It’s Christmas time I see the lines of people everywhere
Trying to pick out the gifts that show how much they care.
It makes me wish that I could see my friends on Christmas day,
And fill my list with lots of gifts, but I can only say

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Here comes a Merry Christmas Strait to you.
I hope it cheers you up when you are down and feeling blue.
Right or wrong, I’ll sing my song and you will know just who
Sends a Merry Christmas Strait to you.

There’s lots of ways to share the days of Christmas with your friends
A Christmas card, a tree to star, the gifts that make you grin.
I’d like to share this song with everyone who came our way.
Without a doubt the fire’s not out, it burns for you today.

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So here’s a Merry Christmas Strait to you.
I hope it cheers you up when you are down and feeling blue.
You’ve been so kind, you’ve crossed my mind
And nothing less will do.
Here’s a Merry Christmas Strait to you.

Here comes a Merry Christmas, and to all who might have missed us
A very Merry Christmas Strait to you.

Well I woke up this mornin', looked outdoors
I can tell my milk cow, I can tell by the way she lows
If you see my milk cow, please drive her on home
'Cause I ain't had no milk and butter since that cows been gone

Well you gotta treat me right honey day by day
Get out your little prayer book, get down upon your knees and pray
'Cause you're gonna need me, you're gonna need my help someday
Lord you're gonna be sorry, oh, you treated me this a way
Aw, now take it away boys

Sail on, sail on, sail on little gal, sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on little gal, sail on
You're gonna keep right on sailing till you lose your happy home
Well good evening, don't that sun look good going down
I said well good evening, don't that sun look good going down
Don't that ol' army cot look lonely when your lover ain't no place around

Well I tried everything baby to get along with you
Now I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna stop my crying, gonna leave you alone
And if you don't think I'm leavin' big momma
Just count the days I'm gone
You ain't gonna see me, you ain't gonna see my sweet face no more
Lord you gonna be wondering honey where in this world I've gone
Milk Cow Blues

Nobody saw him running from sixteenth avenue.
They never found the fingerprint or the weapon that was used.
But someone killed country music, cut out its heart and soul.
They got away with murder down on music row.

The almighty dollar and the lust for worldwide fame
Slowly killed tradition and for that someone should hang (oh, you tell them Alan).
They all say not guilty, but the evidence will show
That murder was committed down on music row.

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For the steel guitars no longer cry and fiddles barely play,
But drums and rock ‘n roll guitars are mixed up in your face.
Old Hank wouldn’t have a chance on today’s radio
Since they committed murder down on music row.

They thought no one would miss it, once it was dead and gone
They said no one would buy them old drinking and cheating songs (I’ll still buy ‘em)
Well there ain’t no justice in it and the hard facts are cold
Murder’s been committed down on music row.

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Oh, the steel guitars no longer cry and you can’t hear fiddles play
With drums and rock ‘n roll guitars mixed right up in your face
Why, the Hag, he wouldn’t have a chance on today’s radio
Since they committed murder down on music row
Why, they even tell the Possum to pack up and go back home
There’s been an awful murder down on music row.

Well honey don’t you worry I don’t need no barroom queens.
Well I admit she sure knows how to fill a pair of jeans.
And I’ll admit now darling she sure is showing me her stuff,
But honey it ain’t nearly enough.

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‘Cause I ain’t never seen her patch a pair of ragged britches,
Stretch a paycheck till it reaches, scratch my back right where it itches.
And I ain’t never seen that and honey till I do
My heart won’t wander very far from you.

Now honey you know I honor all the hard times we’ve been through.
I never could’ve made it with anyone but you.
And I think I know when a lady is really really tough,
But she don’t show me nearly enough.

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‘Cause I ain’t never seen her stay up all night with a baby,
Calm me down when I get crazy, fix me grits and red-hot gravy.
I ain’t never seen that and honey till I do
My heart won’t wander very far from you.

No I ain’t never seen her make a six- room house a castle,
Teach the young one how to wrestle, straighten out my fishing tackle.
And I ain’t never seen that and honey till I do my heart won’t wander very far from you.

I’m glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day.
I could just as easily have let you get away.
In that crowded airport far from my hometown,
If I had lost my courage then you wouldn’t be around; I’m glad I had the nerve.

And I’m glad he had the nerve to get down on his knees
And say “I bought this ring for you, won’t you wear it please”
My daddy sure touched something in my momma’s heart somehow
If he hadn’t, I sure wouldn’t be here with you now; I’m glad he had the nerve

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Or I never would have lived like this
Or learned like this, or laughed like this, or loved like this.

I’m glad he had the nerve to sail across the sea
My great granddaddy’s great-grandpa, in 1833.
He met an Indian maiden, in the Smoky Mountain mist
If they hadn’t crossed that line I would not exist; I’m glad they had the nerve.

I’m glad He had the nerve, while staring into space
To give this universe a time and a place.
With one tiny atom, or an Adam and an Eve
However you look at it, whatever you believe;  I’m glad He had the nerve

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Thank God, he had the nerve; and I’m glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day

I don't mind the thought of growing old
But I don't want to lose my sense of humor
I'm okay as long as I can laugh
I don't care if everything goes wrong
Even if it's only for awhile
I'm alright if I can see you smile
You're an old-fashioned girl, at home in the modern world
The night's just right for love

If somewhere down the line the wheels come off
You may find me broke down by the highway
I'm alright as long as I can walk
If it comes to pass I'm losing touch
As long as I can feel you close to me
I know I'm where I'm supposed to be
You're an old-fashioned girl, at home in the modern world
The night's just right for love

Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I'm not
Maybe this moment is all we have got

I don't think that I'm afraid to die
Still in all I'd rather live forever
See a million full moons rising in the sky
Morning sunlight shining in your eyes
You're an old-fashioned girl, at home in the modern world
The night's just right for love
The night's just right for love

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Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.
Oh no one else could take her place in my life.
Ooh we had something good, so tell me why she would go and make me cry?
Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.

I remember how she’d hold me
And say she’d stay forever true.
Back then the future looked so rosy,
But tonight it’s looking mighty blue.

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Don’t know what I didn’t give her
That she gets from someone new.
I only know how much I miss her,
And wish my heart was only broke in two.

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Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.
Oh no one else could take her place in my life.
Ooh we had something good, so tell me why she would
Go and make me cry?  Oh me oh my.
Why did she go and make me cry?  Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.

I couldn’t help but overhear your conversation
When you told her that you owned her heart and soul
You say you’ve got her wrapped around your finger
But there’s somethin’ about angels you should know

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She’ll walk away one step at a time
It’ll take you by surprise
You’ll think it happened over night
It’ll be too late when you realize angels don’t fly
They just walk away one step at a time

Don’t think that I’m tryin’ to mind your business
It’s a full time job just tryin’ to mind mine
But I once had an angel just like her
And if I’d treated her right she’d still be by my side.

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It’ll be too late when you realize angels don’t fly
They just walk away one step at a time.

Lady I know your out there somewhere
Like me your feeling lost
Maybe right now we both need each other
But our paths may never cross

People like us never find each other
Love is our greatest loss
Baby I know you are out there some where
But our paths may never cross

We’re to people that should be together
‘Cause we’re lonely at the very same time
But there’s a million too many good reasons
Why your love can never be mine

Maybe this song was written for you
Listen, don’t turn it off
I wish you could learn it and come sing it with me
But our paths may never cross

I wish you could learn it and come sing it with me
But our paths may never cross

Her hair is red and her eyes are green, she’s soft and tender, but she can be mean.
She knows what it takes to keep me right on track,
And when it comes to loving she don’t hold nothin’ back.

When she loves me she’s nearly outta control
When she love, loves me it comes from deep in her soul
When she loves me I know she’s all mine
When my baby loves me she lays it all on the line.

Out honky tonkin’ where the lights are down low
She always asks the man to play something real slow
When we get home I know she’ll take up the slack
Cause when it comes to loving she don’t hold nothin’ back.

When she loves me it’s the things that she says
When she loves me she’s way out on the edge
When she loves me I lose track of time, when my baby loves me she lays it all on the line.

My baby taught me something everybody should learn
When you’re playing with fire it’s alright to get burned
It really don’t matter if you lose or you win - the only way to do it is get out on that limb.

When she loves me she’s nearly outta control
When she love, loves me it comes from deep in her soul
When she loves me I know she’s all mine
When my baby loves me she lays it all on the line.
When my baby loves me she lays it all on the line.

Many times temptation grows so strong
And makes someone go blind to what is wrong.
We’ll stop now while there’s still the strength to see.
Turn your eyes and run away from me.

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Stay out of my arms, take my advice.
It’s easy to break the same heart twice.
Let’s stop the hurt before it starts.
Don’t follow me, stay out of my arms.

I’m sure you’ll find someone to have and hold
And keep the promises that you were told.
I’d only lead you on and let you down,
And hurt you when good memories can’t be found.

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Don’t follow me, stay out of my arms.

Picture a fella with his boots shined up
A new coat of clean on his pick-up truck.
Ringin’ your doorbell, thinkin’ ‘bout love.
Hey honey that’s me.

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That’s me with a capital “M”, that’s me ten times ten
I ain’t worked up my courage yet, but that’s me every chance I get.

Picture a fella at a picture show,
His arm around you in the very last row
Stealin’ a kiss as the credits roll.
Yeah honey that’s me.

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I never dealt with such a big deal
How to tell you how I feel
I’d be your fella in nothin’ flat
Honey just picture that.

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That’s me every chance I get,
Honey that’s me every chance I get.

Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
We said good bye on a cold dark night
I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot

Some people leave and never come back
Some stay in touch, some loose track
Your mind kept sayin' come on let's go
You started learnin' what you don't need to know

Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
I'll wait for you in the cold dark night
You might come back, you had to go
Where the sidewalk ends I'll never know

Hide from the future run from the past
I guess I'll stay here as long as I can last
Whistle still blowin' but the train is gone
Ain't no wheels gonna take me from my home

Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
We said good bye on a cold dark night
I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot

I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot
Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
We said good bye on a cold dark night
I'm not afraid to go you bet I'm not
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot
Where the sidewalk ends you left a lot

Sleighbells ring, are you listening?
In the land snow is glistening.
A beautiful sight, we’re happy tonight,
Walking in the winter wonderland.

Gone away is the blue bird.
Here to stay is the new bird.
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in the winter wonderland.

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In the meadow we can build a snowman.
We’ll pretend that he is Parson Brown.
He’ll say, “Are you married?”  We’ll say, “No man.
But you can do the job when you’re in town.”

Later on we’ll conspire as we dream by the fire.
We’ll face unafraid the plans that we made
Walking in the winter wonderland.

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You said she asked if you knew where she could get some old boxes
‘Cause she was going to pack up everything she owned
Where the closest U-Haul place is and what the cost was
This time tomorrow she’ll be gone

She says she knows of a place to sell her ring for a good price
That and what she saved will get her by
If she can find a job in that little town that she’s headed to
To start over with her life

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Without me around
Taking up her time and tying her down
Without me in the way
She’ll be free to enjoy the freedom
You say she’s found without me around

Said she didn’t know what she was getting into
When we got married
But she knows damn well what she’s getting out of
Said she’s had enough of a man who’s never there
When she needs him
She’ll be better off in the long run

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What she found without me around

I’d been workin’ at forgettin’ since you said goodbye,
Lookin’ for some good times, the best money can buy.
But it’s a bad investment, there’s no long term dividends.
You can’t buy happiness or heal a heart theat just won’t mend.

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I never thought that I’d be missin’ you this way.
I should’ve paid you more attention, but now it’s too late.
You can buy a night out on the town, you can buy a loveboat cruise,
But you can’t buy your way out of the blues.

No you can’t buy your way out of the blues.
You can spend your fool self silly, but your money’s all you lose.
Loveluck just can’t be bought and paid for and that’s the truth.
No you can’t buy your way out of the blues.

My pocketbook is empty, but I’m still feelin’ bad.
I might as well admit it- you’re the last good time I had.
It’s been a high- priced lesson, I can’t justify the cost.
I tried buying off your memory, but it’s all in vain because

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Love luck just can’t be bought and paid for and that’s the truth.
No you can’t buy your way out of the blues.

I feel the same way that I always have.
You still get to me, like you used to do.
I can’t complain dear you make my life complete.
After all this time honey it’s still true.
I want to thank you over and over.
I’m gonna love you through and through.
If you changed dear, you just got better.
You still get to me, like you used to do.

When I’m down dear, there’s no way I can hide.
You still get to me, like you used to do.
And if I feel blue, your love is like a light
That you shine for me just to see me through.
I’m here to tell you over and over I just love you ‘cause you’re you.
If you changed dear, you just got better.
You still get to me, like you used to do.

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You’re right, I’m wrong, I’m here, you’re gone.
Now I’m the one to blame that our love’s at an end.

I lied, you cried, I died inside.
Now I’ll do anything to get you back again.
Step by step, night after night
I walk the floor until morning light.
Your leaving words still haunt my mind
‘Cause I’m the fool who made you say goodbye.

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Day by day, time after time
I did not see the warning signs.
Now my beating heart keeps telling me
It hurts to know that I caused you to leave.

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Yes I’ll do anything to get you back again.

If you are sincere when you say you don’t care that we should just let the past be,
If the love that we knew don’t bother you, darlin’ you’re stronger than me.

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And if still loving you means I’m weak, then I’m weak,
And I still fall apart when you speak or we meet.
If the love that we knew don’t bother you, darlin’ you’re stronger than me.

If you can have fun with some other one with no thought of what used to be,
If it’s easy to say that it’s better this way, darlin’ you’re stronger than me.

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Darlin’ you’re stronger than me.