Well, let's go and do it. All right.
Yeah, I'm going do The 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 dime
At the door of the fool's paradise
I walked and rode into this
cattle town this morning
Left my herd to check the market purse,
And I strolled into the nearest bar,
They called it the Pool's Paradise,
There the crowd was gay
and girls were dancing,
And the men were playin' cards and dice
So I stepped up to the bar to join them
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 hit him in the face
and I told him
I said, eat them words,
Mr. O'Draw, that's my advice.
He said somebody might
get hurt here inside,
but I'll tell you what I'll do,
I'll meet you in the street at sundown,
at sundown in front of the
fool's paradise.
So good -bye, my darling,
may God bless you,
I go to make the sacrifice,
And if ever you visit old Dodge City,
Remember the fool's paradise.
Jim Reeves told me he
wanted to sing the song,
and there was one little line in there
that he said makes me want to do it,
and I said, what's that?
He said, I just want to say,
eat them words, mister.