Pure Country

When you hear twin fiddles and a steel guitar
You're listenin' to the sound of the American heart
And opry music on a Saturday night
Brings a smile to your face and a tear to your eye

Sing a song about the Heartland
The only place I feel at home
Sing about the way a good man
Works until the daylight's gone

Sing the rain on the roof on a summer night
Where they still know wrong from right
Sing a song about the Heartland
Sing a song about my life

Sing a song about the Heartland
The only place I feel at home
Sing about the way a good man
Works until the daylight's gone

- Steve Dorff, John Bettis

All you know it all lovers better heed some advice,
If you're bad to your baby, you'd better think twice.
Love don't come easy, love ain't blind.
You've got to show her you love her, morning and night,
Be there for her just to make things right.
Make her believe till there ain't a doubt in her mind.

Better baby your baby with a love that's strong,
Hold her and tell her you'll never do wrong.
Better baby your baby, ?cause if you don't
One day your baby?ll be gone.

Don't let her get lonely, don't make her cry,
Don't take her for granted, don't tell her a lie.
Bring her red roses when she's blue.
Give her the best of what you've got to give,
You'll be together as long as you live,
Better baby your baby, she?ll baby you.

Better baby your baby with a love that's strong,
Hold her and tell her you'll never do wrong.
Better baby your baby, ?cause if you don't
One day your baby? I’ll be gone.

- Phil Thomas, Hal Newman

Our love is unconditional
We knew it from the start
I can see it in your eyes
You can feel it from my heart

From here on after
Let's stay the way we are right now
And share all the love and laughter
That a lifetime will allow.

I cross my heart
And promise to
Give all I've got to give
To make all your dreams come true
In all the world
You'll never find
A love as true as mine

You will always be the miracle
That makes my life complete
And as long as there's a breath in me
I'll make yours just as sweet

As we look into the future
It's as far as we can see
So let's make each tomorrow
Be the best that it can be

I cross my heart
And promise to
Give all I've got to give
To make all your dreams come true
In all the world
You'll never find
A love as true as mine

And if along the way we find a day
It starts to storm
You've got the promise of my love
To keep you warm

In all the world
You'll never find
A love as true as mine
A love as true as mine

- Steve Dorff, Eric Kaz

When did you stop loving me?
How long have I been a memory?
I've gotta know for my own sanity
Tell me when did you stop loving me?

Was it that night that you stayed out until dawn?
You know that night has haunted me for so long
Or was your love already cold?
Tell me please, I've gotta know
Darling, when did you stop loving me?

There was a time when you worshiped where I stood
Heaven knows I'd bring it back if I could
Now I can tell when we make love
It ain't me you're thinking of
Tell me when did you stop loving me?

Darling when did you stop loving me?

- Donny Kees, Monty Holmes

Her hair is red
And her eyes are green
She's soft and tender
But she can be mean
She knows what it takes to keep me
right on track
And when it comes to love'n
She don't hold noth'n back.

When she loves me..
She's nearly out of control
When she loves me
It come from deep in her soul
When she loves me
I know she's all mine
When my baby loves me,
She lays it all on the line.

Out Honky Tonky'in
where the lights are down low
She always ask the band
to play something'n real slow..
When we get home I know she'll
take up the slack
Cause when it comes to love'in
she don't hold noth'in back.

When she loves me
It the things that she says,
When she loves me,
She's way out on the edge,
When she loves me,
I lose track of time
When my baby loves me,
She lays it all on the line.

My baby taught me someth'in
everybody should learn
When you play with fire,
It's alright to get burned,
You really don't mine it
if you lose or you win
The only way to do it
is to get out on that limb

- Clay Blaker

Let me be your male-man
And I'll always come though
There's no denying'
Come rain or shine
I'll deliver my love to you
I do things by the letter
You can put your stamp on me
Cause there ain't nobody better
For a special delivery

Like the pony express
And the wild wild West
I'll ride hard all night long
And I can saddle up fast
Get ya there first class
Long before the dawn
You know your male's gonna get to you
Come snow, rain, sleet, or hail
'Cause I'm a top flight, hold ya tight, get ya there by daylight
Do you right overnight male

I know your heart is fragile
So I'll handle it with care
There ain't no doubt
I know love's route
So baby let me take you there
I'll bring you cards and flowers
But I know just what you need
Just give me 24 hours
Satisfaction guaranteed

Like the pony express
And the wild wild West
I'll ride hard all night long
And I can saddle up fast
Get ya there first class
Long before the dawn
You know your male's gonna get to you
Come snow, rain, sleet, or hail
'Cause I'm a top flight, hold ya tight, get ya there by daylight
Do you right overnight male

- Richard Fagan, Kim Williams, Ron Harbin

Blues outside my door, I don't even know if it's rainin'.
But I've been here before, and I don't want to be here again.
Every now and then voices on the wind
Call me back to the first time.
Far away and clear you can hear the teardrops
Fallin' for the last in love.

If I let you down, all I can say is I'm sorry.
Now it's all over town, so I don't want to hear it from you.
Please don't look away, it's hard enough to say.
This could go on forever.
And when the night is clear I can hear the teardrops
Fallin' for the last in love.

Every now and then voices on the wind
I may love you always and always.
Far away and clear you can hear the teardrops
Fallin' for the last in love,
Callin' for the last in love.
Will we always be the last in love?

- J.D. Souther, Glenn Frey

I had a love and it was all mine
I drove her out, I must've been blind
That's the thoughts of a fool thinking out loud
She loved me so, but I was untrue
She's gone for good, what can I do?
That's the thoughts of a fool thinking out loud

There's not a thing that I can say about her
Except I don't know how I'm going to live without her
I had a love and it was all mine
I watched it fade a kiss at a time
That's the thoughts of a fool thinking out loud
That's the thoughts of a fool thinking out loud

- Mel Tillis, Wayne P. Walker

The king of broken hearts doesn't ask much from his friends
And he has quite a few of them
They know he will understand
That's just the way it goes
The king of broken hearts doesn't know he's a king
He's tryin' to forget other things
Like some old ship at sea, he's walkin' through life alone

[Chorus:]
He talks to angels and the stars start to spin
He thinks of troubles that he's gotten in
He recalls how his heart got broken
And how it's still that way
The king of broken hearts is so sad and wise
He can smile while he's cryin' inside
We know he'll be brave tonight 'cause he's the king of broken hearts

[Chorus]

The king of broken hearts thinks that he's no fool
He's a little like me and you
So what's a king like that supposed to do with all that blue time
We know he'll be brave tonight
'Cause he's the king of broken hearts
He's the king of broken hearts.

- Jim Lauderdale

Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
We said good bye on a cold dark night
I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot

Some people leave and never come back
Some stay in touch, some loose track
Your mind kept sayin' come on let's go
You started learnin' what you don't need to know

Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
I'll wait for you in the cold dark night
You might come back, you had to go
Where the sidewalk ends I'll never know

Hide from the future run from the past
I guess I'll stay here as long as I can last
Whistle still blowin' but the train is gone
Ain't no wheels gonna take me from my home

Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
We said good bye on a cold dark night
I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot

I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot
Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
We said good bye on a cold dark night

I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot

- Jim Lauderdale, John Leventhal