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A Boy Named Sue ( Johnny Cash )

My daddy left home when I was three And he didn't leave much to Ma and me Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze. Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid But the meanest thing that he ever did …

A Little Unfair ( Lefty Frizzell )

You want me to love just you while you love your share Ain't that being a little unfair It's me stay home while you stay gone till you decide to care Ain't that being a little unfair I can't see how it can be anything …

All of me ( Willie Nelson, Ella Fitzgerald, ... )

[] [] All of me, why not take all of me? Can't you see, I'm no good without you. Take my arms [] I want to lose them; Take my lips [] I'll never use them. Your good bye left me with eyes that cry, …

All That Heaven Will Allow ( The Mavericks )

I got a dollar in my pocket there ain't a cloud up above I got a picture in a locket that says baby I love you Well if you didn't look then boys then fellas don't go looking now Well here she comes a-walking all …

Alone and Forsaken ( Hank Williams )

We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold The pastures were green and the meadows were gold Our love was in flower as summer grew on Her love like the leaves now has withered and gone The roses have faded there's frost at my door …

Always On My Mind ( Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, ... )

Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have [] And maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have If I made you feel second best Girl I'm sorry I was blind You were always on my mind …

Angel From Montgomery ( John Prine )

[] [] [] I am an old woman named after my mother. My old man is another child that's grown old. If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire this old house would've burnt down a long time ago. Make me an angel that flies …

Angel Of Death ( Hank Williams )

In the great Book of John you're warned of the day When you'll be laid beneath the cold clay The angel of death will come from the sky And claim your poor soul when the time comes to die When the angel of death comes …

A Soft Place To Fall ( Allison Moorer )

Daylight has found me here again You can ask me anything but where I've been Things that used to matter seem so small When you're looking for a soft place to fall Don't misunderstand me Baby please I didn't mean to bring back memories You …

A Stranger In My Arms ( Patsy Cline )

Though you try you can't conceal it Love has only brought us storms I can see your eyes revealing You're a stranger in my arms Say goodbye to our romancing We have lost the flame that warms Though I hold you while we're dancing You're …

Back in the Arms of Love ( Jack Greene )

Back in the arms of love forever home to stay With you the rose of love blooms every day Back in the arms of love never again to stray Where aching hearts and tears have moved away Darling forgive me for being a fool For …

Big City ( Merle Haggard )

I'm tired of this dirty old city Entirely too much work and never enough play And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks Think I'll walk off my steady job today Turn me loose set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana Gimme all …

Billy Austin ( Steve Earle )

My name is Billy Austin and I'm twenty-nine years old I was born in Oklahoma quarter Cherokee I'm told Don't remember Oklahoma been so long since I left home Seems like I've always been in prison like I've always been alone Didn't mean to hurt …

Brand New Heartache ( Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris )

A guy moved into town I ain't seen you around I feel a brand new heartache coming on It happened once before when a guy moved in next door I feel a brand new heartache coming on W-hy can't I trust in you W-hy do …

Bubbles in my Beer ( Bob Wills )

Tonight in a bar alone I'm sitting Apart from the laughter and the cheer While scenes from the past rise before me I'm watching the bubbles in my beer A vision of someone who loves me Brings a long silent tear to my eye Oh …

Caledonia Mission ( The Band )

She reads the leaves and she leads the life That she learned so well from the old wives It's so strange to arrange it, you know I wouldn't change it But hear me if you're near me, can I just rearrange it? The watchman covers …

California Cottonfields ( Merle Haggard )

My drifting memory goes back to the spring of '43 When I was just a child in momma's arms My daddy plowed the ground and promised someday we would leave This run-down mortgaged Oklahoma farm Then one night I heard my daddy saying to my …

Carolina In The Pines ( Michael Martin Murphey )

She came to me said she knew me Said she'd known me a long time And she spoke of being in love With every mountain she had climbed And she talked of trails she walked up Far above the timber line From that night on …

City of New Orleans ( Arlo Guthrie, Willie Nelson, ... )

Riding on the city of New Orleans Illinois central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twenty five sacks of mail All along the southbound Odyssey The train pulls out of Kankakee And rolls along the houses farms and fields …

Comanche (The Brave Horse) ( Johnny Horton )

The battle was over at Custer's last stand And taps were sounding for all the brave men While one lone survivor wounded and weak Comanche the Brave Horse lay at the General's feet Comanche you fought hard Comanche you tried You were a good soldier …

Come On In ( Martina McBride, Patsy Cline )

Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home If I had one wish I wish I could Go back to my old neighborhood Where the good folks they all love you as their own Then I'd go over to my neighbor's …

Country Is ( Tom T. Hall )

Country is sitting on the back porch Listen to the whippoorwills late in the day Country is minding your business Helping a stranger if he comes your way Country is living in the city Knowing your people knowing your kind Country is what you make …

Crazy ( Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline )

Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new Oooh, duru, duru, duru, Worry, why do I let myself worry? Ahh, …

El Paso ( Marty Robbins )

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl Nighttime would find me in Rosa's cantina Music would play and Felina would whirl Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina Wicked and evil while casting a …

Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven ( Loretta Lynn )

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die Once upon a time there lived a man and his name was Hezekiah He walked with God both day and night but he didn't wanna die He cried oh Lord please let me live …

Falling Again ( Don Williams )

I should take my time I know take it easy take it slow Every heartache needs to mend before you love again So I hold on for awhile and try to keep this old heart free And then I look across a room and someone …

Fire Away ( Chris Stapleton )

Honey load up your questions and pick up your sticks and your stones And pretend I'm a shelter for heartaches that don't have a home Choose the words that cut like a razor And all that I'll say Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire away Take your best shot Show …

Firecracker ( Ryan Adams )

Black birds slow and softly Breaks a glass of wine Broken bluesy whisper Sing to me tonight Well everybody wants to go forever I just wanna burn up hard and bright I just wanna be your firecracker Maybe be your baby tonight And maybe be …

Forgiving You Was Easy ( Willie Nelson )

Forgiving you was easy but forgetting Seems to take the longest time I just keep thinking And your memory is forever on my mind You know I'll always love you And I can't forget the days when you were mine Forgiving you is easy But …

Freight Train Blues ( Jimmy Dean )

I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack Just a little old shanty by a railroad track The humming of the drivers was my lullaby And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry I've got the freight train blues Lordy Lordy Lordy …

Friendship ( Judy Garland, Johnny Mercer )

If you're ever up a tree, call on me; If you're ever in a mess, S.O.S. If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail. It's Friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship When other friendships have been forgot, ours will still …

Georgia On My Mind ( Ray Charles, Willie Nelson )

Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind. [] Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through. [] Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind, Georgia on my mind. [] Georgia, Georgia, a song of you, [] Comes as sweet and clear …

Ghost riders in the sky ( Sons Of The Pioneers, Johnny Cash, ... )

An old cowboy went ridin' out one dark and windy day, at bolder ridge he rested as he went along his way when all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw driving through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw. …

Give My Love To Rose ( Johnny Cash )

I found him by the railroad track this morning I could see that he was nearly dead I knelt down beside him and I listened Just to hear the words the dying fellow said He said they let me out of prison down in Frisco …

Good Ole Boys Like Me ( Don Williams )

When I was a kid Uncle Remus would put me to bed With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head Then Daddy came in to kiss his little man With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand He talked about honor …

Green Pastures ( Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris )

Trouble and trials often betray those On in the weary body to stray But we shall walk beside the still waters With the good shepherd leading the way Those who have strayed were sought by the master He who once gave his life for the …

Hangover Heart ( Hank Thompson )

I've got a hangover heart from your kisses last night My head is so heavy the tears blind my sight You no longer love me you said we must part And all I have left is a hangover heart Too much wine from the bottle …

Harrisburg ( Josh Ritter )

Romero got married on the fifth of July In our Lady of Immaculate Dawn Could have got married in the revival man's tent But there ain't no reviving what's gone Slipped like a shadow from the family he made In a little white house by …

Heartbreak Hurricane ( Ricky Skaggs )

A mighty clap of thunder Shook the shutters on my heart She had me eating from her hand The first night in the dark I did not see the danger The night that she blew in Till she left me shaking like a dry leaf …

Heartbreak U.S.A. ( Kitty Wells )

The harbor's empty my love has gone With aching heart I face each cold and lonely dawn And till the trade winds bring him home to stay I'll live in heartbreak U. S. A. Don't let those Geisha girls get your heart in a whirl …

Heavy Traffic Ahead ( Bill Monroe )

On Saturday night when our work is done We load our music up on the run Heavy traffic ahead heavy traffic ahead We gotta ramble ramble heavy traffic ahead We pulled out of Nashville right on time The Bluegrass Special fits down the line Heavy …

Holding Things Together ( Merle Haggard )

Holding Things Together Ain't no easy thing to do When it comes to raising children It's a job meant for two Alice please believe me I can't go on and on Holding things together With you gone Today was Angie's birthday I guess it slipped …

Honeycomb ( Jimmy Rodgers )

It's a darn good life and it's kinda funny How the Lord made the bee and the bee made the honey The honeybee looking for a home Made my honeycomb Then they combed the world and they gathered all Of the honeycomb up in one …

Honky Tonk Blues ( Hank Williams )

Well I left my home down on the rural route I told my paw I'm going stepping out and get the Honky tonk blues hey the honky tonk blues Hey Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues Well I went to a …

I Don't Want To Sober Up Tonight ( Merle Haggard )

I don't want to sober up tonight I don't want to act like things are alright And I don't want to change just to make you think I'm happy That's my right I don't want to sober up tonight I want to keep my mind …

If I Could Only Stay Asleep ( Patsy Cline, Ethel Bassey, ... )

Last night I dreamed of you sweetheart Once more you loved me you said we'd never part It's dawn again oh how sad am I My dream has ended and tears fill my eyes Gently swaying around my feet like memories from the past Each …

If You Believe ( George Jones, Burl Stephens )

Oh the promise of tomorrow will banish all your sorrow No need to grieve if you believe There will be a brighter future and a way prepared To suit your every need if you believe If you believe so will it be It's true for …

I Gotta Get Drunk ( Willie Nelson )

Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it Cause I know just what I'm gonna do I'll start to spend my money calling everybody honey And I'll wind up singing the blues I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck And …

I Got The Hoss ( Mel Tillis )

Hey baby let me see your brand new saddle Let's put that pretty thing up on my horse Let's get it on real tight now Cause we don't want you falling off I got the horse and you got the saddle We like to ride …

I'm an Old Cowhand ( the Sons of the Pioneers )

Yipee-yi-o-kie-yay yipee-yi-o-kie-yay I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande And I sing the songs in the cowboy band I know all the songs that the cowboys know About the big corral where the doggies go Cuz I learned 'em all on the radio Yipee-yi-o-kie-yay …