1.

Mama Tried

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

First thing I remember knowin' was a lonesome whistle blowin'
And the youngest dream of growin' up to ride
On a freight train leavin' town not knowin' where I'm bound
And no one could change my mind but mama tried

One and only rebel child for my family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
Spite of all my Sunday learnin' toward the bad I kept on turnin'
Till mama couldn't hold me anymore

I turned twenty one in prison doin' life without parole
No one could steer me right but mama tried mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame cause mama tried
[ instrumental ]
Dear old daddy rest his soul left my mama heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Workin' hours without rest wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused

I turned twenty one in prison doin' life without parole...

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2.

(# 1 country hit)

Next In Line

Wayne Kemp - Curtis Wayne

© Tree Pub, BMI

See her there at the table watch her tare at the label
From the bottle that she's just drank dry
In her mind there's a burnin' it took a long time but she's learnin'
And just look at the teardrops she's cried

Everybody knows I love her but her mind is on another
And just look what he's done to her pride
And if she should change her mind give up the music and the wine
I'll be standing by to be the next in line

I know her favorite song so well and she's happy I can tell
Just as long as she can hear the jukebox play
So I'll keep playin' it loud I'll spend ever dime I have
To keep her happy in my own kind of way

Everybody knows I love her but her mind is on another...

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3.

D-i-v-o-r-c-e

Bobby Braddock - Curly Putman

© Tree Pub, BMI

Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand
Like t-o-y or maybe s-u-r-p-r-i-s-e
But the words we're hiding from him now
Tears the heart right out of me

Our d-i-v-o-r-c-e becomes final today
You and little J-o-e will be going away
I love you both and this will be pure h-h double l for me
Oh I wish that we could stop this d-i-v-o-r-c-e

Watch him smile he thinks it's Christmas or his fifth birthday
And he thinks c-u-s-t-o-d-y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words then turn my head when I speak
Cause I can't spell away this hurt that's dripping down my cheeks

Our d-i-v-o-r-c-e becomes final today...

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4.

With Pen In Hand

Bobby Goldsboro

© Unart Music, BMI

With pen in hand you signed your name
Today at five I'll be on that train
And you'll be free and I will be alone
So alone

If you think we can't find the love we once knew
If you think I can make everything up to you
Then I'll be gone and you'll be on your own
You'll be on your own

Can you take good care of Johnny
Can you take him to school everyday
Can you teach him how to catch a fish and keep all those bullys away
Hear what I say

Can you teach him how to whistle a tune
Can you tell him about the Man in the Moon
If you can do these things then maybe he won't miss me
Maybe he won't miss me

And tonight as you lay in that big lonely bed
Can you look at the pillow where I laid my head
And with your heart on fire will you have no desire to kiss me
And to hold me

And if you can forget the good times we had
If you think that the good times don't outweigh the bad
Then sign your name and I'll be on my way
I'll be on my way hmm hmm hmm

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5.

Us

Mickey Jaco

© Wilderness Music, BMI

Please don't take you out of us

You took the happy out of happiness
You took the love out of loveliness
Take all these precious things from me if you must
But please don't take you out of us

You took the tender out of tenderness
You took the hope out of hopefulness
Take all these precious things from me if you must
But please don't take you out of us

Take everything away that's keeping me alive
And you can take away my memories I'll still survive

Take all the happiness that I've ever known
Take all the tenderness that you've ever shown
Take all these precious things from me if you must
But please don't take you out of us

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6.

I Told My World To Go Away (And She Did)

Mickey Jaco

© Wilderness Music, BMI

I grew tired of the world that I was living in
I looked around and found another world to take me in
It was bright and new with skies of blue not like my skies of grey
And so I told my world to go away

This world's not big enough for both of us so one of us must go
My mem'ry burns with unkind words I said
This world's not big enough so one of us must break away and so
I told my world to go away and she did
[ instrumental ]
What makes a man think that he can turn his world away
To wander through a world that's new and then return someday
To the one he knew was good and true the one he loved at home
I ask my world to take me back but she won't

This world's not big enough for both of us so one of us must go...

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7.

Ain't It Sad To Stand And Watch Love Die

Mickey Jaco

© Wilderness Music, BMI

Ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Unfaithful life I took her life in the twinklin' of an eye
And ain't it sad to stand and watch love die

I found her in the arms of my best friend
And I vowed she's never gonna hurtin' me again
And in a bit of anger I shoot them where they lied
And the last words she spoke God forgive me then she died
And ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
[ instrumental ]
The neighbors gathered round so they could see
Oh my God what have you done they started askin' me
So I placed a gun up to my head and this was my reply
Neighbor ain't it sad to stand and watch love die

Ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Neighbor ain't it sad to stand and watch love die
Oh ain't it sad to stand and watch love die

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8.

Today I Started Loving You Again

Merle Haggard - Bonnie Owens

© Blue Book Music, BMI

Today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And crying time for me had just begun

Today I started loving you again...
And today I started loving you again

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9.

Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cash

© Hi-Lo Music, BMI

I hear the train a comin' it's rollin' round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a rollin' on down toward San Antone

When I was just a baby my mama told me son
Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
[ instrumental ]
Well I'll bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dinin' car
I'll bet they're drinkin' coffeee and smokin' big cigars
I guess I had it comin' and I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin' and that's what tortures me

Well if they freed me from this prison if that railroad train was mine
I'll bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

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10.

Things I Lost In You

Mickey Jaco

© Wilderness Music, BMI

It's over I've known it for a long time
So I went out and found somebody new
She gave me the kind of love I wanted
And I found in her the things I lost in you

I loved you darlin' how I loved you
I still recall each tender memory
But there's one thing I guess I'll never understand
What made you turn and walk away from me

I thought it would last for a lifetime
I didn't think you'd ever prove untrue
Ah but it's over I found someone who really cares
And I found in her the things I lost in you

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11.

I'm Checking Out

Mickey Jaco

© Wilderness Music, BMI

Lately you've been actin' kinda stranger's true
Everybody knows there's been a change in you
You come home for a while and then you're gone again
Well I thought I'd better let you know just where I stand

I'm tired of bein' a loser in this game you play
You're gonna wish you'd been truer when I'm gone someday
You'll try to get me to come back but I won't make a deal
And I thought I'd better let you know just how I feel

I feel like cryin' each night when I'm alone
I feel like dyin' each time you don't come home

But that's all over now I've learned a thing or two
I might just go out and find myself somebody new
And just in case you're wonderin' what it's all about
Well I thought I'd better let you know I'm checkin' out

I feel like cryin' each time you don't come home
I feel like dyin' at night when I'm alone

But that's all over now I've learned a thing or two...
Just I thought I'd better let you know I'm checkin' out
But that's all over now...
Just I thought I'd better let you know I'm checking out

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