1.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 33 pop hit)

The Cowboy In Me

Craig Wiseman - Al Anderson - Jeffrey Steele

© Mighty Nice Music, BMI

I don't know why I act the way I do
Like I ain't got a single thing to lose
Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy
I guess that's just the cowboy in me

I got a life that most would love to have
But sometimes I still wake up fighting mad
At where this road I'm heading down might lead
I guess that's just the cowboy in me

The urge to run the restlessness
The heart of stone I sometimes get
The things I've done for foolish pride
The me that's never satisfied
The face that's in the mirror when I don't like what I see
I guess that's just the cowboy in me

The urge to run the restlessness...

Girl I know there's times you must have thought
There ain't a line you've drawn I haven't crossed
But you set your mind to see this love on through
I guess that's just the cowboy in you

We ride and never worry about the fall
I guess that's just the cowboy in us all

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2.

(# 52 country hit)

Telluride

Brett James - Troy Verges

© Songs Of Teracel, BMI

When I was nineteen I threw my stuff in the car
I headed up to the Rockies got a job at this bar
Selling beer to the locals just barely getting by
On the tips from the rich kids there on daddy's dime
But when I saw her walk in one night
I knew that I'd be all right in

Telluride the snow falling down
I was waking up in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget the moment she arrived
In Telluride

We spent that whole winter tangled up by a fire
Casting shadows on the cabin wall drowning in desire
Confessing all our secrets and laughing out loud
So high up on that mountain I thought we'd never come down
It was a dream we were living in
And I was the happiest I'd ever been in

Telluride the snow falling down
Waking up with her in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget all those sleepless nights
In Telluride

Telluride whoa oh oh

It ended just like a movie scene
And I had to play the part
Of the lover who stood there and watched her leave
And me with the frozen heart

In Telluride the snow falling down
Standing there alone in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget the day she said goodbye

In Telluride the snow falling down
Waking up with her in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget all those sleepless nights
In Telluride

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3.

You Get Used To Somebody

Steve Bogard - Tom Shapiro

© Tree Pub, BMI

I thought I felt you touch my cheek this morning
But I must've been dreaming
And in the middle of the night without a warning
I thought I heard you breathing
Me and my so-called independence
I've got this loneliness that's so relentless

I guess you get used to somebody
Kinda like having them around
I guess you get used to the way they make you happy
Bring you up when you're feeling down
I never dreamed when I was letting you go that
I would wake up and miss you this much
I guess you get used to somebody I guess you get used to being loved

I kinda miss those rambling conversations
Where we'd talk about nothing
The way you always made me laugh at my frustrations
Baby that was something
I should've been careful what I wished for
'Cause I've got my freedom and so much more

I guess you get used to somebody
Kinda like having them around
I guess you get used to the way they make you happy
Bring you up when you're feeling down
I never dreamed when I was letting you go that
I would wake up and miss you this much
I guess you get used to somebody I guess you get used to being loved

I never dreamed when I was letting you go that
I would wake up and miss you this much
I guess you get used to somebody
I guess you get used to being loved

I guess you get used to somebody
I guess you get used to being loved

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4.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 26 pop hit)

Unbroken

Annie Roboff - Holly Lamar

© Almo Music, ASCAP

If I lived and breathed before you loved me I don't recall
If I walked around at all it was in bits and pieces
Of a jagged heart
You kissed me and every piece went back in place
Every pain got erased
You held me up to the sunlight
Now it feels like

No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
And I never got lost spent years in the dark
You are here now my heart's unbroken
When I see your smile fill my soul again
I am unbroken

If I doubted the power of love baby now I understand
I thank God for every day I wake up to the soft touch
Of your magic hands
In this world sometimes the only thing that's real is the way you make me feel
Babe the changes day and night
I swear it's life

No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
And I never got lost spent years in the dark
You are here now my heart's unbroken
When I see your smile fill my soul again
I am unbroken

I still see the night I fell into your eyes
And when we made love it felt like the first time

No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
And I never got lost spent years in the dark
You are here now my heart's unbroken
When I see your smile fill my soul again
I am unbroken
I am unbroken
I am unbroken

No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
And I never got lost spent years in the dark
You are here now my heart's unbroken
No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
I never got lost spent years in the dark
You are here now my heart's unbroken
No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken

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5.

(# 34 country hit)

Things Change

Chris Lindsey - Aimee Mayo - Marv Green - Bill Luther

© Silver Kiss Music, BMI

They wouldn't let him play the Opry with whiskey on his breath
And it didn't take 'em long to figure out what they missed
He went down that lost highway underneath the purple sky
A legend disappeared before his time things change

They said he was the devil dressed in gold lame
The way he shook his hips out there on that stage
But before that faithful day he left Tennessee
All of them were calling him the king things change

Well they like to call them hippies outlaws with guitars
But they brought a little poetry to the honky tonks and bars
They might've got a little crazy
They might have flew a little too high
Somewhere somebody's playing their song tonight
Things Change (don't you know things change)

Now some say it's too country some say it's a little rock'n roll
But it's just good music if you can feel it in your soul
It doesn't really matter it's always been the same
Life goes on things Change

Don't you know they change oh things change
As long as this world is turning things are gonna change
Gonna keep on changing gonna change

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6.

Angel Boy

Danny Orton

© MCA Music, ASCAP

My mother said there's only one way
A sweet angel boy narrow and straight
Time It has passed Teachings They fade
Now their angel boy has gone astray

I've felt the hand of the devil felt his breath on my skin
Dip me into the water wash me again
Can I still be forgiven for all of these things
Or have I gone too far now have I lost my wings

I found a priest I spoke my mind
Asked if I'd sinned one too many times
He said My son you're only a man
Then I said Sir you don't understand

I've felt the hand of the devil felt his breath on my skin...

God help us all for what we have done
We've lost our way we can't find the Son
We make our beds we seal our fate
Is there still time or is it too late

We've felt the hand of the devil felt his breath on our skin
Dip us into the water wash us again
Can we still be forgiven for all of these things
Or have we gone too far now
Have we lost our wings

We've felt the hand of the Devil felt his breath on our skin
Dip us into the water wash us again
Can we still be forgiven for all of these things
Or have we gone too far now
Have we lost our wings
Have we lost our wings

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7.

Forget About Us

Mark Collie

© BMG Songs, ASCAP

I'm gonna drive on out to the river tonight
Find a quiet spot turn on my parking lights
I'm gonna drink some beers try to catch a buzz
Turn my radio up and forget about us

I'm gonna lay me down on the hood of this car
Make another wish upon a falling star
I'm gonna think again about the way it was
I'm gonna close my eyes and forget about us

I know it won't be easy but I've got a plan
To just let my memory let go of your hand
I'm gonna miss your touch but I know I must forget about us

And when the morning sun burns across my face
I'll put my shirt back on get up and walk away
I'm gonna climb my frame onto a Greyhound bus
Take a little blue pill and forget about us

I know it won't be easy but I've got a plan...

By the time I get to Phoenix I won't know your name
Those soft green eyes your warm skin
And the way you say Good morning I'll be alright

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8.

Take Me Away From Here

Steve Bogard - Jeff Stevens

© Warner-Tamerlane Pub, BMI

My body burns like there's a desert deep in me
A thirsty soul so unsatisfied
But there you are like a river to the sea
The one chance I have to change my life

Darlin' take me away from here
Make it seem like we're a million miles away
Another time another place make me a different man
Move me farther than I've ever been before
Show me that there's something more

Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped inside myself
Spinning wheels up and down 'round and 'round
Going nowhere just like everybody else
With no touch no sight no sound

But you could take me away from here
Make it seem like we're a million miles away
Another time another place make me a different man
Move me farther than I've ever been before
Show me that there's something more
Give me hopes and dreams to fill my head
Push my heart so I can fly again

Take me away from here
Make it seem like we're a million miles away
Another time another place make me a different man
Move me farther than I've ever been before
Show me that there's something more

Take me away from here take me away from here
Take me away from here take me away from here
Take me away from here

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9.

Smilin'

Chris Lindsey - Aimee Mayo - Marv Green - Bill Luther

© Silver Kiss Music, BMI

The cover of a magazine nothin' but a paper dream
Just another fantasy for sale
Tellin' me what I need what I should do who I should be
That stuff don't matter to me at all

The sky is blue and the sun is shinin'
I feel like a bum with a pocket full of diamonds
I'm free as a bird and my spirit's flyin'
That's enough to keep me smilin'

Guru man on my TV set sellin' the secrets to happiness
1-800 Change Your Life Today
Dreams I've got my own I ain't lookin' for a yellow-brick road
I'm just gonna go my own way

The sky is blue and the sun is shinin'
I feel like a bum with a pocket full of diamonds
I'm free as a bird and my spirit's flyin'
That's enough to keep me smilin'

Smilin' (smilin') smilin' (smilin')

The sky is blue and the sun is shinin'
I feel like a bum with a pocket full of diamonds
I'm free as a bird and my spirit's flyin'
That's enough to keep me smilin'

I'm still smilin' gotta keep on smilin'
I'm still smilin'

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10.

Set This Circus Down

Bill Luther - Josh Kear

© Warner-Tamerlane Pub, BMI

Sometimes this road it just keeps winding
Round and round and back again
But you've always kept me smiling
Over every hill 'round every bend

Baby you're the one smiling with me when the sun comes up
I got the wheel you got the map and that's enough

And we go rolling down this highway
Chasing all our crazy dreams
I've gone your way and you've gone my way
And everywhere in between
One of these days we'll find a piece of ground
Just outside of some sleepy little town
And set this circus down

Sometimes I lie awake just thinking
Of all the horizons we have seen
And as another day is sinking
I thank God you're here with me

'Cause baby you're the one laughing with me when the sun goes down
Living on faith and holding on tight to the love we've found

And we go rolling down this highway...

And set this circus down baby one of these days
Gonna set this circus down
Set this circus down baby one of these days
Gonna set this circus down
Gonna set this circus down

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11.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 38 pop hit)

Angry All The Time

Bruce Robinson

© Tree Pub, BMI

What is left of a husband and a wife with four good kids
Who have a way of getting on with their lives
I'm not old but I'm getting a whole lot older every day
It's too late to keep from going crazy I got to get away

The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that loving a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time

Our boys are strong now. The spitting image of you when you were young
I hope someday they can see past what you have become
I remember every time I said I'd never leave
But what I can't live with is memories of the way you used to be

The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that loving a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time

Twenty years have came and went since I walked out of your door
I never quite made it back to the one I was before
And God it hurts me to think of you
For the light in your eyes was gone sometimes
I don't know why this old world can't leave well enough alone

The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that loving a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time

I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time
I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time

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12.

Let Me Love You

Chris Lindsey - Aimee Mayo - Marv Green - Bill Luther

© Silver Kiss Music, BMI

Sometimes I close my eyes and imagine you are with me
Chasing passion into the night all tangled in a dream
Oh if you could see my heart the way I feel inside
You would know just how far I am willing to go to get to you
There is nothing I won't do

Show me what it is like to lose control
Free the desire in your soul
Oh oh let me love you
Let me take you to a place like nowhere else
Show you the things you never felt
Oh oh let me love you

Oh I want to taste your kiss be the reason for your smile
Touch the magic on your skin be the one that drives you wild

Oh if you could read my mind you'd know you are everything I need
You would see yourself through my eyes
You may understand what I am going through
Just how much I want you

Show me what it is like to lose control...
Show me what it is like to lose control...
Show me what it is like to lose control...
Let me love you let me love you let me love you

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13.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 25 pop hit)

Grown Men Don't Cry

Tom Douglas - Steve Seskin

© Love This Town Music, ASCAP

I pulled into the shopping center
And saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother
Like ice cream melting they embraced
Years of bad decisions running down her face
All morning I'd been thinking my life's so hard
And they wore everything they own living in a car
I wanted to tell him it would be OK
But I got just got in my suburban and I drove away

And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

Keep having this dream about my old man
I'm 10 years old and he's holding my hand
We're talking on the front porch watching the sun go down
But it was just a dream he was a slave to his job and he couldn't be around
So many things I wanna say to him
But I just placed a rose on his grave and I talk to the wind

And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry don't cry

I'm sitting here with my kids and my wife
And everything that I hold dear in my life
We say grace and thank the Lord
Got so much to be thankful for
Then it's up the stairs and off to bed and my little girl says
I haven't had my story yet

And everything weighing on my mind disappears just like that
When she lifts her head off her pillow and says
I love you dad

I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry don't cry

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14.

Why We Said Goodbye

Tom Douglas - Billy Kirsch

© Tree Pub, BMI

I remember Sunday mornings walking on the beach
And that place we'd stop for breakfast with the old red vinyl seats
The hours of the tide chart
The way the sunlight dance upon your face

That antique roller coaster you just had to ride
I remember how you laughed at the terror in my eyes
The color and the detail just like it was yesterday

And I remember how you held me the night my father died
I didn't have to tell you I just broke down and cried
You're sewn into the fabric the pieces of my life
And I just can't remember why we said goodbye

Up and down this boardwalk lonely people sit
I know it wasn't perfect but nothing ever is
The sails out in the harbor are searching for the wind

I just had to call you I had to hear your voice
And tell you I still love you we still have a choice
You're sewn into the fabric the pieces of my life
And I just can't remember why we said goodbye

Everything I do leads me back to you
I know I just can't let us go

There must have been a reason but I can't remember now
I know if I could hold you we could work it out
You're sewn into the fabric the pieces of my life
And girl let's give it one more try
'Cause I just can't remember why we said goodbye

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