1.

As Long As The Winds Blow

Curly Putman

© Tree Pub, BMI

Well no one can ever hold the wind
So don't waste your time a holding on to me
Just let me love then I'll be gone again
For there's one thing little girl you must see

As long as the winds blow long as the rivers flow
Long as the train whistles scream
As long as the wild goose flies long as the flood tides rise
There's just no way of holding me

Mister this chain gang can never hold
A man with such a wandering restless soul
Just turn your back and that's the last time you'll see
This old wandering boy from Tennessee

As long as the winds blow long as the rivers flow...

Mama it's so good to be back home
And it's not right for you and papa to be alone
But listen was that the late evening train
Well I could've sworn I heard it call my name

As long as the winds blow long as the rivers flow...
There's just no way of holding me

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2.

Anita You're Dreaming

Waylon Jennings - Don Bowman

© Irving Music, BMI

Anita come closer stop crying and listen to me
I guess it's too late now but somehow I must make you see
What we thought was our world was only a dream world
And we just can't go on like this
Anita you're dreaming of a world that can never exist

Anita it's over there's nothing that's left now to say
Anita you're dreaming and I know it's better this way

Anita come closer and close your pretty blue eyes
Your young dreams just can't be and somehow you must realize
And each time you're with me my conscience reminds me
Of someone who's waiting alone
Anita you're dreaming and when you awake I'll be gone

Anita it's over there's nothing that's left now to say...

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3.

I'm Not Sayin'

Gordon Lightfoot

© Witmark And Sons, ASCAP

I'm not sayin' that I love you
I'm not sayin' that I'll care if you love me
I'm not sayin' that I'll care
I'm not sayin' that I'll be there when you want me

I can't give my heart to you
Oh tell me that I'll sing you name up to the sky
I can't lay the promise out
But I'll always be around when you need me

I may not be alone each time you see me
Along the street or in a small cafe
But still I won't deny you or mistreat you
Baby if you let me have my way

Well I'm not sayin' I'll be sorry
For all the things that I might say that make you cry
I can't say I always do the things you want me to
I'm not sayin' I'll be true but I'll try
[ instrumental ]
Now I may not be alone each time you see me
Or show up when I promised that I would
But still I won't deny you or mistreat you
Baby if you love me like you should

I'm not sayin' I'll be sorry...

I can't say I always do the things you want me to
I'm not sayin' I'll be true but I'll try

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4.

Four Strong Winds

Ian Tyson

© Witmark And Sons, ASCAP

Four strong winds that blow lonely seven seas that run high
All these things that won't change come what may
But my good times are all gone and I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I never back this way

I may go out to Alberta weather's good there in the fall
Got some friends that I can go to workin' for
Still I wish you'd change your mind if I asked you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more
[ instrumental ]
If I get there before the snow flies and things are going good
You could join me if I sent you down the fare
But if you'll wait until it's winter it would do no good
For the winds sure can blow cold way out there

Four strong winds that blow lonely seven seas that run high...

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5.

I Get The Fever

Bill Anderson

© Stallion Music, BMI

Every time I hear the midnight train rollin' out to the open plain
A sense of freedom fills my veins I get the fever
Every time I sparrow flies up into the endless skies
Something down inside me cries I get the fever

I get the fever to pack up and leave here
And wander wild like the wind
This town's too full of mem'ries of cruel love
And I can't stand it seeing her with him
Every time I hear a buddy say he's put lots of dust and clay
Between him and yesterday I get the fever
[ instrumental ]
I get the fever to pack up and leave here
And I think maybe I'll do just that tomorrow
This town's too full of mem'ries of cruel love
Everywhere I turn there's pain and sorrow
Every time I hear a buddy say he's put lots of dust and clay
Between him and yesterday I get the fever
I get the fever I get the fever I get the fever

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6.

The Great El Tigre (The Tiger)

Cy Coben

© Delmore Music, ASCAP

Can that be the great El Tigre sitting there
That gray haired old man on the bench in the village square
Could he be that famous bandit of days gone by
Can he be the fierce El Tigre or did the real El Tigre die

He'll be remembered forever more
By the rich that he stole from and the poor he stole for

He once met a senorita on a raid
Sweet little Juanita who smiled up at him unafraid
And eyes hard as steel softened up at the sight that they saw
And love found a heart no bullet had been able to find before

Though he was a bandido with a price on his head
Te amo querida take me with you she said
[ instrumental ]
Can that be the great El Tigre sitting there
That old man asleep on the bench in the village square
And as he dreams a sweet old senora appears
And then as she gently wakes him she whispers into his ear

Querida mia the time it has flown
Vamanos mi bandido it's time we went home

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7.

Time

Michael Merchant

© Regent Music, BMI

Some people run some people crawl
Some people don't even move at all
Some roads lead forward some roads lead back
Some roads are bathed in light some wrapped in fearful black

Time oh time where did you go
Time oh good good time where did you go

Some people never get some never give
Some people never die and some never live
Some folks treat me mean some treat me kind
Most folks just go their way don't pay me any mind

Time oh time where did you go...

Sometimes I'm satisfied sometimes I'm not
Sometimes my face is cold and sometimes it's hot
At sunrise I laugh at sunset I cry
At midnight I'm in between and wondering why

Time oh time where did you go...

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8.

That's The Chance I'll Have To Take

Waylon Jennings

© Tree Pub, BMI

Troubles and a worried mind it seems that's all I've ever known
Now I'll leave that all behind if you'll just leave me alone

If I go on loving you if to leave is a mistake
If I'm wrong in what I do well that's the chance I'll have to take
[ instrumental ]
Don't bother now to waste my time saying things you've said before
I've heard it all a hundred times ain't gonna listen anymore

And if I go on loving you if to leave is a mistake...

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9.

Bad Seed

Bill Anderson

© Stallion Music, BMI

Ain't been in Little Rock but two weeks and here I am now
Packing up and disappearing into thin air
Girls in Little Rock are cute but I can't make my heart take root
Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere

I need lots of sunshine I need lots of raindrops
I need to breathe the open air
I hope to beg your pardon your heart just ain't my garden
Bad seed won't grow just anywhere

So honey kiss goodbye to your bad seed
My love is not the kind of love that you need
I could stay here with you but I wouldn't play fair
Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere
And you're looking at the baddest of the bad seed

Next stop Jacksonville now I don't know but I got a feelin'
I might just kinda like it somewhere out there
Hear tell there's fertile land white pearly silver sands
And bad seed won't grow just anywhere

I need lots of sunshine I need lots of raindrops...
So honey kiss goodbye to your bad seed...

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10.

If I Were A Carpenter

Tim Hardin

© Faithful Virtue Music, BMI

If I were a carpenter you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby

If a thinker were my trade would you still find me
Carryin' the pots I made followin' behind me

Save my love through loneliness save your love for sorrow
Givin' you my ownliness come come give me your tomorrow

If I worked my hands in wood would you still love me
Answer me babe yes I would I'd put you above me

If you were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
I'd've miss my colored blouse and my soft shoes shining
[ instrumental ]
If I were a carpenter you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby

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11.

The Deepening Snow

Harlan Howard

© Pamper Music, BMI

It's snowing out there in the gloaming
I've sat here and watched it all night
Little kids will be thrilled when they awaken
And look at the fields deep and white

But the snow makes me think of my darling
How she hated the snow and the cold
Now she lies in a grave back in Knoxville
With a headstone that's just one year old

Please make the winter go quick Lord
So the flowers around her can grow
I can't stand the thought of my darling
Lying there in the deepening snow

Little Nancy climbs on my knee now
And I guess she's much too young to know
That the kiss I give is really for her mother
Lying there in the deepening snow

Please make the winter go quick Lord...

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12.

Long Time Gone

Dave Dudley - Danny Morrison

© Newkeys Music, BMI

I guess you think you broke my heart
But I don't mind that we're apart
As sure as there's another dawn
You can bet that I will be a long time gone

For every time you lied to me
I told myself that this can't be
I know I was completely wrong
You can bet that I will be a long time gone
[ instrumental ]
My mind's been on you day and night
But now I finally saw the light
I'm gonna tell you now so long
You can bet that I will be a long time gone

Today I saw a mourning dove
And he was crying for his love
I'm sorry that he's all alone
But for me I'm glad I'll be a long time gone

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