"I'll Forgive But I'll Never Forget"


It wasn't easy and I know it
You'd been alone much too long
I had a job and places to go
But I'd rather been right there at home

He had the time he could give you
When your lips could never find mine
And our little home was paying the price
Of love left on the vine.

[Chorus]
Forgiveness is something
I guess that comes with time
But even at best, there's one thing I know
I'll forgive, but I'll never forget.

[Instrumental Refrain]

I guess when it's over it's over
And your time is no longer mine
But I never meant to cause all the pain
I just wanted your love for mine.

[Repeat Chorus]

"I'll Need Someone To Hold Me (When I Cry)"


Your bags are packed and waitin'
By the door
If you really want me to go it's alright
Don't worry 'bout me darling
I'll get by
But I'll need someone to hold me
When I cry.

I'll need someone to tell me
I'll get over you
I'll need a friend to lean on
When I'm feeling blue.

So sit down here beside me
After you say goodbye
'Cause I'll need someone to hold
Me when I cry.

[Instrumental]

But I know the taxi's waitin'
For you to go
But darling tell him that you've
Changed your mind
And stay until tomorrow
'Cause I know tonight
I'll need someone to hold me
When I cry.

I'll need someone to tell me
I'll get over you
I'll need a friend to lean on
When I'm feeling blue.

So sit down here beside me
After you say goodbye
'Cause I'll need someone to hold me
When I cry...

"I'll Never Be In Love Again"


You can write your own ticket now
I'll get by without you somehow
Don't you worry about what I'll do
I'll be fine without you
You say, you think the change will do you good
If you feel that way well I guess it would
I can live my life without you
I've got places to go and things to do.

But I'll never be in love again
My poor ol' heart will never mend
Oh, I'll find someone to hold now and then
But I'll never be in love again.

[Instrumental]

Something went wrong along the way
And there's nothing I can do to make you stay
Well, I never tried to put holds on you
That's the last thing I'd ever wanna do
So you go your way and I'll go mine
And if our paths should cross
Somewhere down the line,
I'll just say hello and shake your hand
But, if tears come to my eyes, please understand.

I'll never be in love again
My poor ol' heart will never mend
Oh, I'll find someone to hold now and then
But I'll never be in love again...

"I'll Take Your Love Anytime"



I'LL TAKE YOUR LOVE AT ANYTIME BABY

I have seen this old, cold world go gold and silver crazy.
Some people live to fill their pocket and it never seizes to amaze me.
If money can buy them happiness, that o'right for them I guess.
Money sure can buy a lot, but it can't buy what I've got.

I'll take your love at anytime baby
It's solid as a rock, bigger than the sky
I'll take your love at anytime baby
I know it will be there as time goes by

I know I can count on you to keep the juices flowing
This thing between a man and woman beats anything else going
Talk of fortune and talk about fame
It sounds nice is the way to tame

"I'm Getting Good At Missing You"


Solitaire. I'm gettin' good at solitaire
I've got lots of times to spare
I'm gettin' good without you here

Telephone, I'm good at listenin' for the phone
I'm good at hopin' you call home
I'm good at listenin' for the phone.

I'm gettin' good at thinkin' of you
I'm doin' well at cryin' too
I could be the best at bein' blue
I'm gettin' good at missin' you.

[Instrumental]

Bedroom walls, I'm good at starin' at the walls
Dreamin' footsteps in the hall
I'm good at starin' at the walls.

I'm gettin' good at thinkin' of you
I'm doin' well at cryin' too
I could be the best at bein' blue
I'm gettin' good at missin' you.

I'm gettin' good at thinkin' of you
I'm doin' well at cryin' too
I could be the best at bein' blue
I'm gettin' good at missin' you...

[Instrumental to fade]

"I'm Just A Country Boy"



I ain't gonna marry in the fall
I ain't gonna marry in the spring
'Cause I'm in love with a pretty little girl
Who wears a diamond ring.

And I'm just a country boy
Money have I none
But I've got silver in the stars
Gold in the mornin' sun
Gold in the mornin' sun.

Never gonna kiss
The ruby red lips
Of the prettiest girl in town
Never gonna ask her if she'd
Marry me
I know she'd turn me down.

'Cause I'm just a country boy
Money have I none
But I've got silver in the stars
And gold in the mornin' sun
Gold in the mornin' sun.

I never could afford
A store bought ring
With a sparkling diamond stone
All I could afford
Is a loving heart
The only one I own.

'Cause I'm just a country boy
Money have I none
But I've got silver in the stars
And gold in the mornin' sun
Gold in the mornin' sun...

"I'm Still Looking For You"



Love, comes once they say
If it a real thing, me I guess this way,
Knowing you must be there,
Waiting for me somewhere
Some people say I'm a fool,
But I'm still looking for you

Yes, I guess is sad
The lovers I've been through
Some, I could have had
But they never were enough
Nobody measures up
Of all the loves that I've been through
I'm still looking for you

Maybe its wrong
I don't, maybe I'm just chasing rainbows
But, it's gonna be forever when I fall
Maybe my hopes have been sinking,
Lately I found, I've been thinking,
Maybe you were not really there at all

Tears and years go by
But I haven't found it
Seems the dream should die,
But I hang on somehow
Still I keep reaching out
Of all the loves that I've been through
I'm still looking for you

"I've Been Loved By The Best"



Darling, if you ever leave me
Well, I'll just put my heart away
I couldn't love again, believe me
No one could please me anyway.
And if another ever came along
I'd just turn them down 'cause after all.

I've been loved by the best
I can't settle now for less,
Why bother with the rest
Baby, I've been to the top, I guess,
With you I have been blessed
I won't take nothin' less,
I've been loved by the best.

If you ever get tired of me
Well, I won't look for someone new
'Cause looking back on how you loved me
No one could measure up to you
And if they try to win this heart of mine
I just have to say, a waste if time.

I've been loved by the best
I can't settle now for less,
Why bother with the rest
Baby, I've been to the top, I guess,
With you I have been blessed
I won't take nothin' less,
I've been loved by the best

When I look into your eyes I know
You're the only love I ever want
'Cause, after you and me
Baby, I can see
Nothin' else could be even close.

I've been loved by the best
I can't settle now for less,
Why bother with the rest
Baby, I've been to the top I guess,
With you I have been blessed
I won't take nothin less,
I've been loved by the best...

"I've Got A Winner In You"



I oughta know, what it’s like to loose at love
I’ve done it enough and I oughta know
But then you came my way
And tore away, the fear of pain
I won’t loose again, this time I know

I’ve got a winner in you
No way I can loose
A love I can hold on to
I’ve got a winner in you

I know how it feels, when you try and try again
And then you never win, I know how it feels
Oh but this time around
I’ve finally found what it’s all about
They write songs about, the way that I feel

I’ve got a winner in you
No way I can loose
A love I can hold on to
I’ve got a winner in you

I’ve got a winner in you
No way I can loose
A love I can hold on to
I’ve got a winner in you

"I've Got You To Thank For That"


I've got Sunday school to thank for Jesus,
Got educated thanks to mom and dad;
I can borrow money thanks to banker Johnson,
Thanks to me, I've spent all that I have.

I quit smokin' thanks to coach Kwolski,
Thanks to Lefty Thompson I can fight;
It took a while learnin' all life's lessons,
But I learned about love in just one night.

Honey, I've got you to thank for that,
It's good from time to time to look back;
But, It always reminds me that I love it where I'm at,
Honey, I've got you to thank for that.

[Instrumental]

Thanks to Little Richard I felt crazy,
James Dean made me feel that I too was bad;
But then my life took on a new direction,
Honey, I've got you to thank for that.

Honey, I've got you to thank for that,
It's good from time to time to look back;
Bit, It always reminds me that I love it where I am at,
Honey, I've got you to thank for that.
Honey, I've got you to thank for that...

"I've Turned You To Stone"


I wish there was some way to tell you, I'm sorry
That I didn't leave you a long time ago
But many mistakes are part of the story
And heartache by heartache I've turned you to stone.

So call me a traveller, gonna catch me a train
I wanna see 'Frisco, feel the sun shine again
If you want true love you can't stand alone
A life here together has turned you to stone.

I've held you captive in a life without sunshine
And I've watched the blue in your eyes fade away
All good is gone now, no need to continue
Destroying each other, day after day.

So call me a traveller, gonna catch me a train
I wanna see 'Frisco, feel the sun shine again
If you want true love you can't stand alone
A life here together has turned you to stone...

[Instrumental and whistles to fade]

"If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey, I Still Do)"



Well, you know I'm not much good at writin' letters
So I gave up and decided that I'd call
No, there's really not much news to tell you
Things back here, they never change at all
It's cold today, it's cold here for November
But I hear the weather's warm out there.

Oh, and if you see Burt Reynolds
Would you shake his hand for me?
And tell old Burt, I've seen all his movies
Well, I hope you make the big time
I hope your dreams come true
But if Hollywood don't need you
Honey, I still do.

Last night I drove the truck to Amarillo
Some friends and I had a laugh or two
But lately we don't cut up like we used to
'Cause all that I can think about is you
I know this is what you've always wanted
But I know now that all I want is you .

Oh, and if you see Burt Reynolds
Would you shake his hand for me?
And tell old Burt, I've seen all his movies
Well, I hope you make the big time
I hope your dreams come true
But if Hollywood don't need you
Honey, I still do.

If Hollywood don't need you
Honey, I still do...

"If I Needed You"
(duet with Emmylou Harris)



[Both]
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you.
I would swim the sea for to ease your pain.

[Emmylou]
Well the night's forlorn and the morning's born
And the morning's born with the lights of love.
And you'll miss sunrise if you close your eyes,
And that would break my heart in two.

[Both]
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you.
I would swim the sea for to ease your pain.

[Instrumental]

[Don]
Baby's with me now since I showed her how,
To lay her lily hand in mine.
Who could ill agree, she's a sight to see:
A treasure for the poor to find.

[Both]
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you.
I would swim the sea for to ease your pain.

Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmmmm.

"If I Were Free"



If I were free what I would do
I'd run and lock myself away with you
And turn a ring into a key
Oh I know that's what I'd do
If I were free
If I were strong I would be so mild
I would be strong enough to love you like a child
I would turn a cry into a song
Oh I know that's what I would do
If I were strong
If I were wise then I would see
What makes you love a foolish man like me
I'd stand by you just like a tree
Oh I know that's what I would do
I would chain myself to you
I would never leave this room if I were free
A line of birds across the sun
Darling it's my fate to follow on the run
But girl this running is not for me
I would never run again if I were free
And here's just what I'd do
I would chain myself to you
I would never leave this room if I was free

"If Love Gets There Before I Do"



Another twenty miles and I'm halfway there,
Another twenty miles and I'm running scared
It's a beautiful night and I should be there

I know you are tired of waiting
And I know you are tired of hesitating

If love gets there before I do,
Darling don't you take it.
If love gets there before I do,
Darling don' t you do it, no don't you do it

I know you're hearing line from those other guys
Trying to wear you down under starry sky
But you know that I want you to just hold on

I know you are tired of waiting
And I know you are tired of hesitating

If love gets there before I do,
Darling don't you take it.
If love gets there before I do,
Darling don' t you do it, no don't you do it

"If She Just Helps Me Get Over You"


It may not make me tremble,
The soft touch of her hand
But she won't break my heart
The way you do
So I'm gonna try to give her
The best love that I can
If she just helps me get over you.

If she just picks me up when I get down
If she's there when the memories
Walk around
Maybe someday
I'll love her
As much as I love you
If she just helps me get over you.

[Instrumental]

I don't suppose that lovin'
Will ever be the same
But she wants me
The way I wanted you
So I'm gonna try to give her
The best love that I can
If she just helps me get over you.

If she just picks me up when I get down
If she's there when the memories
Walk around
Maybe someday
I'll love her
As much as I love you
If she just helps me get over you...

[Instrumental to fade]

"If You Could Read My Mind"


If you could read my mind love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie,
'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet,
You know that ghost is me.
And I will never be set free,
As long as I'm a ghost you can't see.

If I could read your mind love,
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel,
The kind the drugstore sell
When you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me,
Heroes often fail
And you won't need that book again,
Because the ending's just too hard to take.

[Instrumental]

I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a freeway script,
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene,
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love let's be real,
I never thought I could act this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back.

If you could read my mind love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie,
'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet,
The story always ends
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelings that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it.

I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone and I just can't get it back...

"Imagine That"
(duet with Keith Urban)



No more nights sleeping alone
in an empty bed, in an empty home
Someone to talk to
someone to hold in my arms

Imagine that, how sweet it'd be
To have you here again with me
Oh lord, I wish I had you back
But all I can do is imagine that

no more silence in the all
no more staring at the walls
someone to laugh with,
someone to share in my dreams

Imagine that, how sweet it'd be
To have you here again with me
Oh lord, I wish I had you back
But all I can do is imagine that

Imagine that, how sweet it'd be
To have you here again with me
Oh lord, I wish I had you back
But all I can do is imagine that

Imagine that, how sweet it'd be
To have you here again with me
Oh lord, I wish I had you back
But all I can do is imagine that

Imagine that, how sweet it'd be
To have you here again with me
Oh lord, I wish I had you back
But all I can do is imagine that

"In Love's Endless War"


Hearts have been broken
In the game of true love
I'm afraid to surrender
I'm not strong enough.

Give it all away
Open up every door
My heart is a castle
In love's endless war.

In love's endless war.

Dreams can betray you
When you're far out at sea
Many proud hearts have foundered
On love's mutiny.

Give it all away
Be a young fool once more
My heart is an island
Adrift from your shore.

In love's endless war.

[Instrumental]

Give it all away
Open up every door
My heart is a castle
In love's endless war.

In love's endless war.

In love's endless war...

"In The Family"


Well, I was raised up by the golden rule
In an old house with a patched up roof
We had a hard home but it pulled us close
We were family.

Oh, that summer when the crops all died
Was the first time I saw Daddy cry
An' I heard Momma say what goes on here stays
In the family.

[Chorus:]
Well our clothes weren't new, that old car was used
We held our own
Whoa, you just can't buy, that sense of pride
We grew up on, In the family.

[Instrumental]

I remember every Sunday night
After supper 'round the firelight
How peaceful Daddy looked
As he read the good book
In the family.

Well, some folks said we were barely makin' do
We were better off than they ever knew
We never had much but we sure had love
In the family.

[Chorus:]
Well our clothes weren't new, that old car was used
We held our own
Whoa, you just can't buy, that sense of pride
We grew up on, In the family.

In the family...