1.

Right Or Wrong

Keith Sykes

© Mud Bluff Music, BMI

You don't ever worry where I've gone
When I'm not at home I'm the lonely one
You don't talk about it in the way
What you use to say couldn't be undone

Is it right or wrong baby I can't tell
A lot of people do it and they do it so well
Right or wrong baby I don't know
It's the only thing I think about wherever I go

You don't ever ask me where I've been when I'm coming in
You're not concerned
I could be sleeping all around all over town
I think it's time I learned

Is it right or wrong baby I can't tell...
[ instrumental ]
Is it right or wrong baby I can't tell...

(Right or wrong)
(Right or wrong)
(Right or wrong)

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2.

(# 25 country hit)

Take Me Take Me

Keith Sykes

© Serendipity Pub, BMI

Take me take me in your heart tonight
And help me think these things I say are right
In the morning I ignore the dawn
With a bag of dreams to a cold hard town
So take me take me in your heart tonight

And make me feel like I'll see you again
Let's pretend we're happy like old friends
Make believe there's nothing wrong
Though the time's too short for a love so strong
So take me take me in your heart tonight

It's an easy thing to say you're leavin'
I know I've done it everywhere I've been
But in the morning we'll know the truth
And it makes me wanna shout out what's the use
So take me take me in your heart tonight
[ instrumental ]
Take me take me in your heart tonight...
Take me take me in your heart tonight

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3.

Man Smart Woman Smarter

Norman Span

© Clara Music, ASCAP

Said let us put men and women together
See which one is smarter
Some say men but I say no
The women got the men like a puppet show

Believe me it's the people that say
That the men are leadin' the women astray
But I say that the women today
Are smarter than the men in every way

That's right the women are smarter
That's right the women are smarter
That's right the women are smarter
Smarter than the men in every way
[ instrumental ]
Little boy sat down and cry
Big man come and he ask him why
He said I can't do what the big boys do
Oh man sat down and he cried too

It ain't me but the people who say
That the men are leadin' the women astray
But I say that the women today
Are smarter than the men in every way

That's right the women are smarter...
That's right the women are smarter...

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4.

This Has Happened Before

Rosanne Cash

© House Of Cash, BMI

Last night's so dang good this morning made me cry
But the rain like an old friend came by to change my mind
The wind knows no secrets but like it knew what was in store
Reminds me oh so kindly this has happened before

I'm waiting at my window I thought I heard your name
But the quiet of the evening was teasing me again
It's not too late for talking but I'm afraid to ask for more
And then because that after all this has happened before
[ instrumental ]
All of your mem'ries seem to be laughing at my pain
Trying not to listen is like talking to the rain
Love like a candle can't take me through the storm
It's bright enough to burn me but too weak to keep me warm

I find my explanations when I won't need them anymore
But me and my old friends know this has happened before
Me and the wind know this has happened before

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5.

Baby Better Start Turnin' 'em Down

Rodney Crowell

© Happy Sack Music, ASCAP

In this modern world we're livin' in
The rules ain't like they've ever been
Speakin' of spreadin' it thin
That's what you do flashin' your soul
That ain't no way to treat your lover
Ain't no way to act with feelings
Baby better start turnin' 'em down

Yes it's a brave new wave we're roarin' in
Hangin' out out on the rock and roll fringe
Speakin' of runnin' around all over town and lettin' it show
There ain't no way to treat your lover
Ain't no way to act in public
Baby you better start turnin' 'em down
Start to turnin' 'em down

Sure is clear ain't nothin' easy anymore
Sure gets cloudy when I look in all directions
Sure is rainin' like this feelin' in my heart
Sure is crazy how you're actin'
[ instrumental ]
In this latest craze or current trend
Burnin' money every way that you can
Speakin' of goin' for broke
That's how it is when you lettin' it roll
There ain't no way to treat your lover
Ain't no way to act with strangers
Baby better start turnin' 'em down

I said baby we better start turnin' 'em
Baby we better start turnin' 'em
Baby we better start turnin' 'em down
[ instrumental ]
There ain't no way to treat your lover
There ain't no way to act with strangers
There ain't no way to treat your lover
There ain't no way to act with feeling

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6.

(# 17 country hit)

No Memories Hangin' Round

Rodney Crowell

© Coolwell Music, ASCAP

with Bobby Bare

You don't want no more heartaches
And I don't want no teardrops
What else is love to talk about
Cause I ain't yours you ain't mine
The song don't fit and the words don't rhyme
Old mem'ries keep standin' in the way

You lost her I lost him
Two old hearts just won't love again
We don't need no mem'ries hangin' round
[ instrumental ]
Since she's gone it don't seem right
Better off left alone at night
I ain't faking feelings far away
The days just come and disappear
You can't talk when I don't hear
That it don't make no difference anyway

I lost her you lost him
Two old hearts just won't love again
I don't need no mem'ries hangin' round
I want her you need him
Two old fire won't burn again
We don't need no mem'ries hangin' round
No we don't need no mem'ries hangin' round

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7.

(# 15 country hit)

Couldn't Do Nothing Right

Karen Brooks

© Cross Keys Pub, ASCAP

The lamp is broken on the mantle
My mind is blown and I'm going away
It's gettin' more than I can handel
It's gettin' more than I can take

I couldn't stay here if I wanted
And I couldn't stay here if I tried
You were always so disappointed in me
I could never do nothing right

And I worked hard to make a living
To make a living good for you
But you wanted more than I was giving
I guess that was more than I could do

I couldn't stay here if I wanted...
I couldn't stay here if I wanted...
I couldn't stay here if I wanted...

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8.

Seeing's Believing

Rodney Crowell

© Coolwell Music, ASCAP

Turned every way but loose and down
Off and on, between the vines and towns
I'm in too deep, but never deep enough
I still tend to mix my friends with harder stuff

In here the darkness does surround you
As if you're hiding from the years
As if the sunlight only burns you
And clouds your vision with your tears

Dream your ways of getting even
With time for never being right
As if it owed an explanation
For never showing you the light

But you don't act like all the dancers
Your eyes all full and show no shame
Seeing's believing

Highways and fields roll by my memory
As if I'm daydreaming on wheels
I've tasted love, but never sweet enough
To keep that daydream in me still

But you don't talk like all the losers
In fact you hardly talk at all
Talkers aren't listeners

Turned every way but loose and down
Off and on between the vines and towns
I'm in too deep but never deep enough
I still tend to mix my friends with harder stuff

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9.

Big River

Johnny Cash

© Hi-Lo Music, BMI

Well I taught the weepin' willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears that I cried for that man are gonna flood you Big River
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

Well I met him accidentally in St Paul Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard him drawl southern drawl
Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport
And I followed you Big River when you called
[ instrumental ]
Then you took me to St Louis later on down the river
And a freighter said he's been here but he's gone boy he's gone
I found him trail in Memphis but he just walked up the block
You raised a few eyebrows and then went on down alone

Now won't you batter down by Baton Rouge River Queen roll it on
Take that man on down to New Orleans New Orleans
Go on I've had enough dump my blues down in the gulf
He loves you Big River more than me
[ instrumental ]
Well I taught the weepin' willow how to cry cry cry...

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10.

Anybody's Darling (Anything But Mine)

Rodney Crowell

© Happy Sack Music, ASCAP

I treat him like a stallion I treat him like a lamb
I treat him like a pot of gold he treats me like a clown
It's daggers when he looks at me bullets when he speaks
Evil how he calls on me pretending that he's so weak
He'll be anybody's darling he'll be anything but mine

He's got all new friends Hollywood has him
Better off than other people in this world
There are fools to follow him rearranging him
Changing everything I hoped that I might save
Always just another rainy day away

He needs me but only to hold his hand
Don't like being alone
He holds me but not like a lover can
He wants me but not like I am
He'll be anybody's darling he'll be anything but mine

He's got all new friends Hollywood has him...

He's clever such a chosen face
Striking at even a glance
So gracious but only with what he wants
He's lucky but only by chance
He'll be anybody's darling he'll be anything but mine

He'll be anybody's darling he'll be anything but mine
He'll be anybody's darling he'll be anything but mine
He'll be anybody's darling he'll be anything but mine
He'll be anybody's darling he'll be anything but mine

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