Jim Reeves [보컬,기타]

Welcome to my world.
Welcome to my world
Won't you come on in
Miracles I guess
Still happen now and then
Step into my heart
Leave your cares behind
Welcome to my world
Built with you in mind
Knock and the door will open
Seek and you will find
Ask and you will be given
The key to this world of mine
I'll be waiting here
With my arms unfurled
Waiting just for you
Welcome to my world

Album: Twelve Songs of Christmas

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.
Sleep in heavenly peace.

(Silent night, holy night,)
(Shepherds quake at the sight,)
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;
Christ the Savior, is born!
Christ the Savior, is born!

Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth...

Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name

Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting
But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating
So here where you left me I'll stay

One night with you is like heaven
And so while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door.

Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name

Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting
But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating
So here where you left me I'll stay

One night with you is like heaven
And so while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door.

Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name

Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting
But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating
So here where you left me I'll stay

One night with you is like heaven
And so while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door.

Put your sweet lips a little closer
to the phone
당신의 달콤한 입술을
전화기에 좀더 가까이 대어보세요
Let's pretend that we're together all alone
우리 단둘이만 있다고 생각해봐요
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox
way down low
난 종업원에게 주크박스를
부드럽고 잔잔하게 틀어 달라고 할께요
And you can tell your friend there
with you he'll have to go
당신도 함께 있는 남자에게 얘기할 수 있겠죠.
이제 그만 가 달라고

Whisper to me,tell me
내게 속삭여보세요,내게 말해주세요
Do you love me true
당신은 진정 나를 사랑하나요?
Or is he holding you the way I do?
아니면 그 남자친구도
나처럼 당신을 놓아주지 않나요?

Thought love is blind,
make up your mind.
사랑은 맹목적인 것이라 하지만,
당신도 마음을 정하세요
I've got to know
난 알아야 되겠어요
Should I hang up
내가 전화를 끊어야 하는 겁니까 아니면
Or will you tell him he'll have to go
당신이 그에게 가 달라고 얘기할 겁니까?

You can't say the words I want to hear
while you're with another man
당신이 다른 남자와 함께 있으면서
내가 듣고 싶어하는 말을 해 줄 수는 없겠지요
Do you want me?
당신은 저를 원하나요?
Answer yes or no
예인지 아니오 인지 말해줘요
Darling,I will understand
내 사랑, 내가 다 이해할께요

Put your sweet lips a little closer
to the phone
당신의 달콤한 입술을
전화기에 좀더 가까이 대어보세요
Let's pretend that we're together all alone
우리 단둘이만 있다고 생각해봐요
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox
way down low
난 종업원에게 주크박스를
부드럽고 잔잔하게 틀어 달라고 할께요
And you can tell your friend there
with you he'll have to go
당신도 함께 있는 남자에게 얘기할 수 있겠죠.
이제 그만 가 달라고

Put your sweet lips a little closer
to the phone
당신의 달콤한 입술을
전화기에 좀더 가까이 대어보세요
Let's pretend that we're together all alone
우리 단둘이만 있다고 생각해봐요
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox
way down low
난 종업원에게 주크박스를
부드럽고 잔잔하게 틀어 달라고 할께요
And you can tell your friend there
with you he'll have to go
당신도 함께 있는 남자에게 얘기할 수 있겠죠.
이제 그만 가 달라고

Whisper to me,tell me
내게 속삭여보세요,내게 말해주세요
Do you love me true
당신은 진정 나를 사랑하나요?
Or is he holding you the way I do?
아니면 그 남자친구도
나처럼 당신을 놓아주지 않나요?

Thought love is blind,
make up your mind.
사랑은 맹목적인 것이라 하지만,
당신도 마음을 정하세요
I've got to know
난 알아야 되겠어요
Should I hang up
내가 전화를 끊어야 하는 겁니까 아니면
Or will you tell him he'll have to go
당신이 그에게 가 달라고 얘기할 겁니까?

You can't say the words I want to hear
while you're with another man
당신이 다른 남자와 함께 있으면서
내가 듣고 싶어하는 말을 해 줄 수는 없겠지요
Do you want me?
당신은 저를 원하나요?
Answer yes or no
예인지 아니오 인지 말해줘요
Darling,I will understand
내 사랑, 내가 다 이해할께요

Put your sweet lips a little closer
to the phone
당신의 달콤한 입술을
전화기에 좀더 가까이 대어보세요
Let's pretend that we're together all alone
우리 단둘이만 있다고 생각해봐요
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox
way down low
난 종업원에게 주크박스를
부드럽고 잔잔하게 틀어 달라고 할께요
And you can tell your friend there
with you he'll have to go
당신도 함께 있는 남자에게 얘기할 수 있겠죠.
이제 그만 가 달라고

I climb the stairs up to my room
But no one meets me in my gloom
The silence tells me she is gone
Just call me lonesome from now on.

Why must I love a heartless one
Who never know the harm she's done
Though love is blind I should have known
Just call me lonesome from now on.

--- Instrumental ---

These walls will hide me when I cry
And hope that heaven lets me die
What good is life when hope is gone
Just call me lonesome from now on.

I pray my memories at last
Will fade into the distant past
If I must live and love alone
Just call me lonesome from now on...

Tamagotchi oh yea

Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi
oh yea

[Chorus:]
Tamagotchi
my little Tama-Tamagotchi
I hold you and I love you baby
come on I take care of you
oh oh oh
Tamagotchi my little Tama-Tamagotchi
I need you and I squeeze you baby
I'll always be there for you

Tchoopapa...

[Chorus]

Everybody likes to party alright
Yes my Gotchi won't get sleep tonight
Come on baby I need you with me
Cust let it flow hey I can't let you go

Yea let's go crazy baby (crazy baby)
you and me all alone
oh baby come on get it (come on get it)
on and on and on

Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi
oh yea

[Chorus]

I like your karma Tamagotchi babe
I say Gotchi getcha yea I'm coming at you
you bring me joy oh you make me feel good
You never let me be misunderstood

Yeah let's go crazy baby crazy baby
You and me all alone
oh baby come and get it come and get it
on and on and on

Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi
oh yea

[Chorus]

Accordin' to my heart
You're the one for me
The one love of my life is here
When you're with me
If someone stole your love
My heart would beat no more
For you're the one
My heart is always longin' for.

Well I don't know the reason why
My dreams don't turn out right
But I'll keep listenin' to my heart
Who knows, someday they might
For accordin' to my heart
The future will be bright
And everyday I pray
That my heart knows what's right.

Accordin' to my heart
You're the one for me
The one love of my life is here
When you're with me
If someone stole your love
My heart would beat no more
For you're the one
My heart is always longin' for.

Though I don't know the reason why
My dreams don't turn out right
But I'll keep listenin' to my heart
Who knows, someday they might
For according to my heart
The future will be bright
And everyday I pray
That my heart knows what's right...

Am I losing you?
Are my fears coming true?
How I wish I knew,
Am I losing you?

Is your love really true?
Is there somebody new?
Tell me what to do.
Am I losing you?

Am I too blind to see
What's then happ'ning to me?
Ev'ry road has a bend.
Will I be sweetheart or friend?

Will the sweet things you do
Be for somebody new?
Tell me what to do.
Am I losing you?

Instrumental

Ev'ry road has a bend.
Will I be sweetheart or friend?

Will the sweet things you do
Be for somebody new?
Tell me what to do.
Am I losing you?

Back about eighteen hundred some
A Louisinan couple hade A redheaded son no name suited him the Jim Jack or Joe
They just called him Billy Bayou.
chourus
Billy BillyBayou watch where you go your walking on quicksand walk slow.
Billy,Billy Bayou what what you say A pretty girl will get you one of these days.

Bill was big for his size
red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
thirteen years form the day he was born
he fought the battle of the little big horn

repeat chourus

One sad day billy sed cried ho! ho!
I can whip the fathers of Geronmino
He got smart the cheif got mad
this nearly ended our louisiana lad

repeat chourus

one day in eighteen-sevenyeight
A pritty girl'll walked up to Bill's front
He did'ent know whether to stand or run
he wound up marred cose he did eather one

REPEAT CHOURUS

Pritty girl'll will get you one of these days

Bimbo, Bimbo, where ya gonna go-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, whatcha gonna do-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, does your mommy know
That you're goin' down the road to see a little girleo.

Bimbo is a little boy who's got a million friends,
And every time he passes by, they all invite him in.
He'll clap his hands and sing and dance, and talk his baby talk,
With a hole in his pants and his knees a-stickin' out,
he's just big enough to walk.

Bimbo, Bimbo, where ya gonna go-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, whatcha gonna do-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, does your mommy know
That you're goin' down the road to see a little girleo.

Bimbo's got two big blue eyes that light up like a star,
And the way to light them up is to buy him candy bars.
Crackerjacks and bubblegum will start his day off right,
All the girlies follow him just a-beggin' him for a bite.

Bimbo, Bimbo, candy on your face-e-o,
Bimbo, Bimbo, chewin' on your gum-e-o.
Bimbo, Bimbo, when you gonna grow
Everybody loves you, little baby Bimbo.

You never catch him sittin' still, he's just the rovin' kind,
Altho' he's just a little boy, he's got a grown-up mind.
He's always got a shaggy dog a-pullin' at his clothes,
And everybody calls to him as down the street he goes.

Bimbo, Bimbo, where ya gonna go-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, whatcha gonna do-e-o
Bimbo, Bimbo, does your mommy know
That you're goin' down the road to see a little girl-e-o

I hear the sound of distant drums
Far away, far away
And if they call for me to come
Then I must go and you must stay

So Mary marry me, let's not wait
Let's share all the time we can before it's too late
Love me now for now is all the time there may be
If you love me Mary, Mary marry me

I hear the sound of bugles blow
Far away, far away
And if they call, then I must go
Across the sea, so wild and grey.

So Mary marry me, let's not wait
For the distant drums might change our wedding date
And love me now, for now is all the time there may be
If you love me Mary, Mary marry me

Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name

Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting
But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating
So here where you left me I'll stay

One night with you is like heaven
And so while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door.

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Lets pretend we're together all alone
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go

Whisper to me tell me do you love me true
Or is he holding you the way I do
Though love is blind make up your mind I've got to know
Should I hang up or will you tell him he'll have to go

You cant say the words I want to hear
While you're with another man
Do you you want me answer yes or no
Darling I will understand

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Lets pretend that we're together all alone
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you
He'll have to go

HOME (Jim Reeves)
Written by Roger Miller

Well, I've been a traveler most of my life
Never took a home, never took a wife
Ran away young and decided to roam
Wanna see my mama and my daddy back home

CHORUS:
Home, where the river runs cold
The water tastes good, the winters ain't cold
Home, where the trees grow tall
The home fires burn, the whippoorwills call

I remember stories that my daddy used to tell
My eyes would get big, and his chest would swell
I could sit for hours and listen with glee
As he'd tell of how he lived when he's a boy like me

REPEAT CHORUS

Well, mama dear, mama do you still love your boy
After all my roamin' can I still bring you joy
Mom sent a letter, got it not long ago
She said "come home, I'm missin' you so

I guess I'm crazy for loving you
You tell me many ways that I won't do.
My heart keeps sayin' that I'm a fool
I guess I'm crazy for loving you.

I don't dare let you go it's unfair this I know
I don't care if it's so, it has to be
My heart keeps sayin' that I'm a fool
I guess I'm crazy for loving you.

I don't dare let you go it's unfair this I know
I don't care if it's so, it has to be
My heart keeps sayin' that I'm a fool
I guess I'm crazy for loving you...

I heard the pitter patter
Of a slow winter rain
I heard the lonesome whistle
Of a far away train.

As I sat in the silence
Broken only by a train
I heard a heartbreak last night.

Oh, how you cried
When we said goodbye
As we stood at
The station in the rain
And a whisper was saying
From a pine tree close by
When we heard
The whistle of your train.

I heard the moans of sobbing
Of the wind in the sign
I felt the cold icy finger
Of fear from the spine.
For I knew in my heart
You'd never be mine
And I heard a heartbreak last night.

For I knew in my heart
You'd never be mine
And I heard a heartbreak last night...

I've lived a lot in my time (I've lived a lot in my time)

I once had a mansion and lived in my glory
But now I'm down to my last dime;
I had a sweetheart, but I was unfaithful
Oh, I've lived a lot in my time..

Chorus:
I've fought the grim reaper down in the dark valley
I've prayed when the sun would'nt shine;
I've looked through the bars of a cold lonely prison
Oh, I've lived a lot in my time.

--- Instrumental ---

I've been a soldier, and I've been a rambler
Once thought that everything was fine;
I've hoed in the corn fields, I've picked in the cotton
Yes, I've lived a lot in my time.

I've walked with my master, down in the dark valley
And wonderful peace I did find;
Someday I'll journey to Eden's green pastures
Yes, I've lived a lot in my time...

If you ever change your mind
And you find that you still care
It won't be to hard to find me
Look behind you I'll be there.

When your bright light starts to dim
And your thought return to me
If you're really through with him, dear
Look behind you there I'll be.

Like a story with no ending
Like a song that's never through
There's no use in my pretending
I'm lost without you.

If you ever change your mind
And you find that you still care
It won't be too hard to find me
Look behind you I'll be there.

--- Instrumental ---

Like a story with no ending
Like a song that's never through
There's no use in my pretending
I'm lost without you.

If you ever change your mind
And you find that you still care
It won't be too hard to find me
Look behind you I'll be there...

South of the border, hey, I know a lad,
He's got more fun than anybody's had,
Don't got no worry, don't got no dough,
Everybody's wondering 'bout Mexican Joe.
In old Mexico, they call him the Rhumba King,
Leads all the women around on a string,
When they go out, they get a million thrills,
But the lovely senoritas wind up with the bills.

Dancin', romancin',
Always on the go,
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe

He makes the night spots all along the bay,
People want to see him when he comes their way,
He spreads so much joy everywhere he goes,
Everyone shouts "Viva la Mexican Joe."
He likes to gamble, at poker he's an ace,
He's always lucky with the cards that got a face,
At winning the money, he is sure a whiz,
But when they win they don't collect
'cause they don't know where he is.

Dancin', romancin',
Always on the go,
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe

He don't no income tax 'cause he don't got no dough,
Still he gets along just fine, how we'll never know,
He's got everything he wants, a girl, a drink, a song,
If we use his formula, we surely can't go wrong.
His favorite playground is anywhere there's girls,
He's got that somethin' that sets their hearts a-whirl,
It couldn't be his money 'cause he ain't got a peso,
But when he wants a kiss all he's got to do is say so

Dancin', romancin',
Always on the go,
Sun shinin' down on Mexican Joe

Stand at your window some night
Again let me see
The one who is holding
The best part of me
Stand at your window some night
Look at my side of town
Remember if you change your mind
You know where I'll be found

Each night I look up at your mansion
I can see the window where the light shines through
I wonder if you still remember
The one that you left for someone new

Stand at your window some night
Again let me see
The one who is holding
The best part of me
Stand at your window some night
Look at my side of town
Remember if you change your mind
You know where I'll be found

Each night as I wait here in the darkness
I watch your window so high above
I'm longing for a look at my old sweetheart
Just a glimpse of the one that I still love

Stand at your window some night
Again let me see
The one who is holding
The best part of me
Stand at your window some night
Look at my side of town
Remember if you change your mind
You know where I'll be found

Chorus
Railroad, Steamboat, River and Canal
Younder comes A sucker and he's got my gal
And she's gone,gone,gone
And she's gone,gone,gone
And I bid her my last fairwell.

I fell in love with A pritty little thing
I thought that wedding bells would ring
She was sweat as sweat could be
Til I found out what she did to me

Chours

I ask her mother to let her go
She wisperd mother please tell him, no!
Tho' he may think that I am true
There are plenty more, who'll think so too.

Chours

Now I won't cry my life away
Some other sucker will have to pay
And when he finds that she is gone
I guess I'll hear him sing this song

Chorus

Welcome to my world.
Welcome to my world
Won't you come on in
Miracles I guess
Still happen now and then
Step into my heart
Leave your cares behind
Welcome to my world
Built with you in mind
Knock and the door will open
Seek and you will find
Ask and you will be given
The key to this world of mine
I'll be waiting here
With my arms unfurled
Waiting just for you
Welcome to my world

Just walking in the rain
Getting soaking wet
Torturing my heart
By trying to forget.

Just walking in the rain
So alone and blue
All because my heart
Still remembers you.

People come to windows,
They all stare at me
Shake their heads in sorrow
Saying, Who can this fool be?

Just walking in the rain
Thinking how we met
Knowing things have changed
Somehow I can't forget.

--- Instrumental ---

People come to windows,
They all stare at me
They shake their heads in sorrow
Saying, Who can this fool be?

Just walking in the rain
Thinking how we met
Knowing things have changed
Somehow I can't forget...

Back about eighteen hundred some
A Louisinan couple hade A redheaded son no name suited him the Jim Jack or Joe
They just called him Billy Bayou.
chourus
Billy BillyBayou watch where you go your walking on quicksand walk slow.
Billy,Billy Bayou what what you say A pretty girl will get you one of these days.

Bill was big for his size
red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
thirteen years form the day he was born
he fought the battle of the little big horn

repeat chourus

One sad day billy sed cried ho! ho!
I can whip the fathers of Geronmino
He got smart the cheif got mad
this nearly ended our louisiana lad

repeat chourus

one day in eighteen-sevenyeight
A pritty girl'll walked up to Bill's front
He did'ent know whether to stand or run
he wound up marred cose he did eather one

REPEAT CHOURUS

Pritty girl'll will get you one of these days

Written by: Boudleaux Bryant

Blue boy, that's what they call me
'Cause I'm so lonely, since I lost you,
Blue boy, I'm known as blue boy
You've found a new boy, and now we're through.

Chorus:
I had a twinkle in my eye
When our sweet love was new,
Now all I do is moan and cry
And hunger after you.

Blue Boy, I'll be a blue boy
Until you need me, as I need you.

Chorus:
(I had a twinkle in my eye)
(When our sweet love was new,)
Now all I do is moan and cry
And hunger after you.

Blue Boy, I'll be a blue boy
Until you need me, as I need you.
(Blue boy)
As I need you.
(Blue boy)...

I hear the sound of distant drums
Far away, far away
And if they call for me to come
Then I must go and you must stay

So Mary marry me, let's not wait
Let's share all the time we can before it's too late
Love me now for now is all the time there may be
If you love me Mary, Mary marry me

I hear the sound of bugles blow
Far away, far away
And if they call, then I must go
Across the sea, so wild and grey.

So Mary marry me, let's not wait
For the distant drums might change our wedding date
And love me now, for now is all the time there may be
If you love me Mary, Mary marry me

Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name

Four walls to hear me
Four walls to see
Four walls too near me
Closing in on me

Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting
But my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating
So here where you left me I'll stay

One night with you is like heaven
And so while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway
And wait for your knock on my door.

HOME (Jim Reeves)
Written by Roger Miller

Well, I've been a traveler most of my life
Never took a home, never took a wife
Ran away young and decided to roam
Wanna see my mama and my daddy back home

CHORUS:
Home, where the river runs cold
The water tastes good, the winters ain't cold
Home, where the trees grow tall
The home fires burn, the whippoorwills call

I remember stories that my daddy used to tell
My eyes would get big, and his chest would swell
I could sit for hours and listen with glee
As he'd tell of how he lived when he's a boy like me

REPEAT CHORUS

Well, mama dear, mama do you still love your boy
After all my roamin' can I still bring you joy
Mom sent a letter, got it not long ago
She said "come home, I'm missin' you so

Is it really over, is this the end of the line?
Don't tell me I'm losing the love that was mine.
If you're really leaving, take some part of me.
So I'll always remember, how sweet love used to be.

I wonder who's stepping into my shoes, who can he be?
I can tell by your eyes our love has died, and it's over for me.

I wonder who's stepping into my shoes, who can he be?
I can tell by your eyes our love has died, and it's over for me.

Really over for me...

(Bill Anderson - Buddy Killen)

I filled up my pockets with money
Big trophies I've hung on my wall
My mansion sits high on the hilltop
And the world is impressed by it all.

But to me always all this glory is worries
And I've not been successful enough
For while I was thrilling the whole wide world
I was losing your love.

I forgot to kiss you
And hold to your charms
Success seems like nothing
To these empty arms.

All this time I've been gaining a treasure
That I can even speak partly of
For while I was thrilling the whole wide world
I was losing your love.

Slowly losing your love...

Well, this is it,
That day is here
The day I knew would come
When you would leave me dear.

Well, here I sit,
While teardrops fall
And wonder why I care
When you don't care at all.

But I'm a fool that way
From a-way back when
A fool who'd take you back
If you'd come back again.

But, this is it,
You're gone, you're free
You'll find another love
But this is it for me.

Well, this is it,
That day is here
It's no surprise and yet
I can't hold back the tears.

Well, here I sit,
And try to guess
how such an empty room
So full of loneliness.

Well, even the clock has stopped
Somehow I guess it knew
That time's run out of me
It's over it's all through.

Yes, this is it,
You're gone, you're free
You'll find another love
But this is it for me...

(Horton)

(It's a memory of an old Christmas card)

There's an old Christmas card in an old dusty trunk
And it brings back sweet mem'ries dear to me
'Tho it's faded and worn, it's as precious as the morn
When I found it 'neath our first Christmas tree.

Chorus:
I thrill with every word, every line
Guess I'm always sentimental 'round this time
Pardon me if a tear falls among my Christmas cheer
It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card.

Spoken:
You know, I don't know why
I get to feeling sentimental
About this time, every year.
But every time I see a Christmas card,
I somehow can't help reminiscing.
About the very first Christmas
that you and I spent together.
What a beautiful Christmas card
you gave me that year.
Why, I know you must have looked
through thousands of cards to find
that wonderful poem
that still brings a tear to my eyes.

Chorus:
I thrill with every word, every line
Guess I'm always sentimental 'round this time
Pardon me if a tear falls among my Christmas cheer
It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card...

(Jay Livingston and Ray Evans )

(Silver bells, silver bells)
(Soon it will be Christmas day)

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

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day

(Strings of street lights)
(Even stop lights)
(Blink a bright red and green)
(As the shoppers rush home)
(With their treasures)

(Hear the snow crunch)
(See the kids bunch)
(This is Santa's big scene)
(And above all this bustle)
(You'll hear)

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day

(Soon it will be Christmas day)...

James Lord Pierpont publ. 1857

(Jingle ling a ling, Ahhh)
(Jingle ling a ling, Ahhh)

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Oer the fields we go,
Laughing all the way;
Bells on bob-tail ring,
Making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh

(Jingle ling a ling, Ahhh)
(Jingle ling a ling, Ahhh)

Now the ground is white
So go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bob-tailed nag
Two-forty for his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
What fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh...

Dear Senor Santa Claus I think I tell you what
I would like for Christmas and I hope you won't forgot
I only want a peso that I can have for mine
To get my senorita something for Christmas time
I don't believe you read the card last Christmas that I sent
You come to see the kids across the street and then you went
Dear Senor Santa Claus I think me understand
Sometimes the toys all gone before you reach the Rio Grande
[ strings ]
Dear Senor Santa Claus I tell you what I think
I no got a stockin' I set out my piggy bank
So please bring me peso that I can have for mine
To get my senorita something for Christmas time
On Christmas Eve I watch for you and I no sleep a wink
If I no get Lolita something she feel sad I think
So please Senor Santa Claus this Christmas be so grand
If I get peso to buy ring for my Lolita's hand
[ strings ]
I don't know what I buy for her I think I buy a rose
So she can wear it in her hair most everywhere she goes
Please Senor Santa Claus this Christmas be so grand
If I get peso to buy ring for my Lolita's hand
If I get peso to buy ring for my Lolita's hand

Adios amigo, adios my friend,
The road we have travelled has come to an end.
When two love the same love, one love has to lose,
And it's you who she longs for, it's you she will choose.

Adios compadre, what must be must be,
Remember to name one muchacho for me.
I ride to the Rio, where my life I must spend,
Adios amigo, adios my friend.

--- Instrumental while he whistles ---

Adios compadre, let us shed no tears,
May all your maanas bring joy through the years.
Away from these memories, my life I must spend,
Adios amigo, adios my friend...

--- Instrumental while he whistles to fade ---

Jim Reeves & Dorothy Ann Dillard

Your five year old face
Is a dirty disgrace
But you love me, daddy.

You scatter your toys
And you make to much noise
But you love me, daddy.

You know little lad
You can be pretty bad
But you love me, daddy.

You wake me at dawn
When I want to sleep on
But you love me, daddy.

Now you eat the cookies
When I tell you, no
But you love me, daddy
'Cause you tell me so.

Your so hard to scold
'Cause your my five year old
Because you love me, daddy.

--- Instrumental ---

When I dress you up
You go play with the pup
But you love me, daddy.

When I use the phone
You won't leave me alone
But you love me, daddy.

You make sister wail
Pulling her pony tail
But you love me, daddy.

You scratch up the floor
And you write on the door
But you love me, daddy.

you ask foolish question
Now, you know that true
But you love me, daddy
Now you know that you do.

Your so hard to scold
'Cause you're my five year old
Because you love me, daddy...

I hear the sound of distant drums
Far away, far away
And if they call for me to come
Then I must go and you must stay

So Mary marry me, let's not wait
Let's share all the time we can before it's too late
Love me now for now is all the time there may be
If you love me Mary, Mary marry me

I hear the sound of bugles blow
Far away, far away
And if they call, then I must go
Across the sea, so wild and grey.

So Mary marry me, let's not wait
For the distant drums might change our wedding date
And love me now, for now is all the time there may be
If you love me Mary, Mary marry me

I've been accused, convicted and condemned
The trial's over, and now I face the end,
Is this your way of telling me we're through
When all I'm guilty of, is loving you.

You were the judge, the jury all in one
You found me guilty and now my term's begun.
I must confess, I've never been untrue
And all I'm guilty of, is loving you.

Chorus:
Loving you, and now I'm losing you
Losing you, for things I didn't do.

Please let your heart, consider an appeal
For now you know, exactly how I feel.
Don't punish me for things I didn't do
When all I'm guilty of, is loving you.

Yes, all I'm guilty of, is loving you...

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Lets pretend we're together all alone
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go

Whisper to me tell me do you love me true
Or is he holding you the way I do
Though love is blind make up your mind I've got to know
Should I hang up or will you tell him he'll have to go

You cant say the words I want to hear
While you're with another man
Do you you want me answer yes or no
Darling I will understand

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Lets pretend that we're together all alone
I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you
He'll have to go

I love you because you understand, dear
Every single thing I try to do
You're always there to lend a helping hand, dear
I love you most of all because you're you.

No matter what the world may say about me
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for the way you never doubt me
But most of all I love you 'cause you're you.

--- Instrumental ---

I love you because my heart is lighter
Every time I'm walking by your side
I love you because the future's brighter
The door to happiness, you open wide.

No matter what the world may say about me
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons
But most of all I love you 'cause you're you...

Thought I'd stop by awhile and see you
Just once more before I leave town
But his car's parked there in your driveway
And I see the curtain's pulled down.

I won't bother to ring your doorbell
I'm not sure just how much I can bear
I might do something I'd be sorry for later
So I won't come in while he's there.

Does he know my whole world is in there with him
That he's king while he sits there in my chair
I'd like to tell you just how much I still love you
But I won't come in while he's there.

No, I won't come in while he's there...

I WON'T FORGET YOU.

I KNOW THAT I WON'T FORGET YOU
FOR I'VE LOVED YOU TOO MUCH FOR TOO LONG
THOUGH YOU DON'T WANT ME NOW
I'LL STILL LOVE YOU
'TIL THE BREATH IN MY BODY HAS GONE

THAT'S HOW IT IS WITH ME
AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
THE ONLY LOVE I EVER KNEW
I'LL FORGET MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE TIME
BUT MY DARLING I WON'T FORGET YOU

THAT'S HOW IT IS WITH ME
AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
THE ONLY LOVE I EVER KNEW
I'LL FORGET MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE TIME
BUT MY DARLING I WON'T FORGET YOU.

Is it really over, is this the end of the line?
Don't tell me I'm losing the love that was mine.
If you're really leaving, take some part of me.
So I'll always remember, how sweet love used to be.

I wonder who's stepping into my shoes, who can he be?
I can tell by your eyes our love has died, and it's over for me.

I wonder who's stepping into my shoes, who can he be?
I can tell by your eyes our love has died, and it's over for me.

Really over for me...

(Terry Gilkyson, Rich Dehr, and Frank Miller)

Take one fresh and tender kiss
Add another night of bliss
One girl, one boy; some grief, some joy
Memories are made of this.

Don't forget a small moonbeam
Fold in lightly with a dream
Your lips and mine; two sips of wine
Memories are made of this.

Then add the wedding bells
One house where lovers dwell
Three little kids for the flavor
Stir carefully through the days
See how the flavor stays
These are the dreams you will savor.

With His blessings from above
Serve it gen'rously with love
One man, one wife; one love thru life
Sweet memories are made of this.

Memories are made of this...

Not until the next time
Will I cry all night for you
Yes, I'll stop loving you
Until the next time.

Here I am the way you left me
With a heart so full of pain
As I look into the past
I see the picture once again.

Each time I let it happen
I vow this is the end
And I stopped loving you
Until the next time.

Not until the next time
Will I cry all night for you
And listen when you beg me
For a chance when your untrue.

Not until the next time
Will my heart let me forgive
Yes, I'll stop loving you
Until the next time.

Once again I take your picture
And place it out of sight
And I put away the record
We listen to each night.

I rearrange each little thing thing
As I've done so many times
And I won't put them back
Until the next time.

Not until the next time
Will I cry all night for you
And listen when you beg me
For a chance when your untrue.

Not until the next time
Will my heart let me forgive
Yes, I'll stop loving you
Until the next time...

Sometimes they ask me
If I'm really happy now
I say, sure
I never loved her anyhow
But inside I long for you
And the way it used to be
I look around and there's a
Heartache followin' me.

I always say that
I'm really glad you're gone
I even act like
I never cared at all
But your memory lingers on
And I'm never really free
I look around and there's a
Heartache followin' me.

I pawned my ring and everything
That tied me to the past
I say I never loved her
Never meant for it to last
But I know it's just a game
And the loser's always me
I look around and there's a
Heartache followin' me...

Welcome to my world.
Welcome to my world
Won't you come on in
Miracles I guess
Still happen now and then
Step into my heart
Leave your cares behind
Welcome to my world
Built with you in mind
Knock and the door will open
Seek and you will find
Ask and you will be given
The key to this world of mine
I'll be waiting here
With my arms unfurled
Waiting just for you
Welcome to my world

(Written by Roger Miller and Bill Anderson)

Your world was so different
From mine don't you see
We just couldn't be close
Though we tried.

We both reached for heavens
But ours weren't the same
That's what happens
When two worlds collide.

Your world was made up
Of things sweet and good
My world could never
Fit in, wish it could.

Two hearts lie in shambles
And oh. how they've cried
That's what happens
When two worlds collide

--- Instrumental ---

Your world was made up
Of things sweet and good
My world could never
Fit in, wish it could.

Two hearts lie in shambles
And oh. how they've cried
That's what happens
When two worlds collide...

Are you thinking that I wasn't meant for you
Could it be you believe that I've been untrue
Listen sweetheart this just cannot be
For you're the only good thing that's happened to me
We've had our ups and downs like all lovers do
But you know in your heart that I worship you
So don't ever think of setting me free
For you're the only good thing that's happened to me
[ guitar ]
We've had our ups and downs...

Bolandse nooientjie stil is die nag
Soet sy jou ruste na lang lange dag
Saans in my drome kom ek na jou
Smagtend na lonkies uit oe so blou.

Berge en dale kan ons nooit skei want in die
Droomland ontmoet jy vir my
Bolandse nooientjie stil is die nag
Kom in jou drome o liefste ek wag.

Carolina moon, keep shining,
Shining on the one who waits for me.
Carolina moon, I'm pining,
Pining for the place I long to be.

How I'm hoping tonight you'll go,
Go to the right window,
Scatter your light, say I'm all right, please do.
Tell her that I'm blue and lonely.
Dreamy Carolina moon.

--- Instrumental ---

Keep shining on the one who waits for me.
I'm pining for the place I long to be.

How I'm hoping tonight you'll go,
Go to the right window,
Scatter your light, say I'm all right, please do.
Tell her that I'm blue and lonely.
Dreamy Carolina moon...

Ja ek verlang na jou my liefling en ek droom van jou oe so blou
Ja ek dink net aan jou my liefling en my hart is'n mantel van rou
Toe jy my verlaat het is my wereld verskeur
Die son het ophou skyn en die maan het verkleur
Ja kom nou terug na my my liefling ek verlang na my liefling vanaand

I can't stop loving you
I've made up my mind
To live in memori-i-ies
Of old lonesome time.

I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life
In dreams of yesterday.

Those happy hours
That we once new
Though long ago
Still make me blue.

They say that time
Heals a broken heart
But time has stood still
Since we've been apart.

I can't stop loving you
Done made up my mind
To live in memories
Of old lonesome time.

Just can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
I'll just live my life
In dreams of yesterday...

In the misty moonlight
By the flickering firelight
Any place is all right
long as I'm with you (long as I'm with you)

In a faraway land
by the tropic sea-sand
If your hand's in my hand
I won't be blue

Way up on the mountain,
Way down in the valley
I know I'll be happy
Anyplace, anywhere
I don't care

In the misty moonlight
By the flickering firelight
Any place is all right
Long as you are there

(spoken)
I could be happy in one little room
With only a table and chair
As happy as I'd be in a kingdom by the sea
Darling if you were there
And I could be rich or I could be poor
But if you were by my side
I could be anyplace in this whole wide world
And I know I'd be satisfied

Way up on the mountain,
Way down in the valley
I know I'll be happy
Anyplace, anywhere
I don't care

In the misty moonlight
By the flickering firelight
Any place is all right
Long as you are there...

It's only a paper moon,
Sailing over a cardboard sea.
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.

It's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree.
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.

Without your love,
It's a honky tonk parade.
Without your love,
It's a melody played in a penny arcade.

It's a Barnum and Bailey world,
Just as phony as it can be.
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.

--- Instrumental ---

Without your love,
It's a honky tonk parade.
Without your love,
It's just a melody played in a penny arcade.

It's a Barnum and Bailey world,
Just as phony as it can be.
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.

(If you believed)
(If you believed)
(If you believed in me)...

Do you remember when you loved me
Before the world took me astray
If you do then forgive me
And make the world go away.

(Make the world go away)
And get it off my shoulder
(Say the things you used to say)
And make the world go away.
(Make the world go away.)

I'm sorry if I've hurt you
I'll make it up day by day
Just say you love me like you used to
And make the world go away.

(Make the world go away)
Get it off my shoulder
(Say the things you used to say)
And make the world go away...

Alone tonight, I dream in my land
Of an island far across the sea
A little bit of heaven they call Ireland
Where an angel waits for me.

Maureen, Maureen
My heart is filled with pain
To be with you and to hold you
In my arms again.

In all my dreams
I dream of you, Maureen
And the misty moonlit meadows
And the hills of green.

The hills that heard us whisper
The secrets of our heart
The hills that heard us promise
That we would never part.

Maureen, Maureen
Someday white sails will gleam
And you'll know I'm back to stay
Forever more, Maureen...

Mexicali Rose stop crying
I'll come back to you some sunny day
Every night you'll know that I'll be pining
Every hour a year while I'm away.

Dry those big brown eyes and smile, dear
Vanish all those tears and please don't cry
Kiss me once again and hold me
Mexicali Rose, hoodbye.

--- Instrumental ---

I'll come back to you some sunny day

--- Instrumental ---

Every hour a year while I'm away

Dry those big brown eyes and smile, dear
Vanish all those tears and please don't cry
Kiss me once again and hold me
Mexicali Rose, hoodbye.

Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossin' you in style, some day
Old dream maker, you heartbreaker
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way.

Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world, to see
We're after the same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend
My Huckleberry friend, moon river, and me.

--- Instrumental ---

We're after the same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend
My Huckleberry friend, moon river, and me...

Moonlight and roses
Bring wonderful mem'ries of you
My heart reposes
In beautiful thoughts so true.

June light discloses
Love's golden dreams sparkling, anew
Moonlight and roses
Bring mem'ries of you.

--- Instrumental ---

June light discloses
Love's golden dreams sparkling, anew
Moonlight and roses
Bring mem'ries of you...

It was just a neighborhood dance that's all that it was but oh what it seemed to be
It was like a mascuarade ball with costumes and all
Cause you were at the dance with me
It was just a ride on a train that's all that it was but oh what it seemed to be
It was like a trip to the stars to Venus and Mars cause you were on the train with me
And when I kissed you darling it was more than just a thrill for me
It was the promise darling of all the things that fate had willed for me
It was just a wedding in June that's all that it was but oh what it seemed to be
It was like a royal affair with everyone there cause you said yes I do to me
[ trumpet - strings ]
It was just a wedding in June...

Give me one dozen roses
Put my heart in beside 'em
Send them to the one I love
She'll be glad to recieve 'em
And I know she'll believe 'em
There's something we've been talking of.

There may be orange blossoms later
I think that there will
She's done something to me
And my heart won't keep still.

Give me one dozen roses
Put my heart in beside them
Send them to the one I love.

--- Instrumental ---

There may be orange blossoms later
I think that there will
She's done something to me
And my heart won't keep still.

Give me one dozen roses
Put my heart in beside them
Send them to the one I love.
Send them to the one I love...

(Aye, aye, aye, aye)

My heart is in Rosa Rio
Under the Argentina skies
There with a beautiful lady
With her dark and sparkiling eyes.

My heart is in Rosa Rio
Your sentimental Aye, aye
There with a beautiful lady
That I love the day that I die.
Aye, aye, aye, aye

The parents were rich Estenaciaros
And I was just the one of the hands
Who hearded ten thousand cattles
On their ten thousand acres of land.

But I was a very poor cowboy
And we lived in worlds far apart
So how could I tell her I loved her
Or speak of the love in my heart.

--- Instrumental ---

The lady I loved never loved me
The lady I loved never knew
The day that she married another
A poor cowboy's heart broke in two.

And I know that she'll never miss me
Or notice that I'm even gone
Cowboy who saddled her pony
Now rides through the dark night alone.

--- Instrumental ---

My heart is in Rosa Rio
Under the Argentina skies
There with a beautiful lady
With her dark and sparkiling eyes.

My heart is in Rosa Rio
Your sentimental aye, aye
There with a beautiful lady
That I love the day that I die.
Aye, aye, aye, aye...

(Roses roses au au ua)

Roses, I send you roses with all the love
Their tender blossoming discloses
Just like my arms, they'll open wide
You'll see my heart inside.

Please dear, embrace the roses
Until I come to you And when the long day closes
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame.

(Please dear embrace the roses)
(Until I come to you and when the long day closes)
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame.

(Roses roses au au ua)

Somewhere along the line
I lost my love for you
I can't explain just why
I feel the way I do.

I only want to know
What made my love grow cold
What made me change my mind
Somewhere along the line.

The happiness I've known
No longer lives with me
I hold a passion for
The yearning to be free.

Whatever caused the change
Has left this mark so strange
My eyes for love went blind
Somewhere along the line.

Well it might have been
The night you tossed your wedding rings away
And it could have been
The many little things I meant to say.

A mystery,
I know I can't define
for I lost my love for you
somewhere along the line.
Somewhere along the line...

There's that smile again the one I always see
Each time you foul and then step out on me
It's that same old smile that caused my heart to ache
Made it cry a while then finally break
I know I shouldn't care about the things you do
But when you're out somewhere I feel so blue
I only hope and pray that you'll come back and then
I'll never have to say there's that smile again
I know I shouldn't care...

I know that I'm a fool to keep on loving you so hopelessly
Someone else is in your heart so what's in it for me
Why do I dream of you when I'm just dreaming of what used to be
There's no future in the past so what's in it for me
But I can't help it I can't seem to break the ties that bind
These ties of love are wound too tight around this heart of mine
I know that it's a sin to wish my life could end and cease to be
But what's life without your love what's in it for me
[ trumpet ]
But what's life without your love what's in it for me

I lost the sunshine and roses
I lost the heavens of blue
I lost the beautiful rainbow
I lost the morning dew.

I lost the angel who gave me
Summer the whole winter through
I lost the gladness that turned into sadness
When I lost you.

--- Instrumental ---

I lost the sweet thing who gave me
Summer the whole winter through
I lost the gladness that turned into sadness
When I lost you...

I'm kissin' your picture, goodbye
And I hate to treat it this way
But you said to forget all that reminds me of you
So I must throw your picture away.
I must throw your picture away.

How can I just cast aside
A love that's in my heart to stay
Where do I go to throw a picture away?
Where do I go to throw a picture away?

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I know I won't forget
All that reminds me of you
When I can look at your picture each day
It's a paper impression
A most prized possession
Where do I go to throw a picture away?
Where do I go to throw a picture away?

How can I just cast aside
A love that's in my heart to stay
Where do I go to throw a picture away?
Where do I go to throw a picture away?...

You'll never know just how much, I love you
You'll never know just how much, I care
And if I tried I still couldn't hide my love for you
You ought to know for haven't I told you so.

Are many or more times you went away
And my heart went with you
I speak your name in my every breath
If there is some other way to prove that I love you

I swear I don't know how
You'll never know if you don't know now.

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If there is some other way to prove that I love you.

I swear I don't know how
You'll never know if you don't know now...

Almost, you fell in love with me
Almost, you were my bride to be
But each promise that was made
You have broken and betrayed
And left me with a faded memory.

Almost, my precious dreams came true
Almost, you whispered, dear I do
But someone new came by
And you left me here to cry
Oh, how close we were, almost.

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Almost, your heart I did possess
Almost, you brought me happiness
But my dreams just won't come true
And there's nothing I can do.

Oh, how close we were, almost...

ANNA MARIE.

TONIGHT WHILE THE SNOWFLAKES ARE FALLING
HERE I MY DREAMS I CAN SEE
THE WHITE CHERRY BLOSSOMS OF SHAMON
WHERE I WALKED WITH ANNA MARIE

ANNA MARIE, ANNA MARIE, MY HEART REMEMBERS AND SIGHS
CE VOUS, CE VOUS, BE AMI BEAUCOUP
I MISS YOU ANNA MARIE

MY HEART WAS PLEDGED TO ANOTHER
BUT I KNEW AS I CROSSED THE SEA
THAT I'D NEVER LOVED ANY OTHER
AS I LOVED MY ANNA MARIE

ANNA MARIE, ANNA MARIE, MY HEART REMEMBERS AND SIGHS
CE VOUS, CE VOUS, BE AMI BEAUCOUP

I wonder why you keep me waiting
Charmaine, my Charmaine?
I wonder when bluebirds are mating
Will you come back again?

I wonder if I keep on praying
Will our dreams be the same?
I wonder if you ever think of me too
Charmaine, my Charmaine?

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Charmaine, my Charmaine

Will you come back again?

I wonder if I keep on praying
Will our dreams be the same?
I wonder if you ever think of me too
Charmaine, my Charmaine?..

Dark moon, way up high up in the sky
Oh, tell me why, oh tell me why
You've lost your splendor
Dark moon, what is the cause your life withdraws
Is it because, is it because I've lost my love?

Mortals have dreams
Of love's perfect schemes
But they don't realize,
Their love can sometimes bring

A dark moon, way up high up in the sky
Oh, tell me why, oh tell me why
You've lost your splendor
Dark moon, what is the cause your life withdraws
Is it because, is it because I've lost my love?

Mortals have dreams
Of love's perfect schemes
But they don't realize,
That love can sometimes bring

A dark moon, way up high up in the sky
Oh, tell me why, oh tell me why
You've lost your splendor
Dark moon, what is the cause your life withdraws
Is it because, is it because I've lost my love?

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams.

Last Saturday night I got married
Me and my wife settled down
Now me and my wife have parted
So I'll take another stroll downtown.

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams.

Sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in town
Sometimes I take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown.

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams...

Have I stayed away too long have I stayed away too long
If I came home tonight would you still be my darling or have I stayed away too long
Thwe love light that shone so strong pretty love light that shone so strong
If I came home tonight would that same light be burnin'
Or have I stayed away too long
I'm just outside of town I'll soon be at your door
Or maybe I'd be wrong to hurry there
I'd best keep out of town and worry you no more
For maybe someone else has made you care
Have all my dreams gone wrong all my beautiful dreams gone wrong
If I came home tonight would you still be my darling or have I stayed away too long

I walked by the river
Where we said good-bye,
Thought of your kisses,
And didn't even cry --
I'm gettin?better, I'm gettin?better.

I talked with an old friend,
he asked about you.
I managed to tell him
With just a tear or two.
I'm gettin?better, I'm gettin?better.

I know I'll never be the same --
I was standin?too close to the flame.
But it doesn't hurt so much
To hear your name.
I think I'll make it -- I'm gettin?better. From: "Roy T. O'Conner"