OCEAN OF TEARS

Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1951


FORD: Why do I like you?
STARR: Why do I like you, too?

BOTH: Why don't I forget you?
STARR: You're gonna break my achin' heart if I let you
BOTH: 
Ever since I met you
You got me drownin' in an ocean of tears

BOTH: Love just keeps me cryin'
FORD: You're gonna break my achin' heart with your lyin'
BOTH: 
Feel as though I'm dyin'
You got me drownin' in an ocean of tears

BOTH: I'm just like a weepin' willow
STARR: A-weepin' and a-weepin' over nothin' at all
FORD: You could bet your life
BOTH: I keep that phone beside my pillow
FORD: What'll I do, what'll I do, I'd like to call
STARR: I know you'd like to call

BOTH: 
Though my heart is achin'
You're gonna lose the lovin' heart that you're breakin'
That's when you'll awaken
And find you're drownin' in an ocean of tears

(Instrumental Break)

BOTH: 
I'm just like a weepin' willow
Weepin' over nothin' at all
Keep that phone beside my pillow
STARR: What'll I do
FORD: What'll I do
STARR: I hope you call

BOTH:
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oooohhhhh
Though my heart is achin'
You're gonna lose the lovin' heart that you're breakin'
That's when you'll awaken
And find you're drownin' in an ocean of tears
Drownin' in an ocean of tears
Drownin' in an ocean of tears







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2011)