1.

(# 5 country hit)

Swinging Doors

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

This ol' smoke filled bar is something I'm not used to
But I gave up my home to see you satisfied
I just called to let you know where I'll be livin'
It's not much but I feel welcome here inside

I've got swinging doors a jukebox and a barstool
And my new home has a flashing neon sign
Stop by and see me anytime you want to
Cause I'm always here at home till closin' time
[ instrumental ]
I've got everything I need to drive me crazy
And I've got everything it takes to lose my mind
And in here the atmosphere's just right for heartaches
Thanks to you I'm always here till closin' time

I've got swinging doors a jukebox and a barstool...
I'm always here at home till closin' time

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2.

If I Could Be Him

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

We're all friends you and I me and him
And it's wrong to want you like I do
And no way can wrong be right but I'd give the world tonight
If I could just be him holding you

I know that you could never trade his love for mine
And I know my dreams can never be
Cause no way can wrong be right but I'd give the world tonight
If I could just be him instead of me

I can see everything in you I ever dreamed of
But someone I called a friend stands in the way
I'd give everything I own for one hour with you alone
Or if I could just be him for just one day
[ instrumental ]
I can see everything in you I ever dreamed of...

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3.

The Longer You Wait

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

The longer you wait to leave me
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone
And the longer it takes you to break my heart
The longer the pain lingers on

How long will you prolong my misery
Wish I could leave on my own
Cause the longer you wait to leave me
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone
[ instrumental ]
We both know that you never loved me
I lied to myself from the start
We both know that someday you'll leave me
And the knowin' just tears me apart

How long will you prolong my misery...
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone

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4.

I'll Look Over You

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

I'll look over things you do because I love you so
And I'll be standing on the sideline while you play
It's your life to live the way you wanna live
And I'll look over you if you'll just let me stay

It's no fault of yours if I can't give the thrill you need
And I know someday you'll find someone who can
Oh it hurts to see you stare at every guy you see
But I'll look over you and try to understand

I'll look over things you do because I love you so...

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5.

I Can't Stand Me

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

I can't stand me since I lost you
And I can't stand nobody else
I can't stand me since you went away
And I gotta get away from myself

I used to be a high-stepper with a lot on the ball
My friends all called me Ace
It took a woman like you to bring a good man down
And make me ashamed to even show my face

I can't stand me since I lost you...
[ instrumental ]
Oh when I look in the glass and see a grown man cry
It makes me wanna hang my head
I used to feel real proud just to be alive
But now I think I'd rather be dead

I can't stand me since I lost you...
[ instrumental ]
I'm gonna find me a river about ten miles wide
With a bridge right all way cross
I'm gonna drag myself about half way over
And then I'm gonna throw me off

I can't stand me since I lost you...
Yeah I gotta get away from myself

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6.

The Girl Turned Ripe (And The Pickers Came Today)

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Well the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today

Had an uncle who was farmin' down in Tennessee
And I stopped by to see him there brought this friend with me
He had a daughter seventeen whose name was Clementine
And sure enough they fell in love her and this friend of mine

He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today
He said there ain't no need in me beggin' her to stay
Ol' uncle Dave just shook his head and turned away
He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today
[ instrumental ]
Fell in love with a gal that made her home in Louisian'
And her daddy was a hard and strict but very humble man
And he shook me up that day I went to ask him for her hand
But I felt better when I heard them same old words again

Well the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today
Said there ain't no need in me beggin' her to stay
He just shook his head and slowly walked away
He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today
[ instrumental ]
Now me and this gal from Louisian' we got a family
We got a little doll with big brown eyes that we call Charmarie
And there's a great long line of pickers waitin' to talk to me
About the sweet little gal of mine that we call Charmarie

Well I said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today...
I said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today

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7.

(# 3 country hit)

The Bottle Let Me Down

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Each night I leave the barroom when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closin' time
But tonight your mem'ry found me much too sober
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind

Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your mem'ry come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down
[ instrumental ]
I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turning every day
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way

Tonight the bottle let me down...
Tonight the bottle let me down

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8.

No More You And Me

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Today something told me not to call you
But with trembling hands I dialed the telephone
And as it rang the seventh time
I knew I'd lost what once was mine

There'll be no more you and me from now on
There'll be no more you and me there'll be only misery
Cause you and him me and loneliness
But no more you and me
[ instrumental ]
I don't have to see his arms wrapped around you
To know you've chosen him instead of me
But just to know you'd be with him I called the place you'd been
I had to verify the thing I couldn't see

There'll be no more you and me from now on...

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9.

Somebody Else You've Known

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

I've always been the kinda guy that didn't love a lot
I took all the love they offered me with ease
And it didn't make much difference if they loved me or not
Cause I'd love 'em for a while then I'd leave

Yeah I can't believe it's really me hurtin' like I do
Just because you left me all alone
I've seen it happen many times to other guys you knew
Surely I must be somebody else you've known
[ instrumental ]
Well when I first met you darling you impressed me more than some
I should have took the warning way back then
But I never stopped to think it that even my day had to come
And like the other guys I want you back again

Yeah I can't believe it's really me hurtin' like I do...
Surely I must be somebody else you've known

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10.

High On A Hilltop

Tommy Collins

© Central Songs, BMI

High on a hilltop overlooking the city
I can see the bright lights as they gleam
And somewhere you're dancin' in some dingy barroom
And the lure of the gayness make the place of our dream

High on a hilltop my heart cries oh Lord
Forgive her she knows not the way
And give me the power to believe and someday
High on a hilltop together we'll pray
[ instrumental ]
I can vision around her with her lyin' so smooth
With a promise of riches for you
But you see not the danger cause you're silly with booze
And from high on a hilltop I see the devil in you

High on a hilltop my heart cries oh Lord...

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11.

This Town's Not Big Enough

Liz Anderson - Donna Austin

© Yonah Music, BMI

Today's the day I leave forever this town where we once loved together
Now that love is gone I guess I'm free
I'll leave behind both you and sorrow and take just what I'll have tomorrow
When there's miles and miles and miles between this town and me

This town's not big enough for both of us to be
I can't go anywhere without your memory
In every window pane your face is all I see
This town's not big enough to hold both you and me
[ instrumental ]
I'll drop the dreams I've held so tightly shed my tears and travel lightly
Anything to ease my heavy load
I'll find a town in far-off places where the windows have no faces
Many miles from anywhere along this lonely road

This town's not big enough for both of us to be...

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12.

Shade Tree Fix-it Man

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Yeah I'm a shade tree fix-it man
I don't need any helping hand
I'm a Jack-a-all-trades when I'm workin' in the shade
I'm a shade tree-fix-it man

Well I headed out of west from Arkansas my hoopie ran fine for a while
Then a rod started knockin' a guage started rockin' she wouldn't run another mile
But on a downhill drag I coasted for awhile till I found me a shady inn
I started huffin' and a puffin' started a frettin' and a sweatin'
But I soon had her runnin' again

Cause I'm a shade tree fix-it man...
[ steel ]
By noon the next day I was back on the road I had her runnin' right on out
While I was wheelin' and a dealin' I got a funny feelin' that my baby kinda felt left out
Oh I found me a shade by the side of the road I fixed everything up fine
With a little bit of lovin' in a few minutes later we was rolling on down the line

Cause I'm a shade tree fix-it man...
One more time I'm a shade tree fix-it man...
Yeah I'm a shade tree fix-it man...

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