The first strange town I was ever in the county was hanging a man Nobody cared if he lived or died and I just didn't understand So I washed my face in the morni...

Tonight I'm sad my heart is weary I'm wondering if I'm wrong or right To dream about you though you left me I wonder where you are tonight That old rain is cold...

I don't care what anybody thinks of me For my pride is gone and here I am on bended knees I only know I need you and I love you so And I'd fight the world befor...

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...

My baby's gone and I'm all alone seems like a million years since she's gone She's out havin' fun she's out with someone she used to know Can this really be the...

I'm not the least bit worried bout somebody stealin' my honey Not even those uptown cats with their money I feel real sure no one can ever take my place Cause I...

[ Skeeter ] Sometimes I want to throw my arms around you Then I tremble at the thought of giving in [ Bobby ] Because I know how much it cost to love you I'm so...

I get a sad kind of feeling when I see a passenger train In this fast movin' world we live in nobody rides them much these days Oh maybe I'm just sentimental ca...

I've lived a lot in my time I once had a mansion and lived in my glory but now I'm down to my last dime I once had a sweetheart but I was unfaithful yes I've li...

Baby I'm sorry I done you like that I called you a name and I gave you a wack I spit in your eye and gave your wrist a twist And if that ain't love what is In ...

Farmer Jones ran short on seeds so he borrowed from his neigbor Sam The fall brought Jones a flourishin' crop while his neighbor's all burned brown Sam had a wi...

I been wired since I can't remember when You seen me out most every night with a dissipated grin All my life I been been ribald, loose and loud now I think I'm ...

Have you seen Amanda Blaine in the Hills of Shiloh Wandering through the morning rain in the Hills of Shiloh Have you seen her at her door listening for the can...

[ Both ] In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight [ Skeeter ] Any place is all right long as I'm with you [ Both ] In a faraway land on the tropic sea...

[ Both ] In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight [ Skeeter ] Any place is all right long as I'm with you [ Both ] In a faraway land on the tropic sea...

Have you seen Amanda Blaine in the Hills of Shiloh Wandering through the morning rain in the Hills of Shiloh Have you seen her at her door listening for the can...

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

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

Is it wrong for loving you is it wrong for being true Tell me please tell me dear is it wrong Have I waited for so long has your love for me gone Is it wrong is...

Go away from my window leave at your own chosen speed I'm not the one you want babe I'm not the one that you need You say you're looking for someone never weak ...

I can hear the footsteps walkin' by my bedside Lord she's leavin' I can smell her perfume driftin' through my room If I try to make her stay I'd know she couldn...

(Come give Jeannie one last kiss) The moon hid it's light and the midnight was still And they had their last quarrel on top of the hill And she said to him plea...

Deep in the pocket of an old sport coat jacket I chanced to discover an old memory Three for a quarter black and white picture takin' up Jennifer Johnson and me...

I've heard all the songs you're singing today there's one thing I don't understand That's why you don't sing more songs about Jesus my hero Yes Jesus Christ now...

See the Sunday morning wino slowly shufflin' down the street The only God he knows clutched in his hand And heaven's just a drink from his bottle and Jesus Chri...

Well I've been a trucker now for twenty years From the Charleston coast to the Jersey piers And sharin' the road with the race car nuts and loggers Sunday drive...

I am weak but Thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong I'll be satisfied as long as I walk let me walk close to Thee Just a closer walk with Thee grant it J...

I watch the sky that brightens with the dawn And I know this night with you is almost gone And I memorize each moment of the special thing that's been Just in c...

I watch the sky that brightens with the dawn And I know this night with you is almost gone And I memorize each moment of the special thing that's been Just in c...

I watch the sky that brightens with the dawn And I know this night with you is almost gone And I memorize each moment of the special thing that's been Just in c...

I come from just the other side of nowhere to this big time lonesome town They got a lotta ice and snow here half as cold as all the people I found Every way I'...

Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through Someone's gonna pay for the things you do How many will it take how many hearts must break Just to satisfy you ju...

Billy Dalton staggered on the sidewalk someone said he stumbled and he fell Six squad cars came screamin' to the rescue hauled old Billy Dalton off to jail Caus...

LEAVE MY BABY ALONE (Harlan Howard - Bobby Bare) « © '64 Tree Publishing » RECORDED BY WANDA JACKSON Don't you be a tellin' my baby lies You better leave my ba...

Oh my bags are packed I'm ready to go I'm standing here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn the taxi...

When I was just a lad of ten my father said to me Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree Don't put your fate in love my boy my father said to me...

Mhmm hmm let me be a little kinder let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about me let me praise a little more Let me be when I am weary just a littl...

Won't you let me tell you bout Mary I promise it won't take me very long Cause all I have to say about Mary is I'm afraid my Mary's gone wrong The day I went a...

[ Both ] Come on baby let's make love not war come on baby what're we fighting for Don't let a silly fight keep us apart tonight come on baby let's make love no...

I remember the time she used to be mine But just a little bit later on down the line she said bye bye try not to cry See you just a little bit later on down the...

I'm looking for that Lonely Street I've got a sad sad tale to tell I need a place to go and weep where's this place called Lonely Street A place where there's j...

I'm a walking down to Lonely Town I din't wanna go but now I know I will Walking down to Lonely Town and it's just over the hill Everybody told me someday you'...

You gotta walk that lonesome valley you gotta go all by yourself No one else can walk it for you you gotta walk all by yourself My mama said when she was dying...

See her ridin' in that long black limousine There's a long line of mourners driving down our little street And their fancy cars are such a sight to see Must be ...

Ten years ago on a cold dark night Someone was killed neath the town hall light There were few at the scene but they all agreed That the slayer who ran looked a...

I'm a long long way from where I want to be in the Arizona Prison they've got me And until they set me free oh oh me it's a long long way from here to Tennessee...

In the shadows of our bedroom I hold you in the darkness tenderly While there's another woman who's waitin' in a room alone for me By now I'll bet she's restles...

The years creep slowly by Lorena snow is on the grass again The sun is sinking low Lorena frost is where the flowers have been The music softly plays Lorena hap...

I never was great at pickin' cotton but Lord I always carried all my rows There were those who could pick it clean or better But didn't I pick my cotton with a ...

Morning comes and she's sleeping beside me I'm not ashamed that she's lying there Her lips are still warm from the love she just gave me She's contented with sw...

(Love's gonna live here love's gonna live here love's gonna live here again No more loneliness only happiness love's gonna live here again) Oh the sun is gonn...

I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies Turning on the world the w...

[ with Jeannie Bare ] (Okay, kids Now me and your mama gonna sing a song) It don't matter what you do and it don't matter what you say Honey you know I'll be ...

I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies Turning on the world the w...

The Lynch mob gathered in the square across from the jail Young Billy watched them from his cell and felt his courage fail Bill swore he wasn't guilty but the e...

Maggie how I wish we'd never met never kissed or tried to fall in love For Maggie fashion's not the same as love it's just a game we're soon tired of We were to...

People starin' at me as they wheel me down the ramp toward my plane The war is over for me I've forgotten everything except the pain Thank you sir and yes sir i...

People starin' at me as they wheel me down the ramp toward my plane The war is over for me I've forgotten everything except the pain Thank you sir and yes sir i...

I'm a man of constant sorrow I've known trouble all my days I'll say goodbye and leave tomorrow and I won't be back this way Misery is nothing new to me memori...

Down in Louisiana where the black trees grow lives a voodoo lady named Marie Leveau She got a black cat tooth and a mojo bone and anyone wouldn't leave her alon...

I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours And today in the mail I recieved a short little not...

Busted flat in Baton Rouge headin' for the trains feelin' nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained it took us all the way to N...

Me and Jimmie Rodgers used to ride them rollin' boxcars in the summer time Jimmie he'd play his guitar I'd lay back and watch the stars and sip my wine Me and A...

Long distance information get me Memphis Tennessee Help me find the party tried to get in touch with me She would not leave her number but I know who placed the...

Way down in the state of Georgia among the swamps and the everglades There's a big hole in Tiger Mountain God help the men who gets lost in Miller's Cave I had ...

I remember it now we were kids back then living down on the farm We were told that the city could only bring us harm Well how far away is the city you know that...

(Okay kids, I'm gonna sing you a song now bout a monkey and an elephant It's all happened a long time ago Whenever I say "a long time ago" you all jump in ther...

I bought a ring and gave it to your daughter Mrs Jones She promised me that she would be my wife But after she had talked to you she gave me back my ring Mrs Jo...

[ Skeeter ] I followed you to Texas I followed you to Utah [ Bobby ] We didn't find it there so we moved on [ Skeeter ] I followed you to Alabam things look goo...

I was learning how to fly when I left Boise City Like summer I was headin' for the fall Now the bitter taste of truth it's gettin' hard to swallow For a country...

I walk around imagining the way she say goodbye And when she tries to tell me I hope that I won't cry No sad songs for me soon our love will be just a memory it...

I was sittin' in Friday's suckin' on a glass of wine When in walked a chick who almost struck me blind Had wet blue eyes and her legs were long and fine On a sc...

They passed an ordinance in the town they said we'd have to tear it down That little old shack out back so dear to me Though the health department said its day ...

The old gang's gone I'm the only one that's left And I guess that it's about time I move on out myself Cause there ain't no use in hangin' round a town that's ...

One among the three of us is always in the way People talk but still I walk like a queen with all her charms When I'm alone I know what's wrong he's somewhere i...

I live one day at a time I dream one dream at a time Yeasterday's dead and tomorrow is blind I just live one day at a time Guess that's your surprise to see me ...

The first sound I heard was a woman's cry The first word I learned to utter was goodbye Forgive me if I'm wrong in what I do to you While passin' through passin...

Well he rode through the woods on a big blue ox He had fists as hard as choppin' blocks Five hundred pounds and nine feet tall that's Paul Talk about working wh...

This may be our last good night together we may never pass this way again Just let me enjoy it till it's over or forever please don't tell me how the story ends...

I know that my surroundings aren't the very best But my soul's on fire and won't let me rest I'm doing things I really shouldn't do I guess I'm just pursuing ha...

She falls through the doorway and rolls down the hall She bounces off the sofa and walks into the wall It's easy to see that she buckles and bends She's doin' q...

It was a rainy day in Richmond when I've found out what she had done She walked right out of my life in her hour of fun They thought I'd gone to Baltimore and n...

(It's gonna take a lot more than a memory for I had the real thing too long) I keep telling myself I'll be all right with the mem'ry that you left behind But it...

Does anyone know of a girl who might like a tired old boy on a rusty old bike Who just pulled in today from the Florida Glades And just got to stop and rest awh...

(Is everybody feelin' silly now? Yeah, I feel silly, yes) Well I'm gonna teach you a Ricky tic song it's kinda silly and it ain't too long But you can't go wro...

She wakes while you sleep and tiptoes out softly and brings you your coffee in bed And she crawls in beside you with biscuits and kisses until all your hungers'...

As I lay here all alone I feel the darkness coming on It's too late to try to catch the sinking sun But the seasons of my mind they're walking back through summ...

It's two in the morning on Saturday night at Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe The onions are frying the neon is bright and the jukebox is startin' to play And the sign ...

As I lay here all alone I feel the darkness coming on It's too late to try to catch the sinking sun But the seasons of my mind they're walking back through summ...

I was waitin' in Rosie's Restaurant When the waiter came up and said "what do you want?" I looked at the menu and it looked so nice Till he said, "let me give y...

You have painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is g...

I was born in Saginaw Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman Too many times he came home with too little ...

In a pub Britanny I had me a drink or three I can vaguely recall a pretty girl was standin' there Ran her hand through my hair took me off for some air I hope w...

Sun's up I better get up and make the rounds All alone on my own here in this old town of Salt Lake City Gotta find work forget the hurt and how she put me down...

[ Jeannie Bare ] I peeked in to say goodnight and I heard my child in prayer Send to me some scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for her hair All the stores were c...

(Okay, is everybody ready to be animals? Yeah!) See that bluebird on a limb he wants you to fly away with him He wants you to wear a featherly vest And he want...

Shame on me for hurting you what can I say what can I do Last night I was blind but today I see I did you wrong shame on me You say you won't be seein' me agai...

She called me baby baby all night long used to hold and kiss me till the dawn Then one day I awoke and she was gone ah there's no more baby baby all night long ...

(Okay, hold it kids, hold it! Listen! I wanna sing a song now especially for mama Okay? This is for mama) She looks at me with the eyes of a child She thinks ...

Well friends you know once I was took in by a girl with a twinkly eye But the first time that I wasn't lookin' she ran off with a handsomer guy oh my But I'm an...