1.

(# 28 country hit)
(# 121 pop hit)

Red Umbrella

Chris Lindsey - Aimee Mayo - Brad Warren

Sometimes life can get a little dark
I'm sure I've got bruises on my heart
Here come the black clouds full of pain
Yeah you can break away without the chains

Your love is like a red umbrella
Walk the streets like Cinderella
Everyone can see it on my face
So let it rain it's pourin' all around me
Let it fall it ain't gonna drown me
After all I'm gonna be okay so let it rain

You can wear your sorrow like an old raincoat
You can save your tears in a bottle made of gold
But the glitter on the sidewalk always shines
Yeah even God needs to cry sometimes

Your love is like a red umbrella
Always there to make me better
When my broken dreams are fallin' from the sky
Let it rain it's pourin' all around me
Let it fall it ain't gonna drown me
After all I'm gonna be okay so let it rain
Oh let it rain
Let it fall I'm gonna be okay so let it rain

Let it wash my tears away
Tomorrow's another day yeah

So let it rain it's pourin' all around you
Let it fall it ain't gonna drown you
After all I'm gonna be okay so let it rain
Oh let it rain let it fall I'm gonna be okay
So let it rain it's pourin' all around me
Let it fall it ain't gonna drown me
After all I'm gonna be okay so let it rain
Oh let it rain let it fall I'm gonna be okay so let it rain
Oh let it rain

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2.

Stronger

Hillary Lindsey - Troy Verges

This is the window to my heart I just want you to be free
There ain't no freedom where we are ain't no wishes in these stars
Ain't no reason to believe
But don't worry baby don't you worry maybe this is what we need
A little bruising a little bleeding some space that we can breathe in
Some silence in between

So cry for me baby and I'll cry for you
And we'll both break down and we'll both break through
We'll find our way and we'll face the truth we both will be stronger
And we'll lie down in our loneliness and wake up with our sad regrets
Even though we don't know it yet we both will be stronger
We both will be stronger

I can't believe you're really gone now but I know it's for the best
And I know that we weren't right but I still reach for you each night
And man that hurts like hell

So cry for me baby and I'll cry for you...

Stronger now so cry for me baby and I'll cry for you...

This is the window to my heart I just want us to be free
Baby I'm sorry for the way things are
Goodbye is always hard and we both will be stronger

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3.

(# 8 country hit)
(# 50 pop hit)

I Need You

David Lee - Tony Lane

with Tim McGraw

I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
I wanna smell that sweet addiction on my breath
I wanna ride across West Virginia in the back seat of a Cadillac
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need you

Like a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs a rain
I need you
Like a lighthouse on the coast
Like the Father and the Son need the Holy Ghost
I need you

I wanna get lost in some corner booth Cantina Mexico
I wanna dance to the static of an AM radio

I wanna wrap the moon around us and lay beside you skin on skin
Make love 'til the sun comes up 'til the sun goes down again
Cause I need you

Like a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs a rain
I need you
Like a lighthouse on the coast
Like the Father and the Son need the Holy Ghost
I need you oh I need you

I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need you whoa I need you
I need you I need you I need you I need you
I need you I need you I need you

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4.

(# 32 country hit)
(# 61 pop hit)

Lost

Mitch Allan - Kara DioGuardi

Is it obvious to you when you walk into a room
Your face is all I see and my heart races so fast
I never knew a rush to feel like that
Every time you're touching me

I never did believe in anything
I couldn't hold between my fingers
But the way you make me feel
It's just so real the way it lingers

I get lost inside your stare
Lost when you're not there
When everything I have doesn't mean a thing
If it's without you if it's a dream
Don't wake me up I'll scream
If this isn't love if bein' lost means never knowin'
How it feels without you
I wanna stay lost forever
I wanna stay lost forever with you

No this feeling doesn't end
It's with me everywhere I am
Hope it never goes away
It's like defying gravity
Losin' all control and bein' free
And I always wanna stay

I never thought that I'd let go
Long enough to fall for someone deeply
Who had the power to erase my fears
And find me so completely

I get lost inside your stare
Lost when you're not there
When everything I have doesn't mean a thing
If it's without you if it's a dream
Don't wake me up I'll scream
If this isn't love
If bein' lost means never knowin'
How it feels without you
I wanna stay lost

Don't tell me where we're goin'
I don't wanna know I like the mystery
I can't believe we've come this far
So far away from where we started off
You found me when I wasn't lookin'
You found me

And now I'm lost inside your stare
Lost when you're not there
And everything I have doesn't mean a thing
If it's without you
Without you if it's a dream
Don't wake me up I'll scream
If this isn't love
If bein' lost means never knowin'
How it feels without you
Yeah if bein' lost means never knowin'
How it feels without you
Oh if bein' lost means that I'm never
Gonna be without you
I wanna stay lost forever
I wanna stay lost forever with you

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5.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 29 pop hit)

Mississippi Girl

John Rich - Adam Shoenfeld

It's a long way from Star Mississippi
To the big stage I'm singing on tonight
And sometimes the butterflies still get me
When I'm in the spotlight

And some people seem to think that I have changed
That I'm different than I was back then
But in my soul I know that I'm the same way
That I've really always been

Cause a Mississippi girl don't change her ways
Just cause everybody knows her name
Ain't big headed from a little bit of fame
I still like wearing my old ball cap
Ride my kids around piggy back
They might know me all around the world
But y'all I'm still a Mississippi girl

Well I spent a few weeks in California
They put my face on the big movie screen
But that don't mean I've forgotten where I came from
That's just me chasing dreams yeah

Cause a Mississippi girl don't change her ways...
Cause a Mississippi girl don't change her ways...

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6.

(# 12 country hit)
(# 33 pop hit)

Cry

Angie Aparo

If I had just one tear running down your cheek
Maybe I could cope maybe I'd get some sleep
If I had just one moment at your expense
Maybe all my misery would be well spent

Yeah could you cry a little lie just a little
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain
I gave now I'm wanting something in return
So cry just a little for me

If your love could be caged honey I would hold the key
And conceal it underneath the pile of lies you handed me
And you'd hunt those lies they'd be all you'd ever find
And that'd be all you'd have to know for me to be fine

Yeah and you'd cry a little and die just a little
And baby I would feel just a little less pain
I gave now I'm wanting something in return
So cry just a little for me

Give it up baby I hear your doing fine
Nothing's gonna save me I can see it in your eyes
Some kind of heartache hon give it a try
I don't want pity I just want what is mine

Yeah could you cry a little and lie just a little
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain
I gave now I'm wanting something in return
So cry just a little for me yeah cry just a little for me
Oh oh could you cry a little for me yeah yeah

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7.

(# 11 country hit)
(# 10 pop hit)

There You'll Be

Diane Warren

© Realsongs, ASCAP

When I think back on these timesa and the dreams we left behind
I'll be glad cause I was blessed to get to have you in my life
When I look back on these days I'll look and see your face
You were right there for me

In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky
In my heart there'll always be a place for you for all my life
I'll keep a part of you with me and everywhere I am there you'll be
And everywhere I am there you'll be

Well you showed me how it feels to feel the sky within my reach
And I always will remember all the strength you gave to me
Your love made me make it through oh I owe so much to you
You were right there for me

In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky...

Cause I always saw in you my light my strength
And I want to thank you now for all the ways
You were right there for me (you were right there for me)
You were right there for me always

In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky...
There you'll be

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8.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 7 pop hit)

Way You Love Me

Michael Dulaney - Keith Follese

If I could grant you one wish I wish you could see the way you kiss
Ooh I love watching you baby when you're driving me ooh crazy
Ooh I love the way you love the way you love me
(The way that you laugh and breathe and smile when you touch me drives me wild)
There's nowhere else I'd rather be

Ooh to feel the way I feel with your arms around me
(I melt and spin and fall again)
I only wish that you could see the way you love me (love me)
Whoa oh oh the way you love me

It's not right it's not fair what you're missing over there
Someday I'll find a way to show you just how lucky I am to know you

Ooh I love the way I feel with your arms around me...

You're the million reasons why there's love reflecting in my eyes

Ooh I love the way I feel with your arms around me...

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9.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 2 pop hit)

Breathe

Holly Lamar - Stephanie Bentley

I can feel magic floating in the air being with you gets me that way
I watch the sunlight dance across your face I've never been this swept away
All my thoughts just seem to settle on the breeze
When I'm lying wrapped up in your arms
The whole world just fades away the only thing I hear is the beating of your heart

I can feel you breathe it's washing over me and suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch a slow and steady rush
And baby isn't that the way that love's supposed to be
I can feel you breathe just breathe
[ instrumental ]
In a way I know my heart is waking up as all the walls come tumbling down
Closer than I've ever felt before and I know and you know
There's no need for words right now

Cause I can feel you breathe it's washing over me and suddenly I'm melting into you...
[ instrumental ]
Caught up in the touch a slow and steady rush
And baby isn't that the way that love's supposed to be
I can feel you breathe just breathe
I can feel the magic floating in the air being with you gets me that way

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10.

(# 4 country hit)
(# 46 pop hit)

The Secret Of Life

Gretchen Peters

Couple of guys sittin' around drinkin'
Down at the Starlight Bar
One of 'em says You know I've been thinking
Other one says That won't get you too far
He says this is your life and welcome to it
It's just workin' and drinkin' and dreams
Ad on TV says 'Just Do It'
Hell if I know what that means

The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
The secret of life is a beautiful woman
And Marilyn stares down from the barroom wall

You and me we're just a couple of zeros
Just a couple of down-and-outs
But movie stars and football heroes
What have they got to be unhappy about
So they turn to the bartender Sam what do you think
What's the key that unlocks that door
Sam don't say nothin' just wipes off the bar
And he pours them a couple more

'Cause the secret of life is in Sam's martinis
The secret of life is in Marilyn's eyes
The secret of life is in Monday Night Football
Rolling Stones records and Mom's apple pie

Sam looks up from his Sunday paper
Says boys you're on the wrong track
The secret of life is there ain't no secret
And you don't get your money back
Hey

The secret of life is gettin' up early
The secret of life is stayin' up late
The secret of life is try not to hurry
But don't wait
Don't wait

The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
The secret of life is to find the right woman
The secret of life is nothin' at all
Oh it's nothin' at all
The secret of life

Couple of guys sittin' around drinkin'
Down at the Starlight Bar
One of 'em says You know I've been thinking
Other one says That won't get you too far
That won't get you too far

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11.

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

Let Me Let Go

Steve Diamond - Dennis Morgan

I thought it was over baby
We said our goodbyes
But I can't go a day without your face
Going through my mind
In fact not a single minute
Passes without you in it
Your voice your touch memories of your love
Are with me all of the time

Let me let go baby
Let me let go
If this is for the best why are you still in my heart
Are you still in my soul
Let me let go

I talked to you the other day
Looks like you made your escape
You put us behind no matter how hard I try
I can't do the same

Let me let go baby
Let me let go
It just isn't right
I've been two thousand miles
Down a dead-end road

Let me let go darling won't you
I just gotta know yeah
If this is for the best
Why are you still in my heart
Are you still in my soul
Let me let go

The lights of this strange city are shining
But they don't hold no fascination for me
I try to find the bright side baby
But everywhere I look everywhere I turn
You're all I see

Let me let me let go baby won't you
Let me let go
It just isn't right
I've been two thousand miles
Down a dead-end road

Oh let me let go darling won't you
I just gotta know
If this is for the best
Why are you still in my heart
Yeah you're still in my soul
Let me let go
Let me let go
Let me let go

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12.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 7 pop hit)

This Kiss

Beth Nielsen Chapman - Annie Roboff - Robin Lerner

I don't want another heartbreak
I don't need another turn to cry no
I don't wanna learn the hard way
Baby hello
Oh no goodbye
But you got me like a rocket
Shooting straight across the sky

It's the way you love me
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion
It's perpetual bliss
It's that pivotal moment
It's ah impossible
This kiss this kiss
Unstoppable
This kiss this kiss

Cinderella said to Snow White
"How does love get so off course
Oh all I wanted was a white knight
With a good heart
Soft touch fast horse"
Ride me off into the sunset
Baby I'm forever yours

It's the way you love me
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion
It's perpetual bliss
It's that pivotal moment
It's ah unthinkable
This kiss this kiss
Unsinkable
This kiss this kiss

You can kiss me in the moonlight
On the rooftop under the sky oh
You can kiss me with the windows open
While the rain comes pouring inside oh
Kiss me in sweet slow motion
Let's let everything slide
You got me floating
You got me flying

It's the way you love me (The way)
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion (Ah ah)
It's perpetual bliss
It's that pivotal moment
It's ah subliminal
This kiss this kiss
It's criminal
This kiss this kiss
It's the way you love me baby (the way you love me baby)
It's the way you love me darling yeah

It's the way you love me (the way)
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion (ah ah)
It's perpetual bliss
It's that pivotal moment
It's ah subliminal
This kiss this kiss
It's criminal
This kiss this kiss
It's the way you love me baby (the way you love me baby)
It's the way you love me darling yeah

It's the way you love me
It's a feeling like this
It's centrifugal motion

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13.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 74 pop hit)

It Matters To Me

Mark D. Sanders - Ed Hill

Baby tell me where'd you ever learn to fight without sayin' a word
Then waltz back into my life like it's all gonna be alright
Don't you know how much it hurts
When we don't talk when we don't touch
When it doesn't feel like we're even in love it matters to me
When I don't know what to say don't know what to do
Don't know if it really even matters to you
How can I make you see it matters to me

Maybe I still don't understand the distance between a woman and a man
So tell me how far it is and how you can love like this cause I'm not sure I can
When we don't talk when we don't touch
When it doesn't feel like we're even in love

When I don't know what to say don't know what to do...
[ instrumental ]
When I don't know what to say don't know what to do...
Oh it matters to me it matters to me

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14.

(# 1 country hit)

Piece Of My Heart

Bert Russell - Jerry Ragovoy

Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man
Didn't I give you everything that a woman possibly can
Each time I tell myself that I can't stand the pain
You hold me in your arms and I say it once again
Come on come on come on
And take it take another little piece of my heart now baby yeah
Take another little piece of my heart I know you will
Break it break another little piece of my heart now baby
You know you got it if it makes you feel good so good

You're out on the street looking good baby
Deep down in your heart you know that it ain't right
No you'll never never never never hear me cry cry
You know I cry I cry all all the time

Yeah each time I tell myself...
[ instrumental ]
Come on come on come on ooh
Take another little piece of my heart...
Yeah yeah take a piece of my heart

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15.

(# 1 country hit)

The Wild One

Pat Bunch - Will Wambeauy - Jaime Kyle

They said change your clothes she said no I won't
They said comb your hair she said some kids don't
And her parents' dreams went up in smoke

They said you can't leave she said yes I will
They said don't see him she said his name is Bill
She's on a roll and it's all uphill

She's a wild one with an angel's face
She's a woman-child in a state of grace
When she was three years old on her daddy's knee
He said you can be anything you wanna be
She's a wild one runnin' free
[ instrumental ]
She loves rock'n roll they said it's Satan's tongue
She thinks they're too old they think she's too young
And the battle lines are clearly drawn

She's a wild one with an angel's face...
[ instrumental ]
She has future plans and dreams at night
When they tell life is hard she says that's all right

Yeah she's a wild one with an angel's face...
She's a wild one with an angel's face...

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