Al Hibbler

The eleventh hour is here The hour of parting, dear We have one hour, my love For at midnight, we must part Soon, my love, you'll obey Your wandering heart Thrill my lips as you've Always thrilled them Till my lips Are mine no more Hold back the time, my lo...

There's a tree in the meadow With a stream drifting by And carved upon that tree I see "I love you till I die" I will always remember The love in your eyes The day you carved upon that tree "I love you till I die" But further on down lovers' lane A silhouett...

After the lights go down low, baby, you'll know There'll be no reason for teasing me so And when the dancing is through and folks will be few I'll be here sitting with no one but you And I'll be needing you so after the lights go down low I wanna hold you and...

You know the game of love, so the flame never burns you No passion concerns you, no violins play But me, I lose control of my heart when I'm near you That's why I fear you and turn away I need a love that's true, I wish it could be you I know it should be you...

Away all boats I'm sending All my ships of dreams To bring the love I long to hold They sail the sea Of things that used to be And gently you return to me On waves of memories When I'm alone and lonely In the night again I think of you I dim the light and th...

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, 'tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. But come you back when summer's in the meadow Or when the valley's hushed and...

Daybreak, another new day, The mist on the meadow is drifting away For it's daybreak, the sun's in the sky now And flowers break through their blanket of dew. Sunrise, how lovely it seems To see from my window, a sky full of dreams As the white clouds sail on...

After the lights go down low, baby, you know There'll be no reason for teasin' me so. And when the dancin' is through and folks will be few I'll be here sittin' with no one but you And I'll be needin you so after the lights go down low. I want to hold you, sq...

Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't hurt you, not much Since everyone spread the story With his own little personal touch Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream Is o...

Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Couldn't bear it without you Don't get around much anymore Though I'd visit the club Got as far as the door They'd have asked me about you Don't get around much anymore Darling, I guess my mind's more at...

Tear a star from out the sky and the sky feels blue Tear a petal from the rose and the rose weeps too Take your heart away from mine and mine will surely break My life is yours to take, so please keep the spark awake Would you take the wings from birds so tha...

Don't you know I care Or don't you care to know? If you know I care, How could you hurt me so. Darling, you are part of ev'ry breath I take Will you break my heart Or give my heart a break? I can't figure out what love's all about, And where I fit into your sc...

He can turn the tides and calm the angry sea He alone decides who writes a symphony He lights ev'ry star that makes the darkness bright He keeps watch all through each long and lonely night He still finds the time to hear a child's first prayer Saint or sinne...

Honey, honey, Oh, honey, listen to my plea: Every honeybee Fills with jealousy, When they see you out with me! I don't blame them, goodness knows, Oh, honey! suckle rose! When you're passin' by, Flowers droop and sigh And I know the reason why, You...

Ain't got the change of a nickel Ain't got no bounce in my shoes Ain't go no fancy to tickle I ain't got nothing but the blues Ain't got no coffee that's perking Ain't got no winnings to lose Ain't got a dream that is working I ain't got nothing but the blues...

I need your love so badly, I love you, oh, so madly But I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you! I thought at last I'd found you, but other loves surround you And I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you! If you'd surrender just for a tender kiss or two Y...

Never treats me sweet and gentle The way she should I've got it bad And that ain't good Like a lonely weeping willow Not made of wood wood I've got it bad And that ain't good But when the weekend's over And Monday rolls around I end up like I start out Just...

I've got a right to sing the blues I've got a right to feel low down I've got a right to hang around Down around the river A certain gal in this old town Keeps draggin' my poor heart around All I see for me Is misery I've got a right to sing the blues I've g...

I hadn't anyone till you, I was a lonely one 'til you, I used to lie awake and wonder if there could be A someone in the wide world just made for me, Now I see I had to save my love for you, (I saved my love for you) I never gave my love 'til you, (I saved it...

I let a song go out of my heart It was the sweetest melody I know I lost heaven 'cause you were the song Since you and I have drifted apart Life doesn't mean a thing to me Please come back, sweet music, I know I was wrong Am I too late to make amends? You kn...

Pride, sad, splendid liar, Sworn enemy of love Kept my lips from saying Things I was thinking of. But now my pride you've humbled, I've cast it to the winds, Broken, beaten, sick at heart My confession begins. We've played the game of stay away But it cost m...

My arms were around her My eyes were aglow The moment was tender The music was low But while we were dancing I think you should know I was telling her about you She kept coming closer The magic was there She wore an expression That made people stare It looked...

I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want you To want a love that can't be true A love that's there for others too I'm a fool to hold you Such a fool to hold you To seek a kiss not mine alone To share a kiss the Devil has known Time and time again I said I'd...

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet They're gonna knock me off my feet. A lotta kisses on the bottom, I'll be glad I've got 'em I'm gonna smile and say "I hope you're feelin'...

It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah) It don't mean a thing All you got to do is sing (doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah) It makes no diff're...

We were more than lovers, We were more than sweethearts, It's so hard to understand. Don't know why it happened, Don't know how it started, Why should we be strangers, After all we planned. I can't show my face, Can't go anyplace, People stop an' stare, It's...

The crowd sees me out dancing Carefree and romancing Happy with my someone new I'm laughing on the outside Crying on the inside Cause I'm still in love with you They see me night and daytime Having such a gay time They don't know what I go through I'm laughin...

You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I wanted to forget you And leave the past behind Still, the magic of the night I met you Seems to stay forever in my mind The sky was blue And high above The moon was new And so was love This eager heart of...

Never turn back Never turn back If you had known All the tears of sorrow And you cry out For a glad tomorrow Then never turn back Never turn back again Your trust in man May have once been shaken But faith in man Must not be forsaken So never turn back Nev...

Like the beat, beat, beat, Of the tom-tom; When the jungle shadows fall, Like the tick, tick, tock Of the stately clock, As it stands against the wall, Like the drip, drip, drip, Of the raindrops, When the summer show'r is through; So a voice within me Keeps r...

Every time it rains, it rains, pennies from heaven Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven? You'll find your fortune's fallin' all over the town Make sure that your umbrella is upside down Trade them for a package of sunshine and flowers If you...

In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone by In my solitude You taunt me With memories That never die I sit in my chair And filled with despair There's no one could be so sad With gloom everywhere I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go...

And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart High up in the sky the little stars climb Always reminding me that we're apart You wander down the lane and far away Leaving me a song that will not die Love is now the stardust of...

The party's over, it's time to call it a day They've burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon away It's time to wind up the masquerade Just make your mind up The piper must be paid The party's over, the candles flicker and dim You danced and dreamed throu...

The very thought of you and I forget to do The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem To me that's everything The mere idea of you, the longing here for you You'll n...

There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No greater love, No heart so true There is no greater thrill Than what you bring to me No sweeter song Than what you sing to me You're the sweetest thing I have ever known And to think that You are mine alone...

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the sweet Earth's flowing breast A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair...

Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch A long, lonely time Time goes by so slowly And time can do so much Are you still mine I need your love I need your love God speed your love to me Lonely rivers flow To the sea, to the sea To the open arms...

It seems we stood and talked like this before. We looked at each other in the same way then, But I can't remember where or when. The clothes you're wearing are the clothes you wore. The smile you were smiling you were smiling then, But I can't remember where...

You'd be so nice to come home to You'd be so nice by the fire While the breeze on high sang a lullaby You'd be all that I could desire Under stars chilled by the winter Under an August moon burning above You'd be so nice, you'd be paradise To come home to and...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ You'll never know just how much I miss you You'll never know just how much I care And if I tried, I still couldn't hide my love for you You ought to know, for haven't I told you so A million or more times? You went away and my heart went with you...