1.

(# 67 country hit)

Life's Like Poetry

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Life's like poetry but in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missin' line

Life's too short to hide a good thing you feel
And I find the morning after the best time to determine if it's real
Baby findin' you gave my whole life reason and rhyme
But life's like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missin' line

Life's too short to think about right or wrong
And the only thing I wonder about is where you been so long
Baby findin' you gave my whole life reason and rhyme
But life's like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missin' line
[ instrumental ]
And life's like poetry but in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missin' line

Life's like poetry but in my poem bay
Until now there's always been a missin' line

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2.

She Found The Key

Lefty Frizzell - Sanger D. Shafer

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

I like the way that she unlocks my door
To the places that you've never hungered for
You love me girl but not enough to stay
She found the key that you threw away

She found the key that only fits one door
To the room that I wore out walkin' the floor
You'd be locked out girl if you came around today
She found the key that you threw away
[ instrumental ]
She found the key that only fits one door
It's the room I wore out walkin' the floor
You'd be locked out girl if you came around today
She found the key that you threw away
She found the key that you threw away

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3.

(# 50 country hit)

Falling

Arthur Leo Owens - Sanger D. Shafer

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

Falling for you just like raindrops from an April sky
Calling for you like a hungry baby when it cries
I never thought that love could make me do
The crazy things I do just for you
Darlin' I'm not foolin' I'm really falling for you
[ instrumental ]
Falling for you just like Romeo for Juliet
Calling for you like old memories you can't forget
I never thought that love could make me do
The crazy things I do just for you
Darlin' I'm not foolin' I'm really falling for you

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4.

I'm Not That Good At Goodbye

Bob McDill - Don Williams

© Jack Mudic, BMI

I don't want to talk it over one more time
No there's not much use in talkin' if you've made up your mind
And darlin' I don't need to tell you why
You know that I'm not that good at goodbye

Please don't tell me you're leavin' if you go
Just let me turn my head while you walk out the door
'Cause if I see you leavin' I would die
You know that I'm not that good at goodbye

Lord goodbye just makes it harder anyhow
So if you really feel like leavin' do it now
And let me keep a little of my pride
You know that I'm not that good at goodbye
[ instrumental ]
I don't want to know you're leavin' when you go
Cause if we reach the part where you're standing at the door
Well I know I'd just break down again and cry
You know that I'm not that good at goodbye

Lord goodbye just makes it harder anyhow
So if you really feel like leavin' do it now
And let me keep a little of my pride
You know that I'm not that good at goodbye
You know that I'm not that good at goodbye

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5.

My House Is Your Honky Tonk

Sanger D. Shafer

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

If you're gonna slip around with my woman
Now why can't you meet her downtown
You hold her close to my stereo
And leave your beer cans layin' around

You use my living room to dance away your blues
I can tell by the big footprints on my woman's shoes
I don't know who you are but you've got gall
My house is your honky tonk

Everyday while I work my fingers to the bone
You're with my woman dancin' drinkin' huggin' kissin'
And I don't know what all in my home

If someday I decide to get you with my gun
It'll be just because I'm missin' all the fun
You're lovin' on my gal and that ain't all
My house is your honky tonk

When I ask my woman about you
She grins and hums a honky tonk tune
My imagination races through
And pictures you about eight-feet-two

I found bout fifty whiskey bottles in my trash
I won't mess with any man who drinks that much mash
And you don't even care if you get caught
My house is your honky tonk
My house is your honky tonk

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6.

Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again

Sanger D. Shafer - Darlene Shafer

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

I cant believe your lips are touchin' mine
After all the hurt and all this time
But I believe that sometimes losers win
Yesterday just passed my way again

They say you cant turn back the hands of time
But tonight I'm holdin' the hands that once were mine
And you're lovin' me as if the world might end
Yesterday just passed my way again

And you're lovin' me as if the world might end
Yesterday just passed my way again

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7.

Sittin' And Thinkin'

Charlie Rich

© Knox Music, ASCAP

(Please baby wait for me until they let me out again)

I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin
And I had a fight with my best girlfriend
'Cause when I'm drinkin' I ain't nobody's friend
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again

I know the same thing has happened before
And everytime it does I hate it more and more
But when I'm drinkin' ain't nobody's friend
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again

I spend a whole lotta time sittin' and thinkin'
Sittin' and just thinkin' 'bout you
If I didn't spend so much time sittin' and drinkin'
We'd still have the love we once knew

I won't promise the same thing won't happen again
But I can promise it'll be a long long time till then
'Cause when I'm drinkin' ain't nobody's friend
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again
Please baby wait for me until they let me out again

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8.

Down By The Railroad Track

Dallas Frazier

© Blue Crest Music, BMI

Down by the railroad track
Down by the railroad track
I need a razor for my bearded face
I need a mattress for my back
But the life of a king is a hobo's dream
Down by the railroad track

In the mornin' I think I'll call my broker
And buy more telephone stock
And check on my farms down in Arkansas
I got a million dollar cotton crop
Then make reservations at the Waldorf
For a sirloin nice and lean
Take a little ride in the countryside
In my chauffeur driven limousine

Down by the railroad track
Down by the railroad track
I need a razor for my bearded face
I need a mattress for my back
But the life of a king is a hobo's dream
Down by the railroad track

Well it's time for me to buy ten more pair
Of handmade custom shoes
And after one wearin' I throw 'em all away
Don't wanna wear nothin' that's used
I'm goin' make me a date with a sweet thing
And take her sailin' on my eighty foot yacht
Oh the worry of a havin' and the worry of a gettin'
Don't worry us folks that's got

Down by the railroad track
Down by the railroad track
I need a razor for my bearded face
I need a mattress for my back
But the life of a king is a hobo's dream
Down by the railroad track

Down by the railroad track
Down by the railroad track
I need a razor for my bearded face
I need a mattress for my back
But the life of a king is a hobo's dream
Down by the railroad track

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9.

My Wishing Room

Lefty Frizzell - Sanger D. Shafer

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

Love's designed a place for you and I
A room where you love me and never say goodbye
A place where he can never ever get to you
We're so happy darlin' in my wishing room

My wishing room is paradise
Even though you're only with me darlin' in my mind
I can forget he's ever touched you
We're so happy lovin' in my wishing room
We're so happy lovin' darlin' in my wishing room

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10.

I Love You A Thousand Ways

Lefty Frizzell - Jim Beck

© Peer Int, BMI

I love you I'll prove it in days to come
I swear it's true darlin' you're the only one
I think of you of the past and all our fun
I love you I'll prove it in days to come

You're my darlin' you've been true
I should have been good to you
You're the one that's in my heart
While we're apart

I'll be true I'll prove it to you some day
I love you in my heart you'll always stay
I've been so blue and lonesome all these days
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
[ instrumental ]
I'll be nice and sweet to you and no more will you be blue
I'll prove I love you every day all kinds of ways
So darlin' please wait please wait until I'm free
There'll be a change a great change made in me

I'll be true there'll never be blue days
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways

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