1.

(# 1 country hit)

Touch The Hand

Conway Twitty - Ron Peterson

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

Today I heard my woman say something I never heard her say before
She just told me she was gonna leave me and that she didn't love me anymore
But I know that the love and kindness and the understanding
That she had when I first met her is still there somewhere
So I'm gonna get down on my knees and I'm gonna say to my baby

Touch the hand of the man that made you a woman
Then tell me you don't love me anymore

I was the first man to ever hold you in a special kind of way
And those unfamiliar feelings that caused you to tremble
I know you remember today
Before you decide you're gonna leave me
And do things you've never done before
Touch the hand of the man that made you a woman
Then tell me you don't love me anymore

The two lips that once held sweet surprises
Surprised me and said goodbye today
And those two loving arms that used to reach for me
Just reached out and pushed me away
I know you believe you don't love me before you walk out that door
Touch the hand of the man that made you a woman
Then tell me you don't love me anymore

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2.

Short On Love Too Long

L.E. White

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

Let's try a smile for a while and hold somebody's hand
Soon you're gonna find your blues are gone
Let's all love one another there's a woman for every man
This old world's been short on love too long

Come here darling hold your head up
You say the one you love is gone
If you find another first you got to get up
You've just been too short on love too long

Let's try a smile for a while...

Hey you with the bottle I know you're lonely
But the hurt will just be worst when the drink is gone
Somewhere there's someone who love you only
You've just been short on love too long

Let's try a smile for a while...

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3.

Amanda

Bob McDill

© Gold Dust Music, BMI

Amanda light of my life
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife
Amanda light of my life
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife

A measure of people don't understand
The pleasure of life in a hillbilly band
I got my first guitar when I was fourteen
Now I'm crowdin' forty and still wearin' jeans

Amanda light of my life...
[ instrumental ]
I've held it all inward Lord knows I've tried
It's an awful awakenin' in a country boy's life
To look in the mirror in total surprice
At the grey in his hair and the age in his eyes

Amanda light of my life...

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4.

Before The Next Teardrop Falls

Ben Peters - Vivian Keith

© Shelby Singleton Music, BMI

If he brings you happiness then I wish you both the best
It's your happiness that matters most of all
But if he ever breaks your heart if the teardrops ever start
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls

Though it hurts to let you go darling I want you to know
I'll stand by you if ever you should call
And if I should ever hear that he made you shed a tear
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls

I'll be there anytime you need me by your side
To dry away every teardrop that you cried
And if he ever leaves you blue just remember that I love you
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls

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5.

I Sure Hate To See Me Go

Conway Twitty - L.E. White

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

I sure hate to see me go

You took my picture off the wall threw my clothes out in the hall
I guess I should admit what I already know
You're making plans without me soon I'll be your used to be
And I sure hate to see me go

I hate to see what's left of me just walk away
But it seems what we had goin's gone away to stay
There'll be more more loneliness than love for me in this old town I know
I sure hate to see me go
[ instrumental ]
I hate to see what's left of me just walk away
From shattered dreams of a perfect love just yesterday
But there's no need in standing by a fire that lost its final glow
I sure hate to see me go
I sure hate to see me go

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6.

(# 4 country hit)
(# 63 pop hit)

Don't Cry Joni

Conway Twitty

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

with Joni Twitty

Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day you'll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love forever true

Joni was the girl who lived next door
I've known her I guess ten years or more
Joni wrote me a note one day
And this is what she had to say

Jimmy please say you'll wait for me...

Slowly I read her note once more
Then I went over to the house next door
Her teardrops fell like rain that day
When I told Joni what I had to say

Joni Joni please don't cry
You'll forget me by and by
You're just fifteen I'm twenty two
And Joni I just can't wait for you

Soon I left my little hometown
Got me a job and tried to settle down
But these words kept haunting my memory
The words that Joni said to me

Jimmy please say you'll wait for me...

I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
I had to see Joni I had to explain
How my heart was filled with her memory
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me

I ran all the way to the house next door
But things weren't like they were before
My teardrops fell like rain that day
When I heard what Joni had to say

Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry
You'll forget me by and by
It's been five years since you've been gone
Jimmy I married your best friend John

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7.

It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'

Johnny Tillotson

© Ridge Music, BMI

I cry myself to sleep each night wishing I could hold you tight
Life seems so empty since you went away
The pillow where you lay your head holds my lonely tears instead
It keeps right on a hurtin' since you've gone

It keeps right on a hurtin' every minute of the day
Every hour you're away I feel so lonely
And I can't help it I don't think I can go on
And it keeps right on a hurtin' since you've gone
[ instrumental ]
They say a man should never cry when I see you passing by
My heart breaks down and cries a million tears
You broke my heart and set me free you forgot your memories
And it keeps right on a hurtin' since you've gone

It keeps right on a hurtin' every minute of the day...

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8.

I'll Live In Dreams Of Loving You Again

Max D. Barnes - Lloyd Price

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

I feel you take me in your arms and hold me
I hear you tell me all the thing you never told me
I hear you say that you could never live without me
Then I wake up and realize you're gone

I'll spend another day just trying to forget you
I'll pretend that I'm someone who's never met you
But I know a night will fall just because I need you
I'll live in dreams of loving you again

I've tried so hard to live forgive forget about you
But I can't make it through one night alone without you

As darkness closes in to hide me
I'll close my eyes and once again you lay beside me
Until another morning comes to take you from me
I'll live in dreams of loving you again
I'll live in dreams of loving you again

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9.

Sally Was A Good Ole Girl

Harlan Howard

© Pamper Music, BMI

Wll Sally used to carry my books to school Sally was a good ole girl
Helped me with my homework cause I was a fool Sally was a good ole girl
If I wanted a kiss or a little bitty squeeze
She was willing to do her best to please
A girl made for lovin' and not made to tease Sally was a good ole girl

Sally was a good ole girl
Sally was a good ole girl
No matter what the request she gave it her best
Sally was a good ole girl

Her folks were poor but she helped all she could Sally was a good ole girl
The hardest working girl in the neighborhood Sally was a good ole girl
She walked up and down the streets all day
Sellin' neck ties to the one's who'd pay
If they couldn't afford 'em she would give them away Sally was a good ole girl

Yeah Sally was a good ole girl...
[ instrumental ]
Sally was a favorite with all of the men Sally was a good ole girl
All the other girls despised her then Sally was a good ole girl
All the women talk about her but Sally didn'tcare
She kept on a workin' and doin' her share
She wound up married to a millionare Sally was a good ole girl

Yeah Sally was a good ole girl...
Yeah Sally was a good ole girl...
Sally was a good ole girl...
Sally was a good ole girl...

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10.

I'm Goin' Crazy And She's Just Goin'

Conway Twitty - Joe Lewis

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

I've cried tears of regret not like this
I've had heartaches before not like this
For a long time I've been knowin'
That our love has just stopped growin'
I'm goin' crazy she's just goin'

I know she only loves me in my mind
Or really she has loved me her last time
All my dreams just lead me on
Cause I know she'll soon be gone
I'm goin' crazy she's just goin'

When I looked at her I could see it
When I held her I could feel it
She just tried to hang on
To a love already gone
I'm goin' crazy she's just goin'
[ instrumental ]
When I looked at her I could see it...

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