1.

Tore Down

Porter Wagoner

© Porter Music, BMI

Right behind my left eye is a hurtin' thumpin' sound
And the bottom part of the back of my head is spinnin' around and around
I've been tore down yes I've been tore down

Well I've looked all around this shaky room my woman can't be found
There's a little bitty bee in my stomach buzzin' around and around
I've been tore down yes I've been torn down

Too many good good buddies too many bad bad gals
Too many bright lights in this town and the sparklin' wine
Has done and tore me down

Well I felt like Famous Amos last night out makin' the rounds
I had a drink with everyone I know and I know ev'rybody in town
Now I've been tore down yes I've been torn down

Too many good good buddies too many bad bad gals...

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2.

The Finish Line

Porter Wagoner - Tom Pick

© Porter Music, BMI

Our love just runs in circles never turning for the best
With separate dreams we can't compete in our race for happiness
And trouble builds within our hearts till love has been tore down
And loneliness is catching us while our love goes spinning around

Our hearts have crossed the finish line
But we left love so far behind
No trophies waiting to welcome us our love's been racing blind
Now we watch our losing love cross the finish line

Our finished love left incomplete fills our hearts with doubt and greed
Mem'ries speeding through our minds as we near the finish line
Reaching for what lies ahead in search of love divine
I never thought that you and I would cross the finish line

Our hearts have crossed the finish line...
Now we watch our losing love cross the finish line

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3.

Nothing Between

Porter Wagoner

© Porter Music, BMI

Nothing between lost love and lonely
Just a few broken vows and a million old dreams
The days are so long and the nights last forever
When you live day to day with nothing between

Once we were close there was so much between us
When love filled our world as we planned and we dreamed
Then something went wrong now we seem like strangers
So far apart with nothing between

Nothing between your love and my love
No plans being made to fulfill our dreams
We don't speak love words anymore like we used to
Something is wrong there's nothing between

It's just a short walk from love to lonely
With no happiness anyplace to be seen
You're still here with me though many miles separate us
Your heart and mine has nothing between

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4.

Cassie

Dolly Parton

© Velvet Apple Music, BMI

(Cassie Cassie)
The first time I saw Cassie she was running through a meadow
With a handful of daffodils she picked somewhere nearby
Awed by her beauty I watched her as she ran
She looked like an angel against the summer sky

I loved her through the summer our hearts were gay and free
We loved with a love that was more than love she was such a part of me
I'd often look at her and think she's too good to be true
She was so far above all the other things I knew

Through Cassie's lips there only asked words of loove and kindness
She could see so far beyond other's faults and blindness
One morning without warning I awoke and she was gone
Perhaps she was an angel and she flew away home

Now I run through the meadow hoping that she'll hear me
Although I cannot see her now I feel she's somewhere near me
I call her name so loudly I awaken from my sleep
To find that I've just dreamed again of this girl so kind and sweet
Cassie Cassie Cassie

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5.

Graduation Day

Porter Wagoner

© Porter Music, BMI

In a room filled with flowers and happy people all around
One stands out from all the rest dressed in cap and gown
With a smile of love and kindness as she looks my way
You should see the pride I feel inside Graduation Day

May God always be as proud of you as I am
May he bless each thing you do is my prayer to him
Seems like only yesterday you were my little girl at play
Now in cap and gown Graduation Day

A million mem'ries flood my mind as I watch you take your place in line
A part of me conceived through love's creation
A happy kind of sadness seems to fill my eyes while I watch my dreams
In cap and gown you look my way Graduation Day

May God always be as proud of you as I am...

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6.

Old Black Kettle

Dolly Parton

© Velvet Apple Music, BMI

I remember when I was just little
Oh didn't we have such a good life
Mama used to cook in an old black kettle
On an ole wood stove she'd had since she was wed
Now the oven door was sprung a little bit
So she'd propped it up with a forked stick
And that didn't matter cause mama kept us fed
My mama and daddy must've loved each other
Cause I had a bunch of sisters and brothers
And the girls worked just as hard as us boys did
If there was corn to hoe we'd go hoe it
We might've been poor but we didn't know it
We'd heard the word but we didn't know what it meant

Oh didn't we have such a good life
And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known
Oh didn't we have such a good time
You know it's sad to think the old black kettle's gone
The old black kettle's gone the old black kettle's gone

Now there wasn't nothin' that pleased us any better
Than when we'd get an occasional letter
From kinfolks livin' up north in some big town
We'd think of all the games we'd play and we just couldn't hardly wait
When our city cousins said they was a comin' down
Now mama's done away with the old black kettle
She used to cook in when I was just little
And the door ain't sprung on her new electric range
And that little ole farm and home we had
It ain't there no more and that's too bad
Folks're doin' away with the simple things

Oh didn't we have such a good life...
Folks're doin' away with most of the simple things

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7.

George Leroy Chickashea

Porter Wagoner

© Porter Music, BMI

The mixture of the blood that flowed through his veins
Had killed his conscience and filled him with shame
He was part white part black part red
That's how he'd got the name George Leroy Chickashea

He had no respect or feeling for anyone including himself
He resented every man in his soul there was no salvation
And he hated the sight of cotton fields and his thoughts of plantations
The bitterness set his soul afire when he'd think of Indians and reservations
He had the coldest grey eyes I've ever saw on a man
He could look clear through you and back again
And they'd look like the pieces of stone when he'd stare
There was a mixture in the texture of his hair
That hung low around his cheekbones that were high above his chi
I saw him kill a man with his own bare hands show no mercy to him
He carried a pistol and a switchblade and a tomahawk with him night and day
The meanest man that ever lived George Lorey Chickashea
Yeah he had the quickness of lightning and could run like an antilope
He feared no man no gun or rope
I saw him watch a rattlesnake bite him on the leg he never batted an eye
Then he said get a taste of that blood crawl out there and die
They locked him in the security cell in Baton Rouge he stayed in one day
Iron bars couldn't hold George Lorey Chickashea
At last he gave himself up and said he was tired of runnin' away
So they spread the news that day they'd hang George Lorey Chickashea

He walked up the thirteen steps to the trapdoor
And stood on it with no expression in his eyes
And when the minister asked him if he wanted to pray
He looked toward the skies and said
God inside my veins flows blood of red all mixed with black and white
I have no race or creed I pray to die George Lorey Chickashea

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8.

Somewhere In The Night

Porter Wagoner

© Porter Music, BMI

Daylight won't find me out in public places
Nighttime I'll look for only friendly faces
I know I must forget you and all the love we knew
And somewhere in the night I'll find forgetfulness of you

Somewhere in the night is where I'll find love
Waiting all alone just for me
Darkness brings the lonely out in search for love they live without
But just like darkness finds the light I'll find love somewhere in the night

Mem'ries of love that's gone seem twice as strong
When the evening shadows fall and find me all alone
So when the day starts makin' way for darkness to come down
Somewhere in the night among the lonely I'll be found

Somewhere in the night is where I'll find love...
Just like darkness finds the light I'll find love somewhere in the night

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9.

I See Love

Porter Wagoner

© Porter Music, BMI

I've seen the morning sun rise to heat the earth
And I've seen the rains come down to quench its thirst
I've seen flowers close their petals in the coolness of the evening
And I've watched the stars streak the sky before they burst

These eyes of mine have seen God's loving beauty
Turn the darkest sky to crystal blue
Those eyes of mine see love in almost ev'rything they view
But I've never seen a love like the love I see in you

Your beauty far exceeds the crystal raindrops
Or a morning glory dripping wet with dew
When I see all the love you have for each of those around you
I can see God's love in each thing you do

These eyes of mine have seen God's loving beauty...
No I've never seen a love like the love I see in you

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10.

Happy Faces

Porter Wagoner

© Porter Music, BMI

Well I've never seen so many happy faces
Smiles are sure in style here at this place
Why ev'ryone here looks just like a neighbor
You know there's love in ev'ry happy face

They say that frowning makes the wrinkles deepen
And loneliness will make beauty decay
So I'm filling up each day with happy sunshine
And love fills ev'ry night I dream away

Well I've never seen so many happy faces...

Why almost ev'ryone I guess at some time
Has had their pretty smile turned upside down
But if you'll look real close you'll find the happiness
Then you'll see smiling faces all around

Well I've never seen so many happy faces...
Yes you know there's love in ev'ry happy face

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