Dottie West Album

I let my heart fall into careless hands careless hands that broke my heart in two
You held my dreams like worthless springs of sand
Careless hands don't care when dreams secure
You've brought me joy and oh I loved you so
But all that sunshine didn't make roses grow
If you don't change someday you'll know the sorrow
Careless hands that can't hold on to love
You've brought me joy...

Beneath that snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And he speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring
When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me that's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life's the thing that I can't win
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you where you found it on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you
[ guitar ]
The breeze along the river seems to say
He'll only break my heart again should I decide to stay
Little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow
Yes spread your tiny wings...
Yes if I could you know that I would fly away with you

Only a fool could keep on loving you
If it's crazy to love you then I'm crazy cause I do
You don't care who's heart you're breaking only a fool could keep on loving you
Only a fool would cling to love when it's such a hopeless thing
Stay around and worship you knowing you don't feel the same
I don't know why I even want you you don't need me you told me so
If there's a chance that you might love me only a fool would ever let you go
Only a fool would ever let you go

I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
When you take you got to give so live and let live or let go
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover so you better think it over
When it's sweet talking you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter but what would it matter
So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometimes
[ guitar ]
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden
I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you I'd just as soon let you go
But there's one thing I want you to know
Look before you leap still waters run deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
So smile for a while...
I beg you pardon I never promised you a rose garden

Take the ribbon from my hair shake it loose and let it fall
Laying soft against your skin like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light
All I'm taking is your time help me make it through the night
I don't care what's right or wrong I don't try to understand
Let the devil have tomorrow Lord tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight
Lord it's sad to be alone help me make it through the night
[ choir ]
Lord it's sad to be alone help me make it through the night
I can't stand to be alone help me make it through the night

A lonesome whistle sails through the pines and finds me crying on my pillow
I wipe the tears and raise up my head I hear a forest call up low
Listen yonder comes a train mama is that the one he's on
The only thing that keeps me goin' is knowin' he's coming back home
And yonder comes a train

I broke his heart and he got on a train and told me come back anytime
Hope that I must have heard that old lonesome whistle at least ten thousand times
Listen yonder comes a train mama...

Please release me let me go cause I don't love you anymore
And to waste our lives would be a sin release and let me love again
Yes I have found a new love dear and I will always want him near
His lips are warm while yours're cold release me my darling let me go
(Please release me let me go) no I don't love you anymore
(To waste our lives would be a sin) so release and let me love again
Please release me can't you see that you'd be a fool to cling to me
And to live together is a sin so release and let me love again

Cause your love takes good care of me yes your love takes good care of me
And when the rain falls and the wind blows and the storm is on the sea
I'll be safe your love takes care of me

When life for me gets weary and the sun refuses to shine
I run to the arms of the one I love and there I'll hide
You know just what to do and say you make my life worthwhile
And when I look into your face I see heaven in your smile
And your love...
Oh I'll be safe your love takes care of me

[No lyrics]

It's been many years now since you left me
But your love and your mem'ries they're still like you
I've tried everything I could to forget you now there's only one thing left to do
I know it's not right this way I'm thinking
But then nothing's been right since you said we were through
I just can't stand another minute of this hurtin' so there's only one thing left to do
Now I hope God will understand and forgive me
And let me find the peace that I once knew
And meets me at the gates of heaven and says it's all right it's all right
It was the only thing left to do
I only hope that God meets me at the gates of heaven and says it's all right
It was the only thing left to do