THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS
(Bill Anderson)

Bill Anderson - 1960
Roy Clark - 1963
Eddy Arnold - 1966
Dean Martin - 1970
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 1970
Jean Shepherd - 1975
Steve Wariner - 1992
Bobby Jonz - 1998
Al Tuck & No Action - 2001

Also recorded by: Faron Young; Wanda Jackson; P.J. Proby.



(I held you right on the tips of my fingers)
I reached out my arms and I touched you
With soft words I whispered your name
I held you right on the tips of my fingers
Ah, but that was as close as I came

My eyes had a vision of sweet lips
Yielding beneath my command
I had your love on the tips of my fingers
But I let it slip right through my hands
But I let it slip right through my hands

Somebody took you when I wasn't looking
And I should have known from the start
That it's a long, long way from the tips of my fingers
To the love hidden deep in your heart
To the love hidden deep in your heart

I had your love on the tips of my fingers
But I let you slip right through my hands
But I let you slip right through my hands


(Transcribed from the Roy Clark recording
by Mel Priddle - January 2009)