1.

A Thing Of The Past

Gary Harrison - J.D. Martin

© Sixteen Stars Music, BMI

One way ticket a window seat heartache at thirty thousand feet
Future fades into memories I'll get by somehow
Three point landing at LAX pockets filled with traveller's cheques
Passenger filled with regrets it's all too clear to me now

We're just like I love Lucy and drive-in movies and cars that run on regular gas
War love letters and high school sweaters beetle boots and bell bottom pants
Like autumn leaves fallin' from the trees and all the things that weren't meant to last
It's sad to find that you and I are nothing but a thing of the past

No one's waitin' to meet my plane two thousand miles and I feel the same
Only the hotel clerk knows my name and that's just fine with me
Out the window the crowded streets are lined with people with someone to meet
While I sit here keepin' company with what used to be

We're just like I love Lucy and drive-in movies and cars that run on regular gas...
It's sad to find that you and I are nothing but a thing of the past

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2.

(# 1 country hit)

Desperado Love

Michael Garvin - Sammy Johns

© Tree Pub, BMI

Should I just ride in and steal you away don't know what else to do
I got a desperado love for you
They say you belong to another man the first time we met I knew
That I'd have a desperado love for you

I know that it breaks every law to feel the way I'm feeling
But I want your love so desperately I don't see the wrong in stealing
So hold on I'm gonna shoot for the heart like desperados do
I got a desperado love for you

It's so wrong to take what isn't mine and head out for the border
But I can't look at you and have respect for law and order
So hold on I'm gonna shoot for the heart like desperados do
I got a desperado love for you
I got a desperado love for you

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3.

Steady As She Goes

Jeff Silbar - Sam Lorber

© Laurel Rest Music, ASCAP

I thought she'd never sail away thought her love was here to stay
Thought my arms were her safe harbor
But today a storm came up and I'm about to lose her love
Leavin' me in troubled water
When she's gone I'll break apart but till then I'll tell my heart

Steady as she goes it's a hurtin' wind that blows
You're sinking like a stone but heart keep holdin' on
Steady as she goes heart don't let her know
Don't let your feelin's show till she's completely gone
Steady as she goes

While she sails to someone else I'll just keep it to myself
That I'd give anything to keep her
I can't change the changin' tide I can't change her changin' mind
And tears just make the ocean deeper
Till she's forever out of sight I'll tell my heart to hold on tight

Steady as she goes it's a hurtin' wind that blows...

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4.

(# 2 country hit)

Fallin' For You For Years

Troy Seals - Mike Reid

© Two Sons Music, ASCAP

Lookin' at us you'd think that we just met
And only been in love a night or two
They see a beautiful woman in the shadows with a man
And all they see is a weekend randezvous

Guess we look like cheaters lovers lying low
We must be deceiving cause baby they don't know

I've been fallin' for you for years
Can't get over the feel of you somethin' in the way you makes your moves
I've been fallin' for you for years
Runnin' deep runnin' strong it's been going on and on and on for years

You may take it easy to be a one woman man
Just look at you sitting there
Your eyes are talkin' in that soft and sexy way
Saying let's slip away slip away somewhere

It don't take a rainy night or music in the dark
Baby when your body sends a message to my heart

I've been fallin' for you for years
Can't get over the feel of you somethin' in the way you makes your moves
I've been fallin' for you for years
Runnin' deep runnin' strong it's been going on and on and on and on

I've been fallin' for you for years...

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5.

Riverboat Gamblers

Donny Kees - James Pickard

© Window Music, BMI

Like a pair of riverboat gamblers we both seen our share of losing hands
We layed our hearts out on the table hoping love is strong enough to win
But when love's been dealing off the bottom you always want to cut the cards again
And girl unless you're only bluffing this time we're both cashing in

Like a pair of riverboat gamblers playin' the odds that love is coming in
You're the Queen of Hearts I'm countin' on the one this Joker's money is on to win
I've got a solitary feeling I'll never have to ante up again
If a couple of riverboat gamblers get lucky we just might win a hand

Once you've lost your heart to cheaters your dreams of winning love begin to die
When you wake up with a stranger you know there's no diamonds in the sky
So girl let's put our hands together we ain't got nothing left to lose
Except the chance that we might make it and that's a deal we can't refuse

Like a pair of riverboat gamblers playin' the odds that love is coming in...
If a couple of riverboat gamblers get lucky a pair might win a hand

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6.

Jennifer Johnson And Me

Shel Silverstein - Fred Koller

© Evil Eye Music, BMI

Deep in the pocket of an old sport coat jacket
I chanced to discover an old memory
Three for a quarter a black and white portrait
Taken of Jennifer Johnson and me

I'm in the corner with my shirt collar open
Like some Latin lover on late night TV
Sittin' right here with her head on my shoulder
Jennifer Johnson she's smilin' at me

Three for a quarter a black and white portrait
Jen closed the curtain so no one could see
Hey kiss me quick cause the red light is flashin'
Flashin' on Jennifer Johnson and me

It must have been summer 1967
The Beatles were singin' that love's all you need
I held her hand while we walked through the arcade
Two young believers on a three dollar spree

Later that night we were parked in the darkness
I felt her warmth in the cool evening breeze
I told her then that I'd love her forever
Forever for Jennifer Johnson and me

Three for a quarter a black and white portrait
Jennifer Johnson what a sweet memory
I saved her picture in my sportcoat pocket
Jennifer Johnson did you save one of me

I saved her picture in my sportcoat pocket
Jennifer Johnson did you save one of me

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7.

You're The Best I've Never Had

Conway Twitty

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

At seventeen in faded jeans I was yours and you were mine
Close enough to call it love but we never crossed the line
After knowing you love's been nothing new I've had it good and I've had it bad
But after all these years you still bring the tears you're the best I never had

A perfect start for virgin hearts but it ended all so fast
Old enough to have been the first but too young to make it last
I never let it show ah I should've let you know I never wanted someone so bad
Looking back I've learned with every bridge I've burned you're the best I never had

The flame is gone but the fire burns on sometimes sweet and sometimes sad
Girl you'll always be a haunting mystery you're the best I never had
After all these years you still bring the tears you're the best I never had

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8.

You Can't Say I've Never Tried

Conway Twitty

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

I only wish you'd listen I have never told you lies
These things you think you're missin' in the world out there do not satisfy

I will not blame you if you leave this has never been your home
But I'll always make you welcome here till you can make it on your own

When it all is goin' crazy and you've got no place to hide
As I steal across your memory you can't say I haven't tried

I believe you really love me but I guess what's done is done
They say time can make a difference but a thousand years wouldn't change it none

So I guess there ain't much else to say I won't keep you from your dreams
Just remember what you want the most isn't always what it seems

When it all is goin' crazy and you've got no place to hide...

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9.

If I Didn't Love You

Deborah Allen - Rafe VanHoy

© Possey Pub, BMI

I can't believe it's really me telling you goodbye
I've run out of reason to defend your alibi
I can't go on pretending everything is still okay
Now I know the truth behind all the games you've played
It wouldn't be so hard for me to turn my heart away
If I didn't love you

Looking back it's easy now for me to understand
Why you got so angry when I asked you where you'd been
You told me my suspicions were only jealousy
And used the way I trusted you to make a fool of me
Closed my eyes to lies that I could never have believed
If I didn't love you

Girl if I didn't love you
I'd've walked away a long long time ago
If I didn't love you
I never would have let you hurt me so

Now the time has come for me to tell you that we're through
Leave this broken dream behind and go find someone new
I could see that it would be an easy thing to do
If I didn't love you

Girl if I didn't love you...

If I didn't love you
If I didn't love you
If I didn't love you

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10.

Only The Shadows Know

Jack Dunham - Galen Raye

© Tree Pub, BMI

Two bodies silhouetting on the wall
Two candles light the place where shadows fall
Hiding in darkness like two thieves in the night
Stealing together till the morning light

Then as the morning unfolds
Two mystery lovers touch and go
Knowing full well their secret goes untold
Only the shadows know
Only the shadows know

They know that shadows wouldn't tell a soul
They pull the shades and then they lose control
Heartbeat for heartbeat love goes on and on
Undercover till the night is gone

Then as the morning unfolds
Two mystery lovers touch and go
Knowing full well their secret goes untold
Only the shadows

Then as the morning unfolds...

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