1.

The Funky Grass Band

Red Lane - Dottie West

© Tree Pub, BMI

A small town in Kentucky that's called Hazzard
Has been known to lay some talent on this land
Gave birth to a group that's really happening
Eli Stubbs and his Funky Grass Band

The Funky Grass Band hits the stage a grinnin'
Their pickin' really turns a body on
Now I wouldn't say the band makes too much money
Cause they been seen a smokin' roll-you-home

Yellow bus come reelin' down the highway
Headin' for another one night stand
With the women screemin' faint throw their babies
At Eli Stubbs and his Funky Grass Band
[ instrumental ]
Now Eli's a little older and short and stubby
And he's bald as an eagle in the back
But he kept it hid from all the friends and neighbors
The one night the band got high and smoked his hat
Now Eli bought himself a brand new toupet
It was long and shaggy and sorta orangy red
One night the fiddle player was a dancin' to the microphone
And pulled the rug clean off of Eli's head

Yellow bus come down the highway
[ instrumental ]
One night they was a traveling through the Ozarks
And Eli had to answer nature's call
He told the driver to find a filling station
I gotta see a man about a dog

He drove on for miles around the mountain
Eli hollered hey stop right here
Driver pulled too close to the canyon
And Eli almost ended his career

Yellow bus come reelin' down the highway...
Oh get it Eli son crank it crank it crank it Eli

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2.

(That's How I Learnt To Love) Good Old Country Music

Joe Babcock

© Southern Skies Music, BMI

I remember daddy playing the Wildwood Flower
When we'd gather round the parlor of our home
Uncle Wesley played the fiddle and John R played the banjo
We'd pick and sing sometimes all night long
Mama played the upright piano and I guess it must've been a thing to hear
All the neighbors gathered round they loved that country sound
And it was surely music to our ears

And that's how I learnt to love good old country music
There's somethin' about it close to my soul
I'm so glad everyone is lovin' good old country music
It's the music of the country and this country is my home
[ instrumental ]
Many nights I went to bed without sleepin' just a listenin' to our beatup radio
I held the groundwire tight just to get a strain or two of a far off song from Del Rio
Oh it faded in and out through the stand but it made me dream of seeing Tennessee
And the greatest thrill of all was to see those hallowed halls
The Mother Church the Grand Ole Opry

And that's how I learnt to love good old country music...
[ instrumental ]
And that's how I learnt to love good old country music...

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3.

My Many Hurried Southern Trips

Dolly Parton - Porter Wagoner

© Velvet Apple Music, BMI

(Attention please Southbound bus loading Gate No 8
All aboard for Willow Springs Taboule Rogersville Paskanaw Ravanden
Belaford Johnsborro Marktree and Memphis all aboard South all aboard please)
I drive for the bus line to all points south I drive
Guess I've heard a million stories from the folks that ride
Have your tickets ready please and don't forget to check your grid
And I'm a leavin' on another one of my hurried southern trips

These big wheels roll in the heat and the cold
When the thunder and the lightenin' whips
And the folks that ride got a reason to ride
On a hurried southern trips

With a tear filled eyes a young girl got on board at Willow Springs
She was bearing child and I didn't see a ring
I'm on my way to Memphis she said through trembling lips
At the unwed mother's home I'll end up my hurried southern trip
A man stepped aboard in Memphis said do you remember me
I rode here with you to Luthportworth in 1953
And I've been in prison all these years cause I made one bad slip
And I took him home to Rogersville on a hurried southern trip

These big wheels roll in the heat and the cold...

A soldier boy said hello Joe it's been a long long time
Do you still make a special stop and the Shannon County Line
It wasn't long till we were there to meet the folks he'd missed
Tears of joy filled every eye on that hurried southern trip

These big wheels roll in the heat and the cold...

(We will change buses here ladies and gentlemen for all point stops
Be sure that you conform your reservation be sure to check your baggage and babies
For Birmingham Knoxville Charlotte Gatlinsburg Curbville Mobile)

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4.

Jim Johnson

Bill Owens

© Combine Music, BMI

The past ten years just flashed before my eyes
I remember the day my daddy died
He left mom four boys and three-year old Ginny Lou
She got sick and we almost lost her too

Times were rough even when dad was here
But things got worse year after year
Six years ago mom married again
And that's when our troubles really began

Jim Johnson was the name of our step-pa
He was the meanest man I'd ever saw
He mistreated mom and all of us kids
And I swore some day he'd pay each time he did

Never had enough clothes for school but we'd go
We'd go home early because of snow
And almost freeze to death fore we got there
Jim bought booze instead of shoes for us to wear

One summer we found six kittens with our old cat
Jim made us put 'em all in a gunny sack
And throw 'em in the river with rocks inside
Jim just stood there and laughed while we all cried

Jim started watchin' Ginny Lou when she just turned thirteen
Then late one night I heard Ginny scream
I run and got the shotgun and grabbed a shell
And I pulled the trigger and Jim Johnson fell

I knew that someday it would come to this
I knew that he'd try to put his hands on sis
When people hear my story they'll understand
They'll know that what I killed was not a man
They'll know Jim Johnson was not a man

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5.

The Answer Is Love

Dolly Parton - Buck Trent

© Warden Music, BMI

Things seem to worsen as time goes along
We stand bewildered and ask what is wrong
We say it's a pity but that's not enough
We've asked a question and the answer is love

The answer is love to all of the problems we face
We can't solve our problems still we rid out hearts of hate
We can't fight our brothers and get blessings from above
We have asked a question and the answer is love
[ instrumental ]
People are hungry with no clothes to wear
How can they survive if nobody cares
Still we've refused them when they turn to us
That's not the answer the answer is love

The answer is love to all of the problems we face...
We have asked a question and the answer is love

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6.

Charley's Picture

Larry Kingston - Frank Dycus

© Window Music, BMI

A wino we called Charley had a picture
That he wore around his neck upon a chain
But you couldn't see the face in Charley's picture
Just long brown hair and a poem in the frame

We tried and tried to see old Charley's picture
But we couldn't even tempt him with the wine
His shaking hands would tightly grip the picture
And he'd recite the poem one more time

You grace this frame the picture of affection
While I'm the perfect picture of disgrace
And upon your name I'll swear until I'm worthy
I forbid my eyes to look upon your face

Old Charley froze to death one Sunday morning
We found him and I guess you know the rest
Someone removed the poem from his picture
And the chilling truth lay framed upon his chest

As I knelt beside his body
The picture lay there before my anxious eyes
And with trembling lips I whispered the words of Charley's poem
As I stared into the face of Jesus Christ

You grace this frame the picture of affection...

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7.

The Last One To Touch Me

Dolly Parton

© Owepar Pub, BMI

If there ever was an angel then surely you must be one
If there ever was a perfect love when I look at you I see one
If there's heaven on earth then this must surely be
And I want you to be the last one to touch me

The last thing I remember before I go to sleep
Is the touch of your sweet lips softly kissing me
And I go to sleep a thinking how happy you make me
And I want you to be the last one to touch me

And when it's time to lay me down for my eternal sleep
Once more let your fingers softly touch my cheek
If I know that you have touched me then I can sleep in peace
And I want you to be the last one to touch me

And when the night is over and time will be no more
They say that we shall meet again upon the golden shore
And so when I awaken from my eternal sleep
I want you to be the first one to touch me
I want you to be the first the last the only one to touch me

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8.

Simple As I Am

Dolly Parton

© Velvet Apple Music, BMI

I know that you could have more than a poor hard workin' man
I love you and I need you and I ask you for your hand
And my calloused hands will work for you from sunup to sundown
If only you'll accept me as simple as I am

I speak to you with simple words I know no fancy lines
I am just a simple man who wants you to be mine
I cannot offer diamonds just a simple golden band
And I hope that you'll accept me as simple as I am
[ instrumental ]
I cannot promise riches love is all I can afford
But I can promise you no one else can love you more
And I can promise you I'll never let you down
If only you'll accept me as simple as I am

I speak to you with simple words I know no fancy lines...
I hope that you'll accept me as simple as I am

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9.

The Fire's Still Burning

Dolly Parton - Dorothy Jo Hope

© Velvet Apple Music, BMI

Familiar sounds tell me it's morning
The night has been so dark and long
Each night without you just gets longer
While this torch I still carry just burns stronger

I know I never will stop loving you
My tears just can't put out the flame
Or drown my hope of your returning
Cause baby the fire's still burning
[ fiddle ]
Wherever you are I hope you're happy
Although your love for me has died
But if you ever need or want me
I'll take you back any time

I know I never will stop loving you...

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10.

Melinda

Dolly Parton

© Velvet Apple Music, BMI

I drifted into Arkansas in the middle of September
I hadn't planned to stay for long just to visit an old friend that I remembered
Quite surprised he asked if I could stay till late October
And help him with his crops till harvest time was over

He offered me a clean white bed said that I was welcome at his table
But I told him that I'd eat outside bed down in the barn above the stables
I told him that I didn't want to be no trouble to his lovely wife
But he didn't know she was the reason that I'd come cause I loved her more than life

Oh Melinda I just had to see you one more time Melinda
I won't cause you any trouble with my stay
Oh Melinda I just had to see you one more time Melinda
One more time Melinda then I'll go away

Melinda it's so good to see you happy I had always hoped you would be
I know you couldn't help it that you loved him more than you love me
I know he's a good man and he's always been a friend of mine
And I think the world of both of you and I just had to see you one more time

Oh Melinda I just had to see you one more time Melinda...
One more time Melinda then I'll go away

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