Jim Reeves

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"There's A Heartache Following Me"

"There's A Heartache Following Me"

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...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"There's Always Me"

"There's Always Me"

When the evening shadows fall
And your wondering who to call
For a little company, there's always me
Or if your great romance should end
And you're lonesome for a friend
Darling, you need never be, there's always me.

I don't seem to mind somehow
Playing second fiddle now
Someday you'll want me, dear
And when that day is here.

Within my arms you'll come to know
Other loves may come and go
But my love for you will be eternally
Look around and you will see, there's always me...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"This Is It"

"This Is It"

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...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"This World Is Not My Home"

"This World Is Not My Home"

This world is not my home
I'm just a-passing through
My treasures are laid up
Somewhere beyond the blue.

The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore.

Oh Lord, you know
I have no friend like you
If heaven's not my home
Then Lord what will I do.

The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore.

I have a loving mother
Just up in Gloryland
And I don't expect to stop
Until I shake her hand.

She's waiting now for me
In heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore.

Oh Lord, you know
I have no friend like you
If heaven's not my home
Then Lord what will I do.

The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore.

Just over in Gloryland
We'll live eternally
The saints on every hand
Are shouting victory.

Their songs of sweetest praise
Drift back from heaven's shore
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore.

Oh Lord, you know
I have no friend like you
If heaven's not my home
Then Lord what will I do.

The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"Throw Another Log On The Fire"

"Throw Another Log On The Fire"

Throw another log on the fire
Keep my golden memories aglow
I don't see the face of my loved one
When the love's a burning low.

Throw another log on the fire
Bring back all the sweetest days I've known
When our hearts were young in the springtime
And her love was mine alone.

There's nothing left but the embers
Springtime seems so long ago
Throw another log on the fire
Keep my golden memories aglow.

Throw another log on the fire
Keep my golden memories aglow...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"Till The End Of The World"

"Till The End Of The World"

Till the star in the sky seems to shine
Till the sand in the desert grows cold
Till the last petals fall from the roses
And the silver in your hair turns back to gold.

Till the sun and the moon clad in darkness
And we wait for the great light to shine
My darling that's how long I will love you
Till the end of the world you'll be mine.

Till the star in the sky seems to shine
Till the sand in the desert grows cold
Till the last petals fall from the roses
And the silver in your hair turns back to gold.

Till the sun and the moon clad in darkness
And we wait for the great light to shine
My darling that's how long I will love you
Till the end of the world you'll be mine...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals"

"Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals"

(Too many parties and too many pals)
(May break your heart someday)
(Too many boyfriends and sociable gals)
(May drive your sweetheart away.)

[Spoken]
Gentlemen of the jury
The judge's speech began
The scene was a crowded courtroom
And the judge a stern old man.

This prisoner here before you
Is a social enemy
A lady of the evening
And you know the penalty.

Her eyes reflect the nightlife
Her cheeks are red with paint
But I knew her mother, gentlemen
Why, her mother was a saint.

Now, I know that she's not like her
And yet she might have been
If it hadn't been for
Pettin' parties, cigarettes and gin.

We took the night life off the streets
And brought it in our own homes
While girls beguiled with lipstick
Danced to saxophones.

We opened up the underworld
To the ones we loved so well
So tell me gentlemen
Is it right to send her to a cell.

If she drinks, well, you taught her
And if she smokes, you showed her how
So gentlemen, do you think it's right
To condemn her now.

And when you're in that juryroom
Just remember there and then
That for every fallen woman
There's a hundred fallen men.

And before you render a verdict
On what this girl has done
Just remember there's a man to blame
And that man might be your son.

Now gentlemen that's my story
My testimony stands
This girl is my own daughter
And the case is in your hands.

(Too many parties and too many pals.)...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"Trouble In The Amen Corner"

"Trouble In The Amen Corner"

It was a stylish congregation you could see they'd been around
And they had the biggest pipe organ of any church in town
But over in the Amen Corner of that church sat Brother Ayer
And he insisted every Sunday on singing in the choir.

His voice was cracked and broken age had touched his vocal chords
And nearly every Sunday he'd get behind and miss the words
Well, the choir got so flustered the church was told in fine
That Brother Ayer must stop his singing or the choir was going to resign.

So the pastor appointed a committee. I think it was three or four
And they got in their big fine cars and drove up to Ayer's door
They find the choir's great trouble sittin' there in an old arm chair
And the summer's golden sunbeams lay upon his snow white hair.

Said York we're here dear Brother with the vestries approbation
To discuss a little matter that affects the congregation
Now it seems that your voice has interfered with the choir
So if you'll just lay out are you listening Brother Ayer.

The old man raised his head a sign that he had hear
And on his cheek the three men caught the glitter of a tear
His feeble hands pushed back the locks as white as silky snow
And he answered the committee in a voice both soft and low.

I wonder if beyond the tide that's breaking at my feet
In that far off heavenly temple where my Master and I shall meet
Yes, I wonder if when I try to sing the song of God up higher
I wonder if they'll kick me out of there for singing in heaven's choir.

A silence filled the little room and the old man bowed his head
The committee went on back to town but Brother Ayer was dead
The choir missed him for awhile but he was soon forgotten
A few church goers watched the door but the old man entered not.

Far away his voice is sweet and he sings his heart desire
Where are there no church committees and no fashionable choirs.

Let me hide myself in Thee...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"True"

"True"

It's true, I know it's true, I'm losing you
And it's breaking my heart
It's true, I know we're through
There's someone new, it just tears me apart.

I don't know what I'll do without you
I've loved you for so long
I've built my whole world around you
And I just can't believe that you're gone.

But it's true, I know it's true, my dreams are through
And they'll never come true.

I've built my whole world around you
And I just can't believe that you're gone
But it's true, I know it's true, my dreams are through
And they'll never come true...

fox69 · 19.12.2014

"Trying To Forget"

"Trying To Forget"

Trying to forget the thrill of holding you
Will I ever stop thinking of happiness we knew
Who are you thinking of in your dreams at night
Who are you longing for when you hug your pillow tight.

But I'll forget, I'll forget,
I know I will
Maybe I will find a heart
That's true and a love that's real.

Trying to forget the times you broke my heart
Remembering how happy you made me at the start
Please won't you listen I want you to know though you
have hurt me I still love you so...