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(# 1 country hit)

I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

I could be holding you tonight
I could quit doin' wrong start doin' right
You don't care about what I think
Think I'll just stay here and drink

Hey puttin' you down won't square the deal
At least you know what way I feel
Hey take all the money in the bank
Think I'll just stay here and drink

Hey listen close and you can hear
That loud jukebox playing in my ear
Ain't no woman gonna change the way I think
I think I'll just stay here and drink
[ instrumental ]
Hey hurtin' me now don't mean a thing
Since love ain't here I don't feel a thing
My mind ain't nothin' but a total blank
I think I'll just stay here and drink yeah
[ instrumental ]
We're gone

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2.

(# 2 country hit)

I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall

Chuck Howard

© ATV Songs, BMI

Most of my life I've almost been a winner
I've come so close but never really won
Just when I thought I finally made it
I find myself back where I started from

I hate to say I'm giving up but I believe
Losin's just become a way of life with me
Losin' wouldn't be so bad at all
But I'm always on a mountain when I fall

Then you came along and had me had me believing
For once in my life my luck had finally changed
And now you say you're gonna leave me
Seems everything I do winds up the same

I hate to say I'm giving up but I believe...

Losin' wouldn't be so bad at all
But I'm always on a mountain when I fall

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3.

(# 4 country hit)

Red Bandana

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

We left home when we was barely past eleventeen
We've been back and forth and all around through hell and rain
I've loved you half your life and I'll keep on lovin' you
But I can't change and live the way you want me to

We spend a lot of time out on the highway
Comin' from some town we played along the way
After thirty years and knowin' me the way you do
You know I can't change and live the way you want me to

But babe that red bandana tied around your auburn hair
You look like you oughta be somebody's wife somewhere
Yeah you're never gonna be no Bobby McGee but you're tryin' to
But I can't change and live the way you want me to
[ instrumental ]
Every time you leave the stage I know you've had your fill
And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will
Hey I'm forty-one today still goin' on twenty-two
But I can't change and live the way you want me to

That red bandana tied around your auburn hair...
No I can't change and live the way you want me to

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4.

(# 2 country hit)

The Way I Am

Sonny Throckmorton

© Peso Music, BMI

Wish I were down on some blue bayou
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand
But the road I'm on don't seem to go there
So I just dream keep on being the way I am

Wish I enjoyed what makes my living
Did what I do with a willing hand
Some would run but that ain't like me
So I just dream and keep on being the way I am

The way I am don't fit my shackles
The way I am reality
I can almost see that bobber dancin'
But I just dream keep on being the way I am
[ instrumental ]
The way I am don't fit my shackles...
I just dream keep on being the way I am

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5.

(# 2 country hit)

It's Been A Great Afternoon

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Last night we had a hell raisin' time
Nippin' on tequila and suckin' on the vine
Sunrise chased the good times away
Good mornin' would have been the wrong thing to say

Cause the poundin' in the top of my head
Hey didn't leave me any too soon
I can't say we had a good morning
But babe it's been a great afternoon

Well you nursed me through the morning while I was really down
Then one rowdy afternooner got me up and around
Yes last night we had one hell raisin' time
But today won't be forgotten too soon
I can't say we had a good morning
Oh but babe it's been a great afternoon
[ instrumental ]
Well you nursed me through the morning...

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6.

(# 2 country hit)

Ramblin' Fever

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book 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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7.

(# 3 country hit)

Misery And Gin

John Durrill - Snuff Garrett

© Peso Music, BMI

Memories and drinks don't mix too well
And jukebox records don't play those wedding bells
Looking at the world through the bottom of a glass
All I see is a man who's fadin' fast

Tonight I need that woman again
What I'd give for my baby to just walk in
Sit down beside me and say it's alright
Take me home and make sweet love to me tonight

But here I am again mixing misery and gin
Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself
I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fool can tell
That this honky tonk heaven really makes you feel like hell

I light a lonely woman's cigarette
We start talkin' bout what we want to forget
Her life story and mine are the same
We both lost someone and only have ourselves to blame

But here I am again mixing misery and gin...

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8.

(# 4 country hit)

My Own Kind Of Hat

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

Cowboys and outlaws right guys and southpaws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs
But I stand right here where I'm at
Cause I wear my own kind of hat

There's two kind of lovers and two kind of brothers
And two kind of babies to hold
There's two kind of cherries and two kind of berries
And two kind of mothers I'm told and told

Hey but cowboys and outlaws right guys and southpaws...
[ instrumental ]
There's two kind of brothers and two kind of lovers
And two kind of babies to hold
There's two kind of cherries and two kind of berries
And two kind of mothers I'm told and told

Yeah cowboys and outlaws right guys and southpaws..

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9.

(# 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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10.

(# 4 country hit)

Rainbow Stew

Merle Haggard

© Shade Tree Music, BMI

There's a big brown cloud in the city and the countryside's a sin
The price of life is too high to give up it's gotta come down again
When the world wide war is over and done and the dream of peace comes true
We'll all be drinkin' that free bubble-up and eatin' that rainbow stew

When they find out how to burn water and the gasoline car is gone
When an airplane flies without any fuel and the sunlight heats our home
One of these days when the air clears up and sun comes shinin' through
We'll all be drinkin' that free bubble-up and eatin' that rainbow stew

Eatin' rainbow stew in a silver spoon
Underneath that sky of blue
We'll all be drinkin' that free bubble-up
And eatin' that rainbow stew

You don't have to get high to get happy just think about what's in store
When people start doin' what they oughta be doin' if they won't be booin' no more
When a President goes through the White House door and does what he says he'll do
We'll all be drinkin' that free bubble-up and eatin' that rainbow stew

Eatin' rainbow stew in a silver spoon...
Eatin' rainbow stew in a silver spoon...

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