1.

(# 2 country hit)

Take Me As I Am

Bob DiPiero - Karen Staley

© Tree Pub, BMI

Baby don't turn out the light
I wanna see you look at me
Whisper only truth tonight
Not just promises and empty fantasies

I don't need a bed of roses
Cause roses wither away
All I really needed is honesty
From someone with a strong heart a gentle hand
Who'll take me as I am

Baby I need for you to know
Just exactly how I feel
Fiery passions come and go
I'd trade a million pretty words for one touch that is real

I don't need a bed of roses...
[ instrumental ]
Oh I don't need a bed of roses...

Oh yeah from someone with a strong heart a gentle hand
Who'll take me as I am

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2.

(# 1 country hit)

The Wild One

Pat Bunch - Will Wambeauy - Jaime Kyle

© Pat Bunch Pub, BMI

They said change your clothes she said no I won't
They said comb your hair she said some kids don't
And her parents' dreams went up in smoke

They said you can't leave she said yes I will
They said don't see him she said his name is Bill
She's on a roll and it's all uphill

She's a wild one with an angel's face
She's a woman-child in a state of grace
When she was three years old on her daddy's knee
He said you can be anything you wanna be
She's a wild one runnin' free
[ instrumental ]
She loves rock'n roll they said it's Satan's tongue
She thinks they're too old they think she's too young
And the battle lines are clearly drawn

She's a wild one with an angel's face...
[ instrumental ]
She has future plans and dreams at night
When they tell life is hard she says that's all right

Yeah she's a wild one with an angel's face...
She's a wild one with an angel's face...

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3.

Just About Now

Gary Burr - Jon Vezner

© Minnesota Man Music, BMI

Just about now I'd be watching you wake up feeling my heart beat with yours
Just about now is when we would make love like all of the mornings before
But I know it don't help to turn the clock back
Cause I'm not gonna make it till I face this fact

This is not about trying to go back in time
This is not about where I'll be a year down the line
It's just moment to moment surviving somehow
This is not about then this is just about now

Just about now you'd pull into the driveway and I'd be there waving hello
Run to my arms you'd kiss me and hold me as if you'd never let go
And it's just about now when the tears start to fall
I wonder if I'm gonna make it at all

This is not about trying to go back in time...

It's just moment to moment surviving somehow
This is not about then this is just about now

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4.

(# 1 country hit)

Piece Of My Heart

Bert Russell - Jerry Ragovoy

© Unichappell Music, BMI

Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man
And didn't I give you everything that a woman possibly can
Each time I tell myself I think I've had enough
Well I'm gonna show you baby that a woman can be tough

So come on come on come on
And take it take another little piece of my heart now baby
Take another little piece of my heart I know you will
Break it break another little piece of my heart now baby
Cause you know you got it if it makes you feel good so good

You're out on the street looking good
Baby deep down in your heart you know that it ain't right
No you'll never hear me crying you know I cry all the time
Each time I tell myself that I can't stand the pain
You hold me in your arms and I start singing once again

Come on come on come on...
[ instrumental ]
Each time I tell myself that I can't stand the pain
You hold me in your arms and I start singin' once again

So come on come on come on...

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5.

I've Got This Friend

Bruce Burch - Vern Dant - Faith Hill

© Faith'n Me Music, BMI

with Larry Stewart

I've got this friend who is lonely she's afraid she'll never find her one and only
A little shy but she can be fun if the right guy came along would you know someone

I've got this friend and it sounds crazy
But he's been feeling that way too a whole lot lately
And interested oh I'm sure he'd be
I can almost speak for him he's that close to me

Maybe in each other they might find the lover
They've been missin' until now
They'd trust the judgement of two friends like us who care so much
Can we get the together somehow

I've got this friend yeah I think I know her
My arms can almost feel the way he'd hold her
Oh it's like he's here when you describe him
If he's anything like you I'm sure she'd like him

Maybe in each other they might find the lover...
Maybe in each other they might find the lover...
Can we get them together can we get together I've got this friend

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6.

Life's Too Short To Love Like That

Sandy Ramos

© Lawyers Wife Music, BMI

Baby we had something goin' strong
Oh I've never seen nothin' so right go wrong
You used to wanna love me day and night
We used to never wanna ever leave paradise
Now we sleep at night back to back life's too short to love like that

You never wanna kiss me anymore
You run around and I walk the floor
You know I used to mean everything to you
Now I'm last in line and that just won't do
I feel blue you feel trapped life's too short to love like that

You put me down just to stand me up
Time after time well enough's enough
I give and give without gettin' back
Life's too short to love like that
Life's too short to love like that
[ instrumental ]
It's way too late for a wake-up call
And I ain't gonna wait for those tears to fall
Yeah I used to think we could work things out
But if you don't wanna change then there's no doubt
The fire is out and that's so sad life's too short to love like that

You put me down just to stand me up...
You put me down just to stand me up...

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7.

(# 35 country hit)

But I Will

Troy Seals - Eddie Setser - Larry Stewart

© Yasa Music, BMI

Remember when I said the next time would be the last time
That time came this morning when you came in
You always had a line to change my mind so I guess you thought
I'd just let you break my heart again

I don't want to stop loving you but I will
I don't like waking up alone but I will
You're the only one who can make my heart stand still
I don't want to let you go but I will

I could write a book on the innocent looks you're giving me
You've got one for every story you tell
I've seen it all and I'm not gonna fall for those make believe tears
So darlin' I will try to make it clear

I don't want to stop loving you but I will...

You're the only one who can make my heart stand still
I don't want to let you go but I will

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8.

Just Around The Eyes

Gary Burr

© MCA Music, ASCAP

Just around the eyes that's where you remind me
Of someone I left behind me I'm sorry if I stare
But you must have stirred a mem'ry and it caught me by surprise
It was only for a moment and just around the eyes

Something in your touch took me back a long way
Made me say the wrong name I wish i could explain
But if I had to tell you where a small resemblance lies
It's something in your touch and just around the eyes

I'm over him completely I rarely think about him at all
So when I look at you tell me what should I do
With the little bit of him that I saw
Only when you smiled you could have bowled me over

A mem'ry out of nowhere that came and went so fast
Don't tell me I still love him that has to be a lie
It's just something in your touch and only when you smile
And only for a moment just around the eyes

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9.

Go The Distance

Trey Bruce - Thom McHugh - Faith Hill

© WB Music, ASCAP

You got me headed in the new direction
You got no reason to turn around
Ain't no looking back or second guessing
It's time to find what love is really all about

Go the distance let our hearts lead us on
All the way to forever tonight
Can't resist it the feelin's way too strong
Go the distance this time
[ instrumental ]
The road to love is paved with shiftin' gravel
We may find ourselves on shaky ground
And there ain't no place that these two hearts can't travel
Even when we're miles apart together we are bound to

Go the distance let our hearts lead us on...

There will be rainy days and bridges left to cross
But if we lose our way we can't get lost

If we go the distance let our hearts lead us on...
We're gonna go the distance let our hearts lead us on...

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10.

I Would Be Stronger Than That

Gary Burr

© MCA Music, ASCAP

There's a friend who will call when her husband's asleep
Crossin' the phone lines for comfort
And she cries that she needs him and someday he'll change
But now's not a good time to go

And it isn't my place to say leave him and run
That no love is worth all the damage he's done
But if she'll hold her ground then I'll hold my tongue ever the diplomat
Oh I'd like to think that I would be stronger than that

Where's her head where's her nerve
Does part of her think this is all she deserves
Oh I would be stronger I would not stay one minute longer
I would be stronger than that

It started out good they usually do
Then one day it's taken for granted
Till words become weapons and love turns to pain
Oh why is she still holding on

She says livin' without him is too hard to face
And I try to imagine myself in her place
But with well chosen words and well placed tears
She forgives him in two seconds flat
Oh I'd like to think that I would be stronger than that

Where's her head where's her nerve...

I know what she's thinking and I know what she'd say
That my life and her life are like night and like day
And her love is the love that will save them
Brave words but I don't believe them

Where's her head where's her nerve...

Oh I would be stronger I would not wait one minute longer
I would be stronger than that

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