together We sit far apart in a room It's over, I guess I'll be going It's a pity love ended so soon You're waiting for someone to call you You're watching the clock while you speak It's over, I guess I'll be going But the truth...

Jumbled thoughts go runnin' through my mind Lord, say it's not the way it seems She's walkin' off with someone else And I think I know exactly what it means An emptiness comes over me and Her leavin' will be more than I can bear I don't wanna see the sun...

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...

I came to town to search for gold And I brought with me a memory And I seem to hear the night wind cry, "Go hang your dreams on the hangin' tree Your dreams of love that could never be Hang your faded dreams on the hangin' tree!" I searched tor gold and...

I saw the harbor lights They only told me we were parting The same old harbor lights That once brought you to me I watched the harbor lights How could I help it, tears were falling Some other harbor lights Will steal your love from me I longed to hold you cl...

(Hark! the herald angels sing,) ("Glory to the newborn King! ) Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled." Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th' angelic...

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...

Have Thine own way Lord have Thine own way Thou art the potter I am the clay Mould me and make me after Thy will While I am waiting yeilded and still Have Thine own way Lord have Thine own way Search me and try me Master today Whiter than snow Lord wash me j...

Hawaii calls to me come back to the land of love To the beach of Waikiki and the stars that shine above To the rolling surfs where the native boys will play And a hula girl with a flower lace Where the tradewinds are softly blowing the sails along And steel g...

Hawaiian bells were ringing Out across the bay Native voice is singing On our parting day. Tears were in your eyes I was crying too I still hear you whisper Aloha, I love you. I know I'll miss this our Island We knew we'd have to part Hawaiian bells from my...

This is the moment, I've waited for I can hear my heart singing, Soon bells will be ringing For this is the moment, of sweet Aloha. I will love you longer than forever, Promise me that you will leave me never. Here and now dear, All my love I vow dear...

It was easy to pick me up, easy to put me down It was easy to give you all the love I had And it was easy for you to make me think I had made the grass turn green 'Cause the little love you gave me Was more than I had seen Helen, it hurts when I try to be str...

Hello, Daily News Give me clsssified ads Run an ad in your paper Read it somethin' like this For sale, diamond ring Odds and ends, household things Just give me a call Say, I'm sellin' all At a sacrifice The wedding was called off Said, she loved my best fri...

Hello heartache I should have known you'd come my way Since she left me all my dreams have gone astray She was all I had to live for now my every hope is gone So I guess you'll be here with me from now on. Hello teardrops why do you fall like winter rain It's...

I've been buildin' me a brand new life I go somewhere almost every night I found a lover and some friends of my own I do just fine until I'm alone Then here your memory comes again Just when I think my broken heart would mend I think I'm over you and then Her...

I shouldn't think about you and forget we ever met I know these are the things that I should do I never was too smart, I guess, At least it seems that way Inside me there's a memory That keeps holding on to you Just when I think I've crossed that bridge...

Well, Honeycomb, won't ya be my baby, Honeycomb be my own He took a hank of hair and a piece of bone And made a walkin', talkin' Honeycomb Honeycomb, won't ya be my baby, Honeycomb be my own What a darn good life when ya got a wife like Honeycomb Well, it's a...

Well, I've never seen you look quite so sad And I've never felt me feel quite so bad And I know we both feel that we have been had Well, I guess they were just not that strong So I lost my woman and you lost your man And who knows who's right or who's wrong B...

You gave your happiness for sorrow Your tears fall like rain from above I see where you live from my wimdow A house with everything but love My house is smaller than your own, dear The colour may not be as bright I may get just a little lonely But my conscien...

How long will it be before I hold you tight Oh darlin', how long will it be If you knew how my arms long to hold you each night Oh darlin', how long will it be Will it be just a while or a long, long time Long as my heart knows, then everything is fine...

I'm hurt to think that you lied to me Hurt way down deep inside of me You said you loved me and we'd never part Now you found someone new and it breaks my heart. Hurt much more than you'll ever know Hurt because I still love you so Even though you've hurt me...

When you went away I cried I was hurt down deep inside Such misery, just a broken heart can tell Now my lonesome tears I've shed And I've said what should be said I can get along without you very well Down before me on your knees Forgiveness, dear, you plead...

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 stealin...

I can't quit, I've gone too far I like to find somebody who would just be halfway true But I can't quit I've gone too far I'm deep in love with you I'd like to full up stakes and leave That's what I like to do But I can't quit I've gone too far I'm dee...

'Cause I'm with you again and I can't say goodbye I just stopped by to say, hello, again Just to see you and ask how things have been I shouldn't stay long, there's someone Waiting just outside, just outside But I'm with you again and I can't say goodbye I c...

The clock beside my bed tells me it's way too late I know I shouldn't call you but I just can't wait 'Cause you are on my mind, love is in my heart And the longin' just won't go away As long as you and I are far apart I can't wait until tomorrow I've just got...

I saw you walking by his side Heard you whisper all those lies And I couldn't keep from crying You sang him love songs tenderly Just the way you sang to me And I couldn't keep from crying Saw you capture all his charms As you nestled in his arms Wit...

I tell myself that I must cry It didn't hurt the day you said goodbye 'Cause I don't care If you don't care for me Some other arms gonna hold you tight Some other lips gonna kiss you every night But I don't care If you don't care for me I stopped remembering...

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 know why, but you do You never seem to want my romancin' And the only time you hold me is when we're dancin' I don't know why I love you like...

I was doin' fine till you showed up this mornin' And I got that feelin' that I thought was gone You were just too much to take without a warnin' Oh, I feel another heartbreak comin' on I had taught myself to get along without you It took weeks to make things...

I've got no use for the women A true one may seldom be found They'll use a man for his money When it's gone they'll turn him down They're all alike at the bottom Selfish and grasping for all They'll stay by a man when he's winning And laugh in his face...

I met a girl down in the hills that gave my lonely heart a thrill Her beauty seemed just like a breath of spring And when I looked into her eyes I thought it blue as a summer skies When I held her hand in mine I heard the bluebirds sing They sang of wonde...

You treat me like the ground you walk around on You say our love's not like it was before And even though you hurt me, when it's over You know that I'll come runnin' back for more So I hope you learned a lot from all your heartaches 'Cause their bound to...

When I met you I knew I couldn't keep you And nothin' I could do would make you stay But, my darlin', I'm not bitter Over things that just can't be For with you I lived a lifetime in a day I'll remember every tender word you spoke, dear Each tender touc...

Oh, I need you to hold me together When I feel like I'm falling apart I need you to hold me together Till I gain control of my heart Darlin', you are the one that can help me And you are the one I can trust 'Cause I've been through some nights bein' lon...

I never let you cross my mind unless I want you to You're not my worry anymore except when I feel blue I never think about the time when you were all my own I never let you cross my mind except when I'm alone You're just another memory I think about at times...

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

(Ba-da-da-da-da-dum-ba-dum-ba-dum-ba-dum) (Ba-da-da-da-da-dum-ba-dum-ba-dum-ba-dum) (Ba-da-da-da-da-dum) I told my heart to forget her Her little game is well known I told my heart it's best that we part But my heart has a mind of it's own How foolish to thin...

I told the brook that runs down through the valley A secret my best friend never knew The brook told the trees and the trees told the breeze That I was in love with you The trees told the flowers hiding there by the hilltop The clouds told the moon that shone...

I walk alone where once we wandered It seems so strange that you are gone And till you return I'll stay the same dear I'll still be true and walk alone The flame of love is brightly burning You know that I'm your very own And till you return I'll stay the sam...

I want someone to love but not someone like you I want to be happy, not broken, not blue I want sunshine and laughter to mix with the tears Not heartaches and sadness the rest of my years I want all of the things that goes with true love Sunshine and laughter...

I was born in Macon, Georgia They kept my dad in the Macon jail Dad said son if you keep your hands clean You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail But I fell in with bad companions We robbed a man in Tennessee The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville Th...

I wish somebody loved me just enough to say they care I wish somebody loved me enough to call me dear I wish someone would care enough to tell me they were true I wish somebody loved me somebody just like you I wish someone would care enough to tell me th...

I wonder who's kissing her now? I wonder who's showing her how? I wonder who's looking into her eyes, Breathing sighs an' telling lies? I wonder who's buyin' the wine, For the lips that I used to call mine? I wonder if she ever tells him of me? I wonder who's...

I'm kin to the rovin' wind That brings the Northern in Along that dusty trail I'll take my stand The steers are big and bold And the nights are often cold But I'll get by as long as I can Throw that rope and brand that calf Dream of a girl in a photogra...

Oh, hello there Yes, I thought that you might call No I don't mind No I don't mind at all Yes, I knew you'd found a new love When I saw you both last night But don't worry, don't worry I'll be alright Oh, your letters Yes, I sent them back to you An...

I'll be home for Christmas You can count on me Please have snow And mistletoe And presents 'neath the tree Christmas eve will find me Where the love light gleams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams (Christmas eve will find me) (Where the love lig...

We're traveling down two different roads In worlds so far apart You want me yet there's something else Before me in your heart You're wanting me to change my life The way you're living yours But I can't change, I see no way You wanted me before If you...

Once we started out so right Now, why end it all tonight Time will give our love a chance to heal And find it's way Ah, please, give us just one more try Why rush to this last goodbye Love, our love can grow and we can know A better way, please stay '...

Well, I've got to forget you if I'm goin' to survive You're memory's slowly killin' me, it's killin' me alive Well, you're too much woman to forget in just a day or two And I'll have to make some changes If I'm gonna get over you I've gotta try and love...

My little heart 'ill goes ping, something's gone wrong I'll know you're gone (I'll know you're gone) By the way the little birds don't sing I'll know you're gone (I'll know you're gone) By the way the little bells don't ring I'll know 'cause the sun wo...

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 think that I'm beginning to forget) I think that I'm beginning to forget you And I do it because I cried with all my might I think that I'm beginning to forget you 'Cause I only cried a little bit last night. I think that I'm beginning to forget you...

I'm gonna miss you when you go More than you will ever know I'm gonna miss the sunshine of your smile And when the train pulls down the track I'll be wishin' you'd come back Because my heart will be with you each passing mile And if the trail you're ridin' eve...

I'm happy 'cause you're hurtin', dear, and though it makes me blue I'm happy 'cause the one ya love is not in love with you I'm happy 'cause he's treatin' you just like a used to be I'm so happy that you're hurtin' just like me Im happy 'cause like me you're...

I'm having a ball goin' out on the town every night I'm paintin' it red remember you said that I'd be crying when you were out of sight Instead I'm having a ball and I'm makin' new friends every day I seem to forget that we ever met and I am laughing in jus...

I'm not in your town to stay said a lady old and gray To the warden of the penitentary I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way I'm just here to get my baby out of jail (Yes warden) You know I want my baby out of jail I've tried to raise my bab...

I'm in the mood for love simply because you're near me Funny but when you're near me I'm in the mood for love Heaven is in your eyes bright as the stars way under Then is there any wonder I'm in the mood for love Why stop to think of weather this little drea...

I'm not in your town to stay said a lady old and gray To the warden of the penitentary I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way I'm just here to get my baby out of jail (Yes warden) You know I want my baby out of jail I've tried to raise my bab...

She might meet you secretly when she's lonely And the world you may know may be so heavenly No she isn't yours, you take her tenderly Oh, but I'm not blamin' you I'm blamin' me When loneliness stepped in she stepped out on me And her heart crossed your path m...

Always knew you'd find another And my way of life I'd have to rearrange Thought I'd give when you were ready Now I find it very hard to make the change It's all over now I'll make the change somehow I'll get over you What else is there to do Though I'...

Gee, it's good to see your face It's been lonely out there To get away from the race With someone who cares If you been cryin' again You're lonely too Every place that I've been I've been all alone, just like you I've been savin' it up, not livin' it...

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry. I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behind the clouds To hide its face and cry. ~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~...

I guess I never realized How lonesome I could be I never thought the time would come When you'd grow tired of me Your voice was never sweeter than The day you said goodbye You never know how much I hurt Cause I'm too big to cry If I knew then what I know now...

There'll be times when I can't get away to be with you But it won't be because I'm not wantin' to The only time I live the life I'm longin' to Are those stolen moments that I spend lovin' you When I'm not lovin' you I'm wantin' to And any time I'm on your min...

The field is my home where I work mighty hard I stand in the shade of Heaven's reward I'm happy and free 'cause I've got a, a woman's love She stands by my side through worry and care Willin' to give, willin' to share I'm happy and free 'cause I've got...

Days you used to spend with me You spend with someone else, I see It hurts to know that you and I could never be Though another owns your heart You'll always play a leading part In the thrills that I had built for you and me It hurts to know that you won't lo...

Seems that I don't think about you too much I'm not too sure why I thought of you now Time has a way of numbin' the touch But I still recall when you left me just how much It hurt me to stand there just watchin' you leave I couldn't believe it was true After m...

If her blue eyes don't get ya oh, I'll bet ya The sunshine of her smile sure will With a twinkle of her eye she'll make you Proud that you're livin' And with her sunny smile you'll think For a while you touched Heaven There's no way to explain the feelin's Th...

If I could cry I'd ease this achin' heart inside But though I often try The tears stay hidden deep inside They just won't start Though none can take your place In my heart I should let go But the hurt is just too deep to show I guess it's just my pride What c...

Uh hum la da da da if I want to I can worship the ground you walk on if I want to And I can hope when hope is gone if I want to I can be the biggest fool this world has ever known And love you for a lifetime if I want to You can't tell me who to love cause y...

Lord, if there's still another mountain Another mountain yet to climb Lord, if there's still another mountain Don't make it quite as high this time Lord, give me no more raging rivers Give me a valley cool and green Lord, if there has to be a river Make it a...

If we make it through December Everything's gonna be alright I know It's the coldest time of winter And I shiver when I see the falling snow If we make it through December I got plans to be in a warmer place, come summer time Maybe even California If we make...

(If you see my heart today) If you see my heart at all today there is something you can do for me For you see my heart is gone astray it won't listen to my warning plea If you see it won't you tell it please that she'd only bring us misery For an old frien...

In the ashes of an old love I found the spark burning yet As I watched it I kept thinking I could never forget An old love that didn't last I saw my future just like my past In the ashes of an old love affair Then a spark rosin gave light to a world of rom...

I'm as sad as the willow That weeps in the valley Since you've gone, Since you've gone from my arms I'm as sad as the cold wind That rythes in the treetops, I'll be lonesome until you return Come back, come back, Come back to the valley, Come back to this po...

In the valley of the Rio Grande is a brown eyed Mexican maiden I want to see In the valley of the Rio Grande in a garden of roses she said she'd wait for me To the valley of the Rio Grande I know I must go cause my heart tells me go again If I stay any longer...

Is there any chance that you and I Can start all over Will you say you'll try Is there any chance that you may be Still a little bit in love with me Do I feel it when we say hello Or is it just because I'm hoping so Do you still have faith in our romance Will...

Is there anything left I can say To make life like it was yesterday Is there any way you can forgive 'Cause without my heart couldn't live If a small, tiny spark lives within Watch it close, it may burn bright again I beg you to come back today Is there anyth...

The same old island echoes Are stealing through the trees They bring back moments tender To fill my memory Now I'm alone in moonlight That you and I had shared Pretending we're together Remembering how you cared The laughter and the good times The many things...

It finally happened like I said it would This time our breakup is really for good You kicked and you walked on a heart that was true It finally happened, I stopped loving you I've had my cup of hurt And my face filled with dirt And every dream I dreamed Go up...

It had to be you, it had to be you. I wandered around and finally found somebody who Could make me be blue, could make me be true, And even be glad just to be sad thinkin' of you. Some others I've seen might never be mean Never be cross or try to be boss, the...

Today I was lonely so I took a walk And I happened to glance in a tree Out on a limb was one lonely dove It kinda reminds me of me I looked at the sidewalk as I walked along We were two of a kind I could see Because it's been stepped on the way that I h...

Faith makes me believe behind the darkest cloud There's a brighter ray of sun And if today's not quite as good as yesterday Tomorrow has yet to come And I believe each time you reach a mountain top With faith you see below A green and shaded valley where A pea...

It's a long, long ride from Phoneix to Chicago Quite a ride from Rome to Singapore It's a long, long ride from lover's lane to cheatin' Baby, that's the ride you took me for It's a long, long ride from Maine to Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas back to Swannee...

I was a poor boy, a poor girl was she I loved her true and I thought she loved me But I couldn't offer her anything new It's a pity what money can do She met with a stranger more wealthy than I What I had promised her he said he'd buy She gave him kisses then...

It's a sin, a sin, the way I love you Because I know our love could never be It's a sin to say that I don't miss you When silence proves that you've forgotten me The dream I built for us has tumbled And each promise broken like my heart Why pretend that I can...

My friends tell me forget her Never let her cross your mind They make me dates and I hear them state That I'll forget her kiss in time I wish they could remember It's my hurt and not their's A hurt like this that comes from a kiss Is a hurt that can't be shar...

Well, I don't like this roamin' around Travelin' alone from town to town Time brings nothin' but thoughts of you Makin' me lonely makin' me blue And it's drivin' me crazy but what can I do Well I can't stay away and I can't stay home Nothin' but the blu...

It's not all over when you leave You just can't end it when ya please Just because you want it so It's not all over when ya go 'Cause I'm not all over lovin' you So tell me what I ought a-do We might have hit an all time low But it's not all over No, it's not...

She was always there each time I needed you, Holding on to me like I held on to you, We still don't have what you and I once had; No, it's not love, but it's not bad. No, It's not love, not like ours was. It's not love, but it keeps love from driving me mad;...

Things have changed a lot since first we met Still recall the gingham dress you wore The lovely night I'm tryin' to forget Too late now to worry anymore. Those simple vows we made were not to be You'll never love me as you did before Your tender smile no long...

It's Your World and your smile turns on my sunshine You have all the power it takes to make me blue You control the way I feel both day and night time It's Your World and I'm just passin' thru Let me live, let me live Let me live in, live in your world If onl...

Janet, I believe that it's about time that We stopped to talk things over There's a lot of things about life Janet, you're too young to understand You think life with me is like a field of clover I can satisfy you now but I won't Always be this much a man Jan...

Jeannie and Johnny both grew up together Playmates each hour of the day They both vowed that they would be sweethearts forever Then one day Jeannie moved away (away, away) Johnny was lonely, loved Jeannie only Jeannie was sad and so blue Their folks sai...

What are friends for, Jenny What do friends fulfill Why are friendships stronger And the love affair I remember still What are friends for, Jenny If it's not to share little moments talking And little days of care What are friends for, Jenny If it's not to sh...

The story began in Renosa A village in old Mexico A girl and a Mexican soldier Were sweethearts, a long time ago They made big plans for a wedding The town of Renosa would go And there would see Jimmy Martinez Married to Sarah Sero Oh-oh-oh One day there came...

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun Now the jingle hop has begun Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time Dancin' and prancin' in Ji...

You came down out of Heaven to make me happy, dear To smile away my sorrows and kiss away my tears Seems that I have loved you though we've never meet before But now you're in my heart, love, to stay for evermore You're my angel, Judy, you're my darlin' You'r...

Down in the little Mexican town of New Wavo There lived a maiden lovely as a rose Deep was the love of Lisa, the rose of New Wavo For Johnny Fedavo and he loved her too They made a vow that they'd always love each other For them, on other could be so true Sto...

Aw, we walked the streets of Greenwich Village Holdin' hands like school kids in the summer August sun Smilin' at the passing strangers on their way And wishin' the end would never come Then a flower lady sold me one red rose to give you For your chestnut...

Each night brings back My dreams of you I cry and cry I feel so blue You broke my heart So why I pretend The sign ahead reads Journey's end River's rolling along Skies are turning gray Clouds are moving in I've lost my way I tried to smile But why I pretend T...

Just before the battle, Mother, I am thinking most of you While upon the fields we're watching, With the enemy in view Comrades, brave, are round me lying Filled with thoughts of home and God For well they know that on the morrow Some will sleep beneat...

Just like all the other times you leave Leavin' me alone here to greive Beggin' you to stay but still you go This time you won't be back, I know Just like all the other times I cry At that same old hurt deep down inside Lonely nights for me are nothin'...

Just married this mornin'. How happy they are. "Just Married" written on The window of a-their car. It broke my heart To see them drive away. I lost the one I love today. Dressed all in white satin, White lace in her hair. She looked so lovely It was more tha...

This is the night of love The shining of our love, Kalua Her song is in the air Her lips are waiting there Who will be Kalua's only love (who will her lover be) (who will her lover be) Before the night is old My arms will hold Kalua And as the trade winds blo...

Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian standin' by the door He fell in love with an Indian maiden over in the antique store Kaw-Liga too stubborn to ever let it show So she could never answer yes or no. He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk The maiden...

Wherever the trail may wind wherever the mountains climb That's where you'll find me I'm kin to the wind Wherever the trail may go wherever the tumbleweeds grow That's where you'll find me I'm kin to the wind Night time may find me at a campfire bright L...

(Kinda halfway feel that you and I are through) Here I am and I'm alone and feeling lonely Bothered by the thought that someone's holding you Disappointed and I'm wanting your kiss only Kinda halfway feel that you and I are through. I play the jukebox and I...

Just another night and day Then I'll see Kingston Bay And when I see Kingston Bay I'll see my Kingston woman I'll see my Kingston girl I work on boat that sails the sea Kingston woman waits for me Waits for me to see the world I want my Kingston woman...

Well I've just been thinking things over my heart has flowen with tears My life just don't seem worth living and it's been this way for years My skies have all turned to grey now and I just walk the soles off of my shoes Well I don't have much to say now we...

Kuu-ipo-lani my sweetheart from Hawaii Your hula hands are saying that your lips were only playing a game We kissed and then you slipped away To another's arms to stay Your love awaits he calls your name Kuu-ipo-lani [ steel ] You're gone the music fades...

There's a lamp shining bright in a cabin In a window it's shinin' for me And I know that my mother is prayin' For the boy she is longing to see When it's lamplighting time I can see her As she rocks in her chair to and fro But I know that I'll never mor...

Las Vegas Nevada City of music and laughter, city of lights Las Vegas, I didn't know I would lose Betty Jo In the noise of your night Las Vegas, where is the warmness and kindness That you used to show Las Veags, you're changing, you're growing so cold You're...

You were in my arms last night about this time And the world belonged to me 'cause you were mine For a moment I thought everything was fine 'Cause the world was mine last night about this time But it isn't in your plans that you should care And the lips I kis...

The last time I saw my heart was on my way up to your lips As I was lost in your embrace I found myself somewhere in space When I came down to earth again my heart was gone The last time I saw my heart I know that I was in your arms And as we kissed I clos...

Before I met you I used to get around And I could have most any girl in any town When I fell for you all my playboy days were through You sure knew just how to tear my playhouse down. Just call me the late and great lover Since I lost you I could never love a...

Laura, hold these hands and count my fingers Laura, touch these lips you once desired Lay your head upon my chest, hear my heartbeat Gently run your fingers through my hair Touch these ears that listened to your wishes Most of them fulfilled, and that's...

Lauraili (lauraili) Where have you gone without me Why have you left me all alone Lauraili (lauraili) I thought you cared about me I know your heart's made of stone I walk through the valley where we used to wander Your name, the night when sad, you cr...

It's no use to try to place the blame And say who has been wrong Even though we know it's over Flames of love still linger on And both knowing that goodbyes to what we had Are soon to come Leavin' is a whole lot harder Than bein' gone It's not easy to...

Let me live in your world for a day Even though I know my heart will fail A lonely soul in search of happiness Has found the world of heaven in your kiss I knew someday someway I'd find a thrill But finding love there too doesn't seem real I know it's w...

I was standin' by my window yesterday morning Without a thought of worry or of care When I saw the postman comin' up the pathway With such a happy face and jolly air. He rang the bell and whistled as he waited Then he said; "Good morning to you, Jack" B...

Life Have I accomplished anything, Have I caused anyone to sing A happy song? Life I've lived it every day I've lived it every way Though some of it was wrong Some of it's been fast I've lived a happy past I don't regret a thing you see After all is said and...

Just like all the other times you leave leaving me alone here to grieve Begging you to stay but still you go this time you won't be back I know Just like all the other times I cry had that same old hurt deep down inside Lonely nights for me are nothing new...

I grew up in Alabama in a valley I called home And I learned to love sweet lily from the start But I had to do my duty yes I had to do my part But the thought of leaving really breaks my heart If this war could just be over and I could go back home If I could...

Little Joe the Wrangler will wrangle nevermore His days with the roundup they are o'er Was a year ago last April when he rode into our camp Just a little Texas stray and nothing more Was late in the evening when he rode into our camp On the little Texas...

This is the end of a romance It was almost but not quite, you see I couldn't give you a thing you don't already have Little rich girl, you're too good for me My love for you was no secret It was one love that just couldn't be I could never compete with the ni...

Little robin are you ever lonely and blue Has your lover gone with somebody new Or will she return when nightime is near To cuddle up closer and ever so near You look so lonely up there in the tree Won't you be friendly and sit here with me I cry when I...

There's a little Rosewood casket Settin' on a marble stand There's a package of love letters Written by my true love's hand Go and bring them to me, brother Come and set upon my bed Lay your head upon my pillow While my aching heart grows dead. Read...

I can't forget the day that I was born Was on a cold and frosty winter's morn' The doctor said I was a chubby chap But when the nurse, she took me on her lap She washed me all over I re-member And after powder-puffin' me, you see She laid me in the cradl...

Praise and glory to the highest little stranger here on earth Little stranger in a manger little stranger sweet and mild Mother Mary there with Joseph watches o'er you, their holy child Searching for you to adore you came Three Kings led by a star Little...

Stayed awake last night And I walked the floor What makes you want to leave? You gave me your love You gave me your vow Now you're leavin' me here to grieve. Live and let live Don't break my heart Don't leave me here to cry I never could live If we should par...

When but a boy I courted Sally My life was young, not quite sixteen We talked of things I sometimes dreamed of And things beyond my wildest dreams At seventeen I met Wynona Her warm, red lips set me aglow She taught me things she should not teach me More that...

She's on the phone again Wants to come home again Wants to try one more time To prove she's really mine She wants to try again I know she'll lie again To take her back is wrong But I've been lonely too long The chance is very slim That she's forgotte...

I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by; But I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die, Oh Lord! And then I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry. She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue. I had me a woman who couldn't be true....

Don't tell Aunt Mary about Uncle John. He claims he got married, but he's having lots of fun. Oh baby, yeah baby, Ooh, baby, having me some fun tonight. Well, long, tall Sally, she's built sweet, She's got everything that Uncle John needs. Oh baby, yeah baby,...

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear Long, long ago, long, long ago Sing me the songs I delight in to hear Long, long ago, long ago Now you are come all my fears are removed Let me forget for how long you have grown Let me believe that you love as...

Her eyes are blue the words are true She gives me more love than I ever knew But there is somethin' like a chain that's holdin' me Why can't I break it and just be free Her love is soft her heart is mine She's sure that she will want me for all time But there...

Lookin' back over my life I can see where I caused you strife And I know, yes I know I'd never make that same mistake again Lookin' back over my deeds I can see signs wise men heed And if I just had the chance I'd never make that same mistake again Once my cu...

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 never done It's been one hill after another I've climbed them all one...

Love cant wait so don't hesitate When you feel it's touch, don't deny it, try it Love can't wait, if it's your's don't be late When it comes your way, don't forsake it, take it For love is the ruler of all on earth It can't be measured, not true love's w...

Hung around too long Why, I can't explain Should be glad you're gone Love's a hurting game Don't know why it happened Who's to blame Only know I'm cryin' Love's a hurting game If I seem bitter Please don't condemn I keep remembering What might hav...

Blue, blue, my world is blue Blue is my world since I'm without you Grey, grey, my love is grey Cold is my heart since you went away. Red, red, my eyes are red Cryin' for you alone in my bed Green, green, my jealous heart I doubted you and now we're apart. W...

Love is in the air Everywhere I look around Love is in the air Every sight and every sound And I don't know if I'm being foolish Don't know if I'm being wise But it's something that I must believe in And it's there when I look in your eyes Love is in t...

Love me, oh love me Love me like nobody else can do Need me And just let me go one needing you Well if you want to try to make me over And there's something else that fits your plan It's alright if you would only tell me What it's going to take to be your man...

A lonely wife had written a letter one sad day To the one she loved who'd wandered far away And her teardrops fell like rain falling on the window pane Them she read the note and this it had to say If you love me come and stay If you don't, please stay away E...

Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go You have made my life complete and I love you so Love me tender, love me true, all my dreams fulfill For my darlin', I love you and I always will Love me tender, love me long, take me to your heart For it's there...

We both act like strangers And I can sense the danger That the love we shared Is commin' to an end And it causes me to wonder Just what makes it happen When two people let a love so strong Slip right through their hands Love needs walkin', talkin', touchin' f...

Love's gone away she never wanted to stay Hours go by each one seem like a day when love's gone away My eyes look but they don't see blinded by her memory Bitter tears falling as I keep recalling how she took her love from me Love's gone away... My eyes...

Lovely hula hands Graceful as the birds in motion Gliding like the gulls over the ocean Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani e. Lovely hula hands Telling of the rains in the valley And the swirling winds over the pali Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani e. Hui: I c...

Who can I count on if I can't count on you Who can I turn to if I can't turn to you Who can I cling to if I can't cling to you Who can I sing to if I can't sing to you Lover, you've left me alone in a world with no gladness I'm all alone in a world where...

I got a feelin' called blues, oh, Lord Since my baby said goodbye Well, I don't know what I'll do All I do is sit and cry, oh, Lord Last long day she said goodbye, Well, Lord I thought I would die She'll do me, she'll do you, she's got that kind of lovin' Lo...

I've been makin' excuses ever since you went away Makin' excuses to my heart I'm usin' alibis to cover up for all those lies You've been tellin' me right from the start Makin' excuses for the times you let me down I guess I learned a lot from you Makin' excus...

Well, now I'm cryin' every chance I get Tryin' so hard to forget I'm makin' the most of a heartache That's why I'm hurtin' way down deep inside Certain that I've lost my pride I'm makin' the most of a heartache That's all she left me when she walked out...

Warm are the winds on the desert A whirlwind is dancing around I stop to survey all the beauty that's here When a shadow moves out 'cross the ground It's an eagle that circles above me And he screams to his friends on the hill "Stay close together, move not a...

Mango pick the mango from the tree hand the mango down to me Put the mango in a sack put the sack upon my back Everybody now come along help me sing my mango song mango Take the mango to the square try to sell the mango there If I do not sell it then take...

There were shepherds in the field that night And thay saw a star that shone so bright And to them the angel's message was told Many, many Christmases ago And they heard good tidings of great joy (And they heard good tidings of great joy) T'was the birthday of...

Many tears ago you said you loved 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've learned too well, love What it means to bear a heavy load I found out just...

Maria, you're the only one That ever understood the way I feel Maria, you're the only one To me that was ever real And yet you bid me go because inside your heart You know I cannot stay But keep a light in your window burnin' Little girl, I'm comin' hom...

Maria Elena, you're the answer to a prayer, Maria Elena can't you see how much I care To me your voice is like the echo of a sigh, And when you're near, my heart can speak above a sigh/. Maria Elena, say that we will never part Maria Elena, take me to your hea...

Martha Ellen Jenkins, how long have I chased The boys away from you It seems like it was yesterday I turned Bill Johnson's green eyes black and blue That was back in Grammar School, already You had won my heart away Martha Ellen Jenkins, I even loved you...

Martha, I wish you were just teasin' me When you tell me we have to part I don't mind the way that you're makin' me crawl Or the footprints you put on my heart Martha, I love you as no other man Could ever have love for his wife Before I disgrace you by...

Matilda, with your calloused hands Where Will goes you will follow In search of better land. Matilda, never mind where you have been Forget about Missouri Forget about your kin. Matilda, it's too bad your baby's gone But he's rested in his cradle by the rive...

Well, when I come home this morning It was still too dark to see I could tell my baby wasn't sleeping next to me She's gone and left me Where to I guess I'll never know I only know her leave has brought pain and misery to my soul Well, a note was on the pillo...

She met him one night in Laredo just a wild comanchero they say They told her that he'd been an outlaw and she'd have to send him away They warned her of toil and of hardships and a life filled with heartaches and tears Then one day he sent her a message th...

Once I had a silly notion to out across the ocean The future for me didn't look to bright So I signed up with a tanker, got on board and raised the anchor Stood and watched the Golden Gate fade out of sight Nineteen days and nights we travelled Through t...

Merry, merry, merry little Christmas bells are ringin' And all the happy, merry little carolers are singin' 'Cause it's Christmas time again, a time to bring the yule log in So have a merry Christmas, my friend Crisrier, wispier the winter winds are blowin' A...

I got a misery in my soul I've got a heartache that won't let go I got a memory of you in my mind I got a feelin' deep inside Lots a-nights I've laid and cried I got a memory of you in my mind Well these heartaches are hurtin' me yet They won't let me...

Hey there, mister teardrop Why do you keep falling Can't you see you only give me away Hey there, mister teardrop Why do you keep falling Will it always, always be this way I tell my friends I'm glad she's gone I tell them little lies And then you dro...

Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree And I feel like I'm clingin' to a cloud, I can't understand I get misty, holding your hand. Walk my way And a thousand violins began to play Or it might be the sound of your „hello”, That music I hear. I get...

When my baby moved out and the blues moved in There wasn't nothin' I could do But mosey around with my head in my hands Lord what am I comin' to I just keep Moanin' Moaoanin' the blues. I wrote a nice, long letter Sayin' mama please come home Your dad...

Moonland, a summer's evenin' in June land An old familiar tune land Is Paradise to me My land, a twinkling star filled sky land A simple, peaceful island Across the silver sea Yonder where native lovers wander Lost in eternity Moonland, a summer's evenin' in...

Just the memory of your body next to mine Now you're gone Just the thought of your hair blowin' in the sunshine Now you're gone Just, memories are somethin' I took for granted Just memories I have for you Just memories are left Now I find I miss you I...

Most of the time while I'm here cryin' I think of how nice it would be If we two could be back, dear, again together And forget the troubles that have set us free I think of doin' things but I'd be sorry I'm tryin' to find somebody new I think of lots of thin...

I left my home town Turned a good woman down Even laughed at my own Mother's plea I pushed her aside Even laughed when she cried Now I'm here in this penitentary Now Mother knows best Her love has stood the test The records will prove it, you see But youth's...

Nobody knew where he came from They only knew he came in Slowly he walked to the end of the bar And he ordered up one slug of gin Well, I could see that he wasn't a large man I could tell that he wasn't too tall I judged him to be 'bout five foot three And hi...

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 haven't sight my heart is lonely You're the only star in...

Oh, I built so many temporary bridges That would only hold your love for just a day I can see there's nothin' I can do to hold you But there's one thing you can never take away And you'll go down as my greatest memory Today's the day I always prayed I'd never...

Evening shadows make me blue When each weary day is through How I long to be with you, my happiness Every day I reminisce Dreaming of your tender kiss Always thinking how I miss my happiness A million years it seems Have gone by since we shared our dreams Bu...

When we're alone And you're so near The whole world Seems to dissappear And that makes My happy heart sings The fragrance of The flower there So lovely in Your pretty hand And that makes My happy heart sing The birds in the trees are singing My...

Out of the mist lips I have kissed contantly Out of the west hands I have pressed beckon to me Over the sea waiting for me lonely and blue Somebody sighs somebody cries I love you I love you Drifting in glee drifting it seems back to the shore Where han...

My love is the valley, The breeze as it sighs My love is the mountains That reach to the sky. My love is the valley The rocks and the rills My love is the prairie The low rollin' hills the rollin' hills. The call of the night bird I love every trill There's...

Two drummers they were seated in a grand hotel one day While dining they were chatting in a joking sort of way There came a pretty waitress to bring a tray of food They spoke to her familiarly in a manner that was rude At first she did not notice nor make...

In this troubled world today We're asked to lend a hand Which I will, but first with me Comes my own native land Gladly will I help this world And give all that I can It isn't selfishness but first Comes my own native land Is it right that we should g...

Hands that are strong but wrinkled Doing work that never gets done Hair, that's lost some of the beauty By too many hours in the sun Eyes, that show some disappointment And there's been quite a lot in her life She's the foundation I lean on My woman, my woman...

All the islands are sad cause you're leavin' me The Lord only knows just how lonesome I'll be The days, the nights we shared were so much fun My darlin', my wonderful one My wonderful one, my wonderful one You're sailing out to the sea My wonderful one, my wo...

On an island far away Where the tropic breezes play Waits a dark eyed native girl The sweetest girl in all the world I still miss her more each day And the day I sailed away I recall her last emnrace I see the tear stains on her face I'm going back and find...

Everyone knows about Rudolph Our fleet-footed friend from the north Who lights Santa's way through the darkness As he drives his sleigh back and forth But there's someone else we should mention If we want the whole story told He carried the first gift of...

Never look back, you're decision you've made Never look back, close your eyes, walk away Never look back, hold your head way up high Never look back you never could hide the tears in your eyes Heaven has ended all your sweet dreams are gone You must forg...

Give me lots of elbow room but never tie me down Let me see the mountains over yonder Give me lots of elbow room but never tie me down Let me ride and roam and let me wander Let me see the rivers, let me see the waterfalls Let me ride until I've seen the beau...

Night time on the desert A blanket of blue above Night time on the desert Time to dream of love The light that I'm under is a moon big and pale Somewhere out yonder, a coyote wails Night time on the desert Time to dream of love The light that I'm under is a...

No one will ever know my heart is breaking Although a million teardrops start to flow I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling I'll miss you but no one will ever know I'll tell them we grew tired of each other And realized our dreams could never be I'll e...

I'm at your front door again I'm gonna knock and you're gonna let me in I know the very first words you're gonna say Well, I missed you, honey, while you were away You say it's been lonely here But I don't see no signs of loneliness here Cigarette butts strew...

No tears no regrets it's just goodbye my love Our affair is all over I'm to blame my love I gave my heart and soul and everything is through But if you didn't care then why should I blame you. Your kiss only brought me misery and pain But I swear I will never...

Not so long ago, she cared for me I was young and acted foolishly Broke her heart, caused us to part Once upon a time Unconcerned, I let her slip away In my sorrow, now I curse the day I broke her heart, caused us to part Once upon a time Once upon a...

I watched as he held her and kissed her goodnight Heard every word as I stood out of sight Just like a fool everything he believed Nothing but sweet lies she once told to me Foolhearted boy should I tell what I know Just how she'll win love and then let...

Now is the hour when we must say goodbye Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea While you're away please remember me When you return you'll find me waiting here Now is the hour... 

Oh how I miss you since you went away Oh how I need you more every day I'll be so happy when you're back to stay Oh how I miss you since you sent away I lost my sunshine the day you went away All of my blue skies have turned into gray I'm so heartbroken...

Oh, Regina, do you ever think about me While you're lyin' in your bed Oh Regina, oh Regina Does the one you're lyin' next to Satisfy you like you said I always did Oh Regina, oh Regina While you're makin' love to him Do I ever cross your mind Do you r...

How many roses have faded and died Virginia How many tears since I've walked by your side Virginia Too many moonlights have come and gone Too many sunups and too many sundowns Too many teardrops and too many roses have died I'm like I was sad like the da...

Oh how I miss you since you went away Oh how I need you more every day I'll be so happy when you're back to stay Oh how I miss you since you went away I lost my sunshine the day you went away All of my blue skies have turned into gray I'm so heartbroken...

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 gat...

When you're far away from home When you're blue and all alone There's an old friend, a real friend Who loves and misses you. When you're down to your last dime And there's nothin' left but time There's an old friend, a real friend Who loves and misses you. W...

Old Red was one of the orniest yet I'd seen at the big rodeo He'd bite you and kick you and stomp out your life Old Red had never been rode Meaner than sin, wild as the wind That blew on the Montana plains Old Red was one of the last of its kind And wasn't ab...

Grab your coat and get your hat leave your worries on the doorstep Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street Hear that pitter pat that's the happy sound of my feet Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street I used to walk in the shade wi...

Refr. On the wings of a snow-white dove He sends His pure sweet love A sign from above On the wings of a dove When troubles surround us When evils come The body grows week The spirit grows numb When these things beset us He doesn't forget us He sen...

(Too young to really be in love) (But old enough to cry) Too young to think of marriage You've been told and so have I Too young to really be in love But old enough to cry I know because we both cried When they said we'd have to wait And that we must...

Once upon a time life was lovely I never found time to complain Once upon a time blue skies were mine But now it's beginning to rain I'm so unprepared for the weather Although there's a storm in my heart I'll just ignore the weather, pretend we're together An...

Hey girl, is that a frown on your face You don't look like you belong in this place Why don't you tell me what it is that you've been through 'Cause you're much too pretty to be lookin' like that Tears in your eyes just ain't where it's at Why don't you tell m...

One of these days it's gonna happen And I won't look back when I walk away One of these days I'll leave you sittin' flat It'll happen just like that one of these days One of these days I'll find the courage And I'll be the man that I want to be You'll laugh a...

One Window, Four Walls I once had my freedom and my life before me Was brighter and sweeter than all words could tell But I lost it all for the love of a woman Now I'll spend my life in this cold prison cell Chorus: One window, four walls, and a door...

I looked at the pictures of you and I Taken before your love for me died And I relive the moments when you were mine 'Cause only a picture stops time I live in the present and look at the past I have no future, your love didn't last But I keep your pict...

This is our last goodbye The curtain is descending This is our last goodbye The show has had it's run Now it's ending I was not the star but Mine was an important part I gave all that I could give There was nothin' left to give After I gave my heart This is o...

No use to pretend our Love is at an end What happened to the love That seemed so strong Everything was going smooth No other one for me but you But I won't pretend Our love is at an end Castles fell down at my feet I fell back 'cause I was beat Someone else h...

Over high mountains not too far away Is a valley I'm longin' to see There lives a maiden who wants be mine But her family cares nothin' for me Her Mother knows that her daughter found love In the arms of a poor mountain man Her Father tells her, have no...

One too many times ya made me die inside One too many times ya stripped me of my pride The straw that broke the camel's back broke this heart of mine Cause you overhurt and underloved me one too many times One too many times ya caused my tears to flow An...

The day that we wed, you blessed us and said "May Heaven bestow you Grace" Here in this Holy place We shared our first embrace Our cottage was small, though richer than all The palaces of a King All day, the birds would sing Our hearts were full of Spring Pad...

Well when I come home this morning Was still too dark to see I could tell that baby wasn't sleepin' next to me She's gone and left me Where to, I guess I'll never know I only know her leavin's brought pain and misery to my soul Well a note was on the pi...

I still have the photograph that you sent me I'll treasure it until the day I die My only happiness is your picture It's all you left the day you said goodbye You look so sweet just setting on the table No other photograph could take your place And if i...

Every time it rains it rains pennies from heaven Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven You'll see your share of fortune all over the town Be sure that your umbrella is upside down Traded for a package of sunshine and flowers To have the thing...

Oh, the roses haven't bloomed in People's Valley And the old mill wheel we played on dosen't turn And the brook still calls your name in People's Valley But the mockin' birds won't sing till you return You asked me if I'd wait until I heard from you A year ha...

So quickly time overtakes us And there's so many things left to do I've tried to say what I wanted to say In this song that I've written for you As I stand here tonight From the stage I can see People look back and smile And my mind quickly flies To the time...

Today we start all over We break the tie that binds I don't agree but you think we should part Tho I won't try to stop you I'll follow close behind And pick up tiny pieces of your heart If you believe you love him and want him more than me Then I won't try to...

Tonight is the last time I'll see you So if I hold you a little too tight Please don't blame me Tonight is the last time I'll see you So if I cry a little too much Please don't blame me You want back your old love letters 'Cause we have to part But I'll neve...

Same old stool, same old crowd I sit down, the music's loud It's time for me to sing you're favourite sing So tonight I'll stand in front of you And though they make the spotlight blue While the mike is in my hand My one request is to the band Please d...

You love him I know but I won't let you go I just won't step out of the way Cause you're married to me and I won't set you free Possession is nine tenths of the law so they say I'll keep you as long as I possibly can you were mine before he came our way I...

While drivin' a herd of cattle out in old Nebraska way Headin' east at Broken Bow one hot September day Tryin' to get to Omaha we hoped to find a buyer We never counted in the odds of a western prairie fire A hot south wind was blowin' and the air was get...

I've gained wealth and fame though I'm not satisfied Oh, pray for me, Mother of mine My footsteps have strayed from the straight narrow way Oh, pray for me, Mother of mine As you hear me singing I know you'll be blue But I wrote this song, Mom, especially for...

I feel the fire and I feel the pain The flame of desire is burning again I'm sorry you left and I'm sorry you came 'Cause you came and left me prayin' for rain Ten tons of water just might put out the fire But ten thousand lovers couldn't kill this desir...

Pretend you're happy when you're blue It isn't very hard to do And you'll find happiness without an end Whenever you pretend Remember anyone can dream It's never bad as it may seem The little things you haven't got can be a lot If you would pretend You'll fi...

Too late to be sorry, too late to forget I don't know what's happened to me I know that I'm lonely, I know that I'm left Pretty words make a fool out of me Pretty words, pretty words you spoke such pretty words You spoke pretty words warm and sweet Now...

All night long I tried to sleep but sleep refused to come Cause today I knew I'd either have to fight or run Knowin' if I choose to run my mind would never rest Cause with so much pride I wear this badge upon my vest Folks are filled with fear because the...

Private Wilson White, America is proud tonight Proud to claim you for their hero, Private White On a battlefield one day in a land so far away Mid the rattle of machine guns in the dawn's first golden light Twenty men lay close to death, nineteen of them...

Little by little, step by step Slowly but surely we fell in love How did it happen, it's easy to see We didn't rush things ,we loved progressively First came a smile and then we held hands Much later came the kiss If you'll just take your time If you search t...

Put a little rainbow in your pocket Put a little starlight in your eyes Sunshine in your walk, your talk And soon you'll realize Happiness is made of rainbows Dreams come from the stars above Smiles are made of sunshine And hearts are made for love (L...

Gather 'round cowboys I'll tell you a tale A story that's hard to be told Of a trick ridin' cowgril we loved and we called The queen of the big rodeo Wherever she went she was always acclaimed As the greatest of trick ridin' girls Perfection and beauty were h...

When quiet shadows of night surround me I pray for your safe return And though our parting seems to confound me There are some things I have learned How sweet your smile can be when it is meant for me Your understanding way brightens my every day Each night I...

Have you ever find yourself out chasin' rainbows When that pot of gold was right there in your arms Have you ever take the one you love for granted To try and win another's charms I've been blinded by the color of the rainbow I've been steppin' over doll...

How green are the valleys how tall are the trees How cool are the rivers how soft is the breeze If it's just like my dreams then I must go and see For the Red Hills of Utah are calling me So long I have waited since I was a child Merely the thought keeps...

From this valley they say you are leaving We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For you take with you all of the sunshine That has brighten our pathway a while Then come, sit by my side if you love me Do not hasten to bid me adieu Just remember...

If he wants to know her lips and touch of her fingertips I touched them before refer him to me The loveliness of her face to warm her in his embrace I held her before refer him to me The dreams that were ours to share when she was here I'm helpless beyond...

I got a letter from my baby Came in the mail yesterday She had an awful lot on her mind She had an awful lot to say Well, she treated me like an old, old friend Just like a used to be Well, I know by heart the words she wrote to me Oh yeah, well, well She sa...

Restless cattle, stop your millin' round It's time to go to sleep While I tell you bout some secrets This poor cowboy has to keep You won't understand, but still I'd like To get it off my chest Restless cattle, now it's time to get some rest. If I show you wh...

She always laughs the loudest and she seems so satisfied She's the centre of attraction to all the world outside You can't see the anguish and the hurt she tries to hide For she reveals her tortured soul when you look into her eyes But she's not livin', sh...

Return to me Oh my dear I'm so lonely Hurry back hurry back Oh my love hurry back I'm yours Return to me For my heart wants you only Hurry home hurry home Won't you please hurry home to my heart My darling if I hurt you I'm sorry Forgive me and pleas...

Ribbon of darkness over me Since my true love walked out the door Tears I never had before Ribbon of darkness over me Clouds are gathering over my head That kill the day and hide the sun That shroud the night when day is done Ribbon of darkness over me...

Rich man, rich man got all the good land Ain't nothin' left but bad land for the poor man Rich man's money, rich man's school Did they make the poor man, rich man's fool Rich man, rich man never have dirty hands Never hold a plow that's turnin' his land...

Ride, cowboy, ride Don't ride too slow Tucson's a mighty long way yet to go He started his long ride in Prescott The sun was a hundred or more On down he rode at full gallop Into the flat desert floor Driving the big herd to Flagstaff In Prescott the letter...

When evening chores are over At our ranch house on the plains And all I've got to do is lay around I saddle up my pony and go ridin' down the trail To watch the desert sun go down Ridin' down the canyon To watch the sun go down A picture that no artist 'ere c...

My rose of old Pawnee, a flower of the dawn Blooming tenderly, her memory still lingers on My angel of the night, a moonlit reveree A star of love so bright shines on my rose of old Pawnee Sweet are the dreams that I hold in my heart As I go wandering al...

Well, I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around Whenever I need my deck of cards I lay my money down I lay my money down I lay my money down I had not been in Washington many more days than three When I fell in love with a pretty little girl And she fell...

I said hello to the man that tried to win your hand A long time ago. I tried to smile as he talked of the days When he was your beau, But I could see he was a-shamin' me When he talked of his wealth and fame -- Ruby Ann took the hand of this poor, poor man, A...

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 it You would even say it glows All of the oth...

I rode out of Kansas City, going south to Mexico I was running dodging danger,left the girl that I loved so Far behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learned Many times I sold my fast gun f...

They call me a drifter, they say I'm no good I'll never amount to a thing Well I may be a drifter and I may be no good There's joy in this song that I sing. Saddle tramp, saddle tramp I'm as free as the breeze and I ride where I please Saddle tramp, saddle tr...

North of the border of Old Mexico I rode one day to the cowtown of San Angelo A hot sun was glowing, a hot breeze was blowing Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss She sent a message a long time ago Secora had promised to meet me in San Angelo I...

Lonely little San Francisco teardrops Mixed with lonely San Francisco raindrops Frantically I try to find the way to say What I feel in my heart As I drive as slowly as I can up To the ramp that says depart Pride has closed my lips and I suppose That I...

Well, you better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm tellin' you why Santa Claus is comin' to town He's makin' a list, Checkin' it twice; Gonna find out who's naughty or nice. Santa Claus is comin' to town He knows when you are sleepin' He k...

The sea and me kees lonely company The tides have come and gone just like your love for me The tradewinds say that you'll come back someday I think there's solitude they held take you away Gone are the moments on dark sandy beaches Where we get our secre...

Memories come floodin' back through a veil of tears But I've been almost happy for just the past two years The word's out that she's come back and the thought makes me tremble It took two years to forget her and just seconds to remember Seconds to remembe...

The leaves of brown came tumbling 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 sing a sweet refrain Though spring is here to...

From the little you write me I guess that you're doin' fine I suppose you're too busy To remember I'm here doin' time I doubt if you're lonely I doubt if you've cried any tears I doubt if you do any thinkin' about me While I'm doin' seventeen years If you cou...

On a long lonesome journey I'm going Throw your arms 'round my neck and don't cry Though in shackles and chains they will take me To a prison to stay til I die And at night through the bars I will gaze at the stars And long for your sweet kiss in vain A...

Go ahead and call her if you want to She and I aren't tied by any vow Just do as you please if it puts your mind at ease She means nothin' to me now I confess that she used to be my baby But we just couldn't get along, somehow So go on and make your cal...

Just because I ask 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'ry of her lingers ev'rywhere Just because I'm not the...

She was only seventeen and he was one year more She loved him with all her heart, and he the girl adored But all their friends believed they were too young to know the score Cause she was only seventeen and he was one year more Are they old enough to know...

She was young and she was pretty She was warm and tender too She was all a man could ask for But her heart could not be true No, her heart could not be true Eyes that sparkle just like diamonds Lips as fresh as morning dew She was young and she was...

She's just a drifter and she drifts from town to town She's never been branded and she's never been tied down She drifts for a while then she might drift back to town And somethin' keeps callin' she has to move on to new ground Wild as a prairie wind warm...

Well I'm just a man, I'm weak in some ways Sometimes I find it hard to find the strength To make it through the day But I've got a woman who carries me on She gives me part of her faith When all of my faith is gone She's made of faith She's taller than...

Sometimes late at night I wake up dreamin' I reach and feel for her, she's too good to be true And then I touch the sleepin' softness of my woman And, half asleep, she turns to whisper, I love you Yes, she's too good to be true but she is And in my arms...

How long did you think you could go on hurting me And I'd be your fool and wait at home alone You go out and I have your fun like you are free Tonight I'll have some pleasures of my own Cause the shoe goes on the other foot tonight We'll find out if two...

Well I been a-ridin' shotgun on the Houston-Dallas stage I got me a sawed-off hogleg, twenty is the number guage I'd shoot anybody that would try to stop this ride A lot of outlaws tried it, a lot of outlaws died Shotgun rider, Shotgun rider, Shotgun rider, S...

I just wanted to write you a love song To say I'll always love you An easy for lovin', mellow love song One you can put the music to I just wanted to write a love song To the woman that made me feel this strong And I just wanted to do somethin' special So I w...

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

Well I never felt more like singing the blues Cause 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 and nothing ain't right Without you you got me singing th...

Sittin' in a tree house Me and my baby Up where the whipporills nest all day We cuddle all night (in a tree house) (in a tree house) Kissin' lots of kisses Me and my baby Ask any whipporill and he'll say We're doin' alright (in a tree house) (in...

Sixteen weeks ago tonight I let you walk away I threw a kiss and smiled as you walked out the door But I've done some thinkin', lately, and I find That it isn't half as funny as before Sixteen weeks ago tonight I really played a fool Made a big mistake, but e...

Day in, day out you're the one I think about Can't erase your sweet face from my mind It's true, so true I'm still in love with only you Wonder if I ever cross your mind Every day is Blue Monday to live without you And the bittersweet memories keep me fe...

Well it's not how ya walk When you walk away And it's not how ya talk It's in what ya say I'd open my eyes Oh, but I don't want to see I don't wanna realize You're slippin' from me It's not in your touch It's not there anymore And it's not in your k...

I guess I'll take a walk tonight I know that I can't sleep And I won't go to bed at all I'll just lay there and weep Instead, I'll make our favorite spot That's what I think I'll do I got those smokin' cigarettes And drinkin' coffee blues Smokin' cigarettes A...

You say it's over, you say that you're through, It was a long, long time ago, he means nothing to you. Oh, but I see it in your................. Admitt it, Darling, some memories just won't die. (Chorus) And some memories just won't die, some feelings...

Sometime I'm tempted by big brown eyes Sometime I'm tempted to cheat and lie Sometime I'm tempted but won't give in Old mister Devil ain't gonna win 'Cause when I see him walkin' down the avenue I think of all the things that other folks might do Then I...

You ask me if I love you And I choke on my reply I'd rather hurt you honestly Than mislead you with a lie For who am I to judge you In what you say or do I'm only just beginning To see the real you And sometimes when we touch The honesty's too much And I hav...

Long long ago in old Wyoming lived a maid Fair as the sweetest flower bloomin' in the shade She loved a bandit bold who roamed the prairie o'er And every night she'd listen for his call Then far the west his voice came ringing ridin' wild horse he came sin...

Islands of Hawaii where skies are blue are calling me Ebony air and golden moonlight caress the way beyond of Waikiki Valleys with their rainbows your mountain's green as the deep blue sea Your frangrant flowers and dreamy music you nigh and sing along Aloh...

If you've ever spent a night, your mind in torture With your thoughts so disarranged you couldn't sleep Then you wish that you could sort out all your memories And set aside just the ones you wanna keep I have learned how to sort out my memories And the ones...

(Ay-ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay-ay!) (Ay-ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay-ay!) South of the border, down Mexico way, That's where I fell in love When stars above came out to play, And now as they wander, my thoughts ever stray South of the border, down Mexico way. And she s...

At the station house one day Was a lady old and gray I could tell her heart was feelin' sad and low With a teardrop in her eye she was tryin' not to cry I determined then her story I would know I ventured a word Then a sad, sad tale I heard Of a mother who ha...

This my friends is an old Spanish lullaby And it's been handed down from generation to generation And in it a father is singing to his baby son And he's telling him close your eyes little one and sleep And dream while the angels watch over you I will hold...

(bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom) (bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom) (bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom) (bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom) Come my love with me (bom-bom) Take me by the hand (bom-bom) And we soon will be (bom-bom) In a magic land (bom-bom) Heaven...

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a young cowboy wrapped all in white linen Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Sing the dead march as you carry me along...

Summertime and the livin' is easy (Summertime) Fish are jumpin', the cotton grows high Your Daddy's rich and your Mammy's good lookin' Oh, hush, little baby don't you cry One of these mornins you're gonna wake up singin' (Summertime) You're gonna spread your...

Love with its wings flies far beyond my reach Love hear my call fly closer I beseach Oh fly to me sweet bird of Paradise Don't let me be life's empty sacrifice Why must you be always a mystery Oh fly to me sweet bird of Paradise [ vibes ] Love with its...

Well, I've been on that road for thirty days My head's been spinnin' around I've been livin' up in a daze I can't help it if I love it (can't help it) Lord, you know it's in my veins (yeah) Well, that sweet country music's Gonna drive my blues away (drive my b...

Sweet Leilani, heavenly flower Nature fashioned roses kissed with dew And then she placed them in a flower And that was the start of you Sweet Leilani, heavenly flower Tropic skies are jealous as they shine I think they're jealous of your blue eyes I think th...

This big city I don't like, it don't like me Why did I board that sailing ship on Tahiti I ask man in uniform which way your place I show people picture of your pretty face City girl with golden curl, now where are you (where are you) Tahitian boy follow like...

Take me out of this prison Back to the clear blue sky Take me back to the part where this cowboy's heart Want's to live till I die Take me back to the prairie Away from these cold prison bars By a campfire's gleam let me lie there and dream Under a bla...

A tall handsome stranger rode into town With fire in his eyes burning red as sundown His boots were all dusty, his coat open wide Six ways of dying hung low on his side He went in the town hall asking for me They told him that I was still town deputy I sent h...

You'll never know I cried When I found out that you'd lied So, I'll keep riding, hiding teardrops in my heart A cowboy can't reveal a broken heart Until he's all alone Some place unknown, to play the part Tho' I'm pretending that I don't care To be wit...

Mom says we're too young for love, Dad agrees it's so But the joy and bliss that I find in your kiss Is a thrill they'll never, never know Oh-oh, They say our love is a teenage dream That young love can't be true But come what may we will hope and pray T...

You're askin' me if I'd like to come back again When I know each time you never let me win Before we start you break my heart in two Well baby thanks but no thanks thanks to you You make your plans before we've ever started You always end up leaving me a...

I saw you last night and got that old feeling When you came in sight I got that old feeling The moment that you danced by I felt a thrill And when you caught my eye my heart stood still Once again I seem to feel that old yearning And I knew the spark of love...

In a vine-covered shack in the mountains Bravely fighting the battle of time Is a dear one who's weathered life's sorrows It's that silver haired daddy of mine If I could recall all the heartaches Dear old daddy, I've caused you to bear If I could erase...

Dearest baby, Let me thank you for bein' a friend of mine While you're readin' these words I'll be gone like a bird in the winter time But I'm takin' with me all the Sweet, sweet memories we made as my souvineers It's a shame that the laughter Didn't outweigh...

If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound Nothing to eat, no books to read Making love with you has left me peaceful, warm and tired What more could I ask, there's nothing left to...

Well the sun's settin' on the veranda As the ceilin' fan stirs the air I pour me another a-what I've been drinkin' Sit back in my wicker chair She's still in that big house in Houston Where we tried to find happiness Somehow I know she would not understand it...

Bill Thaxton was an ex-ranger One of the bravest by far It's said that old Bill was the fastest man ever To pin on a ranger's star Stories about him were legends Bill was the best of the bold Bad men all feared him way back in his day But he was now gro...

Last night I heard a record playin' On the radio, as I walked through the door And the song revived some sweet old memories 'Cause I knew I've heard the tune somewhere before I stopped a moment and I listened And then I finally realized That you were he...

When things get rough from day to day for your man And it's a struggle just to see the long day through Knowing you will be waiting keeps me going, anticipating The night with you and the touch of your soft hands Because the best part of livin' is lovin'...

The city streets are friendless and cold I walk them mile after mile I'm a country boy a-singin' the blues The blues, country style. Nobody stops to tell me hello Not even one friendly smile I'm a country boy alone with the blues The blues, country style. On...

All night long I tried, but couldn't sleep Tried to be a man, tried not to weep Now, I hear the turning of the key Silently, the guard motions to me Now, I realize the end is near And I find I can't control my fear As I pass the guard, I start to cry A...

Three years ago she left me in the valley Said, the city life was what she wanted more She said, life in the valley was to simple Excitement was what she wanted more She said, she'd be important in the city Didn't she know how important she was here For three...

Within my prison cell so dreary I sit alone with achin' heart I'm dreamin' of my little darlin' From her forever, I must part The rose she sent me as a token She sent it just to lighten my gloom And tell me that her heart was broken And cheer me before I meet...

When I was a young man beginnin' my teens How well I remember the lickin's I'd get cause I'd dream My work never finished, barely begun I couldn't get started till all of my dreamin' was done I wouldn't shuck cotton', I wouldn't chop wood And Pa would wh...

It's not easy to forget all the heartaches And the sad songs I have known in the past Lord, I've heard a line of songs, the kind of songs That make you want to sing along, but they just don't last When I started singin' with the lovin' that you're bringin'...

Written:Guy Smith 1.What a beautiful thought I am thinking Concerning a great speckled bird Remember her name is recorded On the pages of God's Holy Word. 2. All the other birds are flocking 'round her She is despised by the squad But the great speck...

A time to be reapin'a time to be sowin' 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 to be livin', a time to be laughin' A time to be dreamin' a dre...

The hands you're holdin' now, if you remember Are the very hands that gave you you're first rose They're reachin' out for one last dyin' ember In the ashes of the love that's lost it's glow But if you don't want me I won't try to keep you But there's jus...

The fire is burnin' soft and low There's somethin' special in it's glow It's the joy of Christmas Carols humming in the air Happy feelin's everywhere It's the joy of Christmas People seem much friendlier This time of year And hearts are growing merrier...

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend What have I done that has made you so distant and cold Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again And will you be happy when you are withered and old I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine I c...

Dear Warden wrote a mother, how much longer must I wait Before you send my boy back home to me She little knew the angels had unlocked the prison gates And the one she loved had already been set free The Warden read the letter and then he sadly cried As with...

I see a candlelight down in the little green valley Where Morning Glory vines are twining 'round my door Oh, how I wish I were there again Down in the little green valley That's where my homesick heart will trouble me no more. There's only one thing ever give...

On the ranch there's a lonely old bunkhouse Since all the old timers have gone To a ranch with a much better bunkhouse That you hear about only in song Where each bunk has a soft feather pillow There are soft downy rugs on the floor In the yard there are gree...

When I was but a young man I was wild and full of fire A youth within my teens, but full of challenge and desire I ran away from home and left my mother and my dad I know it grieved them so to think their only boy was bad I fell in with an outlaw band, their...

Tonight a hand has touched me, was the Master I thought that in this world it couldn't be My heart, it paused a moment then beat faster In the chapel as he gave her love to me Tonight a hand has touched me, was the Master In fondest dreams I knew it couldn't...

Today was to be a day of fun and fiesta The wedding day of Juan and lovely Vanessa Inside the chapel only the padre remains Everyone waited but Vanessa she never came. Oh, only sorrow at the mission in Guadalajara No fiesta, no laughing, no singing No wedding...

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 me All...

Now is the hour when we must say goodbye Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea While you're away oh, then, remember me When you return you'll find me waiting here Sunset glow fades in the west Night o'er the valley is creeping Birds cuddle down in their n...

The outlaws are commin' (commin', commin') A harder ridin' bunch of outlaws no one ever saw I don't recall the lawman that could match or beat the draw The rode the west, they fought the best The never lost a fight They did their hidin' in the daytime Ri...

So quickly time overtakes us And there's so many things left to do I've tried to say what I wanted to say In this song that I've written for you As I stand here tonight From the stage I can see People look back and smile And my mind quickly flies To the time...

Oh I'm sad and I'm lonely for my darlin' And I weep like I never did before For she's far away from me and I'm dreary as can be For I'll never see my darlin' anymore Oh, I'd meet her each evenin' in the moonlight And we'd wander together by the shore So...

The same two lips that once told me they loved me Are the same two lips that now tell me goodbye And the same two hands that once held mine so tightly Are the same two hands that now push me aside The same two eyes that looked at me so fondly Are the sam...

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

I was hangin' 'round town, just spendin' my time Out of a job, not earnin' a dime A feller steps up and he said, "I suppose You're a bronc fighter from looks of your clothes." "You figures me right, I'm a good one." I claim "Do you happen to have any bad ones...

He's a giver and he'll give her the kind Of attention that she's never known He's a helper and he'll help her to Open the doors that she can't on her own He's a lover and he'll love her in ways That she never has been loved before He's a getter and he'll get h...

I've heard it said, what you don't know Won't make you blue But somehow with these words I can't agree 'Cause it's not the things I know you do That breaks my heart, you see It's the things that I don't know that's killin' me I don't see you when you meet him...

You were there in my arms, alone in the moonlight The trees played the waltz of the wind It was there that I knew I'd love you forever As we danced to the waltz of the wind. The stars up above you, looked down in your eyes And told me the night would nev...

I'd give anything to feel again The warmness of your body close to mine Like the foggy dew that drifts away A love we knew drifted away with time I'd give anything to feel again The warmness of your face upon my chest Lord, I'd love to hear you whisper,...

There's someone in my arms who really needs me And she dosen't turn from me the way you do She's not you and I know that she can't be But she's needin' me the way I'm needin' you She's needin' me the way I'm needin' you Like me she dosen't know quite what to...

Why did you have to care about me And make your plans for just we two Well, my heart's now pledged to another How can I ever have just you This is the way of a hopeless love Hopeless, dear, for you and me I cannot hurt the one I'm pledged to That's why I neve...

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh-ooh The winds are set today Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh-ooh Since you went away There is no gladness Since there's no you The winds go Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh How very strange that I Find comfort when I lie And tell my heart that she Belon...

The days of my youth I remember so well We lived in a world all our own Nobody cared where my money came from If I had it I wasn't alone Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine How they all loved me back then But here in my prison I'm sitting alone...

I wake up in the mornin', and the birds are singin' love songs in the distance And the first ray of sunshine, overcomes my window panes resistance As I lay there for a minute, til that sleep slowly clear from my head I thank the Lord for birds that sing, sunsh...

One cold winter's night not a star was in sight Then the North wind came howling down the line With his sweetheart so dear stood a brave engineer With his orders to pull old Number Nine. She kissed him goodbye with a tear in her eye And the joy in his heart h...

I saw you last night, again, darlin' And you seemed just as lovely to me I watched as you danced with a stranger And you seemed just as happy as he I watched as you danced with a stranger And since you seemed happy and gay I watched thru a mist in my ey...

Would you be free from your burden of sin There's power in the blood power in the blood Would you o'er evil a victory win There's wonderfull power in the blood There is power power wonder working power in the blood of the lamb There is power power wonder...

There's no more you and me There's just a memory A sometimes, now and then, Is all we shared He's still a part of you Wish I had the power to Give back the smile to me He took away And then there could be Another you and me Maybe then your eyes woul...

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 Well, I know love is blind still I can see My love for her means sweet misery There's no wings on my angel But she's still an angel...

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares There is one who's smiling face the Gods would see Cause she'll walk along beside me up those golden stairs Oh they'll never never take her love from me I thought I'd make her happy if I'd step aside...

When I hear the rain a comin' down it makes me sad and blue Was on a rainy night like this that Flo said we were through. I told her how I loved her, and I begged her not to go But another man had changed her mind so I said goodbye to Flo. Alone within my cel...

Pictures for my souvineers Old love letters stained with tears Memories of someone I cannot forget Though the love we shared is gone Sweetest dreams still linger on And I still love you just the same as when we met Someone else took you away Even though I pra...

Janet, I believe that it's about time that We stopped to talk things over There's a lot of things about life Janet, you're too young to understand You think life with me is like a field of clover I can satisfy you now but I won't Always be this much a ma...

I'm just a poor cowboy singin' his song No money to jingle as I ride along I'm rejected by men but accepted above I belong in this valley on this peaceful sod Let me ride from the mountains to the dark rolling sea I'm broke but I'm wealthy because I am free...

If you're among those with a sad lonely heart You're just getting over a world torn apart If the only one you wanted says she dosen't want you This song's especially for you This song has meaning for those who've loved and lost This song is special to the one...

We talked about the weather And we talked about the kids We mentioned the good times we've had The events of the day in their glorious array Hardly a moment's been bad There were three little words I was waiting to hear I love you, I love you, my dear Reassur...

Tie your dreams to mine See how high we can climb Together, we can rise above it all One step at a time Leave the world behind If you'll tie your dreams to mine If we spend our lives tryin' to make it on our own Our dreams are bound to come undone Whe...

I passed you on the street today And as your eyes met mine I saw somethin' and it took me by surprise For the first time in a long time I didn't break and cry 'Cause today I finally saw me in your eyes I've kept from goin' crazy With this little thread of hop...

Alone here at home while you're free to run and roam There's no use in tryin' to make my dreams come true You have always lied to me, my darlin' I can't see Any reason for my stayin' here alone I never start our quarrels and I never rush off mad I'm the one t...

Time may heal the pain in my heart But time can't make me forget Time may hide the tears in my eyes But time can't make me forget The way you smiled and laughed with me The way you'd speak so tenderly And wedding bells, I hear them yet No, time cannot make me...

Time goes by and I still love you Place no one on earth above you Time goes by and still I haven't changed Time goes by and I still miss you Wanna hold you close and kiss you Time goes by and still I haven't changed You told me to forget you And find s...

Times have changed You're not the same as you used to be Times have changed And now you say that you're through with me Where once I knew a love with you so close in every way But now we're as far apart as night and day Times have changed The world has gained...

Some people say that she's really no good Others have said she drinks more than she should And that it's hopeless and really no good To be in love with her She got the worst of a careless romance Love's little arrow was more like a lance But still I'm h...

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 For me there's you. Two lips must insist and two more to be kissed Or they'll never know what love can do To each his own to each his own For m...

I would walk out on my friends to get to you If I lose them all for your love I would do that too Friends mean well when they tell me what to do But they don't know how far I'd go just to get to you Burnin' bridges behind me to get to you Breakin' all ti...

It isn't just the way you smile that warms my heart And sends those shivers through my fingertips But everytime I look at you I'm all aglow To know you chosen me to share your hips. It isn't just the way you speak that thrills me so It haunts darling even whe...

If I could hold back tomorrow I wouldn't be greivin' You wouldn't be leavin' me with this sorrow But you're leavin' tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow If I could hold back the nightfall Keep the sun in the sky I know that I would never be lonely But you're l...

Carmen..Carmen...Carmen... Tonight I am aching, my body is shaking Tonight Carmen's coming back home Tonight there'll be no room for tears in my bedroom Tonight Carmen's coming back home. Tonight as I stand here I notice my hand here Is trembling as ne...

If I could stay away Then I could break away I've lost control somehow I'm too far gone I'm at my all time low Don't know which way to go Can't get you off my mind I'm too far gone I've tried to tell myself that I don't want you But it's nothin' mor...

Things have changed a lot since first we met Still recall the gingham dress you wore The lovely night I'm tryin' to forget Too late now to worry anymore Those simple vows we made were not to be You'll never love me as you did before Your tender smile no...

Now there's too many places, too many faces Too many things to make me blue Too many places, too many faces bring me Too many memories of you You played around with my heart I was a loser from the start 'Cause I didn't know the right things to do Yes, I knew...

They try to tell us we're too young Too young to really be in love They say that love's a word A word we've only heard And can't begin to know the meaning of And yet, we're not too young to know This love will last tho' years may go And then, some day, they m...

Touch me with magic Baby, your love's fantastic Touch me with magic tonight Touch me with starshine Take me above the sunshine Touch me with magic tonight I've been a-waitin' Such a long, long time Ya got so much magic, baby Gimme some of your magic, baby Gi...

All through the day in the saddle I sway Visions grow as I go trail dreamin' I see a home on a blue mountain dome Love inlaid that I made trail dreamin' There's a rainbow trail that's lined with stars That leads to a gate with moving bars And it's welco...

[This is for you] Ooh she may be weary And them young girls they do get weary Wearing that same old shaggy dress But when they get weary [You gotta] try a little tenderness [Tell you, might not believe it, but] You know she's waiting Just anticipating The thi...

See then tumbling down Pledging their love to the ground Lonely but free I'll be found Drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweed I'm a rovin' cowboy ridin' all day long Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song Nights underneath the prairie moon I'll ride...

Turn the lights down low let your feelings go Now's the time when dreams come driftin' in Turn the Hi-Fi on play that certain song One that brings the memories back again Things that might have been If you kept our love closer to your heart Safe from other li...

Drivin' a race car is my way of makin' a livin' My way of puttin' the bread on the table at home I'm gettin' back about half as much as I'm givin' And I couldn't make it without a good woman at home First Place could be just a dream, but I'm gonna chase it Fi...

My friends call me Two Gun I answer when they call My friends call me Two Gun I answer when they call I got one in my boot top, one in my overalls (Yodel) Well, I rode me some freight trains, I've rode me some aeroplanes I've rode some freight trains, I've ro...

Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch A long, lonely time And time goes by so slowly And time can do so much Are you still mine? I need your love, I need your love God speed your love to me Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea T...

(Goodbye my love, goodbye my love) This is goodbye, my love Try not to cry, my love Kiss me and miss me, love Until we meet again No lips will touch my own Each night I walk alone This kiss will be my last Until we meet again (Till we meet again) From taps...

Up in the air when you're with me Down in the dumps when you're gone You're out of sight, my day becomes night Everything seems to go wrong I'm like a child when you're with me Emotions I cannot contain You walk beside me, happiness drives me Everthing...

Well you don't want my lovin' but in case you do (in case you do) You don't want my huggin' but in case you do (you do) Let me tell you where I'll be just in case you yoz come a lookin' for me I don't expect you to get blue but just in case you do I'll be...

Urgently needed in my emergency Someone to mend a broken heart That heart belongs to me Urgently needed someone to rescue me Won't someone save a lonely man From heartache's misery I've been the victim of a hit and run affair Run over by a careless love Who n...

And now my friends you've asked me what makes me sad and still And why my brow is darkened like the clouds upon the hill Run in your ponies closer and I'll tell to you my tale Of Utah Carol my partner and his last ride on the trail We rode the range together...

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the green and flowin' mountains To the south lands by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome known quite well by all She's a combination called Wabash Cannonball Well' she came down from Birmingha...

Wagon wheels (rollin', rollin', rollin')wagon wheels Keep on a-turnin' (turnin') wagon wheels Roll along (rollin', rollin', rollin') sing your song Carry me over the hill (carry me over the hill) Roll on mule, there's a steamer at the landin' Waitin' for...

Wait a little longer, please Jesus There are so many wanderin' out in sin Just a little longer, please Jesus A few more days to get our loved ones in Here the labor is so hard and the workers are so few We find we're gettin' ready for a rest And then we find...

She will be waiting in Reno with love warm and tender She loves and wants me and her love to me she'll surrender This girl with the black eyes and skin touched by hot winds and sunshine Will be waiting in Reno tonight and this is the night she'll be mine W...

What's that around your head, is it a halo? And what's that on your shoulders, is it wings? You must be a walkin' piece of heaven or is it love that makes me see these things. Around you is a light that keeps on glowin'. When you speak do I hear angels s...

[ yodel ] A lonely spot I know where no man may go where the shadows have all the room I was ridin' free on this old SP hummin' a southern tune When a man came along made me hush my song kicked me off way out there [ yodel ] As she was passin' by I caught...

La-da-da-da La-da-da-da La-da-da-da We're not in love We haven't had the time to fall Just a few stolen moments And that is all To fall in love Would complicate our lives, you know We're not in love But we're gettin' mighty close We're gettin' close When I c...

I have the invitation that you sent me You wanted me to see you change your name I couldn't stand to see you with another But dear, I hope you're happy just the same. Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel That should be ringing out for you and me Down the a...

(Content we'll be if we will choose his way) What God has done is not a hidden secret Our eyes behold his glory day by day Our hearts may feel his presence close beside us Content we'll be if we will choose his way Great are the words of God the great creato...

Do you mean what you say You're still leavin' today There's no feelin' inside Where love used to live Packin' bags and goodbyes With no tears in your eyes You must know in your heart What that's doin' to me Butwhat if I said I loved you Would it make any diff...

Today you tell me we are through That you no longer can be true You've no right to be unkind Darlin', what made you change your mind It seems like only yesterday I love you true, I'd hear you say Now you're leavin' me behind Darlin', what made you chan...

When I'm gone will you forget me Will you find somebody new When I'm gone will you forget me Darlin', as you often do When I'm gone will you forget me Will you look for someone new Will some other arms enfold you Just the way mine used to do Will there be no...

When the roll is called up yonder when the roll is called up yonder When the roll is called up yonder When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time will be no more And the morning breaks eternal bright a...

Combined versions from Norman Blake and Doc Watson A group of jolly cowboys discussing plans at ease Said one I'll tell you something, boys, if you will listen, please I am an old cow puncher and here I'm dressed in rags I used to be a tough one and go on...

Where is the sun that used to shine above Where is the moon that used to glow with love Where are the stars that used to brightly shine When your love was mine Where are the dreams that made my life worthwhile My world is cold without the warmth of your smile...

How long will it be 'til I see my baby This waitin' here is drivin' me crazy Where d'ya go, when are ya commin' back I treated ya good like a good man should Oh, ya left me here, that ain't good, oh Where d'ya go, when are ya commin' back Commin' back...

While you're dancin' I'll just sit here at this lonely table While you're laughin' I'll try to force a smile as long as I'm able While you're clingin' to them I'll keep clingin' to the past Gettin' sicker inside While the lonely minutes pass Oh, the nights nev...

A white sport coat and a pink carnation I'm all dressed up for the dance A white sport coat and a pink carnation I'm all alone in romance Once you told me long ago to the Prom with me you'd go Now you've changed your mind it seems someone else will hold my...

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 Thy calling I will abide with Thee Lonely without he standing lonely within am I W...

You only want me 'round When someone turns you down You always think of me As just a friend in need I wish you were my own But still I'm all alone So why keep wishin' When I know that you don't care Each time your new love strays I think you're back...

I was standing by my window On a cold cold cloudy day When I saw that hearse come rolling For to carry my mother away Will the circle be unbroken By and by Lord by and by There's a better home awaiting In the sky Lord in the sky I said Mister Undertaker...

It's rainin' and my windows are cryin' You're out somewhere and I sit here dyin' Only your memories remain Even windows have pains 'cause they cry when it rains Keep hopin, my heart says keep hopin' Your future won't always be the same Oh, but the teardrops t...

With his hand on my shoulder I sail this sea of sin With his hand on my shoulder I cannot help but win I'll follow as he pilots me through waters dark and cold With His hand on my shoulder I know I'll reach my goal My every hope is anchored to the faith I...

(Without you to love) There would be no moon above No water in the sea Without you to love Without you to love There would be no stars at night And nothin' would turn out right Without you to love I could live without a heartbeat Never take a breath...

I know that I've took much more than I gave But now I confess, what more can I do What more can I say I know we could live If you would forgive I'm so sorry, dear, for things I have done But if you leave me now, then who'll be to blame You'll be the on...

I've seen the earth from a big jet-liner And I've crossed an ocean or two I gambled and lost then stumbled across The wonderful world of you I found the wonderful world of you Miracles happen and daydreams come true Now that I'm here nothing else will d...

I get up every mornin' and start my daily routine Sweep away old memories, brush away old broken dreams Oh, I must carry on 'cause what's left of my future's at stake I'm not doin' too well workin' my way through a heartache I'm workin' my way, workin' my...

Worried, yes I'm worried Because she just told me goodbye Tell me what on earth am I to do Worried, yes I'm worried Because she just walked out on me Worried, disapointed, sad and blue I feel just like I wanna die I know I've got a right to cry Lovin' her is...

One too many times you left me lonely Our love to you was take and never give You destroyed the world that I had built around you And left me without a world in which to live Would you take me back again If I had done these things to you If I'd made you live...

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday. Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be There is a shadow hanging over me Yesterday came suddenly. Why she had to go I don't know, she wou...

Roses, pressed in a bible Bring wonderful memories of you Roses, withered and faded The same as the love we once knew Yesterday's roses covered with teardrops Yesterday's teardrops sparkle like dew I'll always treasure yesterday's roses Tellin' a story that n...

You belong to my heart Now and forever And our love had its start Not long ago, We were gathering stars while a million guitars played our love song; When I said "I love you", ev'ry beat of my heart said it too. 'Twas a moment like this Do you remember...

Don't be nice to me Just because I'm you used to be Forget me You don't owe me a thing My heart is cryin' now But it will laugh again, somehow Forget me You don't owe me a thing You lend your heart, you never give I guess I should have known These...

I told myself there's no harm in just bein' friends She belongs to another but it won't hurt to see her again Now she's here in my arms and I'm tryin' to pretend it's not wrong You don't really know how far you can go till you're already gone Don't take n...

You gotta climb to scale the mountain You gotta climb to reach the top You gotta climb to see the splendor You gotta climb climb climb don't you stop Well the path is steep it leads upward the way is rough narrow too But every step brings you higher until tha...

You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't wanna do it You made me love you and all the time you knew it I guess you always knew it You made me happy sometimes you made me glad But there were times when you made me feel so bad You made me sigh cau...

You only want me when you're lonely When no one else wants you, it seems And even though you call me darlin' I know I'm never in your dreams I'm just someone you always turn to Each time your new love turns you down You only want me when you're lonely When th...

You say it's over for us I'm broken hearted Should find a new love and forget all about you Should find someone who would be honest and faithful to me Someone who'd love me and never leave me blue A friend tried to tell me this was happenin' That someone was...

You didn't have to have your friends to tell me That the love she once had for me is gone They say she's yours and for a while she will be You've got her now but you won't have her long Don't talk too loud her love is immitation Don't walk too proud for soon...

Heaven must have heard my prayer darling And sent you down to my world You brought me peace and love when I was lonely You're an angel disguised as a girl You are everything I prayed for Sweet and true to me is what you are One like you could only come...

You're breakin' my heart while you're holding my hand You're crushin' the life from my soul My castles have tumbled, you've shattered my dreams Now you're breakin' a heart made of gold You don't have to tell me that our love's at an end You're tryin' to...

You're not ready for me yet But I'm not fool enough to feel I'm man enough to make your tender heart forget All the happy hours, the moments you flew with him All the songs you used to sing And all the things you used to do with him The trip you're on,...

Has the wondering started Is she bein' untrue Has the lovelight departed Has she found someone new You're not the only one You're not the only one It happened to me It happened to me Has she started forgetting Does she answer your call Have you star...

Don't look now but your heart of blue is showin' And I know now that soon you will be knowin' What it means to step aside and swallow up your pride Your destiny is plain to see but don't look now Don't blame your heartaches on somebody else The harm is done y...

You made her what she is today And that was your mistake Your wrong is commin' home to you It's your heart's turn to break You didn't want her like she was You tried to change her life She'd do most anything for you Because she was your wife And now you waken...

Yours till the stars lose their glory Yours till the birds fail to sing Yours to the end of life's story This pledge to you dear, I bring. Yours in the gray of December Here or on far distant shores I've never loved anyone the way I love you How could I when...