1.

(# 19 country hit)

The Legend And The Man

Curly Putman - Ron Hellard - Bucky Jones

© Tree Pub, BMI

They all raech to touch him as he walks out on the stage
They came to see the legend and to hear the legend sing
While the men sit there applauding ladies love him with their eyes
And he looks just like a legend should up there in all those lights

But they don't know after the show how fast the legend fades
How he reaches for the bottle when guitars are put away
And a photograph of the love he had fills his trembling hand
There's a lonely world of difference between the legend and the man

He's won all the shiny statues all the records pressed in gold
But he lost what really matters what he really wanted most
And tonight in some big city Lord he'll drive the crowd insane
They'll feel the pleasure of his songs but they won't feel his pain

Cause they don't know after the show...
There's a lonely world of difference between the legend and the man

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2.

All I Can Be Is A Sweet Memory

Harlan Howard

© Tree Pub, BMI

All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind from time to time
I can never be more than a knock on your door
Just a shadow that's gone with the sunshine
For you know I'm not free and I never can be
And you're bound to get restless in time
All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind

All I can be is a sweet memory
Of someone you had to leave behind
Who loves you and needs you but never could give you
The ring for your finger so fine
So tonight we'll just borrow each other tomorrow
We'll find that we've run out of time
And all I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind

Tonight I shed a silent tear while lying here with you
The sands of time have trickled down to just a precious few
You're young and so beautiful and I'm so glad I'm here
But the ending is painfully clear
For you know I'm not free and I never can be
And you're bound to get restless in time
All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind
[ harmonica ]
For you know I'm not free and I never can be...
All I can be is a sweet memory that drifts through your mind

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3.

Keep On Chasin' Rainbows

Mitch Johnson - Kin Vassy

© King Coal Music, ASCAP

I've run after fadin' fantasies wished on many falling stars
Lost my fast and hungry love in the back seat of old cars
I learned to tell right from wrong and the good times from sin
And to keep on chasin' rainbows cause I catch one now and then

I've put myself out on a limb without ever thinking twice
And more than once I lost it all on just one roll of the dice
When my foldin' money turns to change and I lose more than I win
I keep on chasin' rainbows cause I catch one now and then

I watched for the sunshine as every storm passed through
Searching for that pot of gold that's how I found you
You're the sweetest dream this lucky fool has ever stumbled in
I'll keep on chasin' rainbows cause I catch one now and then

You're the sweetest dream this lucky fool has ever stumbled in
Help me chase my rainbows and we'll catch one now and then

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4.

True True Love Never Dies

Bobby Bare - Max D. Barnes

© Bare Music, BMI

There are so many roads we will travel and so many mountains we'll climb
For we've pledged our love to each other until the end of time

As I place my ring on your finger I swear till death do us part
You're the one love in my lifetime the only song in my heart

And the song never ends with the singer the truth outlives a lie
The dream lives on when the dreamer is gone and true true love never dies

I will shine for you like a beacon a lighthouse on the shore
I will keep you safe in my harbor now and forever more

And the song never ends with the singer...
The song never ends with the singer...

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5.

What's A Memory Like You (Doing In Love Like This)

John Jarrard - Charles Quillen

© Quillsongs Music, ASCAP

You know you shouldn't be here what am I supposed to do
Don't you know I've found a new love and I'm trying to be true
Didn't you say we were over why do you keep hanging on
What makes you think welcome can't you just leave us alone

What's a memory like you doing in a love like this
She thinks we're all through and that's not the way it is
When I hold her in my arms it's your lips I still kiss
What's a memory like you doing in a love like this

Don't you know it would hurt her to find you here with me
Why make me remember the way we used to be
Can't you see that she can love me the way you never could
And I really want to love her ain't it time you left for good

What's a memory like you...
What's a memory like you doing in a love like this

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6.

You'll Never Know How Much I Needed You Today

James Benton - Janet Vinson - Patricia Linthicum

© Brother Bill's Music, ASCAP

Half asleep I reached for you at dawn
Felt the emptiness beside me remembered you were gone
In the cold that wool blanket couldn't give the warmth you gave
You'll never know how much I needed you today

The touch of you still lingers on my mind
That tender touch I need so much to feel just one more time
Your picture seemed to whisper things all I wanted you to say
You'll never know how much I needed you today

I've hurt to have you hold me all day through
And the hunger just got stronger with every thought of you
And even if tomorrow this feeling fades away
You'll never know how much I needed you today
You'll never know how much I needed you today

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7.

Lay Me Down Carolina

Roger Murrah - Rich Alves

© Tom Collins Music, BMI

I can hear the rain tapping on a tin roof down in Charlotte
It's Sunday morning what a peaceful sound
The closest thing to being there is looking through the pictures
Worn and wrinkled from being lost and found

The geese are flying South it must be winter in Vancouver
Falling leaves the seasons come and go
The years are rolling by and I'm running on the mem'ries
But lately I've been running kind of low

Lay me down Carolina let me rest my weary bones
In a world so full of people why do I feel alone
Lift me up give me direction till I know I'm homeward bound
Lay me down Carolina lay me down

Life may take you anywhere or leave you cold and stranded
Somehow love will always take you home
Like roots the winding rivers all go back to Carolina
And like a ship I'm drifting too far from the shore

Lay me down Carolina...
Lay me down Carolina...

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8.

She Did

Dallas Cody

© Music City Music, ASCAP

From the day she said I do to me she did
If anyone knew what true should mean she did
But I kept giving into sin I always let temptation win
Who forgave time and again she did

Who used to pray I'd change my ways she did
Spent years of empty nights and days she did
If anyone ever tried for me if anyone ever cried for me
If anyone had a right to leave she did

I guess she finally had enough cause she found someone else to love
And nothing I could do would make her stay
If I'd been the man I should have been she never would have wanted him
She wouldn't be there standing in that wedding dress today

But he asked her to say I do and she did
Promised him that she'd be true and she did
And look who's falling all apart the one who caused it from the start
Never thought she'd break my heart but she did

Look who's falling all apart the one who caused it from the start
Never thought she'd break my heart but she did

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9.

I'm The Man In The Song

Conway Twitty - Joe Chambers - Larry Jenkins

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

I've never had a way with words that say just what I feel
But I swear the love I have for you could never be more real
Turn the radio up loud and lay down next to me
And listen to the words the singer sings

Cause I'm the man in the song
He's found the words I've been searchin' for for so long
Every time he sings he needs you and his love for you is strong
Think of me I'm the man in the song

Hear him sing he's been waitin' for you all his life
Hear him sing he's found heaven in your arms tonight
The most beautiful girl in the world has come his way
He's telling you the words I wanna say

Cause I'm the man in the song...
I'm the man in the song...

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10.

Baby I'm A Want You

David Gates

© Colgems Music, ASCAP

Baby I'm a want you baby I'm a need you
You're the only one I care enough to hurt about
Maybe I'm a crazy but I just can't live without
Your lovin' and affection giving me direction
Like a guiding light to help me through my darkest hour
Lately I'm a praying that you'll always be a staying beside me
Used to be my life was just emotions passing by
Feeling all the while and never really knowing why
[ guitar ]
Baby I'm a want you baby I'm a need you...

Baby I'm a want you baby I'm a need you
Baby I'm a want you baby I'm a need you

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