• A Better Place To Die
    Of all the people in the world, why you and I With lovers here and everywhere we don't care enough to try Why couldn't all the hurt we're feeling now have passe...
  • Ain't No Fun To Be Alone In San Antone
    It's another Saturday night down in San Antonio And I looked for you from the river walk to the Alamo I checked out all the hangouts but your whereabouts were u...
  • All Hat No Cattle
    He's dressed up like a cowboy Right out of Hollywood And he's got his sights on you 'Cross the room His line are well rehersed and If he gets lucky soon He'll h...
  • Almost Like Having You Here
    We're getting ready for the Friday night fights And we're not even watching TV I wonder why I work so hard hurting you And you seem to love leaving me I can't ...
  • Amazing Grace
    Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to f...
  • Ashes To Ashes
    Your memory is something that I never could seem to lose Oh, I've tried everything even Drowning your memory in booze So I finally decided to lay down And die w...
  • At Last
    At last, my love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song, Whoa At last, the skies above are blue My heart was wrapped up in clover The n...
  • Atlanta Anymore
    Inside a suit coat pocket in the back of his closet today She found a letter among the bills he forgot to pay It was addressed to a woman A name she'd never see...
  • Baby Me, Baby
    Baby me, baby, you know I've had a bad day So baby me, baby, chase my cares away Say I'm great and I'll make it though it may not quite be true Baby me, baby, a...
  • Back In The Fire
    My mind knows full well I should leave here But my heart, my foolish heart will not turn She fills me with a crazy wild desire And, lying helpless, I know just ...
  • Bad Water
    I got troubles, you got troubles All God's children got troubles Livin' in bad water, (bad water) (Tryin' to roll all over me) (Bad water, bad water ooooh) (Tel...
  • Because You Believed In Me
    It seemed like forever before I could gather This bouquet of words just for you To tell you how thankful I am for your love And for all the dreams that came tru...
  • Bedroom Ballad
    Somehow two people brought their lives together In a lasting kind of way Somewhere between forever and right now Is where I'll always stay 'Cause when she sings...
  • Between This Time And The Next Time
    Let's not waste a minute of each other Let's get to the tenderness at hand Slip into something soft and then Come slip into my arms, again Strip away your consc...
  • Bottle Of Tears
    Tricks, I've pulled some good ones in my time And games, I've played 'em with the best of minds I filled my pockets full of silver and gold Then walked out on l...
  • Carmen
    Chorus: Oh Carmen, I had too much tequila Between you and this Mexican moon Im gonna fall El Paso lady, you're driving me crazy In a language I don't understand...
  • Change Her Mind
    Mornings closing in on me, how can I face another dawn My life lost all meaning, the minute she was gone I begged and I pleaded, I done all a man can do I've tr...
  • Completely Out Of Love
    We could always find tomorrow when a problem came our way We could reach back in a storehouse full of love Now we can't find tomorrow or run back to yesterday '...
  • Couldn't Love Have Picked A Better Place To Die
    Of all the people in the world, why you and I With lovers here and everywhere we don't care enough to try Why couldn't all the hurt we're feeling now have passe...
  • Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All The Time
    He met her in a honky tonk Singing country songs that he wrote She sat at a table Listening to his music and drinking coke Well, he sat down beside her Said, ho...
  • Don't Look At Me In
    Won't you talk to me , my darlin', Tell me what a fool I am Dry your eyes, sweetheart, They're still a little moist I'm so sorry that I've cheated, Please forg...
  • Don't Waste It On The Blues
    I know there's nothing worse than a bad goodbye And you think you'll feel better if you have a good cry But save those tears for tomorrow when there's nothing b...
  • Dreams Of A Dreamer
    Lost my pickup in a card game in New Orleans Lost my girl to a stranger in LA Left my dreams in a motel in Atlanta And I guess I lost my mind along the way Can...
  • Drinkin' My Way Back Home
    I sobered up in Houston in the bed of my pickup truck My head was hangin so heavy I could hardly hold it up I got to thinkin bout sweet little woman I left all ...
  • Everything I Used To Do
    Smoked my first cigarette after being quit for years I waited long enough and they taste so good with beer Yes, I'm drinkin' again just a little weekend booze I...
  • Farewell Party
    Verse 1: When the last, breath of life Is gone from, my body And my lips, are as cold as the sea When my friends gather 'round For my, farewell party Want you, ...
  • Fightin' Fire With Fire
    You came here on purpose in front of me, Diana To be seen with some other man You're wantin' me a-watchin' him enjoyin' the freedom You're lettin' him take with...
  • Fighting Fire With Fire
    You came here on purpose in front of me, Diana To be seen with some other man You're wantin' me a-watchin' him enjoyin' the freedom You're lettin' him take with...
  • Forever Again
    I wish I could step out of my mind Then I could be somebody that's never known you But I can't change the way I am much less the way you feel Or you'd be loving...
  • Fourteen Carat Mind
    I still recall the morning that I met you Standing out in front of Wilson's five and dime Staring through the window at the jewelry Hungry for the things you co...
  • From Cotton To Satin
    From cotton to satin, from Burmingham to Manhattan From a pickup to a long limousine From cotton to satin, from Burmingham to Manhattan She had to follow her dr...
  • Full Time Fool
    Where are you goin' tonight Mary Ann What time are you commin' home You sure look pretty in your new satin dress I'll miss you the minute you're gone Don't worr...
  • Getting Over You Again
    Here you are again just when your memory Was only sleeping with me now and then Please don't look at me or say you love me I don't think I can go through gettin...
  • Glass Hearts
    Sometimes I talk And I know your not listening Altho your looking me Straight in the eye Still Im afraid To say what im feeling When saying the wrong thing Migh...
  • Got No Reason For Goin' Home
    Got no reason now for goin' home All my reason's now, she's gone Got no one there to talk to And even though I know I ought to Got no reasons now for goin' home...
  • Got No Reason Now For Goin' Home
    Got no reason now for go-in' home All my rea-son's now she is gone Got no one there to talk to talk to and e-ven though I know I ought to got no rea-son now for...
  • Growing Apart
    When we first started on our way through love We thought we were two of a kind We thought forever was just you and me And always a matter of time Time has a wa...
  • Her Body Couldn't Keep You
    I could call her up again tonight And chances are she'll see me She'd be ready like she was the other time She was willing with her warm red lips Ansd she kept ...
  • Hold Me
    I`ll be your companion Stay right here thru the night And I will never let go Until the day you die Here1s til the end The best love you`ll find If you`ll just ...
  • Hold That Thought
    Picture this, a small cafe, a table set for two The sweet sound of a violin across the room The blessing of candle light that sparkles in the wine Hold that tho...
  • I Don't Need A Thing At All
    Some folks go out dancing It seems to be their thing And young girls get up running When the telephone rings And people think of lonely things When leaves begin...
  • I Don't Think She'd Really Mind At All
    I've got her right where I don't want her She won't even answer when I call If I went out and found another I don't think she'd really mind at all Chorus: She's...
  • I Need A Thing At All
    Some folks go out dancing It seems to be their thing And young girls get up running When the phone rings And people think of lonely things When leaves begin to ...
  • I Saved Your Place
    Each night I fluff your pillow up beside me Lay out your favorite gown all trimmed with lace It may not cross your mind to wonder how things are without you But...
  • I Won't Be Sleeping Alone
    I believe that today is a new day And that yesterday had a long way to go And if by tonight everything is right I won't be sleeping alone I'm gonna find her an...
  • I'd Love To Live With You Again
    Loneliness has made me Weak enough to meet you here The warmest thing that's touched my lips Since your lips, is a tear You say you love me And want me back aga...
  • If I'm A Fool For Leaving
    This morning I am leaving I've been up all night long You're right, I'm tired of waiting for you to come home I've begged and tried to change you but you've gro...
  • It Don't Hurt Me Half As Bad
    It hurts me just to know I had to leave her But when your eyes met mine I knew I would Sometimes at night my conscience makes me suffer But it don't hurt me hal...
  • John's Back In Town
    Well, John does some singin', they call him a star He plays with a hillbilly band He goes lots of places, picks his guitar Old John ain't a home lovin' man John...
  • Just How Little I Know
    I remember my grand daddy carvin' on a block of pine He shortly laid his old knife down and opened up his mind He said we never know how long we'll be around I ...
  • Little By Little
    Little by little, round by round Weve been caught in the middle Two hearts breakin down Weve been fightin each other With our backs to the wall And little by li...
  • Lonely Me
    Everything was beautiful, everything was fine All the world was me and you and then there came a time I realized the plans we made were never gonna be And there...
  • Love In The Hot Afternoon
    From somewhere outside, I hear a Street vendor cry "filet gumbo" From my window I see him, going Down the street and he don't know That we fell right to sleep I...
  • Mama Sold Roses
    Mama sold roses in the year '49 They were made out of paper and sold for a dime She carved out a living by walking the streets Crying, who'll buy my roses with ...
  • Maybe I Should Have Been Listening
    Here you are back on my mind where you stay quite a lot Bringing back all the old memories I thought I'd forgot I just keep finding you with me and I don't know...
  • Missing You Just Started Hitting Home
    The happy hour is over and thew crowd is gone That old jukebox is silent I'm by myself till dawn And for the first time since you said goodbye I feel so alone M...
  • My Memories Of You
    I feel so sorry for my friends, now, that you'd left me I just don't have the time to see them like I used to do I know they worry but each night I hurry To get...
  • New Woman
    I was along neckin' with the boys at the local hot spot In the midst of celebratin' this newfound freedom I've got They ain't call them walking papers wasn't ev...
  • No One Will Ever Know
    No one will ever know my heart is breaking Although a million teardrops start to flow I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling I'll miss you but no one wi...
  • No Trash In My Trailer
    Yes, I live in a single wide To get up here takes a 4 wheel drive And a mean old dog whose name is Sic em Sam Got a motor hangin from a tree Got a satellite dis...
  • Nothing About Her Reminds Me Of You
    She dosen't have raven black hair Her eyes aren't sparkling blue But I think we can make it simply because Nothing about her reminds me of you Her arms never h...
  • Nothing Sure Looked Good On You
    You found your greener pastures in a mansion on the hill With a flashy foreign car to drive and lots of time to kill Now my mind keeps on remembering the days o...
  • Old Loves Never Die
    Don't you think we've come much too far together To just give up and say words like goodbye After all we've been through with each other I still believe that ol...
  • Old Porch Swing
    It's hung there on the front porch Since this old house was built It's where the old men whittle And the women fleece their quilts It's held four generations Th...
  • One And One And One
    The first time I laid eyes on you it was love for me It never crossed my mind about all I couldn't see Now suddenly there's more than me you're living for I go ...
  • One Hell Of A Heartache
    Its the first morning after, it's so hard to face 'Cause you left your memory all over this place They say it gets easier, I wonder how Goodbye couldnt hurt mor...
  • One Sided Conversation
    If I must live alone Id rather do it by my self For Ive never known a man To shake his head and turn and walk away Lookin at myself and all the things That i be...
  • One-Sided Conversations
    If I must live alone, I'd rather do it by myself For I've never known a mirror to shake it's head and turn and walk away Lookin' at myself and all the things th...
  • Paper Rosie
    The sun goes down in Calvin county Neon lights from an old beer sign Shown through the window out on the sidewalk As I walked in to pass the time; I looked arou...
  • Pick The Wildwood Flower
    Them Texas fields were hot and That tractor never was my kinda livin' And when I hit sixteen I had the size And I hit the road to freedom And I'm glad I wasn't ...
  • Roads And Other Reasons
    It's a lonely kinda livin, never stayin' never givin' More than moments to remember as I'm passing through the day Satisfaction is in season but there's roads a...
  • Rollin' Home
    The sun wasn't even up yet when I left Pittsburgh PA With a load of cold steel headed for that volunteer state Got a woman on my mind waitin' back in Tennessee ...
  • Rose In The Sand
    Your beauty's like a rainbow that God made with his hands Your love's the answer to the prayers of, once, a loveless man Lady, you're a ray of hope on the darke...
  • Shadows On The Wall
    (Shadows) (Shadows) (Shadows) I was walkin' past your window late last night There were lights on but your shades were pulled down tight I decided to come in a...
  • She Found The Key
    I like the way that she unlocks my door To the places that you've never hungered for You loved me, girl, but not enough to stay She found the key that you threw...
  • She Has No Memory Of Me
    She has the new dress I bought her And a house for our love used to be She has the kids after all that she did But she has no memory of me She still has my fri...
  • She's No Lady
    Tonight I hold the one I love far from the one at home I picked her up some time ago and I never feel alone I held on tight too many years to ever set her free ...
  • Should I Come Home
    VERSE 1: I won-der if you've had the time it takes to think it o-ver And sort out all the feel-ings in your mind Some-times I think you've found some-one to do ...
  • Sittin' On A Gold Mine
    She was drivin' across Nevada When her Chevrolet broke down Out in the middle of the dessert Miles from the nearest town She spied this little ole' rundown shac...
  • Somethin' 'Bout Being Gone
    It'd be nice feelin' my arms holdin' you tight It'd be nice bein' with you every night And it'd be great never havin' to wake up feelin' alone But there's somet...
  • Sometimes I Get Lucky And Forget
    I stay out late most every night until closing time Tryin to find a way to drink your memry off my mind And even if it goes just right, I'd never make a bet But...
  • Somewhere Over You
    I rolled out of bed with my eyes on you Admiring the sun on your face You never looked better than the way you do Your smile is always in place Oh, but honey, I...
  • Speak Softly
    When you finally tell me what I know is on your mind Don't cry, don't let those teardrops start Just tell me that you're leavin' and you'll be gone for good But...
  • Speak Softly (You're Talkin' To My Heart)
    When you finally tell me what I know is on your mind Don't cry, don't let those teardrops start Just tell me that you're leavin' and you'll be gone for good But...
  • Starting New Memories Today
    I'm building your own special place in my heart To store all our memories away We couldn't keep our love from falling apart So we're starting new memories today...
  • Take It From Me
    I'm not a wise man but I've learned a lot In a fountain of knowledge I'm only a drop But even a fool can give sound advice It's free for the listening 'cause I ...
  • Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go
    Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) Written by Boudleaux Bryant Gene Watson Why do you always try to make me over Take me as i am or let me go White lilies never g...
  • Take Off Them Shoes
    I can swim the mighty ocean, climb a mountain high But I can't forget the notion, true love should never die Now, lovin' ain't for heroes, Lord knows I'm not Bu...
  • That Evil Child
    She loves to spend my money on fancy clothes and jewelery Just like it was going out of style It don't bother her to take it or how hard I work to make it I jus...
  • That Tone Of Voice
    Won't you talk to me , my darlin', tell me what a fool I am Dry your eyes, sweetheart, they're still a little moist I'm so sorry that I've cheated, please forgi...
  • The Girl I Used To Run Around On
    "lyrics here Nobody has to tell her that I've changed I do my best to show her every night and every day Now my ring stays on my finger and I get my love at ho...
  • The Great Divide
    It's time for us to settle up and go our seperate ways No one takes the blame but we both have to pay Everything that once was ours now is yours or mine I guess...
  • The Heart Of A Clown
    If I had the heart of a clown I'd laugh every time you made me blue If I had the heart of a clown You wouldn't see me cry the way you do I'd paint a smile upon ...
  • The Jukebox Played Along
    Well' I got off work and headed for town to have a few Determined I would drown the pain of losing you But this couple on the dance floor were droppin' quarters...
  • The Last Thing I Planned To Do Today Was Cheat
    I fed an old stray dog this mornin' 'cause he looked hungry I gave an old wino a dollar 'Cause he was beggin' on the street Because you're what you are to me I ...
  • The Man An' Me And You
    Wake up Darlin, Ive gotta go The boss just called an he's got me low Pick-up in Texas, drop-off in Maine Then I'll then head back home to you again Well, I hope...
  • The Old Man And His Horn
    The Old man told his story About the years gone by How he played his horn down in New Orleans In some old dingy dive "I knew 'em all back then" he said As he re...
  • The Old Man With A Horn
    The old man told his story About the years gone by How he played his horn down in New Orleans In some old dingy dive "I knew 'em all back then" he said As he re...
  • The Sun Never Comes Up Again
    Tonight you're saying you love me And this is where it all begins But if you don't mean it I'm hoping The sun never comes up again We finally shared all our fe...
  • This Dream's On Me
    You said you dreamed of candle light And old time French Champagne Satin pillows on a bed Music softly playing Tonight you're gonna have it all I only aim to pl...