Jim Reeves

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The Search Is Ended"

"The Search Is Ended"

I searched the wide world over
For someone just like you
I dreamed of finding love
And today my dream came true.

The search is ended
I found love today
The search is ended
True love came my way.

You said that you'd be mine
Until the end of time
It's a happy day, loves here to stay
The search is ended.

The search is ended
My wanderin' days is through
We'll never lose it
With love so good and true.

Together we shall be
As happy as can be
You're the perfect girl
And I'll tell the world
The search is ended.

The search is ended
I found love today
The search is ended
True love came my way.

Together we shall be
As happy as can be
You're the perfect girl
And I'll tell the world
The search is ended.

The search is ended.
The search is ended...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The Shifting Whispering Sands"

"The Shifting Whispering Sands"

I discovered the valley of the shifting whispering sands
While prospecting for gold in one of our western states.
I saw the silent windmills, the crumbling water tanks
The bones of cattle and burrows, picked clean by buzzards
Bleached by the desert sun.

I stumbled over a crumbling buckboard nearly covered by the sands
And stopping to rest I heard a tinkling whispering sound
And suddenly realised that even though
The wind was quiet the sand did not lie still.

I seemed to be surrounded by a mystery so heavy
And oppressive I could scarcely breath
For days and weeks I wandered aimlessly in this valley
Seeking answers to the many questions
That raced through my fevered mind.

Where was everyone why the white bones, the dry wells
The barren valley where people must have lived and died
Finally I could go no farther my food and water gone
I sat down and buried my face in my hands and resting thus
I learnt the secret of the shifting whispering sands.

How I escaped from the valley I do not know
But now to pay my final debt for being spared
I must tell you what I learned out there on the desert
So many years ago.

(When the day is oddly quiet
And the breeze seems not to blow
One would think the sand was resting
But you'll find this is not so.

It is whisp'ring softly whisp'ring
As it slowly moves along
And for those who stop and listen
It will sing this mournful song.

Of sidewinders and the horntoads
Of the Thorny Chaparral
In the sunny days and moonlight nights
The coyote's lonely yell.

How the stars seem you could touch them
As you lay and gaze on high
At the Heavens where we're hoping
We'll be going when we die.)..

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The Streets Of Laredo"

"The Streets Of Laredo"

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I saw a young cowboy all dressed in white linen
Dressed in white linen as cold as the clay.

So beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Play the death march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley, they'll lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong.

Once in a saddle I used to go dashing
Once in a saddle I used to go gay
First to the courthouse and lay down the roses
But I'm shot in the breast and I'm dyin' today.

Bring sixteen tall cowboys to carry my casket
Ten pretty women to sing me a song
Take me to the green valley they'll lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong.

Please beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Play the death march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley, they'll lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The Talking Walls"

"The Talking Walls"

When the shades of twilight
Close the bay
In my solitude
I steal away
And a sweet familiar voice calls
From the shadows
Of the talkin' walls.

The talkin' walls bring laughter
Tears and pain
A touch of summer's love
And winter's rain
Every step we made
My heart recalls
You are there
Behind the talkin' walls.

As they speak to me
I hear your name
And the spark
Is kindled to a flame
Such a vivid memory walks in
And I'm reachin'
For the phone again.

The talkin' walls bring laughter
Tears and pain
A touch of summer's love
And winter's rain
Every step we made
My heart recalls
You are there
Behind the talkin' walls...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The Tie That Binds"

"The Tie That Binds"

In a room so lonely and cheerless
Sits a woman all alone
By her a cradle stands empty
And Dorrit, she sobs and she moans.

My husband, he no longer loves me
His love and our dear baby died
I'll leave him at home, forever
Without him this old world, abide.

She packed baby's things in the bundle
While the tears rolled down her cheeks
I never, no never, would leave him
If ever a kind word he'd speak.

Just then the door softly was open
A man took the bundle away
He lay the things out on the table
And softly to her he did say.

One little stockin' for you dear
One little blue shoe is for me
The baby's wrap and its smallest cap
We'll keep in memory.

One lock of hair is for you dear
See how the golden curl shines
We'll keep a smile, while she sleeps for
She is the tie that binds...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The White Cliffs Of Dover"

"The White Cliffs Of Dover"

There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow just you wait and see
There'll be love and laughter and peace ever after
Tomorrow when the world is free.

The shepperd will tend his sheep
A valley will bloom again
Jimmy will go to sleep
In his own little room again.

There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow just you wait and see.

And Jimmy will go to sleep
In his own little room again.

There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow just you wait and see...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The Wild Rose"

"The Wild Rose"

A rose should be
Where the sun shines through
Not where the wine is red
And the smoke is blue.

A rose should be
Blooming in the light
Not in a randezvous
Blooming in the night.

And you are a rose
May be a wild rose
But I'll be proud to take you home
For all to see.

To stand with me
Where the candles glow
With orange blossoms
All around the wild, wild rose.

And you are a rose
May be a wild rose
But I'll be proud to take you home
For all to see.

To stand with me
Where the candles glow
With orange blossoms
All around the wild, wild rose...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The World You Left Behind"

"The World You Left Behind"

I try to sleep to kill the pain
When I wake it's still the same
'Cause I'm living in
This world you left behind.

Just like a broken piece of glass
You have swept me aside to pass
Leaving shattered dreams
With a lonely heart and mind.

Well, here I go again
(Here I go again)
It's just like yesterday
(Just like yesterday
The pain is deep within
My heart to stay.

I'm just a fool to sit and cry
Wasting years before I die
In this lonely world
This world you left behind.

Well, here I go again
(Here I go again)
It's just like yesterday
(Just like yesterday)
The pain is deep within
My heart to stay.

I'm just a fool to sit and cry
Wasting years before I die
In this lonely world
This world you left behind...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"The Wreck Of The Number Nine"

"The Wreck Of The Number Nine"

One dark stormy night not a star was in sight
The North wind came howling down the line
There stood a brave engineer with his sweetheart so dear
And his orders to pull old Number Nine.

She kissed him goodbye with a tear in her eye
The joy in his heart he couldn't hide
The whole world seemed right for she told him that night
That tomorrow she'd be his blushing bride.

The wheels hummed a song as the train rolled along
The black smoke came pouring from the stack
The headlight a-gleam seemed to brighten his dream
Of tomorrow when he'd be goin' back.

He sped around the hill and his brave heart stood still
The headlight was shining in his face
He whispered a prayer as he threw on the air
For he knew this would be his final race.

In the wreck he was found lying there on the ground
He asked them to raise his weary head
His breath slowly went as this message he sent
To a maiden who thought she would be wed.

"There's a little white home that I built for our own
Where I dreamed we'd be happy, you and I
But I leave it to you for I know you'll be true
Til we meet at the Golden Gate, goodbye."..

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"Then I'll Stop Loving You"

"Then I'll Stop Loving You"

If there's water in the desert
Sand out in the sea
If you were not an angel
Sweet as you can be.

You can turn the night to day
Make all your dreams come true
Say how far it is to heaven
Then I'll stop loving you.

If the earth is up above us
Stars are down below
If there are daisies in the desert
Roses in the snow.

If today can be tomorrow
If old things can be new
If you can live without a heartbeat
Then I'll stop loving you.

There's no daisies in the desert
No roses in the snow
The earth is not above us
The stars are not below.

Today can't be tomorrow
Old things can't be new
I can't live without a heartbeat
And I can't stop loving you.

There's no daisies in the desert
No roses in the snow
The earth is not above us
The stars are not below.

Today can't be tomorrow
Old things can't be new
I can't live without a heartbeat
And I can't stop loving you...