Up above me are the skies Like a twinkle in your eyes There things are the color of the blues In the mail your letter came Pink and paper looked the
Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel And the storm is brewin' in this heart of mine This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real You're
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 memory from your lonesome
Don't let rne cross over love's cheating line I'm tempted my darlin' To steal you away Don't let me cross over Stay out of my way You know that I love
Just because I ask a friend about him Just because I spoke his name somewhere Just because I rang his number by mistake today He thinks I still care
I forgot more than you'll ever know about him Now you think you know the smile on his lips The thrill at the touch of his fingertips But I forgot more
See him there at the table Watch him tear at the label From the bottle that he just drank dry And in his mind there's a burning It took a long time but
let it be, please let it be Oh, my love, please end these sleepless nights for me These sleepless nights will break my heart Oh, these sleepless nights
That's all it took The mention of your name And all my love for you burst into flames I tried so hard to let you go, but look How I still tremble at
There goes my only possession There goes my everything I hear footsteps slowly walking As they gently walk across the lonely floor And a voice that'
There stands the glass That will ease all my pain That will settle my brain It's my first one today There stands the glass That will hide all my tears
Chorus: Tell me why baby why baby why baby why you make me cry baby cry baby cry baby cry Well I got a crow I wanna pick with you, just like last time
Please help me, I'm falling In love with you Close the door to temptation Don't let me walk through Turn away from me, darling I'm begging you to Please
(Hank Williams) [Originally by Hank Williams] I tried so hard, my dear, to show That you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do Is just
(Jones, Lawton Williams) [Originally by George Jones] Up above me are the skies Like the twinkle in your eyes These things are the color of the blues
(Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals) [Originally by Ray Price] Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel And the storm is brewin' in this heart of mine
(Penny Jay) [Originally by Carl Butler and Pearl] Don't let me cross over love's cheating line I'm tempted my darlin' To steal you away Don't let me
(Dickey Lee) [Originally by George Jones] Just because I ask a friend about him Just because I spoke his name somewhere Just because I rang his number