1. Nothing Can Stop Me (Roger Miller and George Jones)
• gotta get up gotta get going • rain or shine sleet or snowing • nothing can stop my loving you • walk through the woods climb a tall mountain • loving’s in my heart like water’s in a fountain • nothing can stop me stop me stop my loving you • i’d crawl through a fire walk through a river • you be the taker i’ll be the giver • i’ll give you lovin, lovin • honey that’s what i’ll do • build a brick wall i’m gonna tear it to pieces • gotta get to your loving and kisses • nothing can stop me stop me stop my loving you • i can’t stop praising the day I found you • i’d walk a hundred miles just to be around you • nothing can stop my loving you • nothing at all nothing in the world can make me stop wanting you for my girlfriend • nothing can stop
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2. 100 Million Little Bombs (Buddy and Julie Miller)
three dollar bomb a hundred thousand roads • steps of a child and the ground explodes • you can’t clear one before another re-loads • to ratchet up the ante again • they’re cheap and they’re simple • and they’re green and black • they take you right down a one way track • we’ve gone so far now that we can’t get back • and we still won’t stop this train • footfall of a soldier • footfall of a child • they don’t know the difference • they’re blind and mean and wild • one hundred million and the wheels go round • lunch in geneva and the deals go down • we’ll still have to fight a century from now the battle of a long gone war • what do you do with what’s left behind • what can you grow when the fields are mined • what do you do when that’s all you find you’ve got when you get back home • they’re only made for terror • they don’t care who they harm • three dollars each to make • and a thousand to disarm • one hundred million still in the ground • lunch in geneva and the deals go down • we’ll still have to fight a century from now • the battle of a long gone war • what do you do with what’s left behind • what can you grow when the fields are mined • what do you do when that’s all you find you got when you get back home • from china to angola and cambodia where they lay • chips from motorola • made in the usa •
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3. Don't Tell Me (Buddy and Julie Miller)
tell my heart to stop stop beating • tell my mind not to think • throw a stone in the ocean • tell the stone not to sink • tell the world to stop turning around • tell the sky not to be so blue • tell the rain to stop fallin down like tears • but don’t tell me to stop loving you • tell the past to be forgotten • tell my life not to exist • tell a promise made to be unspoken • my lips to not have been kissed • i can’t do it i can’t stop • it’s something love has sealed • only the brokenhearted know the way i feel •
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4. Poison Love (Mrs. Elmer Laird)
for your poison love has stained the life blood in my heart and soul dear • and i know my life will never be the same • all my pleadings have all been in vain for you and you alone dear • and i know that you are guilty of the shame • in to each life a love is born for one and one alone dear • the love i choose was surely not for me • for your poison love has stained the life blood in my heart and soul dear • and i know our love was never meant to be • but still my heart cries out for you and you alone my darling • and begs me never ever let you go • but my pleadings have all been in vain for you and you alone dear • and my better judgment tells me to say no •
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5. Baby Don't Let Me Down (Buddy and Julie Miller)
start up the engine and get back home • hurry go tell mother • johnny got a gun to shoot a squirrel • and he put down your brother • daddy ain’t no where to be found • and it’s getting way past midnight • mama she’s left here to cry alone • while i steal a kiss in the moonlight • this place is slow and i just wanna go find myself in an all night town • it’s more than i deserve i know but baby don’t let me down • ddt done poisoned me • better than the bugs in the cotton • now i gotta have another drink to kill all the pains i’ve gotten • all the crops have gone to seed • the maize is turning to clover • silo’s empty gin’s closed down • but some things you never get over •
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6. Love Grows Wild (Buddy and Julie Miller)
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7. Love In The Ruins (Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale)
ove in the ruins • after the fall • what were we doing • not thinking at all • i’ll take the check for • there’s no one to blame • some one just called me • was that just your name • but regret is a debt that i just can’t pay • cause there’d be more that i could ever make • turn left when we get to that place in the road • or we’ll be on the one we shouldn’t take • it wasn’t our fault • probably mine • covered up our hearts • so they couldn’t shine • let’s not feel guilty • have a safe ride • one time we really • felt too much inside • now i can’t tell a lie like the ones before • that would be more than i could ever fake • history can repeat like it did on us before • or we’ll be on the one we didn’t take •
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8. Draggin The River (Buddy and Julie Miller)
go down to the water and listen for a sound • something like the moaning of a dove • that’s where i do my crying while i’m searching for a sign • draggin the river of our love • did she bear some secret sorrow i could never know • that why my heart was not enough • now she’s left me looking for a trace of what we had • draggin the river of our love • there’s thunder and lightning and a storm in my soul • i’m broken down and i’m fixin to cry • she was my heartbeat she was my blood • i might as well just lay down and die • solid as a tombstone silent as a grave • now lonliness fits me like a gloove • was her promise a mistake or just an outright lie • draggin the river of our love • the sky is low and heavy and full of tears tonight • and it’s just a fingernail moon up above • tonight you’re gonna find me like every night before • draggin the river of our love •
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9. Help Wanted (Buddy and Julie Miller)
help wanted baby can’t you see the sign•i need you to come here and ease my mind•come on darlin you could really treat me kind•help wanted baby i’m solid blue•ain’t nobody else knows what to do•i’ve been looking for a(sweet little) heartache like you••i been down to nothing but the blues•ain’t nobody else but you can set me lose•help wanted all the signs are plain to see•you’re the only one who can rescue me•i need your love and it’s an emergency•help wanted baby i been way down•i think i need you to hang around•you could give me a ride right outta this lonesome town
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10. That's How Strong My Love Is (Roosevelt Jamison)
if i was the sun way up there • i’d go with my love most every where • i’d be the moon when the sun goes down • just to let you know that i’m still around • that’s how strong my love is •• i’ll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears • and you can go swimming when you’re here • and i’ll be the rainbow after the tears are gone • wrap you in my colors and keep you warm • that’s how strong my love is • i’ll be the ocean so deep and wide • and catch all the tears whenever you cry • i’ll be the breeze after the storm is gone • to dry your eyes and love you once more • that’s how strong my love is •
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11. Lonesome For You (Buddy and Julie Miller)
don’t need nobody to call me on the phone • don’t need no company i’d rather be alone • i’m just happy by myself here being blue • i’m not lonely i’m just lonesome for you • when my friends come i don’t care if they stay • when they talk to me i don’t care what they say • you’re still gone so darling there ain’t nothing new • i’m not lonely i’m just lonesome for you • i’ll just be lonesome without you here • cause there ain’t no one that i love like i do you dear • thinking of you is all i want to do cause i’m not lonely i’m just lonesome for you • any comfort i find these days is small • everybody tries but nothing helps at all • they’d just give up before they started if they knew • i’m not lonely i’m just lonesome for you • i’m just better off alone here being blue • cause i’m not lonely i’m just lonesome for you •
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12. I Can't Help It (Julie Miller)
i can’t help it though i try • when the tears come i just cry • you say that love is gone • but mine goes on and on • i can’t help it i break down • you don’t want me hangin round • you hurt me to the core • but i love you even more • i can’t help it no matter what i do • i can’t help it i still love you • i can’t help it i’m a slave • to this heartache your love gave • i try but it’s in vain • and love must take the blame • i’m weary and my mind is weak • my heart is sick with sorrow • i’m too overcome to speak • and i can’t face tommorow • i should be strong by now but I just don’t know how • it’s more than I can do • i can’t get over you •
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11. Love Snuck Up (Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale)
got lucky once when i didn’t know enough to let myself stand in the way • must have done something right for a change cause love snuck up on me • i let you come around until you came around to your senses finally • it should have been as plain as the smile on my face that love snuck up on me • love snuck up on us love snuck up on us • caught me by su-prise like it does love snuck up on us • i didn’t even want to run except into your arms eternally • it’s hard to explain but you said you felt the same i knew that love snuck up on us • was it by coincidence or did it happen accidentally • i knew i didn’t ever have a chance after love snuck up on us •
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