1.

So So So Long

Alan Taylor - Lisa Palas

© Milene Music, ASCAP

You know it seems like I've loved you forever
Who could be closer than you and I
People even say we're so much alike
But they don't know why

I've been loving you so long
That I know every move you make every breath you take
What I feel is so strong sometimes I don't know where I end
Where you begin

And you make me so happy feeling like this
There's so much ahead that I don't want to miss
Oh I want to keep it so good so so so long
So good so real so right
Oh I want to keep it so good so so so long

Oh darling don't think for a minute
Time could ever steal the thrill away
You've still got the power to be my man
And you know you can

I've been loving you so long
That I know every move you make every breath you take
What I feel is so strong sometimes I don't know where I end
Where you begin

And you make me so happy feeling like this
There's so much ahead that I don't want to miss
Oh I want to keep it so good so so so long
Oh I want to keep it so good so so so long

So long so good so fine so real so right
So long so fine so long
So good so fine so long
So so so long

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2.

One Promise Too Late

Don Schlitz - Dave Loggins - Lisa Silver

© Don Schlitz Music, ASCAP

I would have waited forever if I'd known that you'd be here
We could have shared our lives together
And held each other close all through the years
But I met someone before you and my heart just wouldn't wait
So no matter how much I adore you
I've got to stand behind the promise that I made

Where were you when I could have loved you
Where were you when I gave my heart away
All my life I've been dreamin' of you
You came along one promise too late
You came along one promise too late
[ instrumental ]
I won't say that I'm sorry that I met you
I can't have you but I never will forget you

Where were you when I could have loved you...
Where were you when I could have loved you...

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3.

Let The Music Lift You Up

Troy Seals - Eddie Setser

© Two Sons Music, ASCAP

Well you say you're from the city Chicago is your home
Hey I'm a country girl down Oklahoma way
There's miles and miles between us but that don't mean a thing
When those guitars start to play
Oh sweet sounds of freedom ringin' through the air sending out a message to us all
Now we don't have a curtain made of iron or stone and we are not divided by a wall

So come on tell me hey hey hey from LA to Broadway
Hey hey hey let the music lift you up
Hey hey hey well everybody's singing hey hey hey let the music lift you up
When you're feeling low hit that radio and let that music lift you
Let that music lift you up way up way up

There are books that tell us what makes this whole world turn
And how heaven holds the stars
But there's no explanation it's still a mystery how a song can touch your heart

Come on children hey hey hey from LA to Broadway...

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4.

Little Rock

Bob DiPiero - Pat McManus - Gerry House

© Music City Music, ASCAP

I married to the good life I said I'd be a good wife when I put on this ring
I drive a new Mercedes play tennis with the ladies and buy all the finer things
But all that don't mean nothing when you don't get a good night loving

Oh little rock think I'm gonna have to slip you off
Take a chance tonight and untie the knot there's more to life than what I got
Oh little rock you know this heart of mine just can't be bought
I'm gonna find someone who really cares a lot when I slip off this little rock
[ instrumental ]
Well I wonder if he'll miss me he doesn't even kiss me
When he comes home at night
He never calls me honey but he sure loves his money
And I'm the one who pays the price
But when he finds this ring he'll see he keeps everything but me

Oh little rock think I'm gonna have to slip you off...
Oh little rock think I'm gonna have to slip you off...
Ooh yeah oh yeah little rock yeah

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5.

New Fool At An Old Game

Steve Bogard - Rick Giles - Sheila Stephen

© Chappell Co, ASCAP

You sure know what you're doing holding me this way
And I'll go where you lead me anywhere you say
You've got me where you want me so darling please be kind
Before you take it all and I make that final fall you've got to keep in mind

I'm a new fool at an old game
A kid out of school tryin' to find my way
And I don't know the rules so teach me how to play
I'm just a new fool at an old game

Maybe I'm a dreamer or maybe I'm naive
But when you say you love me I start to believe
That coal can turn to diamonds this night will never end
But if it isn't so and I cry when you go you've got to understand

That I'm a new fool at an old game...

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6.

Little Girl

Kendal Franceschi - Quentin Powers

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

Daddy used to tell me if I ran too fast I'd fall and hurt myself
But the ice cream man would ring his bell and I'd get there before anyone else
I'd see a puppy in the window and I'd run and press my face against the pane
And daddy'd say slow down girl after all these years I guess nothing has changed

That little girl I knew ran after you
But she fell this time and broke her heart in two
Hey that's just like a little girl I knew

Back home there stands an old house with a picket fence beneath a big oak tree
I can almost see the backyard and a little girl with freckles that was me
And there were dreams of toys and storybooks
And Lord it seemed I wanted them so bad
Now twenty years have come and gone
And I'm still chasing things that I can't have

That little girl I knew ran after you...
Yes I'm still that little girl daddy I still haven't slowed down yet

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7.

Can't Stop Now

Gary Nicholson - Wendy Waldman

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

I can't say I didn't know what I was doing
I can't pretend things just got out of hand
I should of kept my distance while I was still strong
But I got caught up in the feeling carryin' along

Now it's too late baby I can't stop now
Well I walked right in with my eyes wide open
But I was blind when you told me you'd be mine
Just as soon as you were free yeah
I should've slowed down before push came to shove
But I was already fallin' now too deep in love
And it's too late baby I can't stop now

Can't stop now crazy heart runnin' out of control
Can't stop now I'll be falling apart somewhere down the road
I might be headin' for a breakdown but I can't stop now
[ instrumental ]
Well I'm sittin' here wondering how I ever let myself fall
I keep hearing promises but nothing seems to change it all
The love we made has got a life of it's own
It'll keep on goin' long after you're gone now
It's too late baby I can't stop now

Can't stop now crazy heart...
I might be headin' for a breakdown but I can't stop now
I might be headin' for a breakdown but I can't stop now

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8.

A Sunday Kind Of Love

Louis Prima - Stan Rhodes - Barbara Belle

© Leeds Music, ASCAP

I want a Sunday kind of love a love to last past Saturday night
And I'd like to know it's more than love at first sight
I want a Sunday kind of love
I want a love that's on the square
Can't seem to find somebody someone to care
And I'm on a lonely road that leads to nowhere
I need a Sunday kind of love

I do all my Sunday dreaming and all my Sunday scheming
Every minute every hour every day
And I'm hopin' to discover a certain kind of lover
Who will show me the way
And my arms need someone to enfold to help keep me warm
When Mondays and Tuesdays grow cold
And I need a love for all my life to have and to hold
I need a Sunday kind of love oh yeah
I don't want a Monday or a Tuesday a Wednesday
Or a Thursday Friday or Saturday
I don't want nothin' baby I want a Sunday kind of love

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9.

I Know How He Feels

Rick Bowles - William Robinson

© Tree Pub, BMI

When I heard that familiar voice my heart stopped dead in its tracks
Across the room I could see him there a ghost from my past
But he's too caught up to notice me she must be his new love
I never dreamed that it would hurt this much it's just

I know how he feels how warm his touch is
Oh how he feels how soft his kiss is
And it cuts right down to the bone cause I let him go
I know how he cares how strong his love can be
When he believes it's real
Oh I've been there I know how he feels

As long as I kept him out of sight I kept from going out of my mind
Tried to believe that leaving him was somehow justified
But tonight there's no denying what a love like is is worth
He once looked at me the way he's looking at her what a lucky girl

I know how he feels how warm his touch is...

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10.

Whoever's In New England

Kendal Franceschi - Quentin Powers

© Warner-Tamerlane Pub, BMI

You spend an awful lot of time in Massachusetts
Seems like every other week you've got a meeting waiting there
Business must be booming or could something else be movin' in the air up there
You say that it's important for our future
An executive on his way up has got to play the part
And each time duty calls you've got to give it all you've got with all your heart

When whoever's in New England through with you
And Boston finds better things to do
You know it's not too late and you'll always have a place to come back to
When whoever's in New England's through with you
[ instrumental ]
I hear the wintertime up north can last forever
And I've been told it's beautiful to see this time of year
They say the snow can blind you till the world you left behind just disappears I hear
I've packed your bags and left them in the hallway
But before you leave again there's just one thing you ought to know
When the icy wind blows through you remember that it's me
Who feels the cold most of all

When whoever's in New England through with you...

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11.

Cathy's Clown

Don Everly - Phil Everly

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

I want your lovin' more and more
Don't want your kisses that's for sure
I die each time I hear the sound
They're sayin' here he comes that's Cathy's clown

You know you've got to stand tall you know a man can't crawl
And when you let her tell you lies and you let em pass you by
You're not a man at all

She don't want your lovin' anymore
She don't want your kisses that's for sure
Why do you let them put you down
And let 'em call you Cathy's Clown

When you see me shed a tear then you know that I'm sincere
I just think it's kinda sad that she's treating you so bad
And I'm the one who cares

I want your lovin' more and more...
You're Cathy's Clown you're Cathy's Clown

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12.

You Must Really Love Me

Don Schlitz - Reba McEntire

© New Don Songs, ASCAP

Tell me why do you put up with my foolish ways
You never take to heart the crazy things I say
Oh I know you could walk out on me any day
There must be a darn good reason why you'd even want to stay

You must really love me how can it be true
There are things you'll take from me I won't even take from you
Everytime I fall apart you always pull me through
You must really love me as much as I love you
You must really love me as much as I love you

I appreciate the honesty you've shown to me
And the way you tell your friends that you belong to me
And when you hold me tight it always sets me free
Oh this must be the way that true love was meant to be

You must really love me how can it be true...

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13.

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Susie Wills - Bill Cooley

© Leo Feist Music, ASCAP

I can't get used to the hustle I try to keep my actions straight
I get caught in the bustle I do things I really hate
Just when I think I'm sinking I hear a voice inside my head
Says don't do what you're thinking send your thoughts to me instead

Somebody up there likes me somebody up there knows what I need
When my worldly head spins around he sends his love down

You know I'm only human that's all I always say
It's just excuses so I can do things my own way
But when I fall and stumble I know I will be saved
No my world won't crumble I'll make it through the hardest days

Somebody up there likes me somebody up there knows what I need...

I wish I'd known all along
But it's much better late than to never know you're wrong

Somebody up there likes me somebody up there knows what I need...

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14.

San Antonio Rose

Bob Wills

© Bourne Co, ASCAP

Oh you and all your splendor it knows only me heart
Call back my rose Rose of San Antone
Oh lips so sweet and tender just like petals fallin' apart
Speak once again of my love
My ol' broken songs empty words I know
Still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit path oh beside the Alamo
And Rose my rose of San Antone
Oh my rose my rose of San Antone

Take a bow boys

You know a lot of people ask me all the time
who were my musical influences
Well I guess it's just kinda natural
since I was raised in Oklahoma
that one of my musical influences was Bob Wills music
When I was in college we used to
sneak down to the Oklahoma and Texas border and go to dances
And it didn't get any better than dancing to Bob Wills music
But you know there was another guy from Oklahoma
I had every album he ever put out
My older brother
Pake and my little sister Susie and me we sang every song he did
cause Merle Haggard was a great influence on all of us

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15.

Mama Tried

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

First thing I remember knowin' was a lonesome whistle blowin'
And a young one's dream of growin' up to ride
On a freight train leavin' town not knowin' where I'm bound
No one could steer me right but mama tried

One and only rebel child from a family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
In spite of all my Sunday learnin' toward the bad I kept on turnin'
Till mama couldn't hold me anymore

And I turned twenty-one in prison doin' life without parole
No one could steer me right but mama tried mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better but her pleading I denied
And that leaves only me to blame cause mama tried

And then there was another man from Texas
My mama and daddy used to drive for
miles and miles just to listen to him sing
I remember Mama used to tell me
She'd say Reba he's got the best voice I've ever heard
and then later on when I got to go and listen to him sing
I'd sit there all night long and wait for
Ray Price to sing the blues

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16.

Night Life

Willie Nelson - Paul Buskirk - Walt Breeland

© Pamper Music, BMI

When the evenin' sun goes down you can find me hangin' around
Oh the night life ain't no good life but it's my life
Many people just like me dreaming of old used to be's
Oh the night life it ain't no good life but it's my life

Oh listen to the blues they're playin'
Oh listen to what the blues are sayin'
Mine is just another scheme in a world of broken dreams
Oh the night life it ain't no good life but it's my life

Play me some blues boys

Oh listen to the blues they're playin'
Oh listen to what the blues are sayin'

When the evenin' sun goes down you can find me hangin' around
Oh the night life it ain't no good life but it's my life
The night life ain't no good life but it's my life

Oh I love that song You know I told you about the men
who have influenced me in my music
Well now I want to tell you about the women
And there's lots of them
But this first one I wanna tell you about
I admired her for a long time
First of all it was because of her songwriting
I liked the way she always told a story in her songs
And then in her singing
I always loved to listen to her sing
She had a different style a different quality about it
She's so witty so personable and you know
no matter whether it's her singing
her songwriting or her acting
I'll always be a big fan of Dolly Parton

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17.

Jolene

Dolly Parton

© Velvet Apple Music, BMI

Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
I'm beggin' of you please don't take my man
Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can

Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you Jolene

He talks about you in his sleep there's nothing I can do to keep from cryin'
When he calls your name Jolene
And I could easily understand how you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me Jolene

Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene...

Well you can have your choice of men but I could never love again
He's the only one for me Jolene
I had to have this talk with you my happiness depends on you
And whatever you decide to do Jolene

Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
I'm begging of you please don't take my man
Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene
Please don't take him even though you can
Jolene Jolene

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18.

Sweet Dreams

Don Gibson

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

Sweet dreams of you every night I go through
Why can't I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you

You don't love me it's plain
I should have known I'll never wear your ring
I should hate you the whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you

Why can't I forget the past start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
Instead of having sweet dreams about you

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19.

Respect

Otis Redding

© East Music, BMI

What you want baby I got it what you need you know I got it
All I'm askin' is for a little respect when you come home
(Just a little bit) hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home
Hey Mister I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
Ain't gonna do ya wrong cause I don't wanna
All I'm asking is for a little respect when you get home
(Just a little bit) hey Baby (a little respect)
When you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah I'm up to giving all my money
And all I'm asking in return honey
Is to give me my propers when you get home
(Just a little bit) yeah baby (a little respect)
When you get home (just a little bit)

Yeah ooh you're kisses sweeter than honey
But guess what so is my money
And all I want you to do for me is
Give me some respect when you get home
(Just a little bit) hey baby (a little respect) give it to me
(Just a little bit) When you get home
Now r-e-s-p-e-c-t find out what it means to me
R-e-s-p-e-c-t take care of TCB
R-e-s-p-e-c-t a little respect
(Just a little bit) hey baby (a little respect)
All the time you keep on trying (just a little bit)
(A little respect) you're running out fool (just a little bit)
And I ain't lying (a little respect)

Re re re re re re re respect (just a little bit)
When you come home (a little respect)
And remember (she says something I can't decipher)
Not alone I've got to have a little respect
(A little respect) ooh baby
(Just a little bit) hey baby (a little respect) r-e-s-p-e-c-t

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