Wednesday, November 30, 2011

JIM REEVES: YOU BELONG TO ME [10]



James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964), better known as Jim Reeves, was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well-known for being a practitioner of the Nashville sound (a mixture of older country-style music with elements of popular music). Known as Gentleman Jim, his songs continued to chart for years after his death. Reeves died at age 40 in the crash of a private airplane. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame.

Birth name James Travis Reeves
Also known as Gentleman Jim
Born August 20, 1923
Galloway, Texas, U.S.
Died July 31, 1964 (aged 40)
Williamson County, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres Country, Nashville sound
Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician
Years active 1949–1964
Labels RCA, Fabor, Macy, Abbott
Associated acts Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, Dottie West

1. MEN WITH BROKEN HEARTS

You'll meet many just like me
upon life's busy street
With shoulders stooped and heads bowed down
And eyes that stare in defeat
or souls that live within the past
Where sorrow plays all parts,
where a living death is all that's left
For men with broken hearts

You have no right to be the judge
to criticize and condemn
Just think but for grace of God,
it would be you instead of him
One careless step a thoughtless deed
and then the mystery starts
And to those who weep death comes cheap
These men with broken hearts

Oh, so humble you should be
if they come passing by
For it's written that the greatest men,
never get too big to cry
Some lose faith in love and life
when sorrow shoots her darts

And with hope all gone they walk alone
These men with broken hearts

You've never walked in that man's shoes
or seen things through his eyes
Or stood and watched with helpless hands
while the heart inside you dies
Some were paupers some were kings and
some were masters of the arts
But in their shame they're all the same
These men with broken hearts

Life sometimes can be so cruel that
a heart will pray for death
God why must these living dead
know pain with every breath
So help your brother along the road,
no matter where you start
For the God that made you, made them too
These men with broken hearts


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2. MY LIPS ARE SEALED

I promise you he'll never know
That once we loved each other so
The past we knew I'll not reveal
My lips are sealed

My heart may cry with every beat
Without your love I'm not complete
It doesn't matter how I feel
My lips are sealed

Let there be laughter
Not one single tear
And ever after
Let your fears disappear

If you love him as I love you

Forget the past I led you through
Just don't look back it's all concealed
My lips are sealed

Let there be laughter
Not one single tear
And ever after
Let your fears disappear

If you love him as I love you
Forget the past I led you through
Just don't look back it's all concealed
My lips are sealed


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3. OH! HOW I MISS YOU TO NIGHT!

The days are so long, most everything's wrong,
For now I'm alone and blue.
I still love you dear,
I wish you were here.
Come back and forgive me, please do.
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
But I'd rather be lonely
and wait for you only
Oh, pal how I miss you tonight.
(Repeat entire chorus from "Oh how I miss you tonight")

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4. AFTER LOVING YOU...


Darling after loving you what else is there to do
Cause darling all the rest will just be second best
I know I'll go tonight comparing into you
I'll be no good to anyone after loving you
Your love can't be replaced with just another pretty face

And heartaches will remain for they can't re-eraze
Many loves may come along but they won't live up to you
I'll be no good to anyone after loving you

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5. ANGELS DON'T LIE

Someone told a story when
They said they saw you out again
But I know better
'Cause angels don't lie

Wonder why they pick on you
Those friends even tell me too
But I don't listen
'Cause angels don't lie

I convinced myself
That it can't be true
(Can't be true)
Whatever you deny
I'll believe 'cause I love you


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6. AM I LOSING YOU?

Am I Losing You lyrics
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 been happening to me
Every 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?

Am I too blind to see
What's been happening to me
Every 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?

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7. NEVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER



If you're sittin' with your baby in the moonlight
ask her for a kiss and she says no
Keep tryin' things may happen
you may some night catch her nappin'
So never take no for an answer

Never take no that won't make the love light glow
Take your sweetheart in your arms and then romance her
Go ahead and take a chance this may be your big romance
So never take no for an answer

If you wanna pitch some woo with your baby
Some night when you take her to a show
If you wanna snuggle closer but
all she says is no sir never take no for an answer
Never take no that won't make...

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8. YOUR OLD LOVE LETTERS

Today I burned your old love letters.
Burned them gently one by one
Before I'd light the flame I'd read it
To try and find the wrong I've done

The first you wrote me was the sweetest
The last one broke my heart in two
Our love is there among the embers
Of the ashes of your letters tied in blue

Today I burned your old love letters

I watched our love go up in smoke
I lived again those precious memories
I heard each tender word you spoke

The first you wrote me was the sweetest
The last one said that we were through
Our love is there among the embers
Of the ashes of your letters tied in blue

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9. YOU ARE THE SWEETEST THING

In all this big wide happy world
you're the sweetest thing
It's you who makes the flowers
bloom the happy robins sing
I'm so happy when you're near me
so blue when you're away
When I see your sunny smile
my night time turns to day
You've turned the gray skies into
blue taught this happy heart to sing
And I love you very very much
cause you're the sweetest thing
In all this world I've never
seen a sweeter thing than you...

There's a bit of God's own heaven
in every thing you do
My darling how I'd miss you
if God took you away
But if he should I know that
you'd still be in my heart to stay
You've turned the gray skies
into blue taught this happy heart to sing
And I love you very very much
cause you're the sweetest thing

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10. YOU BELONG TO ME

See the pyramids along the Nile
watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember darling
all the while you belong to me
See the market place in old Algiers
send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
you belong to me
I'll be so alone without you maybe
you'll be lonesome too and blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane see
the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember till you're home
again you belong to me

(I'll be so alone without you maybe
you'll be lonesome too and blue)
Fly the ocean in a silver plane..

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