The Fool’s Paradise Songtext
von Jim Reeves

One of the most beautiful constructed tunes I′ve ever done
Is the next one we're listening to
This was written by a sidekick of Gene Autry
Lot of you are familiar with Gene Autry the Cowboy, actor
Fella who wrote this is Johnny Ban, who′s appeared in a lot of pictures with Gene Autry

It's a true western song
The title of this is the name of the ah, bar
In a little Cowtown at the end of the trail
Very, very beautiful story
Fool's Paradise

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


Rode into this cattle town this morning
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
I passed it around once or twice
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 says, "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