KEEPER OF THE KEY, THE
(Harlan Howard / Wynn Stewart / Lance Guyness / Kenny Devine)


Wynn Stewart - 1956
Carl Perkins - 1956
Buck Owens - 1961
Hank Locklin - 1961
Wanda Jackson - 1963
Roy Drusky - 1964
Slim Whitman - 1967
Porter Wagoner - 1967
Tex Ritter - 1972
Don Adams - 1974

Also recorded by:
Wylie & The Wild West Show; Reg Lindsay.





You have gone and yet I'm still your prisoner
Though you're with your new love, I'm not free
For you have placed a lock around my heart dear
And you are the keeper of the key

Love locked inside like mine burns constantly
So, darlin', please come back to me
We'll lock our hearts together for a lifetime
And love** will be the keeper of the key

(Instrumental Break)

Only you can break the chains that bind me
You alone can end my misery
No one else can dry the tears that blind me
For you are the keeper of the key

Love locked inside like mine burns constantly
So, darlin', please come back to me
We'll lock our hearts together for a lifetime
And love** will be the keeper of the key

**"God" is sometimes substituted for "love"






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2012)