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I Miss A Lot Of Trains ( Tom T. Hall )

When the train pulls in the station you'll be waiting by the track You're having trouble sleeping nights you want me to come back But that old train will roll on by you'll know I never came Cause I sleep good and miss a lot …

Is It Raining At Your House ( Vern Gosdin )

Is it raining at your house Like it's raining at mine Do you miss me like I miss you Is it cloudy all the time Do you tremble when the phone rings And do you think I'm on the line Is it raining at your …

I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am ( Merle Haggard )

Things I learned in hobo jungle Were things they never taught me in a class room Like where to find a hand out While bumming through Chicago in the afternoon Hey I'm not bragging or complaining I'm just talking to myself man to man This …

It Must Be Love ( Don Williams )

First I get cold then hot Think I'm on fire but I'm not Oh what a pain I've got It must be love There's nothing I can do All that I want is you Look what I'm going through It must be love It must …

It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines ( Tom T. Hall )

The Iowa weather was thirteen below I had come to Des Moines for a radio show I awoke in the evening from a traveler's sleep With notions of something to eat The old elevator slipped down past the floors My head and my eyes said …

I Want To Go With You ( Eddy Arnold )

I want to go with you To that other world The one your love takes me to I want to go with you I wish I were glass So you could see through Then you'd know before you ask That I want to go with …

Jack and Diane ( John Mellencamp )

A little ditty 'bout Jack and Diane Two American kids growin' up in the heartland Jack, he gonna be a football star Diane debutante, back seat of Jacky's car Suckin' on chili dog outside the Tasty Freeze Diane sittin' on Jacky's lap, he got his …

Kentucky Gambler ( Merle Haggard )

I wanted more from life than four kids and a wife And a job in a dark Kentucky mine A twenty acre farm with a shackey house and barn That´s all I had and all I left behind But at gambling I was lucky and …

Kentucky Waltz ( Bill Monroe )

We were waltzing that night in Kentucky 'Neath the beautiful harvest moon And I was the boy who was lucky But it all ended too soon As I sit here alone in the moonlight I can see your smiling face And I long once more …

Let The Train Blow The Whistle ( Johnny Cash )

I don't want no aggravation When my train has left the station If you're there or not, I may not even know Have a round and remember Things we did that weren't so tender Let the train blow the whistle when I go On my …

Life to Go ( Stonewall Jackson )

I've got a sad sad [D7 C]story friend that I don't like to tell I had a home and family when they locked me in this cell I've been in here eighteen years a long long time I know But time don't mean a thing …

Little Maggie ( Ricky Skaggs )

Over yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her hand She's drinking away her troubles She's courting another man Last time I saw little Maggie She was setting on the banks of the sea With a forty-four around her And a banjo on …

Living In The Promiseland ( Willie Nelson )

Give us your tired and weak and we will make them strong Bring us your foreign songs and we will sing along Leave us your broken dreams we'll give them time to mend There's still a lot of love living in the Promiseland Living in …

Look What Thoughts Will Do ( Lefty Frizzell )

Once I thought I loved just you And I thought you loved me too But just look what thoughts will do For today you say we're through Now another wears the crown And you think that you have found Just what makes your world go …

Lost Highway ( Hank Williams )

I'm a rollin' stone all alone and lost For a life of sin I have paid the cost When I pass by all the people say Just another guy on the lost highway Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine And a …

Lost River ( Michael Martin Murphey )

There's a Lost River that flows In a valley where no one goes Where the wild water's rush Rumbles deep in the hush Gone far from there now Lord I'll get back somehow To where the white water winds In the shadow of the pines …

Lovesick Blues ( Hank Williams )

I got a feelin' called the blu-ues oh Lawd Since my baby said good- bye And I don't know what I'll do-oo-oo All I do is sit and sigh-igh oh Lawd That last long day she said good- bye Well Lawd I thought I would …

Man in black ( Johnny Cash )

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colors on my back, And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone. Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on. I wear the black for …

Marie Marie ( Shakin' Stevens, The Blasters )

[] Marie, Marie, playing guitar on the back porch. I sit in my car. why do you sing so sad, Marie, Marie? Marie Marie, it's so lonely in the parklands. Please come with me, to the bright lights downtown, Marie, Marie. I said, hey, pretty …

Me And Bobby McGee ( Kris Kristofferson )

Busted flat in Baton Rouge and heading for the trains Feeling nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained Took us all the way to New Orleans I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna And was …

Me And Jesus ( George Jones, Tom T. Hall )

Me and Jesus got our own thing going Me and Jesus got it all worked out Me and Jesus got our own thing going We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about I know a man who once was a sinner I …

Mean Mama Blues ( Ernest Tubb )

There’s lots of mean women on almost any street Lord there’s lots of mean women on almost any street But I’ve got the meanest Mama that ever walked on two feet That gal is so low down I often wonder why Lord she’s so low …

Moment Of Forever ( Willie Nelson )

Was it wonderful for you Was it holy as it was for me Did you feel the hand of destiny That was guiding us together You were young enough to dream I was old enough to learn something new I'm so glad I got to …

Mr. Record Man ( Willie Nelson )

Mr. Record Man I'm looking for a song I heard today There was someone blue singing not someone who went away Just like me his heart was yearning for a love that used to be It's a lonely song about a lonely man like me …

My Babys Gone ( the Louvin Brothers )

Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind lie still Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill Dry all the raindrops and hold back the sun My world has ended my baby's gone The milkman whistles softly as he comes up to my …

My Big Iron Skillet ( Wanda Jackson )

You´re out doing wrong again it's plain for all to see And you think here at home is where I ought to be There's gonna be some changes made when you get in tonight Cause I'm gonna teach you wrong from right With my big …

My Grandfathers Clock ( The Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash )

My grandfather's clock Was too large for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half than the the old man himself Though it weighed not a pennyweights more It was bought on the morn Of the day that …

My Own Kind Of Hat ( Merle Haggard )

Cowboys and outlaws right guys and southpaws Good dogs and all kinds of cats Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs But I stand right here where I'm at Cause I wear My Own Kind Of Hat There's two kind of …

My Woman My Woman My Wife ( Marty Robbins )

Hands that are strong but wrinkled Doing work that never gets done Hair that's lost some of its beauty By too many hours in the sun Eyes that show some disappointment And there's been quite a lot in her life She's the foundation I lean …

No Reason To Quit ( Merle Haggard )

There's a circle of people Where I'm no longer welcome I'm ashamed to say that I no longer fit I could sober up tomorrow and face my friends again But I've got No Reason To Quit No I've got no reason for living right And …

Oh My Sweet Carolina ( Ryan Adams )

I went down to Houston and I stopped in San Antone I passed up the station for the bus Was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what Man I ended up with pockets full of dust So I went on to …

Okie From Muskogee ( Merle Haggard )

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee We don't take our trips on LSD We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street We like living right, and being free We don't make a party out of lovin' We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo …

O Mary Don't You Weep ( Bruce Springsteen )

Well if I could I surely would Stand on the rock where Moses stood Pharaoh's army got drowned O Mary don't you weep O Mary, don't you weep, don't mourn O Mary, don't you weep, don't mourn Pharaoh's army get drowned O Mary, don't you …

One Piece At A Time ( Johnny Cash )

Well I left Kentucky back in '49 And went to Detroit working on assembly line The first year they had me putting wheels on Cadillac's Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry 'Cause I always wanted …

Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line ( Waylon Jennings, Ivy J. Bryant )

Everybody knows you've been stepping on my toes And I'm getting pretty tired of it You keep a stepping out of line You're messing with my mind if you had any sense you'd quit Cause ever since you were a little bitty teeny girl You …

On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain ( Hank Williams )

I traveled from Texas to old Louisanne Through valleys over mountains and plains Both footsore and weary I rested awhile On the banks of the old Pontchartrain The fairest young maiden that I ever saw Passed by as it started to rain We both found …

On The Streets Of This Town ( Steve Forbert )

I'll lock myself away and not face one more day On the streets of this town And all I've got to lose, is a feelin' called the blues And a little ol' frown; I signed your dotted line and did my best at tryin', Givin' …

Out Of My Head And Back In My Bed ( Loretta Lynn )

Lying alone in this big old bed I got you on my mind I said when you left I could make it by myself But it gets harder all the time and I can't take it no more I see your face every time I …

Pain and Misery ( Marty Robbins )

Well when I come home this morning was still too dark to see I could tell that baby wasn't sleepin' next to me She's gone and left me where to I guess I'll never know I only know her leavin's brought pain and misery to …

Perfectly Good Guitar ( John Hiatt )

He threw one down from the top of the stairs, beautiful women were standing everywhere They all got wet when he smashed that thing but off in the dark you could hear somebody sing Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars smashing a …

Red Bandana ( Merle Haggard )

We left home when were barely past eleven-teen We've been back and fourth and all around through hail and rain I've loved you half of your life and I´ll keep on loving you But I can't change and live the way you want me to …

Remember The Alamo ( Johnny Cash )

And a hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle was nigh Any man that would fight to the death cross over But him that would live better fly And over the …

Rootie Tootie ( Hank Williams, Fred Rose )

Met my future wife today And her name is Kathy Mae Rootie Tootie (Rootie Tootie) Rootie Tootie (Rootie Tootie) Rootie Tootie she's my Sunday gal Feeling dandy doing swell My gal is the village bell Hotsy totsy (Rootie Tootie) Super duper (Rootie Tootie) Rootie Tootie …

Running Down A Dream ( Tom Petty )

It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin' Trees flew by, me and Del was singin', little Runaway I was flyin' Yeah I'm runnin' down a dream That never would come to me Workin' on a …

Saginaw Michigan ( Lefty Frizzell )

I was born in Saginaw Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman Too many times he came home with too little pay I love a girl in Saginaw Michigan The daughter of a …

Sam Stone ( John Prine )

Sam Stone came home, to his wife and family, after serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, had shattered all his nerves, and left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain, and the grass grew round …

San Antonio Rose ( Bob Wills )

[C C7]Deep within my heart lies a mel-ody A song of old San Antone Where in dreams I live with a mem-ory Beneath the stars all alone It was there I found beside the Alamo Enchantment strange as the blue up above A moonlit pass …

Say Its Not You ( George Jones )

Darling there's talk around town Bout a girl who spreads love around With soft lips and eyes crystal blue Darling say it's not you They say that she comes in alone And stays till self respect is gone And each night she leaves with someone …

Seven Lonely Days ( Patsy Cline )

Seven lonely days make one lonely week Seven lonely nights make one lonely me Ever since the time you told me we were through Seven lonely days I cried and I cried for you Oh my darling you're crying boo hoo hoo hoo There's no …

Sherry Darling ( Bruce Springsteen )

Hey, hey, hey, what you say Sherry Darling. Your mama's yapping in the backseat Tell her to push over and move them big feet Every Monday morning I gotta drive her down to the unemployment agency Well, this morning I ain't fighting tell her I …