1.

(# 2 country hit)

She's Got A Single Thing In Mind

Walt Aldridge

© Colgems Music, ASCAP

She can't find the words to break it to me
Cause she always was the gentle kind
She's hoping I'll hear it from a friend somewhere
She's hoping I'll read between the lines

But it comes as no surprise
Cause she told me with her eyes
So watch her untie the tie that binds
She's got a single thing in mind
[ guitar ]
She's already gone except in body
It's just a matter now of time
Well I should have seen the storm clouds gathering
But he who won't look is just as blind

So there's only me to blame
When my woman dropped my name
So watch her untie the tie that binds
She's got a single thing in mind
[ guitar ]
So watch her untie the tie that binds
She's got a single thing in mind

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2.

Who's Gonna Know

Richard Mainegra - Rick Yancey - James Griffin

© Tree Pub, BMI

I know you know what's on my mind
It's been coming on for some time
There's no way for us to stop it if we just let go

Who's gonna know (who's gonna know if we touch each other)
Who's gonna know (who's gonna know how it feels together)
If we share our love who's gonna know

We've run away from this before
But we can't do that anymore
Sittin' here with our hearts on fire and nobody's looking

Who's gonna know...

Let's go down that narrow road to heaven
Who's gonna find out who's gonna know who's gonna hurt if we do
Who's gonna know
If we share our love who's gonna know

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3.

Play Ruby Play

Troy Seals - Tony Brown

© Warner-Tamerlane Pub, BMI

Ruby she was a redneck beauty
She loved Little Richard and sang Tutti Frutti
Wanted her name in lights wore her dresses tight
Ruby was a victim of circumstance
Cause she liked to wiggle and boogie dance
But out in the country she hardly ever got the chance

She had a local band that played the local bars
Had the local boys breathing hard
She had hillbilly eyes that could shine in the dark
She had a country soul and a rock and roll heart
And her whole body shook when she stood up and played the piano
And the boys say play Ruby play we really like the way you do it
Play Ruby play love the way you get into it
She made the young men scream and the old men moan
Rock on rock on rock on

Sometimes at night with the full moon beaming
She would run around the mountains kicking and screaming
Saying if I don't get out on the road I'm gonna explode
Last time I saw her was down in the city
Shakin' and shoutin' and making pleanty
Ruby was a sight to behold she was on a roll

She had a local band that played the local bars...
Rock on rock on rock on

Yeah Ruby she was a redneck beauty
She loved Little Richard and sang Tutti Frutti

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4.

(# 19 country hit)

House On Old Lonesome Road

Dave Gibson - Bernie Nelson

© Tree Pub, BMI

Every night it's the same old time
I leave work at five-o-five
Been doing my best to forget about her
But she's driving me out of my mind
When I get home I know what I'll find
How I wish that it wasn't so
There'll be no one there to hold me tonight
In that house on old lonesome road

I recall how we laughed when we read the name
In the paper before we moved in
After we did our friends all asked
If that house was lonesome back then
We were so young our dreams were so new
There's just no way that we could have known
The irony of that place where we loved
That house on old lonesome road

It's only shingles and shutters and a case of worn out stairs
Just like my old heart they need repair
Maybe I should sell it yeah maybe that would be the best
Maybe then someone else could find some love at that address

I used to love that old house so much
Back before she went away
Now everything there is just gathering dust
I should clean it up if I'm gonna stay
I don't have too much time anymore
I'm too busy talking to ghosts
Cause her memory keeps me compay
In that house on old lonesome road

It's only shingles and shutters...

Every night it's the same old time
I leave work at five-o-five been
Doing my best to forget about her
But she's driving me out of my mind

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5.

Nobody Can Fill Your Shoes

Roger Murrah - James Hicks

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

In this life there's a light only you can shine
Down this road there is gold only you can find
While you walking down the road of life there is so much you can do
And nobody can fill your shoes nobody can fill your shoes

There's a word we haven't heard only you can say
You're the friend I might meet along the way
There's a song deep inside your heart no one can sing like you
And nobody can fill your shoes nobody can fill your shoes

Nobody (nobody) nobody (nobody)
Said nobody (nobody) can fill your shoes
[ guitar ]
While you walking down this road of life
There's only so much you can do
Nobody (nobody) nobody (nobody)
Said nobody (no body) can fill your shoes

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6.

Private Part Of My Heart

Troy Seals - Max D. Barnes

© Big Yellow Dog Music, ASCAP

Operator I'm calling long distance please
Charge it to my room 7-0-2
Hello baby no there's nothing wrong
You know me when I'm away from you

You see a blue moon's hanging low outside our window
Uhm and it's hard to sleep with all of those feeling's around
Ooh if I had wings tonight you could imagine things
I never wanted you more than I want you right now
[ guitar ]
Looking out at the city it sparkles and it shines
But it holds no fascination compared to you
Save me some long nights and your wildest dream
And all of your love and some of that moon

Life may take me down a winding road
But nothing in this world can change my love
Forever you can believe you'll always be here with me
In the warmest private part of my heart
Right here in the warmest private part of my heart
Right here baby

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7.

Child With Child

Don Goodman - Alan Ray

© Write Road Music, BMI

She was still just a baby in her mama's eyes
Daddy's little girl only yesterday oh my how time flies
She learned all about romance from watching TV
And in one night alone with the boy down the street

Child with child mother to be
Carrying a secret she know she can't keep
Child with child lying awake
Thinking about all the hearts she will break

Will her friends all whisper when she passes by
Will there be shame or love in her daddy's eyes
She can run from her hometown but she can't run away
From the new life inside her growing each day

Child with child mother to be...
Just a child with child

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8.

Take Me Home To Mama

Karen Staley - Gary Harrison

© Sixteen Stars Music, BMI

I want you to take me home to mama
Introduce me to your friends
I want you to take me home to mama
I'm ready to take a chance on love again

I didn't need a lover I was happy on my own
I didn't want another girl to melt this heart of stone
But since the day I met you oh my attitude has changed
I think I'm gonna let you to start turning out the flame

Come on and take me home to moma
Introduce me to your friends
I want you to take me home to mama
I'm ready to take a chance on love again yyeah

I really want to meet her I want to raise a doll like you
And tell her that's she's sweeter than any girl I knew
I tell her not to worry cause her baby's in good hands
I don't mean to hurry just as soon as you can

I want you to take me home to mama...

When you started calling I was just killing time
Then I started falling and here's what's on my mind

I want you to take me home to mama...
I'm ready to take a chance on love again
Yeah I'm ready to take a chance on love again

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9.

Pieces Of You

Max D. Barnes - Skip Ewing

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

Pieces of you all scattered around
Pieces of love that's all over now
What can I do I'll never be free
With pieces of you all over me

There's a letter in the dresser
And a picture in the hall
There's my mem'ry to remind me
And heartaches you left laying wall to wall

Pieces of you all scattered around...
[ fiddle ]
There's nothing really left for me to cling to
But these pieces of a dream that fell apart
And living's slowly killing me without you
Not to mention what it's doing to my heart

What can I do I'll never be free
With pieces of you all over me

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10.

Too White To Sing The Blues

Roger Murrah - Lacy J. Dalton

© Acuff-Rose Music, BMI

The day I hit this music town looking for a deal
I was green as government ink on a twenty dollar bill
I signed a lot of papers didn't know what I had to lose
Make no mistake about it now you can't be too white to sing the blues

Some folks make it fast down here some folks make it slow
Learning how the hard way taught me everything I know
When that old highway is your teacher a country boy can get confused
But one thing I know for certain you can't be too white to sing the blues

I've learned how to whistle I've learned how to lose
I've walked a mile in everybody's shoes
Well you can laugh out loud if you want to
But you can't be too white to sing the blues
[ mandolin ]
Someday when I'm old and rich and I don't work no more
Gonna find myself a rocking chair and sit on my front porch
And while that old sun is settin' I'm gonna howl at the risin' moon
Well you can go out rocking now but you can't be too white to sing the blues

I've learned how to whistle I've learned how to lose...
I said you can't be too white to sing the blues yeah

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