1.

(# 2 country hit)

Ramblin' Fever

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

My hat don't hang on the same nail too long
My ears can't stand to hear the same old song
And I don't leave the highway long enough
To bog down in the mud cause I've got ramblin' fever in my blood

I caught this ramblin' fever long ago
When I first heard a lonesome whistle blow
If someone said I ever gave a damn they damn sure told you wrong
I've had ramblin' fever all along

Ramblin' fever the kind that can't be measured by degrees
Ramblin' fever there ain't no kinda cure for my disease

There's times I'd like to beddown on a sofa
And let some pretty lady rub my back
And spend the early morning drinking coffee
Talkin' about when I'll be coming back

Cause I don't let no woman tie me down
And I'll never get too old to get around
I wanta die along the highway
And rot away like some old highline pole
Rest this ramblin' fever in my soul

Ramblin' fever the kind that can't be measured by degrees...

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2.

(# 2 country hit)

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

Wiley Walker - Gene Sullivan

© Peer Int, BMI

Memories that linger in my heart
Memories that make my heart grow cold
But some day we'll live them all again
And my blue moon again will turn to gold

Your lips that used to thrill me so
Your kisses were meant for only me
In my dreams I live them all again
But my golden moon is just a memory

When my blue moon turns to gold again
And the rainbow turns the clouds away
When my blue moon turns to gold again
You'll be back within my arms to stay
[ instrumental ]
The castle we built of dreams together
Was the sweetest stories ever told
You know maybe we could live them all again
And our blue moon again will turn to gold

When my blue moon turns to gold again...

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3.

Ghost Story

Joe Allen

© Tree Pub, BMI

I've seen how you tremble whenever he walks through your mind
Stirring up mem'ries that cloud up your eyes
Where the light of our love ought to shine
I know that he hurt you and hurt you so bad but he must have been going insane
Now I finally learned how to hold you together when somebody mentions his name

He's just a ghost story so don't let him scare you
He's not really there like he seems
And tonight when I hold you I'll hold you so close
I'll love him right out of your dreams

I'm sure that he's called you and told you that our love can't last
But don't you believe him cause honey he's wrong he's never been right in the past
So don't let him haunt you and tell you those lies he just can't admit that you're free
The next time he calls you just hand me the phone and see if he'll say that to me

He's just a ghost story so don't let him scare you...
He's just a ghost story so don't let him scare you...

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4.

Set Me Free

Curly Putman

© Tree Pub, BMI

If you think you've had enough if you think our life's been rough
Why not take your love line off of me and set me free
If you think our love's all wrong if you feel the fire is gone
If I'm not what you'd like for me to be set me free
Set me free and let me fly like a bluebird flyin' high
Release the chains that bind you to me and set me free
[ instrumental ]
But you're the kind that likes to hold on and on to love till it grows cold
And you know you've held on much too long to me so why don't you set me free
Please just set me free
Set me free and let me fly like a bluebird in the sky
Release the chains that bind you to me and set me free set me free

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5.

Love Somebody To Death

Red Lane - Glenn Martin

© Tree Pub, BMI

I ain't never robbed or beat up on nobody
I ain't never failed no lie detector test
But tomorrow I'm gonna be the town's most wanted man
But tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death

I'm gonna shave shower shine my shoes and shampoo
Break out my pinstriped suit with the matching vest
Climb in my four hundred horse widetrack rollin' apartment van
Tonight I'm gonna lay some heart to rest

Tomorrow my face will be all over the post office wall
The town will put a price on my head
I'm gonna be some happy lady's most wanted man
Cause tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death

Gonna grab her kiss her squeeze her please her and show her no mercy
Premeditated lovin' at its best
It'll take seven days to get the smile off the corpus delightee
Yeah tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death
[ instrumental ]
See that seedy character smilin' on the six o'clock news
Front page color Assiciated Press
You'll be looking at some happy lady's most wanted man
Cause tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death

I'm gonna grab her kiss her squeeze her...
And baby it just might be you think about it now

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6.

(# 2 country hit)

If We're Not Back In Love By Monday

Glenn Martin - Sonny Throckmorton

© Tree Pub, BMI

We can call Mrs Johnson to keep the kids a day or two
Take the early flight to Florida just the way we used to do
Have room service bring us breakfast make love all through the day
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways

If we're not back in love by Monday we can't say we didn't try
But before we bury our love let's make sure we've let it die
Sleep a few more nights together say the things we used to say
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways
[ instrumental ]
We could find that little cafe with the funny sounding name
Get the table by the window I'll say I love you once again
If the violin player's still there we'll dance until the break of day
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways

If we're not back in love by Monday we can't say we didn't try...

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7.

I Think It's Gone Forever

Merle Haggard - Leona Williams

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

You could get down on your knees and beg me to come home
And be talkin' to a man that wouldn't come
Cause once you bring the curtain down on love that used to be
I think it's there forever darlin' once it's done

I know it hurts your pride to know that I no longer care
You thought I'd stay home waitin' all alone
I know you've spent a world of time takin' love away
And I think it's gone forever darlin' once it's gone

I think it's gone forever once it's been erased
Once you drink the devil's wine you can't forget the taste
And once your heart's been broke in two you won't forget too soon
Cause once you sever all there is time can't heal the wounds
[ instrumental ]
I think it's gone forever once it's been erased...

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8.

Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride At All

Red Lane - Boyce Porter - Bucky Jones

© Tree Pub, BMI

I woke up with her in my arms this morning
And God knows I love her over all
As she whispered she loved me your memory appeared
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all

Tonight as I lay touching her sweet body
And the good familiar feeling I recall
As I closed my eyes to kiss her your memory appeared
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all

You were here we loved now you're gone
Why can't you let bygones be bygones and stay gone
You always find the wrong time to come around and call
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all
Ain't your mem'ry got no pride at all

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9.

My Love For You

Jeannie Seely

© Tree Pub, BMI

My love is like a flame forever burning
And like a flame my love for you is warm
My love is a like a wheel it keeps on turning
My love for you is strong enough to weather any storm

My love is flowing like the raging river
And it will stop when rivers cease to flow
My love is growing like a weed in August
My love for you will die when these weeds no longer grow

I've tried every way I know to tell you
But words don't seem to say what I want them to
My love for you's beyond compare
And I'd just like to share my thoughts with you

They say that love is like a ray of sunshine
They say that love's what makes the flowers grow
Well all I know is that I really love you
My love for you can't be compared to anything I know

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10.

The Last Letter

Rex Griffin

© Cole Pub, BMI

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
And what have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old

I cannot offer you diamonds and a mansion so fine
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves
But if you will say that you long to forever be mine
Think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow you'll save

While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you are breaking so free
But to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me

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