I left out of Tucson with no destination in mind I was running from trouble and the jail term the judge had in mind And the border meant freedom a new
Written by E. Johnson Recorded by Hank Snow A good gal is hard to find You always get the other kind And when you think you've got the best in the land
A Mother wrote a letter asking how much longer must I wait Before you send my boy back home to me For my eyes are growing dim and I'm longing for my Jim
The world's a stage they say and we're all part of the play And you were only acting when we met You played the lover well so how could I foretell That
Dear Santa Claus, It's been so long So long since I have written Since as a kid in happy house I dwelled I've moved from there and now I live On disillusion
Adios amigo adios my friend The road we have traveled has come to an end When two love the same love one love has to lose And it's you who she longs for
Written and Recorded by Hank Snow The lights were burning low and Mister Midnight made his way. Old Father TIme had trudged along to close another day
I waited each day for your letter although I knew what it would cost But dear when it came I knew that your game Had been won and I knew that I had lost
All the time yes darling all the time Tenderly constantly I'll love you Every day I'll prove it every day In happiness or in loneliness I'll love you
Recorded by Hank Snow Another cryin' night will soon be over now The morning light won't help, I'll still be blue 'Cause everywhere I turn there's only
Now wouldn't you expect to find a man an awful crank That's staked out nigh three hundred claims and every one a blank That's followed every fool stampede
Any old time, you want to come back home Drop me a line, and say no more you'll roam You had your chance to play the game fair When you left me, sweetheart
You're mine for awhile till a new face appears And then you're no longer with me They call me a fool and laugh at my tears For they know I'll never be
Beyond the reef where the sea is dark and cold My love has gone and my dreams grow old There'll be no tears there'll be no regretting Will she remember
There's nothing left for me Of days that used to be I live in memory Among my souvenirs Some letters tied with blue A photograph or two I see a rose
Oh them big wheels a-turnin', goin' somewhere And they're carryin' her away from my side Yes I cried, thought I died Love was just a game to me, I thought
This is the tale that was told to me by the man with the crystal eye As I smoked my pipe in the camp-fire light and the Glories swept the sky As the Northlights
I loved and laughed and had my fun and went on to someone new And tonight at last the game is done and the bill is falling due I took your love you gave