SINGS JIM REEVES
(United Artists UAS-6468)
January/1966
Produced by Kelso Herston
Recorded in Nashville
1.
BIMBO
(Rod Morris)
« © '53 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Bimbo is a little boy who's got a million friends
And every time he passed 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 stickin' out he's just big enough to walk
Bimbo Bimbo candy on your face-e-o Bimbo Bimbo chewin' on your gum-e-o
Bimbo Bimbo when you gonna grow everybody loves your little bitty Bimbio
Bimbo's got two big blue eyes that light up like the stars
And the only way to light them up is to buy him candy bars
Cracker jacks and bubble gum will start his day off right
All the girlies follow him just a begging for a bite
Bimbo Bimbo...
[ ac.guitar ]
You never catch him sittin' still he's just the rovin' kind
Although he's just a little boy he's got a grown up mind
He's always got a shaggy dog a pullin' out his clothes
And everybody called to him as down his feenie goes
Bimbo Bimbo...
Bimbo Bimbo Bimbo Bimbo Bimbo Bimbo Bimbo
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2.
AM I LOSING YOU
(Jim Reeves)
« © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Am I losing you are my fears coming true
Tell me what to do am I losing you
Is your love really true is there somebody new
Are we really through am I losing you
Am I too blind to see what's been happenin' 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...
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3.
MEXICAN JOE
(Mitchell Torok)
« © '53 Unichappell Music, BMI »
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 a wondering about 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 shining down on Mexican Joe
[ guitar ]
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
Everybody shouts Viva la Mexican Joe
He likes to gamble at poker he's an ace
He's always lucky with the cards at ever face
At winnin' 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 shining down on Mexican Joe
He don't got 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 song
If we use his formula we surely can't go wrong
His favorite playground is anywhere there's girls
He's got that something 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 shining down on Mexican Joe
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4.
HE'LL HAVE TO GO
(Joe Allison - Audrey Allison)
« © '59 Central Songs, BMI »
Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Let's 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
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 can't say the words I wanna hear while you're with another man
Do you want me answer yes or no darling I will understand
Put your sweet lips...
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5.
BILLY BAYOU
(Roger Miller)
« © '58 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Back about eighteen hundred and some
A Louisiana couple had a red headed son
No name soothed him Jim Jack or Joe
So they just called him Billy Bayou
Billy Billy Bayou watch where you go
You're walkin' on quick sand and walk slow
Billy Billy Bayou watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
[ guitar ]
Billy was a boy kinda big for a size
Red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn
Billy Billy Bayou...
[ guitar ]
One sad day Billy cried hoho
I can whip the feathers of Geronimo
He smarted off and the chief got mad
This nearly ended our Louisiana lad
Billy Billy Bayou...
[ guitar ]
One day in 1878
A pretty girl walked through Billy's front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there and run
He would up married cause he did neighter one
Billy Billy Bayou...
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
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6.
ACCORDING TO MY HEART
(Gary Walker)
« © '55 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
According 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 only one my heart is longing for
Though I don't know the reason why my dreams don't turn out right
Still I'll keep listening to my heart who knows someday they might
According to my heart the future will be bright
And every day I pray that my heart knows what's right
[ steel ]
According to my heart...
And every day I pray that my heart knows what's right
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7.
IN A MANSION STANDS MY LOVE
(Johnny Russell)
« © '59 Jamie Music, BMI »
On a mountain stands a mansion so fine
And it looks down on this cabin of mine
I had a love and I loved her true
But along came a rich man and he loved her to
Now on the mountain in a mansion stands my love
Well he promised he'd buy her diamond rings
Yes he promised fancy dresses and things
Promised everything indeed
But it can't buy a love that her poor heart needs
On a mountain in a mansion stand my love
[ dobro ]
Now I know that she's not happy there
And I know that she's got thing to bare
My only dream is that someday
She'll come right back here with me and stay
In the cabin in the valley with me
On a mountain stands a mansion so fine...
Now on the mountain in a mansion stands my love
Now on the mountain in a mansion stands my love
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8.
I KNOW ONE
(Jack Clement)
« © '60 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
When all your loves have ended when all your friends have flown
Who'll be around to want you when all your loves have gone
Only a fool would do it after the way you've done
But how many fools would have you I know one
This fool keeps wondering why he fell in love at all
But you might need this fool around in case you fall
After the party's over and you've had your fill of fun
If you need a fool to forgive you I know one
You never know you might be lonely when all your loves have missed
It wouldn't hurt to keep an extra fool on your list
After your heart's been broken and it needs a place to run
If you'll take a fool who loves you I know one yes I know one yes I know one
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9.
HOME
(Roger Miller)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I've been a traveler most of my life
I never took a home I never took a wife
I ran away young and decided to roam
But I wanna see my mama and my daddy back home
Home where the river runs cold
The water tastes good the winters ain't cold
Home where trees grow tall
The homefires burn and the whippoorwills call
[ guitar ]
I remember stories that my pappa used to tell
My eyes get big and my chest begin to 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
Home where the river runs cold...
[ guitar ]
Mama dear mama do you still love your boy
After all my roamin' can I still bring you joy
Mama sent a letter got it not long ago
Said come home we're missing you so
Home where the river runs cold...
Where the whippoorwills call where the whippoorwills call
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10.
IS IT REALLY OVER
(Jim Reeves)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Is it really over is this the end of the line
Don't tell me I'm losing the love that was mine
If you're really leaving take some part of me
So I'll always remember how sweet love used to be
I wonder who's stepping into my shoes who can he be
I can tell by your eyes our love has died and it's over for me
[ ac.guitar ]
I wonder who's stepping into...
Really over for me
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11.
WHEN YOU ARE GONE
(Jim Reeves - Dean Manuel)
« © '62 Tree Publishing, BMI »
When you are gone there's no fun with the crowd
And I find myself crying even crying out loud
I could find fun but I'd still be alone
Cause my world simply stands still when you are gone
When you are gone my heart knows it well
And it just won't believe all these stories I tell
Just can't get used to this being alone
And there's nothing to live for when you are gone
[ choir + ac.guitar ]
When you are gone...
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12.
STAND AT YOUR WINDOW
(Jim Carroll)
« © '59 Tree Publishing, BMI »
(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 see the window where the light shines through
And I wonder if you still remember
The one that you left for someone new
(Stand at your window...
[ guitar ]
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
A look at the one that I still love
(Stand at your window...
(Stand at your window...
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