Vintage Music Songs

Country & Western - Vintage Music Songs

performed by  Jim Reeves 

There's a Heartache Following Me

Sometimes they ask me if I'm really happy now I say sure I've 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 following 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 following 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 following me

Writer(s): Ray Baker

The talking Walls

The Talking Walls - YouTube

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...

Writer(s): Jean Chapel

I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can

You look lovelier tonight than I remember
I'm so glad I got to see you once again
I've enjoyed just sitting down and reminiscing
But I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand
There's so much more between us than this table
All those years all those dreams all those plans
Guess you know without me saying I still love you
But I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand

So you say you're happy now you've found a new love
Tell him I said he's a lucky lucky man
No I don't think I'll have time to see his picture
I've enjoyed as much of this as I can stand
There's so much more between us...

Writer(s): Bill Anderson

Little Ole Dime

Little Ole Dime (Vinyl Rip) - Jim Reeves - YouTube

Little ole dime

You're the last of a pocket full

I put all the others in this telephone

I've called all over town for a lost love

Let this last number be the right one.

Little ole dime

You're my last chance to find her

And I'm placing all my last hopes on you

Let me tell her I'll always be waitin'

Just in case things don't work out with someone new.

Little ole dime

Please don't disappoint me

I can't call anymore

You're my last dime

Tomorrow she'll be gone

With her new love

And I've just got to talk to her

One more time.

Little ole dime

As you leave my shakin' fingers

I pray I'll hear her answer the phone

The sound of her voice will ease my heartaches

Even though I know tommorow she'll be gone.

Little ole dime

Here you go after the others

If she answers or not it's still goodbye

I'm almost afraid to dial the number

If she isn't there I know I'm gonna cry.

Little ole dime

Plea-ease don't disappoint me

I can't call anymore

You're my last dime

Tommorow she'll be gone

With her new love

And I've just got to talk to her one more time...

Writer(s): JIM CARROLL

"Highway To Nowhere"

I'm traveling the highway to nowhere
'Cause I can't find the road to your heart
This old road is so rough and so rocky
I get lost on the highway to your heart.

This highway to nowhere keeps calling
Your heart's at the end of the line
But I always get lost on a detour
I guess I don't understand the signs.

I've travelled this highway so long now
But I know I'm no closer to your heart
Down this long lonesome road I'll keep traveling
Though I know I've been lost from the start.

This highway to nowhere I'll follow
The road's dark but I keep trudging on
And tomorrow I'll be back where
I started it's the highway to nowhere that I'm on...

Writer(s): JIM HESS 

Lonely Music

An empty glass
Another coin in the jukebox
This pain inside
Keeps hurtin' on and on
The music starts
A blue-blue song is playin'
You don't need me anymore
Now I'm alone.

But the guy
Who writes that lonely music
Needs lonely hearts like mine
That he can write about
As the words tell their story
How I miss you
This lonely music
Keeps reminding me of you.

So talk to me
Talk to me, oh lonely music
It tells me I'm a fool
For trusting you
Just can't hold back the tears
Any longer
This lonely music
Keeps reminding me of you.

--- Instrumental ---

So talk to me
Talk to me, oh lonely music
It tells me I'm a fool
For trusting you
And as the words tell their story
How I miss you
This lonely music
Keeps reminding me of you...

Writer(s): Johnny Elgin

Waiting for a Train

All around the water tank waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman gave him a line of talk
He said if you've got money boy I'll see that you don't walk
I haven't got a nickel not a penny can I show
Get off get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door

He put me off in Texas a state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me the moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me or to lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco going back to Dixie Land
Though my pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home just a waiting for a train

Writer(s): Jimmie Rodgers

Oh, How I Miss You Tonight

Oh, how I miss you tonight
Miss you when lights are low
Oh, how I need you tonight
More than you'll ever know.

Each moment that we're apart
You're never out of my heart
I'd rather be lonely and wait
for you only sweetheart.

How I miss you tonight.

Each moment that we're apart
You're never out of my heart
I'd rather be lonely and wait
for you only sweetheart.

...

Writer(s): BURKE JOSEPH A / DAVIS BENNY / FISHER MARK

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...

Writer(s): JIM REEVES

It's Nothin' To Me

Take your drink to the end of the bar, buddy
Let her be, now don't be a fool
I'd soon have a hot seat in Sing Sing, buddy
Than to sit down by her on that stool.

What's that you say
I guess you're right
It's nothin' to me.

--- Instrumental ---

See that man she belongs to him, buddy
Better drink up and go while you can
I can tell by the way he looks at you, buddy
He's sure out with temper jealous man.

What's that you say
I guess you're right
It's nothin' to me.

--- Imstrumental ---

There you are stretched out on the floor, buddy
Now you see what you made him do
Here they come to take him off to jail, buddy
And tomorrow someone will bury you.

Oh, well that's life
Or it was
It's nothin' to me...

Writer(s): PAT PATTERSON

Wreck of the Number Nine

Jim Reeves - Wreck of The Number Nine - YouTube

­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.

--- Instrumental ---

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.".

Writer(s): CARSON J. ROBISON

Each Time You Leave

Jim Reeves - Each Time You Leave - YouTube

Each time you leave I die a little say I'm foolish if you will
But no matter how I try each time you say goodbye
My foolish heart just won't be still

Each time you leave I die a little I'm so afraid I'll lose you dear
Hold me and say that you'll always stay I only live when you are near

Each time you leave I die a little...

Writer(s): Scott Wiseman

Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt

You are my guiding star
The one love I can't live without
All these things I know you are
Beyond the shadow of a doubt

Through rain, through snow or storm
The coldest, darkest hour out
Your love will keep me warm
Beyond the shadow of a doubt

No gates, no bars, my dear
Will ever serve to keep me out
Call my name and I'll be there
Beyond the shadow of a doubt

Through rain, through snow or storm
The coldest, darkest hour out
Your love will keep me warm
Beyond the shadow of a doubt

Writer(s): Ted Daffan / Theda Daffan

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.

--- Instrumental ---

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...

Writer(s): ALEX ZANETIS

I Fall to Pieces

I fall to pieces
Each time I see you again
I fall to pieces
How can I be just your friend?

You want me to act
Like we've never kissed
You want me to forget
Pretend we never met
And I've tried and I've tried
But I haven't yet
You walk by and I fall to pieces

Each time someone speaks your name
(I fall to pieces)
Time only adds to the flame.

You tell me to find
Someone else to love
Someone who'll love me too
The way you used to do
But each time I go out
With someone new
You walk by and I fall to pieces

Writer(s): Hank Cochran / Harlan Howard

Blue Side of Lonesome

I'm calling to tell you it's over
Yes, darling you're now free to go,
You're saying you're sorry you hurt me
But you hurt me much more than you know.

You're asking me where this call comes from
Oh, I hope that you won't end up here.
If your new romance turns out a failure
Here's where to find me, my dear.

I'm just on the blue side of lonesome
Right next to the Heartbreak Hotel,
In a tavern that's known as 'Three Teardrops'
On a bar stool not doing so well.

--- Instrumental ---

The floor has a carpet of sorrow
But no one can weep in the aisle,
And the say someone broke the bar mirror
With only the ghost of a smile.

The hands on the clock never alter
For things never change in this place,
There's no present, no past, no future
We're the ones who have lost in love's race.

I'm just on the blue side of lonesome
Right next to the Heartbreak Hotel,
In a tavern that's known as 'Three Teardrops'
On a bar stool not doing so well...

Writer(s): Leon Payne

That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine

In a vine covered shack in the mountains
Bravely fighting the battle of time
There's a dear one who's weathered life's sorrow
It's that silver haired daddy of mine

If I could recall all the heartaches
Dear old Daddy, I've caused you to bear
If I could erase those lines from your face
And bring back the gold to your hair

If God would but grant me the power
Just to turn back the pages of time
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
To that silver haired daddy of mine

I know it's too late, dear old Daddy
To repay for the heartaches and cares
Oh dear Mother is waiting in Heaven
Just to comfort and solace you there

If I could recall all the heartaches
Dear old Daddy, I've caused you to bear
If I could erase those lines from your face
And bring back the gold to your hair

If God would but grant me the power
Just to turn back the pages of time
I'd give all I own if I could but atone
To that silver haired daddy of mine

Writer(s): Gene Autry / Jimmy Long

The Fools Paradise

Jim Reeves - The Fools Paradise - YouTube

As I write this letter to you darlin'
I can't hold the teardrops from my eyes
For at sundown I will lay a-dyin'
At the door of the Fool's Paradise

Rode into this cattle town this mornin'
Left my burro to check the market price
And I walked into the nearest barroom
They call it the Fool's Paradise

There the crowd was gay and girls were dancin'
And the men were playin' cards and dice
So I stepped up to the bar to join them
What a grand place this Fool's Paradise

It was then I showed to them your picture
I passed it around once or twice
Then a man insulted your sweet honour
At the bar of the Fool's Paradise

So I slapped his face and I told him, I says
"You eat them words Mister, or draw, that's my advice"
And he said, "Well, somebody might get hurt inside
But I'll be glad to meet you in the street at sundown
At sundown in front of the Fool's Paradise"

So goodbye my darlin', may God bless you
I go to make this sacrifice
And if ever you visit old Dodge City
Remember the Fool's Paradise

Writer(s): Danny Elfman

Yonder Comes A Sucker

[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 pretty 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[Chorus]

I ask her mother to let her go
She whispered mother please tell him, no!
Tho' he may think that I am true
There are plenty more, who'll think so too.
Writer(s):[Chorus]

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]

Writer(s): Jim Reeves