Tanya Tucker

What do I do now that I'm on my own? What we did together beats anything I've done alone Since the day that you left, I've been asking myself is this how it's gonna be Without you what do I do with me? I don't wanna go out but I just can't stay home I don't n...

It's after midnight, you lie awake Counting the hours till daybreak What can you do now, where can you go When you're about at the end of your rope? You can drive out to the edge of town Where the world is cold and dark Look for the flicker of a neon si...

I can hear you smilin' on the 'phone Bet you thought that I'd be cryin' Go on, tell yourself I done you wrong But we both know you'd be lyin' We don't have to have a reason If your heart is set on leavin' To remember on some rainy day A little simple w...

I love you, I'll prove it in days to come I swear it's true, darling you're the only one I think of you, the past and all of our fun I love you, I'll prove it in days to come You're my darling, you've been true I should have been good to you You're the one th...

Love is where you find it When you find no love at home And there's nothin' cold as ashes After the fire is gone The bottle is almost empty The clock just now struck ten Darlin' I had to call you To our favorite place again Each time we say is the la...

Same dancers in the same old shoes Some habits that you just can't lose It's no telling what a girl might use After the thrill is gone The flame rises but it soon descends Empty pages and a frozen pen You're not quite lovers and you're not quite friends...

Well, you made me cry when you said goodbye Ain't that a shame, my tears fell like rain Ain't that a shame, yeah, you're the one to blame, oh Well, you broke my heart when you said we'd apart Ain't that a shame Oh well, goodbye, although I cry Ain't tha...

If all you want's a good time baby There's a party down the street If you're trying to fight an old flame Well I can't take the heat If you're looking for a game to play Well I wish you luck All I have to offer you is love If you only want a keeper da...

I came close to fallin' a time or two before But somethin' always told me to wait for somethin' more Then you took me places my heart had never been You brought me to the edge of love and now I'm fallin' in I'm going down, down, down, spinning round, roun...

Last night all alone in a barroom Met a man with a drink in his hand He had big brown eyes and coal black hair And a smile that a girl understands Then he came and sat down at my table And as he placed his hands over mine I found myself wanting to kiss...

Well, I heard some people talkin’ just the other day And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf But let me tell you I got some news for you And you’ll soon find out it’s true And then you’ll have to eat your lunch all by yourself ’cause I’m already gone An...

There's a full moon up above tonight But I don't know if it will always shine And I can't say tomorrow it won't rain One thing that I know will never change As long as there's a heartbeat keeping me alive And day turns into night and there's stars up in the s...

Away in a manger, No crib for His bed, The little Lord Jesus Laid down His sweet head; The stars in the heavens Looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, The poor Baby wakes, But little Lord Jesus, No crying He...

Baby I'm yours And I'm yours until the stars fall from the sky Yours until the rivers all run dry In other words until the day I die Baby I'm yours (baby I'm yours) And I'm yours until the sun no longer shines (yeah) Yours until the poets run out of rhymes In...

I'm back in baby's arms how I've missed those lovin' arms I'm back where I belong back in baby's arms Don't know why we quarrel we never did before Since we found out how it hurts I bet we never quarrel anymore I'm back in baby's arms Thought I didn't need h...

Among the local taverns there'll be a slack in business 'Cause Jesse's drinking came before the groceries and the rent Among the local women there'll be a lot less cheatin' 'Cause Jesse won't be steppin' out again They baptized Jesse Taylor in Cedar Creek las...

She was called a scarlet woman by the people Who would go to church but leave me in the street With no parents of my own I never had a home And a fifteen year old girl has got to eat She found me outside one Sunday morning Begging money from a man I didn't kn...

Every night I'm lying in bed holdin' you close in my dreams Thinkin' about all the things that we said They're coming apart and it seems We tried to talk it over but the words come out too rough I know you were tryin' to give me the best of your love Beautifu...

They married back in '42 They were young and love was new And every day the feeling grew Between the two of them When work grew scarce and times got bad The hope would chase away the sad And hope was sometimes all they had Between the two of them The...

Dear Mr. Johnson, we're sorry to inform you Your request for a second loan has been refused And the board of directors up in the city Has instructed us to take the farm from you We understand your problems and wish that we could help you But the fallin' price...

Can't you tell my love's a growing? Can't you feel it, ain't it showing? Well, you must be knowing I got a big, big love It's not the kind to be concealing A just a kind to be revealing It's not a little bitty feeling I got a big, big love I think it's time...

Growin' up on the Bayou Can drive you outta your mind Marie was just a youngin' When she left the Black Water behind It all happened one night In the back of Jimmy's car Jimmy said, “Marie you are so pretty Well you oughta be a movie star” So she packed up h...

That Georgia sun was blood red and going down That Georgia sun was blood red and going down Daddy said, "Now come girl We're heading down the road to Augusta" An thinking through his clenched teeth He called mama's name, then he cursed her He said, "Girl, yo...

Arrested on charges of unemployment, he was sitting in the witness stand The judge's wife called up the district attorney Said you free that brown eyed man You want your job you better free that brown eyed man Flying across the desert in a TWA, I saw a woman...

By the way, I really love you Just in case you didn't know And I know, baby, it's not easy For you to say I'm the one But I can tell by the way you love By the way you smile By the way you say nothin' I can see it all in your eyes By the way, I really need y...

My driftin' mem'ry goes back to the spring of '43 When I was just a child in mama's arms My daddy plowed the ground and prayed that some day he could leave This run down mortaged Oklahoma farm Then one night I heard my daddy sayin' to my mama He finally saved...

My driftin' mem'ry goes back to the spring of '43 When I was just a child in mama's arms My daddy plowed the ground and prayed that some day he could leave This run down mortaged Oklahoma farm Then one night I heard my daddy sayin' to my mama He finally saved...

If your world comes crashing down; If you need comfort but it can't be found; If you're lonely, you can always call on me. If nobody is listening to you, I'll be the walls you tell your secrets to. If you want me, night or day, just call on me. I'm not askin...

Would you hold on to my hand when I get lonely Could I come to you whenever I'm in need Would you always have a place for me to lay my body down And I'll be your lady in thre morning can I be your lady Would you walk with me across the bridges I forgot to burn...

I don't know where to start now that we're fallen apart How can we talk heart to heart you're so far away what can I say I've tried to understand but things got so out of hand Held out as long as I can now I'm on the telephone saying "Can I see you tonight? J...

You can run for cover You can run for help You can run to your lover But you Can't ever run from yourself No no no Because there you are No matter how far you go You can run to Alaska Run to L.A Run home to mama But you Can't ever run from yourself No no no B...

Neither one of us will ever change We're both the same and that's a shame 'Cause when we were together it was right We had it all, you and I You're not changin' me and I'm not changin' you The only change is what we're goin' through You took the part of me th...

I only meant to love you don't you know it babe Why couldn't you be contented with the love I gave I've given you my heart and now you want my mind Your love scares me to death boy it's the chokin' kind You can kill a girl with bullets poison or a knife But i...

Seems like only yesterday We put our Christmas things away Now here's another Christmas day with you When you're in love, how time does fly And this year that's just flown by Has been one happy holiday for two Christmas to Christmas, wrapped in your arms Lov...

Everybody talk a bit too fast today Did everybody say, „We need it now”? Did they leave you wishing? You could vanish in thin air And when you found out you couldn't Then you found your way here Come in out of the world Out of the cold and lonely nigh...

Come on honey, it don't matter no more Let your lovin' shine down on me Come on honey, well it don't matter no more Let your lovin' shine down on me, aha Have you been hurt by some girl Who came to take you for a ride It seems when you woke up one mornin' She...

Throw up a quarter and I'll call it A heads he loves me, tails he loves me not I keep his picture in my wallet I guess I miss him a little more than I thought It's complicated, it's underrated This is so much more than I anticipated Well it's a heart re...

Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel There's a storm brewin' in this heart of mine This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real You're someone else's love now, you're not mine Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new While my yearnin' heart k...

I am dreaming, tonight, of an old southern town And the best friend that I ever had For I've grown so weary of roaming around And I'm going home to my dad Your hair has turned to silver and I know you're failing too Daddy, dear, oh, daddy, I'm coming back to...

Standin' beside the ocean Lookin' across the water Everything is beautiful here But I still don't feel like I ought Things we wanted Not so long ago Well, I've got 'em all now But I ain't got you no more But I remember, the way you held me And all the sweet...

I warned you baby, a long time ago You got to stop all this, hurtin' me so But, I don't think you heard a word I said Well, I'm telling you now honey That there's danger ahead Treating me bad, telling me lies That ain't cool, baby, that ain't wise You've been...

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on Could it be a faded rose from days gone by And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby" All the folks around B...

Broken glass lies on the bedroom floor A broken dream lies in my head I was counting on a big surprise But I got a big surprise instead I didn't know people could change So fast I didn't see the game you played Now the morning finds me somewhere In the past h...

Don't believe my heart can stand another you I need someone who'll be gentle, kind and true So go your way I've had enough The game you play is just to rough I don't believe my heart can stand another you Of all the people in the world to be standing at my do...

Baby, your heart is in serious danger Don't go out with her She'll lead you on, treat you like a stranger Don't go out with her You need someone like me Who'll love you endlessly Baby, you're headed for a brand new heartache Don't go out with him The fire of...

I see the future slipping by I see it fading from my life I see a distant look growing in your eyes Are you telling me goodbye? And are you coming back again Is it over now, is this the end? There's a feeling of lonesome in the wind Tell me is it so Don't let...

They said your love life's in trouble in a magazine I read When the one you love is hangin' off of his side of the bed Baby, you just barely hangin' on Honey, I know you'll soon be gone And I don't need my palm read to know what lies ahead I can see you in th...

Every night I hope and pray A dream lover will come my way Hold in the lovin' arms And know the magic of her charms 'Cause I want (I want) A girl (A boy) Just to call (To call) My own, I want a dream lover So I don't have to dream alone Dream lover, where a...

In the beginning The nights were long Under the moonlight I could do no wrong Now, you told me I was everything you wanted me to be Then summer was over And the nights grew cold Now, you got restless And hard to hold I tried to be Everything you wanted me t...

You know I want you, baby I can't help but feel this way I got my eyes on you darlin' Can't wait another day Gonna wrap my arms around you Squeeze you through the night Love you till the morning I wanna make you feel right Well, now take my hand and show me...

Baby, you know me well You know I mean what I say Before I say 'Farewell' I'll give you just another day You'd better find out what's happenin' Find out what's happening before long If you don't find out what's happening You're gonna find out that I'm gone...

There's no such thing as perfect strangers So I come to you the way I am If you call on me to sacrifice I won't promise that I can We're fire to fire Flame to flame Pure desire No retrains or sad songs Only fire to fire Only fire to fire We will wake up when...

I painted quite a picture for the girls in her home town And she was no exception to the rule Singing all them songs about the places I've been Made a body fell just like a fool She was like the paper bag that once had held the wine Thrown without no caution t...

Half the moon is shining tonight And half the moon is pitch black And I got half the chance that you might Turn around and come back Half my love has seen the light And half my love is still blind It keeps on thinking tomorrow You'll change your mind Half ou...

You said goodbye on Tuesday I figured I would see you by the weekend I either didn't hear you right Or maybe this ol' heart just didn't listen So I'm writing you this letter I may never send Wonderin', if you're wonderin' How I've been Well, it's lonely but...

I know I told you no before I wouldn't let you past my door 'Cause there was someone else inside But I guess he found somebody new And nothing I can say or do Will put her out of his mind And he, he was just leaving You're just in time this time And I sure c...

Well I said friend don't take him he's all I've got Please don't take his love away from me I'm a beggin' to you friend don't take him he's all I've got He's everything in life I'll ever need He is life oh when I wanna live he's everything to me in life that...

Well since my baby left me Well I found a new place to dwell Well it's down at the end of Lonely Street That Heartbreak Hotel, where I'll be I'll be just so lonely baby, Well I'm so lonely, I'll be so lonely I could die. Although it's always crowded, You s...

I been watchin' you cryin' when you do, I just feel like dyin' I could give you somethin' that would ease your mind, yeah Let me give it to you just a little bit would do you It's somethin' you been needin' for a long, long time Here's some love, take a littl...

Okay Officer I admit it, I was speedin' But before you write me up Let me tell you the reason I wasn't tryin' to out run you I was chasin' a guy who outta the blue He committed a crime Back about a mile or two, oh yeah I was crusin' along When he pulled up o...

It's been a Saturday everyday and a whole month of Sundays And I get sadder every day he's gone Horseshoe Bend old friend that's been so long since we saw him When he laid me down upon your banks and made this girl a woman As the Virgin Mother sang us a song...

He knows when I'm lonesome he's there when I'm sad He's up in the good times he's down in the bad Whenever I'm discouraged he knows just what to do that boy, he doesn't know about you I can tell him my troubles makes 'em all seem right I can make up exc...

Mama never had a flower garden 'Cause cotton grew right up to our front door Daddy never went on a vacation He died a tired old man at forty-four Our neighbors in the big house called us redneck 'Cause we lived in a poor sharecropper shack The Jackson's down...

She wouldn't know me if she saw me And you'd turn your head if you did She'll never know how much you loved me Or what kind of love we had You threw away all our pictures But the memories won't go away She's asking questions that you don't have to answer It's...

Aha I don't believe that's how you feel I don't believe that you don't love me I guess, I must have hurt you bad I didn't mean to make you sad And I sure regret the words I told you now I don't believe that we're all through I don't believe that it's all ove...

I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill it calls to me to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars! The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care! My love waits there in San Francisco, above the blue and windy sea. When I come home to...

My cowboy rhythm with your uptown blues Might sound a little out of tune But I don't care I don't care It don't matter to me, baby I love you anyway Your silk Armani with my wrangler jeans Might make us look a little strange But I don't care I don't care It do...

Grandpa I've been thinking bout you lately Wondering if you'd found your peace of mind I bet you'd be proud to know your grandsons Never crossed that Mason Dixon line And I still sing the old songs that you taught me And I still pray to Jesus now and then And...

„How much do I owe you?”, said the husband to his wife „For standing beside me through the hard years of my life Shall I bring you diamonds, shall I buy you furs? Say the word and it's yours” And his wife said, „I won't take less than your love, sweet love No...

You never gave me back the love I gave to you You just gave me half your heart and that half was untrue So I'll leave you with a promise, from a heart that's heard enough Someday you'll find out that you can't escape my love I'll come back as another woman On...

There's a van out in the drive It's time to divide everything up We've taken down the bed Where so many nights we made love We've gone through everything And given back the rings We once cherished You can take the things you want And leave the things you don'...

Yeah he's the one, the one I told you all about And it was serious, but that was long ago He just might walk over here And give me a kiss for old times But don't you worry dear Old times next to you, can never compare I'll take today over yesterday, any day I...

I was on the telephone Its time to hang up But I can't bring myself To say good night This empty place inside my heart Imagine that your miles apart O darlin' How I long to hold you tight We both know Its too late Travel down There is just one way I can be wi...

Mama said, "Tell me what's wrong child, You didn't eat enough To keep a bird alive, And you haven't said Two words to me all evening." She said, "Girl, you've got your long face on, Your eyes are red, And your smile is gone." So I broke down, And I told my ma...

I'm not Lisa, my name is Tanya Lisa left you year's ago My eyes are not blue But mine won't leave you Til the sun light has touched your face She was your morning light Her smile told of no night Your love for her grew With each risin' sun And then one winter...

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly That 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 a cloud to hide its face and cry Did you ever see a ro...

Everybody take a big long listen I've got somebody to love Everybody take a big long listen cause I've got somebody to love I used to worry bout tomorrow but tomorrow never came Somebody with a crystal ball said you'll never be happy at all Well that's one poi...

Like a child lost in the wilderness I knew not where to go Surrounded by the emptiness Of a love that left me cold I stumbled through that darkness Of nights that have no stars And days that have no sunshine To warm my naked heart Like a bird in flight brough...

I know a man, a good friend of mine; He spends all his time tryin' to make love work out right. But the woman he loves, she don't feel the same, no; I don't know much about love but at least I learned one thing: If it don't come easy, you better let it go. 'C...

If you could only see your way through Your blue eyes into my heart If you would only come inside my dreams Maybe stay awhile, play around I'll show you all the secrets of my mind Do my best to please you all of the time If you feel it you can have it If you...

Well I packed his bags and kicked him out we were havin' bad times Looking back I can see it was over nothin' Since then there's been too much red wine and women messin' up his mind But nothin' can compare with baby's lovin' At two o'clock this mornin' he made...

If your heart ain't busy tonight Maybe it would like to get with mine If your heart ain't busy tonight Well, I could keep it occupied for a long, long time If your lips ain't got something pressing to do If your arms aren't held up, well, their invited too If...

Rain dripping off the brim of my hat, it sure is cold today And here I am walking down 66, wish he hadn't done me that way Sleeping under a table at a road side park a girl could wake up dead But sure feels warmer than it did sleepin' in our king size bed Is...

It sure felt like forever When we were together Imagine my surprise When You Told Me It Was Over Threw your coat over your shoulder And walked out of my life You said that it was just infatuation Something I'd get over soon enough But it hurts like love And i...

Somebody oughta tell that girl She's livin' in a dreamers' world That boy is gone as gone can be But it won't be me No, it won't be me Somebody oughta set her straight She oughta give up the wait He'll never give up being free But it won't be me No, it won't...

They're tuning those twin Texas fiddles, It'll soon be holding time, I'm such a easy mood, It's close to 4/4 time. All alone at a table for two, Just me, and the candle light. Shuffle with me Huston stranger, It's a cowboy lovin' night. My last good t...

Well, I was up all night, well, wonderin' what to do Thinkin' that I oughta just forget about you But it's a little too late, well it's a little too late When you walked in, I shoulda walked out But it's a little too late to do the right thing now Well, the w...

Somehow I knew I'd see you tonight Here in our old rendezvous I'm at the mercy of old memories You've got your somebody new You may wonder why I keep coming by With this heart so broken in two Any fool can see with one look at me That it's only over for you...

Another love, just another love, I don't want to be just another love, On your list of hearts, you've torn apart, Then you've cast them aside. Oh, can't you see, I don't want to be, I don't want to be just another love in your life. Well, I hear you've got a...

First you let him down then you come around You build him up and get him up and turn his head around You tear him down again and then you're gone leave him alone Just about the time I've pushed you from his mind You start to spin your web again and he falls fo...

Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! It doesn't show signs of stopping And I've bought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let It Snow! Let...

Where ever you go, where ever you may wander in your life Surely you know I always want to be there Holding your hand and standing by to catch you when you fall Seeing you thru in ev'rything you do Let me be there in your morning Let me be there in your nigh...

Here goes one more empty night lonely lady foolish pride Do I need you deep inside let me count the ways Losing tracks of tears I've shed feeling empty as my bed Could you give me love instead let me count the ways Who could count the times you're on my mind m...

It opens up with the same old scene You pushing me on that tire swing Up so high I could almost touch the sky The picture fades to you and me Caught stealing a kiss behind the tree It's so real it's like you never said goodbye Every night I turn the lights d...

Love can't be measured with diamonds and gold Before you spend your money I oughta let you know If you want to get to me, try the little things Don't need that mansion on top of the hill Too many rooms with nothing to fill You can't furnish me, with the little...

You came riding in on the sunrise On a hot west Texas day With a fancy man in a painted wagon With some fancy things to say Looks like you folks need some water Well water is my game And for the small price of $100.00 I bet you I could make it rain Step back...

I can't belive you took the time to call, You say you think you love me after all, You didn't know what you were doing then, So now you want to do it all again, You know a perfect way to end the fight, I gotta tell you it's your lucky night, (Chorus) You caug...

It's time to pack up all the dreams and walk away No matter what our hearts might say Now we know we're at the end of a love so it's foolish to pretend why try We cried clinging to each other tenderly we were the best that we could be Through the sweet and gen...

In a cozy little restaurant for lovers It seems so out of place for you and me We used to play around, under the covers But now it's just a place to watch TV So love me like you used to When our love was brand new And, darlin', when we're through You c...

It's kind of gentle and easy Something to do with the heart A sweet song crying way down deep You've got to play it, baby No way to say it It's a love thing It's got no name It's just a feeling inside It's a full moon A summer rain And when I'm holding you tig...

Money won't dry your tears And words ain't always true Flowers are nice to look at But they won't satisfy you But, honey, love will Honey; love will A whole lotta good things won't But,honey, love will Candy won't give you sweet dreams Letters can't hold you...

If you think it's hard in this day and time To hold your man like I been holding mine There's no secret just some little things to do It worked for me and it's bound to work for you A loving smile will start his day out right A goodbye kiss will bring hi...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ I got a feelin' called the blues, oh Lord Since my baby said goodbye I don't know what I'll do All I do is sit and sigh, oh Lord The long last day he said goodbye Ohl Lord I thought I would cry He'll do me, he'll do you, he's got that kind o...

Oh there ain't nothing like Lovin' somebody on a rainy, rainy night Well the moon is changing faces Playing hide and seek with the clouds They're arranging nature's symphony As the concert call goes out Bringing lovers close together To hear a tin roof lullaby...

If you could see me now The one who said that she'd rather roam The one who said she'd rather be alone If you could only see me now If I could hold you now Just for a moment if I could make you mine Just for a while turn back the hands of time If I could only...

Here we are again tonight alone just us two Where the lights're dim and true love is coming through There's no one else in this whole world as far as we're concerned We built ourselves a fire so let it burn Tomorrow night we'll meet again to once more fan the...

The first time that I said let's start our family He said hon I've got the whole wide world to see So come along and be this drifter's lady the best next thing to love is bein' free And I said don't you feel the need to have some kids and settle down He said n...

I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know Mama was no prude but she was proper never wore her dress too short She didn't care if you did but she'd never taken a drink...

You're the sunshine That warms my heart each day You're the rainbow When gray clouds roll away You're the melody for the words That my heart's been tryin' to think of You're that missing piece of puzzle That it takes to put together love You're the...

I know you like the night life, the parties and the fun. You like to hang around until the last song has been sung. So I have made arrangements, and I wanted you to know when all the laughter's ended there's still somewhere you can go. My arms stay open all...

Years ago he was the handsomest devil in town Well I know 'cause I've seen his pictures laying around But he's gettin' old and can't ride them Broncos no more It makes me sad my old man just hit sixty-four Years ago his home was the wild rodeos But his scars...

I'm sittin' in this New York City hotel room alone Wishin' I was somewhere else or on my way back home Nashville Tennessee I know that's where I do belong Cause I don't know no New York City song They know I'm from Dixie when I open up my mouth They don't tre...

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again. In the winter of sixty-five, we were hungry, just barely alive. By May the tenth, Richmond had fell; It's a time I remember oh, so well The...

Many years ago in Brushcreek Georgia Molly Marlo was a virgin girl She lived a mile from a fool named Barney Dawson Hell bent on getting inside Molly's world He caught her after church one Sunday morning And took her body with his rough hard hands And walked...

Nobody told me It could ever hurt so bad I'm having to learn the hard way Now that you're gone It's hurting me more Than any pain I've ever had I don't know how I can go on Nobody dies from a broken heart Give it time, and your dreams will start again I know...

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give your loving to me Love that lasts more than one day Love is love and not fade away Love is love and not fade away My love is bigger than a Cadillac I try to love you but you drive me back Y...

I saw you tonight In her arms so tight I watched as she held you tenderly You say when she held you It did nothing to you But oh, what it did to me You say when she kissed you You didn't feel a thing Well, I felt enough for all three You want me to believe...

Well, everybody's going out and having fun I'm just a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how he 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 fo...

Mama died havin' me and papa tried to raise me And then he took to drinking when I was only three I'd follow him and his guitar along the streets of Mobile Where he'd sing for just a drink and a lollipop for me Then at night he sat me on the bar while he did...

Two in the morning, too hot to sleep Tossin' and turning and twistin' the sheets I feel an old weakness coming on strong Window wide open in the back bedroom Smell of sweet honeysuckle in full bloom I feel an old weakness coming on strong Feel like I'm runni...

It makes me weak and in a hurry All night long I lay at a worry I'm so afraid that I'm gonna talk in my sleep Who do I love? Who am I usin'? Which one is which can get so confusin' I've got to choose one and set the other one free One love at a time it's all...

Would you look at what came down the road today Wanting me to be one more mistake to make A bridge to burn to get to someone knew Hey, pass me by if you're only passing through You sure look like the traveling kind to me Don't stop if this ain't where you wa...

If you've got a road map of Texas You can see that it's a wide open state From Amarillo down to Boulder You can bet that it's a honky-tonky place They might like to rock 'n roll in Dallas Or disco down on Galveston Bay But when God made them West Texas cowboy...

All through school he did real well got a good job in the sawmill yeah But he wanted more so he went away As he stepped on board the 8-0-2 he could hear his daddy say Listen to the big bell ringin' on the hillside I hear the town choir singin' oh so sweet and...

Out of the shoot he sits tall as the timber One hand on the horse and one hand on the sky Eight seconds later he lands in the money And winning's a feeling that money can't buy The kids love a hero and big silver buckles The girls love the dream of a rodeo man...

Maybe you wish I was someone else I've tried so hard to be myself But I can see you need a change Some folks get tired of the rain Some folks get tired of the rain One sunny day you'll change your mind And look for clouds but you find Your rainy girl won't ra...

My hat don't hang on the same nail too long My ears can't stand to hear the same old song And I don't leave the highway long enough To bog down in the mud 'cause I've got ramblin' fever in my blood Well, I caught this ramblin' fever long ago When I first hear...

Sixty six Chevrolet Windshield full of rain Four wheels that I can trust to take me outta here Truck stop in buffalo Fueled up and food to go One lonely trucker said he had to bend my ear ?Hey there, where ya headed? I told him, ?I don't really know? I'm just...

I never thought the time would come, When I would want to have someone To take your place, and love me while you're gone. I promised I would stay with you, And that's just what I want to do, But a woman can't spend this much time alone. There'll always...

Right about now you'd be saying sweet nothings, and I'd be hanging on your every word. My lips would be wet with your kisses, And we'd be lost in our own little world. Right about now I'd be feeling your heart beat and your fingers touching my skin. Oh,...

Get your horse Waylen On the side of the highway Trying to sleep Dreaming of a new love She knows she can't keep He's back down the road Three or four rodeos Might have been her dream cowboy But she'll never know Riding like the wind Feeling so alive The win...

When I was a child down in South Caroline Soon as Saturday sun went on down. My folks and sister would go and leave me home all alone, Going to that big square dance in town. Well my old radio would play that old opry show, So I never got lonesome or blue. I'...

I'm not very big and I'm not very strong I never have hurt you or done you wrong I'm just a newborn baby and I'm startin' to grow Trying to survive in my home in the snow save me Mama she can only give me her love There's a man over me and he's holding a club...

Picture you and I Twenty years gone by Looking back on time together It’s not that far away It’ll be yesterday Before you turn and know it So come along And take my hand And hold on tight We’ll make it right Sharing all the joys and sorrows Together you and...

She tests every word like a fine wine She holds every thought like her last dime You can hear a pin drop from miles away You can hear a heart stop as plain as day We live in a land where silence is king Whispers have all disappeared Cry for an echo, you...

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

Yesterday oh how many do you wish you could relive Turn the page and go back oh I wonder what you'd give Looking back does it seem what you've planned when you've dreamed You forgot the most important thing Smell the flowers while the roses bloom take the time...

Radio sittin' on a window sill I can hear the music comin' over the hill How am I supposed to stay in bed With a crazy little love song in my head Ooh, sneaky moon, ooh, sneaky moon June bug buzzin' on the front porch light Heartbreak's waitin' for me outsid...

Late one night, I heard a knock on my door, No surprise, it was my landlord. Notified me I was late with the rent. What can you do when your last dollar's spent, You got trouble. Some kind of trouble. I called up my baby for a little advice, 'Cause my sugar b...

With a 38 tucked out of sight In a hopped up Ford on a Friday night He was burnin' rubber, halfway to Waco Destination- liquor store And though he'd never robbed one before He made up his mind to do it Then he'd lay low. Cause all he thought he needed was a l...

You were movin' too fast to ever grow old Must a took a wrong turn back down the road Searchin' for truth where there just wasn't any And the wine's not so sweet when you've had one too many Somebody's knocking on your door is your day finally coming Is it the...

Somewhere waiting for me There is someone I'm longing to see Someone I simply can't help but adore Someone who'll thrill me forever Some day my prince will come Some day I'll find my love And how thrilling that moment will be When the prince of my dreams comes...

Billy-Ray was a preacher's son And when his daddy would visit he'd come along When they gathered round and started talkin' That's when Billy would take me walkin' A-through the back yard we'd go walkin' Then he'd look into my eyes Lord knows to my surpri...

On the sidewalks of Savannah There's an old man ragged and blind He don't beg, an' he don't steal And he don't fool with wine With an old guitar in his wrinkled hands A thousand songs in his mind You can't keep your heart from lovin' The song man when you hear...

Looking back she thinks about that moment in the sand And what was just a summer fling Got so far out of hand She knew that he was taken But she gave in anyway She believed it when she heard him say... Soon I'll be free to be with you Soon I'll be telling yo...

Mhm mhm mhm [guitar] You're my soul song my everything-that-I-do song My pick-me-up-when-I'm-blue song that's why I sing all the time You're my soul song and that's why I call you my solid-gold song Nothin' in the world could ever go wrong as long as you are m...

In a broken down apartment house Lay a woman in labor She said by the grace of God I'll have this child And the help of a neighbor At six o'clock the sun was rising On upon the world At seven forty five The neighbor smiled and sayed You've got a beautiful baby...

If I told you tonight that I loved you Would you walk my way would you say Lies that I wanted to hear If I told you tonight that I need you Would you break my heart would you start Wearing me down again I feel so lonely when I'm with I'm with you But I'm so lo...

Sometimes you can be like a stranger In moments when you're so far away In the night when I reach out to hold you You just turn away, why do you turn away Oh, I love you so when you're smilin' But your smile has faded overnight Will we stay like this for...

There's a tree out in the backyard That never has been broken by the wind And the reason its still standing It was strong enough to bend For years, we have stayed together As lovers and as friends What we have will last forever If we're strong enough to bend...

I hope it's all that I'd found this may be my last time around I tried so long but it's always gone wrong cause I don't know the words to your song Teach me the words to your song teach me and I'll sing along I don't care anymore if it's right or it's wrong ju...

I wish I had button eyes and red fat nose Shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes Sittin' on the shelf in the local department store With no dreams to dream and nothing to be sorry for I wish I was a Teddy Bear Not livin' nor lovin' or goin' nowh...

They say that there's a hole in the atmosphere The things you think will last disappear When you were ready to say I do Somebody lowered the boom on you Now you need a sympathetic ear Tell me about it Tell me about teardrops in the dark Tell me about it Tell...

Lay me down on porch at midnight get me high on the southern moonlight Walk me down by the river star bright hold me my friend I'm home again I'm a Tennessee woman who's been away from home I know I don't belong in that city world Old Smoky Mountains do you re...

When I die I may not go to Heaven Well, I don't know if they let cowboys in If they don't just let me go to Texas, boy 'Cause Texas is as close as I've been New York couldn't hold my attention Detroit City couldn't sing my song If tomorrow finds me busted fla...

I only meant to love you don't you know it babe Why couldn't you be contented with the love I gave I've given you my heart and now you want my mind Your love scares me to death boy it's the chokin' kind You can kill a girl with bullets poison or a knife But i...

Shine on me sunshine Walk with me world It's a skippidity-do-da day I'm the happiest girl, in the whole U.S.A Good morning morning Hello sunshine Wake up sleepy head Why'd we move that bojangle clock So far away from the bed Just one more minute That's why w...

He just caught the Jamestown ferry, it's not a hot day in January Like he said it'd be if he ever left me A case of gone was all he carried as he got on the Jamestown ferry And he said that gone was all he'd ever be I didn't think that he'd leave me after say...

I have walked through a world of temptation I have witnessed the power of gold I told myself I would not surrender To all the things that steal the soul A restless heart bound to wander Never finding lasting peace In the sea of life I went under All my hope a...

I seemed to know right from the start Where I was goin' and how far Like the river as she flows I just always seemed to know But you were born beneath the restless moon Your heart still sings a wanderin' tune Like the wind cannot be bound, oh Walls would only...

Three thirty in the morning Not a soul insight The city's lookin' like a ghost town On a moonless summer night Raindrops on the windshield There's a storm moving in He's headin' back from somewhere That he never should have been And the thunder rolls And the t...

There is a place, Where you can go Where memordlemns still dance with Malgeo, And Juliet with Romeo, And the name of the place is love They put there hearts, Into a song, But hit the parades and hero's how they come and gone, No one touched home, But they got...

There is a place down in tenessee I call home There is someone down there I call my own At least I think he is Lord I pray he is Least I could do is give him a call Our love across the miles is holding strong With every sign of going on and on Least I hope it...

She'll always get you when your guard is down Pick you up and then drag you round And everybody knows you'll be found Following a trail of tears She keeps her heart all locked in chains You'll never have a chanse to love again But you won't be the first my fr...

She's fifteen and he's barely driving a car She's got his ring and he's got the keys to her heart It's just a matter of time They'll spread their wings and fly Like two sparrows in a hurricane Are trying to find their way With a head full of dreams And...

Somebody's drinking his whiskey Somebody's loving on his wife Somebody ain't gonna live 'till tomorrow If daddy gets home a little early tonight Wait 'till daddy finds out He ain't gonna like it Wait 'till daddy finds out When he gets home tonight Well, dadd...

I'm gonna put on my walkin' shoes tonight Well, I'm a-leavin' here 'Cause you don't treat me right All ya do is make me cry So now I'm a-gonna say goodbye I'm gonna put on my walkin' shoes tonight Ya, I'll be wearin' my old travelin' hat Now, baby, what do you...

If anyone had told me Things would get this far I'd have told them they were crazy Yet, here we are Pride can be our enemy We both know the cost So tell me if you're having Second thoughts We don't have to do this It's not carved in stone Or are we so lo...

They say that life goes on I'll find true love again. It's not the end of the world, One day my heart will mend. Someone will come along and a new love will grow That's what they say but what do they know How could they know the pain I feel inside my hear...

Everybody's wondering how this world will get around Now that we're all running out of gas But me, I'm kinda happy that this world is slowing down Seems to me we were moving much too fast [Chorus] Now folks are gonna have to slow it down But that won't stop t...

I was givin' up on givin' love another try But were easy on the heart And easy on the eye I wouldn't have believed it if I'd been told I'd have my very own angel to hold Like a warm blanket I can wrap around my soul You're good lookin' You're good luck You mak...

Thiry some odd years ago A young man came to Memphis Askin' 'bout a rose that used to blossom In his world People never took the time to mind the young man's questions Until one day they heard him ask a little green eyed girl [Chorus:] What's your mama's n...

Why me Lord, what have I 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 help me Jesus, I've wasted it so Help me Jesus I know what I am Now that I know th...

I'm the center of attention in this bar room 'Cause I've got the biggest heartache of the year And each night those swingin' doors reach out to me and draw me in 'Cause they know each night that I'll come back to wine me up again Wine me up, turn me on and wa...

Sleigh bells ring, are you list'nin'? In the lane, snow is glist'nin' A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight Walkin' in a winter wonderland Gone away is the bluebird Here to stay is a new bird He sings a love song, as we go along Walkin' in a winter wonderlan...

She don't want for nothin' 'Cause he buys her everything But the one thing he don't give her Is the love that she needs She cries on pillows made of lace Dreamin' of some other place She's got a half a mind to run from But she knows she'd be back again She's...

Would you lay with me in a field of stone If my needs were strong would you lay with me Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear In the midnight hour if my lips were dry Would you go away to another land walk a thousand miles through the burning sand...

You are so beautiful to me You are so beautiful to me Can't you see Your everything I hoped for Your everything I need You are so beautiful to me Such joy and happiness you bring Such joy and happiness you bring Like a dream A guiding light that shin...

Every now and then you feel like jumping off the deep end Pack a few things head to New Orleans, commit a few sins With a good rockin' daddy that can rock all night Make you feel good, make you feel all right You don't do it, baby, but you think about it You...

When I said I needed you You said you would always stay It wasn't me who changed but you and now you've gone away Don't you see that now you've gone And I'm left here on my own That I have to follow you and beg you to come home You don't have to say you love...

You give your hand to me and then you say hello And I can hardly speak, my heart is beating so Oh, anyone can tell you think you know me well But you don't know me, you don't know me You don't know the one who dreams of you at night Who longs to kiss your lip...

You just watch me, baby One of these breathless nights I'm gonna steal your heart And make you mine You're gonna say you want me Beg me to never leave If you don't think so Then you just watch me When you see me comin' Ain't no use runnin' 'cause I'll be th...

If we lost all we had would I walk your rocky road or take a different path Would I sell my pride for you If you ask me to walk the streets you know just what I'd do Would your child have a home if it should be born of love other than our own Would I still sta...

Don't it make life just a little more special knowin' you've got someone who cares You won't ever have to be lonely always have somebody there Don't it make everything a little bit easier knowin' you have someone like me A hand to take you to the light when it...

I've never seen the inside of a ballroom Or listened to a jukebox all night long But I've seen these are the things that bring you pleasure So I'm gonna make some changes in our home I've heard it said if you can't beat 'em, join 'em So if that's the way you...