Billboard's #1 Country Singles

So long we've been married
Life's burdens we carried
Though they kept us humble and made our love true
The plans that we made up
Someone seems to break up
Oh darlin' what else can we do

We may have to leave here
To find peace of mind dear
Some place where we can live a life all our own
For I know you love me and happy we could be
If some folks would leave us alone

While I go out walkin'
There's lots of loose talkin'
They say we're unhappy and we'll break apart
But darlin' it's not true
Because I still love you
And I do with all of my heart

We may have to leave here
To find peace of mind dear
Some place where we can live a life all our own
For I know you love me and happy we could be
If some folks would leave us alone

They say you are leavin'
That you are deceiving
But you tell me they say the same about me
But we'll show them they're wrong
That loose talk will do harm
And hope that the truth they will see

We may have to leave here
To find peace of mind dear
Some place where we can live a life all our own
For I know you love me and happy we could be
If some folks would leave us alone

Let me go, let me go, let me go, woman
Let me be, set me free, from your spell
You made me weep, cut me deep, I can't sleep, woman
I was cursed, from the first, day I fell

You don't want me, but you want me, to go on wanting you
How I pray that, you will say that, we're thru
Please turn me loose, what's the use, let me go, woman
Let me go, let me go, let me go

You don't want me, but you want me, to go on wanting you
How I pray that, you will say that, we're thru
Please turn me loose, what's the use, let me go, woman
Let me go, let me go, let me go

He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice to quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now

Well I had a friend named Rambling Bob who used to steal gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy in town
But I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday
They got him in the jailhouse way downtown

He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice to quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now

Now I went out last Tuesday I met a girl named Susie
I told her I was the swellest man around
Well she started in to spend my money and she started in to call me honey
We took in every honky tonk in town

We're in the jailhouse now we're in the jailhouse now
They told us once or twice to quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
We're in the jailhouse now....

I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory
I wanna live fast, love hard. die young
And leave a beautiful memory
Don't want slow walkin' or sad singin'
Let 'em have a jubilee
I wanna leave a lot of happy women
A thinking pretty thoughts of me
I wanna live fast. love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

I got a hot-rod car and a cowboy suit
And I really do get around
I got a little black book and the gals look cute
And I know the name of every spot in town
I wanna find 'em, fool 'em, leave 'em
And let 'em do the same to me
I wanna live fast. love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory
I'm a wampus cat, let me grab my hat
And baby come along with me
We're gonna do some fancy stepping
We're really goin' on a spree
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory

Now you may not approve of the things I do
But it really don't bother me
But don't ever think you can tie me down
I'm gonna stay footloose and fancy free
So jump back, make tracks, move out
And let the pretty gals at me
I wanna live fast, love hard, die young
And leave a beautiful memory...

How many ti-imes ha-ave you heard someone say
If I had his money I could do things my way
But little they know
That it's so hard to find
One rich man in te-en
With a satisfied mi-ind

Once I was wading in fortune and fame
Everything that I've dreamed for to get a start in li-ife's game
But suddenly it ha-appened
I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far-ar
With a satisfied mi-ind

Money can't buy-uy back your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely or a love that's grown co-old
The wealthiest person
Is a pauper at times
Compared to the ma-an
With a satisfied mi-ind

When li-ife has ended and my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones, I'll leave there's no doubt
But there's one thing for cer-ertain
When it comes my time
I'll leave this old wor-orld
With a satisfied mi-ind

Now I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known just so I'll be the last
Now I don't care if I'm not the first one you've kissed darling I'll never ask
Yesterday's gone just love me from now on be true to me forget about the past
For I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known just so I'll be the last

Now I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known just so I'll be the last
Now I don't care if I'm not the first one you've kissed darling I'll never ask
Yesterday's gone just love me from now on forsaking all others in the past
For I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known just so I'll be the last

(Moan/yodel)
The cattle are prowlin' the coyotes are howlin'
Way out with the doggies bawl
Where spurs are jinglin' a cowboy is singin'
This lonesome cattle call. (moan/yodel)

He rides in the sun till his day's work is done
And he rounds up the cattle each fall
(moan) Singin' this cattle call.(moan/yodel)

He's brown as a berry from ridin' the prairie
And he sings with an old western drawl
(moan) Singin' this cattle call... (moan/yodel)

Sometimes I cry when you don't call
I'm beginnin' to think you don't love me at all
But you are still my baby I want the whole world to know
I just love love love love love you love you so
Friends are tryin' to tell me that I'm just a fool your love don't mean a thing
But I keep hoping someday if you'll see same things my way
You'll make the weddin' bells ring
Then I'll have you to keep me gay we'll be alone both night and day
So tell everybody I want the whole world to know
I just love love love love love you love you so

Life's just too short to fuss and fight
If you'll trust in me well I'll treat you right
So tell everybody I want the whole world to know
I just love love love love love you love you so
Friends are tryin' to tell me...
I just love love love love love you love you so

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Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby, why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, cry
I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die
But tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby, why

Well I got a crow I wanna pick with you
Just like last time when the feathers flew
You're runnin' wild a-kickin' up your heels
A-leavin' me home with a hand full of bills

I can't live without you and you know it's true
But there's no livin' with you, so what'll I do
I'm goin' honky tonkin', get as tight as I can
And maybe by then you'll 'preciate a good man

Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby, why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, cry
I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die
So tell me why baby, why baby, why baby, why

Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby, why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, cry

Well, I don't know, but I've heard say
That ev'ry little dog is a-gonna have his day
You'd better pay attention, don't you dare forget
'Cause I'm just a little bitty puppy yet

I caught you honky tonkin' with my best friend
What I should'a done was put you way back then
Now I'm too old to leave you, but I still get sore
When you come home a-feelin' for the knob on the door

Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby, why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, cry
I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die
So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby, why

I forgot to remember to forget her,
I can't seem to get her off my mind
I thought I'd never miss her,
But I found out somehow
I think about her almost all the time

The day she went away
I made myself a promise
That I'd soon forget we ever met
But something sure is wrong,
'Cause I'm so blue and lonely
I forgot to remember to forget

The day she went away
I made myself a promise
That I'd soon forget we ever met,
Well, but something sure is wrong,
'Cause I'm so blue and lonely
I forgot to remember to forget

Well, since my baby left me
Well, I found a new place to dwell
Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street
That Heartbreak Hotel

Where I'll be
Heartbreak is so lonely, baby
Well, I'm so lonely
Heartbreak is so lonely
I could die

Although it's always crowded
You still can find some room
For broken-hearted lovers
To cry there in the gloom
They'll be
Heartbreak is so lonely, baby
Heartbreak is so lonely
Ah, they're so lonely they could die

Now, the bellhop's tears keep flowin'
And the desk clerk's dressed in black
Well, they been so long on lonely street
They'll never, never look back

And they'll be
Heartbreak is so lonely, baby
Well, they're so lonely
Well, they're so lonely
They could die

Well now, if your baby leaves ya
You've got a tale to tell
Well, just take a walk down Lonely Street
To Heartbreak Hotel

Where you will be
Heartbreak is so lonely, baby
Well, you will be lonely
You'll be so lonely you could die

Although it's always crowded
You still can find some room
For broken-hearted lovers
To cry there in their gloom

Heartbreak is so
Heartbreak is so lonely, baby
Well, they're so lonely
They'll be so lonely they could die

Last night my dear the rain was falling
I went to bed so sad and blue
Then I had a dream of you

I dreamed I was strolling in the evening
Underneath - the harvest moon
I was thinking about you

And then you met me in the moonlight
The stars were shining in your eyes
But another was there too

I don't believe you've met my baby
You looked at him, you looked at me
I wondered who you were talking to

I shook the hand of your stranger
But I was shaking more inside
I was still wondering who

Your arm was resting on his shoulder
You smiled at him, he smiled at you
His eyes were filled with victory

He said "My sister wants to marry"
And then my heart was filled with ease
I knew that you would marry me

Well it's one for the money, two for the show
Three to get ready now go cat go
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

You can knock me down, step in my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you wanna do
But uh uh honey lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

(Ahhhhh, let's go cat)

You can burn my house, you can steal my car
Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar
Do anything that you wanna do
But uh uh honey lay off of them shoes
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes
Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

Well it's one for the money, two for the show
Three to get ready, Now go cat go
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

Well it's blue, blue, blue suede shoes
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes yeh!
Well blue, blue, blue suede shoes baby
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes
Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

Now blue ain't the word
For the way that I feel
And a storm's brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream
I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now
You're not mine

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps sayin' you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon
To another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time

So please take the treasured dreams
I had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms
May hold somebody new
But now I'm so lonely all the time

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearning heart keeps sayin' you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon
To another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time

Hold me close, hold me tight
Make me thrill with delight
Let me know where I stand from the start
I want you, I need you, I love you
With all my heart

Ev’ry time that you’re near
All my cares disappear
Darling, you’re all that I’m living for
I want you, I need you, I love you
More and more

I thought I could live without romance
Until you came to me
But now I know that
I will go on loving you eternally

Won’t you please be my own?
Never leave me alone
’cause I die ev’ry time we’re apart
I want you, I need you, I love you
With all my heart

Well I thought I could live without romance
Until you came to me
But now I know that
I will go on loving you eternally

Won’t you please be my own?
Never leave me alone
’cause I die ev’ry time we’re apart
I want you, I need you, I love you
With all my heart

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

I find it very, very easy to be true
I find myself alone when each day is through
Yes, I'll admit that I'm a fool for you
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

You've got a way to keep me on your side
You give me cause for love that I can't hide
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time.
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

You know I can be found,
sitting home all alone,
If you can't come around,
at least please telephone.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.

Baby, if I made you mad
for something I might have said,
Please, let's forget the past,
the future looks bright ahead,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.

Don't stop thinking of me,
don't make me feel this way,
Come on over here and love me,
you know what I want you to say.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Why should we be apart?
I really love you baby, cross my heart.

Let's walk up to the preacher
and let us say I do,
Then you'll know you'll have me,
and I'll know that I'll have you,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.

Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Ya know they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
You ain't no friend of mine

Well, I never felt more like singin' the blues
'Cause I never thought that I'd ever lose
Your love dear, why'd you do me this way

Well, I never felt more like cryin' all night
'Cause everything's wrong, there ain't nothin' right
Without you, you got me singin' the blues

The moon and stars no longer shine
The dream is gone I thought was mine
There's nothin' left for me to do
But cry..... over you

Well, I never felt more like runnin' away
But why should I go cause I couldn't stay
Without you, you got me singin' the blues

Well, I never felt more like singin' the blues
'Cause I never thought that I'd ever lose
Your love dear, why'd you do me this way

Well, I never felt more like cryin' all night
'Cause everything's wrong, there ain't nothin' right
Without you, you got me singin' the blues

The moon and stars no longer shine
The dream is gone I thought was mine
There's nothin' left for me to do
But cry..... over you

Well, I never felt more like runnin' away
But why should I go cause I couldn't stay
Without you, you got me singin' the blues

They say for every boy and girl
There's just one love in this whole world
And I know I've found mine
The heavenly touch of your embrace
Tells me no one could take your place
Ever in my heart

Young love (your my love), first love (your my love)
Filled with true devotion
Young love (your my love), our love (your my love)
We share with deep emotion

Just one kiss from your sweet lips
Will tell me that your love is real
And I can feel that it's true
We will vow to one another
There will never be another
Love for you or for me

Young love (your my love), first love (your my love)
Filled with true devotion
Young love (your my love), our love (your my love)
We share with deep emotion

You're gonna break another heart, you're gonna tell another lie
Well here I am and there you go, you're gone again
I know you're gonna be the way you've always been
Breakin' hearts and tellin' lies is all you know
Another guy gives you the eye and there you go
There you go, you're gone again
I should have known, I couldn't win
There you go, you're by his side
You're gonna break another heart, you're gonna tell another lie

Because I love you so I take much more than I should take
I want you even though I know my heart is gonna break
You build me up and for a while I'm all a-glow
Then your fickle heart sees someone else and there you go
There you go, you're gone again
I should have known, I couldn't win
There you go, you're by his side
You're gonna break another heart, you're gonna tell another lie

Since you've gone
The moon, the sun, the stars in the sky
Know the reason why I cry
Love divine once was mine
Now you've gone

Since you've gone
My heart, my lips, my tear dimmed eyes
A lonely soul within me cries
I acted smart, broke your heart
Now you've gone

Oh, what I'd give
For the lifetime I've wasted
The love that I've tasted
I was wrong, now you've gone

Ohhhhhh, what I'd give
For the lifetime I've wasted
The love that I've tasted
I was wrong, now you've gone

Ohhhhhh, what I'd give
For the lifetime I've wasted
The love that I've tasted
I was wrong, now you've gone