1.

(# 62 country hit)

Generation Gap

Charlie Craig - Betty Craig - Jim Hayner

© Cedarwood Publishing, BMI

Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah

When you see a little baby sittin' on his mama's lap
Well it's just a beginnin' of a thing called the generation gap
It's not the difference of age now ev'rybody's talkin' bout
It's all those no-no's that make up the generation gap

Well the grown-ups go out now to parties and get stoned
But that's som'en they won't talk about around the children at home
But they ain't foolin' anybody now cause the kids are gonna find it out
Just another reason for the thing called the generation gap

The generation gap is a mighty mighty big hole
You ain't gonna fill it up with all the lies bein' told
Wah wah wah wah wah you better clean your house
If you expect to narrow the generation gap

Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah

Daddy says drinkin' is a sin that we'll have to pay for
Well then what's that liquor bottle doin' in the dash of his car
And who's the man that calls mama ev'ry time that daddy's out
Now do you still wonder why we've got the generation gap

The generation gap is a mighty mighty big hole...
Now do you still wonder why we got the generation gap

Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah

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2.

Fine Feathered Fowl

Myra Smith - Margaret Lewis

© Ragged Island Music, BMI

Sometimes I wish you were a fine-feathered fowl
And sometimes I wish I was a cat out on a midnight prowl
So if you were a bird you would sing from a cage
And if I were a cat I could watch you all day
And I know in my mind that you'd never get away
If I were a cat and you were a fine feathered fowl

Sometimes I wish you were a ringtail raccoon
Sometimes I wish I was a hound out bayin' at the moon
For if you were a raccoon you'd be hidin' in a tree
And if I were a hound trailin' you would be easy
You'd never get away from that scene no way soon
If I were a hound and you were a ringtail raccoon

But like it is you go ramblin' when the notion hits your mind
And you never give a thought to this lonely girl you leave behind
You've been a wrong doin' me for such a long long time
That now you think wrong is right and no matter what you do I shouldn't mind

But if I were a cat and you were a fine-feathered fowl
I'd take my little paw and I would caress your fine feathers through the bars
Then I'd open up the latch on the door of your cage
And ev'ryone would wonder how the birdie got away
Not one little feather would I leave lay about
If I were a cat and you were a fine-feathered fowl
If I were a cat and you were a fine-feathered fowl

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3.

Words Names Faces

Myra Smith - Margaret Lewis

© Ragged Island Music, BMI

Words names faces
Like a muddy river roll across my mind
How they stain those footprints with mud
Walkin' through my life with no meanin' to the phrases
Just words names faces

When I was four there was this kid next door
And I still wonder if he meant to be unkind
He made me wait inside and took my stick horse for a ride
Then down the street he broke my horse's neck in two
He threw the pieces at my feet and then he laughed at me
Cause I was too little to sock him in the teeth

When I was twenty I met that guy Henry
But he sure didn't do me no good
Tempted me with love and honey broke my heart and spent my money
And did it all in the name of love
Then without a warnin' he left town one mornin'
And all my years of lovin' him were wasted

Learnin' like words names faces
Like a muddy river roll across my mind
How they stain those footprints with mud
Walkin' through my life with no meanin' to the phrases
Just words names faces

Nothin' like words names faces
Like a muddy river roll across my mind

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4.

(# 60 country hit)

My Man

Myra Smith - Margaret Lewis

© Ragged Island Music, BMI

He's gotta shy kind of a smile
And when he smiles at me I curl up all warm inside
Yes he's got me right where he wants me
And I wouldn't trade him for the King of Siam
Oh my no ma'm not my man

He's got a birddog and her name is Ruby
And when I watch them leavin' together goin' huntin' on Saturday
To my eyes and my heart they paint a picture pretty as a Rembrandt
Ol' world you would be dark without my man

He sees the world through a little boy eyes
And that makes the world a wonderous place to be
And to be with him all the days of my life
Is the taste of heaven that he's given to me

If the neighbors get sick or just need a helpin' hand
He's always there cause he doesn't know the meaning of can't
He's got a special breath of life to see and understand
And I sure am thankful for my man

I sure do thank you Lord for my man
Hmm thank you Lord for my man

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5.

He Made A Woman Out Of Me

Don Hill - Fred Burch

© Green Isle Music, BMI

I was born on a levy a little bit south of Montgomery
Mama worked at the big house and daddy worked for the county
Never had no learnin' till I turned sixteen
When Joe Henry come up the river ya'll and made a woman out of me
Lawd he made a woman outta me

I use to tease Joe Henry I guess I teased too hard
And one day it all happened right in my own backyard
Joe and me we fell in love then he set me free
But not before I tell everbody that the man made a woman outta me
Lawd he made a woman outta of me

When I think back to that day so long ago
I I I I get a good feelin' on my mind
Even tho he hurt me there's one thing I know
That's when he left he left a woman behind

Now when I see another young man wantin' to love and run
My mind goes back to Joe Henry and the heck of a job he'd done
Can't no one man let me down you see I've been set free
Ever since way back yonder when Joe made a woman outta me
Lawd he made a woman outta me
Yes he made a woman outta me
Mmm he made a woman outta me

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6.

(# 21 country hit)

Duty Not Desire

Becki Bluefield

© Shelby Singleton Music, BMI

When my lips get kissed it's just from force of habit
For a long long time I've known what's goin' on
His pretending hasn't fooled me for a minute
And it's duty not desire that brings him home

My heart is a footstool he uses
And he only takes advantage of my love
The woman in me he abuses
Cause it's duty not desire that brings him home

Aw does he think I'm such a fool that I don't notice
The changes that have taken a place in him
Where once there was passion now there's coldness
And the love once burnin' bright now burns so dim

My heart is a foot stool he uses...
Yes it's duty not desire that brings him home

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7.

Games People Play

Joe South

© ATV Songs, BMI

Oh the games people now ev'ry night and ev'ry day now
Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean no
Then they wile away the hours in their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine yeah

Lotten da da da da da lotten da da a da da dee
Just talkin' bout you and me and the games people play whoa

Then we make one another cry break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die that the other was to blame yeah
Neither one will ever give in though we gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been and it's a dirty rotten shame yeak

Lotten da da da da da lotten da da a da da dee...

People walkin' up to ya singin' glory hallelujah
Then they try to sock it to ya in the name of the Lord yeah
They're gonna teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate
And the furthermore to hell with hate come on and get on board yeah

Lotten da da da da da lotten da da a da da dee...

Look around and tell me whatcha ya see what's happenin' to you and me
God grand me the serenity to remember who I am yeah
Cause you're givin' up your sanity for your pride and your vanity
Turned your back on humanity and you don't give a da da da

Lotten da da da da da lotten da da a da da dee...
Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play

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8.

Darkness Falls

Myra Smith - Margaret Lewis

© Ragged Island Music, BMI

Someone speaks and the sound of their voice is
Kinda like yours
Someone laughs and the sound of their laugh is
Kinda like yours
Up until that moment in time
I was happy right out on my mind
And now the gaiety is gone from sight
Again I see you walk out on my life

Suddenly my heart is
Sunless moonless unilluminated now whoa whoa
And darkness falls in the middle of my day yeah
Darkness falls in the middle of my day

Someone walks and the sound of their footsteps are
Kinda like yours
Someone waits and the shape of their form is
Kinda like yours
That's when the tears gather in my eyes
Like the dark clouds gather in the skies
And my heart is turnin' inside out
As again I see you walkin' out

Suddenly my heart is...

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9.

Holdin' On

Lee Emerson

© Golden West Melodies, BMI

Holdin' on barely holdin' on
I know if I let up you'll be gone
The thread's getting bare that's holdin' you here
And I'm just barely barely holdin' on

Well I never will forget that reelin'
You said love is gone and you were leavin'
The hands on the clock quit goin' around
And I was in the water goin' down

Yeah I was holdin' on barely holdin' on...

Now ev'ry hour would bring you closer to goin'
And I already feel the hurt a growin'
You're gonna leave a mighty lonely girl
How much longer can I hold you in my world

Cause I'm just holdin' on barely holdin' on...
Yeah I'm just barely barely holdin' on

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10.

Okie From Muskogee

Merle Haggard - Eddie Burris

© Tree Publishing, BMI

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
Cause we like a livin' right and bein' free

We don't make a party out of lovin'
Cause we like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Ol' Glory down at the courthouse
White lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
Football's still the roughest thing on campus
We kids here still respect the college dean

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee...
White lightning's still the biggest thrill of all
In Muskogee Oklahoma USA

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11.

To The Other Woman

Gary Bonds - Jerry Williams

© Sweet River Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI

My friends all ask me if I know the real you
I say yes I know my man and all about his other woman
So to me that's nothin' new
They say please don't get offended they're only tryin' to help me
So I won't mess up my life
But they don't know to the other woman I'm the other woman
And the other woman is his wife

Everbody calls me stupid for playin' second fiddle
At least I know I'm number two
But all you so called friends with your supposedly single men
Huh what number are you
If there's any back stabbin' bein' done I'm the guilty one
She has no reason for the knife
Cause to the other woman I'm the other woman
And the other woman she's his wife

I'm gonna try to keep this man in every way I can
Cause he means the world to me
But I won't be his degradation and come between his obligations
To his wife and family
Cause one day the door will close I won't see him anymore
But like the ole folks say that's life
To him I just have been another woman
And the other woman will always be his wife

Yes she will
To the other woman I'm the other woman
And the other woman is his wife

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