Roy Clark

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(All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers

Across the miles from heart to heart We're born alone we live apart And time slips by like sifting sand So reach out stranger if you can And take a stranger's hand. If each of us could find a way Too steep and high the words can say To touch each other openly...

A Daisy A Day

He remembers the first time he met her He remembers the first thing she said He remembers the first time he held her And the night that she came to his bed. He remembers her sweet way of saying Honey has something gone wrong He remembers the fun and the teasi...

All The Way

When somebody loves you it's no good Unless she loves you all the way Happy to be near you when you need someone To cheer you come what may. Taller than the tallest tree is That's how it's got to be And deeper than the deep blue sea is That's how deep it goes...

Angels We Have Heard On High

Angels we have heard on high, Singing sweetly through the night, And the mountains in reply Echoing their brave delight. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why these songs of happy cheer? What great brightness...

April's Fool

April doesn't shower her sweet love on me What someone gets in one day may take me two or three Yes it's true she leads me like a puppet on a string But my life without April is like next year without spring. People say that April treats me cruel But I just s...

Are You From Dixie

Hello there stranger how do you do there's something I'd like to say to you You seem surprised I recognize I'm no detective but I just surmise You're from the place I'm longing to be your smiling face seems to say to me You're from my homeland my sunny homela...

Are You Washed In The Blood?

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Refrain Are you washed in the blood, In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb? Are...

At The Cross

Oh Lord You've searched me You know my way Even when I fail You I know You love me Your holy presence Surrounding me In every season I know You love me I know You love me At the cross I bow my knee Where Your blood was shed for me There's no greater love tha...

Away In A Manger

Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his Sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus no crying he ma...

But I Was Lying

I said congralutaions and I hope you're happy But I was lying I hope you're crying And everytime she touches you you'll think of me. I said the best of luck to you to your new love But I was lying no use denying I'm not as good a loser as I thought I'd be. I...

Candy Man

(Candy man) (Hey, Candy man) Alright everybody gather 'round The Candy Man is here What kind of candy do you want Sweet choc'late Choc'late malted candy Gum drops Anything you want You've come to the right man 'Cause I'm the Candy Man Who can take a sunris...

Carol Of The Bells

Hark! How the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say Throw cares away Christmas is here Bringing good cheer To young and old Meek and the bold Ding dong ding dong That is their song With joyful ring All caroling One seems to hear Words of good cheer From...

Carolyn

Carolyn let me tell you what I heard about a man today He didn't come home from work and he went away Till he came to a city bright in a night time like day There they say he met up with some women dressed in yellow and scarlet Their warm lips like a honey...

Chantilly Lace

Hello, baaaaby! Yeah, this is the Big Bopper speakin' Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, you sweet thing! Do I what? Will I what? Oh baby, you knoooow what I like! Chantilly Lace had a pretty face and a ponytail hangin' down A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk Ma...

Church in the Wildwood

There's a church in the valley by the wildwood No lovelier place in the dale; No spot is so dear to my childhood, As the little brown church in the vale. Oh, come, come, come, come... Come to the church in the wildwood, Oh, come to the church in the dale; No...

Come Live With Me

Come live with me and be my love Share my bread and wine Be wife to me, be life to me Be mine Come live with me and be my love Let our dreams combine Be mate to me, be fate to me Be mine With these hands I’ll build a roof To shield your head And with these h...

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

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

Darby's Castle

See the ruin on the hill where the smoke is hanging still Like an echo of an age long forgotten There's a story of a home crushed beneath those blacken stones And the roof that fell before the beans were rotten. Seems old Darby loved his wife and he labored a...

Days Of Sand And Shovels

When I noticed her the first time I was outside running barefoot in the rain She lived in the house next door Her nose was pressed against the window pane. When I looked at her she smiled And showed a place where two teeth used to be And I heard her ask her m...

Dozen Pair Of Boots

Looks everywhere I go always get myself in trouble 'Cause the girls I pick on ain't the saintest kind And I wind up running barefoot through everything but clover 'Cause the neck I value most of all is mine. That's why I left the blue shirt hanging on the bed...

Faded Love

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

Family man

Well it's just after ten and we've got all the babies to bed My woman is speak and I'm nursing a poore aching head And the tv is showing the trouble on campus again Our pricherman called and wanted to know where we've been Then I'm waken, my woman is pooli...

For Once In My Life

For once in my life I have someone who needs me Someone I've needed so long For once unafraid I can go where life leads me And somehow I know I'll be strong. For once I can touch what my heart Used to dream of long before I knew Someone warm like you Would ma...

For The Life Of Me

How can there be a song without the music How can there be a wave without the sea The lighting needs a thunder as a speaking voice And I must have you for the life of me. How can there be a baby with no crying A future with no past can never be A humming bird...

Gloryland Way

Verse 1 I'm in the way, the bright and shining way, I'm in the gloryland way; Telling the world that Jesus saves today, Yes I'm in the gloryland way. I'm in the glory land way I'm in the gloryland way. Chorus I'm in the glory-land way, I'm in the glory-land w...

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born While shepherds kept their watching Over silent flocks by night Behold throughout the heavens There shone a holy light Go, tell it on the mountain...

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

God rest ye merry, gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ our Saviour Was born on Christmas Day To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy From God our Heave...

Happy To Be Unhappy

Everybody says I'm foolish Let you fool me like you do They don't understand that I can't stand The thought of losin' you. If they could see inside of me And what my heart goes through They'd know I'm happy to be unhappy And I'm glad to be your fool. Yes, I'...

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born 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 host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem." Hark! th...

He Is Born

Refrain He is born, the holy Child, Play the oboe and bagpipes merrily! He is born, the holy Child, Sing we all of the Savior mild. Through long ages of the past, Prophets have foretold His coming; Through long ages of the past, Now the time has come at last...

He'll Have To Go

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Let's pretend that we're together all alone I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low And you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go. Whisper to me, tell me do you love me true Or is he...

Hee Haw Theme

Donkey: Hee-haw, hee-haw, etc. Singing: Hee-hee, hee-haw-haw, hee-hee, hee-haw-haw (etc, while the announcer announces:) Announcer: Welcome to Heeeeee-Hawwwww! With special guests (insert Country music greats here) And starring Buck Owens and Roy Clark. Roy...

Hello Old Broken Heart

Hello old broken heart I see you're back once more Hurtin' the same way as you did before Listen old broken heart I've got some news for you Achin' won't help things and tears just won't do. I promised myself that I'd see you no more But you got me crying as...

Here We Come a - Caroling

Here we come a-caroling, Among the leaves so green! Here we coma a-wandering, So fair to be seen! Love and joy come to you, And a merry christmas too, And we wish you we wish you A happy new year, And we wish you a happy new year! We are not daily beggars, T...

Honeymoon Feeling

I still get that honeymoon feeling After all these years my heart goes reeling Every time you touch me it's the living end I still get that honeymoon feeling I can still hear those wedding bells ringing Every time we love I get that honeymoon feeling again. I...

How Would I

I'm glad that you'll forgive me all the times I am wrong Yes, I don't know what in the world I do and someone else came along for you You made a stronger stuff than I so I know that you'd survive There's something 'cause I love to end but darling how would I?...

I Ain't Got Nobody

I've been watching you sitting there alone Just like me I've seen your glances been wondering what my chances would be If I came to your table would I be able to say The right words to hold you, the right words to take you away? 'Cause I ain't got nobody And...

I Need To Be Needed

They say you're too possessed of me With love like this who wants to be free I need to be needed I need to be needed So baby, it's all right with me. They say you're full of jealousy too That I can't make a move without you I need to be needed I need to be ne...

I Never Picked Cotton

I never picked cotton But my mother did and my brother did And my sister did and my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine. When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten their...

I Saw The Light

I wandered so aimless life filed with sin I wouldn't let my dear savior in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise the lord I saw the light. [Chorus] I saw the light I saw the light No more darkness no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sigh...

I Walk The King's Highway

I know not where the road will lead I follow day by day, Or where it ends: I only know I walk the King’s highway. I know not if the way is long, And no one else can say; But rough or smooth, up hill or down, I walk the King’s highway. And some I love have re...

I Would Crawl All The Way (To The River)

A long time ago there was a Man Who laid down His life on the line He claimed He could make the lame walk again And give back the sight to the blind Now some people loved Him Some people wanted to take Him and put Him away Well I wasn't there to see what he di...

I'll Be Home For Christmas

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

I'll Paint You A Song

I'm just a country boy as little I can offer you Just rhymes and melodies are all I have to give But I've made friends with lines and I may comfort you If you just come with me I'll show you how to live. I'll sing you a morning with laughing bluebirds I'll si...

I'll Take The Time

Sometime when all the time in the world is mine I'll take the time to forget you When I've run course and took my toll In a minute the life have made me old I'll take the time to forget you. But right now I wanna sit down and remember how things used to be Wh...

I'm Bound For The Promised Land

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie. I am bound for the promised land, I am bound for the promised land; Oh who will come and go with me? I am bound for the promised land. O'er...

I've Got A Mansion

I'm satisfied with just a cottage below A little silver and a little gold But in that city where the ransomed will shine I want a gold one that's silver lined I've got a mansion just over the hilltop In that bright land where we'll never grow old And some day...

If I Can Help Somebody

If I can help somebody, as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song, If I can show somebody, that he's travelling wrong, Then my living shall not be in vain. Chorus: My living shall not be in vain, Then my living shall not be in vain If I ca...

If I Had To Do It All Over Again

We're not as young as we used to be But baby I don't mind 'Cause growing with you is gonna be Full of life and good times. And if I had it to do all over again I'd do it with you I won't want to miss a thing that we've been through Baby nothing can compare wi...

If That's The Fashion

Each day there's someone who pays for another's mistake The guilty go free while the heart of the innocent break You brag that you cheat or I'd never believe it was so But if that's the fashion then leave me to sorrow and go. I vowed to my heart I'd be true d...

In A Million Years Or So

Right now it's hard to live with just a memory Everytime I close my eyes I see you go But I'll make I'll forget you just to wait and see I'll be happy in a million years or so. Just this morning I forgot you for a little while Maybe next time it will last a d...

In The Sweet By And By

There's a land that is fairer than day And by faith we can see it afar For the Father waits over the way To prepare us a dwelling place there In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful s...

Is Anybody Going To San Antone

Rain drippin' off the brim of my hat it sure is cold today Here I am walkin' down 66 wish she hadn't done me that way Sleepin' under a table in a roadside park why a man could wake up dead But it sure seems warmer than it did sleeping in our king size bed. Is...

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

It came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old From Angels playing near the earth To touch their harps of gold Peace on the earth could will two men From Heaven's all-gracious King The world in solemn stillness lay To hear the Angels sing And I he...

It Is No Secret

The chimes of time ring out the news Another day is through Some one slipped and fell, Was that someone you? You may have longed for added strength Your courage to renew Do not be disheartened I have news for you. [Chorus:] It is no secret what God can do, W...

It's My Way

I'll live every day for you And I'll breath ever breath for you So if I'm mean and make you blue It's my way of loving you. And if I say that you're untrue And it breaks your heart in two And I can't help these things I do 'Cause it's just my way of loving yo...

January April And Me

In the 1957 blue and green two door sedan We divided all we own I've packed all I can The back seat's piled high with things In the front seat tears are flowing I'm driving down a lonely road Without a single thought to where we're going. But January April an...

Jesse James

Jesse James was a man who rambled through the land And he robbed many a bank and train He was the leader man of a bold and reckless band And many are the people that were slain. But, no more Jesse James; no more Jesse James They laid poor Jesse in his grave J...

Joy To The World

Jeremiah was a bullfrog Was a good friend of mine I never understood a single word he said But I helped him a-drink his wine And he always had some mighty fine wine Singing Joy to the world All the boys and girls now Joy to the fishes in the deep blue...

Jukebox Saturday Night

Moppin' up sodapop rickeys To our heart's delight Dancin' to swingeroo quickies Jukebox Saturday night Goodman and Kyser and Miller Help to make things bright Mixin' hot licks with vanilla Jukebox saturday night They put nothin' past us Me and honey lamb Mak...

Just Another Man

I'd like to stay with you for a while And I have promisses to keep I could be happy here with you But I'm a so wild oat to reap. My strenght tells me my weakness shows You make me think of coats and ties Of babies, home security And job that lasts from nine t...

Just Over In The Glory

I’ve a home prepared where the saints abide, Just over in the glory land; And I long to be by my Savior’s side, Just over in the glory land. Refrain Just over in the glory land, I’ll join the happy angel band, Just over in the glory land; Just over in the gl...

Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'

Whenever I've chance to meet some old friends on the street They wonder how does a man get to be this a way I've always got a smiling face any time and any place And everytime they ask me why I just smile and say. You've got to kiss an angel good morning...

Learning On The Everlasting Arms

What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. Refrain Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. O...

Let Me Talk To You

Just one more dance just one more chance so I can talk to you Don't live too fast forget the past and I will try to prove I would do anything you ask me to Don't run around don't turn me down let me talk to you. Don't go too fast with that crowd from your pas...

Linda Lou

Ooh well now they call my baby Patty, But her real name, her real name, her real name is Linda Lou. Well they call my baby Betty, But her real name, her real name, her real name is Linda Lou. She's so fine, fair and pretty, you don't know what my baby's gonna...

Lonesome Too Long

Don't smother your love with small questions Design for your own reassurance Don't think of your love as just being Some kind of love some insurance. Grow up but let her grow with you Stand by her side right or wrong I didn't find these things out soon enough...

Lonesomest Lonesome

Well, I scorched your favorite pan this mornin' tryin' to make some pancakes Spilled the grease and had to stop and mop the floor Sat there like a little baby cryin' in my cornflakes I don't think I can take it anymore Baby come home this is the lonesomest lon...

Love Is Just A State Of Mind

I'll stay with you if you say stay But I must leave you when I must I'll stay as long as we can last And leave when laughter turns to rust. The day the fireworks fail to flash And mental light refuse to shine We'll know it's time for someone else For love is...

Love Like This

Is it still love when we no longer touch? Passing white sheets in the night, Love goes unspoken, we don't say a word, We simply turn out the lights. Lost in the silence but still I can hear, The sound of my own breaking heart, I can't pretend that my Worl...

Me And Bobby McGee

Busted flat in Baton Rouge headed for the trains Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained Took us all the way to New Orleans. I took my ol' har'poon out of my dirty red bandana And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the...

Me And Jesus

Well, me and Jesus got our own thing goin' Me and Jesus got it all worked out Me and Jesus got our own thing goin' We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about. I know a man who once was a sinner I know a man that once was a drunk I know a man who onc...

Memphis Tennessee

Long distance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee Help me find a party that tried to get in touch with me She could not leave a number, but I know who placed the call 'Cause my uncle took a message, and he wrote it on the wall Help me, information, get in...

Middle Of The Road

Most people don't know exactly where they're goin' They'll take the path that's easiest for the load The quickest way to get there with the most is They'll take the front of a bus the back of the church And then they take the middle of the road. Some poeple f...

Morningside Of The Mountain

There was a girl there was a boy If they have met they might have found a world of joy But she lived on the morning side of the mountain And he lived and the twilight side of the hill. They never met they never kissed And they have never known what happiness...

Moscow Nights

ide by side with you my heart beats If you only knew how much I love you In these wonderful Moscow nights If you only knew how much I love you In these wonderful Moscow nights Strolling through the park of your summer smiles Looking to your soul my heart swe...

My Baby's Gone

(Hold back the rushing minutes, make the wind lie still.) The milkman whistles softly as he comes to my door The mailman brings a letter just like he did before They seem so busy all day long as though there's nothing wrong Don't they know the world has ended...

Night Life

When the evenin' sun goes down You will find me hangin' 'round Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life But it's my life Many people just like me Dreamin' of old used-to-be's Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life Ah, but it's my life Listen to the blues...

Nobody Wins

It's over nobody wins. Well, it doesn't matter who's right or wrong We've been hurting each other for much too long And it's too late to try to save what might have been It's over nobody wins. Make believing in forever is just a line And it seems a little sa...

O Come All Ye Faithful

O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem! Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels! O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! God of God, Light of Light, Lo! He abh...

O Holy Night

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining. Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorio...

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Oh 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 streets shineth, the everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary, a...

Odds And Ends (Bits And Pieces)

A photograph that's signed With Love Your lipstick and a tiny glove Why did you leave so many things To tear at my heart strings. Odds and ends, bits and pieces Of an old love affair Old love letters and some flowers That you wore in your hair. Odds and ends...

Ode To A Critter

Today I met a fish who was standin' on my front porch Clappin' his clipper on my door And he said do you mind if I live a while at your house 'Cause I can't live in the waters anymore. Now I also met a bird who was chockin' through my window And he darn near...

Oh Lonesome Me

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

Old Time Religion

Give me that old time religion give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion It's good enough for me Makes me love everybody Makes me love everybody Makes me love everybody It's good enough for me It was saved our fathers It has saved our fat...

Peace In The Valley

O, there will be peace in the valley for me, one day There will be peace in the valley for me, I pray No sadness, no sorrow, no more trouble there will be There will be peace in the valley for me You know the bear will be gentle You know wolves gonna be so t...

Pray For Peace

Pray for peace Pray for peace Pray for peace Pray for peace [x4] Please pray for peace Pray for peace Pray for peace Pray for peace Please pray for peace Pray for peace Pray for peace Pray for peace Please pray for peace There's power in the number of us pra...

Right Or Left At Oak Street

The alarm rang at seven this morning The same time it did yesterday Seven-thirty is my breakfast time And I know what the wife's gonna say. The Crawfords next door got a new swimming pool The Millers got a color tv Mr. Wilson's job is not good as yours, But h...

Rocky Top

I wish that I was on old Rocky Top Down in the Tennessee hills Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top Ain't no telephone bills Once I had a girl on Rocky Top Half bear the other half cat Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop I still dream about that Rocky...

Safe in the Arms of Jesus

Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast; There by His love o’ershaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest. Hark! ’tis the voice of angels Borne in a song to me, Over the fields of glory, Over the jasper sea. Refrain: Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His...

Sally Was A Good Ole Girl

Sally used to carry my books to school Sally was a good ole girl She helped me with my homework for I was a fool Sally was a good ole girl And if I wanted a kiss or a little bitty squeeze She was always willing to do her best to please Girls were made to love...

Salty Dog Blues

Standin' on the corner with the lowdown blues A great big hole in the bottom of my shoes Honey, let me be your salty dog Let me be your salty dog Or I won't be your man at all Honey let me be your salty dog Listen here Sal, well I know you Rundown stockin' a...

September Song

When I was a young man courtin' the girls I played me a waiting game If a maid refused me with tossin' curls I let this old world take a couple of whirls. While I plied her with tears instead of pearls And as time came along she came my way As time came along...

Shall We Gather at the River?

Shall we gather at the river, Where bright angel feet have trod, With its crystal tide forever Flowing by the throne of God? Refrain: Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful river; Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the thro...

She Cries For Me

This is a story about the greatest kind of love there is The one that you loved even when you're gone. Stunning and beautiful she stands there by the fireplace Reds greens and blues flick'ring in her eyes A small unruly curle falls down across her forehead As...

She's All I Got

Friend don't take her she's all I got Please don't take her love away from me I'm a beggin' you friend don't take her she's all I got She's everything in life I'll ever need. She is life when I wanna live She's everything to me in life that life can give She'...

Silent Pictures

The silent pictures are showing in my subconscious mind Rerun up over mem'ries that you left behind Now there's one scene that's my favorite but it hurts me every time When I rerun those old mem'ries in my subconscious mind. No I'm not crying but that old mem...

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

I don't want this lonely mansion With a tear in every room I just want the love you promised Beneath the halloed moon But you thought you could be happy With my money and my name And pretend I wouldn't notice While you played your cheatin' game Silver thread...

Simple Thing As Love

When you come across unto me With your hair the tangled grass of evening breezes And you do not hide your face Because somebody said one time it wasn't natural What a joy for us just running down this crooked trail of midnight And the peaceful things inside me...

Since December

Did she always like to go off on her own Was she really always tired when she came home You don't owe me any favors but would you please try to remember You see I've only known her since December. Did sad songs did they always make her cry And truthfully did...

Soft Rain

Soft rain was falling when you said goodbye Thunder and lightning filled my heart inside A love born in heaven had suddenly died And the soft rain was teardrops for the angels all cried. If love can be perfect ours must have been But perfection is always dest...

Somewhere Between Love And Tomorrow

You gave your love completely And warmed my life, so cold But she stills lives between us And our story must be told Today, she thinks I love her But tomorrow, we'll be through And somewhere between love and tomorrow She'll have to know about you We vowed to...

Soul Song

You're my soul song my everything-that-I-do song Pick-me-up-when-I'm-blue song that's why I sing all the time You're my soul song that's why I call you my solid-gold song Nothing in the world could ever go wrong as long as you are mine. Never in the world hav...

Sunday Morning Coming Down

I woke up Sunday morning With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad So I had one more for desert. Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes And found my cleanest dirty shirt And I shaved my face and combed m...

Sweet Violets

All year long I waited for the chance To ask if she'd go with me to the dance She said what kind of flowers will I get And all I could afford to buy were sweet violets. Sweeter than all the roses Covered all over with teardrops She laughed at my sweet violets...

Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)

(Take me as I am or let me go.) Why must you always try to make me over Take me as I am or let me go White lilies never grow on stalks of clover You'll have to take me as I am or let me go. You're trying to reshape me in a mold love In the image of someone y...

Thank God And Greyhound

I've made a small fortune and you squandered it all You shamed me till I feel about one inch tall But I thought I loved you and I hoped you would change So I gritted my teeth and didn't complain Now you come to me with a simple goodbye You tell me you're leav...

The Christmas Song

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

The First Noel

The first Noel the angels did sing Was to certain poor shepherds In fields as they lay In fields fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night that was so deep Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the king of Israel And to the Earth it gave gr...

The Last Letter

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

The Twelve Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A Partridge in a Pear Tree On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 3 French Hens 2 Tur...

Then She's A Lover

She comes in about six o'clock Tripping over toys And picking up socks And you think her day Had been a ton of trouble She's been doing important things With trading stamps And turnip greens And have I noticed how The price of soap has doubled She's as norma...

There Is Power in the Blood

Would you be free from the burden of sin? There’s pow’r in the blood, pow’r in the blood; Would you o’er evil a victory win? There’s wonderful pow’r in the blood. Refrain: There is pow’r, pow’r, wonder-working pow’r In the blood of the Lamb; There is pow’r, po...

Things I Might Have Been

I might have been a hopeless soul With nothing much in store I might have been without a gole Just dreams and nothing more. I might have known a life alone But that's where you came in Your loving arms have saved me from The things I might have been. I might...

Through The Eyes Of A Fool

If I see someone hold her tight that's all right they're just dancing If they're together in the moonlight they're just talking not romancing If I see her out with someone it's just some old friend from school That's how it looks through the eyes of a fool. I...

Tips Of My Fingers

(I had you right on The tips of my fingers) I reached out my arms And I touched you With soft words I whispered your name I had you right on The tips of my fingers But that was as close as I came My eyes had a Vision of sweet lips Yielding beneath my comman...

Today

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine A million tomorrows shall all pass away And I forget all the joy that is mine today. I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover You'll know who I am by the songs...

Too Much Monkey Business

Salesman talking to me tried to run me up a creek Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business Too much monkey business for me to be involved in Blonde haired, good lookin' tryin' to get...

Twelfth Street Rag

In a certain city, where the girls are cute and pretty They have a raggy, jazzy, jazz-time tune When you hear that syncopated jazz created melody You could dance all morning night and noon When the slide trombone And moaning saxophone begin to play It will mak...

Unchained Melody

Oh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch Alone lonely time Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much Are you still mine? I need your love, I need your love God steer your love to me. Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea To the open arms...

Unclouded Day

O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies O they tell me of a home far away O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise O they tell me of an unclouded day. Chorus: O the land of cloudless day O the land of an unclouded sky O they tell me of a home...

We Three Kings

We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star O Star of wonder, star of night Star with royal beauty bright Westward leading, still proceeding Guide us to thy Perfect Light Born a King...

What Child Is This

What child is this, who, laid to rest, On Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The babe, the son of...

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more, And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair; When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore, And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there. Refrain: When the roll is call...

When The Wind Blows In Chicago

Well here I am in Chicago All alone near the place where we met And as I walk through the rain the wind whispers your name Oh, why won't they let me forget. Cause when the wind blows I get lonely And one thing for sure you'll find That the wind always blows i...

When We All Get to Heaven

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, Sing His mercy and His grace; In the mansions bright and blessed He’ll prepare for us a place. Refrain: When we all get to heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We’ll sing and shout the victory! W...

Where Are You Tonight?

Where, oh where, are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all alone? I searched the world over and I thought I'd found true love. But you met another and pthhp! You was gone. You took out your false teeth, your wig and your glasses. You were just scattered...

Where Could I Go But To The Lord

Living below in this old sinful world Hardly a comfort can afford Striving alone to face temptations call Where could I go but to the Lord Where could I go, where could I go Seeking a refuge for my soul Needing a friend to help me in the end Where could I go...

Which One Of Us Is To Blame

(I wonder which one of us is to blame?) The nices thing that's come my way is you But I can't offer you my heart or name It isn't fair to love the way we do I wonder which one of us is to blame? Your nearness makes me tremble with desire Your ruby red lips s...

Why Me

(Now that I know that I've needed you so Help me Jesus my soul's in your hand.) Why me Lord what I have ever done to deserve even one Of the pleasures I've known Tell me Lord what did I ever do that was worth loving you Or the kindness you've shown. Lord hel...

Yesterday, When I Was Young

Seems the love I've known has always been The most destructive kind Guess that's why now I feel so old Before my time. Yesterday when I was young The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue. I teased at life as if it were a foolish game, The way the ev...

You Don't Have Very Far To Go

If you're trying to break my heart You don't have very far to go. You always find the way to hurt my pride If I'm not crying you're not satisfied You can't love me and still want to hurt me so If you're trying to break my heart you don't have very far to go....

You Took Her Off My Hands

You took her off my hands when you've stepped in You changed everything we're not even friends Don't leave the job half done leave nothing behind You took her off my hands now please take her off my mind. Please take her photograph ingreat my heart's so blue...

’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His Word; Just to rest upon His promise, And to know, “Thus saith the Lord!” Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er; Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! Oh, for grace to trust Hi...