1.

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.

(# 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...
But until then she'll be my precious precious neon rose

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3.

(# 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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4.

(# 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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5.

(# 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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6.

(# 8 country hit)

Take My Hand

Lester Acton - Helen Acton - Shirlez Price

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

with Sherry Bryce

Take my hand and walk with me
Along life's road in harmony
My body's warm my heart is free
Take my hand and walk with me

Take the love I offer you
All I want is your love too
Happiness is all I see
Take my hand and walk with me

You're the reason that I live
I have so much love to give
I'll be yours eternally
Take my hand and walk with me

Take the love I offer you...

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7.

(# 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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8.

Don't Let Go

Jesse Stone

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

with Sherry Bryce

Hear that a whistle it's ten o'clock (don't let go don't let go)
Come on Sherry it's time to rock (don't let go don't let go)
Well I'm so happy I've got you here (don't let go don't let go)
Ah keeps me grinnin' from ear to ear (don't let go don't let go)

Oowee this feelin' is killin' me
Ah shucks I wouldn't stop for a million bucks
I love you so just a hold me tight and don't let go

Thunder lightnin' wind and rain (don't let go don't let go)
Love is stormin' inside of my brain (don't let go don't let go)
Well I'm so eager I'm nearly dyin' (don't let go don't let go)
Oh you've been keepin' your lips from mine (don't let go don't let go)

Oowee this feelin' is killin' me...

Hound dog barkin' up the side of the hill (don't let go don't let go)
Love is draggin' him through the mill (don't let go don't let go)
Now if it wasn't for havin' you (don't let go don't let go)
Well I'd be barkin' and a hollerin' too (don't let go don't let go)

Oowee this feelin' is killin' me...

Now one day baby you'll get me yet (don't let go don't let go)
Oh I'll be cryin' and soakin' wet (don't let go don't let go)
Well one thing baby I'll never stand (don't let go don't let go)
Your lips kissin' another man (don't let go don't let go)

Oowee this feelin' is killin' me...
Oowee (don't let go don't let go)
Ah shucks (don't let go don't let go)

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9.

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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10.

Mental Revenge

Mel Tillis

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

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

I will have sweet sweet sweet mental revenge
I will have sweet sweet sweet mental revenge
[ instrumental ]
Well I hope that the train from Caribou Maine runs over your new 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 if the curtain should fall I hope that it falls on you

I will have sweet sweet sweet mental revenge...

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11.

(# 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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12.

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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13.

(# 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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14.

(# 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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15.

Storms Never Last

Jessi Colter

© Baron Music, BMI

Storms never last do they baby
Bad times all pass with the wind
Your hand in mine stills the thunder
And you'd make the sun want to shine

I followed you down so many roads baby
I've picked wild flowers and sung you soft sad songs
And every road you took I know your search was for the truth
And the clouds brewing now won't be the last

Cause storms never last do they baby...
[ instrumental ]
Storms never last do they baby...
Yes you'd make the sun want to shine

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16.

(# 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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17.

Living And Learning

Terry Skinner

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

with Sherry Bryce

Now life is filled with ups and downs and we both had our share
And everytime I slip and fall you're still there to care
Together we can stand against the world as it goes turning
And we'll go on through life together living and learning

Let's call all the fun we've had living living
Let's call all mistakes we've made learning learning
Reach out together and the love light's still burning
And we'll go on through life together living and learning
[ instrumental ]
Well everytime old trouble comes a knocking on our door
We stand and face it hand in hand like everytime before
We'll keep holdin' on and face each new day that comes dawning
And we'll go on through life together living and learning

Let's call all the fun we've had living living...
And we'll go on through life together living and learning

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18.

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 still 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 worried all the time...
Cause my heart won't let my love for you change

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19.

Would You Want The World To End

Ronal McCown - Wynn Stewart

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

Would you want the world to end not lovin' me

All the angry words we'd spoken to each other
Make me feel our love's not what it's meant to be
Before you go to sleep tonight think it over
Would you want the world to end not lovin' me

Could you hold me in your arms and feel so right
If you knew we'd never see a morning light
After all the love you've given me so free
Would you want the world to end not lovin' me
[ instrumental ]
I get to hurt we've caused each other in the past
And hold me like tonight would be our last
Or if the morning should start eternity
Would you want the world to end not lovin' me
Would you want the world to end not lovin' me

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20.

(# 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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21.

You Are The One

Kent Westberry - Hal Harbour

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

with Sherry Bryce

You are the one it's you I love in my own special way
You are the one you're in my heart and on my mind all day
When we're apart my world seems to turn a cloudy gray
But then you walk in and sunshine chases all the clouds away

There never was a doubtful moment in my mind at any time
That you were not the one I wanted to live with forever
We've discovered happiness is right here at our fingertips
And ev'rything is beautiful as long as we're together

Oh I dream of you you're the only one I ever dream about
And I dream of you you're the only one I just can't live without
My life with you is just like livin' in heaven all the time
It's true I love you and I want the whole wide world to know you're mine
[ instrumental ]
I dream of you you're the only one I ever dream about...

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22.

Lookin' For Tomorrow (And Finding Yesterday)

Billy Arr - David Allds

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

I've tried so hard to get you off my mind
But it seems you've left too much of you behind
Mem'ries of the past get in my way
I keep lookin' for tomorrow and finding yesterday

You're in every cup of coffee and in every glass of wine
And each song on the jukebox sounds like yours and mine
Funny when I look at someone new I see your face
I keep lookin' for tomorrow and finding yesterday
[ instrumental ]
I told myself the day you said goodbye
Go find somebody new to drive her from your mind
But easy said's not easy done like some folks say
While I'm lookin' for tomorrow I keep finding yesterday

You're in every cup of coffee and in every glass of wine...
I keep lookin' for tomorrow and finding yesterday

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23.

Borrowed Angel

Mel Street

© Levisa Music, BMI

Her fingers feel so gentle with her hand in mine
Her hair feels like silk on my arms
Her lips tell me so sweetly that she's mine alone
Until we part tonight and she goes home

Borrowed angel belongs to someone else
I love my borrowed angel I just can't help myself
That ring on her finger don't belong to me
But she loves me and I know she'll save some borrowed time for me
[ instrumental ]
I wish that I could have her more than just tonight
We can't go on like this it isn't right
When that lonesome feelin' comes knocking on my door
I'll call my borrowed angel to ease the pain once more

Borrowed angel belongs to someone else...
Yes she loves me and I know she'll save some borrowed time for me

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24.

Untouched

Carl Knight - Charles Pendleton - Abe Rotwein

© Sawgrass Music, BMI

We come here to steal heaven it seems right love tells us so
But when we awake tomorrow there'll be no place to go
To hide what we see in the mirror lying there in shame
I love you so please go on home untouched the way you came

Darling I can't let you do the things I asked of you
True love can't grow where the neon lights shine just outside the room
So go to him before I change my mind and ruin your name
I love you so please go on home untouched the way you came

Go just the way you came untouched by any man
Except the one who waits for you so go home while you can
Our love won't grow and seeds you sow are covered up in shame
I love you so please go on home untouched the way you came

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