1.

Come On Home

Jeff Lopez

© Tuffy Music, ASCAP

There's an empty pillow in the bed beside me
Where not so long ago you lay your head
It used to echo to the sound of happy laughter
But the voice it used to echo now is dead

And if you ever tired of chasing after rainbows
And if you find the need of company is strong
Won't you lift your eyes and look into the sunset
Turn around pack your bags and come on home

As I thumb through withered pages of your diary
And the entry that concerns our wedding day
I can't help but wonder if you really meant it
When you said the words I do that happy day

And if you ever tired of chasing after rainbows...

I often wake to find the darkness that surrounds me
Is not as friendly as the way it used to be
And I wonder if tonight where you are staying
Will you lay awake in bed and think of me

And if you ever tired of chasing after rainbows...

Won't you lift your eyes and look into the sunset
Turn around pack your bags and come on home

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2.

Rock And Roll Ruby

Johnny Cash

© House Of Cash, BMI

Well I took my Ruby jukin' on the outskirts of town
She kicked off her shoes and rolled her stockin's down
Put a quarter in the jukebox to get a little beat
Everybody started watchin' on the rhythm of her feet

She's my rock'n roll Ruby rock'n roll
Rock'n roll Ruby rock'n roll
When Ruby starts to rockin' it satisfies my soul

Now Ruby started rockin' bout one o'clock
And when she started rockin' she just couldn't stop
She rocked on the tables and she rocked on the floor
Everybody yell Ruby rock some more

She's my rock'n roll Ruby rock'n roll...
[ instrumental ]
Well it was round about four and I thought she would stop
She looked at me and then she looked at the clock
She said wait a minute Tillis now don't you get sour
All I want to do is rock a little bit more

She's my rock'n roll Ruby rock'n roll...

One night my Ruby she left me all alone
I tried to contact her on the telephone
I finally found her bout twelve o'clock
She said leave me alone daddy cause your Ruby wants to rock

She's my rock'n roll Ruby rock'n roll...
Well rock rock rock'n roll...
When Ruby starts to rockin' Lord it satisfies my soul

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3.

Always Just A Memory Away

Lonnie Tillis

© Mel Tillis Music, BMI

Where the music's playin' loud you'll find me in the crowd
Laughing like an actor in a play
But the teardrops that I hide are just secrets of my pride
Cause you're always just a memory away

Always just a memory away
I miss you more each night and more and more each day
Lovely ladies that I meet never make my nights complete
Cause you're always just a memory away
[ instrumental ]
The flashing neon signs are like heartbeats counting time
And there's twenty four hours in a day
Play the music pour the wine let me drink until I'm blind
Cause you're always just a memory away

Always just a memory away...
Always just a memory away

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4.

That Woman Of Mine

Ken McDuffie

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

She walks through the kitchen as the darkness of dawn starts to fade
Smiling and singing fresh as the coffee she's made
She wakes me so gentle the kiss of good morning sunshine
Oh what a lover my baby's mother
She is that woman of mine

Always she tells me our love is all of her world
Last night I was a gypsy she was my wild dancing girl
A Sunday school lady Lord I'll tell you she's fine
My day by night flyer my green stamp buyer
She is that woman of mine

That woman of mine she's all of my own
And all that I'm needing I find there at home
A lady my lover a friend all of the time
Her love is showing and keeps me going
She is that woman of mine
[ instrumental ]
That woman of mine she's all of my own...

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5.

Heart Over Mind

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

I love you so much that I can't leave you
Even though my mind tells me I should
But then you make me think that you still love me
Then all my thoughts of leaving do no good

You've got me heart over mind worried all the time
Knowing you will always be the same
You keep hurting me I know but I just can't let you go
Cause my heart won't let my love for you change
[ instrumental ]
Now friends tell me they see you out with others
And in my heart I try hard to forget
But you come home and tell me you still love me
And I still hope there's some chance for us yet

You've got me heart over mind...
Cause my heart won't let my love for you change

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6.

Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Oh Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town

It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
And I know Ruby that I'm not the man I used to be
Oh but Ruby I still need some company

Well it's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town

She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
Now the way I know I heard it slam one hundred times before
If I could move I get my gun and put her in the ground
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
[ instrumental ]
Ruby for God sake's turn around

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7.

Silver Wings

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
They're taking you away leaving me lonely
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight

Don't leave me I cried
Don't take that airplane ride
But you locked me out of your mind
And left me standing here behind

Silver wings shining in the sunlight...
[ instrumental ]
Don't leave me I cried...
Silver wings shining in the sunlight...
Silver wings shining in the sunlight...

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8.

Tender Loving Care

Harold Montgomery

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

She gives me tender loving care
She runs her fingers through my hair
And she tell me I'm the greatest one of all
She takes my hand and holds me close
And tells me she loves me the most
She makes the sun shine everywhere
With her tender loving care

With a smile she starts my day
And makes it perfect every way
And my every wish becomes her one command
She knows I'm weak but never tells
She helps me through my private hells
When I need she's always there
With her tender loving care

At night she puts on her silk pajamas
And in her negligee at the times not much at all
She snuggles close to me and tells me that she loves me
We've got a love so warm and rare
With our tender loving care

She makes the sun shine everywhere
With her tender loving care

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9.

Me And Mine

Jerry House

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

Well hello Mr Walker could I please talk to your wife
Yes I know it's unusual and I guess I don't have the right
But she left me without warning or farewell of any kind
And you know Mr Walker you and yours used to be me and mine

I have tasted the sweetest honey
And the sweetest grapes on her vine
But she wasted enough of money
You and yours used to be me and mine

Well hello Mrs Walker guess you hoped I never call
But I had to ask you how you feel now that you got it all
Is his crystal silver lovin' better than my homemade kind
I hope it is Mrs Walker you and yours used to be me and mine

I have tasted the sweetest honey...
I have tasted the sweetest honey...

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10.

Sunday String Band

Ken McDuffie

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

The sun found me walking the city this morning
My future as cold as the drink in my hand
Asking forgiveness at the Salvation Army
Today I'll be playing in their Sunday String band

As I stand here reflecting my thoughts and my trouble
I'm reaching for something I can't seem to find
Been a long time tryin' to get it together
As my body grows older in place of my mind

Oh mama and daddy I'm sorry my loves
Wish I was home again
To your white cotton fields where Gene Autry was real
But I'm playing my music in a Sunday string band

That girl back home she waited so long
Was once mystified by my love and my charm
Her flower of love she gave me so gently
Has faded like her name tattooed on my arm

Mama she sings in the choir on Sunday
Daddy he's gray and a hardworking man
They don't know I'm living on the streets of the city
Playing my music in a Sunday string band

Oh mama and daddy I'm sorry my loves...
Playing my music in a Sunday string band

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