1.

White Line Fever

Merle Haggard

© Blue Book Music, BMI

White line fever
A sickness born down deep within my soul
White Line Fever
The years keep flyin' by like the highline poles

The wrinkles in my forehead show the miles I've put behind me
They continue to remind how fast I'm growin' old
Guess I'll die with this fever in my soul

I wonder just what makes a man keep pushing on
What makes me keep on hummin' this old highway song
I've been from coast to coast a hundred times before
I ain't found one single place where I ain't been before

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2.

Colorado

Rick Roberts

© Silver Wing Songs, BMI

Hey Colorado it was not so long ago
I left your mountains to try life on the road
Now I'm finished with that race it was much too fast a pace
And I think I know my place Colorado I wanna come home

There was a woman but I left her far behind
I could have loved her if I'd only had the time
Oh but I stopped along my way just long enough to say
Lord I'd really really like to stay but my lady knows I've got to go

I was too young to know what I'd done
I made my plans but I was wrong yes I was wrong

Hey Colorado is it too late to change my mind
I've done some thinking and I'm trying hard to find
The way to come back home Lord I've been so very long alone
Won't you take care of your own Colorado I think I'm coming home
I wanna come home won't you let me come home

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3.

Hand To Mouth

Chris Hillman - Rick Roberts

© Irving Music, BMI

Hand to mouth I've been livin' from hand to mouth
Days are gettin' longer nights are gettin' colder
Since you've been gone
Hand to mouth I've been livin' from hand to mouth
Don't you worry honey don't you worry
Somehow I get along

Movin' is my little game I never felt the taste of fame
Been on the road since I was just a child
Workin' here then I'm gone never in one place too long
It's enough to drive a poor man wild

I've been livin' from hand to mouth
I've been livin' from hand to mouth
Don't you worry honey don't you worry
Somehow I get along

I'm sorry for the times you've cried
They were the times I've laughed and lied
I really didn't know how much I cared
And now I wish to spend more time
To keep your love and ease your mind
There's nothing quite the same when it's not shared

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4.

Tried So Hard

Gene Clark

© Tickson Music, BMI

Stopped awhile this morning on my way back home
I had to realize this time that I'd be all alone
Cause she is moving somewhere far away not slow

And though I tried so hard to please her
She said she really had to go

Even though this time it really hurts me bad
I've been thru similarities it's not the first break I've had
And I just can't let it bring me down too low

And though I tried so hard to please her
There must be something more to know

Never thought that we would end this way
It seemed that everything was going fine
Still with all the things that I can do or say
It won't change the fate I know so well is mine

So I'll stop and look right past the pain
Cause I've been in love before and I can love again
While she is moving somewhere far away not slow
And though I tried so hard to please her
She said she really had to go

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5.

Just Can't Be

Chris Hillman - Rick Roberts

© Irving Music, BMI

You know I lost a friend the other day
She said she'd like to stay but she's on her way
And I can't believe that she's leaving me
And it's been so long goin' on just can't be

Well it's happened before well I never dreamed
It could happen with her all the same old scenes
And it can't be true what's she trying to do
Be The death of me can't you see just can't be

What went wrong well you know I don't understand
But it's done and you know I've done all I can
So I'll say goodbye to these tears I've cried
I will carry on get along I won't ask why

So I'll say goodbye to these tears I've cried
I will carry on get along I won't ask why

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6.

To Ramona

Bob Dylan

© Witmark And Sons, ASCAP

Ramona come closer shut softly your watery eyes
The pangs of your sadness will pass as your senses will rise
But the flowers of the city thou breath like yet death like at times
There's no use in trying to deal with the dying
Though I can not explain that in rhymes

Your cracked country lips I still wish to kiss have to be by the touch of your skin
Your magnetic movements still capture the minutes I'm in
It grieves my heart love to see you trying to be a part of a world that just don't exist
It's all just a scheme babe a vacuum of dreams that sucks you into feeling like this

I've heard you say many times that your better than no-one and no-one is better than you
If you really believe that you know you have nothing to win and nothing to do
From fixtures and forces and friends your sorrow does stem
They'll hype you and type you and make you feel that you got to be just like them

I'd forever talk to you but soon my words would turn into a meaningless ring
For deep in my heart there's no help I can bring
Everything passes and everything changes just do what you think you should do
Then someday maybe who knows baby I'll come and be crying to you
Then someday maybe who knows baby I'll come and be crying to you

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7.

Four Days Of Rain

Rick Roberts

© Goose Feather Music, BMI

Four days of rain and I'm feelin' OK
Sun back again it's a beautiful day
Fallin' the water has pounded my eye
Sun in the window's got me feelin' just fine

Feelin' good well I knew I would whatever I do
Feel so high and I don't know why but that's all right too
Walkin' around in a good old town
Just a thinkin' of you I hope you think of me too

Breeze in my face and the blue sky is clear
A beautiful mornin' Lord I wish you were here
Diggin' it easy I'm takin' it slow
Enjoyin' the sunshine enjoyin' the show

Feelin' good well I knew I would whatever I do
Feel so high and I don't know why but that's all right too
Walkin' around in a good old town
Just a thinkin' of you I hope you think of me too

Feelin' good well I knew I would whatever I do
Feel so high and I don't know why but that's all right too
Walkin' around in a good old town
Just a thinkin' of you I hope you think of me too

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8.

Can't You Hear Me Calling

Chris Hillman - Rick Roberts

© Irving Music, BMI

Drivin' in my car down to the corner bar
I'm gonna get real drunk and crazy before I'm through
And when I've had my fill and you know I will
Baby then I can get my message home to you

Can't you hear me calling
Can't you hear me calling
Oh it seems as though I've wasted too much time

Can't you hear me calling
Can't you hear me calling
Lord I'm about to lose my mind

I pulled back into town before the sun went down
I spent twenty four hours behind the old jail door
And the judge said son I know you've had your fun
But I better not catch you havin' anymore

Can't you hear me calling
Can't you feel me falling
Oh things that I've gone through to make you mine

Can't you hear me calling
Can't you feel me falling
Lord I'm about to lose my mind
Oh Lord I'm about to lose my mind

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9.

All Alone

Chris Hillman - Rick Roberts

© Irving Music, BMI

All alone she waits at the window while the sun sets in the sea
Is that the sound of his foot steps that echoes in the hall
And then they fade away no it wasn't him after all

He was gone in the early morning and he said he wouldn't be long
But that was spring and now that the leaves have all turned brown
She only shares her bed with the loneliness she has found

Still she waits alone at the window for the one who wandered away
Each day the room grows colder her tears grow harder to hold
And still she saves her love for the day she knows he'll come home

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10.

Why Are You Crying

Rick Roberts

© Goose Feather Music, BMI

Why are you crying and what can I do
It's not so easy
Just watching you cry all alone
Can you tell me what's wrong
And if you think it might help
I can bring my guitar and sing you a song

I know love's made a fool of others
And I know love's made a fool of me
Try to answer questions that
You never even asked of me
I know you've been left in doubt
By the things that you not sure about
Well I can say I've been there too
And maybe we can both find out
If you will tell me

Why are you crying and what can I do
It's not so easy
Just watching you cry all alone
Can you tell me what's wrong
And if you think it might help
I can bring my guitar and sing you a song

You say there's no way I can help
And in the end that might be true
But you never know until you try
And that's all I've asked of you
And I can see you have your secrets
And that's all right I have mine too
But you should always share your troubles
Makes it that much easier on you

Why are you crying and what I can do
It's not so easy
Just watching you cry all alone
Can you tell me what's wrong
And if you think it might help
I can bring my guitar and sing you a song

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