MAGIC VALLEY 

I'm going home to magic valley where hay turns into rose
I'm going home to magic valley leaving for my home above
Now don't you cry because I'm leaving for you see I've had my day
I've led the life that's not for grieving so rejoice with me and pray
For I hear my Lord telling me put down that heavy load
You'll reach your gold now follow me come on up the golden road
For I hear my Lord telling me...

MAIDEN'S PRAYER 

When the evening falls twilight shadows find
There beneath the stars an Indian maiden divine
The moon is on high and seems to see her there
In her eyes there's a light shining ever so bright
As she whispers a silent prayer
Every word reveals an empty broken heart
Broken by fate that's keepin' them so far apart
Lonely there she kneels and tells the stars above
In her arms he belongs and her prayer is a song
Her undying song of love
Every word reveals an empty broken heart...

MAKING BELIEVE 

(Merle)
Making believe that you still love me
It's leaving me alone and so blue
But I'll always dream, still I'll never own you
I'm just making believe, what else can I can do?

(George)
And I'm making believe that I never lost you
All of my happy hours that I find now are so few
My plans for the future will never come true
Oh, I'm making believe what else can I do?

(Merle)
I can't hold you close, darlin', when you're not with me
You're somebody's love, and you will never be mine
(Both)
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime
Loving you and making believe.

Loving you and making believe...

MAKING THE ROUNDS 

I'm making the rounds with someone new now that you've gone away But making the rounds it's not the fun if it was with you The glamour has gone from all the spots that seem so bright and gay But making the rounds is all that's left for me to do. I never go home till the last hideaway place has closed its door There's too much at home to remind me that we're through I laugh and pretend that I'm not wishing for a bygone day When we were in love and I was making the rounds with you. I never go home till the last hideaway place has closed its door There's too much at home to remind me that we're through I laugh and pretend that I'm not wishing for a bygone day When we were in love and I was making the rounds with you...

MAMA WAS A PREACHER MAN 

I remember when daddy died, he said the Lord was by his side
With his last breath, he said I'm goin' to the promised land
That's when mama told us all that she had heard the call
And mama would be a preacher man.

Far as I can remember back mama was a woman that dressed in black
With the sould filled full of gospel and the Bible in her hand
She would go from town to town spreading God's word all around
Yes mama, was a real strong preacher man.

Mama was a preacher man, mama was God's right hand
Mama really knew just how to reach way out
Mama was a preacher man, mama was God's right hand
Mama knew what the holy word was all about.

I sit there on the very first row as she pleaded to lost souls
Tellin' them about Jesus there in the holy land
Although mama past away she still lives on today
Yes mama, was an old time preacher man.

Mama was a preacher man, mama was God's right hand
Mama really knew just how to reach way out
Mama was a preacher man, mama was God's right hand
Mama knew what the holy word was all about.

Mama was a preacher man...

MAMA'S HANDS 

My daddy's hands held ten's and two's while mom's were
holding me
And daddy's hands lost everything to a hand of Kings and
three's
Then daddy's hands they shook so bad that he turned to
wine
But mama's hands were strong and calm as they held on to
mine

Yes mama's hands held on to mine to guide me day and
night
And it took the sting of mama's hands to teach me wrong
from right
When times were bad and money slim she'd fold her hands
and pray
And somehow she would make the food hold out another day

Now mama's hands were cold with age, they tremble as she
prays
But her voice is strong as she thanks God for all the
bygone days
She looks at me and then she smiles she knows I
understand
That everything I am today I owe to mama's hands
Everything I am today I owe to mama's hands

MAMA'S HUNGRY EYES 

A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labor camp
Stands out in this memory I revile
'Cause my daddy raised a family there with two hard
working hand
And tried to feed my mamas hungry eyes.

He dreamed of something better and my mama's faith was
stong
And us kids were just to young to realize
That another class of people put us somewhere just below
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes.

Mama, never had the luxury she wanted
But it wasn't 'cause my daddy didn't try
She only wanted things she really needed
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes.

I remember daddy's praying for a better way of life
But I don't recall a change of any size
Just a little loss of courage as their age began to show
And more sadness in my mama's hungry eyes.

Mama never had the luxury she wanted
But it wasn't 'cause my daddy didn't try
She only wanted things she really needed
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes...

MAN THAT YOU ONCE KNEW 

If you see a man in clothes that's old and ragged
And he walks from bar to bar in worn out shoes
If people point and whisper, "God have mercy"
Would you deny the man that you once knew

If on the street I meet you with your new love
And I walk right up and say, "How do you do"
Would you turn your back and tell him you don't know me
Would you deny the love that you once knew

Would you be ashamed to remember
I'm the same man who lost ev'rything for you
If tomorrow on the street I die a beggar
Would you deny the man that you once knew
Would you deny the love that you once knew

MAN WORTH LOVING YOU 

If I hadn't quit my ways of wrong
I know what I would have done
I kept falling down in life
Till I became no one.

But you found me just in time
And held my head up high
And showed me the right way I should go
And made me realize.

I hadn't reached the end of life
Your love have pulled me through
Then you made me become
The man worth lovin' you.

Yes, you gave me a reason to keep livin' in
And made me have some faith in what I do
Yes, you gave me a reason to start givin' in
When I became the man worth lovin' you.

I thought that life have turned on me
And made me lose my faith
But I know now it wasn't life
That filled my heart with hate.

I thought that love have turned me down
Until you came along
But now I know what real love is
I feel it to the bone.

I hadn't reached the end of life
Your love have pulled me through
When you made me become
The man worth lovin' you.

Yes you gave me a reason to keep livin' in
And made me have some faith in what I do
Yes, you gave me a reason to start givin' in
When I became the man worth lovin' you.

When I became the man worth lovin' you...

MANSION ON THE HILL 

Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
 As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill
 Do you recall when we parted the story to me you revealed
 You said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
 [ fiddle ]
 I've waited all through the years love to give you a heart true and real
 Cause I know you're living in sorrow in your loveless mansion on the hill
 The light shines bright from your window the trees stand so silent and still
 And I know you're alone with your pride dear in your loveless mansion on the hill