1.

(# 2 country hit)

Sawmill

Mel Tillis - Horace Whatley

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

Well once I was a slave at the Sawmill
Talk about a poor boy talk about a poor boy
Never saw a dollar bill
Well my work was so hard at the Sawmill
Think about a poor boy think about a poor boy
When you go to write your will

Well see my teardrops fallin' down
My wife left this Sawmill town
She said Sawmill life had been a sin
Cause the gravy was too thin
I can't a work no more at the Sawmill
Mercy on a poor boy mercy on a poor boy
Let me have a dollar bill
[ instrumental ]
If you bring your wife to the Sawmill
Well how you gonna please her how you gonna please her
When she wants a dollar bill
They're not satisfied at the Sawmill
Women like a dollar women like a dollar
Yes and women always will

See my teardrops fallin' down...

Mercy on a poor boy mercy on a poor boy
Let me have a dollar bill

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2.

(# 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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3.

(# 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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4.

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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5.

(# 4 country hit)

The Arms Of A Fool

Ronal McCown

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

So many times you've told me that you love me
And just as many times I found that it's not true
So if you've had your fun and you still need someone
Come on home to the arms of a fool

My foolish eyes still cry when my ears believe a lie
And my foolish heart keeps sayin' I love you
So if your new flame dies and you're still burning with desire
Come on home to the arms of a fool
[ instrumental ]
Now even if I'm standing in for someone
It's all right because I'm standing next to you
You'll find an open door and I'll take you back once more
Come on home to the arms of a fool

My foolish eyes still cry when my ears believe a lie...
Come on home to the arms of a fool

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6.

(# 5 country hit)

Heaven Everyday

Jerry Foster - Bill Rice

© Jack And Bill Music, ASCAP

If an angel wears a housewife's dress
And fills a home with happiness
One wakes me gently every morning
And serves me coffee with a kiss

My life is heaven everyday
Because of all the love you give
Your smile drives all my cares away
And makes life heaven everyday
[ instrumental ]
If heaven is all they say
I know for certain I've found mine
Your tender touch and understanding
Makes my life heaven all the time

My life is heaven everyday...

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7.

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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8.

(# 2 country hit)

Midnight Me And The Blues

Jerry House

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

Long train rumbles low in the distance hear it blow
Don't engineers know I miss you
And they're reminding me how lonely nights can be
When it's midnight me and the blues

Cars going down the street no traffic jams to meet
This time of night they'll drive right through
And they all go right by and they don't know I cry
When it's midnight me and the blues

Midnight's the loneliest time in the world
Me I'm the loneliest guy with no girl
These blues began when it ended with you
Now it's midnight me and the blues
[ instrumental ]
Jet plane low overhead rumbles my lonely bed
Crumbles my lovely dreams of you
They don't care that you're gone or if midnight lasts till dawn
When it's midnight me and the blues

Midnight's the loneliest time in the world...
Midnight me and the blues

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9.

(# 4 country hit)

Woman In The Back Of My Mind

Ronal McCown - Roger Jauden

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

I see my wife working ironing my shirts
And my mind goes to another day
And to another woman who might have been my wife
If things hadn't turned out this way
Lord knows I love her and I often wonder
If hate should pull back the blind
How would my wife feel if she could see
The woman in the back of my mind

Does she do things fancy does she have a family
Is she as happy as I
Does she spend her afternoons just playing bridge
Or baking her children a pie
And I often wonder if she thinks of me
When she hears those old church bells chime
Though it's been long ago at times I miss her so
The woman in the back of my mind

Suddenly I come back to right here and now
And the dream that I've seen come to life
And I hope she's as happy with somebody else
As I am with my loving wife
I might have been wrong but it's been so long
And things work out in time
But I'd like to say I'm sorry once more
To the woman in the back of my mind

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10.

(# 3 country hit)

Stomp Them Grapes

Ronal McCown

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

Stomp stomp them grapes and make that wine
Put it in a bottle boys and ship it on down the line

Well I got up this morning and made it downtown
Started mighty early just makin' my rounds
Well I had me a woman she left me alone
I've got to lose these blues before I take myself back home

So stomp stomp them grapes and make that wine
Put it in a bottle boys and ship it on down the line
I said a stomp stomp them grapes and make that wine
There's a troubled man in trouble with a woman on his mind
[ instrumental ]
Yesterday she loved me today that's history
Why she should want to leave me is a deep dark mystery
I may not find the answer but I'll find me a jug
Cause I'm gonna do some drinkin' boys it's a really got me bugged

So stomp stomp them grapes and make that wine...

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11.

(# 8 country hit)

Commercial Affection

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

I was lonely I guess the night that we met
In a tavern down on old Broadway
And there were tears in her eyes and she whispered a sigh
Stranger please take me out of here

But it was only commercial affection
Cause a fool and his money will part
Yes it was only commercial affection
But she walked away with my heart
[ instrumental ]
I stood in disbelief as she hurried off to meet
Another fool down on old Broadway
Now many nights have come and gone still the echo lingers on
Stranger please take me out of here

But it was only commercial affection...

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12.

(# 8 country hit)

Brand New Mr. Me

Ronal McCown

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

Do my children call you daddy is my darling good to you
I hope you're feeling happy cause I'm sure feeling blue
And I drive by every morning see the man I used to be
How does it feel to be the brand new Mr me

Down the street broken love I still see heaven up above
And I can't believe that's where I used to live
And Lord I wonder how to feel knowing it's my love that she gives
How does it feel to be the brand new Mr me
[ instrumental ]
No you didn't take her from me I left her there for you
And in the nights that she got lonely that made her turn to you
If I'd've shown the love she needed she would still belong to me
How does it feel to be the brand new Mr me

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