1.

Last Word In Lonesome Is Me

Roger Miller

© Tree Publishing, BMI

The last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely
The last word in lonesome is me

Too bad what's happened to our good love
Too bad what's happened to our good love
Sometimes our best isn't quite good enough
And the last word in lonesome is me

Life is a desert and love quenches thirst
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst
We all must hurt sometimes oh this is my first time
The last word in lonesome is me

The last word in lonesome is me...

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2.

Mr. Bojangles

Jerry Jeff Walker

© Cotillion Music, BMI

I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you in worn out shoes
With silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants the old soft shoe
And he jumped so high he jumped so high and then he lightly touch down
I met him in a cell in New Orleans I was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age and he spoke right out
He talked of life he talked of life he laughed slapped his leg a step
Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles dance

He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the south
He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him traveled about
His dog up and died oh he up and died after twenty years he still grieves
He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks for drinks and for tips
But most the time I spend behind these county bars cause I drinks a bit
He shook his head and as he shook his head I heard someone ask him please
Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles won't you dance

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3.

Here's To Forever

Mickey Newbury

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

Here's to your future my darling
Here's your health and your happiness too
And here's to the end of my world
You said forever well here's to forever and you

Look up dear the sky just started falling
Here's to the color so blue
And here's to the end of my world
You said forever well here's to forever and you

See the stars on the ground and watch 'em fall
Hear the sound of no sound at all
But the sound of my heart's breaking in two
You said forever well here's to forever and you
You said forever well here's to forever and you

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4.

Willie

Glenn Martin

© Tree Publishing, BMI

Willie ain't you ever coming home
Today's when you're away much too long
The birds even sing a saddest song since you're gone
Willie ain't you ever coming home

My eyes grow tired from looking out the window
But my heart won't beat up the other way
I watch the gate swing in the wind
It's gonna fall the hinges are broken
Willie ain't you ever coming home

Well I realize the man in you just has to roam
But the woman in me need the man in you at home
I can take the bad times Willie but I can't go on alone
Willie ain't you ever coming home

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5.

Jimmy's In Georgia

Sammi Smith

© Zodiac Music, ASCAP

The birds are all singing there's not a cloud in the sky
The children are laughing turning brown in the sunshine
But it's bitter and cold through my eyes
The ice-cream wagon it still makes its rounds every day
But Jimmy's in Georgia and he took my summer away

I walk through these rooms that are empty and cold since he's gone
Yesterday's laugher has vanished with yesterday's song
Seems like the whole world and everything I know's gone wrong
Cause Jimmy's in Georgia and I'm all alone

Last night he held me for the last time and then said goodbye
And I put my love in his pocket to try not to cry
Tomorrow daybreak I'll wake and try to go on
Knowin' Jimmy's in Georgia with her that's where he belongs

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6.

For The Kids

Shel Silverstein

© Evil Eye Music, BMI

You work like a slave for the kids
And I'd go to my grave for the kids
But we watched our love fade as we suffered and state
With this bargain we made for the kids

Divorce is a curse for the kids
But this intention's much worse for the kids
Guess they're now old enough and they made the strongest stuff
Still it's gonna be rough for the kids

These teardrops that fall for the kids
You know they're really not all for the kids
But I know you don't care and the only love there
Is the love that we shared for the kids

Find a new love you should for the kids
And I hope that she's good for the kids
Though I'm out of sight if she don't treat 'em right
I'll be right back and I'll fight for the kids

But I see you don't care and our all that we shared
All our hopes and our prayers for the kids

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7.

He Makes It Hard To Say Goodbye

Gene Dobbins - Jean Whitehead

© Zodiac Music, ASCAP

I can hear him at my door but my mind's made up
To say the things I tried to say before
When he walks in I'll tell him and I've had it yeah we're through
And then as he starts to stay I'll kindly show him to the door
Then he'll know it's over for sure

Now the door is open wide and there he stands
Reachin' out and messin' up my mind
I feel his arms around me he's got lovin' in his eyes
I'm tryin' but I can't speak then I feel his warm lips on mine
Oh Lord he makes it hard to say goodbye

I've just got to find the better time than now
If I tell to this lovin' man goodbye
Cause I know there's no one any sweeter when he smiles
I'll give him what he wants it happens this way every time
Oh Lord he makes it hard to say goodbye

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8.

Haven't You Heard

Red Lane - Wayne Kemp

© Tree Publishing, BMI

Here I stand with my finger on his doorbell
My mind goes back to what I did him last night
I finally talked his wife into leaving him
And I'm just here to convince my conscience that it's alright
I can see my old friend sittin' there just starin'
And his little boy's crying words just welded in my mind

But haven't you heard daddy's gone crazy
And haven't you heard mama is gone
And either way I am the loser
And I've been crying all night long haven't you heard

Haven't you heard daddy's gone crazy...

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9.

Weight

Robbie Robertson

© Zodiac Music, ASCAP

I pulled into Nazareth was feelin' about a half past dead
I just need some place where I could lay my head
Hey Mister can you tell me where a gal might find a bed
He just grinned shook my hand and no's all he said

Take a load off Annie take a load for free
Take a load off Annie put the load right on me

I picked up my bags I went lookin' for a place to hide
When I saw Carmen and the devil a walkin' side by side
I said hey Carmen come on let's go downtown
She said I gotta go but my friend stick around

Yeah take a load off Annie take a load for free...

Go down Miss Moses there ain't nothin' that you can say
It's just ole Luke and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day
I said hey Luke what about young Anna Lee
He said do me a favor Sam won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company

And take a load off Annie take a load for free...

Yeah I'm gonna catch me a Cannonball to take me down the line
I'm a sinkin' low and I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny you know she's the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone

Yeah and take a load off Annie take a load for free...

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10.

(# 10 country hit)

Then You Walk In

David Malloy - Johnny Wilson

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

Sometimes I think that I'll be leaving
There's a lot of things I'd like to see
And when I hear those big jets whining
The urge for leaving comes to me

Sometimes you leave the door wide open
And it would be so easy just to go
Then about the time that I quit hoping
Somehow you just seem to know

Then you walk in knowing what I'm thinking of
You give your warm and tender love to me
And then you know I just can't go

Then you walk in knowing what I'm thinking of
You give your warm and tender love to me
And then you know I'll never go

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11.

Fire And Rain

James Taylor

© Blackwood Music, BMI

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
And baby the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just couldn't remember who to send it to

I've seen fire and I've seen rain
Seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

Won't you look down upon me Jesus you gotta help me make a stand
You just got to see me through another day
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way

And I've seen fire and I've seen rain...

Been working my mind through an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
Our was the time on the telephone lines to talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines and pieces on the ground

Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you baby one more time again
One more time one more time one more time

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