Pretty Paper Ricky Van Shelton

"Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Wrap your presents to your darling from you Pretty pencils to write I love you Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Crowded street, busy feet hustle by him

Oh Pretty Woman Ricky Van Shelton

"Pretty woman, walking down the street Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet Pretty woman, I don't believe you You're not the truth No one could look as good as you Mercy Pretty woman, won't

Country Christmas Ricky Van Shelton

Daddy play the organ and we'll all sing Silent Night We'll have a good old country Christmas alright A good old country Christmas that's what it's gonna be With all the family gathered round our pretty

After The Lights Go Out Ricky Van Shelton

The day break finally comes, I'm feeling better For the sun helps to dry the tears away And pretty soon now I'll get all my thoughts together In the busy and the worries of the day.

Crazy Over You Ricky Van Shelton

Well you turn your pretty head away I'm actin' like a fool And everybody in town knows I'm crazy over you [ guitar ] Everybody in town knows I'm crazy over you

From A Jack To A King Ricky Van Shelton

From a jack to a king of loneliness to a wedding ring I've played an ace and I won the queen I walked away with your heart From a jack to a king With no regrets I stacked, I stacked the cards, I st...

Wear My Ring Around Your Neck Ricky Van Shelton

Won't you wear my ring around your neck To tell the world I'm yours, by heck Let them see your love for me And let them see by the ring around your neck Won't you wear my ring around your neck To ...

Wear My Ring Around Your Ricky Van Shelton

Won't you wear my ring around your neck To tell the world I'm yours, by heck Let them see your love for me And let them see by the ring around your neck Won't you wear my ring around your neck To ...

Statue Of A Fool Ricky Van Shelton

Somewhere there should be For all the world to see, A statue of a fool, made of stone. The image of a man, Who let love Slip through his hands. And then just let him stand there all alone. And ther...

Somebody Lied Ricky Van Shelton

You heard what?Well it ain't trueI was here most all last nightI got over you the day you leftCould it be somebody liedThey said what?That I was cryin'?I haven't shed a tear in yearsThat I spoke yo...

Swimming Upstream Ricky Van Shelton

God bless my daddy, I learned so much from himHe taught me at an early age I had to sink or swimHe said, "Boy, that old river of life can wash away your dreamsBut you gotta keep right on kicking an...

Let Me Live With Love (And Die With You) Ricky Van Shelton

Honey, sit down, let me tell you what I'm thinkingA story I remember as a kidAbout a man who tried to tell his wife he loved herAnd the strong and simple heart felt way he didHe said, I thank the L...

Hole In My Pocket (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

I got a hole in my pocket and I can't go to the fairI got a hole in my pocket and I can't go to the fairI'm blue cause I can't meet my baby thereWell I don't show up what will my baby doWell I don'...

The Picture Ricky Van Shelton

You say your man is everythin' you ever dreamed ofHe's everythin' that you wanted me to beAnd from lookin' at this photographI can see without a doubtOh, you have the perfect familyAll that was I s...

Somebody's Back In Town Ricky Van Shelton

I just heard the saddest news somebody's back in townAnd I know just what he's gonna doHe'll pick up what he left off his last time aroundOh how it hurts to keep on losin' youSomebody's back in tow...

Don't Send Me No Angels (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

"When the storm clouds gather and I'm losing my wayShe stands right beside me she lights up my dayShe's the one thing I've found right in a world that's gone wrongShe's the words and music to the w...

He's Got You Ricky Van Shelton

"I've got your picture that you gave to meAnd it's signed With Love just like it used to beOh the only thing different the only thing newI've got this picture he's with youI've got the records we u...

You Would Do The Same For Me Ricky Van Shelton

Please, there's no need for any thank you'sFor loving you so faithfullyFrom the moment that we metSomething in me said that you would do the same for meWhen we walked down the aisle of the chapelAn...

I'm Starting Over Ricky Van Shelton

"I know you're surprised to see me here tonightBut I've done some thinking todayI was wrong to me but that's what it took to seeJust what I was throwing awayI'm starting over right here and nowIf y...

Love Is Burnin' Ricky Van Shelton

Well, the morning that I met you baby, I could feel the heatMy blood started fallin' from my head down to my feetYou started a fire way deep down in my soul, baby in my soulNow, this love is burnin...

I Still Love You Ricky Van Shelton

You've got me callin' on the phone. You've got me cryin' all night long. But baby, I love you. Baby, yes I love you. Heard people sayin' lots of things, 'Bout how you sold your wedding ring. But ba...

Sweet Memories Ricky Van Shelton

Sweet memoriesSweet memoriesMy world is like a river, as dark as it is deepNight after night, the past slips in and gathers all my sleepMy days are just an endless stream of emptiness to meFilled o...

I'll Be Home For Christmas Ricky Van Shelton

"I'll be home for Christmas You can count on me Please have snow and mistletoe And presents under the tree. Christmas Eve will find me Where the love light gleams I'll be home for Christmas If onl...

White Christmas Ricky Van Shelton

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With e...

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Ricky Van Shelton

I just came back from a lovely trip along the Milky WayStopped off at the North Pole to spend a holidayI called on dear old Santa ClausTo see what I could seeHe took me to his workshop And told his...

Silver Bells Ricky Van Shelton

"City sidewalks busy sidewalks . Dressed in holiday style In the air There's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing People passing Meeting smile after smile And on ev'ry street corner you'll hear...

Silent Night Ricky Van Shelton

"Silent night! holy night! All is calm all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace! Silent night! holy night! Shepherds quake at the sigh...

Please Come Home for Christmas Ricky Van Shelton

"Bells will be ringing The glad, glad news Oh, what a Christmas To have the blues My baby's gone I have no friends To wish me greetings Once again Choirs will be singing 'Silent night' Christmas c...

Christmas Long Ago Ricky Van Shelton

"Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, Jingle! I remember a Christmas long ago, I remember hanging mistletoe, I re...

I Am A Simple Man (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

"I don't know why you wanna start with me I ain't done nothin' far as I can see And I'm warn out from working too hard Why don't you give me a break I know that lately things ain't been so good I'...

Oh Heart Of Mine Ricky Van Shelton

Heart of mine... heart of mineWhatcha gonna do with your lonely self this timeWell you went and did it this timeWhen you heard temptation callShame won't let you walk backAnd pride won't let you cr...

Some Things Are Better Left Alone Ricky Van Shelton

"Everytime I stir the ashes That ol' fire begins to burn When I wake those sleepin' memories Those ol' feelin's still return Oh I shouldn't think about you But my heart keeps hangin' on I love to ...

Who'll Turn Out The Lights (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

"I wonder who'll turn out the lights In your world tonight Whose shoulder will your head Be resting on? Do your hungry arms reach For a man you feel you need Will that need still be there when he'...

A Bridge I Didn't Burn Ricky Van Shelton

Can feel the need and know it won't be long Until I give into rising weakness and I pick up the phoneI always head in her direction when there's no place else to turn ...

Where Was I Ricky Van Shelton

Well I think I get the message I'm not deaf and I'm not blindBut the signals that I'm getting have caught me by surpriseIt seems that you've decided to just get up and goBut if the reasons here are...

Family Bible Ricky Van Shelton

"There's a fam'ly bible on the table Each page is torn and hard to read But the fam'ly bible on the table Will ever be my key to memories. At the close of day when work was over And when the evenin...

I Shall Not Be Moved Ricky Van Shelton

Well Lordy I shall not be, I shall not be movedI shall not be, I shall not be movedJust like a tree that's growin' in the meadow (down by the water)I shall not be movedI'm on my way to glory land a...

Mansion Over The Hilltop Ricky Van Shelton

I'm satisfied with just a cottage belowA little silver and a little goldBut in that city where the ransomed will shineI want a gold one that's silver linedI've got a mansion just over the hilltopIn...

The Old Rugged Cross Ricky Van Shelton

(George Bennard)On a hill far away stood an old rugged crossThe emblem of suffering and shameAnd I love that old cross where the dearest and bestFor a world of lost sinners was slain.Chorus:So I'll...

Just As I Am (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

"I was lost and aimlessly searching Lord knows I was one lonely man Then you came along like that old gospel song You took me just as I am Just as I am was about to lose hope Just as I come to the...

Wild Man Ricky Van Shelton

Running down the roadSame ole same oleI know it so wellI think I could drive it blindSteady as a wallBut underneath it allI'm gonna blow this roof offOne of these nights[Chorus]But I can't deny tha...

Somebody Lied (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

You heard what?Well it ain't trueI was here most all last nightI got over you the day you leftCould it be somebody liedThey said what?That I was cryin'?I haven't shed a tear in yearsThat I spoke yo...

I've Cried My Last Tear For You (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

When you left me lonely hereI thought that I would drown in tearsAs one was wiped awayAnother one would take it's placeDrop by drop as time went byI slowly ran that river dryUntil I finally realize...

I'll Leave This World Loving You Ricky Van Shelton

Walk away leave with my blessingOnce in awhile, let me hear from youIf we never meet again, before my life is overI'll leave this world loving youYou can take every thing but my memoriesFor they're...

Statue Of A Fool (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

Somewhere there should beFor all the world to seeA statue of a foolMade of stoneThe image of a manWho let loveSlip through his handsAnd then Just let him stand thereAll aloneAnd they're on his face...

I Am A Simple Man Ricky Van Shelton

"I don't know why you wanna start with me I ain't done nothin' far as I can see And I'm warn out from working too hard Why don't you give me a break I know that lately things ain't been so good I'...

Life Turned Her That Way (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

If she seems cold and bitterThen I beg of youJust stop and considerAll she's gone throughDon't be quick to condemn herFor things she might sayJust rememberLife turned her that way(Chorus)She's been...

Keep It Between The Lines (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

He was sitting beside me In the passenger seatAs I looked through the windshieldAt the quiet little streetHe was smiling so proudAs he gave me the keyBut inside, I knew He was as nervous as meI sai...

Rockin' Years Ricky Van Shelton

I'll do everything i can to make you proud to be my manAnd I'll fullfill all your fantasiesI guess we're promising alot, but for now it's all we've gotAnd i'll stand by you through our rockin years...

From A Jack To A King (Album Version) Ricky Van Shelton

"From a jack to a king From loneliness to a wedding ring I played an ace and I won a queen And walked away with your heart From a jack to a king With no regrets I stacked the cards last night And ...