1.

(# 1 country hit)
(# 32 pop hit)

The Teddy Bear Song

Nick Nixon - Don Earl

© Champion Music, BMI

I wish I had button eyes and red fat nose
Shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes
Sittin' on the shelf in the local department store
With no dreams to dream and nothing to be sorry for

I wish I was a Teddy Bear
Not living nor loving nor going nowhere
I wish I was a Teddy Bear
And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you

I wish I had a wooden heart and a sawdust mind
Then your mem'ry wouldn't come around to hurt all the time
I'd have a sewed on smile and a painted twinkle in my eye
And I never would've ever had to learn how to cry

I wish I was a Teddy Bear...

I wish I had a string you could pull to make me say
Hi I'm Teddy ain't it a lovely day
Then I'd know everytime I spoke the words were right
And no one would know the mess I made in my life

I wish I was a Teddy Bear...
And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you

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2.

(# 41 country hit)

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Cynthia Weil - Barry Mann - Phil Spector

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like before in you fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it (baby)
But baby baby I know it

You've lost that lovin' feelin' oh that lovin' feelin'
You've lost that lovin' feelin' now it's gone gone gone
Oh oh oh

There's no welcome look in your eyes when I reach for you
And you're starting to criticize little things I do
It makes me just feel like cryin' Ibaby)
Cause baby something beautiful's dyin'

You've lost that lovin' feelin' oh that lovin' feelin'...

Baby baby I get down on my knees for you
If you would only love me like you used to do
We had love a love a love you don't find any day
So don't don't don't don't let it slip away

Bring back that lovin' feelin oh that lovin' feelin'
Bring back that lovin' feelin' now it's gone gone gone
And I can't go on oh oh oh

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3.

(# 15 country hit)

Cheatin' Is

Rafe VanHoy

© Tree Pub, BMI

Cheatin' is a thing that starts when you bring
Two lonely people face to face with a brand new kiss
She blames him he blames her
But neither one is ever quite sure which way it really is
And all of the time in the back of their minds
They know they're gonna have to lie bout where they've been
Cheatin' is a thing that'll take a little ring
And bring it into pieces that'll never go back again

Cheatin' is the part of lovin' that starts
When true love isn't what lovers are looking for
A stranger here a stranger there then you turn around and swear
That you'll never go back for more
And laying at night when you're holding him tight
Is sometimes that a cheater's heart just has to learn
Cheatin' is a thing that's guaranteed to bring
Two unhappy people to the point of no return
[ instrumental ]
The worst of cheatin' is the sad little kids
Hangin' in the middle while mommie and daddy choose
Cheatin' is a game where nobody wins
But the ones that aren't big enough to play are the ones who lose

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4.

(# 2 country hit)
(# 95 pop hit)

Kid Stuff

Jerry Crutchfield - Nick Nixon - Don Earl

© Champion Music, BMI

I often think of younger days
A boy a girl and backyard days
I'd get hurt you'd get your way
And they called it kid stuff

And though it mattered little then
The childish games you'd always win
Now the stakes are higher and
It's no longer kid stuff

Kid stuff when I was little
Was sittin' in the middle of a cotton candy world
But now my heart is saying
This is no game we're playing
For I can see I'm losing you
To another world

I remember very well
Plans we made by wishing well
And secret stuff we couldn't tell
Ain't that just like kid stuff

And I always thought you'd be mine
At least until the end of time
I wore your ring that cost a dime
Happiness is kid stuff

Kid stuff when I was little...
I'm losin' you to another world

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5.

(# 69 country hit)

Love Is A Gentle Thing

Rafe VanHoy - Ann Burns - Barbara Fairchild

© Songs Of Universal, BMI

When dark of night makes way for the early sun to rise
It's peace of mind that only love can bring
And with the golden sunlight drifting through the morning skies
Your tender touch makes me know that love is a gentle thing

Love is a gentle thing and love can keep you safe and warm
A newborn baby nestled in its mother's arms
Love is a gentle thing and like winter's very first snow falling
And love can be a shelter in a storm

The times when I'm uncertain and get restless in my mind
I'm left alone without a song to sing
But when you come to me at night and pull me to your side
Without a word you tell me that love is a gentle thing

Love is a gentle thing and love can keep you safe and warm...
Love is a gentle thing and love can keep you safe and warm...

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6.

(# 31 country hit)

Mississippi

Werner Theunissen

© Al Gallico Music, BMI

Where you can hear a country song for fun
And someone plays the honky tonk guitar
Where all the lights will go out one by one
Where people join the song and the wind takes it away

Where the Mississippi rolls down to the sea
And lovers found the place they like to be
How many times before this song was ending
Love and understanding everywhere around

Mississippi I'll remember you
Whenever I shall go away I'll be longing for the day
That I will be in Greenville again
Mississippi you'll be on my mind
Every time I hear this song Mississippi roll along
Until the end of time
[ instrumental ]
Now the country song forever lost its soul
When the guitar picker turned to rock'n roll
And everytime when summer nights are falling
I always will be calling dreams of yesterday

Mississippi I'll remember you...

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7.

(# 22 country hit)

Let Me Love You Once Before You Go

Molly Ann Leikin - Steve Dorff

© Careers Music, BMI / Almo Music, ASCAP

It's like looking in the window of a fine boutique
Knowing there is nothing I could ever buy
Still I want your love so much that I could die
But I just can't lead a double life
Being one man's lover one man's wife

But you can start a fire raging just by touching me
Even though I know we're not supposed to touch
Oh I've never wanted anyone so much
How I wish that I had found you first
Don't you see my heart's about to burst

Let me love you once before you go
Your eyes keep saying yes to me so don't keep saying no
Let me love you once and then you'll see
No one's ever gonna love you more than me
[ instrumental ]
Let me lock the door and open all my love to you
All the love I've longed to give you since we met
It's the only chance I'm ever gonna get
And I just can't let it disappear
Oh my darling please come over here

Let me love you once before you go...
No one's ever gonna love you more than me

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8.

(# 17 country hit)

Standing In Your Line

Barbara Fairchild

© Duchess Music, BMI

If I could only understand you maybe I could cope
With the loneliness I feel that comes with no hope of keeping you
Cause you're free with your feelings
When it comes to the dealings of your body and your mind
And though I said I wouldn't be just one in a thousand
Here I am standin' in your line

You don't remember their names as you shower them with charm
Never hold them in your heart even though you hold them in your arms
You just pass out your affection
When I came in your direction it must have been my time
And though I hoped I could be different
Something special to you
Here I am standin' in your line

Cause you're free with your feelings
When it comes to the dealings of your body and your mind
And though I hoped I would be different
Something special to you
Here I am standin' in your line
Standin' in your line
Standin' in your line

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9.

(# 52 country hit)

Let's Love While We Can

Ronny Scaife

© Algee Music, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI

Here's a song I'm gonna sing to you
And for the first time there's no between the lines
That's wastin' our time on searching

There's a race I'd like to win
But then there's just no way to stop the clock on the wall
The summer and fall from going

So let's love while we can
We're dying from the day we're born
But I believe we can be born again
If you'll only let me love you

That's the words I'm glad I sang them true
Now we're a heartbeat from the things that we planned
They're here in our hand forever

So let's love while we can...

So let's love while we can
We're dying from the day we're born
So let's love while we can
So let's love

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10.

Too Far Gone

Billy Sherrill

© Al Gallico Music, BMI

I can tell that somewhere
There's someone you love more than me
Someone you love more than me
And it hurts to say it
But you have the right to be free
I know that's the way it should be

But I'm too far gone too far gone
I guess I've loved you too much for too long
And I'm too far gone

If ever your new love
Should hurt you or make you feel blue
Hurt you or make you feel blue
Remember your old love
Will still be around loving you
I'll still be around loving you

Cause I'm too far gone too far gone...
Yes I'm too far gone

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