on all my hopes and cares
There's one who's smiling face
Cause she walked along beside me,
never take her love from me
What a fool I was to go and
And to see her love turning
I'll carry with me to my grave
never take her love from me
That we shared together in
may hold her now in fond caress
But they'll never, never take her love from
I thought I could make her happy
But I knew her love would
that she became another's bride
ever take her love from me
never take her love from me
Now I want to say the writer of that song
was a man named Leon Payne
and they call him the blind balladeer.
we were heading to Bandera,
and Leon invited my daddy over
And Leon and his wife were both blind.
And I would watch Leon walk to the icebox,
get something out to drink,
sit it down at the table,
and would never miss a beat or stumble,
anything, it just blew my mind.
And my daddy told me at that point,
they got this inner sight,
they just can feel and see things
that other people don't see.
And I want to thank you Leon Payne.
I think the world needs to
the blind balladeer Leon Payne.