Hank Locklin

Happy journey and auf wiederseh'n oh my darling till we meet again
Happy journey happy journey don't forget the one who love you so
I'll be lonely waiting just for you I'll be patient and forever true
Happy journey happy journey darling till that day
When you'll be coming back to stay

And once when I didn't know what to do and where to go
Then you came and love walked in with you
Now we have to say goodbye still I promise I won't cry
Though that something I won't have to do

I'll be lonely waiting just for you...

Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand
Well you've met her in a teahouse on the Island of Japan
And have you ever traveled over a many thousand miles
To see a pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style
They read it in the Tea Leaves and it's written in the sand
I found love by the heartful in the foreign distant land
Tell the homefolks that I'm happy with someone that's true I know
I love a pretty Geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow

I have stood and watched the sunrise from the waters of the sea
And wondered how much beauty in this whole world can there be
My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life worth while
To see my pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style
They read it in the Tea Leaves...

Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand
Well you've met her in a teahouse on the Island of Japan
And have you ever traveled over a many thousand miles
To see a pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style
They read it in the Tea Leaves and it's written in the sand
I found love by the heartful in the foreign distant land
Tell the homefolks that I'm happy with someone that's true I know
I love a pretty Geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow

I have stood and watched the sunrise from the waters of the sea
And wondered how much beauty in this whole world can there be
My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life worth while
To see my pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style
They read it in the Tea Leaves...

Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand
Well you've met her in a teahouse on the Island of Japan
And have you ever traveled over a many thousand miles
To see a pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style
They read it in the Tea Leaves and it's written in the sand
I found love by the heartful in the foreign distant land
Tell the homefolks that I'm happy with someone that's true I know
I love a pretty Geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow

I have stood and watched the sunrise from the waters of the sea
And wondered how much beauty in this whole world can there be
My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life worth while
To see my pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style
They read it in the Tea Leaves...

Please help me I'm falling in love with you
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk through
Turn away from me darling I'm begging you to
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
I belong to another whose arms have grown cold
But I promised forever to have and to hold
I can never be free dear but when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing the will to be true

Please help me I'm falling and that would be sin
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk in
For I mustn't want you but darling I do please help me I'm falling in love with you
Please help me I'm falling in love with you

Send me the pillow that you dream on don't you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
Each night while I'm sleeping oh so lonely
I share your love in dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
Send me the pillow that you dream on maybe time will let our dreams come true
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
I've waited so long for you to write me but just a mem'ry's all that's left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
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So darling I can dream on it too

Met a girl I loved in a town way down in Dixie
Neath the stars above she was the sweetest girl I ever did see
So I took her in my arms and told her of her many charms
And kissed her while the organ played the Bonaparte's Retreat

All the world was bright as I held her on that night
And I heard her say please don't ever go away
So I held her in my arms...

So I held her in my arms...
So I held her in my arms...

Oh Danny Boy the pipes the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the roses falling it's you it's you must go and I must bide
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valleys hushed and white with snow
Yes I'll be here in sunshine or in shadows oh Danny boy oh Danny Boy I love you so
But come ye back...

I was roaming round in Nashville in the state of Tennessee
For I love that country music it's as soulful as can be
I have gathered their the records for I cherished every name
So I found myself a standing in the Country Hall of Fame
My heart beat somewhat faster as I walked in through the door
For I heard the sound of voices I had often heard before
A happy kind of sadness brought a teardrop to my eye
Now I'll tell you what I saw there and I'm sure that you'll see why

Jimmie Rodgers' railroad lantern and his faithful old guitar
I could hear that old blue yodel coming from somewhere afar
Roy Acuff in bronze likeness with that great Fred Rose his friend
And I heard that Wabash Cannonball somewhere around the bend
The guitar of Eddy Arnold memories of Cattle Call
Chet Atkins will be with him when the work's all done this fall
From the autoharp of Maybelle Wildwood Flower seems to ring
Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner how they all could pick and sing

I could hear George Hay announcin' as I stood there in the room
I could hear Tex Ritter singing his classic song High Noon
Minnie Pearl so glad to be there and Hank Snow keeps Movin' On
May the Lord bless those still living and the ones who's joined his throne
Cowboy Copas Hankshaw Hawkins Gentleman Jim and Patsy Cline
Rod Bradsfield Ira Louvin these stars will always shine
Ernest Tubb and great Red Foley and Hank Williams bless his name
Though some are gone they'll live forever in the Country Hall of Fame

Bring along your fishin' pole and leave your dirty dishes
Meet me by the fishin' pole and wear your leather britches
Tell your mom and pa everything's alright
We're gonna go fishin' next Saturday night
Lipstick makeup leave behind makeup takes up too much time
You're a little honey and you're quite a dish
But Saturday night we're goin' fishin' you fish

Don't forget the frying pan and bring along some manners
Gonna get your catfish and we'll cook 'em up for dinner
Rollin' up and fryin' up and bakin' alright
We're gonna go fishin' next Saturday night
Lipstick makeup leave behind...

Never mind your powder puff we're not goin' dancin'
Cause your daddy's had enough a dancin' for romancin'
Bring along your brother that'll be alright
We're really goin' fishin' next Saturday night
Lipstick makeup leave behind...

Lipstick makeup leave behind...

Please help me I'm falling in love with you
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk through
Turn away from me darling I'm begging you to
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
I belong to another whose arms have grown cold
But I promised forever to have and to hold
I can never be free dear but when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing the will to be true

Please help me I'm falling and that would be sin
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk in
For I mustn't want you but darling I do please help me I'm falling in love with you
Please help me I'm falling in love with you

Today has been my birthday and tonight I should be glad
But you weren't here to share it and inside I've hurt so bad
I didn't want your presence just your kiss and company
And your lips to softly whisper happy birthday to me
But I came home all by myself and lit the candle
Made a wish for you and love that used to be
I unwrapped the tiny package that I bought myself
Then I sang happy birthday to me

I thought for sure you sent me at least a birthday card
But the postman didn't even stop when he passed by my yard
You could have telephone and ease a lot of misery
Instead I called myself and said happy birthday to me
And I came home all by myself...

(From here to there to you)
From here to there to you my letter is on its way
To tell you how I miss you ever since you sailed away
To tell you things are not the same when I'm so far from you
I'm sending all my love from here to there to you
From here to there to you and that's oh so far away
Across this little painted map from here to there to you
I wish that I could go myself across this ocean of blue
Along with my love letter from here to there to you

From here to there to you...

The love that I've waited and longed for is here in my arms at last
But she doesn't know all about me I'm just one step ahead of my past
Now I'm walking the old straight and narrow but yesterday's coming up fast
Cause you can't keep people from talking I'm just one step ahead of my past
Cause when I played at love I made my mistakes where everyone could see
Now I'm wondering if she'll understand is always haunting me
Will the news break the heart of my darling
And close the door to my future at last
Till the day she knows all about me I'm one step ahead of my past

Please help me I'm falling in love with you
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk through
Turn away from me darling I'm begging you to
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
I belong to another whose arms have grown cold
But I promised forever to have and to hold
I can never be free dear but when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing the will to be true

Please help me I'm falling and that would be sin
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk in
For I mustn't want you but darling I do please help me I'm falling in love with you
Please help me I'm falling in love with you

I have sailed the peaceful water salty ocean deep and blue
Felt the rapture of the dawning thrilled through sunset's golden view
I've sought above the mountain peeks for valleys great and wide
But it's a little more like heaven by your side
It's a little more like heaven where you are
I have sought for happiness both near and far
But my search for love was through the day that I met you
Cause it's a little more like heaven where you are

I have watched the crystal raindrops fall to earth to cool the day
Watched the rainbow at twilight when the clouds have flown away
I've adored the clinging roses round my mountain home so dear
But it's a little more like heaven when you're near
It's a little more like heaven...

I've been tempted for a moment by your lure and magic charms
Of a fickle flame and beauty while waltzin' in her arms
I cherrished mem'ries of the past of friends so kind and true
But it's a little more like heaven here with you
It's a little more like heaven...

Send me the pillow that you dream on don't you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
Each night while I'm sleeping oh so lonely
I share your love in dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
Send me the pillow that you dream on maybe time will let our dreams come true
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
I've waited so long for you to write me but just a mem'ry's all that's left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too

So darling I can dream on it too

(Living alone living alone)
I may be wealthy with more than my share I may be able to go anywhere
I may own a kingdom and sit on a throne still I'll be lonely while I'm livin' alone
I can follow the bright lights keep a smile on my face
I can travel this whole world but not get any place
I need you near me to stick by my side
Please give me true love and don't shatter my pride
If you should leave me all the dreams I have known
Will never come true while I'm livin' alone

I need you near me...