Pam Tillis

FIVE MINUTES
WRITER BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN

You look so disbelieving at my suitcase by the door
My taxi's on its way I can't take it anymore
Lately you've forgotten what loving me's about
Well now you've got five minutes to figure it out
You've got five minutes to tell me what I've needed to hear
You've got five minutes to show me that you're really sincere
That's not much time to change my mind it'll take a miracle no doubt
And you've got five minutes to figure it out
Now I've got your attention here's what I've got to say
You'd better do some talking cause my taxi's on its way
We used to set the nights on fire now everyday's the same
But now you've got five minutes to kindle the flame
You've got five minutes...
You can start with please don't leave me and end with I love you
And if you'd only kiss me the way you used to do you could see a miracle come true
You've got five minutes...
You've still got five minutes to figure it out

I WISH SHE WOULDN'T TREAT YOU THAT WAY
WRITERS WALTER IGLEHART, KEVIN WELCH

The way she treats you
Is a dog gone crime
I just get blue about it all the time
Drives me crazy
how she walks that line
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
I ain't sayin' that she's bad to you
She does every little thing a lover should do
Any fool could see that her love is true
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
She ain't the only one
Who loves you dear
She ain't the only one
Who needs you near
How am I ever goin' to have my day
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
See you walkin' with her
Hand in hand
By the look on your face
You're a happy man
She's ruinin' all of my best laid plans
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
She ain't the only one
Who loves you dear
She ain't the only one
Who needs you near
How am I ever goin' to have my day
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby
I wish she wouldn't treat you that way

Lookin' at you through a misty moonlight
Katydid sing like a symphony
Porch swing swayin' like a Tennessee lullaby
Melody blowing through the willow tree

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What was I supposed to do
Standing there lookin' at you
A lonely boy far from home

Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was Southern summer nights
Maybe it was you maybe it was me
But it sure felt right

Read about you in a Faulkner novel
Met you once in a Williams play
Heard about you in a country love song
Summer night beauty took my breath away

Chorus

Every night now since I've been back home
I lie awake drifting in my memory
I think about you on your momma's front porch swing
Talking that way so soft to me

Chorus

Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was Southern summer nights
Maybe it was Memphis
Maybe it was Southern summer nights

Chorus

There's no mistakin' what's takin' place here
I can't pretend anymore
You know that I love you, but it's not enough to
Keep you away from that door
Now it's too late to wonder, what's left to be tried
Your mind is made up, and my hands are tied

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It's just one of those things that I can't do nothing about
Your love is something that I'm going to have
To learn to live without
I could beg, I could plead, and get down on my knees
But I think I finally figured it out
It's just one of those things I can't do nothing about
So bring on the tears, and bring on the heartaches
Let me get on with my pain
If this is goodbye then let's get it over
There's nothing left to explain
Now God knows I've tried, I've tried for so long
What's left of my heart will have to be strong

Chorus

Well it's all I can stand, but it's out of my hands
Your leaving is leaving more room for doubt
It's just one of those things, I can't do nothing about

Sunlight is gone, a wind stirs the willow
Whippoorwills call from high on the hill
Deep shadows fall as I wait for you by the window
Soon you'll be here, drawing me near to you again

These Tennessee nights roll on like a river
So gentle and slow with you by my side
These Tennessee nights will go on forever
‘Cause here in my heart you'll always be mine

I hear the wind whisper low through the hollow
Calling my name the way you did then
I close my eyes and I lay my head on the pillow
Soon you'll be here in peaceful dreams with me again

These Tennessee nights roll on like a river
So gentle and slow with you by my side
These Tennessee nights will go on forever
‘Cause here in my heart you'll always be mine
Here in my heart you'll always be mine

THERE GOES MY LOVE
WRITER BUCK OWENS

There goes the guy I used to know there goes the guy that I love so
There goes the arms that used to hold me tight
There goes the reason that I sigh there goes the reason that I cry
There goes the lips I used to kiss goodnight there goes my love
Well you're the first love of my life and you might be my last
I don't want to be just another memory in your past
There goes the guy
I've got a feelin' for you yet that's with my night and day
Just because we're far apart don't make it go away
There goes the guy I used to know there goes the guy that I love so
There goes the arms that used to hold me tight
There goes the reason that I sigh there goes the reason that I cry
There goes the lips I used to kiss goodnight there goes my love

THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU
WRITER ALAN O'BRYANT

Chorus:
Those memories of you still haunt me
Every night when I lay down
I'll always love you my little darling
Until the day they lay me down

In dreams of you my body trembles
I wake up and call your name
But you're not there, and I'm so lonesome
Without your love I'd go insane

Repeat Chorus

I close my eyes and you're there with me
Your kiss I feel, your face I see
It's not your lips now that drive me crazy
It's just your haunting memory

Repeat Chorus

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Until the day they lay me down

Written by Marty Stuart and Pam Tillis

As the fireflies buzzed around him
Like so many dancing stars
God told all the angels
From Jupiter to Mars
There's a basket in the river
Bearing something dear to me
Embarking on a journey
To fulfill his destiny

A pretty maiden on the banks
Stood with open arms
God put it in her heart
To keep that baby safe from harm
She said "don't matter where you come from
Now you belong to me"
She was wise enough to know
It was simply meant to be

God was there when the firefly lied
At the angel's side
And the maiden's heart
As she played her part
As she scooped him up
Headed into town
That's the way it all went down
On the way to Holy Ground
Milk and honey bound

One night that little prince was tossed
Into a stormy prophet's dream
And it took a while for him to understand
What he had seen
When that boy became a man
Those dreams they did transpire
He wandered into the desert
Where he talked to a bush of fire

And a voice said
"I'll be there, I'll be there
I'll be there with you
Deliver my people out of Pharaoh's chains
And I will see you through"

God was there in the prophet's dream
And the sparkled stream
That flowed from the rock
In the burning bush
On the mountain top
All across that desert sand
Fingerprints of the master's hand
He cried out "Pharaoh
I'm headin' back to town"
That's the way it all went down
Milk and honey bound

Yeah, I've come to lead my people out
Milk and honey bound
I've come to lead my people out
I've come to lead my people out
Milk and honey
Milk and honey