Dottie West Album

Don't build for me no paper mansions that only stand until you've gone
You've paint the nasiest futures of anyone I know
You always leave me holding on to pretty words that glow
You've built a thousand mansions out of dreams that seemed so strong
But they're always made of paper not of stone
Don't build for me no paper mansion that I can never call my own
For love can't live in paper mansions that only stand until you've gone
[ piano ]
You've always been a dreamer dear and I'm a dreamer too
But I guess I've had too many of the time that don't come true
So don't build me no mansion with paper walls so thin
That only stand until you leave again
Don't build for me...

Your hand is like a torch each time you touch me
That look in your eyes pulls me apart
Don't open the door to heaven if I can't come in
Don't touch me if you don't love me sweetheart
Your kiss is like a drink when I'm thirsty and I'm thirsty for you with all my heart
But please don't love me then act as though we've never kissed
No don't touch me if you don't love me sweetheart
Don't give me something that you might take away
To have you then lose you wouldn't be smart on my part
Don't open the door to heaven if I can't come in
Oh don't touch me if you don't love me sweetheart
Don't touch me if you don't love me sweetheart

No one to cry to no one to kiss goodnight no one to tell my troubles to
No one to sigh to no one to hold me tight no one to cheer me when I'm blue
I go home to my lonely room and find there's no one there
And each night I think of you please answer this one prayer
And give me someone to cry to someone to say I do someone to whisper I love you
(No one to cry to)
[ guitar ]
(No one to tell my troubles to)
I go home to my lonely room and find there's no one there
And each night I beg of you please answer this one prayer
Someone to cry to someone to say I do someone to whisper I love you
(No one to cry to)

I look at your picture too often it helps keep your mem'ry alive
It's not healthy they say to relive yesterday but for me it's the way to survive
I must cling to what's gone if I've to go on I can't face the future I've tried
Perhaps for the rest looking back isn't best but for me it's the way to survive
[ guitar - steel ]
When my heart aches I read all your letters and the words make our love come alive
They say I can't last if I live in the past but for me it's the way to survive
I must cling to what's gone...

It sure gets lonely alone no one to talk to alone
Nights sure get longer since you're gone don't keep me lonely too long
I need your arms to hold me and hear you say you need me
Don't let me live on dreams alone don't keep me lonely too long
Mem'ries are bad on one so lonely
My tortured heart cries out because it loves and wants you only
Yes I'm so lonely alone afraid of being all alone
Without your love I can't go on don't keep me lonely too long
Without your love I can't go on don't keep me lonely too long

Stealing someone else's love is as bad as any crime
And we know someday we'll pay we're just loving on borrowed time
How much longer can I hide this stolen love that can't be mine
And how much longer can we run till they find oh oh we're loving on borrowed time
[ steel ]
Loving in our sacred world has been like heaven here on earth
But you know as well as I we're just loving on borrowed time
But for now forget and hold me tight how could we ever say goodbye
For we're bound to get burn this flame is much too high
Oh oh we're loving on borrowed time oh oh we're loving on borrowed time

Last night all alone in a barroom met a man who set my heart awhirl
He had a smile on his lips and coal black hair and eyes that would tempt any girl
Then he came and sat down at my table and as he placed his warm hand in mine
I found myself wanting to hold him for temptation was flowin' like wine
And I was almost persuaded to strip myself of my pride
Almost persuaded to push my conscience aside
Then we danced and he whispered I need you come with me let me be your man
Then I looked into his eyes and I saw it the reflection of my wedding band
And I was almost persuaded to let strange lips lead me on
Almost persuaded but your sweet love made me stop and go home

I reached out my arms and I touched you with soft words I whispered your name
I held you right on the tip of my fingers oh but that was as close as I came
My eyes had a vision of sweet lips yeelding beneath my command
I had your love on the tips of my fingers but I let it slip right through my hands
Yes I let it slip right through my hands
Somebody took you when I wasn't looking and I should have known from the start
Well it's a long long way from the tip of my fingers
To the love that's hidden deep in your heart to the love hidden deep in your heart
Yes somebody took you...

[No lyrics]

It's teardrop time I'm all alone again it's teardrop time my baby's gone again
My happiness has left me here behind sad eyes get sick to cry it's teardrop time
Again he's heard the call from his old flame
And the fire that beckoned took him just like an evening train
Love lives no more inside this world of mine
Hang on and help me hard it's teardrop time
Love lives no more...
Hang on and help me hard it's teardrop time

Someone's gotta cry when love is over and as you leave it's very plain to see
You're not about to cry for you're in love again
But someone's gotta cry so that leaves me
There's very little left to say the goodbyes have been said
But anytime a true love dies there's tears to be shed
Someone's gotta cry that makes it final and in her arms is where you wanna be
You smile at her she smiles at you and you're happy
Oh but someone's gotta cry and that leaves me
Yes there's very little...

How many times does your heart break how many tears do you cry
How long does it take to forget a love that just won't die
How many nights are you lonesome how many days are you blue
How many lifetimes will it take me oh to ever get over you
I've tried everything from wine to someone new
But nothing or no one can take the place of you
How many lifetimes will it take me oh to ever get over you
How many lifetimes will it take me oh to ever get over you