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(# 75 pop hit)

I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Things I learned in hobo jungle were things they never taught me in a class room
Like where to find a hand out while bummin' through Chicago in the afternoon
Hey I'm not bragging or complaining I'm just talking to myself man to man
This old mental fat I'm chewing didn't take a lotta doing
But I take a lot of pride in what I am

I guess I grew up a loner I don't remember ever having any folks around
But I keep thumbin' through the phone books
And looking for my daddy's name in every town
And I meet lots of people but I'll always end up leavin' on the lam
Hey where I've been or where I'm going didn't take a lotta knowing
But I take a lot of pride in what I am

I never travel in a hurry cause I got nobody waitin' for me anywhere
Home is anywhere I'm living if it's sleeping on some vacant bench in City Square
Or if I'm working on some road gang or just living off the fat of our great land
I never been nobody's idol but at least I got a title
And I take a lot of pride in what I am

This old mental fat I'm chewing didn't take a lotta doing
But I take a lot of pride in what I am
Oh where I've been or where I'm going didn't take a lotta knowing
But I take a lot of pride in what I am

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2.

Make It Rain

Billy Mize

© Unart Music, BMI

The wealthy ones like you look down on the common folk like me
Makin' bets to what degree of fool we are
Through your rose colored windows you see yourself above us
Standin' in the mud and gazin' at the stars

But the rich and poor have in common the common cold the heartburn
And the heartache put our pants on just the same
Your worth don't make you better babe cause I can tread water babe
As long as you think you make it rain

While you got your raisin' girl and your diamond studded world
I got pulled up on the hungry side of town
I cut my teeth on bacon rind there ain't no hide as tough as mine
But it might be fun awhile to be your clown

So get your whip and do your thing and I'll run around the ring
Ride my white horse wear my armor too
Ah but I don't easy blister babe I'll be your Court Jester babe
Don't think you won't pay the fiddler too

I put your hand in mine it was a shockin' time to find
The water hot the current strong and deep and wet
You had me strugglin' for a time a draggin' on your line
But never fear this fish will never swim

While you're playin' with my mind I'll be payin' with your money honey
As long as your account can stand the drain
I'll fan the flame and make it hotter cause I think I can walk on water
As long as you can make it rain

Oh I'll hang around awhile study your style
Come out a whole lot wiser man indeed
Cause the last time anyone as grand as you appeared and looked around
Found the grandest star up in the east

Hey but I don't see no halo just a little girl with a lot of gold
Wantin' one more trinket for her golden scene
Ah but you got a hot one hangin' kid don't let him say you never did
Your best be my guest make it rain

Ah make it rain babe make it rain
Make it rain oh make it rain

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3.

Where The Blue And Lonely Go

Jimmy Warren - Alvaro Verissimo - Bill Silva - Charles Sagle

© Sands Music, ASCAP

Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear
It's the only place I know where the blue and lonely go

The street light served to light my way as I make my way downtown
To one of many nightspots I know where they're all found
Yes I'm back again to the lonely life a life that many know
Soon I'll be there with a glass of wine where the blue and lonely go

Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear...

There was a time when I had love and I tried so to be free
From the life that I was used to it was just too hard for me
Now as I try to keep my heart from letting mem'ries show
I pretend that I'm so happy here where the blue and lonely go

Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear...

(Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear
It's the only place I know where the blue and lonely go
Where the blue and lonely go where the music's loud and clear
It's the only place I know where the blue and lonely go)

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4.

If You Ever Get Around To Loving Me

Baker Knight

© Unichappell Music, BMI

Well you fall in love with every boy you talk to
But they always turn around and set you free
Have you ever stopped to think of what could happen
If you ever get around to loving me

Well you say they always shut you out completely
To their hearts you never seemed to hold the key
But you'd be surprised how many doors will open
If you ever get around to loving me
Loving me loving me if you ever get around to loving me

Well they made you think that happiness is coldless
And your world is dark and full of misery
I'll do anything at all to make the sunhine
If you ever get around to loving me
Loving me oh loving me if you ever get around to loving me

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5.

Do You Believe This Town

Charlie Williams - Joe Nixon

© Attache Music, BMI

Oh the woman next door's done to the PTA
And stopped to see her best friend's husband on the way
The folks down the street have a different faith
So everbody's puttin' them down
Do you believe this town

Deacon Jones preaches brotherly love every Sunday
And forecloses loans on widow's homes every Monday
But the smart guys say it's the only way
To keep the economy sound
Do you believe this town

Do you believe they voted this town dry
You won't believe it when I tell you why
The Mayor and his cousin and the chief of police
They got the bootlegging all nailed down
Do you believe this town
[ instrumental ]
Do you believe they burned a house down yesterday
You won't believe the reason that they gave
And if the folks who lived there had a known their place
They could still be hanging around
Do you believe this town
Do you believe this town

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6.

One Cup Of Happiness (And One Piece Of Mind)

Baker Knight

© Pomona Music, BMI

Say waiter would you kindly stop take my order please
Tonight I'm full of emptiness and old time memories
So I need something special that'll chase the blues away
And help me to forget about the dreams of yesterday

Just bring me one one cup of happiness and one peace of mind
I'll take the biggest slice of life that you can find
I think that's all I'm gonna need to leave the blues behind
One cup of happiness and one peace of mind

Say waiter I just thought of somethin' that I've never tried
I'd like to have a little bit of heaven on my side

You know it may sound funny but when I was passin' by
The sign up in your window is the thing that caught my eye
I don't recall exactly but I do believe it said
We guarantee to satisfy so you go right ahead

And bring me one cup of happiness and one peace of mind...

I think that's all I'm gonna need to leave the blues behind
One cup of happiness and one one peace of mind

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7.

The Sun Is Shining (On Everybody But Me)

Don Deal - Chuck Deal

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

The sun is shining but it's raining all over my face
Trickling teardrops and I feel out of place
Cause everybody's happy go lucky it's easy to see
The sun is shining on everybody but me

It's been raining like this ever since you been gone
And every day I'm bluer than the day before
And if the rain don't stop I can't say what's gonna become of me
Cause every day I miss you a little bit more

The sun is shining but it's raining all over my face...

Somebody asked me were you worthy of a date
I made some excuse and politely slipped away
Because they know as much as I do when it comes to knowing you
But this time I'm afraid you gotta say

The sun is shining but it's raining all over my face...
The sun is shining on everybody but me

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8.

The Sneaky Little Side Of Me

Baker Knight

© Pomona Music, BMI

There's a sneaky little side of me the kind I want to set you free
So I can go see what's waitin' just over the hill
Every now and then I hear something whisper in my ear
Telling me somebody else could give me a thrill

Oh the sneaky little side of me the kind I want to go and see
And I could be happier walking with somebody new
But every time I start to go something in my heart says no
And tells me how lucky I am belongin' to you

And this sneaky little side of me is learning fast
Bout the way I'm livin' and the love I'm givin'
And the love that couldn't last

When you meet me at the door each night
And put your arms around me tight
I know that there just couldn't be anyone sweeter than you
Suddenly to my surprise I begun to realize
That the sneaky little side of me is in love with you too

Oh suddenly to my surprise I begun to realize
That the sneaky little side of me is in love with you too

(Sneaky little side of me the sneaky little side of me
Sneaky little side of me the sneaky little side of me)

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9.

Crying Time

Buck Owens

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Oh it's crying time again you're gonna leave me
I can see that faraway look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darling
That it won't be long before it's crying time

Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder
And the tears are only rain to make love grow
Well my love for you could never grow no stronger
If I live to be a hundred years old

Oh it's crying time again you're gonna leave me...
[ instrumental ]
Now you say that you found someone you love better
That's the way it's happened every time before
And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow
Crying time will start when you walk out the door

Oh it's crying time again you're gonna leave me...

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10.

Little Green Apples

Bobby Russell

© Russell-Cason Music, BMI

And I wake up in the morning
With my hair down in my eyes and she says hi
And I stumble to the breakfast table
While the kids are gonna to school goodbye
She reaches out and takes my hand
And squeezes it and says how you feeling hon
And I look across at smiling lips
That warm my heart and see my morning sun

And if that's not lovin' me then all I've got to say
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
There's no such thing as Doctor Suess
Disneyland or Mother Goose is no nursery rhyme
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And when myself is feelin' low
I think about her face aglow and ease my mind

Sometimes I call her up at home knowing she's busy
And ask if she could get away and meet me and grab a bite to eat
Then she drops what she's doin' and hurries down to meet me and I'm always late
But she sits waitin' patiently
And smiles when she first sees me cause she's made that way

And if that ain't lovin' me then all I've got to say
God didn't make little green apples
It don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes
There's no such think as make believe
Puppy dogs and autumn leaves and BB guns
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
When myself is feelin' low
I think about her face aglow and ease my mind
To ease my mind to ease my mind

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