(Kostas/Jim Lauderdale) Well last night I had a dream, dreamt I had it all I had one truck, one car, one boat, one guitar But all of these things wouldn't get ...

"I CROSS MY HEART" by George Strait Or love is unconditional we knew it from the start I see it in your eyes you can feel it from my heart from here on after w...

(Merle Haggard) Lady I know your out there somewhere Like me your feeling lost Maybe right now we both need each other But our paths may never cross People li...

I've Always Heard People Say It But I Guess I Never Fully Understood I Thought That They Meant, You'd Be Easy To Forget But It's Drivin Me Crazy [Chorus:] Out...

(Sanger D Shafer) If it was in your mind to really cut me down If it was in your plan to walk me in the ground You left with him last night then daylight told ...

(Aaron Barker/Dean Dillon) I go anywhere that ol' wind blows Down a blacktop road, anytime No strings attached, no ties to tie me down So why hang around, when...

My first sip made me gag And I thought I was gonna blow beets But I took another and pretty soon brother Sour mash started tasting sweet Made me feel brave and ...

I know the end is near I've seen the warning signs Been preparin' myself Layin' in supplies I bought a case of Jack A box set of Merle I'm getting ready Ready f...

(Dan McCoy) I'd rather be home, But I make my livin' on the go Big silver eagle spreads her wings And drops us at another show I think about holdin' my baby to...

(Arthur L Sizemore/Haven Gillespie/Paul Biese) Right or wrong I'll always love you Though your're gone I can't forget Right or wrong I'll keep on dreaming Stil...

Hey baby won't you take a little ride with me Have a look around, see what we can see I've got the paddle, I've got the boat Come on baby I know she'll float W...

The first time I saw you You were waitin' tables at the corner diner I said to myself Never seen a woman look any finer From that moment on I was stone cold go...

(Steve Dean/Wil Nance) As far as all my friends can tell I took her leavin' well - that's kinda right, 'Cause when I'm out with them, I don't let her memory ru...

You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen, But do you recall, the most famous reindeer of all? Rudolph the Red...

(J Fred Coots/Haven Gillespie) You better watch out You better not cry You better not put I'm tellin' you why Santa Claus is coming to town He's making a list...

(David Anthony) Christmas is always my favorite time of year Sleighbell's ringin' jingle lingin' Christmas time is near Can't wait to build a snowman And play ...

I left out of Tucson with no destination in mind I was running from trouble and the jail term the judge had in mind And the border meant freedom, a new life, ro...

(Sanger D Schafer/Tommy Collins) Man don't you know This woman you want and crave Is the queen of my kingdom When she walks through the garden Roses drop pedal...

You played me for a fool And I played the part so well You played it smart, you played it cool Broke every promise, every rule And I couldn't even tell You loo...

She knows she's holdin' someone who don't love her She knows she's where you could have been She knows I turn to her because you turned me down And she knows wh...

(Clay Blaker) Her hair is red and her eyes are green She's soft and tender But she can be mean She know's just what it takes To keep me right on track Now when...

He wondered how she'd take it When he said goodbye Thought she might do some cryin' Lose some sleep at night But he had no idea When he hit the road That withou...

Well now I can see your dancin every dance with her And it seems to me that your dancin much too close to her When you sat down at our table You sat next to her...

I'm her world and she revolves around me Just being close to me makes her lover grow Each night she thanks God for the day she found me Why, when she came home ...

Let's take a rest Your kisses take my breath You are the best It's never been like this She used to say that to me Over and over so sweet She'll tell you she'l...

I let it all hang out last night I come in hung over this morning My woman met me at the door Preachin' me this warnin' She said Dillon you're gonna have to cha...

At first she's gonna come on strong Like she'll love you all night long Like it's going out of style Then she'll leave you with a smile Your gonna give her all...

I once had a love, A true and lasting love, But the fool in me, Came out one night And with her loving eyes, She saw right through my lies And she changed the n...

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly ...

Hey mister bartender please dont be so slow ive got time for one more round and a six pack to go tomorrow mornin's sunday, im gonna be feelin' low so please ple...

(Chips Moman/Bobby Emmons) I know that I surprised you coming home, It's not my usual time of year; but I've got myself a problem, And I know that I might find...

(Harlan Howard) Yes, I'll take you back again, you knew I would For I go on lovin' you that's understood But it's the first time you've come back with tears in...

(David Anthony/Paul A Maloy) Someone's walkin' around upstairs I can hear him And he just got up from sleepin' in our bed And I'll wake and realize I was dream...

I've been on the road now dang near all my life I do love to sing a song I can say I've worked hard, put in my time Now it's time to go home And catch up on my ...

(Rodney Crowell) Down in Louisiana bayous by and by A peirot pole or your natural soul Keeps you tied to a tree high tide Beer joint lights come on And then cr...

(Jim Lauderdale) Many times temptation grows so strong and makes someone go blind to what is wrong Well stop right now while there's still the strength to see ...

(Curtis Wayne) There's a stranger in my arms tonight And I know the reason why I've left her all alone one two many times She use to tremble at my touch And he...

(David Chamberlain) I hate to admit it But somebody else came along and took you're love away And tonight as I lay here All alone in this room He's out there s...

[chorus] Take me back to tulsa, I?m too young to marry Take me back to tulsa, I?m too young to marry You see that girl with the red dress on, Some folks call ...

Love is so beautiful, when everything is fine But when it is like hers and mine, It lives and dies at least 10,000 times Tell me something bad about Tulsa How ...

There wouldn't be no Alamo, No Cowboys in the Superbowl: No "Lonesome Dove", no "Yellow Rose", If it wasn't for Texas I wouldn't be a Willie fan Nobody'd swim ...

I'm going down to Austin, Texas Ease on down to San Antone Get that bar-b-que and chili Eat my fill then come back home I'm gonna take my baby with me We gonna ...

(George Strait) My ol' pickup truck, seems it just can't keep up And my boots ain't as new as I'd like But that don't change the way I feel about you Just the ...

Picture a fellow with his boots shined up A new coat of clean on his pick-up truck Ringin' your doorbell, thinkin' about love Hey honey that's me! That's me wit...

She can drive a truck and rope and ride She feels right at home right by my side That's my kind of woman That's my cup of tea That's my kind of woman The girl I...

I said I don't love you, and I ain't never been your fool That's a lie, and that's the truth And if it's over, makes no difference if we're through That's a lie...

Picture a fellow with his boots shined up A new coat of clean on his pick-up truck Ringin' your doorbell thinkin' about love Hey honey that's me That's me with...

Well that's just great Just what I needed The icing on that cake You're leavin' But I give up Throw up my hands There's nothing I can say or do I've done all th...

It's a quite little place tucked away in the hills Where a crystal clear lake makes it crystal clear That there's not another livin' soul for miles and miles ar...

(Wayne KempCurtis WayneFaron Young) I met her in that honky tonk I thought that she would change But now I see just how much I was wrong Though we both tried o...

We loaded up my old station wagon With a tent, coleman, and sleepin' bags Some fishin' poles, a cooler of Cokes Three days before we had to be back When you're ...

(Gerry House/Devon O' Day) Without a warning, you're outta control The ground shakes and the oceans roll- This is the big one, there's no way to run On the Ric...

Well excuse me But I think you've got my chair No that one's not taken, I don't mind If you sit here I'll be glad to share Yeah it's usually Packed here on Frid...

(Green Daniel/Gretchen Peters) Well her old friend, from her own end of town dropped by today, And way down deep inside me something died When he came 'round t...

(Mel Torme (c) 1946) Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimo...

(Jim Lauderdale) The king of broken hearts doesn't ask much from his friends And he has quite a few of them They know he will understand That's just the way it...

(Shawn Camp/John Scott Sherrill) Way out here you can see for miles If there was anything to be seen Maybe I could tell the difference between Where I am and w...

I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day I could just as easily have let you get away In that crowded airport far from my hometown If I had lost my cour...

I don't mind the thought of growing old But I don't want to lose my sense of humor I'm okay as long as I can laugh I don't care if everything goes wrong Even if...

(Clay Blaker) Some people say I'm one of those guys the blessings of life over looked Sometimes I feel like the tattered, torn pages of some old paperback book...

(Chip Taylor) I was on a bus comin' back to us From Atlanta in '53 And I picked up a Rhythm & Blues magazine Layin' underneath my seat And I found out the stuf...

(Buddy Brock/Dean Dillion) There's a road a winding road that never ends Full of curves lessons learned at every bend Goin's rough unlike the straight and narr...

(Bill Shoer/David Wills/Alan R Mevis) The band had just started when they walked in the door He sat her at a table and strolled out on the floor He grabbed the...

We're looking for the king The new messiah We're following the star shining brighter Old man won't you help us if you can He shook his head But he pointed his h...

(Mel Tillis/Wayne P Walker) I had a love and it was all mine I drove her out, I must've been blind That's the thoughts of a fool thinking out loud She loved me...

He was sitting on the front porch of a half-way house Chainin' cigarettes and drinkin' coffee I was walkin' by on my way home Stopped and said, hello, how are y...

(Vern Gosdin/Mark Wright) We made it final today I gave you all I had, you made your getaway All the love we once made turned to memories today I left the cour...

(Curtis Wayne) Well here we sit at a table for two But bottle there's just me and you She loved me so but I loved her so wrong I gave her too much of too littl...

I was 5 years old When daddy started packing And I stood there by my momma As she cried And the next thing that we knew Some old train came passing through And ...

I still feel 25, Most of the time I still raise a little cain with the boys Honky tonk and pretty woman Lord I'm still right there with them Singing above the c...

(Ronnie McDowell/Troy Seals/Joe Meador) Oh how I wish You could read my mind Cause words can't always tell it Like it is some times When we're this close The l...

(Dean Dillon/Frank Dycus) Give me a bottle, Of your very best, Cause I've got a problem I'm gonna drink off my chest I'm gonna spend the night, Gettin' down, C...

Up on the housetop Reindeer pause Out jumps Good old Santa Claus Down through the chimney With lots of toys All for the little ones Christmas joys Ho, ho, ho Wh...

(Roger Brown/Clay Blaker) Some folks got nothing but trouble So little joy in their lives But wherever we go happiness follows We must be lovin' right It migh...

We really shouldn't be doin' this And we both know why Just being close enough to think like this Enough to make you need to lie This kinds talk will lead us t...

We had a silly quarrel over nothin' Both got maddened and soon turned into somethin' But we made up like we always do 'cause you love me And I love you And we'r...

What a merry Christmas this could be If you would just come back to me And say that you've forgiven me What a merry Christmas this could be It was just last Ch...

(Jim Lauderdale) It's six minutes until eleven The phone rings, but it's never you I won't walk the floor I'll just watch it Stood up, impatient and blue What...

(Sanger D Shafer) Sometimes I smile When you stayed home for a while What did you expect me to do I always cried Each time you tolled a lie What did you expec...

Why don't we do something different? Something that breaks with the times Take an old idea, make it new again Baby, what say we stay together It tears me up to...

WHAT WOULD YOUR MEMORIES DO WRITERS HANK COCHRAN, DEAN DILLON What would your memories do If they didn't have my mind to run through If they didn't have my hea...

What's goin' on in your world I hope that you're doin' fine I just called to say there is not a day That you don't cross my mind I just wanted to see if you fee...

When it's Christmas time in Texas It's a very special time for me In Texas we'll go swingin' 'round the Christmas tree Dancin' to a Christmas melody When it's C...

(Chorus) Don't go in the summertime It's too hot and the rooms are high But if you go in the fall, you'll have a ball There's so much to see and do When you're...

(Carl Perkins) They don't have words To say how blue I'm feelin' This ol' world can lift you up then lay ya' down It's a mighty lonesome feelin' When your love...

(Jim Lauderdale/John Leventbal) Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins We said goodbye on a cold dark night I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not Where the...

(Irving Berlin) I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the one's I use to know Where the tree top's glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in th...

I know I don't want her, I swear that's a fact But the thought of somebody else rubbing her back Just kills me Oh, it kills me I know she don't love me, I know...

(Steve Bogard/Jeff Stevens) You take it nice and easy You play it safe 'cause that's what people do today I guess that's ok Girl somewhere in your mind There m...

Seems you cam along at the right time A fallin' in love is all my idea Others warned me about the broken hearts You left behind Now why'd you have to go and pro...

(Felix Bernard/Dick Smith) Sleigh bells ring are ya listin' In the lane snow is glistnin' A beautiful sight we're happy tonight Walkin' in a winter wonderland ...

(Dean Dillon/Royce Porter) Her ship set sail from the docks of Miami For a two week Caribbean cruise Our first time apart In ten years of marriage She said I'm...

Well i was out a drinkin' With a couple of friends of mine When the bartender handed me the telephone Says "there's a wife on the line" I told her i was just a ...

(Curtis Wayne) What kind of world would it be For you without me Would you think it a better world Or would you be lonely And if your love for me shall die Wou...

I didn't have to turn my head whenever you walked in The only one to let these chills roll down my skin My heart beats faster, I hear your name I feel my confid...

I never saw the end in sight; fools are kind of blind Thought everything was going alright, but I was running out of time 'Cause you had one foot out the door, ...

I'd been workin' at forgettin' since you said goodbye, Lookin' for some good times, the best money can buy But it's a bad investment, there's no long term divid...

At a table for two With candlelight and wine That diamond burnin' holes in his pockets Thinkin' now's the perfect time When he popped the question he could see ...

The laughter is gone The crying' is over And I'm not losin' sleep anymore The walls are all bare The closet's half empty The phone doesn't ring like before I'm ...

(Tony Haselden/Anna Lisa Graham) Baby, since you left me, there's somebody knew She thinks I'm perfect, I swear She likes my body, my class and my charm She sa...