ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, February 12, 1997 TAG: 9702120116
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: MADELYN ROSENBERG
Country music isn't always about lost love and heartache. Sometimes, even Willie Nelson< sings about happy endings
Valentine
Won't you be my valentine?
And introduce your heart to mine
And be my valentine?
Willie Nelson
"Valentine"
Am I dreaming or stupid?
I think I've been hit by Cupid
But no one needs to know right now ...
I've got my heart set
My feet wet
And he don't even know it yet
No one needs to know right now.
Shania Twain
"No One Needs to Know"
Do you love me
Do you want to be my friend?
And if you do
Then don't be afraid to take me by the hand
If you want to
I think this is how love goes
Check yes or no.
George Strait
"Check Yes or No"
When I saw you
Walking the avenue
Then I knew that
You're for me
You are just the pill
That can fill the bill
So let's make the deal cause
You're for me.
Buck Owens
"You're for Me"
I'll change your name from Miz Johnson to Mrs. Jones
'Cause I'm tired of living all alone
You thought I was a crank
when I flirted in the bank
I'll change your name from Miz Johnson to Mrs. Jones.
The Milo Twins
"Johnson to Jones"
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
A touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all.
Written by Don Schlitz and Paul Overstreet
Sung by Alison Krauss
"When You Say Nothing at All"
When we dance together, my world's in disguise
It's a fairyland that's come true
And when you look at me with those stars in your eyes
I could waltz across Texas with you.
Ernest Tubb
"Waltz Across Texas"
Stand by your man
And tell the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man.
Written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill
Sung by Tammy Wynette
"Stand By Your Man"
We can call Mrs. Johnson to keep the kids a day or two
Take the early flight to Florida, the way we used to do
Have room service bring us breakfast, make love all through the day
If we're not back in love by Monday, we can go our sep'rate ways.
Written by Sonny Throckmorton and Glenn Martin
Sung by Merle Haggard
"If We're Not Back in Love by Monday"
I'm not too good with telephone numbers
My head can only handle one or two
The phone directory is little use to me
The only one I want to talk to, dear, is you.
Junior Brown
"Names and Addresses"
Shouldn't I have this?
Shouldn't I have this?
Shouldn't I have all this and
Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses from you.
Lucinda Williams
"Passionate Kisses"
I want arms that know how to rock me
Safe in the arms of love
I wanna fall and know that love has caught me
Safe in the arms of love.
Written by Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy and Pat Bunch
Sung by Martina McBride
"Safe in the Arms of Love"
Deep in the waters of love I am falling
Sinking like a stone
Deep in my heart I can hear love calling
Going once, going twice, going gone.
Written by Patrick Alger, Bill Dale, Fred Koller
Sung by Nanci Griffith
"Goin' Gone"
Livin' on love
Buyin' on time
Without somebody nothin' ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin' on love.
Alan Jackson
"Livin' on Love"
You've got to kiss an angel good morning
And let her know you think about her when you're gone
Kiss an angel good morning
And love her like the devil when you get back home.
Charlie Pride
"Kiss an Angel Good Morning"
Love knocks once and never later
Slicker than an alligator
Hotter than a red hot 'tater
Doggone it, baby I'm in love
Love's a bug that up and bit me
I don't know or care what hit me
I'll be yours if you'll permit me
Doggone it, baby I'm in love.
Written by A. Keefer and J. Amway
Sung by Carl Smith
"Doggone it, Baby, I'm in Love"
Golden Ring
With one tiny stone
Waiting there
For someone to take it home
By itself
It's just a cold metalic thing
Only love can make a golden wedding ring.
George Jones
"Golden Ring"
Only love sails straight from the harbor
And only love will lead us to the other shore
And out of all the flags I've flown, one flies high and stands alone
Only love.
Written by Marcus Hummon and Roger Murrah
Sung by Wynonna Judd
"Only Love"
I remember in the hay stack when you kissed me it was fun
If only when you kissed me, you hadn't jumped up and run
I'm hog-tied over you
I'm hog-tied over you
You're my baby and I don't mean maybe
I'm hog-tied over you.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
"Hog-tied Over You"
Hey, good lookin'
What ya got cookin'?
How about cookin' something up with me?
Hank Williams Sr.
"Hey, Good Lookin'''
Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go
You have made my heart complete, and I love you so.
Written by Elvis Presley and Vera Matson
Sung by Elvis Presley
"Love Me Tender"
Love don't hang out in a grand hotel
Got no satin sheets, got no servant's bell ...
I know where love lives
I know where love lives
She's sitting on the back step in the evening air . . .
Keep your mansions of gold, buddy, I don't care,
Cause I know where love lives.
Hal Ketchum
"I Know Where Love Lives"
Well, you'd love me if I was as skinny as him.
Lyle Lovett |"Skinny Legs"
I will always love you.
Dolly Parton
"I Will Always Love You"
Pure love
Baby, it's pure love
Milk and honey and Captain Crunch
And you in the morning
Pure love
Baby it's pure love
Ninety-nine and 44-100 percent pure love.
Written by Eddie Rabbit
Sung by Ronnie Milsap
"Pure Love"
I can't stop loving you
so I've made up my mind
To live in memories
Of old lonesome times.
Don Gibson
"Can't Stop Loving You"
You never did agree with me
In reason or in rhyme
I'll go where I can get twice the lovin'
Baby in half the time.
Written by Floyd Huffman
Sung by Jean Shepard and Speedy West
"Twice the Lovin'''
When I get through with you, you'll love me, too.
(Not Sue).
When I get through with you, you'll love me, too.
Written by Harlan Howard
Sung by Patsy Cline
"When I Get Thru with You"
Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again.
John Denver
"Annie's Song"
Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died.
Willie Nelson
"You Are Always on My Mind"
I love you because you understand, dear
Every single thing I try to do
You're always there to lend a helping hand, dear.
I love you most of all because you're you.
Leon Payne
"I Love You Because"
Well Shug, I took one look at you and it almost drove me mad
and then I even went and lost the little sense I had
Now I can't tell the day from night, I'm crazy as a loon
You've got me chasing rabbits, pulling out my hair and howling at the moon.
Hank Williams Sr.
"Howlin' at the Moon"
If you're lovin' me, like I'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love
If you're happy with me, like I'm happy with you
Oh, Cupid just gave us a shove
If you're thinking of me like I'm thinking of you
Then I know what you're thinking of
If you're thinking of me like I'm thinking of you
Baby, we're really in love.
Hank Williams Sr.
"Baby, We're Really in Love"
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
Then listen to how this song ends
I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever, forever and ever. Amen.
Randy Travis
"Forever and Ever"
Compiled by staff writer Madelyn Rosenberg, with thanks to Bob Smith of radio station WKEX-AM (1430) for his help.
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