Sometimes I wanna throw my arms around you And I tremble at the thought of giving in Because I know how much it cost to love you and I'm so afraid of losing you...

Now my daddy was a hard shelled Alabama preacher My mama was a dedicated a Sunday School teacher My brother went a college and got a PHD Daddy said the only dud...

Always late mhm with your kisses Baby won't you come to my arms sweet darling and stay Always late mhm with your kisses oh why oh why do you want to do me this ...

Girl you're gettin' that look in your eyes and it's startin' to worry me I ain't ready for no family ties nobody's gonna hurry me Just keep it friendly girl cau...

I see a bad moon risin' I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightenin' and I see bad times each day Don't fool round tonight it's bound to take your ...

Yesterday I had a future and I was happy I had your love and the whole wide world was mine I had money to spend and a woman who called me darling Oh that was be...

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising She'll find the note I left hanging on her door She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving Cause I...

Carolyn let me tell you what I've heard about a man today He didn't come home from work and he went away Till he came to a city bright in the nighttime like day...

[ Connie ] Lord bless your children who walk in perfection who'll manage to Master your will Give them their share of sweet milk and wild honey Provide bread of...

Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall But will the timely crowd that has you lau...

Well a country boy named Shorty and a city boy named Dan Had to prove who could run the fastest to win Miss Lucy's hand Now Dan had all the money and he also ha...

[ Nat ] I remember when I was a lad times were hard and things were bad But there's a silver lining behind every cloud Just poor people that's all we were tryin...

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 meetin' you here today To take you to his man...

[ Connie ] When you told that man about Jesus and his precious love Did you let your light shine did you let your light shine Oh was it just a matter of a bunch...

Last night I stopped off for a beer on my way home And I saw this broken hearted sweet thing cryin' all alone My tender heart was deeply touched at the sight of...

You make my eyes run over all the time you're happy when I'm out of my mind You don't love me but you won't let me be don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me You...

She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles that weren't there yesterday And thinks of the young man that she almost married What would he think if he sa...

Easy lovin' so sexy lookin' I know from the feelin' that it comes from the heart Easy lovin' everyday's things givin' To count all my blessings I wouldn't know ...

(Even the bad times are good) [ Connie ] If there's a chance that your heart misses the words I try to say with kisses If I don't seem to be as happy as I shoul...

I hear that train a comin' it's rollin' round the bend But I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when Cause I'm stuck in Folsom Prison time keeps draggin...

Don't look so sad I know it's over But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together There's no nee...

Forgive me for calling you darling but I can't stop myself from loving you Yesterday I slipped and called you darling and I saw him look at you and wonder why I...

I was sleeping on the rolled up copy of the early morning Maryland news I didn't have a dime for coffee or to call me up someone to talk me to And then I read ...

It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up And stashed behind your couch And...

[ Connie ] God will walk with me down the streets where no one else will walk God will talk with me bout things of which no one else will talk When no one else ...

A long time forgotten are dreams that just fell by the way And the good life he promised ain't what she's living today But she never complains of the bad times ...

Everybody's gone away said they're movin' to LA There's not a soul I know around everybody's leavin' town Some caught a freight some caught a plane Find the sun...

One more drink and you can close the bar Joe it looks like she ain't coming anyway Oh it hurts but you know how love goes Joe and this looks like my got it comi...

I don't care how long you've loved him makes no difference now he's gone And I know your heart is broken from holding on too long But I'll gladly take the piece...

I wanna tell you all the story bout the Harper Valley widow wife Who had a teenage son and daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well her daughter cam...

I wanna tell you all the story bout the Harper Valley widow wife Who had a teenage son and daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well her daughter cam...

[ Both ] He turned the water into wine he turned the water into wine In the little Canaan town the word went all around That he turned the water into wine [ Con...

He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole wide world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He...

Hello darlin' nice to see you it's been a long time You're just as lovely as you used to be How's your new love are you happy hope you're doing fine Just to kno...

Take the ribbon from your hair shake it loose and let it fall Laying soft upon my skin like the shadows on the wall Come and lay down by my side till the early ...

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog cryin' all the time No you ain't nothin' but a hound dog just cryin' all the time Well you ain't never caught a rabbit and you...

There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many poor boys and Lord I know I'm one My mama was a taylor she sowed my new ...

There's a devil in my body that I just can't satisfy Other women haunt me even though I love my wife It's because I really love her I try to save her heart with...

[ Nat ] Don't get no attention from the people on the street But they don't even see us they just step right on our feet Just two unnoticed people in this great...

The nights were dark and long I've spent a million all alone But I never once stopped loving you My world was cold and still my dreams lay unfulfill But I never...

Lord there's just no love to give her I used it all on you She's an angel and she could fill any man's dream I do nothing to deserve her yet she treats me like...

(Can't you see that I'm waiting to share my world with you) [ Nat ] I'll share my world with you everything that I own My earthly possessions there's no good if...

I'm gonna quit rambling gambling stayin' out late at night I'm gonna go home where I belong and I'm gonna act right Today I got a letter from my wife and her l...

(If God is dead who's this living for my soul) [ Connie ] He put flowers on the hills your cup he gladly fills How can you turn around and say God is dead But w...

As the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago morn A poor little baby child is born in the Ghetto and his mama cries Cause there's one thing that she don't need ...

In the year 2525 if man is still alive if woman can survive they may find In the year 3535 ain't gonna need to tell the truth tell no lies Everything you think ...

Is it any wonder that I love you is it any wonder that I feel the way I do There's been times when life's been rough we've just barely had enough The clothes we...

(Impossible impossible) It's impossible tell the sun to leave the sky it's impossible It's impossible ask a baby not to cry it's just impossible Can I hold you...

Joe and Mabel's 12th St Bar and Grill The kids say, "Daddy, where did you meet mother?" Well, I can't tell them and I never will I can't tell them that we met ...

If there ever was an angel then surely you must be one If there ever was a perfect love when I look at you I see one If there's heaven here on earth then this m...

[ Both ] I bless the day I found you I want to stay around you and so I beg you let it be me Don't take this heaven from one if you must cling to someone Now an...

Give me a ticket for an airplane I ain't got a time to take a fast train Lonely days're gone I'm a goin' home my baby just wrote me a letter I don't care how m...

Oh Shirley I love you you must believe I do Cause Shirley I need to have and hold the both of you Well Shirley I'm writing this in a hotel downtown I'm sure yo...

Hey hey mercy woman play a song you know I'm listening For I need help I'm falling again Play the drum a little bit louder tell me I can live without her If I o...

I keep lookin' for a way to tell you I don't love you anymore But I think it's best we go our seperate ways just walk out the door But I hesitate and wait till ...

[ Both ] Yes his love takes good care of me yes his love takes good care of me And when the rain falls the wind blows the storm is on the sea I'll be safe his l...

We try to pick the most unlikely places Where no one's apt to know us by our names Then for a while we share the sweet affection That makes it worth the sorrow ...

I will spend my whole life through loving you oh loving you Winter summer springtime too loving you loving you Makes no difference where I go or what I do you k...

In a world where there's not enough love to go round And hurt wears a pretty disguise Well I found the love that's too strong to tear down As strong as the look...

Well it's sad but true and some day it'll happen to you When your can do can't keep up with your want to I ain't never been much of a lover and it never really...

When I needed sunshine you saved it for me When I had no future you made it for me So I'm gonna love you for all that I'm worth Cause lonely is only a word Whe...

(Now Lord what can I do for you) [ Nat ] In a land where there's freedom to worship It was there that beauty creates that I should be born You gave me the breat...

Old beatup suitcase on the platform a train ticket in my hand And the train just arrivin' that'll take me as far as fourteen dollars can But the train won't tak...

Only a woman like you can make a man of me For a man like me can't go through life alone Only a woman like you can make a man of me Without your love I'm weak b...

I've got a long black six passenger limousine A palace in Dallas a club in New Orleans Diamonds on my fingers silk imported clothes And I can tell a fast train ...

Raining in my heart since we've been apart I know I was wrong darling please come on home You've got me crying bout to lose my mind Don't let me cry in vain tr...

[ Both ] I remember when you said with this ring I Thee wed Now you've gone betrayed my trust rings of gold have turned to rust Tears can't wash away the sin lo...

Well I'm a write a little letter gonna mail it to my local DJ Yes it's a jumpin' little record I want my jockey to play Roll over Beethoven I gotta hear it agai...

You have painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is g...

Just because I asked a friend about her just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I rang her number by mistake today she thinks I still care Just bec...

Friend don't take her she's all I got please don't take her love away from me I'm beggin' you friend don't take her she's all I got She's everything in life I'l...

I got a thing about the long haired women their identity drives me wild And dancin' girls with painted eyes in mini skirts and bye bye eyes Guarantee to make me...

[ Connie ] There's something pretty in a summer rainbow there not just colors anymore [ Nat ] And there's something pretty in the way the stars flow something I...

Well I was born in a tumbled down shack one quarter of a mile from a railroad track Mama was a drifter and daddy was a bum and they didn't want a little hobo so...

Oh the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin And above the door there burned a scarlet lamp And late at night a hand would knock and there ...

[ Both ] Stand beside me stand beside me you're the only one who ever made me care [ Connie ] I can't stand to think that I might be alone No alone again like t...

[ Both ] Sunday Sunday Sunday morning a new week starts and the old one ends On Sunday Sunday Sunday morning Start the day out right with your family and your f...

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 in...

Almost heaven West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River Life is old there older than the trees Younger than the mountains blowin' like a breeze Countr...

Take time to love her for days at home and nights alone Are the kind of the things that she can't understand Take time to love her or someone else who has more ...

I know I'm not your first love they're just a past memory For I'm the one that's got you now and that's all that matters to me I know other arms have held you b...

These eyes cry every night for you these arms long to hold you again The hurtin's on me yeah now I know I'll never be free no no baby You gave a promise to me y...

You see this guy this guy's in love with you Yes I'm in love who looks at you the way I do When you smile I can tell we know each other very well How can I show...

(To my sorrow you're in my heart) To my sorrow I loved you only cause you told me your heart was true Then you left me to love another to my sorrow I trusted yo...

Together again all my tears have stopped falling The long lonely nights are now at an end The key to my heart you hold in your hand And nothing else matters we'...

[ Nat ] So many things to see in this old world but all I can see is you [ Connie ] In a crowded subway train walkiin' in the country rain you're there with me ...

[ Nat ] If you're not in my arms then you're too far away And when you're far away I'd get the blues [ Connie ] You're the first thing I think of at the dawn of...

Welcome to my world won't you come on in miracles still happen now and then Step into my heart leave your cares behind Welcome to my world built with you in min...

[ Both ] Well it's all right it's all right long as I've got my Lord beside me well it's all right Long as I've got his hand to hold long as he's a watchin' to ...

I came here when the flowers were a blooming and the sun shined every day And we chased butterflies among the flowers just to let 'em get away And we watched sp...

It's late and she is waiting and I know I should go home But everytime I start to leave they play another song Then someone buys another rouns and whenever drin...

Oh well now me and Homer and Big John Talley Had a big crap game goin' back in the alley And I kept rollin' them sevens and winnin' all them pots My luck was go...

[ Connie ] Soft as a voice of an angel breathing a lesson unheard Hope with a gentle persuasion whispers a comforting word [ Both ] Wait till the darkness is ov...

I got wine in the cellar and a party upstairs and here it is Friday night I'm gonna shine up my shoes and slick down my hair and yet just to reap it tight I go...

With pen in hand you signed your name today at five I'll be on that train And you'll be free and I will be alone so alone If you think we can't find the love we...

Woman of hurt how can you live always demanding but you never give Where is your heart where is your soul Just pass the rthythm of a bottomless hole woman of hu...

Whenever I'm down then you come around and you make me feel like a man There's nothing like the touch of my woman to make me feel warm and proud inside Anytime ...

[ Both ] They say for every boy and girl there's just one love in this old world And I know I've found mine The heavenly touch of your embrace tells me no one c...