1.

(# 57 country hit)

Who'll Turn Out The Lights (In Your World Tonight)

Wayne Kemp - Mack Vickery

© Tree Pub, BMI

I wonder who'll turn out the lights in your world tonight
Whose shoulder will your head be resting on
Does your hungry arms reach for someone you feel you need
Will the need still be there when he's gone

As I reach for the switch that turns out my lights
I wonder who'll turn out the lights in your world tonight

Has someone found a secret that I couldn't find
Is he touching that old switch that I've touched so many times
Is he turning on the woman I could never satisfy
I wonder who'll turn out the lights in your world tonight
[ instrumental ]
Has someone found a secret that I couldn't find...

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2.

(# 61 country hit)

Won't You Come Home And Talk To A Stranger

Wayne Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

Well I was out a drinkin' with a couple of friends of mine
When the bartender handed me the telephone said there's a wife on the line
Well I told her I was just a drinkin' with the couple of buddies I knew
But she told me in a few short words just what she wanted me to do

She said won't you come home and talk to a stranger
She said you might even make yourself a friend
She said won't you come home and talk to a stranger
It's the only place in days you haven't been
[ instrumental ]
Well I sat there about an hour just a talkin' with the rest of the guys
And when she walked to that front door she had get-home in her eyes
She said you've talked and danced with every woman in town but me
And if you just come around the house you might like my company

She said won't you come home and talk to a stranger...

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3.

I Turn My Mind On You

Wayne Kemp - Dale Ward

© Tree Pub, BMI

Every time she turns to me I turn my mind on you

I knew the day you turned away I'd never get over you
I'd found someone to take your place I've known that she won't do
She's like you in so many ways it hurts me through and through
And every time she turns to me I turn my mind on you

She gives me so much love I should forget but I know I never will
She holds me till I'd fall asleep and that's when my mind is still
She turns to me to love her but somehow I never do
For every time she turns to me I turn my mind on you

She gives me so much love I should forget...

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4.

(# 73 country hit)

Barroom Habits

Wayne Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

Well the kids came out to play last Sunday morning
And I came in from playing all night long
I walked in and slammed the door I put my cigarette out on the floor
And I told her a dirty joke and the fight was on

She said you better quit bringing them barroom habits home to mama
She said you better quit callin' me Rosie when you know that's not my name
When you come home it's like a bad dream
I follow you round tryin' to keep the place clean
You better quit bringing them barroom habits home to mama
[ instrumental ]
Last night I got high so I got lonesome
And I remember just what I needed was waitin' at home
I popped a top all over the walls and after that she wadn't friendly at all
And I could tell by the look in her eye I've done something wrong

She said you better quit bringing them barroom habits home to mama...

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5.

Touching Home

Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens

© Blue Crest Music, BMI

(Today I can feel it touching home)

Today pain became a real life's hurtin' thing
And the choir of loneliness sang me a song
Now I know just what it means to lose a lifetime dream
Cause today I can feel it touching home

No longer do I wonder why men have lost their minds
Or wind up in a jungle of flashing neon signs
Now I know just how long a man can last when love is gone
Cause today I can feel it touching home
[ instrumental ]
No longer do I wonder why men have lost their minds...
Cause today I can feel it touching home

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6.

How Much More Can She Stand

Harry Compton

© Brothers Two Music, ASCAP

How much more can she stand and still stand by me

There's a devil in my body that I just can't satisfy
Other women haunt me even though I love my wife
It's because I really love her I try to save her heart with lies
Oh but I know she knows I can see it in her eyes

I tried to stay at home love only her play with the kids and watch TV
But then my mind becomes unsure about the kind of love I need
My reasons for cheating they're as good as lies can be
How much more can she stand and still stand by me
[ instrumental ]
It's so hard for me to call her I can hardly dial the phone
I did wrong again last night now I just want to go back home
She knows that I lied Lord she'll cry where I can see
How much more can she stand and still stand by me
How much more can she stand and still stand by me

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7.

(# 52 country hit)

Award To An Angel

Wayne Kemp - Mack Vickery

© Tree Pub, BMI

If they gave awards for best angel
Then darlin' I know you would win them all
And if there was one for every good thing you've done
Then sweetheart they'd cover our walls

The first one would be for best lover
Cause darlin' you've loved me so long
There would be one for being the best forgiver
You forgave me each time I've gone wrong

One would stand out above all the others
Like you stand out wherever you go
One would say to the world's greatest mother
With love from those who should know

On a wall by itself would hang a solid gold plaque
Trimmed with diamonds and silver engraved and it would say
To a woman to a wife who's loved me all of my life
And I thank God every day

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8.

Knock Three Times

Irwin Levine - Russell Brown

© Pocket Full Of Tunes, BMI

Hey girl what you're doing down there
Dancing alone every night while I live right above you
I can hear your music playing yeah I can feel your body swaying
One floor above me you don't even know me I love you

Oh my darling knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Oh twice on the pipes if the answer is no
Oh my sweetness (bang bang bang) means you meet me in the hallway
Oh twice on the pipes means you ain't gonna show

If you look out your window tonight
Pulling the string with the note that's attached to my heart
Count how many times I saw you how in my silence I adore you
And only in my dreams is that wall between us come apart

Oh my darling knock three times...
Oh my darling knock three times...
Oh twice on the pipes means you ain't gonna show

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9.

Too Close To The End

Wayne Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

It's too close to the end you can't forgive me

You never ask for more than I could give you
All you wanted was just a little of what you had so much to give
But now you're giving up and I can't really blame you
All you wanted was a better way to live

Now it's too close to the end to say I'm sorry
Anything I have to say now you won't believe
I can't ask you to stay cause I've cheated all the way
It's too close to the end you can't forgive me
[ instrumental ]
Like a fool I couldn't see when you saw through me
You knew what I was doing all along
But the more I done made you try that much harder
And the more you tried the more that I done wrong

Now it's too close to the end to say I'm sorry...

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10.

Step Aside

Ray Griff

© Blue Echo Music, ASCAP

Angray words were spoken and I left my baby in a cloud of gloom
Got into my car and drove around until I spurted this saloon
Came inside and bought a drink then I saw you and felt a burning glow
Got the urge to hold you tight but if I try refuse me tell me know

Step aside if I try to get near you
Lock your heart if I start making time
Walk away if I say that I need you
Step aside if I step out of line
[ instrumental ]
Bitter is my feeling for my baby and the things she said so cruel
Half of me says cheat on her but part of me says stop don't be a fool
Don't let me get close to you cause if I do I won't be very strong
Save me from my conscience and keep me from being sorry later on

Step aside if I try to get near you...
Step aside if I step out of line

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11.

Darling Who's The Stranger

Wayne Kemp - Mack Vickery

© Tree Pub, BMI

The taste of coffee was on your lips as I kissed you goodbye today
Just to know I could come home to you made eight hours slip away
I expected you to meet me like so many times before
But darling who's the stranger at our door

As I walked in you said goodbye and began to walk away
I held you close and I begged you not to go
But I was holdin' a stranger that had a lot to say
And darling you've never said those things before

Darling who's the stranger at our door
She's saying all those things that I've never heard before
Things you wouldn't think of things I can't believe
Darling please tell your friend to leave
Darling please tell your friend to leave

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