Frankie Laine - Best [compilation] (2011) by Frankie Laine (보컬) on maniadb.com

Every day, along about evening
When the sunlight's beginning to pale
I ride through the slumbering shadows

Along the Navajo Trail
When it's night and crickets are callin'
And coyotes are makin' a wail
I dream by a smoldering fire
Along the Navajo Trail

I love to lie and listen to the music
When the wind is strummin' a sagebrush guitar
When over yonder hill the moon is climbin'
It always finds me wishin' on a star
Well what a ya know, it's mornin' already
There's the dawnin', so silver and pale
It's time to climb into my saddle
And ride the Navajo Trail

I love to lie and listen to the music
When the wind is strummin' a sagebrush guitar
When over yonder hill the moon is climbin'
It always finds me wishin' on a star
Well what a ya know, it's mornin' already
There's the dawnin', so silver and pale (like a silvery veil)
It's time to climb into my saddle

And ride the Navajo Trail
Ride the Navajo Trail
Ride the Navajo Trail

Answer me, Lord above:
Just what sin have I been guilty of?
Tell me how I came to lose my love.
Please answer me, oh, Lord.She was mine yesterday,
An' I believed that love was here to stay.
Won't you tell me where Ii've gone astray:
Please answer me, oh, Lord.If she's happier without me,
Don't tell her I care.
But if she still thinks about me,
Please let her hear my prayer.Let her know I've been true.
Send her back so we can start anew.
In my sorrow, may I turn to you?
Please answer me, oh, Lord.If she's happier without me,
Don't tell her I care.
But if she still thinks about me,
Please let her hear my prayer.Let her know I've been true.
Send her back so we can start anew.
In my sorrow, may I turn to you?
Please answer me, oh, Lord.

For he rode a blazing saddle
He wore a shining star
He conquered fear and he conquered hate and he turned dark night into day for
He rode a blazing saddle a torch to light the way
When bad men come he's a man with a gun and Bart was his name yes Bart was his name
He ode a blazing saddle a torch to light the way

All day I've faced the barren waste,
Without the taste of water:
Cool water. (Water.)
Old Dan and I, with throats burned dry,
An' souls that cry for water: (Water.)
Cool, (Water.)
Clear, (Water.)
Water. (Water.)Keep a-movin, Dan,
Don't you listen to him, Dan,
He's the devil, not a man:
Spreads the burning sand with water. (Water.)
Dan, can you see that big, green tree, (Water.)
Where the water's runnin' free? (Water.)
It's waitin' there for me and you? (Water.)The nights are cool, I'm a fool.
Each star's a pool of water.
Cool water. (Water.)
But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn,
And carry on to water. (Water.)
Water, (Water.)
Water, (Water.)
Water, (Water.)Keep a-movin, Dan,
Don't you listen to him, Dan,
He's the devil, not a man:
Spreads the burning sand with water. (Water.)
Dan, can you see that big, green tree, (Water.)
Where the water's runnin' free? (Water.)
Waitin' there for me and you?Cool, (Water.)
Clear, (Water.)
Water. (Water.)Cool, (Water.)
Clear, (Water.)
Water. (Cool, clear, water.)

Hear me, why you keep fooling
Little coquette, making fun of the one who loves you
Breaking hearts you are ruling
Little coquette, true hearts tenderly dreaming of you.
Someday you'll fall in love as I fell in love with you.
Maybe the one you love will just be fooling too.
And when you are alone with all your regrets,
You know, my little coquette, I love you.

Someday you'll fall in love as I fell in love with you.
Now, maybe the one you love will just be fooling too.
And when you are alone with all your regrets,
Now, you know, my little coquette, I love you.

Oh, give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through that wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in.
Let me be by myself in the evenin? breeze
An' listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please
Don?t fence me in

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies
On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
And I can't look at harbours and I can't stand fences
Don?t fence me in

(Oh, give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above,)
(Don?t fence me in.)
(Let me ride through that wide open country that I love:)
(Don?t fence me in.)
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
An' listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please
Don?t fence me in

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies
On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
An' gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
An' I can't look at harbours and I can?t stand fences
So don?t fence me in, oh no
Now brother, don?t you fence me in

Granada, I'm falling under your spell,
And if you could speak, what a fascinating tale you would tell.
Of an age the world has long forgotten.
Of an age that weaves a silent magic in Granada today.

The dawn in the sky greets the day with a sigh for Granada,
For she can remember the splendor that once was Granada.
It still can be found in the hills all around as I wanderr along.
Entranced by the beauty before me,
Entranced by a land full of sunshine and flowers and song.

And when day is done and the sun starts to set in Granada,
I envy the blush of the snow-clad Sierra Nevada.
For soon it will welcome the stars while a thousand guitars,
Play a soft habanera.
Then moonlit Granada will live again the glory of yesterday,
Romantic and gay.

O.K. Corral O.K. Corral
There the outlaw band make their final stand
O.K. Corral
Oh my dearest one must die
Lay down my gun or take the chance of losing you forever
Duty calls
My backs against the wall
Have you no kind word to say
Before I ride away
Away
Your love your love
I need
Your love
Keep the flame let it burn
Until I return
From the gunfight at O.K. Corral
If the lord is my friend
We'll meet at the end
Of the gunfight at O.K. Corral
Gunfight at O.K. Corral
Boot hill Boot hill
So cold so still
There they lay side by side
The killers that died
In the gunfight at O.K. Corral
O.K. Corral
Gunfight at O.K. Corral

O.K. Corral O.K. Corral
There the outlaw band make their final stand
O.K. Corral
Oh my dearest one must die
Lay down my gun or take the chance of losing you forever
Duty calls
My backs against the wall
Have you no kind word to say
Before I ride away
Away
Your love your love
I need
Your love
Keep the flame let it burn
Until I return
From the gunfight at O.K. Corral
If the lord is my friend
We'll meet at the end
Of the gunfight at O.K. Corral
Gunfight at O.K. Corral
Boot hill Boot hill
So cold so still
There they lay side by side
The killers that died
In the gunfight at O.K. Corral
O.K. Corral
Gunfight at O.K. Corral

Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin'
On this, our wedding day
Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin'
Wait; wait alone
I do not know what fate awaits me
I only know I must be brave
For I must face a man who hates me
Or lie a coward, a craven coward
Or lie a coward in my grave

Oh, to be torn 'twixt love an' duty
S'posin' I lose my fair-haired beauty
Look at that big hand move along
Nearing high noon

He made a vow while in state prison
Vowed it would be my life for his an'
I'm not afraid of death but, oh, what shall I do
If you leave me?

Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin'
You made that promise as a bride
Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin'
Although you're grievin', don't think of leavin'
Now that I need you by my side

Wait along (wait along)
Wait along
Wait along (wait along, wait along, wait along, wait along)

(Hummin', hummin', hummin', hummin'.)

Humming Bird, Humming Bird should be your name.
(Humming Bird should be your name.)
Too restless to settle, too wild to tame.
(Too restless, too wild to tame.)
Too restless to settle, too wild to tame,
Humming Bird, Humming Bird should be your name.

(Hummin', hummin', hummin', hummin'.)

Humming Bird, Humming Bird winging along.
(Humming Bird winging along.)
No tender young blossom can hold you for long.
(No blossom can hold you for long.)
No tender young blossom can hold you for long.
Humming Bird, Humming Bird winging along.

I'd rather be lonely, I'd rather be blue.
Yes, I'd rather spend my whole life without you,
Than feather a nest to be shattered apart,
By the hum, hum of your Humming Bird heart.

(Hum, hum, hum, hum.)

Humming Bird, Humming Bird, feathered so fine,
(Humming Bird, feathered so fine.)
If I clipped your wings it would not make you mine.
(Oh no, it would not make you mine.)
If I clipped your wings it would not make you mine;
Humming Bird, Humming Bird, feathered so fine.

(Hummin', hummin', hummin', hummin'.)

Humming Bird, Humming Bird, fly right on by.
Some folks like to gamble but darling, not I.
Some folks like to gamble but darling, not I.
Humming Bird, Humming Bird, fly right on by.

I'd rather be lonely, I'd rather be blue.
Yes, I'd rather spend my whole life without you,
Than feather a nest to be shattered apart,
By the hum, hum of your Humming Bird heart.

(Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum.)

By the hum, hum of your Humming Bird heart.

(Hummin', hummin', hummin', hummin'.)

I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows
I believe that somewhere in the darkest night, a candle glows
I believe for everyone who goes astray
Someone will come to show the way
I believe
I believeI believe above the storm the smallest prayer
Will still be heard
I believe that someone in the great somewhere
Hears every word
Every time I hear a newborn baby cry
Or touch a leaf
Or see the sky
Then I know why I believeEvery time I hear a newborn baby cry
Or touch a leaf
Or see the sky
Then I know why I believe
[Why I believe]

Jealousy, night and day you torture me
I sometimes wonder if this spell that I'm under
Can only be a melody for I know no one but me
Has won your heart but when the music starts

My peace departs
From the moment they play that lovely strain
And we surrender to all its charm again
This jealousy that tortures me is ecstasy, mystery, pain

We dance to a tango of love
Your heart beats with mine as we sway
Your eyes give the answer I'm dreaming of
That soft word your cruel lips will never say

I fear that the music will end
And shatter the spell it may lend
To make me believe when your eyes just deceive
Bit it's only the tango you love

I fear that the music will end
And shatter the spell it may lend
To make me believe when your eyes just deceive
And it's only the tango you love
It's only the tango that you love

JEZEBE E E E EL, JEZEBE E E E EL
IF EVER THE DEVIL WAS BORN
WITHOUT A PAIR OF HORNS IT WAS YOU
JEZEBEL IT WAS YOU
IF EVER AN ANGEL FELL..JEZEBEL
IT WAS YOU, JEZEBEL IT WAS YOU
IF EVER A PAIR OF EYES PROMISED PARADISE
DECEIVING ME GRIEVING ME LEAVING ME BLUE
JEZEBEL IT WAS YOU
IF EVER THE DEVILS PLAN WAS MADE TO TORMENT MAN
IT WAS YOU JEZEBEL IT WAS YOUTWOULD BE BETTER HAD I NEVER KNOWN
A LOVER SUCH AS YOU
FORSAKING DREAMS AND ALL
FOR THE SIREN CALL OF YOUR ARMS
LIKE A DEMON LOVE POSSESSED ME YOU
OBSESSED ME CONSTANTLY
WHAT EVIL STAR IS MINE
THAT MY FATES DESIRE SHOULD BE
JEZEBE E E EL
IF EVER A PAIR OF EYES PROMISED PARADISE
DECEIVING ME GRIEVING ME LEAVING ME BLUE
JEZEBEL IT WAS YOU
IF EVER THE DEVILS PLAN WAS MADE TO TORMENT MAN
IT WAS YOU NIGHT AND DAY
EVERY WAY JEZEBEL, JEZEBEL, JEZEBEL

Your love and mine, dear, It will shine, dear
Just like that golden ring on your fingerLove isn't just for tonight
Or two arms that hold me so tight
Love is a song that two must learn to sing
Love is a golden ringLove's not a summer romance
Or the kiss that follows the dance
Love is forever a rare and lasting thing
Love is a golden ringA wedding in the church
The happiness and tears
The little ring you'll wear
Will last through all the years
And in our golden days
We'll find eternal spring
With love and the golden ringSo please won't you wear it for me
With faith and sweet charity
For lonely lovers lost
This message we will bring
Love is a golden ring
Love is a golden ring
Love is a golden ring
Love

You can gamble for match sticks, you can gamble for gold
The stakes may be heavy or small
But if you haven't gambled for love and lost, you haven't gambled at all

They call me a moonlight gambler
I've gambled for love and lost
When I gamble for love and it isn't in the cards
Oh, what heartaches it can cost me

Win or lose, I'm a moonlight gambler
And a winner is what I long to be
So I'll gamble for love just as long as I live
Till the day Lady Luck smiles at me

You can gamble for match sticks
You can gamble for gold
The stakes may be heavy or small
But if you haven't gambled for love and lost
Then you haven't gambled at all

No, if you haven't gambled for love in the moonlight
Then you haven't gambled at all

So I'll gamble for love just as long as I live
Till the day Lady Luck smiles at me

They call me the moonlight gambler
They call me the moonlight gambler

Mule train, yeah, yeah.
Mule train: clippetty-clopping over hill and plain.
Seems as how they'll never stop.
Clippetty-clop, clippetty-clop, clippetty, clippetty,
clippetty, clippetty, clippetty-clopping along.

There's a plug of chaw tobaccy for a rancher in Corolla;
A guitar for a cowboy way out in Arizona;
A dress of callico for a pretty Navajo.
Get along mule, get along.

Mule train, yeah, yeah.
Mule train: clippetty-clopping along the mountain chain.
Seems as though they're gonna recah the top.
Clippetty-clop, clippetty-clop, clippetty, clippetty, c
lippetty, clippetty, clippetty-clopping along.

There's some cotton thread and needle for the folks away out yonder.
A shovel for a miner who left his home to wander.
Some rheumatism pills for the settlers in the hills.
Get along mule, get along.



Mule train, yeah, yeah.
Mule train: clippetty-clopping through the wind and rain.
They'll keep going till they drop.
Clippetty-clop, clippetty-clop, clippetty, clippetty,
clippetty, clippetty, clippetty-clopping along.

There's a letter full of sadness and it's black around the border.
A pair of boots for someone who had them made to order.
A Bible in the pack for the Reverend Mr Black.
Get along mule, get along.

Get along mule, get along. (Mule train.)
Get along, get along.

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two
With George Pratt his partner and brother Billy too
They crossed the Yukon river and they found the bonanza gold
Below that old white mountain
Just a little south-east of Nome
Sam crossed the Majestic mountains to the valleys far below
He talked to his team of huskies
As he mushed on through the snow
With the northen lights a-runnin' wild
In the land of the midnight sun
Yes Sam McCord was a mighty man
In the year of nineteen-one

Where the river is windin' big nuggets they're findin'
North to Alaska go north the rush is on
North to Alaska go north the rush is on

George turns to Sam with his gold in his hand
Said Sam you're lookin' at a lonely lonely man
I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land
For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jenny's hand
'Cause a man needs a woman to love him all the time
Remember Sam a true love is so hard to find
I'd build for my Jenny a honeymoon home
Below that old white mountain
Just a little south-east of Nome

Where the river is windin' big nuggets they're findin'
North to Alaska go north the rush is on
North to Alaska go north the rush is on

Keep rolli rollin rollin
though the streams are swollen
keep them doggies rollin rawhide
through rain and wind and weather
hell-bent for leather
wishin my gal ws by my side
all the things im missin
good vittles,love and kissin
are waitin at the end of my ride

move em on head em up
head em up move em on
move em on head em up rawhide

cut em out ride em in
ride em in let em out
cut em out ride em in rawhide

move em on head em up
head em up move em on
move em on head em up rawhide

cut em out ride em in
ride em in cut em out
cut em out ride em in rawhide
ride em in rawhide

An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
A'plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw
Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost herd in the sky
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns wuz black and shiny and their hot breaths he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders comin' hard and he heard their mournful cry
Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat
They're ridin' hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught them yet
They've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky
On horses snortin' flame an' fire, as they ride on, hear them cry
Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from hell a' ridin' on our range"
"Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride"
"A-tryin' to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies."
Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky

SINGING THE BLUES.

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE SINGING THE BLUES
COS I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D EVER LOSE
YOUR LOVE DEAR, WHY'D YOU DO ME THIS WAY

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE CRYING ALL NIGHT
COS EVERYTHING'S WRONG AND NOTHING AIN'T RIGHT
WITHOUT YOU, YOU GOT ME SINGING THE BLUES

THE MOON AND STARS NO LONGER SHINE
THE DREAM IS GONE I THOUGHT WAS MINE
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO DO
BUT CRY-Y-Y-Y OVER YOU

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE RUNNING AWAY
BUT WHY SHOULD I GO COS I COULDN'T STAY WITHOUT YOU
YOU GOT ME SING THE BLUES

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE SINGING THE BLUES
COS I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D EVER LOSE
YOUR LOVE DEAR, WHY'D YOU DO ME THIS WAY

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE CRYING ALL NIGHT
COS EVERYTHING'S WRONG AND NOTHING AIN'T RIGHT
WITHOUT YOU, YOU GOT ME SINGING THE BLUES

THE MOON AND STARS NO LONGER SHINE
THE DREAM IS GONE I THOUGHT WAS MINE
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO DO
BUT CRY-Y-Y-Y OVER YOU

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE RUNNING AWAY
BUT WHY SHOULD I GO COS I COULDN'T STAY WITHOUT YOU
YOU GOT ME SING THE BLUES

Up in the mornin'
Out on the job
Work like the devil for my pay
But that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all day.Fuss with my woman, toil for my kids
Sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
While that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all dayDear Lord above, can't you know I'm pining, tears all in my eyes
Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to ParadiseShow me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day
Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to ParadiseShow me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day

-Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits"
-Columbia CS 8636
-peak Billboard position
4 in 1947
-Words and Music by Carroll Loveday and Helmy Kresa

To spend one night with you
In our old rendezvous
And reminisce with you
That's my desire

To meet where gypsies play
Down in that dim caf?br> And dance till break of day
That's my desire

We'll sip a little glass of wine
And I'll gaze into your eyes divine
I'll feel the touch of your lips
Pressing on mine

To hear you whisper low
Just when it's time to go
"Cheri, I love you so"
"You're my desire"

To hear you whisper low
Just when it's time to go
"Cheri, I love you so"
"You're my desire"

You're my desire

It was Tiger Wilson versus Kid McCoy
In the summer of ninety-three
Now the Kid was everybody's pride and joy
Just as game as a kid could beAnd his darlin' Bess was in the second row
She was prayin' with all her might
Sayin, "Kid, we need that little bungalow
Oh, you've just gotta win tonight"Come on, Kid, come on, Kid
Let's hit him with a left and a right
Go on, Kid, go on, Kid
But how were they to know it was the Kid's last fight
(But how were they to know it was the Kid's last fight)Now the Kid had fever to the very bone
But nobody would ever guess
He was in there fightin' on his heart alone
Cause he just had to win for BessOh, the Kid was battered, the Kid was floored
But the count never got to ten
Though his brain was reelin' when the people roared
He was up on his feet againCome on, Kid, come on, Kid
Let's hit him with a left and a right
Go on, Kid, go on, Kid
But how were they to know it was the Kid's last fight
(But how were they to know it was the Kid's last fight)Said the Tiger, scowlin', don't you know you're through
I can whip you just like a child
I'm gonna take the fight and take your woman too
When he heard that the Kid went wildSaid the Kid, "For that I'll tear you limb from limb"
And he sprang like an angry colt
He said a punch a-flyin at the Tiger's chin
Knocked him out like a thunderboltCome on, Kid, come on, Kid
Let's hit him with a left and a right
Go on, Kid, go on, Kid
But how were they to know it was the Kid's last fight
(But how were they to know it was the Kid's last fight)To the crowd that saw it there was little doubt
That the Kid was a champ that night
But the champ would never have another bout
Twas the fever that won the fightGather round, I'm bettin' even money folks
There's a bell soundin' way up high
And the champ is climbin' through the golden ropes
Of the Big Ring up in the skyCome on, Kid, come on, Kid
Let's hit him with a left and a right
Go on, Kid, go on, Kid
But how were they to know it was the Kid's last fight

See them tumbling down
Pledging their love to the ground
Lonely but free I'll be found
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds

Cares of the past are behind
Nowhere to go but I'll find
Just where the trail will wind
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds

I know when night has gone
That a new world's born at dawn

I'll keep rolling along
Deep in my heart is a song
Here on the range I belong
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds

Drifting, on and on
Moving, on and on
Wandering, on and on

Till I became a wanted man,
I never owned a gun,
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat,
And I'm always, always, always on the run

I killed poor Jed Bryant
In a bad Laredo fight,
Killed him with my bare hands
For the girl I loved that night.
Jed's brother's out to get me,
He's comin' with a gang
I'd rather shoot it out, by God, than let 'em see me hang

Bullet in my shoulder,
Blood runnin' down my vest,
Twenty in the posse,
And they're never gonna let me rest.

Till I became a wanted man,
I never owned a gun,
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat,
And I'm always, always, always on the run

Spangles on her red dress
Laughter in her voice,
When he tried to put his hands on her
My heart left me no choice.
But was she really worth it?
I guess I'll never know,
She'll be drinkin' someone else's rye when I'm six feet below.

Bullet in my shoulder,
Blood runnin' down my vest,
Twenty in the posse,
And they're never gonna let me rest.

Till I became a wanted man,
I never owned a gun,
But now they hunt me like a mountain cat,
And I'm always, always, always on the run.

Cheatin', cheatin', cheatin'

Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry, you gonna try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart is gonna tell on you

When tears come down like falling rain
You gonna toss around, you gonna call my name
You gonna walk the floor just the way I do
Your cheatin' heart is gonna tell on you

Cheatin', cheatin', cheatin'

When tears come down like falling rain
You gonna toss around, you gonna call my name
You gonna walk the floor just the way I do
(You walk the floor the way I do)
Your cheatin' heart is gonna tell on you
(Your cheatin' heart, your cheatin' heart tells on you)