1.

(Seashores Of) Old Mexico

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

We left out of Tucson with no destination in mind
We were runnin' from trouble and the jail term the judge had in mind
And the border meant freedom a new life and romance
And that's why we thought we should go
And start our lives over on the seashores of Old Mexico

Our first night in Juarez we lost all the money we had
One bad senorita made use of two innocent lads
But we must keep on runnin' it's too late to turn back
And we’re wanted in Tucson we know
Things will blow over on the seashores of Old Mexico

Two Mexican farmers enroute to a town I can't say
Let us ride on the back of a flatbed half loaded with hay
Down through Durango Colima Almera then into Manzanillo
Where we slept in the sunshine on the seashores of Old Mexico

After one long siesta we came wide awake in the night
We were startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight
Our new-found companion one young senorita who offered a broken hello
And to the gringo she found on the seashores of Old Mexico

She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return
For her Mexican husband she really had no great concern
But she loved the gringo my red hair and lingo
That's all that I needed to know
We found what we needed on the seashores of Old Mexico

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2.

Without You On My Side

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

A day with no sleep a night with no love
And life without you on my side
And if I had to lay down without you on my side
Nightmares would throw both my eyes open wide
And the bad dreams wouldn't leave me
And it would all start to grieve me
Without you on my side

A day with no sleep a night with no love...
Without you on my side

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3.

When Times Were Good

David Jones

© Mighty Nice Music, BMI

There's a place I can go in my memories
Back to a life I chose to leave behind
And sometime I still need to remember
When times were good and you were mine

I'm still livin' with my reasons for leavin'
They must have seemed more important at the time
Now I only dream about the two of us
When times were good and you were mine

I still have everything that came between us
My old guitar and a weakness for the wine
So tonight I thought I'd write one for the memory
When times were good and you were mine

There's a Golden Eagle rollin' out of Memphis
And a country singer still lost between the lines
And I know that this old road I'm on will never lead me
Where times were good and you were mine

I still have everything that came between us...
I still have everything that came between us...
Where times were good and you were mine

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4.

Jimmy The Broom

Merle Haggard - Freddy Powers

© Tree Pub, BMI

Jimmy The Broom had the old shabby room next to mine
Every casino in the whole town of Reno knew Jimmy The Broom was on wine
With no last name at all his old friends were left to assume
That he meant to be buried with the nickname of Jimmy The Broom

He came to the city to forget a woman they say
Not even the havoc of the nightlife of Reno could keep her memory away
So he turned to the bottle and somehow it deafened her call
Ah but Jimmy The Broom never lived to be free of it all

Jimmy The Broom left the sidewalks swept clean out in Reno
And every casino knew Jimmy The Broom
With no last name at all his old friends were left to assume
That he meant to be buried with the nickname of Jimmy The Broom

Jimmy The Broom left the sidewalks swept clean out in Reno...

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5.

Yesterday

John Lennon - Paul McCartney

© Maclen Music, BMI

Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe in yesterday

Suddenly
I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know she didn't say...

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play...

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6.

(# 58 country hit)

If I Could Only Fly

Bill Folley

© Tree Pub, BMI

I almost felt you touching me just now
I wish I knew which way to turn and go
I feel so good and then I feel so bad
I wonder what I ought to do

If I could only fly If I could only fly
I'd bid this place goodbye to come and be with you
But I can hardly stand I got nowhere to run
Another sinkin' sun one more lonely night

The wind keeps blowin' somewhere every day
Tell me things get better somewhere up the way
Just dismal thinkin' on a dismal day
Sad song for us to bear

If I could only fly If I could only fly
If I could only fly then I could be with you

You know sometimes I write happy songs
Then some little thing goes wrong
And I wish they all could make you smile

Comin' home soon and I wanna stay
Maybe we can somehow get away
And I wish you could come with me when I go again

If I could only fly If I could only fly...

If I could only fly If you could only fly
If we could only fly there’d be no more lonely nights

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7.

Shotgun And A Pistol

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

That mornin' a lady locked arms with a shotgun
And the pistol rode west with the sun
Now the outlaws of Tombstone and the outlaws forever
Know that death is the way of the gun

They fought side by side undefeated each time
Speed of their guns were the same
From Dodge City Kansas to wild Arizona
All outlaws alike knew their name

A shotgun a pistol known the world over
As the two biggest guns in the west
But the whole town of Tombstone knew the friendship was shaky
And they wondered which one was the best

Only a shootout could settle the question
That lay heavy on everyone's mind
Whiskey and loose talk and their love for a woman
Made the shootout a matter of time

That mornin' a lady locked arms with a shotgun...

The day of the doom had been set by the town
That lived up to it's bloodthirsty name
Some said the pistol some said the shotgun
Some said the town was to blame

But some outlaws named Clanton and the OK Corral
Changed history and canceled the game
When the shootout was over and the outlaws lay dyin'
Old Tombstone was silently shamed

That morning a lady locked arms with a shotgun...

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8.

Love Makes A Fool Of Us All

Hank Cochran - Glenn Martin

© Tree Pub, BMI

Morning moves shadows across a room with clothes scattered
To a bed where two lovers lie entwined
The one that he's tied to is the one that he's lied to
And his home and family seldom crosses his mind

But love makes a fool of us all
It makes liars and cheaters and beggars who crawl
And sometimes even the strongest will fall
Look at us now love makes a fool of us all

Dreams of forever are just words in a letter
When goodbye is all that they say
She packs up a few things and slips out of her ring
And into the arms of a man twice her age

Love makes a fool of us all...

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9.

Why Do I Have To Choose

Willie Nelson

© Willie Nelson Music, BMI

Why do I have to choose and see everybody lose
And walk around and sing the blues
Well darling I refuse

A love is hard to find a love of any kind
But a love like hers and mine creates it's own design

So why do I have to choose see everybody lose...

And when I think of her and then I think of you
The love is not the same but either love is true

Why do I have to choose see everybody lose...
Why do I have to choose see everybody lose...

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10.

Silver Wings

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
They're taking you away leaving me lonely
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight

Don't leave me I cried
Don't take that airplane ride
Hey but you locked me out of your mind
And left me standing here behind

Silver wings shining in the sunlight...
Don't leave me I cried...
Silver wings shining in the sunlight...

Slowly fading out of sight
They're slowly fading out of sight

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