1.

(# 11 country hit)

Put Yourself In My Place

Carl Jackson - Pam Tillis

© Tree Pub, BMI

Well she broke your heart into a million pieces
And your confidence is scattered on the wind
Your mind is set on never even tryin' love again

But you don't own the only heart that's been broken
Baby I've been through it all before
And the quickest way around that lonesome feeling
Is a plain and simple straight line to my door

Put yourself in my place come on over anytime
Put yourself in my loving arms baby I could change your mind
Yeah I know just where you're coming from
Don't you think you've hurt enough
Honey put yourself in my place before you give up on love

Now I'm on the other side of a heartache
And if I can make it baby you can too
Maybe you just need a little help now gettin' through
So before you think of throwin' the towel
Give me a chance to soften your mistake
True love is waitin' just inside these four walls
Baby it ain't never too late

Put yourself in my place come on over anytime...
[ instrumental ]
Well I know just where you're coming from
Don't you think you've hurt enough
Honey put yourself in my place before you give up on love
Put yourself in my place before you give up on love

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2.

Melancholy Child

Bob DiPiero - Pam Tillis

© Tree Pub, BMI

A baby with a baby just barely seventeen
My mother mourned her innocence while she bounced on her knee
A daddy on the road added to her tears and trials
Like silver rain they fell upon this melancholy child

The sounds of my childhood still linger in my song
My mother's lullaby that train that ran behind our home
A whippoorwill on a window sill it should have made me smile
But everything sounds lonesome to a melancholy child

Now a restless blood runs in our family
I thought I could outrun the emptiness inside of me
So I went a little crazy went a little wild
Tryin' to outdistance my own melancholy child

I met a kind and gentle man who thinks the world of me
And when he looks my way it is a woman that he sees
But when I can't explain to him the tears that fill my eyes
He takes me in his arms and rocks his melancholy child

You take a black Irish temper and solemn Cherokee
A Southern sense of humor and you got someone like me
There are thorns on every rose to this I'm reconciled
They're just a little sharper to a melancholy child

And in my own babe's eyes
I see the signs of a melancholy child
Heaven help us all another melancholy child

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3.

(# 3 country hit)

Maybe It Was Memphis

Michael Anderson

© Atlantic Music, BMI

Lookin' at you through a misty moonlight
Katy did sing like a symphony
Porch swing swayin' like a Tennessee lullaby
Melody blowing through the willow tree
What was I supposed to do standing there lookin' at you
A lonely boy far from home

Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was Southern summer nights
Maybe it was you maybe it was me but it sure felt right

Read about you in a Faulkner novel
Met you once in a Williams play
Heard about you in a country love song
Summer night beauty took my breath away
What was I supposed to do standing there lookin' at you
A lonely boy far from home

Maybe it was Memphis...
Maybe it was Memphis...
[ instrumental ]
Every night now since I've been back home
I lie awake driftin' in my memory
I think about you on your momma's front porch swing
Talkin' that way so soft to me
What was I supposed to do standing there lookin' at you
A lonely boy far from home

Maybe it was Memphis...
Maybe it was Memphis...

Maybe it was you maybe it was me but it sure felt right
Oh you know it sure felt right
Oh maybe it was Memphis maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was Memphis maybe it was Memphis
But it sure felt right

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4.

(# 21 country hit)

Blue Rose Is

Bob DiPiero - Jan Buckingham - Pam Tillis

© Longitude Music, BMI

Her lips and her dress they're both ruby red
She thinks that's how you hide the pain you feel inside
And she comes out every night to soak up the neon light
Her perfume fills the air people stop and stare

But Blue Rose is looking for the moon in someone's eyes
Blue Rose is willing to believe in someone's lies
Blue Rose's petals have been crushed along the way
Oh Blue Rose is just growing bluer every day
[ instrumental ]
One more drink one more dance you might be her only chance
She needs someone to hold when the night is growin' old
And if you don't mind the thorns she'll take you in and keep you warm
Lyin' in the dark in a bed of broken hearts

Blue Rose is looking for the moon in someone's eyes...
Now Blue Rose is just growing bluer every day

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5.

(# 5 country hit)

Don't Tell Me What To Do

Harlan Howard - Max D. Barnes

© Tree Pub, BMI

We tried and we tried but it's over
Guess I didn't fit the image in your mind
Now you tell me to find another lover
But baby aren't you gettin' out of line

Don't tell me what to do
You've already said we are through
I'm a page that you've turned
I'm no longer your concern
So don't tell me what to do
I'll love you forever if I want to
[ instrumental ]
You're no longer in charge of my thinkin'
You're already in love with someone else
So if I'm into all night honky tonks and drinkin'
I'm a big girl I can take care of myself

So don't tell me what to do...
So don't tell me what to do...

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6.

(# 6 country hit)

One Of Those Things

Paul Overstreet - Pam Tillis

© Scarlet Moon Music, BMI

There's no mistakin' what's takin' place here I can't pretend anymore
You know that I love you but it's not enough to keep you away from that door
Now it's too late to wonder what's left to be tried
Your mind's made up and my hands are tied

It's just one of those things that I can't do nothin' about
Your love is something that I'm going to have to learn to live without
I could beg I could plead and get down on my knees
But I think I finally figured it out
It's just one of those things I can't do nothin' about
[ instrumental ]
So bring on the tears and bring on the heartaches let me get on with my pain
If this is goodbye then let's get it over there's nothing left to explain
Now God knows I've tried I've tried for so long
What's left of my heart will have to be strong

It's just one of those things that I can't do nothin' about...

Well it's all I can stand but it's out of my hands
Your leavin's leaving more room for doubt
It's just the one of those days I can't do nothing about

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7.

Draggin' My Chains

Rick Carnes - Pam Tillis

© Tree Pub, BMI

My eyes may be hollow and my face may be pale
I may be just a shadow of my former self
But tonight the ghost of heartaches past is steppin' into town
Well I'm gonna haunt the places where we used to hang around

Draggin' my chains draggin' my chains
Well I'm movin' in slow motion but it's motion just the same
Pullin' the wight of yesterday's pain
Well I may not be free yet but I'm draggin' my chains

Some chains are made of gold and some chains are made of steel
Just cause you can't see these chains don't mean they're not real
Till I find the weakest link in your memory
Yeah I'll be a prisoner of your love just tryin' to break free

Draggin' my chains draggin' my chains...
[ instrumental ]
Draggin' my chains draggin' my chains...
Well I may not be free yet but I'm draggin' my chains

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8.

Ancient History

Bob DiPiero - John S. Sherrill

© Old Wolf Music, BMI

We can talk and talk all night if you want to that's all right
Till I've heard every word you've got to say
Go ahead and take your time if you've got something on your mind
But it won't change the way I feel anyway

That's ancient history to me now
Something we don't have to talk about
You know I love you anyhow
That's ancient history to me now
[ instrumental ]
There's a tale you've got to tell how you stumbled and then you fell
Oh but I guess I knew that all along
And my love there's times when we are weaker than we'd like to be
Oh and I could tell some stories of my own

That's ancient history to me now...
[ instrumental ]
That's ancient history to me now...

Oh you know I love you anyhow
That's ancient history to me now

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9.

I've Seen Enough To Know

Radney Foster - Pam Tillis

© Tree Pub, BMI

I know it was pretty strange timing
And maybe the odds were bad
We were awkward as a couple of left footed dancers
Baby we were pretty sad
You tried to tell me that it just wouldn't work
Your heart was too far gone
And it might have been easier to leave you alone

I've seen enough to know a heart worth savin'
Enough to know a chance worth takin'
Even though you're tryin' not to let it show
There's a part of you that's dyin' dyin' to let go
And I've seen enough to know oh I've seen enough to know
[ instrumental ]
Now there's a light in your eyes and a warmth to your touch
That wasn't there yesterday
And there's a crack in the wall that you've built around your heart
And it's startin' to give way
It's taken time it's taken patience waiting in the dark
But my intuition's been right on the money so far

I've seen enough to know a heart worth savin'...

Now there's signs of life and there's signs of hope
Signs of a real love startin' to grow
[ instrumental ]
Even though you're tryin' not to let it show
There's a part of you that's dyin' dyin' to let go
I've seen enough I've seen enough to know
Oh you know it's startin' to show I've seen enough to know

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10.

Already Fallen

Bob DiPiero - Pam Tillis

© Tree Pub, BMI

You come banging on the screen door begging me to let you in
All I got to say is honey where you been
This time I think it's you that's surrenderin'

See I've already fallen yeah I've already fallen
And if you're waitin' for me you're backing up
I'm way in over my head in love
It's true oh yeah well I've already fallen for you
Yea yea yea

Well you look so serious leaning on the frigidaire
And gee it's sweet of you to ask me if I really care
Honey I'm already pickin' out the silverware

See I've already fallen yeah I've already fallen...
[ instrumental ]
I must have played this scene out a hundred times in my head
That you'd look into my eyes and say you love me like you just did
But you'd better tell me twice cause I'm still one step ahead

See I've already fallen yeah I've already fallen...

Yeah well I've already fallen fallen for you
Already fallen already fallen

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