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(# 1 country hit)

Louisiana Woman Mississippi Man

Becki Bluefield - Jim Owen

© Dunbar Music, BMI

Hey Louisiana woman Mississippi man
We get together every time we can
The Mississippi River can't keep us apart
There's too much love in this Mississippi heart
Too much love in this Louisiana heart

See the alligators all a waitin' nearby
Soon or later they know I'm gonna try
When she waves from the bank don't you know I know
It's goodbye fishin' line see you while ago
With a Louisiana woman waitin' on the other side
The Mississippi River don't look so wide

Louisiana woman Mississippi man...

Well I thought I'd been loved but I never had
Till I was wrapped In the arms of a Mississippi man
When he holds me close it feels almost
Like another hurricane just ripped the coast
If he can't come to me I'm gonna go to him
That Mississippi River Lord I'm gonna swim

Hey Louisiana woman Mississippi man...

Well Mississippi River Lord it's one mile wide
And I'm gonna get me to the other side
Mississippi man I'm losin' my mind
Gotta have your lovin' one more time
I'm gonna jump in the river and here go
Too bad alligatior you swim too slow

Hey Louisiana woman Mississippi man...

There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
Too much love in this Louisiana heart
There's too much love in the Mississippi heart
Too much love in this Louisiana heart

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2.

For Heaven's Sake

Lorene Allen - Maggie Vaughn - Frankie Fuller

© Coal Miners Music, BMI

We thought the baby was the answer to keep us happy in our world
Our prayers were answered with the darling baby girl
And we named her Heaven but a child's not all it takes
But I'll stay and I'll stay for Heaven's sake

You of'en send me roses and kiss me when you leave home
And you pick out my shirt and tie like nothing's ever wrong
But we're only fooling heaven we can't make a mistake
I won't leave you I'll see it through for Heaven's sake

Christmas trees and make believe for Heaven's sake
Ginger mint and let's pretent if that's what it takes
Evening prayers and pigtails teddy bears and wishing wells
For Heaven's sake

Rollers case and skinned up knee and dirty face
I kiss her hurt until her tears are all erased
Baby dolls and your high heels lollipops before her meal
For Heaven's sake

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3.

Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)

Eddie Miller - Robert Yount - W.S. Stevenson

© Four Star Music, BMI

Release me darling let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release and let me love again

Oh I have found a new love dear
And I'll always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Release me darling let me go

Please release me let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release and let me love again

Please release me let me go...

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4.

You Lay So Easy On My Mind

Bobby G. Rice - Charles Fields - Donald Riis

© Americus Music, ASCAP

You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
Whenever I need you all I have to do is close my eyes
You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
Wrap me in your warmness and let me feel your body close to mine

Everything you say and do finds me wanting more of you
And each moment brings to life a million dreams
Heaven's something real yes it's something I can feel
When I feel your angel touch all over me

You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
Oh there's not a thought of me
Your sweet love don't reach to satisfy

Every day I need you more you're the one I'm living for
And the best you'll ever give you've given me
You completely satisfy every need I have inside
And I pray you'll never take your love from me

You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
Oh there's not a thought of me
That your sweet love don't reach to satisfy
Oh there's not a thought of me
That your sweet love don't reach to satisfy

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5.

Our Conscience You And Me

L.E. White

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

Ah your warm lips are inviting as they tremble with desire
And everytime I see you it adds more fuel to the fire
And again we'll share a love that shouldn't be
Just between the three of us our conscience you and me

But our patiences are stronger than the will to do what's right
While someone else waits at home we'll meet again tonight
Then I'll hold you close and love you tenderly
Just between the three of us our conscience you and me
[ steel ]
While hiding in the shadows our love blooms at night
Though we know it's wrong we still go on we've lost control of all that's right
But if the love's so strong this wrong why should it be
Just between the three of us our conscience you and me

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6.

As Good As A Lonely Girl Can Be

Bobby Harden

© King Coal Music, ASCAP

Tell me darling have I been away too long
I was wrong to leave but now I'm coming home
Have you missed me I kind of hope you would
And jokingly I ask are you being good

I'm bein' good as lonely girl can be
And there's no other place on earth I'd rather be
To lie here beside him learns me how sweet love can be
I'm bein' good as lonely girl can be

It was just too much for me I should have known
You were just too much a woman to leavin' on
I just realized I love you much too late
And Lord it's killin' me to hear you say

I'm bein' good as a lonely girl can be
Tell me darling have I been away too long
And there's no other place on earth I'd rather be
I know I was wrong to leave but now all I wanna do is come back home
To lie here beside him learns me how sweet love can be
You're just too much to me I know I should have known
I'm bein' good as lonely girl can be
You were just too much woman for me to leave alone

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7.

Bye Bye Love

Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant

© House Of Bryant, BMI

Bye bye love bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness I think I'm a gonna cry
Bye bye my love bye bye

There goes my baby with someone new
She sure looks happy and I sure am blue
She was my baby till he stepped in
Goodbye to romance that might have been

Bye bye love bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness I think I'm a gonna cry
Bye bye love bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love bye bye

Well I'm through with you Conway I'm through with love
Yeah I'm through with countin' the stars above
And here's the reason that I'm so free
My lovin' baby is through with me

Bye bye love bye bye happiness...
Bye bye love bye bye happiness...

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8.

Living Together Alone

Sandy Burnett - Joe McClure

© King Coal Music, ASCAP

I can't believe the life we live
Or the love that we can't give to each other
I only know my dreams are gone
And that you've been carryin' on with another
That won't let us stop it we're too blind to drop it
So we still go on livin' together alone
[ steel ]
Oh I don't know how long we'll survive
Livin' here where love has died it's a wonder
Loneliness surrounds this house now
We'll get by I don't how we're together
A house that's dividing will tumble to the ground
And yet we still go on livin' together alone
And yet we still go on livin' together alone

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9.

What Are We Gonna Do About Us

Conway Twitty

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

I do my best to shield her from the hurt I'm finding now
And I try hard not to give him reason to die
We'd play our part so well we still have the love in trust
Oh what are we gonna do about us

Us two people that were meant for each other
Us a happinees we found
Us the reason for the chance we are takin'
Oh what are we gonna do about us

I tell her I miss her when I'm away from home
And he thinks I get lonely when he leaves me alone
The moments we steal soon won't be enough
Oh what are we gonna do about us

Us two people that were meant for each other...

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10.

If You Touch Me (You've Got To Love Me)

Norro Wilson - Carmol Taylor - Joe Stampley

© Al Gallico Music, BMI

Well she packed my bags and kicked me out when we were havin' bad times
Lookin' back I can see it was over nothin'
Since then there's been too much red wine and women messin' up my mind
But nothin' can compare with baby's lovin'

At two o'clock this mornin' I made up my mind
I'm gonna go back home to my sweet baby
I'm lookin' though the window at the city for the last time
Lord knows this life it'll drive me crazy

Well I walked out on the highway caught a semi headed home
I hope she'll take me back oh Lord I'm prayin'
Now I'm standin' at the front door hopin' I'll find her all alone
Then I heard her sweet voice sayin'

And she said
If you touch me you've got to love me
And if you love me you'll have to stay with me forever
And I'll forgive you and love will be like it should be
So if you touch me you've got to love me
If you touch me you've got to love me

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11.

Before Your Time

Conway Twitty - Tommy Markham

© Twitty Bird Music, BMI

Other arms have held me before your time
Other lips have thrilled me before your time
Other eyes have seen the light you see in my eyes tonight
Oh but darlin' that was long bofore your time

Other hearts have been broken before your time
Unkind words were spoken before your time
Other ears have heard me say the things I say to you today
But darlin' that was long before your time

Before you came along I sang this same old song before
The melody was born when we walk right to love's door
The words I love you came but I just couldn't sing that line
Oh but darlin' that was long before your time
[ steel ]
Before you came along I sang this same old song before...

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