They say you've found somebody new but that won't stop my loving you I just can't let you walk away forget the love I have for you Yes I could find somebody to...

Wintertime comes early to the north part of this state I walk along the river where we used to come and skate The trees're now all gone and by the river there's...

I had a love he was mine said he'd love me all the time I was sure our love was pure if love can be Then one morning without warning truth came calling on me an...

The class reunion invitation was delivered to me today It brought back burning mem'ries of a happy yesterday I went to my cedar chest got down on my knees The c...

A change of heart would ben' mine eventually a changin' of mind Be consider and you will find a change of heart would bein' mine Please realize it's not too la...

Children go run and jump and play you'll be men and women some day Then you'll have to leave your world of make believe now children Young carefree children Chi...

I was raised in the middle of the cotton belt babe but I ain't gonna stay I'll lose my shape fast draggin' cotton sacks and eatin' butter beans ever day Yeah I'...

New York is a long way from Texas Vegas is a long way from Abilene I spend lots of my time flying out to LA And if you've never been there you don't know how lo...

If I never love again I won't feel cheated You gave me more than I knew how to use From the day we met my journey was completed Even though my autum years won't...

When my lips get kissed it's just from force of habit For a long long time I've known what's goin' on His pretending hasn't fooled me for a minute And it's duty...

Edna Burgoo wore a shoe size No 10 When the roll was called that fall and class was ready to begin She was five feet nine and showin' signs of growin' still som...

Sometimes I wish you were a fine feathered fowl And sometimes I wish I was a cat out on her midnight growl So if you were a bird you would sing from a cage And ...

Wa wa wa wa wa wa When you see a little baby sittin' on his mama's lap Well it's just the beginnin' of a thing called the generation gap It's not the difference...

Papa worked but his cheque was small mama sowed just to help us all And our old house sure needed paint nd when it rained the roof would leak Well the teacher's...

You ask me if we con live together Marriage doesn't fit your way of life And you say that you'll be with me forever Well if that's true please make me your wife...

I wanna tell you all the story bout the Harper Valley widow wife Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well her daughter came home o...

I wanna 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 ...

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

We were dancin' and he led just like you used to He squeezed my hand and he teased me just like you used to And so close to my lips the words came That I almost...

He was just every day plain as water or a piece of clay Why did I let him stay I love him Early morning the paper came he would run out in the rain He would kis...

If you could read my mind love what a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie bout a ghost from a wishing well In a cast the dark or a fortress ...

Mr Harper (what do you want) I feel sorry for you (oh yeah) Cause I understand the reason you drink and think what you do Mr Harper (what) your woman is weak (o...

While looking through an old scrapbook of mine I let the pages take me back through time Just an old scrapbook yellowed with age But a million old mem'ries stil...

The train whistle blew for Coal Road Crossin' in a few more minutes we'll pull into town I'll have to face the folks who'll come to meet us I'll try to keep the...

Oh singer sing me an old song yeah Oh singer sing me an old song sing me an old song about cotton bales Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white ...

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee We don't take our trips on LSD We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street Cause we like a living right and being fre...

The teacher said it's time to think about the annual fate To be put on that scene sponsored by the PTA Most of you have seen the script and now the question is ...

Melody by Tom Hall; Lyrics by Jeannie C. Riley Y'all remember Harper Valley And the Harper Valley PTA Well, have you ever wondered where they are And what thos...

There are the roses and there are the thorns There's a time for happiness and there's a time to mourn There's a time to love then when love is faded and worn Oh...

I was born a way back in the hills in a shack the oldest child of ten On one hot and sultry day mama got sick and passed away Givin' birth to baby brother Ben I...

We saw a sign Welcome Satan Place when we moved to town that day And rows of little white homes that looked like castles all along the way But after livin' ther...

When I am gone sing for me no sad songs plant no flowers at my head Feed the green grass that coveres me or a dew drop wet And I hope you'll remember even if I ...

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there's a feeling Of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Meeting smile after smile A...

Sippin' Shirley Thompson is a gas Anytime you see her you can always count on Shirley for a glass She knows more words with just four letters than the dictionar...

From the seed of a lifetime to the harvest years A girl knows the bitter and sweet taste of tears The first love was a green love it was free and sincere It end...

It's so still I can't hear the pages that fall as I look through my yearbook again And I know I'll cry at the picture I see teardrops on page forty-three There'...

You had quite good thing goin' with the girls you used to knowin' You went up and down your list just like a yo-yo And though it may be hard to stop it I'm afra...

On the back side of Dallas in the dingy bar on a wornout stool she sits And her trembling hand thumbeles for another kingside filter cigarette She blows a puff ...

Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah When you see a little baby sittin' on his mama's lap Well it's just the beginnin' of a thing called the generation gap I...

Papa worked but his cheque was small Mama sewed just to help us all And our old house sure needed paint And when it rained the roof would leak Well the teacher...

I keep the books at the country courthouse And answer phones of every kind from coast to coast Help keep the astronauts in space with complicated formules And g...

Don't be troubled 'bout me cause I'm tired From workin' 'round the house When day is done Don't think you failed me cause you can't afford That dishwasher to ma...

The neigbor next door looks worried her face looks tired and hurried And she just told me that she couldn't go on The man she married for money has found anothe...

Oh what was her name she used to sit next to me in math Had the saddest eyes I'd ever seen and like me she was only sixteen What was her name she was so silent ...

I know it's been a long time since my family moved away And I've been lookin' forward to this trip back here today I'd like to hear bout all the folks here in m...

See the moon above the mountain watch the stars light up the sky Oh wherever you are darling do you feel the same as I Tell your heart you know that I love you ...

Ask any young man in this town who is over thirteen To tell you about the things and places he's seen If he tells you somethin' bout women you haven't known You...

Some folks say he's comin' other say he came Some say he's a different colar some use the different name No matter what they're sayin' well it all comes up the ...

The weather was bad it was windy and rainin' outside So I decided to stay in clean my room and give a lift to my pride I was cleanin' out the corner of my close...