** Denotes spoken part People staring at me as they wheel me down the ramp toward my plane The war is over for me, I've forgotten everything except the pain Th...

I ain't had a bite 'cause the moon's too bright I wish I had a big one or two My crock line's set and my hooks are all wet And mama's got the catfish blues Don...

If I live forever I will not forget The man who hated freckles that I met He was absolute about it and his hate intensified He said I hate them folks with freck...

There's more love on McLeay Street in Sydney than you have in your heart for me I can buy love like yours on McLeay Street so why won't your love let me be I'm ...

(Chorus) 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 i...

Me and Jimmie Rodgers used to ride them rollin' boxcars in the summer time Jimmie he'd play his guitar I'd lay back and watch the stars and sip my wine Me and A...

I was there on the day the monkey came into this world His face was round and reddish and his hair was slightly curled He didn't look too different from the oth...

(The Storytellers and I were doin' a show down in Meridian, Mississippii And these friends of mine came up And brought me this real old book about John Henry A...

Her name is Myra and her golden skin Is tanned by the sunshine and the wind She does'nt wear make-up and she firmly believes In everything that Jesus came to te...

The mysterious fox of Fox Hollow he doesn't have many friends He hides in the forest behind a big rock he sniffs with his nose in the wind And you'll never see ...

He's wantin' her more than he's wantin' his wife Buddy that's a good way to screw up your life He sneaks off to see her when he gets a chance That's a perfect e...

I guess I'll go through life never having you I guess I'll go out of this world never having you There's no way for me to love you At this late day it wouldn't...

I'd like to be your friend but think of all the friends I've been I never thought there'd come a day I never thought I'd hear me say I'd disappoint you in the e...

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree Thy leaves are so unchanging O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree Thy leaves are so unchanging Not only green when summer's he...

This is the song about the time I nearly starved to death in Roanoke Virginia I woke up Wednesday morning in my little motel bed Knowing I would die the minute ...

How old do you think I am he said I said well I didn't know He said I turned sixty five about eleven months ago I was sittin' in Miami pourin' blended whiskey d...

"How old do you think I am?" he said I said, well, I didn't know He said, "I turned 65 about 11 months ago" I was sittin' in Miami pourin' blended whiskey down...

I hope that gleam that you have in your eye Is reflection from the buttons on your blouse If it's not then we're in trouble, I can tell you why I'm old enough t...

I've spent the lifetime making up my mind to be More than the measure of what I thought others could see Good luck and fast bucks they're too few and too far be...

Old habits die hard old habits like loving you Like spending my days and nights in missing you Hours that were yours echoe like empty rooms Strange faces and yo...

Ain't it strange how people change and almost over night Who once was a country girl is now a socialite We're proud for you but when you're through and seek som...

Ole lonesome George the basset lived in Brentwood Tennessee And even though he had his faults he was a sight to see He taught the show dog puppies to always try...

Ole lonesome George, the basset Lived in Brentwood Tennessee And even though he had his faults He was a sight to see He taught the show dog puppies To always t...

(chorus) One hundred children, brave boys and girls They come from nations all over the world One hundred children marching along One hundred children singing ...

We've traveled this world over in our day and in our time We've heard some songs that made no sense and some that did not rhyme We may never sing another song t...

Over and over say you forgive me for the crazy fool I've been Over and over I'll be sorry over and over again Would I be untrue to you dear no no never again Th...

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high There is a land that I heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue And those dreams that you dar...

(CHORUS) Pay no attention to Alice, she's drunk all the time,hooked on that wine, bunches of it, And it ruined her mind Pay no attention to Alice, they say she...

I know somewhere they are drivin' lovin' women makin' money all the time And ever since I was a little boy that's all I've ever had on the mind I had always bee...

PINTO THE WONDER HORSE IS DEAD (Tom T Hall) ?« ?© '70 Newkeys Music ?» "I loved that song I saw a little story in the newspaper about the size of a pack of ciga...

I got a little friend named Pisty she's a dandy She doesn't care for movies or for candy She doesn't care for TV or for frogs the reason that she doesn't she's ...

There's a sadness in your singing I have never heard before There's a dying in your living that exists from shore to shore There's a coward in your character th...

Dear, I thought I drop a line The weather is cool, the folks are fine I'm in bed each night at nine PS I love you Yesterday we had some rain But all in all, I ...

All summer long you smelled like lotion and we made love when we took the notion Summer is gone and it's hard to believe how lonely I am raking up leaves Rakin...

Ramona lived just down the hill from us She kept the house ger mother drove the bus (an old yellow school bus) Ramona had a handicap the neighborhood knew well ...

Well don't look now but there goes a rattlemouse how can I tell how did he smell He doesn't smell and you can't find him just by sniffin' But you'll hear him wh...

Down here on the Redneck Riviera a drinkin' beer and singing country songs Chillin' with the motel door wide open hopin' somethin' good will come along Gulf Sho...

The rolling mills of Middletown roll on roll on roll on I knew him well old friend of mine from down Kentucky way We had some high good times my friend back in ...

She wore a big yellow bow in her hair one morning we woke up she was there We were a little old out of way town and all us kids were glad to have her around You...

In the shadow of the saddle running wild and running free In a herd of running mustangs there's a part of you and me Broken spirit broken promises make them fea...

You know I love my music it's really all I got I never really cared that much if I was cold or hot Now I got a job to do I don't want to begin I've gotta write ...

Me and Yates an army buddy o'mine were doin' three years in Germany at the time We came upon these Frauleins in the bar Yates said darf isch zee be-gleit-en the...

Here's a little song that you can sing on Saturday morning mhmm boogie Here's a little song that you can sing on Saturday morning mhmm boogie Monday you gotta ...

I was working in Miami for a day or two I decided I'd look up a girl that I once knew I bought some flowers and went to see a girl I used to know The lady at he...

On the floor of the limo there's a bottle of whiskey A white Stetson hat with a fine feather band His face covered up with the two day old paper He's a songwrit...

Shame on the rain for making me twice as blue It's raining in my heart on my window too Days just like this have put out the flame I've got that smoke in my eye...

Ships go out I see them every day Ships go out I watch them sail away And on the decks I see my smiling friends Ships go out but they never do come in [ sax ] S...

Mhm I'm humming as I walk this house and do my daily chores When I put the broom away I see the dress that Alice wore It's hanging in the closet sadly sagging w...

Well I met a man in Montgomery Alabama I was waitin' on a bus and he was shinin' shoes and I heard him say I'm a shoeshine man number one in the land A shoeshi...

Too doo dup too doo doo doo doo doo You're just a little baby boy six months old lying in your mama's lap I'm sittin' here thinkin' of a song I could sing to ge...

Now that I know what I know why did the learning come so slow There are deeds that I have done there in the songs I've sung And no building stands with my name ...

She's been climbin' up in the world I've been slidin' on down Her life is like a french poodle mine's like an old fox hound You wouldn't believe that I know her...

If you ever worry will I be true don't you worry I'll be true And I'll be true sky blue true I'll be true sky blue true As blue as the skies as blue as your ey...

I'll follow my dreams like a soldier of fortune I'd rather chase rainbows than stay here and grow old and never know How high I could fly if I reach for the sky...

I hate to write this song I never wanted to but after all Curt writin' songs is what I do Right now the paper's staring at me cold and blank Defying me to even ...

Do you like true stories I do that's why I'm singing this song A song about one legged chicken who lives in the straw on the floor in my barn I remember the day...

He sits with the guitar on his knee thinking of love that he's had If it makes a sound he writes it down he's a songwriter He's trying to paint little pictures ...

I saw an eagle catch a fish crossed my fingers made a wish He flew away to clear blue skies the way an eagle flies I saw the sun rise o'er the sea through the c...

You know what I've been doin' honey since you said goodbye I've been gettin' close to walkin' my one millionth mile I walked the floor so much just thinkin' whe...

I was sittin' down in Hong Kong in a bar Picking and a singing my way west with my guitar I talked to some old sailor just to pass away the time And he said som...

Out on the edge of town I bought a two room brick Moved in as soon as I got the plumbin' all fixed Making them payments worked my fingers to the bone Anything I...

It wasn't much but I sold it all and I moved to San Antone Knowing in my heart that Texas had to be my home I fell in love with Texas I was happy I was free but...

I rolled into Connersville in 1961 with what was left of my last army pay I had a letter with me from a buddy living there He said you stop and see me if you're...

You gotta be thankful for the Bible Jesus oand your mom and dad For your bike and for your clothes and for your butter and for your bread For your shoes and soc...

That song is driving me crazy I gotta hear it again First time I heard it I was with some friends It's a simple little song you can sing along with an old time ...

It's not my sun man and if it's not shinin' When I wake up tomorrow morning hmm that'll be all right with me They're not my birds man and if they're not singin'...

If you love somebody enough You'll follow wherever they go That's how I got to Memphis That's how I got to Memphis If you love somebody enough You'll go where ...

You know you can't live in the water you'd just be wet all the time Your hands would get wrinkled your face would turn blue And you'd wind up on somebody's line...

I don't know why it is every time I take a trip It's always raining somewhere down the line This particular night was in Prestonsburg, Kentucky I stopped to giv...

I'd feed all those hungry children down by the tracks I'd give Mom and Dad some of their young years back I'd let all those crippled children get up and run I'd...

There is a miracle in you in what you are and what you do If anything at all in life is true there is a miracle in you You can be anything a president of course...

Time takes care of a few things love takes care of the rest Cheer up my lady cheer up my friend there's no reason for you to look so depressed I'd like to be pe...

We got too many do goods and not enough hard working men We got too many hands out and not enough lendin' a hand We got too many thinkers looking for the answer...

She loved me like the trees love Philadelphia and like the Philadelphians love trees One fine and fleeting day in Philadelphia Then we went our separate ways to...

Johnny got up one mornin' he went down to the company store Got him a big box of bullets to fit into his 44 The storeman said son are you gonna work you know yo...

When I was a young man I busted my jeans hopping a freight down to New Orleans Worked on the oil rigs and played in the bars but nothing ever killed me so far N...

My teardrops remind me that I'm water blue A conscience too healthy for all I've been through The sun shines and I think that I should improve But I'm heartsick...

I got a little farm and it's mostly rock it ain't too much but it's all I got Bluebirds singing in the evergreen trees in Watertown Tennessee Hey Watertown Tenn...

I took your picture from the table and now I'm finally alone Took your number from my rolodex I might get weak and call your phone I got my chainsaw from your b...

Memories light the corners of my mind Misty water colored memories of the way we were Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind Smiles we gave to one anot...

(Hey there) you know she left me (hey there) I've been crying In a boat on a plane in a train in a house by the phone (Hey there) we're all in this thing alone ...

Too doop too too doo too One time I spent a week inside a little country jail And I don't guess I'll ever live it down I was sittin' at red light when these two...

You know they played that melody the first time that you danced with me And way back then I didn't even know the words Then they played that song again when our...

You were meant for me and there ain't no two ways about it Even on my darkest days oh they couldn't make me doubt it Someday things are gonna be the way they we...

(Whiskey castles) when I'm drinking I start building whiskey castles Castles that grow tall throughout the night When morning comes you never do remind me I've ...

Well I aske myself who needs a baby they sometimes cry I aske myself who needs a baby they sometimes lie Then I aske myself who needs a baby they make you blue ...

I met him in a hospital about a year ago And why I still remember him I guess I'll never know He'd lie there and cry out in a medicated fog, "Here I am in this ...

We live on a farm in Tennessee like old McDonald's was We have all the things that a farm should have and a whole lot of love We have a brace of ducks and a cl...

Three fingers whiskey pleasures the drinker But moving does more than that drinking for me Willy he tells me that doers and thinkers say moving's the closest th...

Chicago gets along so well without me though I'd go to Indiana for a while The wind comes off the lakes so cold it freezes Chicago didn't try to make me smile S...

(That's the world according to Raymond) and a Raymond according to me He lives down in old North Carolina makes moonshine from good cropper we He carries a big ...

I'd feed all those hungry children down by the tracks I'd give Mom and Dad some of their young years back I'd let all those crippled children get up and run I'd...

I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried It made a big impression on me although I was a barefo...

You are wonderful You are great How old are you now? Four, five, six, seven, eight You are wonderful You're so nice How many times have I told you that? Eight,...

You show me your heart and I'll show you mine I'm not gettin' hurt anymore that's a promise I made me for sometime ago I've never ran into things hard and unben...

Your birthday is special to me I'm glad it's your birthday today It's been a good year now your birthday is here and here's what I wanted to say I know your bi...

Had my golf clubs on my shoulder when you saw me first today Wearin' my old army sweater that you thought you threw away And when you saw me standin' there you ...