Tall Lover Man Lyrics - Singles - June Carter Cash

One, two, three 

Two lovers stood in the white, white sand 

Dark-eyed maiden and her tall lover man 

With surprise and pain in her eyes 

Clung to the hand of her tall lover man 

"They're lyin' to me, aren't they, Jim?", she asked him 

"That fair-haired girl with those blue, blue eyes 

Is not your wife, is she Jim?" 

And with tears in her eyes and her sad, sad cries 

She clung to the hand of her tall lover man 

In the darkness, he let go off her hand 

"I'm not to blame, it was a game 

'Cause that fair-haired woman is my wife 

And she will be all of my life" 

"You're lyin' to me, aren't you Jim?", she asked him 

"If lovin' me was a sport, then your life will be short" 

She said to him, "My Jim" 

And the blade of the maid struck the man 

And the blood flowed in the sand from her tall lover man 

Two lovers lyin' in the white, white sand 

"I'll die with you, my tall lover man" 

And her blade found its mark in the dark 

She clung to the hand of her tall lover man 

"They're lyin' to me, aren't they, Jim?", she asked him 

"That fair-haired girl, those blue, blue eyes 

Won't be your wife, my Jim" 

With tears in her eyes and sad, sad cries 

She died in the sand with her tall lover man