1.

(# 1 country hit)

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Liz Anderson - Casey Anderson

© Four Star Music, BMI

Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run the highway is my home

I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
While mama used to pray my crops would fail
Now I'm a hunted fugitive with just two ways
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run the highway is my home
[ instrumental ]
I'm lonely but I can't afford the luxury
Of having one I love to come along
She'd only slow me down and they'd catch up with me
For he who travels fastest goes alone

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me...
I'm on the run the highway is my home

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2.

(# 2 country hit)

I Threw Away The Rose

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Once I lived the life of wine and roses
And I drank a lot back then for one concern
Success for me lay just around the corner
I thought my social friends would help me make the turn

But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
[ instrumental ]
I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
I watched my social standings slip away from me
While I watched the bottle slowly take command

And now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses...
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

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3.

(# 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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4.

House Of Memories

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

My house of mem'ries is all I own
I live in mis'ry now that you're gone
A constant reminder of what used to be
Is torturing me in my house of mem'ries

My house is a prison where mem'ries surround me
There's no place to hide where your mem'ry won't find me
For my house of mem'ries is all I own
I'm all alone in my house of mem'ries
[ instrumental ]
My house is a prison where mem'ries surround me...
In my house of mem'ries

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5.

(# 10 country hit)

(All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers

Liz Anderson

© Four Star Music, BMI

All the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I'm all through ever trusting anyone
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believing you and now you are gone
[ instrumental ]
It amazes me not knowing any better
Than to think I had a love that could be true
Why I should be taken out tired and feathered
To have let myself be taken in by you

From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers...

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6.

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...
[ instrumental ]
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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7.

(# 1 country hit)

Sing Me Back Home

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
Let my guitar playing friend do my request

Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old mem'ries come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die

I recall last Sunday morning a choir from off the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mama sang
Could I hear it once before you move along

Won't you sing me back home with a song I used to hear..
Sing me back home before I die

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8.

(# 1 country hit)

Branded Man

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
But they won't let my secret go untold
I paid the debt I owed 'em but they're still not satisfied
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

When they let me out of prison I held my head up high
Determined I would rise above the shame
But no matter where I'm living a black mark follows me
I'm branded with a number on my name

I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am...
[ instrumental ]
If I live to be a hundred I guess I'll never clear my name
Cause everybody knows I've been in jail
No matter where I'm living I got to tell 'em where I been
Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail

I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am...
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

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9.

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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10.

(# 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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11.

(# 45 country hit)

Sam Hill

Tommy Collins

© Central Songs, BMI

There's a certain hill outside of town called Sam Hill
And a certain guy used to go there every day
They said a certain girl lived up in Sam Hill
Oh a pretty girl not have the city ways

This certain guy would come down the hill a smilin'
Headin' back for town at the crack of dawn
And he had 'em all a wonderin' what he was doin'
Yeah a wonderin' what the Sam Hill's goin' on

We knew this certain guy was not a gold miner
Cause he never took a shovel or pick
He only took a little box of candy
And disappeared in Sam Hill mighty quick

We'd tried to follow him to his destination
But he had a secret path and soon he was gone
And he had us all a wonderin' what he was doin'
Yeah a wonderin' what the Sam Hill's goin' on
(Wonderin' what the Sam Hill's goin' on)

I know that you have wondered too about Sam Hill
You've prob'bly asked what the Sam Hill's goin' on
All I can say and answer to your question
Is the goin's on are still goin' on

This certain guy's still takin' up his candy
He's ninety-nine and all his youth is gone
But he climbs that hill and still comes down a smillin'
And we're wonderin' what the Sam Hill's goin' on

Wish I knew what the Sam Hill's goin' on
He won't tell us what the Sam Hill's goin' on

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