VOICE INSIDE, THE
(George David Weiss)

as recorded by Patti Page
with Jack Rael & his Orchestra
1955


Can't you hear that voice inside you?
Mister, won't you listen?
Can't you hear that voice inside you?
Sister, won't you listen?
When the devil says "Let me be your guide!"
And you wanna turn the tide,
Listen listen to the voice inside!

When the money in my pocket
Only burns a great big hole,
And I'm walkin' on a treadmill
'Stead of reachin' for my goal,
Somethin' always seems to happen
Just when things are at their worst,
And the gold o' the sunfalls down on me,
And the dark clouds are dispersed!

Can't you hear that voice inside you?
Mister, won't you listen?
Can't you hear that voice inside you?
Sister, won't you listen?
When the devil says "Let me be your guide!"
And you wanna turn the tide,
Listen listen to the voice inside!

When I run across temptation
And I can't resist its call,
When it smiles at me so pretty
That I'm sure to trip and fall,
Then I hear the voice inside me
That keeps sayin' "Pass it by!";
I get hold o' myself, control myself,
Well at least I know I try!

Can't you hear that voice inside you?
Mister, won't you listen?
Can't you hear that voice inside you?
Sister, won't you listen?
When the devil says "Let me be your guide!"
And you wanna turn the tide,
Listen listen to the voice inside!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2014)