Speak Softly (you're Talking To My Heart)

When you finally tell me what I know is on your mind
Don't cry, don't let those teardrops start
Just tell me that you're leaving and you'll be gone for good
But speak softly, you're talking to my heart

True love is a treasure that few men ever find
I thought that I'd found it from the start
Now it's over, it's so over
Only a fool would stay to watch it fall apart

How I tried to change your mind
I sold my soul, lost my pride
What's that reflection in your eyes
Is it your plan to love another man?

How I tried to change your mind
I sold my soul, lost my pride
What's that reflection in your eyes
Is it your plan to love another man?

When you finally tell me what I know is on your mind
Don't cry, don't let those teardrops start
Just tell me that you're leaving and you'll be gone for good
But speak softly, you're talking to my heart
But speak softly, you're talking to my heart

Starting New Memories Today

I'm building your own special place in my heart
To store all our memories away
We couldn't keep our love from falling apart
So we're starting new memories today

We've been saying goodbye in stages
Now there's nothing more we can say
I guess we'll get used to new faces
We're starting new memories today

It's not the first time that our old love train
Has come to the end of the line
But this time it looks like our clock on the wall
Has finally just run out of time

We've been saying goodbye in stages
Now there's nothing more we can say
We'll have to get used to new faces
We're starting new memories today
We're starting new memories today

Still They Call Me Love

I make people crazy
Make their hearts beat wild
Cry like little babies
I just watch and smile

I make 'em all unhappy
Still they can't get enough
You'd think that they would hate me
But still they call me love

I invented heartbreak
I came up with pain
How much can these fools take
Are they all insane?

I'm as bad as whiskey
Strong as any drug
Poison when you kiss me
But still they call me love

I can take a strong man
And bring him to his knees
Make him risk his whole life
For any girl I please

I've brought down kingdoms
Turned heroes into dust
You'd think that they would hate me
But still they call me love

I invented heartbreak
I came up with pain
How much can these fools take
Are they all insane?

I'm as bad as whiskey
Strong as any drug
Poison when you kiss me
But still they call me love

I'm poison when you kiss me
But still they call me love

Take It From Me

I'm not a wise man but I've learned a lot
In a fountain of knowledge I'm only a drop
But even a fool can give sound advice
It's free for the listening 'cause I paid the price

So take it from me
Don't leave her alone too many nights
Take it from me
Don't be the reason she cries
At first she'll be lonely and cry for you only
And then for the lovin' she needs
She'll find somebody new
Whose sure to take her from you
As sure as you took her from me

You might say I'm crazy to give you advice
But I've already lost her, I can't lose her twice
But, Lord, I still love her and she needs someone
Who'll do as I tell you and not as I've done

So take it from me
Don't leave her alone too many nights
Take it from me
Don't be the reason she cries
At first she'll be lonely and cry for you only
And then for the lovin' she needs
She'll find somebody new
Whose sure to take her from you
As sure as you took her from me

Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go

Why do you always try to make me over
Take me as i am or let me go
White lilies never grow in fields of clover
Take me as i am or let me go.
You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
I won't be a-standin' for an old love
So take me as i am or let me go.
You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
I won't be a-standin' for an old love
Take me as i am or let me go.
Ho Just take me as i am or let me go.

Take Off Them Shoes

I can swim the mighty ocean, climb a mountain high
But I can't forget the notion, true love should never die
Now, lovin' ain't for heroes, Lord knows I'm not
But I'd risk the raging river to hold on to what I've got

Say the word, babe I'll talk it , draw the line and, honey, I'll walk it
I'd do most anything just to keep you satisfied
'Cause I don't want to lost you, don't want to pick and choose new
Take off them shoes, you ain't walkin' out the door

Life's much too short, girl, to fill up with fussin'
End up with nothin', broken hearted and alone
Think of ther good times we've been a-knowin'
'Fore we start throwin' those stupid sticks and stones

Say the word, babe I'll talk it, draw the line and, honey, I'll walk it
Why, I'd do most anything just to keep you satisfied
'Cause I don't want to lost you, don't want to pick and choose new
Take off them shoes, you ain't walkin' out that door
Take off them shoes, you ain't walkin' out the door

The Girl I Used To Run Around On

Nobody has to tell her that I've changed
I do my best to show her every night and every day
Now my ring stays on my finger and I get my love at home
I'm building my world around the girl I used to run
around on.

I'm building my world around the girl that's everything I
need
For when I was blind and cheated, she held on tight to me
And when I was weak her arms reached out
Her soft love made me strong
I'm building my world around the girl I used to run
around on.

Now I hold her every evening and I miss her all day long
I'm building my world around the girl I used to run
around on
I'm building my world around the girl I used to run
around on.

The Great Divide

It's time for us to settle up and go our seperate ways
No one takes the blame but we both have to pay
Everything that once was ours now is yours or mine
I guess we finally made it across the great divide
And it sure hurts like hell to see you walk away
And there's nothin' I can do to make you want to stay
No one but you and I can know how hard we tried
There's no turnin' back, we've crossed the great divide
Now we're standing in the doorway of a house we made a home
And it seems so cold and empty now that all our love is gone
We take one last look together before we say goodbye
Since we finally made it across the great divide
And it sure hurts like hell to see you walk away
And there's nothin' I can do to make you want to stay
No one but you and I can know how hard we tried
There's no turnin' back, we've crossed the great divide
There's just no turnin' back, we've crossed the great divide

The Jukebox Played Along

Well' I got off work and headed for town to have a few
Determined I would drown the pain of losing you
But this couple on the dance floor were droppin' quarters in a slot
And this heartless thing kept spinnin' old forget-me-nots

The jukebox played along to my misery in song
Just as if it felt the pain that I was goin' through
Oh, it wailed out Crying Time and You Were Always On My Mind
I was singin' the blues and the jukebox played along

Well' the more I drank the more it became a mystery
How the men who wrote these songs wrote then just for me
They must have hid out in my closet or they had to read my mail
Lord, I must have heard at least ten dollars worth of Hell

Oh, the jukebox played along to my misery in song
Just as if it felt the pain that I was goin' through
It played I'm Born To Lose and I Can't Stop Loving You
I was singin' the blues and the jukebox played along

They played Watson and Jones, Travis kept pickin' up bones
Somebody Laughed and I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
There Goes My Everything, they played Golden Rings
They played Haggard and Hank, give me another drink
(fade)

The Last Thing I Planned To Do Today Was Cheat

I fed an old stray dog this mornin' 'cause he looked hungry
I gave an old wino a dollar
'Cause he was beggin' on the street
Because you're what you are to me I sent the roses
Oh, the last thing I planned to do today was cheat

I had some time to kill and felt a little thirsty
I went inside the local bar
And in the corner took a seat
Had my first cool sip then noticed she was cryin'
Oh, the last thing I planned to do today was cheat

But you know I've always been so tender hearted
I just couldn't stand to watch her hurt that way
And when she said how much she wanted me to hold her
I just didn't have the heart to turn away

(spoken)
Well, I'm feelin' guilty now, but I sure found it hard
to leave her. 'Cause there she lay, sleepin' all alone
between the sheets

(sing)
I thought of your sweet love and all my good intentions
Oh, the last thing I planned to do today was cheat
Oh, the last thing I planned to do today was cheat