1.

(# 1 country hit)

I Ain't Never

Mel Tillis - Webb Pierce

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Well I ain't never I ain't never
Seen nobody like you no no no never
Have I ever a seen nobody like you

Lord you call me up and say meet me at nine
I have to hurry hurry but I'm there on time
I walk a right up and I knock on your door
The landlord says she ain't a here no more

I ain't never oh darling seen nobody like you
Hoo hoo but I love you yeah I love you
Girl I love you just the same
[ instrumental ]
Well you tell me sweet things that you don't mean
You've got me a living in a haunted dream
You make me do things I don't wanna do
My friends ask my Tilly what's wrong with you

I ain't never oh darling seen nobody like you...
I love you just the same I love you just the same

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2.

Best Way I Know How

Jerry Chesnut

© Passkey Music, BMI

I look up and there you stand before me
Looking so surprised at what you see
Did you really think I'd be the same without you
And stay the way that you remember me

I had reasons for resisting all temptation
And the reason's standing right before me now
And I hope you'll take into consideration
That I'm getting by the best way I know how

All the empty bottles on the tables
And I seldom even shave or comb my hair
No I didn't drink so much that I'm not able
It's just that I'm not going anywhere

Seeing me like this I hope you won't feel guilty
And don't blame yourself for what I'm doing now
I'm just right back where I was before you met me
And I'm getting by the best way I know how
And I'm getting by the best way I know how

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3.

One More Time

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

I wonder what the power is that you hold over me
I never get to love you long just your memory
And I make a vow each time you leave that this will draw the line
But you come back and just like now I'm fallin' one more time

One more time my lips may kiss you
But one more time my arms will hold you
But it won't be long until you're gone with a mem'ry left behind
And I just know that when you go I'll be lonely one more time
[ instrumental ]
Your nearness makes me weaken and I give into you
And I'm doin' all the things I said that I wouldn't do
And I make a vow each time you leave that this will draw the line
Then you come back and just like now I'm fallin' one more time

One more time my lips may kiss you...
And I just know that when you go I'll be lonely one more time

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4.

It's My Love (And I'm Gonna Give It)

Wayne P. Walker

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Old friends say you'll tear me down
That my loving you will leave me gutter bound
I don't care what they say just as long as you will stay
It's my love love love and I'm a gonna give it

Talk is cheap and quickly spreads
Many stormy days for us may lie ahead
Still I plan to stand by you and darling win or lose
It's my love love love and I'm a gonna give it

It's my love and I'm a gonna give it in ev'ry way I can
It's my love and I'm a gonna give it just as long as I can stand

One day soon the tide will turn
You and I will have sweet memories to burn
For no matter what the price true love is worth it twice
It's my love love love and I'm a gonna give it
Yes it's my love love love and I'm a gonna give it

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5.

The Sweetest Tie

Wayne P. Walker

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

An empty mailbox and a silent telephone
Has quickly made me realize that something's wrong
While crazy thoughts go racing through my tangled mind
Too late I know the sweetest tie is the one I didn't bind

Those long and lonely night I left you all alone
Those little thoughts of kindness that I've never shown
Were things that seem so unimportant at the time
Too late I know the sweetest tie is the one I didn't bind

Oh Lord if I could just reverse the hands of time
A million kisses for each heartache you would find
But I had my chance and I failed to see the warnin' sign
Too late I know the sweetest tie is the one I didn't bind
Too late I know the sweetest tie is the one I didn't bind

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6.

(# 3 country hit)

Neon Rose

Rory Bourke - Gayle Barnhill

© Tomake Music, ASCAP

She's a rose where roses never grow
Behind the swinging doors she pours the wine that flows
She keeps on pretending that she's having fun
But it's a blue blue rose that grows beneath the neon sun

She's my sunshine lady maybe just a little bit shady
Someday I'll take her where real roses grow
But until then she'll be my precious precious neon rose

The world is full of roses that bloom in the spring
But to me there's just one rose that means anything
I guess it's no secret what ev'rybody knows
Just how much I love my precious precious neon rose

She's a rose where roses never grow...

She's my sunshine lady maybe just a little bit shady
Someday I'll take her where real roses grow
But until then she'll be my precious precious neon rose
But until then she'll be my precious precious neon rose

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7.

(# 3 country hit)

Memory Maker

Mel Tillis - Kent Westberry

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

She's a heart breaker she's a love taker
She's a memory maker
And I'll bet she's a makin' memories tonight

Walkin' all over this lonely city
Nothing in my heart but a fool's self pity
Cause I'm still in love with the girl that didn't do me right
But there ain't no way for me to forget her
Cause I ain't never been cheated any better
And I bet she's cheatin' someone else tonight

She's a heart breaker she's a love taker...
[ instrumental ]
Well her mem'ry's like a bug and it keeps on a crawlin'
All over my mind and the tears keep a fallin'
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been
Well this old heart of mine can't take it
I still love her and I can't shake it
I bet she's shaking someone else tonight

Cause she's a heart breaker she's a love taker...
She's a heart breaker she's a love taker...

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8.

I Talked About You All Over Town

Ronal McCown

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

Yes I talked about you all over town

I said I'd never talk about you when you left me
That my friends would never know that you were gone
That I would never talk about the way things happen
Cause I don't guess that I could say you were wrong

But I'd like to be the first one to tell you
All about the stories going round
And I guess I broke my promise to you
Cause I talked about you all over town

I've told ev'ryone how much I still love you
That you're the sweetest love I have ever known
I didn't give all the reasons why you left me
But I did say that I'd wish you'd come back home

Well I never said one bitter thing about you
Cause you've done nothing wrong for me to put you down
But a promises is a promise and I broke it
Cause I talked about you all over town
Yes I talked about you all over town

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9.

Over The Hill

Ronal McCown

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

Once I was a young man with the world in my hand
But there were so many things I couldn't understand
You're movin' backwards when you're standing still
And when you've stopped climbin' you're over the hill

So now I've reached bottom and the pride is all gone
But I've learned the lesson I'd like to pass on
You can't reach heaven on a free rolling wheel
For when you've stopped climbin' you're over the hill
[ instrumental ]
I'd give all my money and the wealth that I've spent
For just one more chance of a love heaven sent
But the summer is over and I face winter's chill
Cause when you've stopped climbin' you're over the hill

So now I've reached bottom and the pride is all gone...
When you've stopped climbin' you're over the hill

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10.

I Keep Looking Back

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

I keep lookin' back over my shoulder
But the footsteps of a fool is all I see
I keep lookin' back over my shoulder
Hoping someday I'll see you smiling lookin' back at me

Makes no difference now who was right who was wrong
I can't go home now I've been away too long
I keep lookin' back over my shoulder
Hoping someday I'll see you smiling lookin' back at me
[ instrumental ]
I walk along now on this road of regret
And the miles between us haven't let me forget

And I keep lookin' back over my shoulder...

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