[ duet with Ferlin Husky ] Dear John oh how I hate to write dear John I must let you know tonight That my love for you has died away like grass upon the lawn A...

How many times have you heard someone say If I had his money I could do things my way But little they know that is so hard to find one rich man in ten with a sa...

A tear dropped by a tear dropped by this morning I found it in my eye Honey it should be there I hadn't planned to cry But I guess I should know by now no matte...

This is our last kiss our last moment of bliss darling our love can never be right For your ring's on her hand and my heart just can't stand Stealing love like ...

You Say you want to take me out so we can paint the town Well I don't care a thing about you're kind of running round The town will go unpainted if you depend o...

Oh you sit there and smile and you hold him by the hand You make him a failure and break him as a man You know he was mine you took the things I claimed Look in...

I've tried so hard to keep our home alive but you don't even care that I'm around You tell me that somehow our love has died And you'd rather be set free than b...

You didn't love me long until the thrill was gone Then another made me your old used to be How long can her love last when a new wears oh so fast There'll alway...

You didn't love me long until the thrill was gone Then another made me your old used to be How long can her love last when a new wears oh so fast There'll alway...

Crying in the darkness cause I'm going through another lonely night Waiting till the morning brings you home Trying to believe you cause you say each time you'r...

Are you certain when you say you care do you love me with some love to spare I'm gonna ease right out of the one side of love affair So be certain when you say ...

Are you sincere when you say I love you are you sincere when you say I'll be true Do you mean every word that my ears have heard I'd like to know which way to g...

I told him that I loved him cause I loved him at the time And I told him that I didn't want any other lips touchin' mine I whispered love your kisses are sweete...

There you go drivin' in your big long car you got a house overlooking the town But be nice to everybody on your way up you're gonna need 'em again coming down ...

Beautiful lies beautiful lies each word is a heartache in perfect disguise I can't help but listen and then I realize the words you have spoken are beautiful li...

I just can't get it through my head you love another now instead Can't make myself believe we're really through I'm walking up and down the hall talking to a si...

Big midnight special shine your light on me Big midnight special shine your everlovin' light on me Woke up this morning heard the whistle blow the jailor said ...

Are you listening Billy Christian if you are then come on home Everything is like you left it I spent all my time alone Guitar pickin' never thrills me like it ...

Oh darling how I wish that we could start out over I'd never ever be untrue Too many heartaches has caused my world to tumble And so my heart is crying bitter t...

Blues stay away from me blues why don't you let me be Don't know why you keep on haunting me Love was never meant for me true love was never meant for me Seems ...

I was born a woman I'm glad it happened that way It makes no difference if you're rich or poor or if you're smart or dum A woman's place in this old world is un...

By your side satisfied through and through cause I was born to be with you Wonderously love can be so I knew that I was born to be with you [ organ ] Do I find ...

Born to lose I've lived my life in vain every dream has only brought me pain All my life I've always been so blue born to lose and now I'm losing you Born to lo...

Born to lose I've lived my life in vain every dream has only brought me pain All my life I've always been so blue born to lose and now I'm losing you Born to lo...

Baby oh baby tell the man at the ticket stand that you've changed your mind Let me run on out and tell the cab to keep his meter flyin' Cause if you say goodbye...

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

I guess I'll take a walk tonight I know that I can't sleep And I won't go too bad at all I'll just lay there and weep Instead I'll make our favorite spot that's...

He's better than any other man I've ever seen before When I think he's done his best for me he does a little more He's weak but yet he's strong enough that he n...

White's for the wedding that I'll never see blue is for heartaches that he gave to me Green were those two eyes that stole him away Gray were the darks skies on...

Got me a phone in my home but hand don't fit the handle And I can't think of what number that I know Since I had in store there ain't nobody call me and I can't...

From this day on I ain't a gonna love nobody I've had my heart pulled up too many times You've been in and out of here until I can't tell a deifference Are you ...

We were both two lonely people life had passed us by somewhere Till that night they introduced us on the corner of despair We had both in one time loser and our...

The steel guitar played that I met him and it played the night I lost him Yes you drove him to another with your sweet Hawaiian chimes I know your sorry but it'...

Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E But the wo...

I remember when I was a kid times were hard and things were bad There's a silver lining behind every cloud Just poor people that's all we were tryin' to make a ...

All my friends told me someday you'd leave me But your sweet words of love were all that I could hear It's so hard realizing you decieve me now I just live from...

[ duet with Ferlin Husky ] Dear John oh how I hate to write dear John I must let you know tonight That my love for you has died away like grass upon the lawn A...

When I met you long ago there were things I didn't know But how was I to know how I would feel When you made a goin' rough it made me see I had it tough It make...

Once he loved me now I'm dirt under his feet I was sure I'd found a love I had searched for The perfect love with everything complete Then one day he went away ...

Oh single girls don't be mislead by the lying tongue of a man Who says he want you for his own when there's a wedding ring on his hand Oh to the girl who falls ...

Don't make me a promise and then make me blue don't say you love me if it isn't true Don't make me cry so much I can't see please don't take advantage of me You...

You've gone away and left me here to cry you wouldn't even care if I should die You've treated me like I was only dirt and left me just enough heart to hurt You...

You say I need the rest why don't I go and see my sister way out west That's very thoughtful of you dear and I'm really touched by all your tenderness But us wo...

Your love is colder than a foggy river flowing o'er a heart of stone You left me stranded on this foggy river drifting helpless and alone Can't escape this brok...

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...

[ duet with Ferlin Husky ] Forgive me John but I don't love your brother I realize now that you're the only one Write and tell me dear that you'll still have m...

Franklin County moonshine is all you care about You've got those orders comin' in and moonshine goin' out If a revenue man ever hears about this boy you won't h...

When the roads I travel seem all up hill and the colors in my rainbows turn blue You kiss my tears away you smile at me and say funny face funny face I love you...

So faithfully you promised me we'd marry in the spring A year has passed and now at last I see through everything Just like a fool I let you rule this heart ins...

Go on with your dancing go on have your fun You've hurt me the last time the demage is done When I saw you kiss her my heart felt the same So go on with your da...

Goodnight me eyes it's closing time I just heard the lonely chime The sun just caught us wide awake the third time this week Please won't you mind let's try and...

It's true you have me twisted around your finger it seems that's where I belong You know how to hold me to thrill me and control me Just enough to keep me a han...

I know that you've heard people say many many times You don't pass through this world but once you'll get yours and I'll get mine But I've got a philosophy I be...

If you could look through the eyes that have been there Then you'd see what I'm trying to tell you And you'd know that no one's love could ever hold him Cause h...

Well there he goes he hardly knows the heart he's breaking I talked to him but I don't think he understood So just forget about the plans that you were making h...

Hello darlin' nice to see you it's been a long time You're still the same man that you used to be How's your new love are you happy hope you're doing fine Just ...

Hello old broken heart I see you're back once more Hurtin' the same way as you did before Listen old broken heart I've got some news for you Achin' won't help t...

How in the world will I get over you when mem'ries of your love keep me so blue And even knowing you don't care I can't stop loving you How in the world will I ...

How long does it hurt when a heart breaks how long can you stand the pain How long does one dream when a dream die and only the mem'ries remain It seems it must...

Every jukebox that I see holds a memory for me And I cry along with every tune I play My radio is always on I know the words to every song But I still can't see...

Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet I can't help it if I'm still in love with you Somebody else walked by your side and she looked s...

I can't stop loving you so I've made up my mind To live in memory of old lonesome times I can't stop wanting you it's useless to say So I'll just live my life i...

We're the past time of the gossips and it hurts me through and through For there's saying we don't care just what we do I turn my head and close my heart to wha...

I don't remember much about him that's a lie I tell my heart When I hear his name I'm not to blame if lonesome heartache start I don't remember how I loved him ...

I don't see how I can make it with you gone I woke up today and found that you had left me But I wasn't so surprised to see you gone I could see for quite a whi...

You forgot to call me up you left me sittin' there You forgot quite a lot and I forgot to care ah ah ah oh yeah You forgot to fill me in on your new love affair...

I hate myself for making you cry forgive me darling for days gone by I hate myself for breaking your heart I've been so lonesome since we've been apart Why won'...

If I'm sometimes unkind to treat you cruel dear If I break your heart and make you blue If I know just what to do to make you cry dear it's because I learned it...

I love you because you understand dear every single thing I try to do You're always there to lend a halping hand dear I love you most of all because you're you ...

I love you more and more every day They said our love was just emotion that time would slowly fade away But time just deepens my emotions I love you more and mo...

I want you more than any woman can you mean more to me than any other man Now she's with you things you do with her I've done them for so long I love you more t...

I was counting all my riches as I stared along today Call myself the lucky one though not a penny could I pay You placed the ring on my hand mother nature's smi...

If my words should ever strike you like the rattlin' of chains And my voice should ever make you long for trains and boats and planes May I live a million years...

I don't care what anybody thinks of me My pride is gone and here I am on bended knee I want you and I need you that's all I know And I'd fight the world before ...

The lights are low the teardrops flow mis'ry is complete I'd like to know where people go when they leave lonely street Could there be such a place where you hu...

(Please don't leave me never leave me) I'd rather die young than grow old without you So don't ever leave me whatever you do Though others may tempt you and tel...

Some glad morning when this life is o'er I'll fly away To a home on God's celestial shore I'll fly away I'll fly away oh Glory I'll fly away when I'll die halle...

I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms Like you've never been held before I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night away Till y...

I can't be free to marry you we both know that But I dedicate my life to you each minute that I live And if you'll only try to take me like I am I'll give you w...

Each time I hold somebody new my arms grow cold thinking for you No one can take your place darling in my embrace I'll never be free And when my lips burn with ...

Well we just left the courthouse this morning And the judge said we could go our seperate ways And everything we own must be divided just like the separation pa...

For overlooking what I've been and saying you love me You'll never know just what it means that from my past I'm free For seeing the real me believe my lonely g...

Staring through my window pane I watch the raindrops kiss the street below My thoughts run like an endless road that never seems to lead to anyplace I could hav...

I'm alright (I'm alright) I'm alright (I'm alright) I'm a little bit red in the eyes a little bit hurt in the heart A little bit weary in the soul but I'm alrig...

I'm living in two worlds dividing my time unhappy in your world and lonesome in mine When I'm in your world I just pretend that I'm really happy though I don't ...

Put me where you want me I'll stay until you call And when someone throws you over I'll brace you for the fall I'll help you to forget her when you need sympath...

I've got my pride I've got my pride When the nights're cold and there's no one to hold I've got my pride I should have said forgive me dear but I've got my prid...

I'M NOT THAT GOOD AT GOODBYE Writer Don Williams, Bob McDill Copyright 1973 I don't want to talk it over one more time No there's not much use in talkin' If you...

If heartache was laughter then I'd be a clown If loneliness was happiness I could sure spread some round If hurting was like heaven there'd be no wings like min...

You say you've found another another you love better You say you're gonna leave me pack up and go You don't wanna hurt me but you've just gotta have her And how...

Have you ever lost someone just like I lost you Have you ever missed someone like I'm missing you Have you ever cried the whole night through If you haven't you...

You say I'm bein' selfish cause I won't set him free But once I've given him to you what is left for me You say that he don't love me but now that may be true B...

If you've got the money I've got the time We'll go honky tonkin' and we'll have a time We'll make all the night spots dance romance and dine If you've got the m...

Invisible tears in my eyes incredible pain in my heart Indestructable memories are passing in review Impossible though things may get improbable I will forget I...

The chimes of time ring out the news another day is through Someone slipped and fell was that someone you You may have long for added strenght your courage to r...

It was too late for us a long long time ago I can't explain why we don't part I just don't know To be together only happy now and then It's much too late for us...

It was too late for us a long long time ago I can't explain why we don't part I just don't know To be together only happy now and then It's much too late for us...

Now who breaks a heart like a child breaks a toy it's a man every time it's a man Who brings the heartaches and takes all the joy it's a man every time it's a m...

I've almost read the ink right off the paper I've read your letter through so many times With every word I ache and ache to hold you It's enough to make a woman...

Today so many men are so unfaithfull Upon their hands no wedding bands they wear But that don't mean that they're not tied to someone Whose heart is broken by e...