Expert: Mel Priddle - 1/14/2007

Question
a song from the 50"s keeps  running through my head.  I tried to look it up on the Internet, but can't find it.  The title line goes "I had your love on the tips of my fingers.  But I let it slip right through my hands.'

Do you remember this song?  I keep thinking it might possibly  have been sung by ferlin husky, or someone from that era.

Answer
Hello Phil,

That song was called "Tip Of My Fingers". It was originally a Country hit for Bill Anderson in 1960. There have been other versions by Roy Clark (1963), Eddy Arnold (1966), Jean Shepherd (1975) and Steve Wariner (1992).


I reached out my arms and I touched you
With soft words I whispered your name
I held you right on the tip of my fingers
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

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

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


Glad to be of help. Cheers........Mel.