1.

Guide Me Home My Georgia Moon

Joe Babcock

© Southern Skies Music, BMI

Guide me home my Georgia moon

Well I left my home in Georgia cought the lights of New York town
But my pockets soon were empty now my luck it sure is down
I'm lookin' at that southern moon through the glow of neon lights
If that Georgia guard will guide me then I'm on my way tonight

Guide me home my Georgia moon
To the one that I love so
Cause from her arms I won't be leaving soon
Guide me home my Georgia moon
[ instrumental ]
Well it's a long long way to Georgia just a few steps at a time
But I'm walkin' on down that highway towards the Mason and Dixon Line
My stomach sure is empty it ain't had a thing in days
But the Georgia moon keeps shinin' and I'll be there in a day

Guide me home my Georgia moon...
Guide me home my Georgia moon

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2.

(# 17 country hit)

Stateside

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Well the Japanese moon is bright tonight
And Tokyo is full of life
Busy people everywhere
But busy people just don't care
I wanna go stateside oh Lord
I wanna go stateside

In and out the honky tonks
But nothin's there I really want
Sat awhile then look around
Get up and leave and walk the town
I wanna go stateside oh Lord
I wanna go stateside

The geisha girls don't understand
The lonely life of a service man
When his heart is far away
To a girl in the USA
I wanna go stateside oh Lord
I wanna go stateside

I've heard say a man don't cry
But I can't keep my blue eyes dry
I've been away about two years
I know I've cried a million tears
I wanna go stateside oh Lord
I wanna go stateside
Oh Lord I wanna go stateside

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3.

Burning Memories

Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

(Burning mem'ries burning mem'ries)

Tonight I'm burning old love letters
Photographs and memories of you
Hopin' somehow I'll feel better
And when the smoke is gone I won't want you

Burning mem'ries burning mem'ries
Memories of you that I can't use

My heart to you no longer matters
And I can't live on memories
Into the fire goes dreams you've shattered
And when the smoke is gone then I'll be free

(Burning mem'ries burning mem'ries)

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4.

Home Is Where The Hurt Is

Marge Barton - Freed McRae

© Mimosa Pub, BMI

with Sue York

We're well known in every honky tonk in town
Not a night goes by that we don't make the rounds
People wonder why we choose to live this way
Why don't they ever stay at home I hear them say

But home is where our hurt is
Cause love doesn't live there anymore
Yes home is where our hurt is
That's why we don't stay at home much anymore

What was once our happy home has come to be
A place to fuss and fight and disagree
Our lonely house with wall to wall regret
And these bright lights somehow help us to forget

But home is where our hurt is...

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5.

(# 15 country hit)

Wine

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Wine pretty red wine
Pretty red wine
Pretty red wine
Pretty red wine

It cost me my family cost me my home
And gave me a dark dirty street to roam
Made me a drifter made me a bum
A looking for a hand out a looking for a turn

To get wine pretty red wine...
[ instrumental ]
Wine pretty red wine...

It's cold in the country cold in the town
It's cold anywhere when you sleep on the ground
I lost all my courage lost all my pride
Where oh Lord can a wino hide

From wine pretty red wine...

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6.

I Love You Drops

Bill Anderson

© Moss-Rose Pub, BMI

They're not teardrops just sincere drops
They're I love you drops cause I love you

They were on my pillow when I woke up this mornin'
They were on the letter I tried all day to write
And just a little while ago I saw them fallin'
On your picture as I kissed it goodnight

I love you drops I miss you drops
Hurry home drops you've been gone so long drops
They're not teardrops just sincere drops
That say I'm lonesome and I love you

Never knew this heart could hurt the way it hurts for you
Never lived so many lifetimes in a week
Why don't you come back to me the way you said you would
And kiss these salty little crystals off my cheek

I love you drops I miss you drops...

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7.

Mental Revenge

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

I hope the friend you've thrown yourself with gets drunk and loses his job
And that the road you're walkin' on gets cold rocky and hard
I couldn't make you love me you only made me blue
So all in all should the curtain fall I hope it falls on you
I hope it falls on you

Then I will get sweet sweet sweet mental revenge
I will get sweet sweet sweet mental revenge

I hope the train from Caribou Maine runs over your sweet love affair
You walk the floor from door to door and pull out your peroxide hair
You never was my woman cause you were never true
So all in all should the curtain fall I hope it falls on you
I hope it falls on you

Then I will get sweet sweet sweet mental revenge
I will get sweet sweet sweet mental revenge

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8.

Come On And Sing

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Come on and sing girls sing boys
Sing a happy song
Come on and sing girls sing boys
This old world may not last long

Most ev'rybody's doing too much fighting
And there's not enough singing going on
How many people have you ever seen fight
While they were singing a song

Come on and sing girls sing boys...

Most ev'rybody's mistreating one another
Just for their personal gain
But that wouldn't happen to the sisters and the brothers
When they hold back their heads and sing

Come on and sing girls sing boys...
[ instrumental ]
Most ev'rybody's doing too much talking
Talking it and just get mad
So if all that talking's gonna make you unhappy
Why don't just sing and be glad

Come on and sing girls sing boys...

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9.

Tormented Heart

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

There's no wings on you girl you're lost in this world
And I've got a tormented heart
You never could be true and still I worshiped you
And I've got a tormented heart

I know I must have loved you since you were a baby
And all you've ever done for me was drive me half crazy
And it would surely be a sin to love this much again
Cause I've got a tormented heart
[ instrumental ]
I know I must have loved you since you were a baby...

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10.

Buried Alive

Billy Swan

© Combine Music, BMI

When she left I locked the door and pulled the shades
Now I'm living in a six room grave
All my reasons for living have died
So I'm living buried alive

I just exist with nothing but sorrow
I don't know if it's today or tomorrow
I'm through living with the world outside
So I'm living buried alive

I just can't believe she's gone
I've been too weak to cry
Now I sit and wait for teardrops
To fill my lonely eyes

My headstone is just the mailbox on the street
And the flowers she planted make it complete
Now this home is like a grave inside
So I'm living buried alive
[ instrumental ]
Yes I'm living buried alive

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11.

Above Suspicion

Mel Tillis - Buck Peddy

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

with Sue York

We're above suspicion both you and I
They say that I'm a good girl
And that I'm a good guy
We belong to others but the power of love
Is just too strong for right or wrong
Even when you're above suspicion

Above suspicion
But that's what happens when you're tied
To those who never care
[ instrumental ]
We're above suspicion someday they'll know
I couldn't be a good girl
I couldn't be a good Joe
When two hearts beat together then the power of love
Is just too strong for right or wrong
Even when you're above suspicion

Above suspicion
But that's what happens when you're tied
To those who never care

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12.

Mr. Dropout

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Well I dropout outta school when I was young
I thought living was just all fun
Then I met trouble on every turn
Now I'm one step away from being a bum

Lord I tried everything within my power
But I can't make but just a dollar an hour
You can't make a living on that kind of pay
And it hurts my pride to hear folks say

Hey Mr Dropout what's that you say
Sorry Mr Dropout we can't use you today

Well I got married bout one year ago
A winter's coming on and the work'll get slow
Mary had the baby and it's got blue eyes
When baby gets hungry baby cries

Lord I tried everything within my power
But I can't make but just a dollar an hour
You can't feed a family with that kind of pay
And it hurts my pride to hear folks say

Hey Mr Dropout what's that you say
Sorry Mr Dropout we can't use you today

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