1.

Broken Friend

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Broken friend we both loved and lost
And we both paid the cost of our friendship friend
Wish we had never loved each other
And things could be the way they were back then

Broken friend I miss those times together
Guess those days are gone forever like the wind
And what a sad thing to be guilty of
And the culprit is a thing called love broken friend

Broken friend how I miss those times together...

**********

2.

Losin' In Las Vegas

Ray McDonald

© Tree Pub, BMI

I'm losin' in Las Vegas
The only thing I'm losin' is you
My dreams of winnin' all your love
Just don't stand a chance of comin' true

I'm living in this glitter town
But there ain't nobody got me down but you
I thought I'd finally won a hand
Then everything I planned fell on through

We shied away from the lights
Spent some warm and tender nights in this desert town
We made some friends here
And I thought you would want to settle down

But you said you had to leave
You really felt the need for a change in your life
Now I'm standin' here holdin' back the tears
As you haul out of sight

Losin' in Las Vegas...
I'm living in this glitter town...
Oh but you said you had to leave...

Oh I'm losin' in Las Vegas
But the only thing I'm losing is you

**********

3.

(# 18 country hit)

5:01 Blues

Michael Garvin - Jeff Tweel

© Tree Pub, BMI

I got those 5:01 blues another work day is over
Time to go home but no one to go home to
That whistle just blew bad news
I'll punch out and put in another long night again missin' you
I got these 5:01 blues

I used to watch that old clock on the wall
Wishin' I could make time fly
But ever since you walked out on me
Quittin' time just makes me want to cry

I got these 5:01 blues another work day is over...

I could go out and find somebody new
But I'd only spoil her fun
My mind still says that it's time to love you
When the clock says the work day is done

I got these 5:01 blues another work day is over...
I got these 5:01 blues another work day is over...

Oh man I got no place to go
No one to go to
Ha ha ha it's 5:01

**********

4.

Someday We'll Know

Merle Haggard - Theresa Lane

© Tree Pub, BMI

You say you love me and is it starting to show
I say I love you and someday we'll know
Ours could be forever like the rivers that flow
But love is in question and someday we'll know

You say we're lucky and love is out of sight
And I say we're lucky if it lasts through the night
Ours could be forever or just a great one night show
But love is in question and someday we'll know

Someday we'll know which way to go and why
Someday we'll say it's been love all the way and both cry
Ours could be eternal like the rivers that flow
But love is in question and someday we'll know
Love is in question and I guess someday we'll know

**********

5.

Wouldn't That Be Something

Merle Haggard - Freddy Powers

© Tree Pub, BMI

Hey wouldn't that be something
If I spread my wings and showed you I could fly away
Wouldn't that be something
If I asked you to fly with me on some wild and windy day


Wouldn't that be something
If we both fell together
And you threw your arms around me like you needed me
Wouldn't that be something hey wouldn't that be something

You'd probably laugh if you could see the dream I had last night
You and I together on a maiden rocket flight
You were seated there beside me with that happy frightened look ha ha
You and I got young again on that rocket flight we took

Now wouldn't that be something
If you could look at me and see somebody great again
Wouldn't that be something
If you should sing to me Today I Started Loving You Again

Wouldn't that be something
If we could look inside each other's minds
And always find each other when we needed to
Now wouldn't that be something wouldn't that be something

Now wouldn't that be something
If you could look at me and see somebody great again
Wouldn't that be something
If you should sing to me Today I Started Loving You Again

Wouldn't that be something
If we could look inside each other's minds
And always find each other when we needed to
Wouldn't that be something yeah wouldn't that be something

Wouldn't that be something wouldn't that be something
Wouldn't that be something wouldn't that be something
Now wouldn't that be something ha now wouldn't that be something

**********

6.

Sea Of Heartbreak

Hal David - Paul Hampton

© Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP

The lights in the harbor don't shine for me
I'm like a lost ship adrift out on the sea

Oh sea of heartbreak
Lost love and loneliness memories of your caress
So divine how I wish that you were mine again my dear
I'm on the sea of tears sea of heartbreak

Oh why did I lose you oh where did I fail
And why did you leave me always to sail
The sea of heartbreak

Lost love and loneliness memories of your caress
So divine how I wish that you were mine again my dear
I'm on the sea of tears sea of heartbreak

Oh what I'd give to sail back to shore
Back to your arms once more
Come to my rescue yeah come here to me
Take me and keep me away from the sea

Oh sea of heartbreak
Lost love and loneliness memories of your caress
So divine how I wish that you were mine again my dear
I'm on the sea of tears sea of heartbreak

**********

7.

(# 4 country hit)

A Better Love Next Time

Johnny Christopher - Bobby Wood

© Embassy Music, BMI

Got a call tonight said you could still be friends
What a way to say goodbye what a way to end
They say the darkest hour is just before dawn
So I'll just hold my head up and try to sing my song

Better love next time just don't let me lose my mind
All I need's a real friend to pick me up again
I gotta shake these memories there's another chance for me
I'll be lookin' for a sign won't someone help me find
A better love next time

I could sit around and hurt forever over you
But in my heart I know you're really gone
There must be a reason for the pain I'm goin' through
Telling me I'm not where I belong

A better love next time just don't let me lose my mind...

Just as soon as I am strong I'll be movin' on
To a better love next time

**********

8.

(# 23 country hit)

If You Want To Be My Woman

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

You like ridin' in the country in my Cadillac
But when I try to kiss you you keep on pushin' me back
You say you like to party on the money that I earn
But you refuse to give me something equal in return

Don't look at me like maybe you don't understand
If you want to be my woman
Then you know you got to let me be your man yeah

Yeah you said you was from the country but I know that isn't true
You try to play it smart look so innocent too
You say I need a ring to get the lovin' that I need
If you give me just a sample hon before I sign that deed

Don't look at me like maybe you don't understand...

Ya gotta let me ya gotta let me
Ya gotta let me ya gotta let me
If you want to be my woman
Then you know you got to let me be your man yeah
Ya gotta let me

**********

9.

A Thousand Lies Ago

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

We had so many really good times
And I spent 'em all like nickels and dimes
But that was all a thousand lies ago

I used to be your really best friend
You used to tremble at the touch of my skin
Ah but that was all a thousand lies ago

Hey I lied to you so many times you won't believe a thing
But true love still lies between the lines each time you hear me sing
What I didn't know I'll never know why we had a good thing goin' in days gone by
Ah but that was all a thousand lies ago

Well I lied to you so many times that you can't believe a thing
But true love still lies between the lines each time you hear me sing
I had so many really good times I spent 'em all like nickels and dimes
Ah but that was all a thousand lies ago

**********

10.

Somewhere Down The Line

Merle Haggard - Freddy Powers

© Tree Pub, BMI

Tonight my mind embraces your old memory
And savors every word of love divine
The only thing that I have left to cling to
Is the thought we might love again somewhere down the line

I bet you I'd stop walking that old hardwood floor
The very moment you came walking through my door
And I could close my eyes and see another place in time
When we get back together baby somewhere down the line

These old slow movin' nights how they drag on by
But those nights we spent together how they flew by
And it won't take forever to change your mind
Hey we'll get back together baby somewhere down the line

Tonight my mind embraces your old memory...
The thought that we might love again somewhere down the line

**********