1.

(# 5 country hit)
(# 51 pop hit)

Hot Mama

Casey Beathard - Tom Shapiro

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

You're doing all you can to get in them old jeans
You want that body back you had at seventeen
Now baby don't get down don't you worry bout a thing
Cause the way you're fillin' out hey that's alright with me
I don't want the girl you used to be
And if you ain't notice the kids are fast asleep

And you're one hot mama
You turn me on lets turn it up
And turn this room into a sauna
One hot mama oh what you say babe you wanna

I know sometimes you think that all you really are
Is the women with the kids and the groceries in the car
and you're worryin' bout you hips and you're worried bout your age
Meanwhile I try to catch the breath you take away
Oh and believe me you still do baby all I see when I look at you

Is one hot mama...

I can't imagine me loving someone else
I'm a lucky man I think daddy's got himself

One hot mama...

Cause you're one hot mama
Let's turn this room into a sauna
Whatta ya say babe whatta ya say babe

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2.

Comin' On Strong

Tony Lane - David Lee

© Window Music, BMI

I said I'd call sometime no I think I just said I might
Cause I was cool as Colorado
Mr Saturday Night we're talkin' shades on
Leanin' on the pay phone

I let her know right off I was the restless kind
Don't expect for me to get all tangled up and tied
I was one smooth cowboy but don't look now boys

She's comin' on strong from outta nowhere
She's some kind of sweet and I'm some kind of scared
She's touching my hat and I don't even care
She's comin' on strong in her big blue eyes I can do no wrong
I was doin' alright gettin' by on my own
Till little miss you-know-who comes along
She's comin' on strong

Now who's that callin' me her little honeybear
Sittin' next to me with her head on my shoulder
We're talkin' up close and I'm thinkin' uh oh
Where's all this lovey dovey stuff comin' from
I've tried to tell her I'm no good
And anyday I'm bound to run but she just laughs
Man what's up with that

She's comin' on strong from outta nowhere...

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3.

Then Came The Night

Chuck Jones - John Kilzer

© Jonesin For A Hit, BMI

Long-legged shadows Mississippi sunset
She was standing like a candle that hasn't been burned yet
The wind was blowin' clouds like ashes
Had my hand in my pocket reaching for my matches

I can see those cotton sheets dancin'
On her mama's clothesline in my head
From my lips a Lucky Strike was danglin'
The day was dyin' in a sea of red

The came the night warm and dark
Draggin' it's chains across our hearts
The moon was full the grass was wet
Making us scream making us sweat
Holdin' on tight it was wrong it was right
Then came the night

There was a time when love was a flower
Now it's a vine climbin' up the tower
And the river just rolls past the garden
Where love won't grow and the ground has hardened

I can see that tattered white flag flyin'
I can hear the ringin' mission bell
Telling of the innocence that's dyin'
A sound that I remember oh so well

The came the night warm and dark
Draggin' it's chains across our hearts
The moon was full the grass was wet
Makin' us moan makin' us wet
Makin' us cling makin' us claw
Makin' us rise makin' us fall
Breath on breath skin on skin
I can't go back there again
Holdin' on tight it was wrong it was right
Then came the night

I remember that summer I was working for her daddy
I was still a boy but I knew I was ready
When she reached out and took my hand
She became a woman and I became a man
I wonder if she still thinks about me
The way I still think about her
You don't forget something like that
There's only one first time

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4.

I'd Sure Hate To Breakdown Here

Jess Brown - Patrick Matthews

© April Music, ASCAP

Mile marker 2003
The gas gauge leaning on the edge of E
And I'll be danged if the rain aint pourin' down

Somethings smokin' underneath the hood
Theres a bangin' and a clangin' and it cant be good
And it's another 50 miles to the nearest town
Everything I own's in the back in a Hefty bag
I'm out of cigarettes and I'm down to my last drag

I'd sure hate to break down here
Nothin' up ahead or in the rearview mirror
Out in the middle of nowhere knowin'
I'm in trouble if these wheels stop rollin'
So God help me keep me movin' somewhere
Don't let me start wishin' I was with her now

Ive made it this far without cryin' a single tear
And I'd sure hate to break down here
A hundred fifty thousand miles ago
Before the bad blood and busted radio
You said I was all you'd ever need
But love is blind and little did i know
That you were just another dead end road
Paved with pretty lies and broken dreams
Baby leaving you was easier than being gone
Don't know what I'll do if one more thing goes wrong

I'd sure hate to break down here...
I'd sure hate to break down here...

Its too late to turn around
I'd sure hate to break down here
Mile marker 215

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5.

Missing You

Tim Mensy - Monty Criswell

© Tree Pub, BMI

An hour into my shift I'm covered from head to toe
Drilling oil from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
Sun's on the rise sweat rolling black down my face
Work until I can't move another back breaking typical day

I've weathered waterspouts and hurricanes
Hailstorms and driving rain and missing you
I've worked through broken drills and busted hands
Weeks without seeing dry land and missing you
I'll work as hard as any man but until I'm home with you again
The toughest thing out here that I go through is missing you

I lay down on my bed and stare at that picture of you
Barefoot on the beach looking at me the way you do
I fall asleep with your letter in my hands
Dream about you until that ol' whistle starts screaming again

I've weathered waterspouts and hurricanes...

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6.

One Of Those Nights

Tom Shapiro - Jason Sellers

© Tree Pub, BMI

Have you ever had one of those days you wake up feelin' good
So good that you could take the whole world on
One of those days when you just know no matter what
Nothin' in the world could go wrong
Well that's the way I feel this mornin'
But baby I just gotta say I always have one of those days

After one of those nights just like last night
Oh my what a beautiful thing just you and me
Those tangled sheets were wrapped around us
Baby thanks to your love it was one of those nights that leads
To one of those days that leads right to one of those nights

Have you ever had one of those smiles you just can't wipe away
The sweet anticipation's too strong one of those smiles ya wear all day
Cause you can taste the kiss of passion waitin' back home
Well that's the one I'm wearin' right now
But baby you always leave one of those smiles on me

After one of those nights just like last night...

When everything's perfect (one of those nights)
When you want me you touch me you move me

After one of those nights just like last night...

Oh oh one of those nights...

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7.

Untamed

George Teren - Monty Criswell

© Tree Pub, BMI

I like to be a little wild
I like to raise a little cain
I wanna keep it on the edge
And let my restless heart remain untamed

I'm gonna live the way I love love the way I live
Walk the highest wire and stay out on a limb
Away from any fences free of any chains
Unbound untied untamed

I only want what I've got comin'
I'll take the credit and the blame
Even when I'm bent and broken
I pray my spirit always stays untamed

I'm gonna live the way I love love the way I live...

I take no map I make no plans
I've let go of the reigns
I have no rules I feel no fear
No restraints untamed
Away from any fences free of any chains
Unbound untied untamed
Untamed untamed

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8.

Then I Wake Up

Tim Mensy - Monty Criswell

© Tree Pub, BMI

I smell the fragrance of your hair
Feel your fingers and your breath on my skin
When we're here alone like this
A crazy world makes perfect sense
I hear you whisperin' my name
Your kisses leave the sweetest taste on my lips
When you say I love you too
Soft and tender like you do
I know all my dreams have come true

Then I wake up on the floor beside our bed
Where I sleep ever since the night you left me alone
In this old house days go by but I'm still in love
With who we used to be now you're just a precious memory
I can count on every night to hold me tight then I wake up

I lay here while the truth sinks in
I'm still alone you're still not here
And we're still through I remember our last night
Every word right up to goodbye slowly I drift off again
I'm saying words I wish I'd said that night to you
And you don't drive off in your car
And I don't have a broken heart
And you can't wait to be in my arms

Then I wake up on the floor beside our bed...

I'm still in love with who we used to be
Now you're just a precious memory
I can count on every night to hold me tight then I wake up
On the floor beside our bed where I sleep
Ever since the night you left me alone in this old house

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9.

One Nightstand

Trey Bruce - Patrick Matthews

© Almo Music, ASCAP

Well it ain't home but it'll have to do for a while
Got a fold down bed two windows on the parking lot
Three plates on the kitchenette a table and a chair where I can eat
A little black and white TV a shower stall and a bathroom sink
And one two drawer nightstand barely enough room to be a man

And on that nightstand sits a photograph of my wife and kids
Reminding me of how good it was and right now how bad it is
Beside it there's a coffee cup where I keep my wedding ring and stuff
And some nights it still keeps me up how I got where I am
Funny how a man's life can be reduced to a one nightstand

On the fifth of last November on a business trip in Denver
The airport canceled all the flights we were snowed-in strangers
Alone for the night she said hi I'm Angie and I'm from Boston
Would you drink a beer with me if I bought 'em
So I hit the hotel bar with her figured what could it hurt

Sittin' on the bed leanin' against the wall with a Bible and a gun
One of them was gonna save me the only question was which one
So I got down on my shakin' knees asked the Lord forgive me please
Dropped the gun and grabbed my keys that picture and my wedding band
Funny how a man's life can all come down to a one nightstand
One nightstand one nightstand

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10.

Baby's Gone

Tim Nichols - Mark D. Sanders - Tia Sillers

© Bumblebee Music, BMI

If this was a joke I'd be laughing by now
Cuttin' up with the boys and braggin' bout how
I talked my way out of the trouble I was in again

She kept sayin you're gonna miss me
But I never did take her seriously
I guess her gift of prophecy was real amen

Baby's gone baby ain't to blame
That'd be my fault me and my no brain
Might'a took a train to Tupelo
Might'a been Tulsa for all I know
Talk about movin' on baby's gone

I admit I'm the type needs a wakeup call
Sometimes you gotta hit me with a cannonball
I guess baby goin' AWOL did the trick pretty quick

Now the trick is gettin' that girl back home
Gonna get in the car get on the phone
If I have to call everyone she's ever known tell 'em this

Baby's gone baby ain't to blame...

If you wanted my attention you've got it now
Baby anything anywhere anyhow

Baby's gone baby ain't to blame...
That's the name of the song baby's gone

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11.

(# 15 country hit)

Rough And Ready

Craig Wiseman - Brian White - Blair Mackichan

© Window Music, BMI

Mudgrips white tip cigar stickin' out of my face
Earnhardt racing sticker on the window
Banged up fender 4x4 straight pipe roar
Primer and rust all over the door
Scarred up knuckles Mack belt buckle
White t-shirt - Ain't afraid to work
Got a what-are-you-looking-at-asshole smirk

Cold beer hot wings wranglers skoal ring
Get just what you see
Gun rack ball cap don't take no crap
Ain't a pretty boy toy
I'll rock you steady rough and ready

Work boots one blue suit size too small don't wear at all
Unless somebody kids gets hitched that's a bitch makes me itch
Up with sun off on the run makin' money money cause I wanna have fun
Five o'clock whistle off like a missle got a hot date girl named Kate
Thinks I'm cool cause I shoot straight ain't one thing about her fake
She's long and tall and she goes great with

Cold beer hot wings wranglers skoal ring...

Well you are who you are and that's all right with me
Well I am who I am and that's all I can be

Cold beer hot wings wranglers skoal ring...

Rough and ready yeah me and my buddies are all alike
We say hey watch this you okay that didn't turn out to good

What are you looking at
Yeah that's a real gun in that gun rack no I don't have a permit for it
Do you have a permit to ask stupid questions like that
Yeah that's what I thought

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