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

Rain drippin' off the brim of my hat sure is cold today Here I am walking down 66 wish she hadn't done me that way Sleeping under a table in a roadside park a m...

I came here because I knew I'd be welcome And because somehow you always understand You seem to have a way with lonely people And you always were my greatest he...

Whole Lotta Things To Sing About (Chorus) I've got a whole lot of things to sing about I've gotta whole lotta things to say Like I love you and I need you Every...

I'm calling from the station and I haven't got much time to let you know Got a ticket for Misoury and there's things I need to say before I go If I could I'd ha...

Well I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love And I'll never ever make you cry Yes I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of lov...

Well I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of love And I'll never ever make you cry Yes I'll give you love that's above and beyond the call of lov...

They're a gonna put me in the movies they're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man who's sad and lonely and all I gotta do is act natura...

ALL HIS CHILDREN WRITERS HENRY MANCINI, ALLAN AND MARILYN BERGMAN When you're standing alone With the mountains and the sea Where the arms of the world are ope...

Before you take another step there's something you should know About the years ahead and how they'll be You'll be living in a world where roses hardly ever grow...

All the time yes darling all the time Through the years through smiles or tears I'll love you Every day I'll prove it every way Through the years through smiles...

When we were young along the Mississippi life was never lonely way back then We'd need each other down along the dirt road And go for walk so along the river be...

When she wakes up this morning and turns to kiss me She'll find I let her sleep because we talked so late last night She'll know I kissed her face gently till m...

Wake up and open your eyes breakfast's on and the sun is high Off to work I'll kiss you goodbye I'll phone you at noon and I'll miss you till five It's another ...

There are places to go where the cold north wind blows Mountain's tall and the seashore have it's charms But the best place for me darling where I want to be Is...

Just follow the stairway to this lonely world of mine You'll find me waiting here in Apartment No 9 Not so very long ago you walked away from me And after all t...

The world goes around and the young men get old The people next door are all down with the cold The stars are in the heaven that's where they belong They don't ...

I can see the sadness in your eyes knowing that I'm going to leave If I told you the reason you'd never understand cause the truth you never could see So I'm go...

(spoken) I asked my love to take a walk Just to walk just a little way As we talked of our future wedding day And when she said she could never be mine (sung) I...

I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time but that was before I met you I never saw one that I wanted for mine but that was before I met you I thought I was ...

I'll be there before the next teardrop falls If he brings you happiness then I wish you both the best It's your happiness that matters most of all But if he eve...

I didn't think too much about books and schoolin' Cause there are more important things to do I'd just sit out in the yard and pick my ol' banjo Tryin' to do wh...

I know she's gonna get me back when I get home again Cause she pretends to get upset when I call her little girl And as we lie there trying to outlove each othe...

Back about eighteen hundred and some a Louisiana couple had a red headed son No name soothe him Jim Jack or Joe they just called him Billy Bayou Billy Billy Bay...

You think only of yourself I think only of you too What chance for me is left since both of us love you We only think we agree on it's not to make you blue We h...

I'm looking for a brand new bed of roses A love just like mine that stands the test of time I'm looking for a brand new bed of roses a love with everlasting cli...

Burgers and fires and cherry pies it was simple and good back then Walkin' in the sand hand in hand never thinkin' that it could end Makin' our love with the mo...

Burgers and fries and cherry pies it was simple and good back then Walkin' in the sand hand in hand never thinkin' that it could end Makin' our love with the mo...

Burgers and fries and cherry pies, it was simple and good back then Walking in the sand hand in hand never thinking that it could end Making our love with the m...

The bills are all due and my baby need shoes but I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound but I'm busted I got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't ...

There's a white Christmas in my hometown Where the streets are snowy, shinin' bright And the lights on all the Christmas trees are burning For old Santa's sure ...

There's a white Christmas in my hometown Where the streets are snowy, shining bright And the lights so on all the Christmas trees are burning For old Santa's su...

Well I hear that your new romance has faded just the way ours did sometime ago Why I've lost count of all the times I've waited For you to tell me that you've m...

There's a place they call The Bottom, And friends!: I've been there once or twice It's dark down there and lonely, And something's missin' in your life Tonight...

My mind has been in a constant burl since the day that I met you girl I've never had a feelin' like this to come over me I can't sleep a wink I can't eat a bite...

Completely helpless I'm standing alone facing the whole world now that you're gone Completely helpless oh what can I do completely helpless oh without you With...

When I was a little bitty baby my mommy would rock me in the cradle In them old cottonfields back home When I was a little bitty baby my mommy would rock me in ...

Crystal Chandeliers (Chorus) Oh, the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall The marble statuettes are standing, stately in the hall But will th...

Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall But will the timely crowd that has you lau...

The world will tumble from it's axes the sun will be covered by the sea The moon will burn and turn to ashes the day you stop loving me You gave me love and wit...

I'm having daydreams about night things in the middle of the afternoon And while my hands make a living my mind's home loving you I'm having daydreams about nig...

When I noticed her the first time I was outside running barefoot in the rain She lived in the house next door her nose was pressed against the window pane When ...

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home I dreamed abo...

Ere' you left your room this morning Did you think to pray? In the name of Christ our Savior Did you sooth for loving favour As a shield today Oh how praying r...

I hear the sound of distand drums far away far away And if they call for me to come then I must go and you must stay So Mary marry me let's not wait let's share...

Does my ring hurt your finger when you go out at night When I bought it for you darling it seemed to be just right Should I take it to the jeweler so it won't f...

Don'tcha, don'tcha, don'tcha fight the feelings of love 'Cause love is something nobody ever gets enough of So reach out your hand, take in all the sunshine fro...

Don'tcha don'tcha don'tcha fight the feelings of love Cause love is something nobody ever gets enough of So reach out your hand take in all the sunshine from ab...

Looking back a hundred years On daughters and sons of the land Who're standing here, holding a fistful of dirt Watching it slip through my hands See the fields...

The easy part's over now it's time to cry the easiest part of all was saying goodbye The easy part's over now and you are gone now comes the hardest part living...

Yesterday tomorrow seemed a million years away But here it is just twenty four hours later and I find that I still miss someone I said I could despise her by th...

I saw a man today who said he talked to you not so long ago I think a month or two As my mind raced back in time I prayed oh Lord don't let it show He thinks I ...

I hear the train a comin' it's rollin' round the bend And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' o...

Fools never learn you play with fire and you gonna get burn You and I are fools we play with love so we gonna get burn Fools that's what we are fools we've gone...

The strange lonely whistle of the distant movin' train Breaks the silence of the gray winter skies As I walk with my belongings down the road I'd never seen Whi...

Georgia sweet sweet Georgia keeps pulling on my ring Most men would give their right off or anything they own To have a woman just like you to be waiting when t...

Well could that look I see on you mean that you might be lonely too Well you don't have to feel so bad you're not the only one that's sad Just look at all the h...

The day you walked away you left the hurt behind A hurt that kept on growing all the time A hurt that lit the match that burned my world down Till everything wa...

Someday I think I'll take up thinking and try my best to understand How she could be loving me forever and leaving on the other hand Last night I thought I'd se...

When we met you brought the sunshine in the summer of our love And like the sun then everything was bright Your love changes like the weather now there's dark c...

A long time forgotten are dreams that just fell by the way And the good life he promised ain't what she's living today But she never complains of the bad times ...

I was a rover on land and on sea till a good woman's love made a new man of me Life had no meaning it was so incomplete Till a good woman's love put me back on ...

She don't hold and kiss me like she did one time I think my sweet baby's got leavin' on her mind The longer I know her the more I can tell my darling's not hap...

(It's so good to touch the green green grass of home) The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa And...

You ask me if I'll forget my baby I guess I will someday I don't like it but I guess things happen that way You ask me if I'll get along I guess I will someway ...

Play the happiest song on the jukebox cause that's the way I'm feeling tonight Play the happiest song and I'll be headin' home To an angel waitin' there to hold...

HAPPY STREET WRITER BEN PETERS I was blue till I found you I didn't know where the road of life was leadin' me to I'm on my own I walk alone it seems like Lone...

I hear they're hiring men in Oklahoma And I've been blessed with two hard working hands I'll take that job till the mill goes back to working And we'll make it ...

Yes you're the hardest part of livin's loving me Must be thousands of good reasons that I may never see Still you keep that candle burnin' let me live there in ...

The one you love stopped by to see me today - Said she just couldn't tell you she was goin' away I took her to the station, and I held her as she cried, And sh...

Hello darlin' nice to see you it's been a long time You're just as lovely as you used to be How's your new love are you happy hope you're doing fine Just to kno...

I was sitting on the sofa in my music row apartment Opening up a letter from my best friend, Silus Blue He included last week's issue of our tiny hometown paper...

Well I left my home down on a rural route I told my folks I'm goin' steppin' out Forget the honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues Yeah Lord I got 'em I got ...

No one could hold me no one could control me but now my future is up to you Your lovin' can shape me make me or break me Oh I hope you're feelin' me like I'm fe...

I picked last night in Tucson I sang 'em a country song Missed my plane this morning Lord cause we parted all night long I'm out here now usin' my thumb tryin' ...

Lovin' you's the last thing I think of every night The first thing in the morning when I rise There's no doubt in my mind that you were made for me Cause I can ...

Tomorrow I'll say happy birthday darling And surprise you with a gift when I come home Then mine forgetful arms will reach out for you I can't forget you just b...

(I can't help it if I'm still in love with you) Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet And I can't help it if I'm still in love with yo...

You wanted to know that you could break my heart but I could have told you you could You just had to see if I'd go to pieces but I could have told you I would J...

Everybody says you let me down I should be ashamed to take you round Makes no difference what you used to do darling I could never be ashamed of you Maybe you w...

I can feel the warmth of you against my skin Like a gentle wave that rushes to the shore I have loved you since the day the world began But I don't see how I ca...

Well, I came in late again last night Really, it was this morning I had my alibi down pat I was gonna be charming But the locks were all changed I was stuck ou...

When all your loves have ended when all your friends have flown Who'll be around to want you when all your loves have gone Only a fool would do it after the way...

I don't just love you I live you where I'm concerned nothing comes before you If I had ten lifetimes every one I'd give you No I don't just love you no I don't ...

Just outside my window there's a sound that I can't stand The cold night rain is falling and the crying lonesome wind It's telling me you're gone and he's with ...

Too many nights I've been awake We both so lonely, we don't know what to say It's hard to hold on to a dream When the sacrifice is hurting you and me I hear yo...

Last night it came around again and went walking through my mind And again it's got the best of me and I felt just like a child After all the hurt it caused me ...

I think I'll take a boat and sail the ocean and spend my life just roaming on the sea And kiss the girls from Panama to China then she'll be sorry she mistreate...

Once I lived a life of wine and roses and I drank a lot back then for one concern Success for me lay just around the corner I thought my social friends would he...

Wonder Could I Live There Anymore Have you ever been awakened by the crowing of a rooster While the night's dew is still heavy on the ground And the voice of Un...

If tonight should be our last night together I'm not sorry that we fell in love at all If tomorrow sun should find me hurtin' for you I know That the price for ...

Yes, I'll buy you a drink If you'd like me to I might even dance A slow one with you Lord, knows you're a looker And, honey, what's more It's not hard to see W...

They say I'm like my daddy always on the roam I know he love my mama but he couldn't stay at home I vowed to not be like him but somewhere I went wrong Cause I'...

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me a fugitive must be a rolling stone Down every road there's always one more city I'm on the run the highway is my h...

I don't make the same old places that I used to and I seldom let you cross my mind And I tell myself I'll soon forget you that it's just a matter of time I tell...

I've been working every day since you've been gone Mending the road that our love once traveled on And I'll have you back when I am through Cause I'm building b...

Down at the railroad station there's people gettin' on Some are a goin' north some are a goin' south I'm just goin' to be gone Some people are born to be takers...

Last night I walked down that little country lane And a million memories ran through my mind Where I used to walk with you now I walk with someone new And I'm l...

If we go should live hill forever I'll be there beside you while we do I don't know how long we have to gather I just know I'm never leaving you No matter where...

Dear mama I'm coming home tomorrow If you don't mind would you meet me at the train Dear mama my wandering days're over and it's so good to be coming home again...