1.

(# 8 country hit)

The Sheriff Of Boone County

Elson Smith - Frank Marusa

© Walter A Smith Music, BMI

Yeah I don't take no lip
And this cannon on my hip
Let me tell you boy it ain't no toy
I wear a hat just like a mounty
I'm the sheriff of Boone County
Be careful boy cause you're in a heap of a trouble boy

Now if you're tryin' to push your Caddy
From Nashville to Cincinnati
You have to come across the Boone County line
Now if you're ever known drivin' through
You better mind your P's and Q's
Cause this here stretch of interstate boy is mine

Now you might outrun my ole Chevrolet
But you can't outrun my ole two way
Leon waitin' at the station to hear from me
Now you're gonna be a wishin'
I believe in extradition
Cause I'll chase you all the way back to Tennessee

Now I don't take no lip...
[ instrumental ]
So far I guess you been lucky
But by now you're in Boone County Kentucky
And I don't know how things are in Tennessee
Now I'm the roughest you ever saw
Around here I'm the law
And it's been that way since back in '43

Now I don't take no lip
And this cannon on my hip
Let me tell you boy it ain't no toy
I wear a hat just like a mounty
I'm the sheriff of Boone County
By the way you're in a heap of a trouble boy

Yeah I run the grocery store and yeah I pump the gas
I paint the lines on the streets
Yeah I'm the dog catcher the judge I'm him too
Ha you might as well just plead guilty
Yeah I post your bond for you too if you like
Oh we got all kinda things goin' for us around here
Yeah if you happen to wreck your car on the way to the courthouse
We got a used car lot down there too yeah we'll take care of you
Cause I wanna tell you somethin' boy you're in a heap of trouble
Yeah wanta wind it up oh guilty or not guilty
That's like I thought you was yeah you're guilty
Just plead guilty boy I'll take you home with me
Ha har yeah you'll never get back to Tennessee
Lock you up boy feed you on baloney and hot gravy
Yeah what's that switchblade knife you got there
Oh carryin' a concealed weapon huh now we'll throw you away for good
Yeah you're about the grooviest cat I've ever known in a long time
We'll get a lot of money out of you boy
Yeah well I wish we could end this song
Cause it's cause it's keepin' me up man
I've missed out on missed out on the police ball
The policeman's ball that's right

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2.

Something To Believe In

Bill Eldridge - Gary Stewart

© Forrest Hills Music, BMI

She lays her head on my pillow every night
She shares a dream the same dream as I
The two of us together loving and living
She gives me something to believe in

She gives me something to believe in
I devote to her all of my being
She is the reason life now has meaning
She gives me something to believe in
[ instrumental ]
I must have an angel sleeping here with me
Seems there's always a helper there when I'm in need
She's my whole future on her I can depend
She gives me something to believe in

She gives me something to believe in...
She gives me something to believe

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3.

Alice In Wonderland

Ray Griff

© Blue Echo Music, ASCAP

Alice it's a wonder that you haven't been pulled under
By the swift and angry current of the times
Alice it's surprisin' you're so warm and sympathizin'
When so many girls are thoughtless and unkind

You share all my problems and you try to help me solve 'em
When I'm down and out you always stand by me
Alice it's assuring knowing nothing weird's maturing
In the makeup of your personality

Which gives me cause to believe you're my Alice in Wonderland
The touch of a soothing hand the key to a perfect plan
And furthermore I believe you're a rose in a world of thorns
The calm in a raging storm my Alice in Wonderland

Alice it's a wonder that your mind has not been plundered
By the cold and bitter villan of deceit
Alice it's surprisin' you're not always criticizin'
Like so many women that I've chanced to meet

You make me feel wanted and not once have I been taunted
To a point where I desire to be free
Alice it's assuring knowing our love is enduring
All the obstacles in this society

Which gives me cause to believe you're my Alice in Wonderland...

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4.

Poverty

Harold Tipton - Morgan Gibson

© WB Music, ASCAP

There's a way of life that most folks don't even know about
When the cotton crop fails and the garden dries up because of the drought
And your only clothes are hangin' on your back and they're all worn out
And there's patches on the patches on your knee

The night wind whistles through the cracks and the holes in the bedroom wall
The high water comes and it takes your house barn and all
You work like a dog to raise a fat hog and he dies in the fall
It's trouble and strife and a way of life called poverty

Poverty is a broken down shack and a greedy landlord
And your money crop beaten down by a summer storm
And you never see Washington's head on a greenback dollar
Poverty is a wishin' to the Lord that you've never been born
[ instrumental ]
Try to catch a rabbit in the knee deep snow for somethin' to eat
But all you catch is a winter cold and frozen feet
The rabbit's done gone and you gotta go home without any meat
Wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't six kids dependin' on me

We'd starve to death a long time ago hadn't a been for ole blue
Blue's my ole hound dog and he's a good'un too
He'll catch them coons where there ain't no coons he'll see us through
This trouble and strife and a way of life called poverty

Poverty is a broken down shack and a greedy landlord...
[ instrumental ]
Poverty is a workin' six days from dawn to dusk
The seventh day is Sunday and go to church you must
When they pass the hat around you just sit there with your head hung down
Cause you ain't got a penny tween you and the devil and the deep blue sea
It's trouble and strife and a way of life called poverty
It's trouble and strife and a way of life called poverty

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5.

Just Plain Man

Bob Milsap

© Kelso Herston Music, BMI

He was born out in a lean to
On the west bank of the river
All he ever drank was a muddy water
And all he ever ate was chicken liver
I say hey hey hey

He grew up by the grace of God
He never learned to read or write
He never did nothin' to hurt nobody
He slept a real good at night
I say hey hey hey

He was a just plain man
I think we oughta give him a hand
You may not ever see another one again
He was a just plain man
[ instrumental ]
He never wanted nothin' he didn't have
He was easily satisfied
I don't think that he ever saw a dollar bill
He was happy till the day he died
I say hey hey hey

Now do you think you've got the meanin'
Of all I'm tryin' to give you
Well you may be a big shot now
But you ain't gonna take it with you
I say hey hey hey

He was a just plain man...
[ instrumental ]
He was a just plain man...

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6.

Tell Her You Love Her

Scott Wiseman

© Duchess Music, BMI

Tell her you love her today
Tell her in your own simple way
It's the same ole story to her it's never old
And even though she knows it she likes to be told

Maybe she's lonely and blue
Her world depending on you
So tell her you love her today
And smiles will drive the teardrops away

Oh maybe she's lonely and blue
And her world it's depending on you
Oh tell her you love her today
And smiles will drive the teardrops away
Oh tell her you love her today

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7.

(# 10 country hit)

Biloxi

Larry Kingston

© Window Music, BMI

I just pulled outta Minneapolis and I aimed my headlights south
Got the taste of cherry lipstick still a clingin' to my mouth
She begged me not to leave her and she cried till I nearly stayed
But I glanced at that ole roadmap and she just didn't make the grade
There wasn't nothin' wrong with her lovin'
She just ain't got what they got down in Biloxi

I got a doll in Pascagola I got a jewel in Gulf Port
And both of them more warm blooded that any one I've met up north
And there's a cajun queen in Creole she must be six feet tall
When she straps lovin' on you hoss you just climb right up the wall
Ain't nothin' against the other states
They just ain't got what they got down in Biloxi
[ instrumental ]
When I reach the city limits I'm gonna stop upon the bluff
Nonchalantly get naked and go swimmin' in the gulf
Wash the north off of me and when I feel like it's done
I'm gonna crawl up on a rock and soak up all that southern sun
The sun shines in Minnesota but it don't shine like it do down in Biloxi
[ instrumental ]
Then I'm goin' to missin' persons I'm gonna turn my body in
And beg the police to shoot me if I try to leave again
Cause friend I've been all over and even lookin' at it from the worst
It's still stands out as bein' about the finest place on earth
I think a chunk of heaven musta fell down on the spot they call Biloxi
Yeah this country boy's a goin' home to Biloxi

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8.

Him Jim Bill And Me

Dick Feller

© Vector Music, BMI

I was a stockin' headed stick horse and Him was a little boy
And of all the things Him found to play with I was Him's favorite toy
We rode all over the big backyard and around the big oak tree
And from the first day Him found Jim and Bill it was Him Jim Bill and me
I never knew from where they come or how they ever met
Just all of a sudden there they were just as close as friends can get
We roped and rode and cussed and sang way out in the big backyard
That's before Him's dad had the patio built and had the basketball court tarred
I wanna tell ya it was wild in those days out by that big oak tree
And they mighta lost the whole backyard if it wasn't for Him Jim Bill and me
Then there was the day that the neighbor kids came and asked why they couldn't see
They musta been meanin' Jim and Bill cause I know they saw Him and me
Him said why can't you see ole Jim standin' by the side of me
And Bill a sleepin' yonder with his hat pulled down in the shade of that big oak tree
Of course the kids just laughed at first but I knew they could see
Cause pretty soon we were playin' together the kids Him Jim Bill and me
Why I could tell ya a many a day of keepin' the law in hand
Cause on the other side of that big white fence was a Mexican borderland
An Oklahoma territory clear to the clothes line it spread
Then New York City and Texas were divided by the flower bed
One day we even chased some pirates across the Persian Sea
And we whipped ever one of 'em single handed just Him Jim Bill and me
But then the days grew far between that I'd answer Him's whistle call
And after that one short summer Him didn't even come at all
Oh well Him was a gettin' a little heavy I was losin' my mane
So they put me to graze in this dusty ole attic away from the wind and rain
Now a silly mouse told me just last week that Him's a goin' to a college school
Now I don't know whether to believe it or not cause that mouse is kind of a fool
What's that you say Him's grown up now why that could never be
Cause the day that Him's really grown up there'll be no more Jim nor Bill nor me

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9.

Tonopah Highway

Jay Ramsey

© Surety Songs, BMI

Well the story of my world can begin with a girl
That I found on the Tonopah highway

I've always made my livin' playin' steel guitar
I didn't get rich just playin' small hotels and bars
Then one day comin' from a job in Reno
I picked up a girl like I never had seen-o
She sang me sad songs drivin' down the Tonopah highway

I got her a job workin' nights in a downtown casino
And she'd come to my late show when she got through runnin' keen-o
Ev'ry once in a while I'd asked her on the stage
She'd sing sad songs and the people would rave
And I fell in love with a girl from the Tonopah highway

Well the story of my life can began with the strife
That I found on the Tonopah highway

I took her to a man who said he could make her a big star
Well he brought her nice clothes and he put her in a big fine new car
He gave me a smile when he took her from my side
He made her a star but he stole her pride
I lost the love of the girl from the Tonopah highway

I returned her call just as soon as I received her message
But they told me she was gone and she left no forwardin' addresses
I don't know what finally made her run
But I read the story in the Morning Sun
The headline said there was a wreck on the Tonopah highway

They identified the star in the wreckage of her car oh no
Goin' north on the Tonopah highway
North on the Tonopah highway

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10.

Big Daddy

John D. Loudermilk

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

Who's that sneakin' down the fire escape
Who's that a peekin' through the garden gate
Who's on the loose but can't be found
Big Daddy's Alabamie bound

Big Daddy's Alabamie bound
Big Daddy's Alabamie bound
Police a searchin' but he can't be found
Big Daddy's Alabamie bound
[ instrumental ]
Somebody ran off with the Mayor's wife
Somebody tried to take the sheriff's life
Somebody stole the judge's ole ragged gown
Big Daddy's Alabamie bound

Big Daddy's Alabamie bound...
[ instrumental ]
Highway patrol and FBI
Is out a huntin' this criminal
I've got the hound dogs sniffin' to the ground
Oh Big Daddy's Alabamie bound

Big Daddy's Alabamie bound...
Daddy's Alabamie bound

Did you do it Billy Sanford
It was you Chip Young
You're guilty Jerry Smith
Henry
Willie Ackerman it was you
Jimmy Capps is guilty
Well the America knew it was you
We're Alabamie bound

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