1.

(# 1 country hit)

Tennessee Flat Top Box

Johnny Cash

© Southwind Music, BMI

In a little cabaret in a south Texas border town
Sat a boy and his guitar and the people came from all around
And all the girls from there to Austin
Were slippin' way from home and puttin' jewelry in hock
To take a trip to go and listen
To the little dark haired boy that played The Tennessee Flat Top Box
And he would play
[ guitar ]
Well he couldn't ride or wrangle and he never cared to make a dime
But give him his guitar and he'd be happy all the time
And all the girls from nine to ninety
Were snappin' fingers tappin' toes and beggin' him don't stop
And hypnotized and fascinated
By the little dark haired boy who played The Tennessee Flat Top Box
And he would play
[ guitar ]
Then one day he was gone and no one ever saw him round
He vanished like the breeze they forgot him in the little town
But all the girls still dreamed about him
And hung around the cabaret until the doors ware locked
And then one day on the hit parade
Was a little dark haired boy who played a Tennessee Flat Top Box
And he would play
[ guitar ]


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2.

(# 14 country hit)

It Hasn't Happened Yet

John Hiatt

© Bumblebee Music, BMI

You said that I would be sorry if you went away
You said I wouldn't be happy without hell to pay
You said the teardrops would fall between the bedroom walls
You said that I would regret but it hasn't happened yet

Your friends come over and offer to take me to eat
They seem so sorry I'm sufferin' so much misery
They say to just give a call next time that I start to crawl
I always say yeah you bet but it hasn't happened yet

I don't have anyone I'm havin' fun
Nobody's into me no one's a mystery
I see you on the street my heart don't miss a beat
Love and hostility don't mean a thing to me

I find it hard to remember the good times we had
Call me insensitive now that it's over I'm glad
You said when big shadows fell it would be too hard to tell
My life from your silhouette but it hasn't happened yet
Don't hold your breath baby

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3.

(# 25 country hit)

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

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

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4.

Third Rate Romance

Russell Smith

© Fourth Floor Music, ASCAP

Sittin' at a tiny table in a ritzy restaurant
She was satrin' at her coffee cup
He was tryin' to keep his courage up by applyin' booze
Talk was small if they talked at all they both knew what they wanted
There was no need to talk about it
They were old enough to know about it and keep it loose

She said you don't look like my type but I guess you'll do
Third rate romance low rent rendezvous
He said I'll even tell you that I love you if you want me to
Third rate romance low rent rendezvous
[ steel - guitar ]
When they left the bar they got in his car and they drove away
They drove to the family inn
She didn't even have to pretend she didn't know what for
Then he went to the desk and he made his request while she waited outside
Then he came back with the key
And she said give it to me I'll unlock the door

She kept saying I've never really done this kind of thing before have you
Third rate romance low rent rendezvous
He said yes I have but only a time or two
Third rate romance low rent rendezvous
Third rate romance low rent rendezvous

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5.

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

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

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6.

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

Darling he'll be anything but mine
He'll be anybody's darling he'll be anything but mine
(Darling darling) he'll be anything but mine

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7.

That's How I Got To Memphis

Tom T. Hall

© Newkeys Music, BMI

If you love somebody enough you'll follow wherever they go
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
If you love somebody enough you'll go where your heart wants to go
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis

I know if you've seen him you'd tell me cause you're my friend
I've got to find him and find out the trouble he's in
And if you tell me he's not here you can follow the trail of my tears
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis

He'd get mad and he used to say he'd go back and find her someday
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis
I haven't eaten a bite or slept for three days and nights
That's how I got to Memphis that's how I got to Memphis

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8.

You Don't Have Very Far To Go

Merle Haggard - Red Simpson

© Owen Publications, BMI

You always find a way to hurt my pride
If I'm not cryin' you're not satisfied
I don't know why you want to hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart you don't have very far to go

You don't have very far to go before the heartaches begin
I already feel the sadness of a heartbreak settin' in
You've turnin' down the flame of love too low
If you're tryin' to break my heart you don't have very far to go

You don't have very far to go before the heartaches begin...

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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
[ guitar - fiddle ]
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
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Well I taught the weepin' willow how to cry cry cry...

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10.

(# 1 country hit)

My Baby Thinks He's A Train

Leroy Preston

© Bumblebee Music, BMI

It's three a.m. in the mornin'
The train whistle is blowin'
It sounds like some lonesome song got in my soul in my soul
My baby split blank and he won't be back no more

My baby thinks he's a train
He makes his whistle stop then he's gone again
Sometimes it's hard on a poor girl's brain a poor girl's brain
I'm tellin' you boys my baby thinks he's a train

Locomotion's the way he moves
He drags me round just like an old caboose
I'm tellin' you girls that man's insane
My baby thinks he's a train

Choo choo rages on train sound
It's the noise that you hear when my baby hits town
With his long hair flyin' man he's hard to take
What you supposed to do when your baby thinks he's a train

He eats money like a train eats coal
He burns it up and leaves you in the smoke
If you wanna catch a ride you wait till he unwinds
He's just like a train he always gives some tramp a ride

Locomotion's the way he moves...

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