My name's in the paper where I took the Boy Scouts to hike My hands are all dirty from working on my little boy's bike The preacher came by and I talked for a m...

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

The beachcomber works by the ocean all day He gets what the tourists and the sea throw away He's hot and he's thristy and the words hurt his ears When they tell...

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 a red light when these two men came and got me An...

In a town about the size of a truckstop or bigger Lived Linda Bohannon, a natural queen She lived with her folks in a little white farmhouse She helped out by h...

I can tell your heart's been broken in two you are looking for a shoulder I've found out that other people's tears just seem to make me older I'd like to help w...

I'm sittin' here lookin' at some mighty hard times money ain't growing on trees A little while ago I was rollin' in dough singin' all you want when you please A...

There was a man came to see the USA from a foreign land To photograph the progress of dear old Uncle Sam He got off the boat in New York went down to the Bowery...

And I love you so the people ask me how How I've lived till now I tell them I don't know I guess they understand how lonely life has been But life began again t...

Loving you was just a storybook of fair I've decided there ain't no real life anywhere Soon I'll be a painted picture in the book of your mind Another town is s...

Back when gas was thirty cents a gallon America was young and strong and brave Lord knows that I didn't have much money And my old car had seen some better days...

Well the children come back to see the old homeplace They don't see a thing that they like The old well out back with its cool clear water don't fit into their ...

Back when we were young everybody came to see us Everybody wanted to be us back when we were young We loved each other so all our friends told one another And w...

Now I'd hear a lot of tall stories since my business is writin' songs And every now and then if you listen real close a good true one comes along And this is th...

One night as I was sleeping something awakened me There was a light on in my barn so I went down to see I peeked through the big ole crack in the door and what ...

This is a beautiful river (brother) this is a beautiful stream Tis is a beautiful river (sister) this is a beautiful dream I know it flows through the mountains...

Beauty is a fading flower tomorrow it may be gone Beauty is a fading flower love goes on and on Today everybody wants you brand new is better than old Who will...

The band played and everyone talked Through the plain old Beer Drinker's Waltz Well, they sweated and swore, and they spit on the floor Where the cigarette but...

This song is for you big motel on the mountain just in thought to pass the time And for the people who have loved and some have been loved And some were wanted ...

When I was just a little boy we lived down on a farm Seven miles from nowhere and a hundred miles from harm We made our livin' from the dirt if anything would g...

(I have a very good friend in Nashville Tennessee who is a semiprofessional wino And during one of our recent and frequent conversations We got to talk about hi...

I guess you're surprised to see me back in Louisville After all that talk about goin' up north to make my kill Why people in Toronto fell in love with me But yo...

The Carter boys were born one and after another in a little old country place I was the last and the death of my mother and I know it was a pretty bad trace We'...

There's a fairground down in Chattanooga Where a kiddy train runs up and down the track There's an old black hound that always hangs around And he chases that t...

I never did like that apartment it was not a place I like to be In summertime the place was hot in wintertime I'd sit around and freeze I never did like that ap...

(This story was told to me by Jerry Clover at the 1971 discjockey convention I told Jerry I's gonna write a song about it My brother Hillman gonna play the ciga...

I have been to New York City I have traveled there in style It's a big conventient city but there ain't no country miles I have put my hand inside the hands of ...

Country is sittin' on the back porch listen to the whippoorwills late in the day Country is mindin' your business helpin' a stranger if he comes your way Countr...

Hey Dave, you know when we get home We're really gonna catch it, what's our excuse this time? Well dear, we'll just tell 'em, we're sittin' up With this real si...

She was sadder than the day she lost her mother He felt worse than the day when he was drafted She was packing and she kept her eyes diverted He was sippin' on ...

The words I love you come easy to the lips of a liar or a fool If love talking is what you're thinking of then do it to someone you love Do it to someone you lo...

It snowed the night before and it had frozen on the ground We didn't have a car and we lived seven miles from town And I can hear my daddy's voice so many years...

We all know Jesus died upon the cross Jesus' friends thought that he might be lost But he arose and walked out of the tomb he went to heaven to prepare a room O...

Sometimes birds don't have enough to eat There's not enough food in the fields or the streets There are too many cities where there used to be trees so it's lef...

You wake up in the morning drink a beer and take a Valium And you're trying to forget about the things you did last night Flip through the morning paper read th...

She reminds me some of a blue eyed doll a strange look there in her eyes Surprisingly quick with her movements like a woman who's learned to survive She empties...

He was an old time cowboy don't you understand His eyes were sharp as razor blades his face was leather tanned His toes were pointed inward from a hangin' on a ...

He was an old-time cowboy, don't you understand His eyes were sharp as razor blades his face was leather tan His toes were pointed inward from a-hangin' on a ho...

It started in Roanoke a little whiles ago A friend knew a dance that you ought to know They call it flat footin' and it sure looks fine Right now it's flat foot...

There are flowers in the cities some with color some are pale You may find them on the sidewalks some are wilted but still for sale You can pick forbidden flowe...

I gave myself some good advice forget it it's gonna drive me crazy if I let it I forgot the line as soon as I had said it but it's good advice for you and me fo...

When we took off, we almost had a critter of each kind We had a duckbill platypus and we had big ole lion We had a horse with two front teeth and a monkey on a ...

How could anyone who said they'd help me want to hurt me the way you did It was just like Superwoman slapping some poor crying kid It's just one slip and a stum...

(Tom T Hall) '69 Newkeys Music  You know George I was just layin' here thinking about me being blind and all alone Old timer if you weren't here to guide me ...

The girl from West Virginia read the same book all the time At first I thought perhaps she was unsettled in her mind She'd read it front to back and then she'd ...

(Girl you sure know how to say goodbye) You kissed me and you said I was a gentleman to you You said I was a person you could trust You told me that you love me...

There's a place called Da Nang Village cross the ocean far away In deep concern for one young woman that's where I abide today Today I got a dear-John-letter fr...

I'll tell you all the story that I think you'll understand Travelin' through Georgia ramblin' cross the land I passed the Bellville depot and something said to ...

I fished the everglades for a while Lookin' through the darkness at those alligators' eyes Three days in the sun boys ah it made me well But back in Nashville t...

Goodbye cowgirl the trail ends here Goodbye cowgirl the tracks of all the dreams that we were chasin' disappear We take different trails I prefer the rails to s...

I was standin' outside of a hotel in Houston blinkin' my eyes in the bright morning sun A feller next to me said where are you headed I told him to Nashville ca...

How would yopu like to be scared right out of your socks Whether or not you're wearin' socks How would you like to be frightened out of your room With some big ...

There's a murderer in your town Mister there were seven unsolved last year There's a murderer in your town Mister how long has he been living here If they hang ...

There's a murderer in your town Mister there were seven unsolved last year There's a murderer in your town Mister how long has he been living here If they hang ...

I missed you Thanksgiving I didn't do much Watched football on TV and I lost twenty bucks Did you go to Georgia well Georgia is in they had a nice meal at the H...

An old man stood and stared into the music store window And he saw a sorta harmonica lyin' there in the sun He thought of the music the harp could be playing He...

I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well her daughter came home ...

I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well her daughter came home ...

I was a high steppin' proud man one time king of the sidewalk fed all the girls a line You came along and love laid a heavy hand on me High steppin' proud man w...

Highways take me everywhere I want to go with one exception standing That road leads into the quiet places in the shadows of your mind The beaten path of common...

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

How do you talk to a little baby goat you can't go meow like a cat When you go meow to a little baby goat he can't go meow right back No you have to say baaa to...

I can't dance and I never could, I guess my feet don't match I've been thinking 'bout dancing with you, but I'm afraid of hurtin' my back I don't know what you'...

When the TV won't work and your toys fall apart And you have a sad feeling deep in your heart You wanna go out but it's rainin' out there I want you to know I c...

I woke up this morning feeling so good feeling much better than I though I could Bluebird would you lend me your wings today I feel like flying away I feel like...

I know who I'll be seeing in New Zeland if I ever return and I want to I know who I'll be seeing in New Zeland If I ever get back and I hope I'll do I'll see yo...

(I left you some kisses on the door) Your mama says I can't see you the judge says that it's right We can't be together cause me and mommie fights But you're my...

A mink wears a mink coat the whole year around Even when he is not going to town A skunk has a stripped coat, it's pretty he thinks Although we all know he stin...

I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks, slow-moving trains, and rain I love little country streams, sleep without dreams, sunday school in may, And hay An...

When the train pulls in the station, you'll be waiting by the track You're having trouble sleeping nights, you want me to come back But that old train will roll...

Wear something warm when it's wet oh I know you hate to be told I'm so afraid you'll forget you know how easy you catch cold Don't stay out late at a party you ...

Way out on the mountain near the sky hidin' from the cold realities of life Shakin' that old road dust off my heels I give my heart and mind the chance to heal ...

I'm a cowboy too I got to wear loafer shoes I have to wear a tie and when I wear my hat it makes the baby cry I'm a station wagon champ I'm the king of summer c...

There were barefoot dreams of catching outlaws There were school dreams of catching footballs There were young dreams of finding great romance There were armies...

I said I'd leave you anytime I'm ready Some April when all the land is wet Some summer, some fall, or maybe winter I'll go someday, but I'm not ready yet I sho...

It feels better now I got time out of the way It feels better now you said it would someday Like miles behind a runner I watch the passing summers Take the hurt...

Georgia I love your big magnolia trees Texas I love to feel the prairie breeze Tennessee you made me what I am today but it's got to be Kentucky for me She love...

Mama likes to listen to the grand old gospel time Daddy is a cowboy drinkin' beer and wine Mama's in the kitchen standin' there all alone She got Jesus on the r...

Joe don't let your music kill ya it's a thing that supposed to fill ya It's a thing that supposed to make you happy Taking pills and drinking whiskey picking ca...

Jolly Old St Nicholas, lean your ear this way Don't you tell a single soul what I'm going to say Christmas Eve is coming soon, now, you dear old man Whisper wha...

There were signs beside the road like "Jesus Saves" And "Relieve yourself the fast and gentle way" I was lookin' for an old man who lived way back in these hill...

I will sing of a place that you may have seen in the eastern half of our land so green Where the sun is warm and the sky is blue and the love of a girl is true ...

I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in LA What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same All my California friends are searching for thei...

I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in LA What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same All my California friends are searching for thei...

I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in LA What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same All my California friends are searchin' for thei...

It's the last country song by the last country band in the last honky tonk in the world It's the last country dance on the last hardwood floor For the last coun...

Woke up on a bus and heard the driver say friends fill it up with No 2 Wondered where I was and wondered what today would be demanding me to do It's not for me ...

Gather round me boys and fill your coffee cups I'll tell you all a story while you drive them trucks A story bout a girl who joined the state patrol The legend ...

Let's play remember, let's play remember Remember the way that it's played Remember the day that we went to the moon We went to the moon in the middle of June ...

One night in the West Virginia mountains I got stranded in the deepening snow I found important house and took a small room no TV magazines or radio I've stood ...

A little brown suitcase at the top of the stairs Not much to start with and worse for the wear Mama said Virgil let's thow that away he said no it might come in...

The little green flower with the yellow on top You told me the name but I soon forgot I know roses and forget-me-nots what's that little green flower with the y...

Oh the little lady preacher from the Limestone Church I'll never forget her I guess She preached each Sunday morning on the local radio With a big black Bible a...

I have traveled this world over I have rambled all my days When my journeys have all ended place some flowers on my grave Local flowers just some daisies wildwo...

She's got to be the loneliest girl in the crowd How can she look so sad when the music is playing so loud Maybe she's waitin' on someone who'll make her feel pr...

Looking forward to seeing you again I'm looking forward to seeing you again Well it seems like only yesterday that I was living here And I'm surprised that hasn...

(Lost in Florida lost in Florida) Here's the ocean and here's the sand but I don't know where I am Here's a seashell and here's a fish here's a turtle and here...

I have been a rover I have walked alone Hiked a hundred highways never found a home Still in all I'm happy the reason is you see Once in a while along the way l...

If you could see me now the one who said that he'd rather roam The one who said he'd rather be alone if you could only see me now If I could hold you now just f...

Lying Jim Lying Jim one of our local brothers Hey there Lying Jim come on tell us another Now ole Lying Jim got caught one time a stealin' a bunch of chickens ...