1.

(# 2 country hit)

My Baby Loves Me

Gretchen Peters

© Cross Keys Pub, ASCAP

Don't need no copy of Vogue Magazine
Don't need to dress like no beauty queen
High heels or sneakers he don't give a damn
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am
[ instrumental ]
He never tells me I'm not good enough
Just gives me unconditional love
He loves me tender and he loves me mad
He loves me silly and he loves me sad

He thinks I'm pretty he thinks I'm smart
He likes my nerve and he loves my heart
He's always sayin' he's my biggest fan
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am
[ instrumental ]
When there's dark clouds in my eyes
He just sits back and let 'em roll on by
Come in like a lion go out like a lamb
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am

He thinks I'm pretty he thinks I'm smart...

He thinks I'm pretty he thinks I'm smart
He likes my nerve and he loves my heart
Don't see no reason it changes my plan
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am

**********

2.

(# 6 country hit)

Life No. 9

Kostas Lazarides - Tony Perez

© Seven Angels Music, BMI

Don't tell me no stories I don't wanna hear no lies
No reason or excuses none of your alibis
The phone rings I pick it up and nobody's on the line
I know she's waitin' for you she's just bidin' her time
You'd have me believe it's just a night out with your friends
But I know you're goin' back to see her again

You're stealin' love livin' on life No 9
Breakin' my heart livin' on borrowed time
You're cattin' around playin' with fire
You're stealin' love livin' on life No 9
[ instrumental ]
You're runnin' on empty troubles on every side
You've used up your last chance you've got no place to hide
I'm tired of these heartaches tired of livin' a lie
Go to her she's waiting but someday you're gonna find
The grass ain't always greener on the other side
Now what you thought was love was what you left behind

You're stealin' love livin' on life No 9...

**********

3.

(# 12 country hit)

Independence Day

Gretchen Peters

© Cross Keys Pub, ASCAP

Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light
Though she looked a little worried and weak
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again
But daddy'd left the proof on her cheek
I was only eight years old that summer
And I always seemed to be in the way
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day

Well word gets around in a small small town
They said he was a dangerous man
But mama was proud and she stood her ground
She knew she was on the losin' end
Some folks whispered and some folks talked
But everybody looked the other way
And when the time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day

Let freedom ring let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a day of a reckoning
Let the weak be strong let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day

Well she lit up the sky the 4th of July
By the time that the fireman come
They just put out the flames and took down some names
And send me to the county home
Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong
But maybe it's the only way
Talk about your revolution
It's Independence Day

Let freedom ring let the white dove sing...

Roll the stone away
It's Independence Day

**********

4.

Strangers

Bobby Braddock

© Tree Pub, BMI

Two strangers passing on the sidewalk
Barely brush each other's hand
He says I'm sorry she says don't worry
And that's how it all began

A few short days and nights together
And it's like they were meant to be
Lying there with her he softly whispers
Just think like we were so recently

Strangers strangers
The world's greatest lovers
Last week we were strangers

Two strangers passing in the hallway
Barely touch each other's heart
Now they're pretending two shadows blending
But they're a million miles apart

Soon she'll be packing up her suitcase
They'll be dividing all the blame
They know how they started now empty hearted
They don't have a clue how they became

Strangers strangers
The world's greatest lovers
And now they are strangers
World's greatest lovers
Today they're strangers
Strangers strangers

**********

5.

(# 4 country hit)

Safe In The Arms Of Love

Mary Ann Kennedy - Pat Bunch - Pam Rose

© Fortunate Moon Music, BMI

My heart's not ready for the rockin' chair
Need somebody who really cares
So tired of livin' solitaire
Someday I'm gonna be safe in the arms of love

Strip your heart and it starts too snow
Love is high wire act I know someday I'll find a net below
Someday I'm gonna be safe in the arms of love
Safe in the arms of love

I want arms that know how to rock me
Safe in the arms of love
I wanna fall and know that love has caught me
Safe in the arms of love safe in the arms of love

I want a heart to be forever mine
Want eyes to see me satisfied
Gonna hang my heartaches out to dry
Someday I'm gonna be safe in the arms of love
Safe in the arms of love

I want arms that know how to rock me...
Safe in the arms of love

**********

6.

(# 1 country hit)

Wild Angels

Matraca Berg - Gary Harrison - Harry Stinson

© Tree Pub, BMI

Between the perfect world and the bottom line
Keepin' love alive in these troubles times it's a miracle in itself
And we know too well what that's about
Still we made it through only God knows how
We must've had a little help

Must've been wild angels wild angels watching over you and me
Wild angels wild angels baby what else could it be
[ instrumental ]
Well it must've been hard it must've been tough
Keeping up with crazy fools like us cause it's so easy to fall apart
And we still break each other's heart sometimes spend some nights on the jagged side
Somehow we wake up in each other's arms

Must've been wild angels wild angels watching over you and me...
Oh must've been wild angels wild angels watching over you and me...
Wild angels wild angels wild angels wild angels

**********

7.

(# 9 country hit)
(# 50 pop hit)

Valentine

Jim Brickman - Jack Kugell

© April Music, ASCAP

If there were no words no way to speak I would still hear you
If there were no tears no way to feel inside I'd still feel for you

And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
You're all I need my love my Valentine

All of my life I have been waiting for all you give to me
You've opened my eyes and showed me how to love unselfishly
I've dreamed of this a thousand times before
But in my dreams I couldn't love you more
I will give you my heart until the end of time
You're all I need my love my Valentine
[ instrumental ]
And even if the sun refused to shine...

**********

8.

(# 1 country hit)

A Broken Wing

James House - Sam Hogin - Phil Barnhart

© Tree Pub, BMI

She loved him like he was the last man on earth gave him everything she ever had
He'd break her spirit down then come lovin' up to her give a little then take it back
She'd tell him bout her dreams he'd just shoot 'em down
Lord he loved to make her cry
You're crazy for believing you'll ever leave the ground
He said only angels know how to fly

And with a broken wing she still sings she keeps an eye on the sky
With a broken wing she carries her dreams man you ought to see her fly
[ instrumental ]
One Sunday morning she didn't go to church he wondered why she didn't leave
He went up to the bedroom round a note by the window
With the curtains blowin' in the breeze

And with a broken wing she still sings she keeps an eye on the sky...
With a broken wing she carries her dreams man you ought to see her fly

**********

9.

(# 2 country hit)

A Happy Girl

Beth Nielsen Chapman - Annie Roboff

© Almo Music, ASCAP

I used to live in a darkened room had a face of stone and a heart of gloom
Lost my hope I was so far gone cryin' all my tears with the curtains drawn
I didn't know until my soul broke free I've got these angels watching over me

And oh watch me go I'm a happy girl everybody knows
That the sweetest thing that you'll ever see
In the whole wide world is a happy girl

I used to hide in a party crowd bottled up inside feeling so left out
Standing in a corner wearing concrete shoes
With my frozen smile and my lighted fuse
Now every time I start to feel like that
I roll out my heart like a welcome mat

And oh watch me go I'm a happy girl everybody knows...

Laugh when I feel like it cry when I feel like it
That's just how my life is that's how it goes

Oh watch me go I'm a happy girl and I've come to know
That the world won't change just cause I complain
Let the axis twirl I'm a happy girl

Ooh watch me go I'm a happy girl everybody knows...
Oh yeah oh yeah I'm a happy girl

**********

10.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 36 pop hit)

Wrong Again

Cynthia Weil - Tommy James

© Still Working For The Man Music, BMI

From the day we met you made me forget all my fears
Knew just what to say and you kissed away all my tears
I knew this time I had finally found someone to build my life around
Who'd be a lover and a friend
After all my heart had put me through I knew that it was safe with you
And what we had would never end wrong again

Everybody swore they'd seen this before we'd be fine
And you'd come to see that you still loved me in good time
And they said there's nothing you can do it's something that he's going through
It happens to a lot of men
And I told myself that they were right that you'd wake up and see the light
And I just had to wait till then wrong again
[ instrumental ]
And it seemed to me the pain would last my chance for happiness had passed
And nothin' waited round the bend
I was sure I'd never find someone to heal the damage you had done
And my poor heart would never mend wrong again wrong again

**********

11.

(# 2 country hit)
(# 37 pop hit)

Whatever You Say

Tony Martin - Ed Hill

© Music Hill Music, BMI

You think I'm always makin' something out of nothin' you're sayin' everything's okay
You've always got an answer before I ask the question whatever you say
Now we can change the subject pretend I never brought it up same old story anyway
Later we can work it out right now you're talked out yeah whatever you say

Oh I know you can hear me but I'm not sure you're listenin'
I hear what you're sayin' but there's somthing missin'
Whether I go whether I stay right now depends on whatever you say
[ instrumental ]
You say yes you need me and no you wouldn't leave me
And that should be enough to make me stay
And even though I want to
I don't hear I love you in whatever you say

Oh I know you can hear me but I'm not sure you're listenin'...
[ instrumental ]
Oh whether I go whether I stay right now depends on
Whatever you say whatever you say whatever you say

**********

12.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 24 pop hit)

I Love You

Tammy Hyler - Adrienne Follese - Keith Follese

© Miss Hillie Music, ASCAP

Yeah the sun is shinin' everyday the clouds never get in the way for you and me
I've known you just a week or two but baby I'm so into you can hardly breathe
And I'm in so totally wrapped up emotionally attracted so physically
Actin' so recklessly I need you so desperately
Sure as the sky is blue baby I love you I love you

I never knew that I could feel like this can hardly wait till our next kiss your so cool
If I'm dreamin' please don't wake me up cause baby I can't get enough of what you do
And I'm in so electrically charged up kinetically actin' erractically need you fanatically
You get to me magically sure as the sky is blue baby I love you
I can't believe that this is real the way I feel baby I'm gone head over heels
And I'm in so totally wrapped up emotionally attracted so physically
Actin' so recklessly I need you so desperately
Sure as the sky is blue yeah
And I'm in so electrically charged up kinetically actin' erractically need you fanatically
You get to me magically sure as the sky is blue
Baby I love you baby I love you do you love me too baby I love you

**********

13.

(# 3 country hit)
(# 42 pop hit)

Love's The Only House

Buzz Cason - Tom Douglas

© Tree Pub, BMI

I was standing in the grocery store line the one they marked express
When this woman came through with about 25 things
And I said don't you know that more is less
She said this world is movin' so fast I just get more behind with every day
And every mornin' when I make my coffee
I can't believe my life's turned out this way
All I could say was love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain
He was walkin' by the other day and I said hey baby how you been
Yeah I got me a little girl now and she's four years old
And she's got her daddy's little grin
And you only wanted what you can't have and baby you can't have me now
I gave me heart to another
Yeah I'm a mother and he's a father we're a family and we got each other
And I found out the hard way
That love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain

You drive three miles from all this prosperity
Down across the river and you see a ghetto there
And we got children walking around with guns
And they got knives and drugs and pain to spare
And here I am in my clean white shirt
With a little money in my pocket and a nice warm home
And we got teenagers walkin' around in a culture of darkness livin' together alone
All I can say is love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain

And I can't explain it and I can't understand
But I'll come down and get my hands dirty and together we'll make a stand
Somewhere cross the parking lot some bands playin' out of tune
City streets are gonna burn if we don't do something soon
And senorita can't quit cryin' baby's due now any day
Don Juan left got sick of tryin' no one there to show him the way
She came down to the grocery store and she said I
I wanna buy a little carton of milk but I don't have any money
I said hey I'll cover you honey cause the pain's gotta go somewhere
Yeah the pain's gotta go someplace so come on down to my house
Don't you know that love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain
Don't you know that love's the only house yeah yeah yeah

**********

14.

(# 10 country hit)
(# 60 pop hit)

There You Are

Bob DiPiero - Ed Hill - Mark D. Sanders

© Tree Pub, BMI

There you are in the early light of day there you are in the quiet words I pray
I've been blessed by the simple happiness of the perfect love we've made

Every time I turn around when I'm lost and when I'm found
Like an angel standing guard there you are
Every time I take a breath and when I forget to breathe
You're watching over me there you are
When I'm looking for the light in the middle of the night
Searching for the brightest star there you are

There you are standing in a crowded room there you are the earth and 'm the moon
My desire is to stand by the fire that burns inside of you

Every time I turn around when I'm lost and when I'm found...

**********

15.

When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues (Intro)

Leslie Setser

© ATV Tunes, ASCAP

Lock up your husbands
Lock up your sons
Lock up your whiskey cabinets
Girls lock up your guns
Lock up the beauty shop
No telling if they've heard the news
Call the boys downtown at Neiman Marcus
Tell 'em lock up them high-heeled shoes

When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues
There ain't no slap dab atellin' what they're gonna do
Run around yellin' I gotta Mustang
It'll do eighty
You don't have to be my baby
I've stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my baby

Call all the deacons
Call the ladies' aid
Call all the altos sopranos tenors call every bass
Well call all the Pentecostals
And bring that anointing oil too
Well call the preacher
He's the only one can reach her
And there ain't no time to lose

When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues
There ain't no slap dab atellin' what they're gonna do
Run around yellin' I gotta Mustang
It'll do eighty
You don't have to be my baby
I've stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my baby

She's on all our prayer lists
She's on all our hearts
As for the Easter cantata
We don't know who'll sing her part

When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues
There ain't no slap dab atellin' what they're gonna do
Run around yellin' I gotta Mustang
It'll do eighty
You don't have to be my baby
I've stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my baby

**********

16.

(# 8 country hit)
(# 64 pop hit)

When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues

Leslie Satcher

© Blackwood Music, BMI

She was the prom queen he was the quarterback of the football team
And it all looked so promising
We never thought anything would happen like this
And then all of the sudden twenty-five years of love and devotion down the drain

We all heard her hollerin' for a country mile
Cheatin' shows your complete lack of style
Well she took out three parkin' meters and a pedestrian's purse
The day she quit the baptist choir and threw that Ford into reverse

Lock up your husbands lock up your sons
Lock up your whiskey cabinets girls lock up your guns
Lock up the beauty shop no telling if they've heard the news
Call the boys downtown at Neiman Marcus tell 'em lock up them high-heeled shoes

When god fearin' women get the blues
There ain't no slap dab atellin' what they're gonna do
Run around yellin' I gotta Mustang it'll do eighty
You don't have to be my baby I've stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my baby

Call all the deacons call the ladies' aid
Call all the altos sopranos tenors call every bass
Well call all the Pentecostals
And bring that anointing oil too
Well call the preacher
He's the only one can reach her
And there ain't no time to lose

When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues
There ain't no slap dab atellin' what they're gonna do
Run around yellin' I gotta Mustang it'll do eighty
You don't have to be my baby I've stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my baby

She's on all our prayer lists she's on all our hearts
As for the Easter cantata we don't know who'll sing her part

When god fearin' women get the blues...

**********

17.

(# 3 country hit)
(# 45 pop hit)

Where Would You Be

Rick Ferrell - Rachel Proctor

© Warner-Tamerlane Pub, BMI

I wonder where your heart is cause it sure don't feel like it's here
Sometimes I think you wish that I would just disappear
Have I got it all wrong have you felt this way long
Are you already gone

Do you feel lonely when you're here by my side
Does the sound of freedom echo in your mind
Do you wish you were by yourself
Or that I was someone else anyone else

Where would you be if you weren't here with me
Where would you go if you were single and free
Who would you love would it be me
Where would you be

I don't wanna hold you back no I don't wanna slow you down
I don't wanna make you feel like you are tied up and bound
Cause that's not what love's about
If there's no chance we can work it out
Tell me now oh tell me tell me now

Where would you be if you weren't here with me...

Have I become the enemy
Is it hard to be yourself in my company

Where would you be if you weren't here with me...

Oh tell me tell me now
Where would you be where would you go
Who would you love would it be me

**********

18.

(# 5 country hit)
(# 47 pop hit)

Concrete Angel

Rob Crosby - Stephanie Bentley

© Music Of Evercountry, BMI

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear but they turn out the light
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it will be too late

Through the wind and the rain...

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world had forgot

Through the wind and the rain...

**********

19.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 31 pop hit)

Blessed

Hillary Lindsey - Brett James - Troy Verges

© Songs Of Universal, BMI

I get kissed by the sun each morning put my feet on a hardwood floor
I get to hear my children laughing down the hall through the bedroom door
Sometimes I sit on my front porch swing just soaking up the day
I think to myself I think to myself this world is a beautiful place

I have been blessed and I feel like I've found my way
I thank God for all I've been given at the end of every day
I have been blessed with so much more than I deserve
To be here with the ones that love me to love them so much it hurts
I have been blessed

Across a crowded room I know you know what I'm thinking
By the way I look at you
And when we're lying in the quiet and no words have to be said
I think to myself I think to myself
This love is a beautiful gift

I have been blessed and I feel like I've found my way...

When I when I'm singing my kids to sleep
When I feel you holding me I know

I have been blessed and I feel like I've found my way...

**********