TALL DARK STRANGER
(Charlie Louvin / Ira Louvin)

Charlie Louvin - 1964
Johnny & Jonie Mosby - 1965



 
There's a tall dark stranger in our town now
It's plain to see he's on the prowl
He's a little too bold and a little too daring
And a lot too friendly with another guy's gal

He's a-hangin' around lookin' you over
Soon now he'll start moving in
But when he moves in on my baby
Right then and there his life will end

For dear, I love you with a passion
I'll not lose you to someone new
I don't much like that tall dark stranger
And I hate the way he smiles at you

I've got a gun, thirty-eight special
I've got a knife that's razor keen
I've got a heart that's awful jealous
And you know a jealous heart is mean

He talks a lot, but he don't say much
He brags about each love he wins
He thinks he knows all of the answers
But there's a few things I'm gonna show him

For dear, I love you with a passion
I'll not lose you to someone new
I don't much like that tall dark stranger
And I hate the way he smiles at you

Well he called you up and he sent you flowers
He begged you to go out with him
Now, sweet love, take back his flowers
And place them where they buried him

For I love you with a passion
I'll not lose you to someone new
But I didn't much like that tall dark stranger
Now he's where he can't smile at you
Now he's where he can't smile at you



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2010)