Reeves, Jim - The Fool's Paradise Lyrics
As I write this letter to you darling
I can't hold the teardrops from my eyes
For at sundown I will lay a dying
At the door of the Fool's Paradise.
Left my bearer to check the market price
And I walked into the nearest barroom
They call it the Fool's Paradise.
There the crowd was gay and girls were dancing
And the men were playing cards and dice
So I stepped up to the bar to join them
What a grand place this Fool's Paradise.
It was then I showed to them your picture
Then a man insulted your sweet honor
At the bar of the Fool's Paradise.
So I slapped his face and I told him
I said you eat 'em words Mister or draw that's my advice
And he said well somebody might get hurty inside
But I'll be glad to meet you in the street at sundown
At sundown in front of the Fool's Paradise.
So goodbye my darling may God bless you
I go to make this sacrifice
And if ever you visit old Dodge City
Remember the Fool's Paradise...
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Reeves, Jim The Fool's Paradise Comments
Lovely song
Lovely song 64
Who dislikes the Gentleman Jim
A voice you will never hear again. unique, so clean....Greetings from Ireland
Great singer what a voice
Gentleman jim reeves, When he talks or Even sings. What a voice. Listen to.So clear and perfekt.
Jim Reeves he was one of a kind.....
Is this me another hit by Jim Reeves
Jim Reeves won a hit on this song in the 50s edmington alberta Canada
Written by Johnny Bond
Good But I prefer the version by the late great Larry Cunningham
For a long-dead guy, he has a voice, that probably make angels cry with envy,,..
One of the top country singers.
Best country singer of all time! God Rest His Soul!
Any one knows where I can get a hold of the accompaniment track for this song?
Jimms voice is never change time to time by anybody...i always miss his voice
Lovely song
Not many in the bar for a Sunday night
HENDRIX, to far ahead to look back , even if DAD has been calling and showing me the way.. its all in the FAMILY
ONE OF MY FAVORIT, JIM YOUR ARE ALWAYS IN MY MIND
agree totally with Charles May
Yes but did you hear Larry Cunningham and The Mighty Avons sing this in The Rainbow Hall in Kilmac
superb song by jim & Wilfred p Ledra
The sonorous voice of gentleman Jim.
lovejim singing
I don’t believe there is a singer out there that could match this man. Sure do miss you Jim.
Such a great recording by Jim, his voice and music just takes you away.....
The greatest singer that ever lived !!!!
charles mays I still believe that this was Jim Reeves very best song I may be but wrong I don't think so he'll have to go was great but this one was just as great
I am a very avid Jim Reeves fan everybody is tells me I sound just like Jim Reeves that's all I sing is Jim Reeves songs
charles mays, he was good for sure, but not the best country and western singer.
This is perhaps the best of Jim Reeves. I can't think of another song from his incomparable repertoire that's any better.
steelmanK
This is SPECTACULAR...what a soft toned ballad as only Jim Reeves (or Faron Young) could do.
jim reeves lives forever in his music
Keep up the great uploads by Gentleman Jim! With appreciation.
there will never be another Jim reeves but today there is a singer called Hans Sommer on u tube a tribute to Jim reeves is as near as you will get, have a listen.
Jim's version of this song would make a great sound track to a western movie!
Roger E. Erickson you surely got that right
Jim Reeves has a voice that we just know and understand and every song he did sing had a special way to take us to that right time and place.i love all his songs and if any i do not know of i know i will love them.for anyone to say they do not like Jim Reeves they do not know or understand his songs the way we all his true fans do always.as we know he has sung many great good easy listen songs.But you love me Daddy with his very young son.i wonder how his boy is doing now.jim was and always will be real talent.
Jim and Mary never had any kids! Don't know who the young boy is on that song.
Super song!...love all the old photographs...way cool!!!
beautiful what a voice
Living in a fools paradise! a state of happiness based on a person's not knowing about or denying the existence of potential trouble. Lessons to be learnt. Thanks for this lovely song and for sharing with us...
Sorry I didn't see this sooner Sarah. Yes, I do have it. I will get it posted as soon as I can. I kinda forget how I posted these now.
HI, toffeebar, do you have MAKE ME WONDERFUL IN HER EYES BY JIM REEVES??? PLEASE UNPLOAD IF YOU CAN, THANKS A MILLIONS!!
SARAH Y HUTSON h
what a singer,what a song...........cheered me up no end...
Thanks.....great to hear the Golden Voice of Gentleman Jim..............will never get tired of his songs, specially that smoothe silky voice.
On the side note, he was much more appreciated in other countries, specially in the Indian sub continent where all the radio stations played tribute to him for a whole week upon hearing the plane crash.
I know/knew people who did not know much english who immediately fell in love with his songs.
Thank you so much!! Never tired of listening to Gentleman JIM!!
Found it. Any others you want?
I got 597 songs by him I think. Some on albums are better then what was released on some cd's. I even snagged a record out of a jukebox in japan which is a rarely heard version of "Am I losing you" I need to see if that version is on here. Give me a few days to get it on here for you.
Your some man for one man
how about THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK, PLEASE. PLEASE....THANK YOU
A MILLION THANK YOUS FOR UPLOADING MY MOST FAVOURITE SONG BY GENTLEMAN JIM!!!!!!
Beautifull Jim Reeves!!you are the best!!