1.

(# 3 country hit)

Pass It On Down

Randy Owen - Teddy Gentry - Ronnie Rogers

© Tree Publishing, BMI

We live in the land of plenty
But many things aren't plenty anymore
Like the water from our sink they say's not safe to drink
You gotta go and buy it at the store
Now we're told there's a hole in the ozone
Look what's washing on the beach
And Lord I believe from the heavens to the seas
We're bringing Mother Nature to her knees

So let's leave some blue up above us
Let's leave some green on the ground
It's only ours to borrow let's save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down

Well there's a change taking place way on the mountains
Acid rain is falling on the leaves
And down in Brazil the fires are burning still
How we gonna breathe without them trees

So let's leave some blue up above us...

There's a place where I live called the Canyon
Where daddy taught me to swim
And that water it's so pure and I'm a gonna make sure
Daddy's grandkids can swim there like him
Now we all oughta feel just a little bit guilty
When we look into the eyes of our kids
Cause brothers it's a fact if we take and don't put back
They'll have to pay for all we did

So let's leave some blue up above us...
So let's leave some blue up above us...
So let's leave some blue up above us...
So let's leave some blue up above us...

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2.

(# 2 country hit)

Here We Are

Beth N. Chapman - Vince Gill

© Macy Place Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP / Benefit Music, BMI

Here we are once again
Stronger now than we have ever been
Hand in hand heart to heart
Now we're made it through the hardest part

We had to break it all down to build it back up
Lean on each other when the times got rough
How'd we survive going through so much
Baby you and me could write a book about love

Here we are one to one
Looking back to see how far we've come
We've shared it all you and I
Still together after all this time

We had to break it all down...
[ guitar ]
Here we are once again
We're stronger now than we have ever been
We're hand in hand we're heart to heart here we are
Here we are here we are

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3.

(# 1 country hit)

Down Home

Rick Bowles - Josh Leo

© Tree Publishing, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI

Just off the beaten path a little dot on the state roadmap
That's where I was born and where I'll die
Things move at a slower pace nobody's in the rat race
And these days that's a special way of life

Down home where they know you by name and treat you like family
Down home a man's good word and a handshake are all you need
Folks know if they're falling on hard times they can fall back on
Those of us raised up down home

In the corner of the hardware store gathered round a checkerboard
Old men telling lies and crowning kings
Kids driving round the old town square tops rolled down in the cool night air
Go and see what's shaking at the Dairy Queen

Down home where they know you by name...

When I was a boy I couldn't wait to leave this place
Now I want to see my children raised down home
Down home
Folks know if they're falling on hard times they can fall back on
Those of us raised up down home

Down home where they know you by name...
Down home way down home down home down home way down home

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4.

(# 1 country hit)

Forever's As Far As I'll Go

Mike Reid

© Almo Music, ASCAP / Brio Blues Music, ASCAP

I'll admit I could feel it the first time that we touched
And the look in your eyes said you felt as much
But I'm not a man who falls too easily
It's best that you know where you stand with me

I will give you my heart faithful and true
And all the love it can hold that's all I can do
But I've thought about how long I'll love you
And it's only fair that you know forever's as far as I'll go

When there's age around my eyes and gray in your hair
And it only takes a touch to recall the love we've shared
I won't take for granted that you know my love is true
Each night in your arms I will whisper to you

I will give you my heart faithful and true...

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5.

(# 1 country hit)

Jukebox In My Mind

Ronnie Rogers - Dave Gibson

© Tree Publishing, BMI

In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox
It's playing all my favorite memories
One by one they take me back to the days when you were mine
And I can't stop this jukebox in my mind

I don't need no quarters don't need any dimes
You filled it up forever when you said goodbye
Heaven knows I love old melodies they were meant to ease the pain
But the kind that's playing on my mind are driving me insane

In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox...
[ guitar ]
Song by song these melodies they were meant to ease the pain
But the kind that's playing on my mind are driving me insane

In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox...
No I can't stop this jukebox in my mind

In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox...

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6.

Moonlight Lounge

Ronnie Rogers

© Tree Publishing, BMI

Flattop guitar down around the campfire
You can smell that hickory burning
Catfish frying onions got us crying
Hushpuppies they're a turning
Friends and kin coming down the hill
Trippin' in the ole starlight
Cooking and kicking do a little picking party tonight

Come on down to the moonlight longe
Where the ceiling is so blue
Where there ain't no door and our dance floor
Is covered with mountain dew
Where there ain't no walls and the waterfall
Is the only sound around
Yeah we're havin' us a party down in the holler
We call it the moonlight lounge

Me and my lady rode in on Sadie
A fourteen hand chestnut mare
A midnight hoot owl he's screeching so loud
Kind of puts a chill in the summer air
The bushes are wiggling somebody's giggling
Buck couldn't wait to get a kiss
Jimmy's got the four wheel hooked to the wagon
A hay ride you don't wanna miss

Come on down to the moonlight longe....
Won't you come on down to the moonlight longe....

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7.

Goodbye (Kelly's Song)

Randy Owen

© Tree Publishing, BMI

Before I fly and wave goodbye I say to you
Days with you are the best years of my life
But if I don't see you anymore keep my words safely stored
And I'll be back I promise once more

Goodbye goodbye till I see you again
Goodbye goodbye I'll love and I'll miss you till then

Remember me cause I care where you are and how you fare
Get in touch if the wind blows in your face
I guess it's been too much fun we've shared and we've won
Yes the best is yet to come

Goodbye goodbye...

That one word hurts so bad you leave the best you've had
But you keep the faith and pray to return
Goodbye goodbye I'll love and I'll miss you till then
Goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye

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8.

Fire On Fire

Ronnie Rogers - Teddy Gentry - Greg Fowler

© Tree Publishing, BMI

He was a stranger in a little town
She was alone in a crowd
Listening to the old jukebox playin' a song
From the moment we walked through the diner door
She felt something like never before
A feeling so strong right from the start
It wouldn't stop it was more than a spark

Fire on fire they were burning up
Over a coffee cup under the table they touched
Fire on fire in each other's eyes they just had to try
Cause fire on fire just won't die

It was gettin' late but they had all night
They sat there talking bout their lives
He was selling she uas gettin' ready to buy
That ole neon light was glowing dim
But he could see by the way she was lookin' at him
Tonight would be different something had changed
His lonely heart was feelin' a flame

Fire on fire they were burning up...

She needed him he needed her
And they both knew without a word
There was no question there was no doubt
There was no way they could put it out

Fire on fire they were burning up...
Fire on fire...

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9.

Until It Happens To You

Jeff Cook - Teddy Gentry - Ronnie Rogers

© Tree Publishing, BMI

I worry all day and I can't go to sleep at night
Thinking bout baby and wondering who's holding her tight tonight
People say I've been a fool too long too long
All my friends still ask me why I keep hanging on and on

And I say you'll never know until it happens to you
You'll never know all that I'm going through
Love ain't something that flies away
Somebody goes but the feeling stays
And you'll never know until it happens to you

Saturday's rollin' and everybody's rockin' but me
I should go to town but I don't want no company no no no
Friends say I should be out having fun with someone
I know it's true but if they only knew it's easier said than done oh yeah

And I say you'll never know until it happens to you...
[ trumpet ]
Friends say I've been a fool too long much too long
They just don't understand why I sit at home all alone by the phone

And I say you'll never know until it happens to you...

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10.

Gulf Of Mexico

Robert Byrne - Teddy Gentry

© Robert Byrnre Music, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI

I live to work and work to live oh but what I wouldn't give
For a ray of sun and a little piece of beach
Where the sand dollar is the only currency

I vote we go to the Gulf of Mexico you and me by the sea
Palm trees call me oh that's the place I want to be
Down where the southern breezes blow on the Gulf of Mexico

Right at five o'clock today I'll pick you up we'll drive away
And I can't wait to feel the sand beneath my toes
And I can almost see the sunburn on your nose

I vote we go to the Gulf of Mexico...
[ guitar ]
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Vamos we go to the Gulf of Mexico you and me by the sea...
Down where the southern breezes blow on the Gulf of Mexico

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11.

Starting Tonight

Teddy Gentry - Greg Fowler - John Jarrad

© Tree Publishing, BMI / New John Music, ASCAP / New Place Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP

New Place Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP

If I could design forever I'd put you and me together each night
Together each night
The best I can do is promise I'll love you true and honest and right
I'll love you right

Starting tonight and from now on I will be yours and yours alone
Dependable and strong a rock by your side
I'll be beside you through the stom you'll have a fire to keep you warm
Not just for now but from now on starting tonight

If a man ever loved a woman then surely this is the moment for me
The moment for me
I've never known a feeling so deep so real as being with you
As being with you

Starting tonight and from now on...



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12.

I Ain't Got No Business Today

Danny Morrison - Johnny Slate

© Tree Publishing, BMI / Warner House Of Music, BMI

I'm gonna call up my boss and tell him I'm ill
Gonna tell him I'm home with the fever and chills
I don't usually lie but for your sweet love I will I need it so
We won't be disturbed the phone's off the hook
And when it comes to lovin' woman you wrote the book
And I just saw that I want you look and that's all it took

Well I ain't got no business doin' business today
My little woman wants to stay home and play
Right in her arms is where I will stay
Cause I ain't got no business doin' business today

Well the boys at the plant are punchin' the clock
If they could see us darling oh what a shock
They'd do the same if they had what I got
So please don't stop

Well I ain't got no business doin' business today...
[ guitar ]
Well I ain't got no business doin' business today...

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