1.

The Nearness Of You

Ned Washington - Hoagy Carmichael

© Famous Music, ASCAP

It's not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me oh no
It's just the nearness of you

It isn't your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation, oh no
It's just the nearness of you

When you're in my arms
And I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true

I need no soft lights to enchant me
If you'll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night
The nearness of you

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2.

Do You Know Where Your Man Is

Dave Gibson - Raymond Smith - Carol Chase

© Tom Collins Music, BMI

Night is falling on this honky tonk city
Country music spilling out on the street
Well it sure can sound good to a hard working man
At the end of a hard working week

Well did you kiss him when he left this morning
Does he know that he's needed at home
If you don't feel that old thrill somebody else will
Cause there's so mighty good women all alone

It's ten o'clock do you know where your man is
And are you sure that he's doing you right
Are you still in his heart when he's out of your sight
Do you know where your man is tonight

Sometimes lovers just get too busy
Living their lives, day by day
And a true loving heart is so hard to find
And so easy to let slip away

So if he's there by your side
Count your blessings
Just hold him and show him you care
Cause temptation is strong
When there's no love at home
And there's so much temptation out there

It's twelve o'clock do you know where your man is...
Do you know where your man is tonight

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3.

I'm Not Your Super Woman

Ken Edmonds - Antonio Reid - Daryl Simmons

© Tom Collins Music, BMI

Early in the morning I put breakfast at your table
And make sure that your coffee has its sugar and cream
Your eggs are over easy your toast done lightly
All that's missing is your morning kiss that use to greet me
Now you say the juice is sour it used to be so sweet
And I can't help but wonder if you're talking about me

We don't talk the way we used to talk
It's hurting so deep I've got my pride
I will not cry but it's making me weak

I'm not your Superwoman
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down
And think that everything's okay
Boy I am only human
This girl needs more than occasional hugs
As a token of love from you to me

I fought my way through the rush hour trying to make it home
Just for you I want to make sure that your dinner will be waiting for you
When you get there you just tell me you're not hungry at all
You said you'd rather read the paper and you don't want to talk

You'd like to think that I'm just crazy when I say that you've changed
I'm convinced I know the problem you don't love me the same
You're just going through the motions and you're not being fair
I've got my pride I will not cry still I can't help but care

I'm not your Superwoman...
I'm not your Superwoman...

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4.

Trying Times

Paul Gordon - Robert Caldwell

© Tom Collins Music, BMI

All I ever did was love you
Is this a price I pay
I tried so hard to hate you
But love gets in the way

To think that you don't need me
Drives me right out of my mind
Oh yes these are trying times

Trying times these are trying times
It don't matter how I try
I can't get you off of my mind

And knowing you don't love me
Keeps tearing me up inside
Oh yes these are trying times

Sometimes I get bitter
At the mention of your name
But then your sweet sweet memory
Erases all the pain

Don't you have a conscience
How can you be so unkind
Oh yes these are trying times

Trying times these are trying times
It don't matter how I try
I can't get you off of my mind

Knowing you don't love me
Keeps tearing me up inside
Oh yes these are trying times
Oh yes these are trying times

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5.

Crazy Arms

Ralph Mooney - Chuck Seals

© Champion Music, BMI

with Ray Price

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
And oh I'm lonely all the time

Now blue ain't the world for the way that I feel
And the storm's brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else is love now you're not mine

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time

So please take the treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms may hold somebody new
But now I'm so lonely all the time

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time

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6.

You Wouldn't Know Love

Hank Cochran - Dave Kirby

© Tree Pub, BMI

You look at me but you don't see me
And I talk to you but you don't hear me
Your indifference just beats all I've ever seen
I tell you I love you but you don't know
What that word means

For much too long
I've tried so hard to hide
The way you've treated me
And the way you've hurt my pride

A blind man
Could see what you let go by
You wouldn't know love
If it looked you in the eye
[ instrumental ]
Oh for much too long
I've tried so hard to hide
The way you've treated me
And the way you've hurt my pride

A blind man
Could see what you let go by
You wouldn't know love
If it looked you in the eye

You wouldn't know love
If it looked you in the eye

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7.

Baby I Hate

Keith Stegall - Steve Davis

© Tom Collins Music, BMI

Mama always told me
Remember someone's watching
So say your prayers every night
So I grew up believin'
In the truth that she was teachin'
And I've always tried to do what's right

I know that hatin' is an awful thing to do
But just hear me out what I'm trying to say to you is

Baby I hate
All the nights you were alone
Everything that I did wrong
Let me make it right
Baby I hate
All the hurt that's in your eyes
All the doubt that's in your mind
Can I take it away
Ooh all these things baby I hate

Baby my devotion
Is deeper than an ocean
I could never love another man
Please don't turn your back now
Let me pour my heart out
And put it in the palm of your hand

There's no holding back I've got to make you understand
I want to prove to you in every way that I can that

Baby I hate
All the nights you were alone
Everything that I did wrong
Let me make it right
Baby I hate
All the hurt that's in your eyes
All the doubt that's in your mind
Can I take it away ooh
All these things baby I hate
All these things let me make it right

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8.

It's Over For The Last TimeAgain

Bobby Barker - Keith Palmer - Annette Musick

© Tom Collins Music, BMI

We said our last goodbye again today
Again it's best we go our separate ways
And I said I won't be coming back like every time before
Like those times I didn't love you anymore

Oh, it's over for the last time again
Till the next time that's the way it's always been
Ain't it funny how it never really ends
It's over for the last time again

We're in a race that love wins every time
Cause we never really cross that finish line
It's so amazing just how fast our broken hearts can mend
And how fast we can fall in love again

And now it's over for the last time again...
Yes it's over for the last time again

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9.

Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People

Roger Murrah - Keith Stegall

© Tom Collins Music, BMI

On Bridge Street in Chicago where unemployment's running wild
There's an out of work young mother who needs to feed her hungry child
She cried the day she married and she cried the day he left
Now it's just her and the baby left to take care of themselves

Why do bad things happen to good people
When they do the best they can
Why do bad things happen to good people
I'll just leave it all in Heaven's hands
I know someday we'll understand

Near a farm south of Montgomery a young couple stands in tears
They've lost a child whose laughter filled their lives for seven years
A preacher reads the Bible they bow their heads to pray
Then they rearrange the roses and slowly walk away

Why do bad things happen to good people...

Life is a journey each road we take unknown
We travel here with others and sometimes we go alone
Like the wind my restless spirit keeps reaching for the light
And while I'm waiting for the answer I can't help but wonder why

Why do bad things happen to good people...

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10.

You've Become The Dream

Roger Murrah - James Hicks

© Tom Collins Music, BMI

I've been a dreamer all these years
Throwing caution to the wind
Finding out that rainbows never end
Being a singer brought me here
I left and came of age
Few life found the center stage

Life is never what it seems
Who can tell us what it means
At least I've learned to face reality
Oh, I'm still a dreamer
But you've become the dream

I've been foolish and I've been free
Distant as a sailor's moon
Lonely as an empty dressing room
But that old highway keeps calling me
Sometimes I don't wanna go
But it's the only life I know

And life is never what it seems...
And life is never what it seems...
You've become the dream

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