1.

(# 1 country hit)

Slow Hand

Michael Clark - John Bettis

© Warner-Tamerlane Pub, BMI

As the midnight moon was driftin' through the lazy sway of the trees
I saw the look in your eyes lookin' into the night not seeing what you wanted to see
Darling don't say a word I've already heard what your body's sayin' to mine
You're tired of fast moves you've got a slow groove on your mind

You want a man with a slow hand
You want a lover with an easy touch
You want somebody who will spend some time
Not come and go in a heated rush
Baby believe me I understand
When it comes to love you want a slow hand
[ guitar ]
On shadowed ground with no one around and a blanket of stars in your eyes
Hey we're driftin' free like two lost leaves on the crazy wind on the night
Darling don't say a word I've already heard what your body's sayin' to mine
If you want it all night you know it's all right I've got time

You've got a man with slow hand
You've got a lover with an easy touch
You've got somebody who will spend some time
Not come and go in a heated rush
Baby believe me I understand
When it comes to love you want a slow hand

You want a lover with an easy touch
You've got somebody who will spend some time with you baby
Not come and go in a heated rush
Baby believe me

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2.

(# 1 country hit)

The Clown

Wayne Carson - Charles Chalmers - Sandra Rhodes - Brenda Barnett

© Rose Bridge Music, BMI

You love the way it makes me feel when I can't catch my breath
Like walking on a high wire Lord it scares me half to death
You're always high above me and I'm always falling down
Our love's just a circus baby and I'm just the clown

And I'll do tricks for you just like you want me to
I'll do anything it takes just to hang around
I'll paint a smile for you to cover up my frown
Cause our love's a circus and I'm just the clown

Everyone's in love with you but they just look at me and laugh
And I'll bet when they see me cry they think it's just an act
Ah but someday when it's over and we bring the big top down
You can say it was one big circus and I was just the clown

And I'll do tricks for you just like you want me to
I'll do anything it takes just to hang around
I'll paint a smile for you to cover up my frown
Cause your love's the circus but you don't love the clown

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3.

The Boy Next Door

Troy Seals - Eddie Setser

© Two Sons Music, ASCAP

I've known you since you were a schoolgirl
Saw the smoke turn to fire in your eyes
From the window of my room I watched a young girl bloom
Saw the woman in you come alive

Watched you fall in love a time or two
I saw you get hurt once or twice
And you'd come running over cry on my shoulder
Sometimes I'd get to hold you all night

There in my arms you'd lay soft and warm
You never felt the writin' on the wall
But you never knew how I wanted you
I was the boy next door that's all
Just the boy next door that's all
[ piano ]
I watched you drift away out of my reach
I never got to hold you again
And here in my heart is the saddest part
We'll never know how it might have been

Then there in my arms you'd lay soft and warm
I sure love to catch you when you fall
But you never knew how I wanted you
I was the boy next door that's all
Just the boy next door that's all

Do you ever think about me honey
The boy next door that's all

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4.

Love And Only Love

Hugh Moffatt

© Rightsong Music, BMI

Someone is lying next to me tonight
Wishing I was someone else and I'm wishing she was right
It's not her fault and it's not mine we did the best we could
But it's love and only love that makes the loving good

We lie and say I love you to each other one more time
And all the while we force our smiles to try to ease our minds
She's just like me she had someone she'd go back if she could
Cause it's love and only love that makes the loving good

I cannot forget someone I left so long ago
Looking for some thrill like this for what I just don't know
No I threw away the best I had I never understood
That it's love and only love that makes the loving good
It's love and only love that makes the loving good

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5.

When Love Was Something Else

Roger Murrah - Scott Anders

© Shobi Music, BMI

While she stands there staring in a mirror
He lays there sleeping through it all
She cries deep inside where he can't hear her
And turns to hide the tears when they fall

The years have only come between them
Mem'ries fill the empty time that's left
But it only hurts her more to remember
When love was something else

She combs her hair then quietly fluffs her pillow
As she lays down she turns off the light
She collects her thoughts and listens to the silence
While she lays awake alone again tonight

The years have only come between them...
When their love was something else

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6.

She Only Meant To Use Him

Charles Quillen - Barbara Clarkson

© Jack And Bill Music, ASCAP

She was young and she was pretty and she met him in the city
And somehow he fit right into her plan
She knew she'd hit it lucky he owned half of Kentucky
And best of all he was a sixty year old man

She let him think he'd caught her she led him to the alter
Totin' seven carats on her hand
All dressed up in satin oh the good Lord wasted that one
But she knew she'd be the winner in the end

Cause she only meant to use him she only meant to use him
And she didn't care if what she did was wrong
She only meant to use him and she knew what she was doin'
In a few years she'd be rich and he'd be gone

In their million dollar palace the man grew old and jealous
And he never let her leave the house alone
She was in her prime and holdin' she knew that he was old
And chances were he wouldn't be around that long

As the days and nights grew longer the greed in her grew stronger
And it even crossed her mind to take his life
But he found out he'd been taken and his pride was badly shaken
And he knew she never meant to be a wife

And she only meant to use him she only meant to use him
But she knew just what she wanted in the end
She only meant to use him but he knew what she was doin'
And he swore she'd never have a dime to spend

Tormented by frustration she watched her beauty wastin'
As the lines upon her face began to show
She turned to heavy drinkin' cause her ship was slowly sinkin'
And the bottle was the only place to go

Now twenty odd years later the headlines in the paper
Said they laid her soul to rest at 53
And when they wheeled him to her coffin he took her diamond off
And he just smiled and finally died at 93

Yes she only meant to use him Lord knows she meant to use him
But she died with seven carats on her hand
All dressed up in satin oh the good Lord wasted that one
But her husband died a satisfied old man

Yes she was young and she was pretty she met him in the city...

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7.

It Turns Me Inside Out

Jan Crutchfield

© Duchess Music, BMI

In a way I'm glad it's over even though it's gonna hurt me once you're gone
I can learn to live without you give me time I can make it on my own
Loving you to me came easy and losing you will change my life no doubt
In a way I'm glad it's over and another way it turns me inside out

In a way I guess it's better even tough there's nothing good about goodbye
But I know I couldn't hold you now you found your wings and you need room to fly
And it's for sure I'm gonna miss you but I guess that's what goodbye is all about
In a way I'm glad it's over and another way it turns me inside out

On the one hand I know I'll be better off once you're gone
But I find a lot of heartaches on the other
And I can't say I look forward to those nights I'll be alone
And I wonder if will there ever be another

Loving you to me came easy and losing you will change my life no doubt
And in a way I'm glad it's over and another way it turns me inside out
In a way I'm glad it's over and another way it turns me inside out

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8.

Southern Comfort

Jamie O'Hara

© Tree Pub, BMI

Well I know a lady in Alabam
And one or two in Louisian
And when my troubles feel like the weight of the world
I go to the arms of those Southern girls

And get that Southern comfort whenever my soul hurts
Southern comfort it makes me feel so fine

A Mississippi Miss will set you free
And so will those ladies up in Tennessee
And if you ain't had yourself a Georgia kiss
You don't know what you have missed

I love that Southern comfort whenever my soul hurts
Southern comfort it makes me feel so fine

So here's to the ladies with the soft Texas drawl
And all of the beauties in Arkansas
From up in Kentucky to Caroline
I'll never get you off of my mind

I love your Southern comfort whenever my soul hurts
Southern comfort it makes me feel so fine
I love your Southern comfort whenever my soul hurts
Southern comfort it makes me feel so fine
So fine

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9.

Something Strange Got Into Her Last Night

Bobby Harden

© King Coal Music, ASCAP

It was just another day going bout the same old way
As yesterday and all the days before
I got off work and went straight home but this time I found her gone
Until 3 a.m. when she walked through the door

And she was crying like her whole world had died
She kept turning away she wouldn't look me in the eye
And she wouldn't let me hold her to try to make everything all right
Somethin' strange got into her last night

As I dress for work I softly walk Lord we sure do need to talk
But I guess I'll just stop at noon maybe call her on the phone
Cause I suppose it's best to just let her sleep and rest
But it's killing me wondering if I've done something wrong

Cause she was crying like her whole world had died...
Somethin' strange got into her last night

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10.

I Was The First

Terry Skinner

© Hall-Clement Pub, BMI

I was the first to hold you in my arms so tight
I was the first to thrill you with a kiss goodnight
I was the first to stir your feelings new and strange
I was the first and that's the one thing he can't change

I was the first to take advantage of your youth
I was the first to whisper love words for the truth
I was the first to break your heart in two and yet
I was the first and I know that you can't forget

He can't stop these feelings that keep runnin' through his mind
Things you couldn't help that happened long before his time
I know he won't admit it but it's true and Lord it hurts
To think that when he's lovin' you I was the first

I was the first to kiss your lips and hold your hand
I was the first to ever touch you as a man
I was the first to take your innocence then run
I was your first I took a girl and made a woman

We've already done the things that he's got on his mind...

I know he won't admit it but it's true and Lord it hurts
To think that when he's lovin' you I was the first
Sometimes he wishes he was me cause I was the first
Lord I'd give anything if I had only been the last

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