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(# 18 country hit)

Something To Brag About

Bobby Braddock

© Tree Pub, BMI

I've got a real important job in a large office building
Ridin' people in an elevator
I drive a '57 Chevrolet with busted tail lights
Burnt out valves and a leaky radiator
I wear a twenty dollar suit I bought from JC Penny's back in '62
But I got somethin' to brag about somethin' to brag about
Yes something to brag about in you

I'm a short order cook at an all night cafe
Down on 18th Avenue at 12th Street
I wear a swingin' mini dress that I made for myself
From mama's kitchen curtains and ole bed sheets
I've got seventeen pages of top value stamps and one ol' pair of shoes
But I've got somethin' to brag about somethin' to brag about
Something to brag about in you

When you're with the fellas I know you start to braggin'
Bout my hour glass figure and my big brown eyes
And you tell your girlfriends bout my good good lovin'
And that's one pleasure that money can't buy

Let's get married in the not too distant future
We'll rent a little flat on 29th Street
You know we'll hang our washin' on a clothesline from the window
We'll feast on cornbread butter beans and lunchmeat
We won't have a thermostat a big long Cadillac
But we'll have a love that's true
And I'll have something to brag about I'll have somethin' to brag about
Something to brag about in you

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2.

Let's Help Each Other To Forget

Jerry Foster - Bill Rice

© Jack And Bill Music, ASCAP

She left behind a strand of hair in some curlers that she wore
And a half used jar of cold cream and some lipstick in a drawer
At times I find a bobby pin scattered here and there
Just a trace of her perfume it lingers ev'rywhere

He left behind a worn out shirt with a button off the sleeve
And a crumpled faded photograph that he once made with me
He left a few ol' razor blades and a broken pocket comb
And a closet filled with emptiness reminds me that he's gone

Our common bond of loneliness forces us together
Let's help each other to forget and then forget each other

I need someone to be around and help me at this time
To chase away ole memories and get her off my mind
Just like you I'm lonely too and I can understand
So let's pretend and try to find what happiness we can

Our common bond of loneliness forces us together
Let's help each other to forget and then forget each other

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3.

Holding On To Nothin'

Jerry Chesnut

© Tree Pub, BMI

We're holdin' on with nothin' left to hold on to

I'm so tired of holdin' on to nothin'
The years have shown no kindness for the hard times we've been through
We've squeezed the life from ev'ry dream and still go right on bluffin'
With really nothin' left to hold on to

Oh why do we keep holdin' on with nothin' left to hold on to
Let's be honest with each other that's at least that we can do
I feel guilty when they envy me and you
We're holdin' on with nothin' left to hold on to
[ instrumental ]
We were young and foolishly mistaken
The victims of a passion much too strong to be denied
With only tears to show for all the years that we've been faking
God only knows how hard how long we've tried

Oh why do we keep holdin' on with nothin' left to hold on to...
We're holdin' on with nothin' left to hold on to

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4.

For The Good Times

Kris Kristofferson

© Buckhorn Music, BMI

Don't look so sad I know it's over
But life goes on and this ol' world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning

Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft across the window
And make believe you love me one more time for the good times

I'll get along you'll find another
And I'll be here if you should find you ever need me
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me

Lay your head upon my pillow...

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5.

Are You Teasing Me

Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

When we're all alone dear and I'm in your arms
Are you teasin' me
When you're telling me how you thrill to my charms
Are you teasin' me
You say that my kiss sends your heart in a whirl
Are you teasin' me
And that you'll be mine till the end of the world
Are you teasin' me

Are you untrue when I'm not with you
When we're apart are you free
Tell me darlin' while our love is still young
Are you teasin' me
[ instrumental ]
You tell me my love could make your life complete
Are you teasin' me
And n'er from my arms would you long to be free
Are you teasin' me
Are you untrue when I'm not with you

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6.

Baby You've Got What It Takes

Clyde Otis - Brook Benton - Murray Stein

© Meridian Music, BMI

Well now it takes more than a robin to make the winter go
I know it takes two lips of fire to melt away the snow
Well it takes two hearts a cookin' to make a fire grow
And baby you've got what it takes

Yeah you know it takes a lotta kisses to make a romance sweet
Um hum it takes a lot of lovin' honey to make my life complete
I done told you it takes a lotta woman to knock me off my feet
But baby a you got what it takes

Well I say mmm and I said mmm
You know you got just what it takes
It takes more than an effort to make me stay away from you
And it takes more than one lifetime for a man to prove that he'll be true
Yeah and it takes somebody special honey to make me say I do
And baby you've got what it takes

Come on Melba baby I said mmm yeah mmm
You know you got just what it takes
Well it takes more than an effort to make me stay away from you
And it takes more than a lifetime honey to prove that I'll be true
And it'll take somebody awful special to make me say I do
Baby you've got what it takes
And baby you've got what it takes
You know you have yeah
And baby you've got what it takes

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7.

We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds

Melba Montgomery

© Glad Music, BMI

We said our goodbyes long ago
Never thinkin' we'd miss each other so
All the memories we can't leave behind
Oh we must have been out of our minds

I thought I loved another not you
Ain't it foolish I thought the same too
They both turned out to be the wrong kind
Oh we must have been out of our minds

Let's forgive and forget the past we've known
And reap together the wild seeds we've sown
Surely they can forgive us and find
That we must have been out of our minds

I thought I loved another not you...
Yes we must have been out of our minds

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8.

Whatever Happened To Happiness

Jerry Crutchfield

© Champion Music, BMI

That look of love is no longer in your eyes
We've lost the magic when we touch
For me you once said that you'd live or die
But now sweetheart a goodnight kiss is asking too much

Whatever happened to happiness
The good ol' days that we were blessed
The love is gone we once possessed
Whatever happened to happiness

As I lie next to you in our bed at night
Hopin' that you'll just touch my hand
Wonderin' what I can do to make things right
And I try to make myself to understand

Whatever happened to happiness...
Whatever happened to happiness...
Whatever happened to happiness

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9.

My Baby's Gone

Hazel Houser

© Central Songs, BMI

Hold back the rushin' minutes hold back the sun
My world has ended my baby's gone

The milkman whistles softly as he comes up to my door
The mailman brings the letters by just like he did before
They seem so busy all day long as though there's nothin' wrong
Don't they know the world has ended my baby's gone

Hold back the rushin' minutes make the wind lie still
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops then hold back the sun
My world has ended my baby's gone
[ instrumental ]
I wake up sometimes in the night and I realize you're gone
And then I toss upon my bed and I wait for day to come
I try to tell my lonely heart it must go on alone
Don't they know the world has ended my baby's gone

Hold back the rushin' minutes make the wind lie still...
Don't they know the world has ended my baby's gone

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10.

If We Don't Make It

Paul Richey

© ATV Songs, BMI

With just an empty two-room flat but eyes full of dreams
Two rooms of hope and a world full of love prayin' for better things
Our dreams came through but we are too in silence here we sit
If we don't make it we've sure got a lot to forget

Back when I made our clothes by hand your hand always held mine
We only had one pair of shoes but that's all you can wear at one time
If all our years just end with tears not one will I regret
If we don't make it we sure got a lot to forget

We may not make it but it makes me stop and think
I remember once when water was all we could afford to drink
And didn't care we had to share our one last cigarette
If we don't make it we've sure got a lot to forget
If we don't make it we've sure got a lot to forget

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