IN PERSON 

You gave the heart you gave to me in person
You made the vows you made to me in person
Then when your love has lost all its glow
You said your friend to let me know
I wish you would have told me so in person
I placed my ring upon your hand in person
I should have got it back again in person
But so afraid my tears would start
You said your friend to do your part
You really should have broke my heart in person
If love is gone then I can't understand
But it hurts so much to hear it second hand
I once appeared at your front door in person
But I won't appear there anymore in person
And though you send someone you knew
To tell me that our love was through
I know I'll still be missing you in person
I know I'll still be missing you in person

IN THE GARDEN 

I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear the son of God discloses
And he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own
And the joy we share as we tarry there none other has ever known
He speaks and the sound of his voice is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody that he gave to me within my heart is ringing
And he walks with me and he talks with me...

IN THE SHADOW OF A LIE 

I lead a rich rewarding life, a wife, a home, a car
But generally you can find me down in some dim lit bar
I hold all the pleasures of the world, this fact I can't deny
But I'm living, yes, I'm living in the shadow of a lie.

My wife's first husband and myself were on a fishin' trip
He was in our rowboat, me on shore, when I saw my partner slip
A hellish thing took hold of me and I delayed my rescue dash
Still I knew my lover husband had finally breathed his last.

I took his body back to town and restrained a happy smile
When they said there'd be a hearin', wouldn't even be a trial
That a fine upstanding citizen like me could do no wrong
And the walls between me and my love would finally soon be gone.

Now just when my world glows brightest and warm thoughts run through my head
A chilling darkness hovers like a demon over head
And sometimes the guilt inside me reigns so strong I hope to die
For I'm living, is it living, in the shadow of a lie...

INTO MY ARMS 

The music from the honky tonk, the lonely songs they play
Comin' through my window, 'cause I live not far away
There tempting me to come back to the things we used to do
But the honky tonks and lonely songs I left behind when I left you.

The nightlife with it's party's, that's you're style of being gay
Although it meant I lost your love, I couldn't live that way
I hope some day you'll think enough of me and try to change
And come away from the honky tonk back into my arms again.

--- Instrumental ---

The nightlife with it's party's, that's you're style of being gay
Although it meant I lost your love, I couldn't live that way
I hope some day you'll think enough of me and try to change
And come away from the honky tonk back into my arms again.

Oh won't you come away from the honky tonk back into my arms again?...

IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR 

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold.

"Peace on the earth, goodwill to men
From heavens all gracious King!"
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.

--- Instrumental ---

Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er the weary world:

Above it's sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing
And ever o'er it's Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.

--- Instrumental ---

For lo! the days are hastening on
By prophets seen of old
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold.

When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace, their King,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.

IT DON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS 

I could honky-tonk in Texas on Saturday night And dance myself out on the floor. Luchenbach Texas and the neon lights And everybody's sreaming for more. CHORUS It just don't get any better than this That's about as good as good ever gets If there's anything better, it's somethin' I missed It just don't get any better than this. I have chased that lonesome whistle rollin' down the line It's a feelin' that's hard to explain But an Okie from Muskogee can leave his blues behind Riding on a fast movin' train It just don't get any better than this That's about as good as good ever gets If there's anything better, it's somethin' I missed It just don't get any better than this.Down in Louisiana near ole New Orleans I found one of life's greatest frills While you were on the bayou, lovin' Mary Sue I was in Detroit City makin' Coupe DeVilles It just don't get any better than this That's about as good as good ever gets If there's anything better, it's somethin' I missed It just don't get any better than this.

IT HURTS AS MUCH IN TEXAS 

Hey, we broke up in Nashville on a cold and rainy night
My tears mixed with the cold rain drops as she walked out of sight
So I put Nashville in my rear view mirror and headed south
'Cause I thought the girls in San Antone would knock her memory out.

But it hurts as much in Texas as it did in Tennessee
Lone star lonely, down and blue is what they're callin' me
I thought these Texas dance halls nights would kill my misery?
But it hurts as much in Texas as it did in Tennessee.

--- Instrumental ---

My heart still lives in Nashville with the girl I long to be
I'm tryin' to forget the way that she broke up with me
I thought that I could two step her sweet memory from my mind
But she still waltzes through my dreams and wakes me up at night.

But it hurts as much in Texas as it did in Tennessee
Lone star lonely, down and blue is what they're callin' me
I thought these Texas dance halls nights would kill my misery?
But it hurts as much in Texas as it did in Tennessee.

Yeah, it hurts as much in Texas as it did in Tennessee...

IT IS NO SECRET (WHAT GOD CAN DO) 

The chimes of time ring out the news another day is through
Someone slipped and fell was that someone you
You may have long for added strenght your courage to renew
Do not be this hearten for I bring hope to you
It is no secret what God can do what he's done for others he'll do for you
With arms wide open he'll part anew it is no secret what God can do
There is no night for end his light you'll never walk alone
Always feel at home wherever you may roam
There is no power can conquer you when God is on your side
Just take him at his promise don't run away and hide
It is no secret what God can do...

IT SCARES ME HALF TO DEATH   


It scares me half to death
To think I almost lost you
It breaks my heart to know
How much I made you cry

And if you'll let me show you darling
I'll right the wrongs I've done
And ease the heartaches I have
Caused in the days gone by

You told me that our love was cold
And then you said goodbye
But I can't love another
I'd be living a lie

It scares me half to death
To think I had forgotten
The vows we made to stay
Together come what may

And while I'm holding you my darling
I'm holding my breath
'Cause just the thought of losing you
Scares me half to death

It scares me half to death
To think I had forgotten

IT SURE WAS GOOD 

We don't know what it was but we had it
We don't where it went but we lost it
And it may never come back again but I see wish it
would
We don't know what it was but it sure was good.

First time I laid eyes on you I saw it
Shining in your eyes was bright as day
And when I held you in my arms I felt it
Oh but like a fool I let it slip away.

We don't know what it was but we had it
We don't where it went but we lost it
And it may never come back again but I see wish it
would
We don't know what it was but it sure was good.

First time that we kissed I could taste it
Sweet upon my lips like a song
The moment we made love I knew we found it
One day I woken up and it was gone.

We don't know what it was but we had it
We don't where it went but we lost it
And it may never come back again but I see wish it
would
We don't know what it was but it sure was good.

If you had one more chance would you take it
And would you stand beside me from now on
The second time around could we make it
And would you be there with me hold it on.

We don't know what it was but we had it
We don't where it went but we lost it
And it may never come back again but I see wish it
would
We don't know what it was but it sure was good.

No, we don't know what it was but it sure was good...