NSAI Songwriter Achievement Awards - 2004
Presented in November 2004

SONG OF THE YEAR
"Live Like You Were Dying"
By Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Scotty Emerick

SONGWRITER/ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Toby Keith


THE 10 "SONGS I WISH I'D WRITTEN"

"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"

Written By: Jim Brown, Don Rollins
Artist: Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

"Letters From Home"
Written By: Tony Lane, David Lee
Artist: John Michael Montgomery

"Live Like You Were Dying"
Written By: Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman
Artist: Tim McGraw

"Long Black Train"
Written By: Josh Turner
Artist: Josh Turner

"Paint Me A Birmingham"
Written By: Gary Duffey, Buck Moore
Artist: Tracy Lawrence (and also Ken Mellons)

"Redneck Woman"
Written By: John Rich, Gretchen Wilson
Artist: Gretchen Wilson

"There Goes My Life"
Written By: Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher
Artist: Kenny Chesney

"What Was I Thinkin'"
Written By: Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Deric Ruttan
Artist: Dierks Bentley

"Whiskey Lullaby"
Written By: Bill Anderson, Jon Randall
Artist: Brad Paisley & Alison Kraus

"You'll Think Of Me"
Written By: Darrell Brown, Ty Lacy, Dennis Matkosky
Artist: Keith Urban