1.

(# 1 country hit)

He Stopped Loving Her Today

Bobby Braddock - Curly Putman

© Tree Publishing, BMI

He said I'll love you till I die she told him you'll forget in time
As time went slowly by she still preyed upon his mind
He kept her picture on his wall and went half crazy now and then
But he still loved her through it all hoping she'd come back again

Kept some letters by his bed dated nineteen-sixty-two
He had underlined in red every single I love you
I went to see him just today oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away first time I'd seen him smile in years

He stopped loving her today they placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away he stopped loving her today

You know she came to see him one last time
Oh and we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good

He stopped loving her today they placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away he stopped loving her today

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2.

I've Aged Twenty Years In Five

Bob Parrish - Curtis Gordon

© Brandwood Music, BMI / ATV Songs, BMI

As I looked in the mirror this morning
On some some dirty old rest room wall
It took a while to realize it's really me there in sight
Cause I've aged twenty years in five

I recall when I looked much younger
And it wasn't so long ago
But one night of sleeping to four nights of wine
And I've aged twenty years in five

I've aged twenty years in five
I've seen the dark side of life
From a mansion on a hill to straight whiskey from a still
And I've aged twenty years in five

Before the bottle I played my music
On the road with a five piece band
And with the pressures of the game I drunk up fortune and fame
And I've aged twenty years in five

Oh but I'll change this way I'm living
Or I'll be gone before my time
I'll climb back to the top and with my friends I won't stop
Till I erase twenty in five
Yes I'll erase twenty in five

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3.

Brother To The Blues

Edwin Rowell

© Blue Creek Music, BMI

You and I don't need an introduction
Neither one of us has that much to lose
Cause you're just a sister to satisfaction
And I'm just a brother to the blues

Now I don't have to tell you nights are lonely
There's a hunger in our eyes that tells the news
And you're just a sister to satisfaction
And I'm just a brother to the blues

It's hard to tell exactly which direction
We might go at any givin' time
It's just a constant search for affection
And we need all the comfort we can find

I know you can feel this attraction
From a night of love that both of us could use
Cause you're just a sister to satisfaction
And I'm just a brother to the blues

Yes you're just a sister to satisfaction
And I'm just a brother to the blues

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4.

(# 8 country hit)

If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)

Harlan Sanders - Rick Baresford

© Careers Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publ, BMI

The bars are all closed it's four in the morning
Must've shut 'em all down by the shape that I'm in
I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honkin'
The whole neighborhood knows I'm home drunk again

If drinkin' don't kill me her memory will
I can't hold up much longer the way that I feel
With the blood from my body I could start my own still
But if drinkin' don't kill me her memory will
[ steel ]
These old bones they move slow but so sure of their footsteps
As I trip on the floor and I lightly touch down
Lord it's been ten bottles since I tried to forget her
But the mem'ry still lingers I'm here on the ground

And if drinkin' don't kill me her memory will...

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5.

His Loving Her Is Gettin' In My Way

Bill Emerson

© Cypress Music, BMI

His name is on my mailbox where mine way yesterday
His face is in the mirror where I once used to shave
His clothes are in my closet his car's in my driveway
And his loving her is gettin' in my way

His loving her is a gettin' in my way
No I don't want to have to hurt him but I may
His time is growing shorter day by day
His loving her is a gettin' in my way
Yes his loving her is a gettin' in my way
[ guitar ]
He's drinking my tequila and Johnny Walker red
He's eatin' from my table he's been sleepin' in my bed
His fingers touch the woman where mine once used to play
Lord his loving her is a gettin' in my way

Lord his loving her is a gettin' in my way...
Yes his loving her is a gettin' in my way...

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6.

(# 2 country hit)

I'm Not Ready Yet

Tom T. Hall

© Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI

I've always said that someday I'm gonna leave you
Some April when all the land is wet
Some spring summer fall or maybe winter
I'll leave someday but I'm not ready yet

I know I should left the day I knew your love is dying
But I've passed up every date that I ever set
But I know I'll leave when my heart tells me it's ready
But I'm still around cause I'm not ready yet
[ piano ]
You know I must've left you a hundred times but you don't know that
Cause I was afraid I'd be ashamed that you'd laugh
When you found out just how far I get
But you didn't and you don't I know you ain't gonna ever love me
And someday I'll go but I'm not ready yet

I know I should left the day I knew your love is dying...
I'm still around cause I'm not ready yet

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7.

I'm The One She Missed Him With Today

Arthur Leo Owens

© Unichappell Music, BMI

Tonight when they lay down without a migrain
And he'll massage her neck when you were away
She'll tell him how she missed him all day long
But I'm the one she'll miss him with today

She'll call him up at work to make sure he's still there
So we won't have to worry and we don't have to care
Looks like he's losing her it's on its way
Cause I'm the one she'll miss him with today

When they wake up at dawn she's always skeepin'
She let's him know his passion passed away
She tells him how she'll miss him when he's leaving
Oh but I'm the one she'll miss him with today

She'll call him up at work to make sure he's still there
So we won't have to worry and we don't have to care
Looks like he's losing her it's on its way
Cause I'm the one she'll miss him with today

Looks like he's losing her it's on its way
Cause I'm the one she'll miss him with today

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8.

Good Hearted Woman

Waylon Jennings - Willie Nelson

© Songs Of PolyGram, BMI / Full Nelson Music, BMI

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 or the bad things he's done Lord
She just talks about the good times they've had and all the good times to come

She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
She loves him in spite of his ways that she don't understand
Through teardrops and laughter they'll pass through this world hand in hand
She's a good hearted woman lovin' her good timin' man

Oh he likes the night life the bright lights and good timin' friends
When the party's all over she'll welcome him back home again
Lord knows she don't understand him but she does the best that she can
Lord she's a good hearted woman she loves her good timin' man

She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man...
Lord she's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man...

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9.

Hard Act To Follow

Earl Montgomery - George Jones

© Mr Magic Music, BMI

Well I can see you're advertisin' cause you keep givin' me the eye
It won't take long till your in my song I want to be with you tonight
I've been battlin' needin' bookin's and you the best contract I've known
I'm a gonna be a hard act to follow if you keep comin' on

I'm a gonna be a hard act to follow since you have set the stage
Take the key and unlock door let the tiger out of his cage
Just one more big rehearsal another night with you alone
And I'm a gonna be a hard act to follow if you keep a comin' on
[ guitar ]
Well the introductions over we got our hearts in tune
Let me know before we start the show am I fallin' in love to soon
I got a heart nearly as big as Texas about the size of the astrodome
And I'm a gonna be a hard act to follow if you keep a comin' on

I'm a gonna be a hard act to follow since you have set the stage
Take the key and unlock door let the tiger out of his cage
I don't want no double feature cause my heart just thinks that wrong
But I'm a gonna be a hard act to follow if you keep a comin' on
Yeah I'm a gonna be a hard act to follow if you keep a comin' on

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10.

Bone Dry

Dennis Linde - Don Devaney

© Combine Music, BMI / Music City Music, ASCAP

Baby wants me to go cold turkey bone dry
No Jack Daniels no Jim Beam whiskey bone dry
No stoppin' after work for a beer with the guys
Nothin' in the mornin' to open my eyes
Well I'm comin' down from a permanent high bone dry

I got my doubts if I can make it a bone dry
It's a crazy world I don't know if I can take it a bone dry
It's only been an hour I'm startin' to shake
Sixty more minutes and I know I'll break
How much more of this hell can I take bone dry

Well bone dry boy am I dry as a bone
How'd I ever say I'd ever leave it alone
Break down shake down layin' in bed
Covers are soaked and I'm damn near dead and I'm bone dry

Baby took a look at her cold turkey bone dry
I tried to smile but my mouth wasn't working I was bone dry
This is one promise that I'm gonna keep
Unless I get lucky and die in my sleep
One way or the other I'm gonna be bone dry

Well bone dry why am I dry as a bone...
Bone dry bone dry bone dry

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11.

I'm A Fool For Loving Her

Jimmy Tipton

© Mr Magic Music, BMI

How can you say I want you and keep on giving more
You know where I'm going when I walk out the door
She wraps me round her finger and any fool can see
That I'm a fool for loving her and you're a fool for loving me

She doesn't really want me oh but she keeps me hanging on
I'm just someone to talk to when she's all alone
I know you keep on hoping someday she'll set me free
Well I'm a fool for loving her you're a fool for loving me

Killed all your pride ---???---
It drives me insane still I can't change the way I feel inside

How can you say I love you I've taken all you have to give
How can you go on living the way you have to live
Oh but here you are beside me still too blind to see
That I'm a fool for loving her and you're a fool for loving me
I'm a fool for loving her and you're a fool for loving me

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