1.

(# 22 country hit)

Old Man River (I've Come To Talk Again)

Ronny Scaife - Danny Hogan

© Sherrill Music, BMI

Cool breeze on the river ripples to the shore
Wash away my troubles to the sea forever more
Wind and willows whisper sadness is the sound
Tell a tale of my once happy world that's fallin' down
Old man I might be goin' where you're bound

Old man river I've come to talk again
Yes I know you're tired cause your journey never ends
She's just like you she's movin' all the time
And I think she's movin' me out of her mind

I wanna travel with you in your deep and emerald soul
That's the only way to make it peaceful like before
We used to touch at midnight oh but now I feel she's gone
Even though she's lying next to me I feel alone
Old man it looks like time to travel on

Old man river I've come to talk again...
Old man river I've come to talk again...

Oh I think she's movin' me out of her mind
Oh I think she's movin' me out of her mind

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2.

The Gathering

Roger Murrah - Scott Anders

© Blackwood Music, BMI

Every warm Sunday evening we all got together
Friendly folks would come from miles around
Oh the times they were hard but they don't come no better
We had love and chicken on the ground

I can still see it now uncle Buck would say the blessin'
We were all so thankful way back then
We would eat and laugh and talk then we started standin'
It was time for all our favorite hymns

And we would sing Amazing Grace and Rock Of Ages
And the songs about our mansions in the sky
Oh we would sing we were also happy waiting
For that great day coming by and by
For that great day coming by and by

I keep going back but only in my mem'ry
It's the sweetest mem'ry of 'em all
And it don't take me long to get a special feeling
It always comes around when I recall

How we would sing Amazing Grace and Rock Of Ages...
And we would sing Amazing Grace and Rock Of Ages...

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3.

Mountain Eyes

Loney Hutchins

© Appalachian Music, BMI

Wrinkled hands curled with work
Tender as a baby girl's
Auburn hair turnin' grey
Singin' I'll fly away

I can hear your voice so clear
Ringin' in the mountain air
There's an angel in the sky
Lookin' through your mountain eyes
[ instrumental ]
Are you there on the porch
Gently rockin' as you sew
Mountain eyes are you watchin'
Look who's coming up the road

I can hear your voice so clear...
[ instrumental ]
Oh I can hear your voice so clear...

There's an angel in the sky
Lookin' through your mountain eyes

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4.

Some Folks Are Dying To Live Like This

Roger Murrah - Rich Alves - Kitty Murrah

© Blackwood Music, BMI

They see our Silver Eagle slowin' down
We pull in to diesel up and folks all gather round
They know we're from Nashville and they wonder who it is
Some folks are dyin' to live like this

Tonight we play in Austin at the JC Rodeo
Then it's eat and sleep away the many miles still left to go
There's a TV show in Charleston we can't afford to miss
Some folks are dyin' to live like this

They can't see the storm for the stars in their eyes
They think this life is one big bed of roses
They don't see the troubles or the problems in our lives
That don't start until the curtain closes
Some folks are dyin' to live like this
[ instrumental ]
I see some good friends wasted from the things they drink and take
They're high and low and in between and waitin' for a break
That old healing hand of time Lawd has turned into a fist
Some folks are dyin' to live like this

They can't see the storm for the stars in their eyes...

I guess that's life but I can't help but wonder why it is
Some folks are dyin' to live like this

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5.

Nobody Said It Was Easy

Harlan Howard - Jamie O'Hara

© Tree Pub, BMI

Come sit by my side hold me
Let's talk about us for a while
We know that we are in love with each other
But lately it's been hard to smile

But honey nobody said it was easy
Sometimes it rains awful hard
We can weather life's storms in each others arms
But nobody said it was easy
[ instrumental ]
Together let's count all our blessings
Give thanks for the love that we have
Add all the smiles subtract the tears
And the good times they outweigh the bad

But nobody said it was easy...
Honey nobody said it was easy...

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6.

Livin' For The Weekend

Jerry Hayes - Don Singleton - Perry York

© Songs Of PolyGram, BMI

Livin' for the weekend the party's bout to begin
We're gonna do it right tonight so bring along your dancin' shoes
Livin' for the weekend drinkin' with some good ol' friends
But the part I'm lookin' forward to is gettin' back home to lovin' you

I get the blues on a Monday Tuesday usually goes too slow
Workin' hard on a Wednesday Thursday I'm ready to go
Friday's like a long lost friend where have you been
Sure good to see you again
All week long livin' for the weekend

Livin' for the weekend the party's bout to begin...
[ instrumental ]
I like the way you dress up baby when we're goin' out
You're givin' me the best of everything you're all about
You're about the best I've seen just like a dream
A country boy's Saturday night queen
All week long livin' for the weekend

Livin' for the weekend the party's bout to begin...

Livin' for the weekend livin' for the weekend
Livin' for the weekend livin' for the weekend
Livin' for the weekend livin' for the weekend

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7.

Just Because It Feels Good

Bob McDill - Wayland Holyfield

© Hall-Clement Pub, BMI

One more round the drinks is on the table
One more time we slow dance across the floor
Softly in the dark we cling together
And I've never wanted any woman more

Your eyes tell me that it would be so easy
And I tell myself no one would ever know
Here we are so close to love it scares me
And here I am a long long ways from home

And I know that we can spend the night together
Oh I can see the promise in your eyes
And I know that it would feel so good to love you
But just because it feels good that don't make it right

Well it's closing time the place is almost empty
And we walk to the door side by side
I can almost feel you lying warm beside me
As I kiss your cheek should I say goodbye

Cause I know that we can spend the night together...
Honey just because it feels good that don't make it right

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8.

Hard Earned Country Livin'

Ronny Scaife - Phil Thomas

© Songs Of PolyGram, BMI

Mama's cookin' cornbread daddy's makin' wine
Grandma's shellin' peas and baby sister's cryin'
My brother's on the creek takin' fish from a line
I'm choppin' firewood with my angel on my mind

It's a hard earned country livin'
But love makes it all feel right
It's a hard earned country lovin'
And I'm livin' to love her tonight
[ instrumental ]
Her mama thinks I'm right for her her daddy thinks I ain't
But angel's on my lovin' side and don't care what to think
I'm gonna see her late tonight if my old old truck'll crank
We'll dream and love together on our secret river bank

It's a hard earned country livin'...
It's a hard earned country livin'...

It's a hard earned country lovin'
And I'm livin' to love her tonight

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9.

Hot Time In Old Town Tonight

Herb McCullough

© PolyGram Int, ASCAP

Long about evening when the sun goes down
Down on the Swanee where the water's brown
Half a can of worms and an old cane pole
Old man's fishin' in the swimming hole

Cork bobbin' skeeters bite
Cyprus shadows in the cool moonlight
Mem'ries swimmin' in the warm moonshine
Hot time in old town tonight

Whisker fish waller in the bottom mud
He's been around since Noah's flood
Stole a worm or two from his old manfriend
Nibble nibble see the old man grin

Cork bobbin' skeeters bite...
[ instrumental ]
Moon shines brighter in the southern night
Fish still loose but the old man's tight
Grab a bite and run then it's back for more
Catfish eatin' while the old man snores

Cork bobbin' skeeters bite...
Cork bobbin' skeeters bite...
Hot time in old town tonight

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10.

Maximum Living On A Minimum Wage

Roger Murrah

© Window Music, BMI

My ole truck needs a starter and it's gaspin' for water
And it keeps runnin' hot and out of time
My wife's home a waitin' for money to buy the bacon
And I just called her up with my last dime

I keep hopin' for the better things keep gettin' worse
Inflation's takin' more than I can make
When you can't pay for what you're buyin' it's not really lyin'
It's just maximum livin' on a minimum wage

Maximum livin' on a minimum wage
Ninety dollar bills and thirty dollar days
Lawd it's not that I don't wanna get them bill collectors paid
It's this maximum livin' on a minimum wage

The baby needs some new shoes and they just passed a new rule
That they won't let me have no overtime
They're cuttin' off the power looks like everything that's ours
Belongs to someone else when we're behind

We keep hopin' for the better things keep gettin' worse
Inflation keeps takin' more than we can make
When you can't pay for what you're buyin' it's not really lyin'
It's just maximum livin' on a minumum wage

Maximum livin' on a minimum wage...
Maximum livin' on a minimum wage...

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