I made myself a promise I knew I couldn't keep I promised me I wouldn't cry tonight before I sleep But to think of how you've hurt me and it's more than I can t...

Well Billy Wayne was found this morning passed out in his car In the back seat was a woman that he'd picked up in a bar When his mother heard her only words wer...

Tonight there's a fire burning brightly in my chimney Though the weather's far from cold It's your picture and the letters you send me you're gone so your mem'r...

A bluebird a wingin' his lonely way south Tryin' to escape from the cold and the drought He's all alone in the cold grey sky fly little bluebird fly fly fly Nor...

(Oh the sadness in a song) In a crowded honky tonk music starts to play Happy couples all around dance the night away At a table in a corner I sit all alone eve...

Oh Lord I'm just a poor man but I've worked like a slave I may not know what please me until I'm in my grave I've lived without a lot of things I've only got on...

I'm always second choice I'm never first with you Oh how it hurts to see you out with someone new But I'll wait around while you play around and have your fun M...

On a long lonesome journey I am going oh my sweet little darling don't cry For in shackles and chains they will take me to a prison to live till I die And each ...

That face in the mirror across the bar from me Keeps staring back as if to say is this where you should be But drinking helps forget her though I won't forget h...

As I sit at this bar and drink it over thoughts of you keep running through my mind So I build myself a ship inside this bottle sail away leave all my blues beh...

One day the train was passin' I caught it crawlin' by To look this old world over under God's blue sky My darling stood there weeping as I was looking back I ki...

One day the train was passin' I caught it crawlin' by To look this old world over under God's blue sky My darling stood there weeping as I was looking back I ki...

Mama died when I was born that July daddy took the drinking long before he died Grandma kept me up until her passing somebody's always leaving I've met Betty Jo...

At first when I heard of some people who say that old time religion is real I said I'll go down take a look at the crowd for it's just a weak mind that I feel I...

I met you and we married we planned our future well Built our home on happiness then suddenly it fell It wasn't long there after our love began to tilt Sorrow's...

Angray words were spoken and I left my baby in a cloud of gloom Got into my car and drove around until I spurted this saloon Came inside and bought a drink then...

It's three am or after and I'm still awake I thought I'd soon forget you when you went away I wonder how much longer a man can live this way It's three am and a...

Your secret love has known to everybody in this town No need to try you can't deny the talk that's going round You'll meet in secret places when you think no on...

Take these chains from my heart and set me free You've grown cold and no longer care for me All my faith in you is gone but these heartaches linger on Take thes...

Oh I just return from a wedding a wedding that never should be Although she has married another in her heart offered vows were to me I could tell that her poor ...

After all I've done you still love me you still show that I'm your only one Putting off with me I know takes everything But don't think that I'm not thankful fo...

I tried to give you all the love there is in me The more I tried the more we disagreed I'd break my heart or be a slave or die for you Still the best I have is ...

They march in lines and carry signs protesters one and all They'd rather go to prison than to heed their country's call Get out of here get out of there let's h...

When she left me all she left me was lonely She took everything that mean anything to me As times go by times go by for me so slowly but the past is all the fut...

(Oh the sadness in a song) In a crowded honky tonk music starts to play Happy couples all around dance the night away At a table in a corner I sit all alone eve...

In my troubled sleep my hands reach out to touch you But you're no longer there to greet my hungry hands Then I wake up and I cry out in the darkness And wonder...

Drinking beer talking loud hanging round with a no good crowd There's no reason to be living since you're gone Living fast neon lights spending many restless ni...

Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep I just kissed the one I love for the last time And never have her soft lips then so sweet She's gone away and wo...

I just found out where you go each and every night Where the drinks are high and the lights are low and mortals match the lights Where the music's loud but stil...

I don't like the sunshine I don't see the stars I just hate the moonbeams that's shining where you are I don't like the places where we walked arm in arm This w...

Tonight when I get through at work I'll just head straight on home I'll fix a bite and try to eat then I'll pick up the phone I'll try to find out where she wen...

Today I started loving you again I'm right back where I've really always been I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend And then today I started ...

You're gonna break my heart beyond repair but I guess that you wouldn't care You should wear a sign that make it right the kind that glows in the night Touch me...

Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee Hills Among the peaceful pines midst the rocks and the rills There stands my old homeplace of long long ago It brings back...

Here the labor is so hard and the workers they are tired And our weary hearts're yearning for a rest And I find we're getting anxious to be in that happy home W...

When I was young and foolish and always on the go I met up with this beauty out on the western coast I learned that she was married and that her name was Dawn B...

All around the water tank a waitin' for a train I'm a thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain I walked up to the brakeman just to give him a line of ...

I'm writing this letter to you tonight mom and this is the reason I write It's been a long time since I have been home oh I wish I was with you tonight I recall...

The crest of the waves break over my head My strenght's about gone and soon I'll be dead I'd rather be dead out here in the sea than to love a woman who never l...

Waterloo Waterloo where will you meet your Waterloo Every puppy has his day everybody has to pay everybody has to meet his Waterloo Now ol' Adam was the first ...

If anyone could find the joy that true love brings a girl and boy We could we could you and I If anyone could ever say that their true love was here to stay We ...

I have the invitation that you sent me you wanted me to see you change your name I couldn't stand to see you wed another but dear I hope you're happy just the s...

What a friend we have in Jesus all our sins and grieves to bear What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer Oh what peace we often forfeit of what nee...

Living below in this old sinful world hardly a comfort can afford Striving alone to face temptations far where could I go but to the Lord Where could I go oh wh...

I've got my angel on my mind that's why I'm walkin' There's such an ache in this old heart now I ain't talkin' The little hand that held mine tight just waved g...

The sun goes down and the lights turn on to the gay white way you'll soon be gone Where the music is sweet and the lights are dim You have left me and gone like...

All the days of my youth I remember so well I lived in a world on my own Nobody cared where my money came from when I had it I wasn't alone Oh the wine flowed f...

On the wings of a snow white dove God sends his own pure love A sign from above on the wings of a dove When troubles surround us and evils come the body grows ...

My show signs on the air at six and I get off at night But I sit there each evening with more than records on my mind You know that there's three hours when you...

That last time I called you on the phone You said you thought that I had really gone You thought that I'd forgotten you Oh how can I forget You haven't heard ab...

Month after month I have ridden this so best oh how tired and weary I have been When I get home well it still be the same with us You saw me off but will you se...

Month after month I have ridden this so best oh how tired and weary I have been When I get home well it still be the same with us You saw me off but will you se...

You're the hand that waved goodbye you're the thought that makes me cry You're the love that I had that went wrong You're the lump that fills my throat and when...

Your cheatin' heart will make you weep you'll cry and cry you'll try to sleep But sleep won't come the whole night through your cheatin' heart will tell on you ...