1.

Big Big Heartaches

Melba Montgomery - Carl Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

At night I try to sleep but sleep won't come
So I walk the floor and greet the morning sun
The past with all its lurin' memories
Control this broken heart inside of me

Big big heartaches hurt me so
How can I make my foolish heart let go
Big big heartaches keep hanging on
Big big heartaches since you're gone
[ instrumental ]
I guess that I will always be a fool
My heart will always tell me what to do
My mind tells me it's best to let you go
My heart cries out that I still love you so

Big big heartaches hurt me so...
Big big heartaches since you're gone

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2.

I've Come A Long Way

Melba Montgomery - Carl Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

I saw him again today and I was surprised
I felt no pain inside my heart and no teardrops filled my eyes
After all the times I've cried and wished that I could die
I've come a long long way from goodbye

It's strange that I could change so much but I don't feel the same
I didn't fall apart today when he called my name
I loved him once I can deny to try it would be a lie
But I've come a long long way from goodbye
[ instrumental ]
I'll walk down life's lonely road and find somebody new
Then I will find the happiness I never had with you
They say true love will never die but time has turned the tide
I've come a long long way from goodbye

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3.

It's Not The Same

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

Dim lights flash across the floor
Lights that flashed in days before
Same old place we used to go
But it's not the same with me anymore

Another shares your warm embrace
The hands that now caress her face
Caressed mine too in days before
Oh it's not the same with me anymore

Happiness cannot be found I've tried to love anew
This heart of mine just won't give in it still belongs to you

Other people laugh and smile
I guess for me it'll be a while
Too many dreams gone out the door
Oh it's not the same with me anymore
[ instrumental ]
Happiness cannot be found I've tried to love anew
This heart of mine just won't give in it still belongs to you

Around me people having fun
Same old crowd except for one
All my dreams gone out the door
It's not the same with me anymore

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4.

Don't Make Me Change

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

Darling lately you said things that almost made me cry
And you're doing things that I know you don't really want to do
Is there something I can do to have please let me try
Don't make me change the way I feel about you

For I still love you even more I guess
Than the day we met and I fell in your sweet caress
My heart is ready and my tremblin' lips will say I do
Don't make me change the way I feel about you
[ instrumental ]
Everybody says I'm just about to see the light
And they're telling me your heart is false you never can be true
I hope the things that I'm hearing is just gossip lies
Don't make me change the way I feel about you

For I still want you even more I guess...

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5.

I'm Never Gonna Be The Same

Melba Montgomery - Carl Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

Take a look at me tell me what do you see
I know you're gonna find just a little bit of sign made by misery
I can't give my heart to somebody new
The day my world fell apart you took my heart with you

All of my friends keep a tellin' me I've changed
And it's true without you I'm never gonna be the same
When I lost you I lost a part of me too
And I'm never gonna be the same old me without you
[ instrumental ]
All of my friends keep a telling me I've changed...
No I'm never gonna be the same old me without you

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6.

Before She Changed Your Mind

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

A future filled with sorrow crossed my path of happiness
The day another won your heart and sweet caress
The world I now live in is cold and filled with misery
As long as I live without you the blues won't let me be

She took you from me and left me lonely
Is it wrong to keep on wanting you
I still love you even though it's been a long long time
Come back to me the one you love before she changed your mind
[ instrumental ]
I'll face each new tomorrow with thoughts of loneliness
No day goes by that still put from the rest
Your mem'ry lingers everywhere there's blues on every street
And all I have is heartaches I know I'm doomed to keep

She took you from me and left me lonely...

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7.

The Mood I'm In

Melba Montgomery - Carl Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

From my window I can see the light at the place we used to go
And in the distance I hear laughter from all the friends I know
I dress to go and they'll expect me they invited me but then
A party just don't fit the mood I'm in

There's not supposed to be teardrops where there's people havin' fun
And I know I'll shed millions between now and gone
There's no use to try enjoy them I just pole the knife for them
Their company won't change the mood I'm in
[ instrumental ]
Yes I'll take a walk all by myself to try and lose my blues
I can't stay here in this lonely room I once shared with you
My heart is filled with our ol' mem'ries of things I know won't be again
A party just don't fit the mood I'm in

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8.

The Blues Are Closing In

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

Here they come to keep me company
They're bringing loneliness to torture me
My life will be so full of misery
The blues are closing in on me

I must get ready for the lonely hours
Get used to lots of crying for the one
Old heart you're in for the bad time I see
The blues are closing in on me
[ instrumental ]
I see they brought old memories of you
Remindin' me that you and I are through
No happiness will they let me see
The blues are closing in on me

I must get ready for the lonely hours...

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9.

We Reopened An Old Love

Melba Montgomery - Earl Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

We were two lonely people before we kissed for a moment
You belonged to her I belonged to him we both have wedding rings on us
We never thought one tender kiss could show what it shows
And reopen again an old love we had closed

We know now we were lonely we got mad over nothing one night
You found another girl I met another man we married them just for spite
Our love can't stay a secret we've got to let them know
We reopened again an love we had closed
[ instrumental ]
I'll go to him and tell him I love only you
If you'll go to her and tell her you love me too
Let's hope they will forgive us when we tell them what we know
You found another girl I met another man and from them we've got to go
Into the arms that wave with love knowing we just reposed
And reopened again an old love we had closed

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10.

Don't Make Me Build Another Wall

Melba Montgomery - Carl Montgomery - Bill Hayes

© Glad Music, BMI

Not long ago this heart of mine was broken
And around this heart of mine I built a wall
Just living like there never was tomorrow
Then I met you that's when I knew the wall would fall

The wall has fallen from around this heart of mine
I can't resist your tender kiss that's all divine
To lose you now would be my big downfall
So please don't make me build another wall
[ instrumental ]
I'm free now from the prison built by heartbreak
Where mem'ries from your love have kept me bound
Though in your arms I've found true love and freedom
I'm glad you crumbled my wall to the ground

The wall has fallen from around this heart of mine...

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11.

Listen Arms

Melba Montgomery - Earl Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

From now on I know I'll be so blue
Cause for he told me just tore me in two
He didn't want me he never need me he never love me anyway
He tore me apart and broke my heart then said be on your way

So listen arms wave him goodbye
Eyes don't look back and cry
Beat on heart don't stop cause I can't stay
Oh come on feet please take me away
[ instrumental ]
From now on I know I'll spend my time
Some lonely place try to ease my mind
Too bad I met him can't forget him after loving him so long
I want to die cause I don't know why I should keep living on

So listen arms wave him goodbye...

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12.

Blues No One Can Describe

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

Since you've been gone my life's been filled with only loneliness
I keep wonderin' if my days ahead bring happiness
Somehow I make it through the days although they seem so long
But the blues that no one can describe don't get it till night comes on

There's no one here to see the tears caused from missin' you
Just memories for company of times when I held you
Somehow I make it through the days although they seem so long
But the blues that no one can describe don't get in till night comes on
[ instrumental ]
There's no one here to see the tears caused from missin' you...

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