1.

Fightin' For The Same Thing

Chuck Jones - Tom Shapiro

© Blackwood Music, BMI

You got truth on your side I'm over here in the right
There's a line of pride that divides us
We got wants we got needs but we don't wanna see
All the answers are right here inside us

So the battle rages on
But the dark of night is all it brings
Someone turn on the light
Don't you know that we're fightin' for the same thing

We both want a love that's never gonna end
We're looking for a way to make us closer again
So why are we fightin' one another
When after all we're fightin' for each other
Fightin' for the same thing

So baby let's settle down and try talking this out
Without talking about someone leavin'
That's not the issue at hand it's just woman and man
Tryin' to hold onto something worth keepin'

And if you'll let me hold you now
I think you'll see just what I mean
Ain't no wrong ain't no right
Only us and we're fightin' for the same thing

We both want a love that's never gonna end
We're looking for a way to make us closer again
So why are we fightin' one another
When after all we're fightin' for each other
Fightin' for the same thing

We both want a love that's never gonna end...

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2.

Missing You

Rick Giles - Susan Longacre

© Mike Curb Music, BMI

I live for the phone I die for the mail
I took your picture right off the nail
And put it right by my bed so I could see you instead
Of the darkness of night

I hold conversations with you in my mind
They only tighten this knot deep inside
And the aching won't end till I hold you again
If I only survive

Why did you have to go why am I missing you so
One heartbeat at a time I'm going out of my mind
Missing you missing you

I started a letter I stared at your name
There wasn't a line that didn't echo my pain
There was no sound at all but the slow lonely fall
Of an unspoken tear

Why did you have to go why am I missing you so...

Life may take us in different directions
But I always end up deeper deeper in my true affection

Why did you have to go why am I missing you so...

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3.

She Waits

Tom Paden - Tom French

© Paden Place Music, BMI

She looks at a picture of a girl dressed in lace
A boy by her side with a smile on his face
And she still remembers the vows that she gave
A lifetime forever the promise was made

Then she turns down the light and lights up a candle
Sits in the window and stares out in the night
Till the flame flickers out and the hour grows late
Another night passes she waits

She picks up his letter and stares at the line
That says I still love you I just need some time
And some nights bring questions but still she believes
Cause he was her first love and he'll always be

Then she turns down the light and lights up a candle...

Then there's a ring in the night
A voice on the phone would it be alright
You don't have to ask just come home

Now the candle burns bright for the new day ahead
And with a smile on her face she waits

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4.

Ol' Red

Don Goodman - Mark Sherrill - James Bohan

© Al Gallico Music, BMI

I caught my wife with another man it cost me ninety nine
Down in Georgia prison close to the Florida line
Well I'd been here for two long years I finally made the warden my friend
He sentenced me to a life of ease taking care of Ol' Red

Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest dog that I've ever seen
He's got a nose that can smell a two day trail
He's a four legged trackin' machine
You can consider yourself mighty lucky
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
'Cause all these years that I've been here
Nobody got past Red

Hear the warden sang come on somebody
Why don't you run
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun
Get my lantern get my gun
Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes

I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
To my cousin up in Tennessee
Now he brought down a blue tick hound
She was pretty as she could be
So we staked her up in the swampland
About a mile just south of the gate
And I'd take Ol' Red for his evenin' walk
Let him go and wait

Hear the warden sang come on somebody...

Now Ol' Red got real used to seein'
His lady fried every night
So I kept him away for three or four days
And waited 'til the time got right
Well I made my run with the evenin' sun
And I smiled when I heard they let Red out
'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol' Red he was headed south

Hear the warden sang come on somebody...

Now there's red-haired blue ticks all in the South
Love got me in here and love got me out

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5.

If I Were You

Verlon Thompson - Billy Dean

© April Music, ASCAP

with Travis Tritt

You've got it made you've got real love
Something you don't find every day
Someone to trust someone to lean on
Something I would hold on to if I were you

You've got it made you've got no one
You don't have those strings to tie you down
You come and go free as the wind blows
If I wouldn't settle down too soon if I were you

If I were you I'd be satisfied
Oh I'm sure the grass is greener on the other side
If I were you I'd stay by her side I'd be running wild
I would never leave her that's what I would do if I were you

If I were you I'd be satisfied
Oh I'm sure the grass is greener on the other side
If I were you would I rather be would I rather be
Someone just like me I wouldn't change a single thing if I were you

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6.

Wanderin' Man

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCA

What kind of a life does a wanderin' man live
Does he live with the sun and sleep with the moon
Is he never so lonely as a city man can get
Does he wake with the sun rise and never too soon

Wanderin' man I see you in me
You're just like the kid that I used to be
You're livin' with the colors that I used to see
There's comfort in knowing that a little bit of you lives in me

What kind of a child would a wanderin' man raise
Would he teach him the things the world never learned
Would he show him the grace in a beautiful sunset
Would he give him the freedom to let his heart yearn

Wanderin' man I see you in me...

Go strong with the wind
There's a change in the skyline
You you are my friend
And my heart burns bright

What kind of a funeral does a wanderin' man get
Are the calls of the coyotes the only cries heard
Do the stars set the mood for a scene they'll soon forget
Is the best goodbye said without saying the word

Wanderin' man I see you in me...

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7.

Reason To Go

Tim Mensy - Debbie Hupp

© Miss Dot Music, ASCAP

Lately you've been asking lots of questions
You're always checking up on me
Calling my friends to ask where I am
And every time you find me where I said I'll be

You're so afraid I'm gonna leave you
In your heart I think you know
The only reason you worry about me leaving
Is you know I've got reason to go

It's easy to see your conscience bothers you
So you're suspecting me of all the things you do
How could you believe that I haven't known
The only reason you worry about me leaving
Is you know I've got reason to go

You never take the time to hold me
Yet you're afraid somebody might
You know one day I might walk away
Cause you left me lonely one two many nights

You're trying hard to find me guilty
But in your heart I think you know
The only reason you worry about me leaving
Is you know I've got reason to go

It's easy to see your conscience bothers you...

The only reason you worry about me leaving
Is you know I've got reason to go

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8.

If You Were The Friend

Tim Mensy - Debbie Hupp

© Miss Dot Music, ASCAP

If I closed my eyes it didn't hurt quite so bad
Cause tonight I've just lost the best friend I've ever had
You were a maverick running all away from New Orleans
We'd tell stories round the campfire late at night
When it was down to just you and me

Good friend why did you have to go
Just when I was getting to know you I'll sing this song to show
You were a good friend they don't make 'em quite like you
And in my memory you'll always be a good good friend to me

You said I got a home boy
Haven't seen it for so long
Said I'm going home boy
My work is done I can feel it in my bones

Good friend why did you have to go...

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9.

If Only My Heart Had A Voice

Rick Bowles - Skip Ewing - Kenny Rogers

© Warner-Tamerlane Pub, BMI

In my life there had been
Lots of loving so few friends
Wasted romance wasted time
No lessons learned so you keep in mind

Nothing ventured nothing gained
No nothing grows without some rain
So let me give more than I take
Small price to pay for my mistakes

Oh listen to the beating of your heart it's rhymed with mine
There's a symphony inside us and our love is keeping time
So the song we dance we're dancing like we really have no choice
And I would sing the perfect song if only my heart had a voice

Now life's too short and life's too long
To be somewhere you don't belong
So call it chance or call it fate
But finding you was worth the wait

Oh listen to the beating of your heart it's rhymed with mine...

In your eyes I can see
Love's reflection perfectly

Oh listen to the beating of your heart it's rhymed with mine...

So the song we dance we're dancing like we really have no choice
And I would sing the perfect song if only my heart had a voice
And I would sing my song if only my heart had a voice

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10.

Somebody's Wrong Somebody's Right

Larry Butler

© Tree Pub, BMI

Somebody's wrong somebody's right
Somebody's gone somewhere tonight
I'd rather be holding you tight
And somebody right lonely tonight

Some times are given
Some times might mean giving in
Even the taking means taking more now and then
But all of the knowing can't stop love from goin' away
When pride decides I'm sorry is too hard to say

Somebody's wrong somebody's right...

Somebody's gone somewhere tonight
I'd rather be holding you tight
And somebody right lonely tonight

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