1.

(# 31 country hit)

Destroyed By Man

Red Hayes

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

There's a girl in a barroom we all know her well
Her name fits the stories that some men like to tell
She may be young and pretty with lips red as wine
A girl who's eyes reflect the years no makeup can hide

In her world walk the lonely the rejected and condemned
It's a world that once entered there's no turning back again
Like a rose that lies crushed and crumpled on the sand
She was created by heaven now destroyed by man

Destroyed by man and the love that she gave
Lost unless heaven counts her worthy to save
Men don't respect her still they hold her hand
She was created by heaven now destroyed by man

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2.

Another Bridge To Burn

Harlan Howard

© Tree Pub, BMI

I've had to burn most every bridge I've crossed
It seems like everyone I've loved I've lost
When I met you I thought my luck had turned
But our love's just another bridge to burn

I'll soon light the match and move on
I've already lingered much too long
Now I'm so hurt and you're so unconcerned
And our love's just another bridge to burn
[ steel ]
Sometimes one must love enough for two
And that's how it's been with me and you
I'll see your face no matter where I'll turn
And our love's just another bridge to burn

I'll soon light the match and move on...

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3.

Normally Norma Loves Me

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Normally Norma's kissin' me just about this time every mornin'
With the wink in her eye she whispers goodbye
Then she tells me somethin' sweet that knocks me off of my feet
And normally Norma thinks of me as just as the swellest guy in the world
Oh but normally Norma loves me

One word led to another over a harmless joke
Then Norma went home to her mother I guess her little heart was broke
Oh oh normally Norma's waitin' on me
Every evening when the sun goes down
When I get home from work with my dirty old shirt
She pulls off my shoes and it's a goodbye blues
Cause normally Norma tenderly cuddles up to me
But normally Norma loves me
[ piano ]
Now one word led to another over a harmless joke...
Oh but normally Norma loves me

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4.

I Haven't Seen Mary In Years

Damon Black

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

While walking one day in the country
I saw a gathering crowd
And as my footsteps drew me closer
I smelled the sweet fragrance of flowers
It looked like a family reunion
And my eyes not counted the tears
And the no man said by the graveside
I haven't seen Mary in years

Hold my hand and lead me
Lead me away from here
I just brought these flowers for Mary
I haven't seen Mary in years

When Mary and I were first married
We had such plans for our child
But for no reason I started ramblin'
And like the four winds I just ran wild
If I could just live my life over
I would bring Mary such cheer
Now she's gone where she'll never need me
I haven't seen Mary in years

Hold my hand and lead me...

Then the old man left the graveyard
And I walked along by his side
I called out his name but through all his shame
His son he did not recognize

Hold my hand and lead me
Lead me away from here
How could I know it was mama
I haven't seen mama in years

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5.

Old Faithful

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

I always called her old faithful
She was always there when I came home
And I never thought the day would come she'd leave me
But for me those kind of thinkin' days are gone

Cause old faithful ain't faithful anymore
She's steppin' out to even up the score
She's out there where the lights are bright
Winein' dinin' every night
And old faithful ain't faithful anymore
[ steel ]
Night after night she sat waitin'
Just to touch the fool that she loved so
But now for her those waiting days are over
For absence makes the warmest heart grow cold

Cause old faithful ain't faithful...
And old faithful ain't faithful anymore

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6.

Son Of A Bum

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Well I was born in a tumbled down shack
One quarter of a mile from a railroad track
Mama was a drifter daddy was a bum
And they didn't want a little hobo son
But things do happen and a here I am
Just outside of Birm'ngham
Train's slowing down and I'm gonna jump out
I'm gonna spread my wings and look all about

Give me the whip of a whippoorwill
A whippin' it up on a lonely hill
Give me the sun the stars and the rain
Sneaky peaky wine in the blood of my veins
Cause I'm a son of a bum I'm a son of a bum
I'm a son of a bum son of a bum bum bum
Free as the breeze and I'm easy to please

Fussin' and a fightin' and a goin' to war
People don't know what the living's for
Money money money that's all folks know
They could learn a lesson from a rich hobo
Got no worries and no regrets
Got no money but I got no debts
Rabbit in the thicket and the fish in the brook
And I got mu supper if I got me a hook

Give me the whip of the whippoorwill...

I'm a son of a bum I'm just easy to please
Lord I'm a son of a bum

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7.

(# 17 country hit)

Something Special

Ray Griff

© Blue Echo Music, ASCAP

I've been a lot of places and I've seen a lot of faces
I've crossed a lot of bridges and I've even burned a few
But when I look behind me the only thing that blinds me
Is the tears that I cry over you

Cause you are something special to me
Something special as can be
There'll never be another I could love so tenderly
Cause you're something special to me
[ piano ]
My life is like a highway with many different byways
I've turned a lot of corners haven't missed a lot of signs
I'd trade all of my tomorrows if only I could borrow
Just a day or two when you were mine

Cause you are something special to me...
Something special to me

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8.

Lonely Girl

Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Do you remember me lonely girl
In your guilty memory
My love you traded for the night world
Where all your dreams met with tragedy

Now do you remember how I loved you so
On my knees I cried and I begged you please don't go
Now it's too late for us lonely girl
And I'm sorry I ran in to you
But the love you traded for the night world
Found happiness with somebody new
[ fiddle ]
Now do you remember how I loved you so...

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9.

Can You Build Your House (On Another Man's Grave)

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Can you build your house on another man's grave

I know you can take her if you want her
For she's always been temptation's slave
But will you be happy when you've won her
When you've built your house on another man's grave

So if you have a good side I'm appealing
My life is in your hands to take or save
And your victory for the moment may be sweet
But must you build your house on another man's grave
[ steel ]
There's been so many others just like you
Who didn't want the girl just what she gave
So before you take her please be sure your conscience
Will let you build your house on another man's grave

So if you have a good side I'm appealing...

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10.

Am I Locking Someone In

Joe Hayes - Fatima Atchley

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

When you left I changed the locks on all the doors
And I swore I'd never let you in no more
But I feel your presence here just like a ghost
Each time I lock the door is when I feel it most

Am I lockin' someone out or someone in
I've got a feeling you're in the house again
Oh I wish I knew what this was all about
Am I lockin' someone in or someone out
[ steel ]
I just watch TV till it goes off each night
Then I lock the door and turn out all the lights
That's when you appear and I just stand and stare
I flip back all the lights and find there's no one there

Am I lockin' someone out or someone in...
Am I lockin' someone in or someone out

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11.

I Lived So Fast And Hard

Dolly Parton

© Owepar Pub, BMI

Well I was raised on corn bread and gravy
I slept in a cardboard box till I was nearly three
I've bathed myself in a muddy river runnin' by our shack
By the time that I had reached thirteen
I'd been through hell and back

And I've been thrown from pillar to post
I've been banged around and scarred
I've done so much I've seen so much
I've lived so fast and hard
Lived so fast and hard

Now mama died when I was young and I never knew my dad
I never had the lovin' care that other children had
I spent five years in an orphan's home but I ran off one day
And I hoboed on an old freight train to San Francisco Bay

I've fought in the war I've been in jail
There ain't much I ain't done
I'd lived as much as any man
Fore I was twenty one I was twenty one
[ fiddle ]
And I've been thrown from pillar to post...

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