I was waiting on a ship to Vietnam and me being the good time loving guy I am I was looking for some female company I met a girl alone and lonesome just like me...

With raindrops on my windshield and teardrops on my stirring wheels This lonely truck's the only thing I own In my heart I'm pining while her old engine's whini...

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...

Sister did the jig and brother beat the drum And baby rocked her dolly baby rocked her dolly As I sit here in this old folks home my hair is white as snow I re...

You say you're tired of struggling along bear with me a little longer Seems like everything I do turns out wrong bear with me a little longer It hasn't been eas...

Born just south of Knoxville to a family both humble and poor Never asked for anything at the early age of ten delivered newspapers door to door Then when he wa...

(Bringing Mary home) I was driving down a lonely road on a dark and stormy night When a little girl by the road side showed up in my head lights I stopped and s...

Up above me are the skies like the twinkle in your eyes These things are the color of the blues In the mail your letter came the ink and paper looked the same B...

I recall the night that you came into this world I couldn't believe the doctor when he said: "It's a little girl" I said: "Now Doc, you must be wrong You see I ...

Here I am late again for the last time and like I promised I just told her goodbye Please believe me for this time it's really over and darling you know I would...

[ with June Stearns ] 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 And to...

(Dream house for sale maybe it's left for you If you're among the lucky ones and that found a love that's true) I was looking through the morning paper like a...

The highways that wind and wander over mountain and valleys deserts and plains I guess I've drove about all of 'em Cause for the past 25 years now the cab of a ...

Doo da doo doo doo a doo da doo doo doo Who is the girl wearin' nothin' but a smile and a towel In the picture on the billboard in the field near the big old hi...

There's so many people breaking up their homes Neighbors callin' one another on the phone Gossips say that our break up is overdue Oh I couldn't stand the thoug...

(She's the one got lonely I didn't jump the fence) Mr Angry neighbor yes I know just how you feel Cause I've been taking your fruit but don't tell me I steal I...

I've just been to heaven with someone so true I dreamed about Mama last night She read me the Bible as she used to do I dreamed about Mama last night She never...

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 ...

Here you are in my arms again I should start running Before you break my heart again I should start running I tried and tried to cast aside the love I hold for...

I'll step aside for you if you don't want me I'll step aside for you if you don't care I'm not the one to cling to a broken promise I'll step aside for someone ...

She's my girl she's my world she's my life to me She's my girl she's my world she's my wife to be She makes me actin' dress my best keeps me filled with the hap...

Good evening young man do you know who I am From the look on your face I think you may You know my wife much too well you've made my life a living hell Now I'm ...

You're losing interest in me and it's showing it ain't no big thing but it's growing The pain of heartbreak I just started knowing well it ain't no big thing bu...

Roll big wheels roll roll big wheels roll Roll big wheels roll roll big wheels roll King of the open road Big wheels you're singing as you're rolling along Jus...

(Oh Lord let it be the last foxhole) He lived by my side on an Island in the sea A place called Okeinawa and just like me He was fighting in the army against Ja...

When I've done everything that you asked me to do And when I've changed every way that I can Then if that's not enough to satisfy you then I guess I'm not that ...

I was standing by my window yesterday morning Without a thought a worry or of care When I saw the postman coming down the pathway With such a happy smile and jo...

(Little Rosa was her name and still I cry in vain My world won't be the same since she's gone from me) I have gone to visit the grave of a friend of mine and ...

Love is blue skies and white clouds touching the valleys of green And love is walking in the sunshine in my oldest faded jeans Love is a pink footed puppy runni...

Now there's an old saying that's been all around I heard it before I could walk How some's got health and some's got wealth others money marbles and chalk I got...

You tell me how you need me when you're lonely The thought of losing me tears you apart When you need love you think of just me only But I'm sure it's more from...

I was out on the West Coast, tryin' to make a buck And things didn't work out, I was down on my luck Got tired a-roamin' and bummin' around So I started thumbin...

Fate has planned a place for girls like you who torture guys like me And the time for all bad things to end will surely come to me The world will turn it's back...

I said hello to the man that tried to win your hand a long time ago I tried to smile as he talked of the days when he was your beau But I could see he was a sha...

You hve painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is go...

Tonight I'm back at our old table in our favorite hide-a-way Where we used to laugh and dance and hear those happy fiddles play But the love she once had for me...

The seasons come the seasons go we get a little sunshine rain and snow Just the way that it was planned to be But there's no season in my heart while you play t...

Signed sealed and delivered a package containing my heart To open remove the wrapper but please don't tear it apart You tore up this heart when you left me you...

(Please baby wait for me wait for me wait for me) I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin And I had a fight with my best girl friend But when I'm drinking I...

Well I pulled outta Pittsburgh a rollin' down that Eastern Sea board I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like a never before There's a speed zone ahead a...

Take this hammer take it to the captain take this hammer take it to the captain Take this hammer take it to the captain tell him I'm gone tell him I'm gone If ...

I was on the outskirts of a little southern town Tryin' to reach my destination Before the sun went down The old CB was blarin' away on channel 1-9 When there c...

I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor And a voice softly saying darling this will be goodbye forever more There goes my reas...

(Each time you'll dancing you'll waltzing with sin) Someday you'll find that the world left you out No true love no nothing just roamin' about While party love ...

What's he doin' in my world what's he doin' holdin' my world If he's not more than just a friend why were you kissin' him And what's he doin' in my world What'...

Why will a man go out and cheat what makes temptation so sweet And it's a shame the neon lights will make a man stay all night With a girl in a bar down the str...

I've walked behind a lazy mule and backed it down the road And cursed the gumbo mud that grew the corn I swung a double bitted axe till sundown And wondered thr...

Why don't you haul off and love me one more time Why don't you squeeze me until I'm turning blind If you don't cuddle up and love me like I want you to do I'm a...