QUITE A LONG, LONG TIME WRITER LEW DeWITT Perhaps the semi darkness of this room has me confused You say that you're an old, old friend of mine And if I'm wron...

Oh please release me and let me love again Please release me let me go I don't love you anymore To waste our livees would be a sin release and let me love again...

The TV went off hours ago Nothing but static on the radio The house is quiet, nothing to do I'm just sitting here remembering you The last words I heard were h...

You've 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 goi...

Who always cooked my steaks and cooked 'em rare Ruth When the chips were down who was always there Ruth And to whom did I swear up and down I'd always tell the ...

Oh, Samson, it's been said you were a mighty man I've heard it said you killed a lion with your hands And when the people of Philistia raised your Ire Ain't you...

It was in the high school yearbook dated may of '55 We were voted the couple most likely to survive Even teachers never doubted we were more than just friends B...

It wouldn't be so bad if it were over Cause when she's gone I surely feel the need Someday to walk right out and start all over but she never altogether leaves ...

She thinks I still care 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 thin...

Oh Shenandoah I long to see you away you rolling river Oh Shenandoah I long to see you Away I'm bound the way cross the wide Missouri Oh Shenandoah I love your ...

Just a picture on a table Just some letters Mama saved And a costume broach from England On the back it has engraved: To Eileen, I love you London, nineteen for...

In my youth I was enchanted Took the good, good life for granted Thought the better things were handed out for free But since then I've learned that living Does...

That day when it`s all over, And they come to carry me And you`re wearin` black and walkin` slow With the rest of the family And the choir stands to sing a song...

The greatest Christmas present Is something you can't buy When World War 2 was over We trimmed the tree alone, But we saved the star for Daddy Cause Daddy was ...

David, son of Jesse Shepherd to his fathers sheep Played the harp when Saul got weary Rocked the giant till he was fast asleep People prayed when Saul killed t...

SPECIAL SONG FOR WANDA WRITERS HAROLD AND DON REID Wanda was alone at night while he was somewhere servin' A Navy wife with too much spare time on her hands Hi...

To every silver cowboy who rode the silver screen Do you remember ridin' through the strand And do you remember me I'm the front row kid Who galloped right behi...

I see the town where we were born I see the place we were raised I see all the things you wanted that I never gave I see sadness I see sorrow I see pain on your...

I sold the farm to take my woman Where she longed to be We left our kin and all our friends Back there in Tennessee I bought the one way tickets She had often ...

From Tampa Florida's pride and joy To California shame She left home and came out west And changed her Christian name She thumbed her way for seven days And wa...

There's a land that is fairer than day And by faith we can see it afar For the Father waits over the way To prepare us a dwelling place there In the sweet by a...

Her first years three to six, Playin` house and pick up sticks, With little Jimmy todd ,the boy next door In the first and second grade Her X and O`s were made,...

I supposed I ought to say congratulations for you've won the only girl I ever loved But I've hurt too much to face the situation Just take good care of her take...

Almost heaven Ol' Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah Valley Life is old there older than the trees Younger than the mountains growing like a weed All my...

You keep saying you love him I believe that it's true And it just doesn't matter how much I love you But in time your'll understand dear when you shed a tear Th...

I've got union dues and taxes and a mortgage due this month And Fred got that promotion 'stead of me I've got more than I can handle, and twice what I can do Bu...

I wanna thank you world for lettin' me belong I'm just one fourth of one small group that sings your songs I know that there are others who have served in bigge...

I've thought of you every day since June of '55 That picture you gave me has helped me survive I've passed by your house a million times outside of town My mind...

THE KID'S LAST FIGHT WRITER BOB MERRILL It was Tiger Wilson versus Kid McCoy In the summer of `ninety-three Now the Kid was everybody's pride and joy Just as g...

There goes my everything I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor And a voice softly saying darling this will be goodbye foreve...

Would you be whiter, much whiter then snow? There's power in the blood, power in the blood Since things are lost in it's live giving flow There's wonderful powe...

What is a miracle? A miracle is an extraordinary event Showing evidence of a supernatural work of God While He was on Earth, He performed a lot of miracles And ...

They took you out of the the country They took you out to see you things you wanted to see They took you out to the places you wanted to go but they can't take ...

Things just ain't the way they used to be Things I thought I remembered well look different now to me For adult eyes can sure surprise a Childhood memory No, th...

I ain't a gonna need this house no longer ain't a gonna need this house no more Ain't got time to fix the shingles ain't got time to fix the door Ain't got time...

THIS PART OF THE WORLD WRITER LEW DeWITT Everything that I see since I moved far away Only serves to upset and remind me Of a beautiful girl in a part of the w...

Oh, you tell me that you love me And you tell me that you care That tomorrow we'll be married But tomorrow's never there Oh, tomorrow never comes No, tomorrow ...

It's been too long ago there's so much we don't know It's been years since I've been this close to you Standing here on the street like strangers when we meet O...

I wish I could come back to you love I know that you want me to But too much waters run under this old bridge And there's too many rivers between me and you The...

You're having second thoughts, I can tell by the way you look at me I can tell by what I see that you no longer believe in me I'm havin' bad dreams, can't seem ...

All the powder and paint that hides her sweet face isn't her as she really should be She's distant and cold but under it all she's the same girl that used to lo...

Walkin' in the sunshine sing a little sunshine song Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong Think about a good time had a long time ago Think abo...

We walked the warm streets of Florida with sand in our pockets lots of times Worked the cold streets of New York with four guitars and a tin cup just for dimes ...

It started March of sixty-four Many years ago We were hired by Johnny Cash To open up his show Four boys, a worn out Cadillac With a road map on the dash For t...

When I'm all through if I haven't been what they think I should be If the total isn't high enough when they figure me When I grow old if there's no gray from wo...

Going from town to town and knocking door to door Writin' songs on napkins to keep from gettin' bored Starving for some work and a little bite to eat Countin' l...

Everybody knows when you go to the show you can't take the kids along You've gotta read the paper and know the code of GPG and R and X And you gotta know what t...

When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life the first time I ever have wanted to die Was the night when ...

Memories that linger in my heart memories that make my heart grow cold But some day they'll live again sweetheart and my blue moon again will turn to gold When ...

When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more And the morning breaks eternal bright and fair When the saved of earth shall gather over on t...

I wander today to the hill Maggie to watch the scene below The creek and the creeking old mill Maggie where we sat in long long ago The green grove is gone from...

She was young and I was older she believed everything I told her She gave her heart and soul to me and more I wanted She left home and gave her life to me alone...

She was standing in the crowd All alone and lookin' pretty Listening to the music that we played She walked up and whispered I leaned down and listened To the r...

Roy taught me how to play baseball and do the foxtrot on the harp Taught me how to swim and fish and tell the difference between bass and carp Taught me how to ...

YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR KATE AND EDITH TOO WRITERS BOBBY BRADDOCK, CURLY PUTMAN Well, we went out on a double date Me and Edith, you and Kate Before we got past th...

I know that you're wondering who I dream about And if I've met someone who thrills me so Well I finally met a girl who turns me inside out I'll tell you bout he...

I hear stories and rumors going round about you All our good old friends wanna make sure I do I know who you been with and how you feel when you're through Thos...

I knew she was the one the second I feel in love Like a pocket on a shirt she fit me like a glove There's nothing I wanted more than for her to be my wife But i...

All my friends ask what can they do To help me get over you But I'm not blue and all broken in two Why should I miss you? 'Cause you'll be back every night in ...

She's seen me through lots of troubles She's stayed up nights so I could sleep She's given me more than comfort She's given me something I can keep I love her, ...