1.

(# 5 country hit)

Hold On

Rosanne Cash

© Atlantic Music, BMI

If you want to keep a woman like me you got to hold on
If you want to see how good it can be baby hold on
All my friends think that I'm a fool
I tell you something honey they're not that cool
If you want to keep a woman like me you got to hold on

If you want to know how far we can go you got to hold on
If you take it slow then I got something to show you baby hold on
All those girls with their empty heads
Can't fill 'em up with the lies they've been fed
If you want to know how far I can go you got to hold on
[ instrumental ]
She'll give you reasons for her kind
You might believe it but I'm not that blind

If you think you need a woman like me you got to hold on
If you want to find what I've got on my mind baby hold on
All this small talk that keeps us apart
Is only hidin' how we feel in our hearts
If you think you need a woman like me you got to hold on
If you want to keep a woman like me then baby hold on
[ instrumental ]
You got to hold on (hold on)
Hold on baby (hold on hold on)
You got to hold on (hold on hold on)

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2.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 16 pop hit)

I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me

Rodney Crowell - Rosanne Cash

© Coolwell Music, ASCAP

It's the right time you know I feel fine tonight
(I don't know why you don't want me)
It's the right place I've got my new face tonight
I don't know why you don't want me)
I'm in the right mood I've got my new shoes tonight
(I don't know why you don't want me)
I've got my new dress I couldn't hurt less tonight
(I don't know why you don't want me)

Somebody told you I was so cold and mean
(Who was that talking)
Somebody wants you and don't want me in between
(She better start walking)
Somebody hurt you but baby she wasn't me

We'll find a new name for such an old game tonight
(I don't know why you don't want me)
I'll show you how long that I can go on tonight
(I don't know why you don't want me)
I don't know why you don't want me

Just when I think that I can make it without you
You come round and say you want me now
Tell me don't leave and I want to believe you
Why can't you see just how much I need you
[ instrumental ]
Somebody told you I was so cold and mean...

Oh it's the last chance for a romance tonight
(I don't know why you don't want me)
There'll be no next time if you won't be mine tonight
(I don't know why you don't want me)
I don't know why you don't want me
(I don't know why you don't want me)
I don't know why you don't want me
(I don't know why you don't want me)
I don't know why you don't want me
(I don't know why you don't want me)

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3.

(# 1 country hit)

Never Be You

Benmont Tench - Tom Petty

© Blue Gator Music, ASCAP

Take a look at my eyes it's been a long long time
I used to feel so strong when I knew you were mine
Since you let me down I'm hard to be around
I don't know what I'm gonna do he could never be you
He could never be you

I guess it all comes around baby please don't cry
Love is gonna be a little reckless oh lovers all have to stand trial
Since you let me go there's nothing going on
I don't know what I'm gonna do he could never be you
He could never be you uh uh uh uh huh he could never be you

He knows the rules he plays the part
But he only has me don't have my heart
[ instrumental ]
He could never be you

So take a look at my eyes no you can't hide the truth
No you don't get by on pride it'll run over you
Since you let me down I'm hard to be around
I don't know what I'm gonna do he could never be you
He could never be you uh uh uh uh huh he could never be you
Uh uh uh uh huh he could never be you

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4.

(# 5 country hit)

Second To No One

Rosanne Cash

© Atlantic Music, BMI

I don't wanna be the sole survivor
I don't wanna close it down
I don't wanna know what goes on between you
Whenever I ain't around

I don't wanna be the last to hear it
And I don't wanna live apart
But I don't want to wear your diamond ring
If you won't give me your heart

I don't think you know how bad you treat me
But I can't live like a whore
She thinks she's got the key to your heart
Now I've got to wait by the door

If I could only learn to make you love me
I'll make you love me like I love you
If I could give you what I want to give you
I'd want to give you a heart that's true
[ instrumental ]
I don't wanna know how long you're leaving
And I don't wanna know why
If I can't lie in your arms this evening
I'll just stay home and cry

I don't wanna be second to no one
I don't wanna let it be
I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow
But tonight you belong here with me

I don't know if this can last forever
Cause I don't know what I can stand
I can love you like a man should be loved
But I can't love half a man

If I could only learn to make you love me...
If I could only learn to make you love me...

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5.

Halfway House

Rosanne Cash

© Atlantic Music, BMI

The summer was the killer tween our hearts and minds
Every day's a drama dragging by in quarter time
By summer it was over I couldn't see it through
Trying not to lose my mind while I was leaving you

Our friends are in the halfway house you're still on the mend
Don't know if I've changed at all but I'm in love with you again
We're all in the halfway house or so it sometimes seems
Tryin' to find the truth inside instead of gettin' by on dreams

In summer we were blinded we thought it couldn't last
Crying bout the future and fightin' bout the past
The summer was no bargain look at us today
Running from the mem'ry of the price we had to pay

Friends are in the halfway house you're still on the mend...
[ instrumental ]
We're all in the halfway house or so it sometimes seems
Tryin' to find the truth inside instead of gettin' by on dreams
We're all in the halfway house guess I always knew
You could give up on yourself but I could not give up on you

Givin' in the halfway house
Givin' in the halfway house

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6.

Pink Bedroom

John Hiatt

© Bumblebee Music, BMI

She paints her fingernails forbidden tones
She wants nervous youth on the telephone
He don't call she sticks another pin
In her doll and puts it next to her stuffed animals

She got the tube top she got the french heels
She got the blow dry she got her eyes peeled
She got the tight jeans seventeen magazine
She got it all she got it all she got it all in her pink bedroom

She thinks all her boyfriends are so dumb
She drinks coca cola with valium
Mother calls she sticks another pin
In her doll and lets those fingers talk her into it

She got the lip gloss she got the short shorts
She got her records and they're all imports
She got her good looks she got her yearbook
She got it all she got it all she got it all in her pink bedroom
[ instrumental ]
They say they got her future down at the desk
Now they're drawin' blood for the grown-up test
Something crawls beneath her lily skin
And her doll is so relieved she's lost her innocence

It was a teen game now we're serious
It's all customized don't get curious
She got her pension and your attention
She got it all she got it all she got it all in her pink bedroom

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7.

Never Alone

Rosanne Cash - Vince Gill

© Atlantic Music, BMI

You were like a lost kid lookin' for home
You found what you wanted right in my arms
So if you walk out on me leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go I love you so you're never alone
Never alone

So if you find another woman turns your head
And you can't understand why it hurts so bad
If you walk out on me just leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go I love you so you're never alone

There ain't no need to talk about it
I can learn to live without it
Leave your heart right here with me
[ instrumental ]
If you walk out on me leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go
If you walk out on me leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go I love you so you're never alone
Never alone never alone never alone never alone

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8.

My Old Man

Rosanne Cash

© Atlantic Music, BMI

The old man is laughing tonight he's young beyond his fears
But then the smile drops from his eyes and we all wind up in tears
The old man's crying tonight cause it all happened so fast
He's frightened by the future embarrassed by the past

Let him be who he wants to be cause he ain't ever gonna be young again
Let him see who he needs to see cause he never had too many friends
And ask him how he remembers me cause I want to know where I stand
How I love my old man

The old man's restless tonight just tryin' to kill his pain
He believes what he says he believes but that don't make him a saint
The old man's lonesome tonight and he just wants to go home
All those fools who stand in his way why can't they leave him alone

So let him be who he wants to be cause he ain't ever gonna be young again...

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9.

Never Gonna Hurt

Rosanne Cash

© Atlantic Music, BMI

You give me no reason to cry but I do
You tell me you don't tell me lies is that true
I can't stand your strange emotion
I don't like your meek devotion
Send my old heart in motion
So you can't hurt me more
It ain't ever gonna hurt anymore

You tell me I got out of line and I did
You think I'll never survive but I'll live
Let's break up what bound together
I'll use all my drastic measures
Leave while I still feel clever
You can't hurt me more
It ain't ever gonna hurt anymore
[ instrumental ]
I think you've lost your youth
And you think I play too loose
But I'll tell you what the truth is
You can't hurt me more
So let go of old emotions
Get someone's new devotion
You think I'm only jokin'
But you can't hurt me more
It ain't never gonna hurt anymore

Never gonna hurt never gonna hurt
Never gonna never gonna hurt

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10.

Closing Time

Rosanne Cash

© Atlantic Music, BMI

I was a fool to say it was over I was concerned with my pride
The words are crazy and fall out of place from this heartache I can't hide
I hear your name in slow conversation I see your face in the crowd
My heart desires so many things that my pride just can't allow

I'd close down this heart tomorrow leave without a fight
Say goodbye to your sweet mem'ry if I can lie in your arms tonight
If I can lie in your arms tonight

Was I the fool to think you would see me when all I wanted was you
Then I saw your eyes go through those changes and wondered how you knew
I hear your name in slow conversation I close my eyes and know
I'd never find a way to deceive you I just can't let you go

I'd close down this heart tomorrow leave without a fight...
I was a fool to say it was over

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