Carrying Your Love With Me

As far as all my friends can tell
I took her leavin' well - that's kinda right,
'Cause when I'm out with them,
I don't let her memory rule the night.
For the most part I'm okay,
But I still miss her in a round about way.

Around about the time that midnight rolls around.
That's around about the time my tears start falling down.
'Cause she's not around,
I come unwound and my heart breaks.
Yeah, I still miss her in a round about way.

I no longer sit alone for hours by the phone,
Wishin' she would call.
And just the other day
I took her smilin' face down off my wall.
I've come a long long way,
But I still miss her in a round about way.

Around about the time that midnight rolls around.
That's around about the time my tears start falling down.
'Cause she's not around,
I come unwound and my heart breaks.
Yeah, I still miss her in a round about way.

Yeah, I still miss her in a round about way.

- Steve Dean, Wil Nance

Baby all I've got is this beat-up leather bag
And everything I own don't fill up half
But don't you worry 'bout the way I pack
All I care about is getting back real soon
A good-bye kiss is all I need from you

'Cause I'm carrying your love with me
West Virginia down to Tennessee
I'll be moving with the good Lord's speed
Carrying your love with me
It's my strength, for holding on
Every minute that I have to be gone
I'll have everything I'll ever need
Carrying your love with me

On a lonely highway, stuck out in the rain
Darling all I have to do is speak your name
The clouds rollback and the waters part
The sun starts shining in my heart for you
You're right there in everything I do

'Cause I'm carrying your love with me
West Virginia down to Tennessee
I'll be moving with the good Lord's speed
Carrying your love with me
It's my strength, for holding on
Every minute that I have to be gone
I'll have everything I'll ever need
Carrying your love with me

- Jeff Stevens, Steve Bogard

I'm not yours an' baby you're not mine
We've got somethin' and it sure is fine
Let's take our love
One night at a time

There's one thing that we both agree
I like you and baby you like me
Let's take our love
One night at a time

All night, love all night, practice makes perfect
Gonna get it right, gonna get it right
One night at a time

All night, love all night, practice makes perfect
Gonna get it right, gonna get it right
One night at a time

Oh, I think about you all day long
It feels so good it can't be wrong
I've got my fingers crossed
That this goes on and on

Tomorrow, well, that's another day
Come on baby now, what do you say
Let's take our love
One night at a time

All night, love all night, practice makes perfect
Gonna get it right, gonna get it right
One night at a time

Oh, I think about you all day long
It feels so good it can't be wrong
I got my fingers crossed
That this goes on and on

All night, love all night, practice makes perfect
Gonna get it right, gonna get it right
One night at a time

All night, love all night, practice makes perfect
Gonna get it right, gonna get it right
One night at a time

All night, love all night, practice makes perfect
Gonna get it right, gonna get it right
One night at a time

All night, love all night

- Roger Cook, Eddie Kilgallon, Earl Bud Lee

At first she's gonna come on strong
Like She'll love you all night long
Like it's going out of style
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Well you can't help but wonder
Why you can't help but love her
But you can't help love her
And all that hurtin' was more than worth it
It's written all over your face

One day you'll pass her on the street
With that guy you used to be
She'll say hello and walk on by
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Well you can't help but wonder
Why you can't help but love her
But you can't help love her
And all that hurtin' was more than worth it
It's written all over your face

At first she's gonna come on strong
Like she'll love you all night long
Like it's going out of style
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Ah, she's gonna love you
She gonna leave you with a smile
Ah, she's gonna love you
She gonna leave you with a smile

- Jackson Leap

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
I told her I was just a drinkin'
With a couple of buddies I knew
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
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"

Well, I sat there about an hour
Talkin' with the rest of the guys
When she walked through that front door
She had get home in her eyes
She said, "You've danced and talked
With every woman in town, but me
And if you'd just come around my house
She might like my company"

She said," Won't you come home and talk to a stranger
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"

- Wayne Kemp

We made it final today.
I gave you all I had, you made your getaway.
All the love we once made turned to memories today.
I left the courtroom and went straight to the church.
I hit my knees and told God how much I hurt.
Nothin' left of my heart;
It's gonna be so hard to make a new start.

'Cause today my world slipped away.
We buried the plans that we made.
And tonight I'm alone and afraid.
'Cause today my world slipped away.

All my friends say I'll make it alright.
I'll recover and start a new life.
But that'll be so hard to do
'Cause livin' ain't worth livin' without you.

'Cause today my world slipped away.
We buried the plans that we made.
And tonight I'm alone and afraid.
'Cause today my world slipped away.

- Mark Wright, Vern Gosdin

Well my baby's wearin' a permanent smile
A satisfied look I ain't seen for awhile
I ain't had no rings, fulfilled any dreams
But somethin's come over my baby it seems

I've got a funny feeling somebody's stealin' my honey
Lord I love that child, love to see her smile
But these circumstances ain't funny
Where lies a danger, is he a stranger or a pal
I've got a funny feeling somebody's stealing my gal

If I came home early, Lord what would I find?
Maybe I'd rather just walk around blind
I know baby loves me, Lord I understand
I love how emotions can get out of hand

I've got a funny feeling somebody's stealin' my honey
Lord I love that child, love to see her smile
But these circumstances ain't funny
Where lies a danger, is he a stranger or a pal
I've got a funny feeling somebody's stealing my gal

Wherever he is, well I'm callin' his bluff
I'm gonna start wearin' that good smellin' stuff
And I'll be the lover that I used to be
Whatever she's missin', she'll get it from me

I've got a funny feeling somebody's stealin' my honey
Lord I love that child, love to see her smile
But these circumstances ain't funny
Where lies a danger, is he a stranger or a pal
I've got a funny feeling somebody's stealing my gal

I've got a funny feeling somebody's stealin' my gal

- Harlan Howard, Jackson Leap

I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day.
I could just as easily have let you get away.
In that crowded airport far from my hometown,
If I had lost my courage then you wouldn't be around;
I'm glad I had the nerve.

And I'm glad he had the nerve to get down on his knees
And say "I bought this ring for you, won't you wear it please"
My daddy sure touched something in my momma's heart somehow
If he hadn't, I sure wouldn't be here with you now;
I'm glad he had the nerve

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Or I never would have lived like this
Or learned like this, or laughed like this, or loved like this.

I'm glad he had the nerve to sail across the sea
My great granddaddy's great-grandpa, in 1833.
He met an Indian maiden, in the Smoky Mountain mist
If they hadn't crossed that line I would not exist;
I'm glad they had the nerve.

I'm glad He had the nerve, while staring into space
To give this universe a time and a place.
With one tiny atom, or an Adam and an Eve
However you look at it, whatever you believe;
I'm glad He had the nerve

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Thank God, he had the nerve;
And I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day.

- Bobby Braddock

Picture a fella with his boots shined up
A new coat of clean on his pick-up truck.
Ringin' your doorbell, thinkin' 'bout love.
Hey honey that's me.

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That's me with a capital "M", that's me ten times ten
I ain't worked up my courage yet, but that's me every chance I get.

Picture a fella at a picture show,
His arm around you in the very last row
Stealin' a kiss as the credits roll.
Yeah honey that's me.

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I never dealt with such a big deal
How to tell you how I feel
I'd be your fella in nothin' flat
Honey just picture that.

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That's me every chance I get,
Honey that's me every chance I get.

- Mark D. Sanders, Ed Hill

Still reelin' from a relationship that left me torn in two
Tryin' to find that first step that leads to someone new
Gettin' me back together, didn't know it could be so hard
But if I'm ever gonna mend this broken heart...
You look like a real good place to start

I need a new beginning, and girl you fit right in
Sometimes a new beginning is found in an old friend
If I'm ever gonna mend this broken heart...
You look like a real good place to start

There've been times when you and him just couldn't get along
I'd hear your knock and let you in, be your shoulder to cry on
And now he's finally left you, and I've find you in my arms
If I'm ever gonna mend this broken heart...
You look like a real good place to start

I need a new beginning, and girl you fit right in
Sometimes a new beginning is found in an old friend
If I'm ever gonna mend this broken heart...
You look like a real good place to start

If I'm ever gonna mend this broken heart...
You look like a real good place to start

- Dean Dillon, Gary Nicholson