1.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 30 pop hit)

Back When

Stephony Smith - Jeff Stevens - Stan Lynch

Don't you remember the fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in a bottle at ten two and four
A fried bologna sandwich with mayo and tomato
Sitting round the table don't happen much anymore

We got too complicated it's all way over rated
I like the old and out dated way of life

Back when a ho was a hoe Coke was a Coke
And crack's what you were doing when you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw the wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when I miss back when I miss back when

I love my records black shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops and white noise
Man they sounded fine I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all country soul and rock and roll
What happened to those times

I'm reading Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money the way it was back then

Back when a ho was a hoe Coke was a Coke...

Give me a flat top for strumming
I want the whole world to be humming
Oh just keep it coming the way it was back then

Back when a ho was a hoe Coke was a Coke...
I miss back when I miss back when

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2.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 13 pop hit)

Last Dollar (Fly Away)

Big Kenny

1-2-3 like a bird I sing
Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
I'm so glad you're here today
Cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away

Hey I'm down to my last dollar I've walk right though my shoes
Just a small reminder of the hell that I've gone through
But look at me still smiling as I'm wondering what I'll do
Since I ain't got nothing I've got nothing to lose
Everybody say ha ha ha

My friends are always giving me watches hats and wine
That's how I know this is serious that's how I know it's time
I don't have to worry about things that I don't have
Cause if I ain't got nothing I've got nothing to hold me back

1-2-3 like a bird I sing
Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
I'm so glad you're here today
Cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away
Fly away fly away

There's nothing that's worth keeping me from places I should go
From Happyville to loving land I'm going to tour from coast to coast
I'm leaving everything behind there's not much that I need
Cause If I ain't got nothing I'm footloose and fancy free

1-2-3 like a bird I sing...

Look at me so free nothings holding me down
Look at me so free can't keep my feet on the ground

1-2-3 like a bird I sing...
1-2-3 like a bird I sing...

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3.

(# 3 country hit)
(# 41 pop hit)

If You're Reading This

Brad Warren - Brett Warren - Tim McGraw

If you're reading this my Momma's sitting there
Looks like I only got a one way ticket over here
Sure wish I could give you one more kiss
And war was just a game we played when we were kids

I'm laying down my gun I'm hanging up my boots
I'm up here with God and we're both watching over you

So lay me down in that open field out on the edge of town
And know my soul is where my Mamma always prayed
That it would go and if you're reading this
I'm already home

If you're reading this half way around the world
I won't be there to see the birth of our little girl
I hope she looks like you I hope she fights like me
Stands up for the innocent and the weak

I'm laying down my gun I'm hanging up my boots
Tell dad I don't regret that I followed in his shoes

So lay me down in that open field out on the edge of town...

If you're reading this there's going to come a day
When you'll move on and find someone else
And that's OK just remember this I'm in a better place
Where soldiers live in peace and angels sing amazing grace

So lay me down in that open field out on the edge of town...

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4.

(# 5 country hit)
(# 59 pop hit)

Do You Want Fries with That

Kerry Phillips - Casey Beathard

I thought that was your voice I thought that was my car
Now we ain't ever met before but I know who you are
You're living in my house and I'm living in a tent
And don't laugh this second job of mine is paying both our rents
You're out here buying Happy Meals and I'm eating rice and pintos
You so much as crack a smile at me man I'll come through this here window

Well you took my wife and you took my kids
And you took that life that I used to live
My pride the pool the boat my tools my dreams the dog the cat
Yeah I think that's just about everything
Oh I almost forgot do you want fries with that

Your ketchup's in the bag and a check is in the mail
I hope your chicken's raw inside and I hope your bun is stale
I'm supposed to tell you please come back
But how about this instead I hope you both choke on a pickle
Man that would tickle me to death I don't know what you're waiting on
You're holding up the line oh man you ain't got no change coming back
Are you out of your mind

Well you took my wife and you took my kids...
Well you took my wife and you took my kids...

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5.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 28 pop hit)

Unbroken

Holly Lamar - Annie Roboff

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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6.

(# 2 country hit)
(# 87 pop hit)

Can't Be Really Gone

Gary Burr

© MCA Music, ASCAP

Her hat is hanging by the door the one she bought in Mexico
It blocked the wind it stopped the rain
She'd never leave that one so she can't be really gone

The shoes she bought on Christmas Eve
She laughed and said they called her name
It's like they're waiting in the hall
For her to slip them on so she can't be really gone

I don't know when she'll come back she must intend to come back
And I've seen the error of my ways
Don't waste the tears on me what more proof do you need
Just look around the room so much of her remains

Her book is lying on the bed
The two of hearts to mark her page
Now who could ever walk away at chapter 21
So she can't be really gone

Just look around this room so much of her remains
Her book is lying on the bed the two of hearts to mark her page
Now who could ever walk away with so much left undone
So she can't be really gone no she can't be really gone

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7.

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

Angry All The Time

Bruce Robinson

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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8.

(# 12 country hit)
(# 87 pop hit)

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt - Even Stevens - David Malloy

I'm so glad that I met you baby
I'm so proud when we walk in the room
I know it's crazy to worry like I do
I get this feeling that I'm losing you

I get these suspicions even though I know that you love me baby
And I really shouldn't feel this way
Ooh suspicions I can't help it you're just so good looking
I'm afraid somebody's gonna steal you away from me

When I go out to a party with you
You always turn every head in the room
I just know what's on every man's mind
I try to fight it but it gets me sometimes

I get these suspicions even though I know that you love me baby...

Ooh suspicions

When I'm with you I feel so satisfied
The way you touch me when you lay by my side
That look in your eyes when we make love
Makes me hate myself for what I'm thinking of

I get these suspicions even though I know that you love me baby...

Suspicions even though I know that you love me baby
And I really shouldn't feel this way
Ooh suspicions I can't help it you're just so good looking
I'm afraid somebody's gonna steal you away from me
Suspicions oh baby oh darling

Cause I love her cause I love her
I love her and she loves me
Ain't nobody gonna take my girl from me

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9.

(# 39 country hit)
(# 61 pop hit)

Find Out Who Your Friends Are

Ed Hill - Casey Beathard

with Tracy Lawrence

Run your car off the side of the road
Get stuck in a ditch way out in the middle of nowhere
Or get yourself in a bind lose the shirt off your back
Need a floor need a couch need a bus fare

This is where the rubber meets the road
This is where the cream is gonna rise
This is what you really didn't know
This is where the truth don't lie

You find out who your friends are
Somebody's gonna drop everything
Run out and crank up their car
Hit the gas get there fast
Never stop to think what's in it for me or it's way too far
They just show on up with their big old heart
You find out who your friends are

Everybody wants to slap your back wants to shake your hand
When you're up on top of that mountain
But let one of those rocks give way then you slide back down look up
And see who's around then

This ain't where the road comes to an end
This ain't where the bandwagon stops
This is just one of those times when
A lot of folks jump off

You find out who your friends are...

When the water's high when the weather's not so fair
When the well runs dry who's gonna be there

You find out who your friends are...
(Yeah yeah)
You find out who your friends are

Run your car off the side of the road
Get stuck in a ditch way out in the middle of nowhere
(Well man I've been there)
Or get yourself in a bind lose the shirt off your back
Need a floor need a couch need a bus fare
(Man I've been there)
Man I've been there ooh yeah

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10.

(# 2 country hit)
(# 47 pop hit)

Let It Go

Aimee Mayo - Bill Luther - Tom Douglas

I've been caught sideways out here on the crossroads
Trying to buy back the pieces I lost of my soul
It's hard when the devil won't get off your back
It's like carrying around the past in a hundred pound sack

Today I'm gonna keep on walking I'm gonna hold my head up high
I'm gonna leave it all behind today I'm gonna stand out in the rain
Let it wash it all away yeah wash it all away
I'm gonna let it go oh yeah I'm gonna let it go oh yeah

Skeletons and ghosts are hiding in the shadows
Threatening me with all the things that they know
Choices and mistakes they all know my name
But I'm through holding in and holding onto all that pain

Today I'm gonna keep on walking I'm gonna hold my head up high...

I know I know I know I've been forgiven
I know I know I know I'm gonna start living

Today I'm gonna keep on walking I'm gonna hold my head up high...

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11.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 27 pop hit)

Real Good Man

George Teren - Rivers Rutherford

Girl you've never known no one like me
Up there in your high society
They might tell you I'm no good
Girl they need to understand just who I am
I may be a real bad boy but baby I'm a real good man

I may drink too much and play too loud
Hang out with a rough and rowdy crowd
That don't mean I don't respect
My mama or my Uncle Sam yes sir yes ma'am
I may be a real bad boy but baby I'm a real good man

I might have a reckless streak at least a country mile wide
If you're gonna run with me it's gonna be a wild ride
When it comes to loving you I've got velvet hands
I'll show you how a real bad boy can be a real good man
(Here we go)

I take all the good times I can get
I'm too young for growing up just yet
Ain't much I can promise you cept to do the best I can
I'll be damned I may be a real bad boy
But baby I'm a real good man

I may be a real bad boy oh but baby I'm a real good man yes I am

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12.

Nine Lives

Phil Collen - Rick Savage - Joe Elliott

with Def Leppard

Is your luck enough is your touch enough
C'mon girl can you keep it up is your bluff enough

Are you tough enough is your stuff enough
Can you start it up are you sharp enough

Let it roll let 'em go let 'em fly
Took a chance on a chance but the aces were high
Get it on give it up give it in you stole the wages of sin
Got to be in it to win

Nine lives nine times to die
I've been bitten once but I won't be twice shy
Nine lives nine times to die
Come on and show me your hand cause it's your time to cry

Have you lost your touch are the stakes too much
Did you spin the wheel and could you close a deal
Yeah yeah

Let it roll let 'em go give 'em style...

Nine lives nine times to die...

Hey let it roll let 'em go let 'em fly...

Nine lives nine times to die...

Nine lives nine times to die...

And nine lives is all we're gonna get
I said all we're gonna get yeah
Nine lives nine times to die
You've just bitten less than your nine lives

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