A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (Harlan Howard) RECORDED BY JEAN SHEPARD « © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI » This is our last kiss our last moment of bliss darling our love ca...

Well a poor boy's chances for a pretty girl's glances are sometimes very few No I've got no money but if you'll be my honey here's what I'll offer you I'll give...

A guy named Joe's been coming round showin' my baby the lights of town It fills my heart with misery so see his arms where mine should be Oh baby don't believe ...

BABY FOR YOU (Harlan Howard) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI » RECORDED BY MARION WORTH AND BY ANITA CARTER Late at night when I can't sleep I'll bet you don't kn...

Baby sister what a waste to see you in this place I lose my mind from worryin' over you A barroom full of people higher than a steeple But I know why you do the...

BE CAREFUL WHO YOU LOVE (ARTHUR'S SONG) WRITER HARLAN HOWARD RECORDED BY HANK WILLIAMS JR AND BY MARTY STUART The old guitar picker had run out of liquor So I ...

I'm just a truck driver and I don't think I know it all But son you got thoughts in your mind that I don't understand at all They're needin' you boy and you're ...

BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON WRITERS HARLAN HOWARD, HANK COCHRAN RECORDED BY MIKE NESMITH Beyond the blue horizon Waits a beautiful day Goodbye to things that bore ...

There's a blizzard comin' on and I'm wishin' I was home For my pony's lame and he can't hardly stand Lord my hands feel like they're froze and there's a numbnes...

BRING IT ON BACK TO ME Writer Harlan Howard You took your heart from me And gave it to someone new But I won't be discouraged Honey, I'll wait for you Until yo...

The bills are all due and the babies need shoes but I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted Got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't...

(Mr In-between Mr In-between better leave the scene Mr In-between) Well I'm too old for girls and I'm too young for women I've looked all around and my hopes ar...

When you're all alone and blue and you don't know what to do Call me up and I'll come calling on you When you're all alone at home and no one calls you on the p...

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 but now you want my mind Your love sc...

(Come on home boy come on home) He got a letter saying guess you don't remember me But I'm the girl that you courted before you run away to sea You never even ...

He was born and raised around Jacksonville a nice young man not the kind to kill But the jealous fight and the flashing blade Sent him on the run through the ev...

You love 'em all the short and the tall you're havin' a ball for they all love you But time moves along and there just might come a dawn When you'll find yourse...

That cold north wind is blowing grey eyes you know Years are quickly going grey eyes you know And the good life I promised you so long ago Is dead but for the d...

Has anybody seen me lately forgive me if I passed you by But ever since you stole my baby all I seem to do is cry I've wrapped my little world around me don't e...

He's just a little meaner and maybe I can break away Make me cry a little harder and maybe I won't want to stay You don't love me and I know it it's been the an...

Heartache number one was when you left me I never knew that I could hurt this way And heartache number two was when you came back again You came back and never ...

Hello there stranger you look kind of sad today And I'll bet stranger that things haven't gone your way I'm sorry stranger I once felt as bad as you Remember st...

Oh the neon lights were flashing and the icy wind did blow The water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snow His eyes were red his hopes were dead ...

I care I care for you I wish you well in all you do cause I care I swer I care I care and friend I mean if you're white or black or green It just don't matter I...

I don't believe I'll fall in love today for if I did I know I couldn't stay You'd come between us like you always do Somehow she'd never measure up to you Each ...

It used to break my heart each time you cheated I tried to leave the Lord knows how I tried But I stay here no matter how I'm treated and all it really cost me ...

I fall to pieces each time I see you again I fall to pieces how can I be just your friend You want me to act like we've never kissed You want me to forget pret...

I hope you're lonesome I hope you're sad I hope you're haunted by the good times we had I hope you're learnin' just watch you threw away For if you're lonesome ...

Everytime a bell rings everytime a bird sings I run to the door Everytime the wind blows even though my heart knows I run to the door Everyday is lonely and my ...

When I was single, I always dressed so fine Now that I'm married, I go ragged all the time And I wish I was a single girl again Oh, I wish I was a single girl a...

I'd rather be a fool and have people laugh at me than be like I am wise and lonely Though you never played fair and at times you were cruel I'm gettin' mighty l...

When the quiet evening comes, And the village softly lies Twinkling in the shadow of the mountain; When the twilight's muffled drums Play tattoos to the skies A...

I'm standin' on the corner of a busy street A lookin' for your face in everyone I meet Checkin' every honky tonk in this town I'm tryin' to find the places that...

I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see And I won't be much when you get through with me I'm losing weight and turning mighty pale and it looks like I've...

Did you hear that whistle blow don't you know what that means Gotta grab my bag and head for the track when I hear that whistle scream We both knew someday it w...

Take your drink to the end of the bar buddy let her be now don't be a fool I'd rather have a hot seat in Sing Sing buddy than sit down by her on that stool What...

JUST A QUEEN FOR A DAY (Harlan Howard) « © '57 Central Songs » Hold me my darling make me believe those sweet tender love words you say And help me forget that...

LEAVE MY BABY ALONE (Harlan Howard - Bobby Bare) « © '64 Tree Publishing » RECORDED BY WANDA JACKSON Don't you be a tellin' my baby lies You better leave my ba...

The day you left I've felt so strange I thought for sure that the world would change But the birds still sing and babies still cry and life goes on I wonder why...

(With only a little more time) Every once in a while there's someone whose life is like a comet flashin' across the sky Men of great talent with things to tell ...

I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours And today in the mail I recieved a short little not...

If I can hide my tears somehow forget your broken vows And maybe the hurt will go away If I can find somebody new I might get over you and maybe the hurt will g...

You have made no secret of your new love affair He buys you pretty presents he takes you everywhere You seen him all the places you and I once went You sit and ...

OUT OF A HONKY TONK (Harlan Howard) « © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI » RECORDED BY CHARLIE WALKER Out of a honky tonk came the girl I love Out of a honky tonk one ...

Now I get a little older everday seems like I'm working my life away But I got a couple of dollars and a couple of friends I'm in pretty good shape for the shap...

Now I'm fallin' all apart without you I walk the floor and worry bout you And I keep the world if you'd walk back in and put me back together again (Oh baby) pu...

She called me baby baby all night long used to hold and kiss me till the dawn And one day I awoke and she was gone there's no more baby baby all night long She ...

Mr Jones this car you sold me isn't all that I desired You swore it was young and healthy now I find it's old and tired But a deal's a deal you tell me and ther...

He's giving you the eye and you don't seem to mine I think you're kinda proud of it and it shows Well if that's how you are I'm glad I learned in time But baby ...

A careful man I want to be a little youngster follows me I do not dare to go astray in fear he might go that same way I cannot once escape his eyes and what he ...

How's about three cheers for the good guys Those who work hard every week and get a tear upon their cheek When they see old glory waving in the breeze Yeah how'...

I wish I could come back to you dear cause I know that you want me to But too much waters run under that old bridge There's too many rivers between me and you T...

Uncle Sam I work hard every day but there ain't much left when I draw my pay Then I hear you're givin' those millions away to somebody outside the USA Uncle Sam...

There's too much hatin' goin' on not enough lovin' Not enough helping hands too much pushin' and shovin' Too many lazy people lookin' for a hand out Too many co...

He's an all American boy mama's pride and papa's joy Paper waddin' all the girls tiein' knots in sister's curles BB gunnin' passers by with a twinkle in his eye...

WE'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN Writer Harlan Howard Oh the nights I've cried, how I'd die inside Knowing we'll never love again, love again One mistake I've made, what...

WHAT A LAUGH (Harlan Howard - Freddie Hart) « © '61 Tree Publishing, BMI » RECORDED BY FREDDIE HART Look at you look at me ha-ha what a laugh Tied together yet...

WHAT'S LEFT OF ME WRITER HARLAN HOWARD RECORDED BY WAYLON JENNINGS I've been cheated, mistreated, broken man, defeated No one wanted or needed any part of me I...

You've been looking for love all around the world Baby don't you know this country girls still free, Why not me? Well you finally come down to your own hometown...

I've stole that money for my baby I've shot that man who shot at me She wasn't even in the courtroom and I'm a wishin' she was here instead of me Now Lord you k...

While we're drinking our martinis there's a little child that's starving in Biafra And the good life that I'm living makes me happy but not blind I see my neigh...

WRONG COMPANY Writer Harlan Howard I've lost the only love I've ever known Too many nights I left her all alone I said forgive me, one too many times And now h...

YANKEE GO HOME RECORDED BY WYNN STEWART AND JAN HOWARD Writer Harlan Howard (Jan) Yankee go home, you'll never love me I know you're just homesick and alone Go...

Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time Born to lose a drifter that's me He can travel travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong Oh ba...

YOU LOVE THE GROUND I WALK ON (Harlan Howard - Don McHan) « © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI » RECORDED BY WAYLON JENNINGS I work so hard to win myself a place in li...

YOU LUCKY DOG (Harlan Howard) « © '70 Tree Publishing, BMI » RECORDED BY BILLY WALKER Yes you took her off my hands you lucky dog You took over all my plans yo...