Johnny Tillotson

Oh, there's no place like home For the holidays. 'Cause no matter how far away you roam When you pine For the sunshine of a friendly gaze For the holidays, You can't beat home, sweet home I met a man who lived in Tennessee And he was heading for Pennsylva...

All alone am I ever since your goodbye All alone with just a beat of my heart People all around but I don't hear a sound Just the lonely beating of my heart No use in holding other hands For I'd be holding only emptiness No use in kissing other lips For I'd b...

I'll be loving you always with a love that's true always When the things you've planned need a helping hand I will understand always always Days may not be fair always that's when I'll be there always Not for just an hour not for just a day Not for just a yea...

(I know there'll never ever be another you) Just when I thought that you were mine alone You told me there was someone new Oh it's so hard to think of finding someone else I know there'll never ever be another you I can't forget the moments that we shared An...

How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer...

She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night Softer than satin was the light From the stars She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet were her eyes Warmer than May her tender sighs Love was ours Ours a love I held tightly Feeling the rapture grow Li...

Well my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter of a pound I'm busted I got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day The county's gonna haul my belongings away I...

I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A mem'ry from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart Why can't I free your debtful mind and melt your cold cold heart Another love before m...

Do be do, dum dum, dum do dum do be do dum dum, dum do dum do be do I want, want you to know I love, I love you so Please hold, hold me so tight All through all through the night.. I've waited, waited so long For your kisses and your love Please come come to...

(I'll keep countin' teardrops till you back again) They say a little tear can hurt an awful lot But it'll break your heart when it's cause by someone who's forgot They say a little tear won't ever walk away Till someone who's gotta stay home comes home to sta...

Danke Schoen, Darling, Danke Schoen. Thank you for all the joy and pain. Picture shows, second balcony, was the place we'd meet, Second seat, go Dutch treat, you were sweet. Danke Schoen, Darling, Danke Schoen. Save those lies, Darling don't explain. I recall...

Oh Donna, oh Donna, oh Donna, oh Donna I had girl, Donna was her name Since she left me, I've never been the same 'Cause I love my girl, Donna where can you be Where can you be Now that your gone, I'm left all alone All by myself, to wonder and groan 'Cause I...

Dreamy eyes You've got such dreamy eyes When i'm away from you I'm so alone and blu-u-ue When i take you home I feel so all alone And then i realize I love you, dreamy eyes Your eyes hold a dream of a love for two A love so warm and rare I hope to...

Earth angel earth angel will you be mine My darling dear love you all the time I'm just a fool a fool in love with you Earth angel earth angel the one I adore Love you forever and ever more I'm just a fool a fool in love with you I fell for you and I knew th...

Dum Dum badoomdoowa dum-dum badoomdoowa Dum Dum badoomdoowa dum-dum badoomdoowa I've got an empty feeling since you've gone And I don't feel as though I can go on I can't go anywhere, afraid I'll see you there Afraid I'll fall apart and then that empty f...

Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score Every day you love me less Each day I love you more Yes, I've got heartaches by the number, a love that I can't win But the day that I'll stop counting That's the day my world will end Heartache nu...

Hello, walls (Hello, hello) How'd things go for you today? Don't you miss her Since she up and walked away? And I'll bet you dread to spend Another lonely night with me But lonely walls I'll keep you company Hello, window (Hello, hello) Well, I se...

Today I passed you on the street And my heart fell at your feet I can't help it if I'm still in love with you Somebody else stood by your side And he looked so satisfied I can't help it if I'm still in love with you A picture from the past came slowly steali...

I can't stop loving you so I've made up my mind To live in memories of old lonesome times I can't stop wanting you it's useless to say So I'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday Those happy hours that we once knew Though long ago still make me blue They...

I fall to pieces Each time I see you again I fall to pieces How can I be just your friend. You want me to act like we've never kissed You want me to forget, pretend we've never met And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet You walk by and I fall to piec...

I rise I fall with each lettle thing you do You hurt I hurt I'm that much a part of you And when you're happy baby I'm happy too Since I'm that much a part of you I rise I fall with each little breath you take You cry I cry cause I feel the same heartache And...

When my friends say that you're a run-around I laugh at all and I tell them That's why they lie but I'm a worried guy You said last night you had to stay at home Then how come you didn't answer the phone That boy don't cry but I'm a worried guy I never been...

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behind the clouds To hide its face and cry Did you ever see...

I'm watching my watch it's a heartache after ten And I'm wondering if and when you will call I'm watching the door open hoping you'll come walking through As I tell my troubles to the four walls The hands of my watch slowly move and I cry For time and romance...

I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in the heart of me. So deep in my heart that you're really a part of me. I've got you under my skin. I'd tried so not to give in. I said to myself, this affair never will go so well. But why should I try to resist...

In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green And the red bird sings I'll be blue cause you don't want my love Some other time that's what you say when I want you Then you laugh at me and make me cry cause you don't want my love You don't seem to...

I wandered the streets and the gay crowded places Trying to forget you but somehow it seems My thoughts ever stray to our last sweet embraces Over the sea on the Island of Dreams High in the sky is the bird on the wing Please carry me with you Far far away fr...

I cry myself to sleep each night Wishing I could hold you tight Life seems so empty since you went away The pillow where you lay your head Now holds my lonely tears instead And it keeps right on a-hurtin' Since you're gone It keeps right on a-hurtin every min...

Jailer bring me water jailer bring me water Jailer bring me water my throat is kind of dry Jailer bring me water jailer bring me water Jailer bring me water my throat is kind of dry Hey jailer if you see my baby jailer if you see my baby Jailer if you see my...

Jimmy's girl Jimmy's girl Wish that I were holding Jimmy's girl I'm in love with Jimmy's girl though I've never met her Still I can't forget her Jimmy's girl Jimmy's always telling me that her hair is golden Wish that I were holdin' Jimmy's girl He says her...

Judy's got the lips I love to kiss And when she walks she's got the cutest twist She's grown up before my eyes and all at once I realize Judy, Judy, Judy I love you Judy's got the hands I love to touch The way she wrinkles her nose, it's just too much N...

If I could see you just one time Oh how it'd ease my troubled mind If I could hold you just one time And then pretend that you're still mine Lips that used to thrill me so They now thrill someone else I know Gone is the love that once was mine Wish I could se...

Come on everybody clap your hands Ahhh you're looking good I'm gonna sing my song and you won't take long We gonna do the twist and it goes like this Come on let's twist again like we did last summer Yea, let's twist again like we did last year Do you remembe...

Little boy with your ship a toy an admiral you pretend to be With your paper hat and your wooden sword you sail into fantasy Little boy oh how you enjoy being a pirat so bold With your broken spoon and your little pail you dig hoping to find gold Little boy...

There's a place where lovers go To cry their troubles away And they call it Lonesome Town Where the broken hearts stay [Lonesome town] You can buy a dream or two, To last you all through the years And the only price you pay Is a heart full of tears [Full of t...

Ever since you said sweet baby it's goodbye I've lost control over me myself and I Me keeps crying till it can hardly see Myself keeps calling your name in the sleep I keeps reaching my eyes out for you And honey you're to blame for these things that we do W...

I think I see a wagon rutted road With the weeds growing tall between the tracks And along one side runs a rusty barbed wire fence And beyond that sits an old tar paper shack Mississippi you're on my mind Mississippi you're on my mind Oh, Mississippi you're o...

You went and left me you left me and there was nothing I could do You went and left me you left me and and broke my little world in two I never thought you'd be the kinda girl to do that To run around with other guy in town You took my little world and smashe...

You've broken my heart and now the tears start to fall Why should I go on carrying if there's no love at all You've shattered my dreams and now the heartaches began We're playing a game of pretend cause there's no love at all No love and no fun there's not muc...

Everybody's going out and having fun I'm just a fool for staying home having none I can't get over how she set set me free Oh lonesome me A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round I know that I should have some fun and paint the town A lovesick fool so b...

Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street Can't you hear a pitter-pat? And that happy tune is your step Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street I used to walk in the sh...

I just can't understand how you could hurt me so Then turn and walk away, pretending you don't know Each time I see you out with someone new I go out of my mind over you. I go out of my mind when you're out of my heart I can't help lovin' you like I do My hea...

Please don't go away let me hold you in my arms Let me kiss your lips and thrill to your charms Please don't go away please don't go away I could never find find a precious love like yours Won't you hurry to my arms and stay Please don't go away please don't g...

Forever my darling our love will be true Always and forever I'll love only you Just promise me darling Your love in return May this fire in my soul dear Forever burn My heart's at your command dear To keep, love and to hold Making you happy's my desire Keepi...

When I see my baby What do I see Poetry Poetry in motion Poetry in motion Walkin' by my side Her lovely locomotion Keeps my eyes open wide Poetry in motion See her gentle sway A wave out on the ocean Could never move that way I love every movement And there...

Princess, Princess, Princess, my love Princess, Princess, you're a dream Cutest girl I've ever seen You were sent from up above To hold my hand and give me love Princess, Princess, when you kiss You're so sweet, I can't resist You make all my dreams come tru...

The sun is out, the sky is blue There's not a cloud to spoil the view But it's raining, raining in my heart The weather man says clear today He doesn't know you've gone away And it's raining, raining in my heart Ohmisery What's gonna become of me? I tell my...

I want some red roses for a blue lady Mister florist take my order please We had a silly quarrel the other day I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away I want some red roses for a blue lady Send them to the sweetest gal in town And if they do th...

Yes, I suppose at times I think about her She was once so much a part of me Heaven knows I've learned to live without her And hell, it was, at times, it was a painful memory But for all it matters now, if it does For all that I tried to be, but never was For a...

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain, Telling me just what a fool I've been. I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain, And let me be alone again. Now the only girl I've ever loved has gone away. Looking for a brand new start! But little does sh...

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 pray that time will let our dreams come true Send me the pillow th...

Morning's come and Lord my mind is aching The sunshine's standing quietly at my door Just like the dawn my heart is silently breaking With my tears it goes tumbling to the floor Once again the whole town will be talking It's ain't the first time that I've seen...

You ask me why, why I love her -- Woh-woh, dum-dee-dah-dee, Dum-dee-dah-dee, doh. I'll tell you why, why I love her, Woh-woh, dum-dee-dah-dee, Dum-dee-dah-dee, doh. She understands me the way you never did. She loves me, she loves me the way you never did. Sh...

Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmas time in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day City sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Me...

I never thought that I could care the way I cared for you But on the day you went away my heart broke right in two You made me the laughing stock of everyone in town Now I'm sufferin' from a heartache since love's turned me down I'm sufferin' from a heartache...

Take good care of her, take good care of her I suppose I ought to say congratulations For you've won the only girl I ever loved But I hurt too much to face the situation Just take good care of her, take good care of her Just to be around her was my greate...

Take this hammer take it to the Captain Take this hammer take it to the Captain Take this hammer take it to the Captain Tell him I'm gone oh tell him I'm gone I'm gonna ride that midnight special I'm gonna ride that midnight special I'm gonna ride that midnig...

Talk back trembling lips Shaky legs don't just stand there Don't let her know that she's getting through to to you Talk back trembling lips Burning eyes don't start crying Heart don't let her know that your breaking in two Every day our love's a battle royal...

You don't remember me, but I remember you 'T was not so long ago, you broke my heart in two Tears on my pillow, pain in my heart, caused by you, you If we could start anew, I wouldn't hesitate I'd gladly take you back, and tempt the hands of fate Tears on my...

Love is cattle in the clover sun shining over head That's love Love is children eatin' candy and a shell still wet and sandy That's love And love is when the lover waits and waits and waits and waits and waits That's love that's love Love is flowers grown and...

(That's when it hurts the most) I can't erase the mem'ry of the night you said goodbye And when I pass you on the street I want to cry But when I see you out with somebody new That's when it hurts the most It breaks my heart each time I read the note you lef...

Well I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside like my heart's sprung a big break And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful that I may never shake Now you might say that I was taking it hard oh she wrote me off with a call But don't you wager that I'll hid...

I've always had the upper hand where our love was concerned But now you've upped and left me and I think it's time you learn If you're not back here in my arms by the time I'll count to ten Well I'll wait just a little while then I'll count again When you wer...

Kiss me each morning for a million years Hold me each evening by your side Tell me you love me for a million years Then if it don't work out then if it don't work out Then you can tell me goodbye Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss Soften my dreams with you...

Ev'ry night I sit here by my window (window) Starin' at the lonely avenue (avenue) Watching lovers holdin' hand 'n' laughin' (laughin') And thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do (Thinkin' of things) Like a walk in the park (Things) Like a kiss in the dark (...

This ole house once I knew my children this ole house once I knew my wife This ole house was joy and comfort as we fought the storms of life This ole house once rang with laughter this ole house heard many a shouts Now she trembles in the darkness when the lig...

(To be a child again to be a child again) To be a child again and have no worries on my mind Cept what show am I gonna see at the Saturday matinee Will mom let me skip my napkins stay outside and play Why the roosters flock their wings and crow that way Had n...

Today I started loving you again I'm right back where I've really always been; I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend, Then today I started loving you again. What a fool I was to think I could get by With only these few million tears I've...

Tomorrow is gonna be a better day Tomorrow is gonna be a better day We'll have steak instead of beans and no more turnip greens Tomorrow's gonna be a better day Tomorrow the sun's gonna shine Tomorrow everything is gonna be fine No sorrow and no cares milk an...

Wind and storm (ooh-ooh) Gone's the sun (the sun, ooh) From the stars my dark has come You've gone from me, oh, oh, tragedy (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) Oh, come back Have me here Hold me, love Be sincere You've gone from me, oh, oh, tragedy (ee-ee, ee-ee, ee-...

True true happiness will folow True true happiness will folow if you'll only follow True true happiness will folow if you'll only follow me yeah yeah When you're feeling lost inside let my true love be your guide True true happiness will follow if you'll only...

Hey Venus oh Venus Venus if you will Please send a little girl for me to thrill A girl who wants my kisses and my arms A girl with all the charms of you Venus make her fair A lovely girl with sunlight in her hair And take the brightest stars up in the sky And...

(Oh what am I gonna do) I'm so afraid of losing you can't sleep at night since we're through My world would end if I lose you oh what am I gonna do In all my dreams I see your smile though it just last a little while For that same smile he dreams up too oh w...

What am I living for if not for you,? What am I living for if not for you? What am I living for if not for you? Oh, nobody else, nobody else will do What am I longing for each lonely night? To feel your lips on mine, to hold you tight You'll be the only girl...

What'll I do What'll I do What'll I do What'll I do When you are far away And I am blue? What'll I do? What'll I do When I am wondering who Is kissing you? What'll I do? What'll I do with just a photograph To tell my troubles to? When I'm alone with only d...

The roses each one Met with the sun Sweetheart, when I met you The sunshine had fled The roses were dead Sweetheart, when I lost you I lost the sunshine and roses I lost the heavens of blue I lost the beautiful rainbow I lost the morning dew I lost t...

The sun is shining The grass is green The orange and palm trees sway. I've never seen such a day In Beverly Hills LA. But it's December the 24th And I am longing to be up North. ~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ I'm dreaming of a White Christmas Just like the ones I used t...

Oooo - Oooo - Oooo - Oooo....... My darlin' I have often thought of things we used to do, And now I sit and wonder why you're gone and left me blue, You said you'd never leave me, you said you'd never go, Oh my darlin', why do I love you so? Oh my darlin',...

(Willow willow) weeping willow willow willow weep for me I found my love neath the willow tree Her kiss was sweet as a kiss could be And oh she loved me tenderly beneath the willow tree Willow willow weeping willow willow willow weep for me And then one day...

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening In the lane, snow is glistening A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight Walkin' in a winter wonderland Gone away is the bluebird Here to stay is a new bird He sings a love song as we go along Walkin' in a winter wonde...

You made me happy, you made me sing But now without you, I've lost everything And I know, know it's true that I-I must go throu-ou-gh All my life (all my life) all my life (all my life) Wi-ithout yo-ou-ou (wi-ithout you) No one to talk to when I'm alone No on...

Deep inside I love you so My heart would break if you should go away And leave me standing there alone Without your sweet lips on mine All my friends keep telling me That I'm a fool you'll set me free they say That girl don't change so I'll be alone Without y...

Worry the nights away worry all through the day I worry what's come over you Worry somehow you've changed worry you seem so strange I worry what am I gonna do Your lips keep saying that you care But your heart just isn't there And your eyes reveal the lies yo...

Yellow bird way up in banana tree Yellow bird you sit all alone like me Did you lady friend leave the nest again That is very sad makes me feel so bad You can fly away in the sky away You're more lucky than me I also have a pretty girl she's not with me today...

You can take your picture off your shelf You can go around all by yourself You can tell the others that we're through But darling, I know one thing you can't do You can never stop me loving you You can never stop the way that my heart's beating too You can ne...

(Walking the floor feeling so blue losing sleep over you) I lay here at night toss and I turn loving you so how my heart yearns Honey you're the reason I don't sleep at night Just walking the floor feeling so blue smoke cigarettes drink coffee too Honey you're...

Tears start falling I can hardly see My heart's breaking for old lonesome me I tell myself I'll be alright and nothing's really wrong But just then about that time your mem'ry comes along Each day I tell myself the hurtin's hurtin' less and less And that I sh...