I'm five hundred miles away from home Teardrops fell on mama's note when I read the things she wrote She said we miss you son we love you come on home I didn't ...

- peak Billboard position # 53 in 1963 - Words and Music by Bill Anderson and Walter Haynes (8 by 10, 8 by 10) SPOKEN: All that's left of our old love now is ju...

(Abilene Abilene prettiest town I've ever seen Women there don't treat you mean in Abilene my Abilene) I sit alone most every night watch those trains pull out ...

Well I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love And love's something that money can't buy A poor boy's chances for pretty a girl's glances are...

Before you take another step there's something you should know About the years ahead and how they'll be You'll be living in a world where roses hardly ever grow...

This song's for all the lonely women in the world Drivin' a car sittin' in a bar wherever you are This song's for all the lonely women in the world Ringin' your...

Lips, are you ready to tremble hands? Are you ready to shake? Eyes, get ready to cry heart Get ready to break Here she comes now, she's getting closer Is every...

Always remember I love you I love you only you Always remember your whole life through I love you just you I'd give anything in this world if I could be with yo...

I remember how once upon a time Before I could even phone you I had to borrow a dime I had nothing to give you and still you said you'd be mine Lord these were ...

My latest sun is sinking fast my race is nearly run My strongest trials now are past my triumps has began Oh come angel band come and around me stand Bear me aw...

In the fury of the moment when the words of rath rang out When my mind was filled with questions and my head was filled with doubt I can still see all the sadne...

As much as I love you I don't understand you oh girl It's almost as though you prefer me to them just on the fringe of your world As much as I love you you're c...

Lord you know she's packing up her clothes And telling me one more time it's the end But you and I Lord we know she'll never go It's just that baby's blue again...

He came to town with a lot of dreams swapped BMG for KFC And four strings on his Gibson and now he's frying chicken He swore someday the world of country music ...

Ain't been in Little Rock but two weeks and here I am now Packing up and disappearing into thin air Girls in Little Rock are cute but I can't make my heart take...

La la la la la la la la la la la You've just gotta be one of the most beautiful people in the whole wide world It's true it's true it's true and I love you You...

Love is full of happiness but love is full of dangers The very best of sweethearts and became the best of strangers I only knew that your two lips could kiss a...

(Beyond the sunset for evermore) Should you go first and I remain to walk the road alone I'll live in memory's garden dear with happy days we've known In sprin...

spoken) The birthday party was over toys were scattered here and there Seven candles laid by the last piece of cake in front of an empty chair A mother said son...

This is my story this is my song praising my Saviour all the day long This is my story this is my song praising my Saviour all the day long Blessed assurance J...

I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won't mean a thing dear if you're not her...

In the twilight glow I see her blue eyes crying in the rain As we kissed goodbye and parted I knew we'd never meet again Love is like a dying ember only memorie...

(Born born) on the day I was born everyone laughed but I cried They say I was born with a silver tear in my eye Must have been I felt the wind that cold Novembe...

Bright Lights And Country Music © '65 Moss Rose Publications I love those bright lights and country music I won't stay home and cry tonight like all the nights ...

I love those bright lights and country music I won't stay home and cry tonight like all the nights before I've just learned that I don't really need you anymore...

Children be careful when playing with matches Everything's dry and ready to burn Lord Lord The neighbors are cooking out in the backyard Just two doors down ai...

[ trumpet ] Now the morning sun streaks across my room And I'm wakened up from another dream of you Yes I'm on the road once again it seems All I've left behind...

When I rolled into town it was raining You met the bus but you brought along a friend You introduced me to him but I guess I looked right through him I didn't c...

Honey if I'll be a good boy and always say please If I promise to do all the right things like get down on my knees And do everything you want me to do eu-eu-eu...

[ Bill ] If I kiss you tonight when the sun comes up tomorrow can we still be friends [ Mary Lou ] If I take you in my arms and if you become another can we sti...

He came speeding through the town each day at sundown And his car was painted candy apple red He was coming there to see the sheriff's daughter And the sheriff ...

I was certain you'd always love me I was certain you'd never change I gave my love to you completely I felt so certain of everything (But now you're gone you're...

[ Bill ] Good evening dear how did things go did you have a good day today I hope she doesn't notice that traces of Mary's lipstick that I just light away [ Mar...

Children we're acting like children instead of like a man and a fullgrown woman We're acting like babies little bitty babies And we're about to throw away a lif...

(Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Ohio) One more hour and I'll be home close my eyes and rest my bones Can't be more than a mile or so from Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnat...

The bright array of city lights as far as I can see The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me The cabaretes and honky tonks their fla...

Coctails tore up my family coctails tore down my home One to wake me up every morning one with a buddy at noon One for the road every evening till I found out p...

Way down in Columbus Georgia wanna be back in Tennessee Way down in Columbus Stockade friends have turned their backs on me Oh go on and leave me if you wish to...

My feet don't have much use for a new pair of shoes First I wasn't crazy bout the St Louis blues And I recall there was a time I used to hate to dance But I'm g...

I heard the front door closing softly as I weaken from my sleep With the last touch of her lips Lord like a whisper on my cheek And I cursed the sun for rising ...

[ Bill ] Tonight in the darkness I was awakened by a knock at the door And you know at first I thought that it was still a dreem But you're back and I still can...

I'm not looking for a sweetheart just a gentle lady friend Someone I can softly turn to when I need to now and then When my head gets kinda tangled and my soul ...

I'm gettin' up when my next door neighbor's Turnin' off the late show and hittin' the hay I've got to sign on the radio station I'm what's known as a country DJ...

I stepped out of the rain into a downtown city cafe And I saw him at the counter looking lonesome at the rain I sat down beside him and I ordered us some coffee...

I dreamed I was there in Country Music Heaven Oh what a beautiful sight Last night I dreamed I went to Country Music Heaven And you know who greeted me at the G...

I been travelin' down the highways with my guitar for so long Pickin' tunes and meetin' lots of folks Living my life my way with a handshake and a song carin' l...

I didn't know that losing her would be so hard to take I never thought her memory would be so hard to shake Or that just one little flash of her could make my d...

My daddy and my mama and me walkin' on this old burnt ground Must be a hundred and three travelin' from town to town Maybe we can find work today sweatin' in t...

[Daddy what if the sun stop shinin' what would happen then] If the sun stopped shinin' why you'd be so surprised You'd stare up at the heavens with those big bl...

The reason why I've called us all together Is to share with you some heartbreaking news You see there's been a death in the family and as relatives I thought it...

(Writer: Bill Anderson) When I first heard this song, I was a little boy growing up Down in the state of South Carolina The song had been Written and recorded b...

It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day And talk about the hometown a million miles away Is the ice still on the river are the old folks sti...

Dis-satisfied dis-satisfied nothin' makes you happy that I can see Dis-satisfied dis-satisfied how long before you say that you're dis-satisfied with me You lik...

Don't She Look Good © '72 Passkey Music She was on her way out of your life when I found her Not knowing which way to turn She's forgotten the feeling of two ar...

She was sitting on a stool in a little bar called the Seldom Scene When I walked over and said hi introduced myself And what's your name I asked she just smiled...

You told me that you'd love me until the end of time But you are only human and humans change their minds You left me without warning and the storm brought me p...

I'm drinking from my saucer cause my cup has overflowed You know I never did make my fortune and I guess it's a little late now But I never did worry about that...

If it's true what you say in your letter if your sweet love for me is really gone If there's somebody else that you love better Pack your bag shake my hand and ...

(Eight by ten eight by ten) All that's left of all our love now is just your picture eight by ten (A souvenir of things that might have been) My lonely world is...

Every time I turn the radio on some cat's singin' a happy song About a woman who wakes him up every morning and loves him Scrambles his eggs and unscrambles his...

I was resting one evening by the side of the road When I saw an old farmer in a field he had just hoed His face was brown and all wrinkled by the sun and the wi...

Sometimes there's such a fine line Between the fire in my heart and the fear in my mind What do I hold on to what do I leave behind Which side is the right side...

(Mrs Jones Mrs Jones) Her real first name was Betty but I'd rather just forget it So I'll call her the first Mrs Jones We were married in September and it laste...

I came home last night to a dark and lonely cottage I took the wreath off the door and somehow I stumbled inside I just can't I just can't I said live without h...

Over all my burdens and through all my fears Jesus carries me Through all my trials and through all my tears Jesus carries me One night a man had a dream And he...

(For loving you for needing you but most of all for loving you For loving you) [ Bill ] For loving you my life is so much richer You've given so much to live fo...

(Steve Karliski) (For loving you, for needing you) (But most of all for loving you, for loving you) For loving you my life is so much richer You've given so muc...

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...

I thought if you weren't busy we might have lunch tomorrow And talk about a few things laying heavy on my mind I'll get the corner table in that cozy little caf...

You know friends are never earned they are a gift from the loving God They're precious beyond human evaluation You dare not take them for grant it or they'll dr...

From a jack to a king from loneliness to a wedding ring I played an ace and I won a queen and walked away with your heart From a jack to a king with no regrets ...

Oh the games people now ev'ry night and ev'ry day now Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean So they wile away the hours in their ivory tow...

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...

How do you like your eggs in the mornin'? How do you like your toast? When you first wake to the silvery dawnin' What do you want the most? Do you want your ma...

I happened to walk into a honky tonk one night down in New Orleans Up above the bar hung a big guitar like none I'd ever seen The neck was set with diamonds and...

[ Bill ] The night was black the roads were icy snow was fallin' drips were high And I was weary from my drivin' so I stopped to rest for a while I sat down at ...

Gonna find me a bluebird let him sing me a song Cause my heart's been broken much too long Gonna chase me a rainbow through a heaven of blue Cause I'm all throu...

Sometimes I get restless Lord I hate to go home Tired of livin' with someone and afraid of livin' alone What an urge to be free now but I'm so used to my chains...

(Green green it's green they say on the fireside of the hill Green green I'm going away to where the grass is greener still) Well I told my mama on the day I ...

The old hometown looks the same As I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold an...

Happiness happiness the greatest gift that I posses I thank the Lord I've been blessed with more than my share of happiness To me this old world is a wonderful...

Maybe I don't love you quite as much as I believe I love you baby But don't tell me cause lovin' you's a happy state of mind Maybe I don't need you quite as muc...

Have I told you lately that I love you could I tell you once again somehow Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you Well darling I'm telling you n...

I see her face everywhere I go on the street even at the picture show Have you seen her tell me have you seen her Oh I hear her voice as the cold winds blow and...

Your hair is soft your eyes are bright your nose is small your mouth is right Your skin is smooth your waist is small Your legs are curved you've got dainty fee...

[ Jimmy Gateley ] Your love is heavenly sunshine you fill my heart with your sweet love so divine Heavenly Sunshine Heavenly Sunshine you make me happy because ...

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

Just about the time I pull myself together When the hurt in me gets better than it's been Just about the time I feel life's still worth living it's funny here c...

Never thought I'd miss that little old shack where I was born Never thought I'd miss that little hick town But then I never thought I'd wander quite this far aw...

Oh I'm so homesick all I do is roam the street Can't sleep at night can't eat a bite homesick to be with you I'm so homesick I'm going crazy and I don't know wh...

Well honey I know I've said it too many times before I said I'd never say it again I guess I shouldn't say anything at all Since you're supposed to belong to hi...

When I first saw you I saw something I hadn't seen in a long long time I saw a lady who looked like a woman who could drive me right out of my mind But I also s...

I'll just sit back and watch you leave it seems you want more that I can give You don't care how much my heart will grieve You've got to see how the other half ...

A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labor camp stands out in this mem'ry I revive Cause my daddy raised a family there with two hard working hands And tried to ...

I am a soldier I'm a slave of power Power so great that it can destroy God's world with one mighty blast I'm a machine a computer an engine programed to reap de...

I plowed the fields and I planted the seed I worked my hands to the bone But the ground laid barren till He sent the sunshine for I can do nothing alone I raise...

It's twelve o'clock again And here I am slowly driving home To nothing but a big old empty bed And another night alone Before I left this evening I turned the ...

(Bill Anderson - Buddy Killen) I can't take any longer, baby I mean I can't wait any longer Mhm, I gotta have you I gotta know how it is to touch you To hold yo...

The only thing I know to say if love can leave me feeling this way I don't want it, I don't need it never again If this is what love's all about, I'm so much be...

I've just been to heaven with someone so true I dreamed about mama last night She read me her Bible like she used to do I dreamed about mama last night Mama use...