Fool’S Paradise-Tex Ritter

[ti:Fool's Paradise] [ar:Tex Ritter] [al:American Roots Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fool’S Paradise - Tex Ritter [00:05.93]As I write this letter to you darlin' [00:12.93] [00:14.62]I can't hold the teardrops from my eyes [00:20.90] [00:21.92]For at sundown I will lay a-dyin' [00:27.37] [00:29.04]At the door of the Fool's Paradise [00:35.47] [00:36.29]Rode into this cattle town this mornin' [00:42.60] [00:43.43]Left my burro to check the market price [00:49.09] [00:50.45]And I walked into the nearest barroom [00:55.53] [00:57.24]They call it the Fool's Paradise [01:04.51] [01:05.25]There the crowd was gay and girls were dancin' [01:11.31] [01:12.24]And the men were playin' cards and dice [01:17.92] [01:19.57]So I stepped up to the bar the join them [01:24.84] [01:27.17]What a grand place this Fool's Paradise [01:33.10] [01:34.30]It was then I showed to them your picture [01:40.30] [01:41.20]I passed it around once or twice [01:47.41] [01:48.25]Then a man insulted your honour [01:54.52] [01:55.36]At the bar of the Fool's Paradise [02:00.77] [02:05.63]So I slapped his face and I sad your I says [02:09.92]Eat them words Mister my advice [02:12.53] [02:14.23]And he said the fool's my get hurt inside [02:18.54] [02:19.14]But I'll be glad to meet you in the street at sundown [02:22.73] [02:24.96]At sundown in front of the Fool's Paradise [02:28.83] [02:31.72]So goodbye my darlin' may God bless you [02:38.41] [02:39.41]I go to make this sacrifice [02:44.86] [02:46.31]And if ever you visit old Dodge [02:51.88] [02:53.66]Remember and the Fool's Paradise