Country music songs from David Dykes

With an interest in country songs here is a list of the top 40. 

1. "My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him" 2. "I Still Miss You, Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better"

3. "If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out Of Jail By Now" 4. "I'd Rather Pass a Kidney Stone than Another Night With You"

5. "My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart" and getting the prize for the longest title:

6. "I Went Back to My Fourth Wife for the Third Time and Gave Her a Second Chance to Make a First Class Fool Out of Me."

1. Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)

2. I Bought the Shoes that Just Walked Out on Me

3. Meet Me In the Gravel Pit, Honey, cuz I'm a Little Boulder There

4. I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Almost Like Havin' You Here

5. You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too

6. If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead?

7. They May Put Me in Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin' Out

"Her Teeth Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure;" 

I Wouldn't Take Her to a Dawg Fight, 'Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win." 

"I'm Drinkin' Christmas Dinner Alone This Year;" 

The Pint Of No Return;" 

Warm Beer and Cold Kisses;" "

I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me Than a Frontal Lobotomy;"

I'm Just a Bug on the Windshield Of Life; If You Don't Leave Me Alone, I'll Go and Find Someone Else Who Will; 

You're the Reason Our Kids are so Ugly; You're the Hangnail in My Life, And I Can't Bite You Off. 

Tennis Must be Your Racket 'Cause Love Means Nothin' to You. 

Hank Williams wrote 66 songs, and most of them were heart-rending tunes like "Cold, Cold Heart" and "I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry."

OUTLINES By David Dykes 
1. A CHEATIN' HEART–YOU'RE BORN WITH ONE!
"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" Jeremiah 17:9
2. A CALLUSED HEART–GUARD AGAINST IT!
"Today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." Psalm 95:8
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." I John 1:8
3. A CLEAN HEART–ONLY JESUS CAN DO IT!
(1) Jesus died to give you a new heart
"I will cleanse you from all your impurities...I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you."
Ezekiel 36:25-26
(2) Jesus lives to make your heart His home
"...so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith." Ephesians 3:17

. YOU CAN BE LONESOME–EVEN IN A CROWD
Loneliness is caused by
(1) A mobilized culture
(2) A depersonalized culture
2. YOU CAN BE ALONE–AND NOT BE LONELY
(1) Solitude is not loneliness
(2) God's presence is real and personal
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me." Psalm 23:4
3. YOU CAN CONQUER LONELINESS–BY REACHING OUT TO OTHERS
"A man who has friends must himself be friendly. And there is a friend who sticks closer than a
brother." Proverbs 18:24

1. THE CERTAINTY OF DEATH
ADMIT IT: "I'M GOING TO DIE*...AND SOON!"
*I Corinthians 15:51
"What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." James 4:14
2. THE REALITY OF JUDGEMENT
ADMIT IT: "I'M GOING TO STAND BEFORE GOD!"
(1) For Believers: Reward and rejoicing II Corinthians 5:10
(2) For unbelievers: Lake of fire and death Revelation 20:11-15
3. THE POSSIBILITY OF SALVATION
CONFESS IT: "IN CHRIST, I WILL GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE!"
Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, event though he dies." John 11:25
"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Phil 1

STAGE ONE: WANDERING IN DARKNESS (v. 9-11)
(1) You can be religious and lost! (2) You can be zealous and wrong!
STAGE TWO: SEEING GOD'S LIGHT (v. 12-14)
1. God's character is expressed as light
"You are resplendent with light...He wraps himself in light as with a garment...Who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light..." Psalm 76:4; 104:2; I Timothy 6:16
2. God's spotlight is Jesus
Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will
have the light of life." John 8:12
STAGE THREE: OBEYING GOD'S VOICE (v. 14-16)
(1) Seeing the light is not the same as following the light
(2) Knowing about Jesus is not the same as knowing Jesus
STAGE FOUR: SHARING GOD'S LIGHT (v. 16-18)
Two infallible proofs that you're in the light:
(1) A changed life (I John 1:5-7)
(2) A concern for others in darkness (I John 2:10-11)
"Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16