Jim Reeves - Rca Country Legend (2006) by Jim Reeves (보컬) on maniadb.com

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

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

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

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...

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?

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.

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

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

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

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...

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

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 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 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