Kenny Rogers - Tomb of the Unknown Love

[@1968pugs]

One of the greatest songs in country music. Rest in peace Kenny.

[@simonndungu1196]

One of the most underrated songs from Kenny!!!!!!!!

[@nicsibo9445]

Maybe the greatest country song of all times

[@kathysmotherman2515]

My Brother wrote this song His name is Micheal Smotherman Look him up here on YT & you'll hear the best music & lyrics of your life !! 💜✌️

[@HighlandRamStudios]

One of the greatest lines in country music: " here lies a young man struck down in his prime by the awesome, burning power of love."

[@paullondon6625]

+Bob Jackson "Lovers everywhere will come and read along, these words that will give them a chill..."

[@patriciatoborg8161]

you guys do realize this song was barred from the Radio station for a while

[@cabwire]

Patricia Toborg - really!!! why!?

[@simonndungu1196]

indeed

[@starbuckanderson9564]

@@patriciatoborg8161 No kidding! WOW! I'm not being a smartass I genuinely didn't know that. I remember when it came out then all of the sudden it was gone. I love this one.

[@darvinwanjiku4142]

Can't have enough of this. R. I. P gambler, your legacy lives

[@henrynjuguna6877]

Did you call him a gambler😂😂😂😂

[@mkl62]

A #1 hit for Kenny Rogers on the Country & Western charts. It was the 806th #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. I saw Kenny Rogers on April 30, 1987, at the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia. Ronnie Milsap & T. Graham Brown opened.

[@mkl62]

@SEZWAH Did Kenny descend from the ceiling?

[@mkl62]

@SEZWAH Even KISS never made an entrance like that. How did he get there without anyone seeing him? I also follow pro wrestling and sadly remember May 1999 when Owen Hart fell to his death. The way that he got through the crowd was putting on blue coveralls, glasses, and a cap pulled over his face to hide his features as he made his way to the catwalk.

[@mkl62]

@SEZWAH I will always feel that Owen (in his Blue Blazer get-up) was squirming around trying to get comfortable and triggered the release. It was tragic. I felt for both of his children as I lost my father when I was 12. His daughter was only 3 and she told everyone that "My daddy was sleeping in a funny looking bed." I don't think that she fully comprehended what had happened.

[@rossvertigan7029]

One of the most fantastic and chilling ballads ever. I'd love to hear the backstories of this track.

[@kathysmotherman2515]

My Brother wrote this song What would you like to know ?? 😊 💜✌️

[@reedermh]

The placement of the gravestone "all by itself, beneath a tree, beside a hill" is an homage to "Green, Green Grass of Home", a classic song.

[@AppalachiaGirl]

I havent' heard this song in years! I searched all over the internet and this is the only place I could find it. It is truly a forgotten classic. Thank you for posting it.

[@nicsibo9445]

May be the greatest country song of all time

[@jamespirtle3136]

A haunting song....I love it.

[@rotarydial000]

My papa Micheal Smotherman wrote this song. It made it to #1 on the Billboard chart.

[@gracom1977]

Thats pretty cool! Great song

[@MOSESKAMANDE-k1q]

A true legend .love the song

[@skyangel1100]

Of all the songs by Kenny Rogers,The Tomb of the Unknown Love is my FAVORITE one.

[@charmedirish1]

This March i will be 45 first time i heard on of Kenny Rogers was on The Muppet Show i was 10 yrs old i have had the fortune of seeing Kenny Rogers in concert 9 times i have a signed tamberian he threw straight at my mom in 1986 i also have a ty bear i took to get hugged by him in 1988 the only way to loose him singing is when the day he dies its too much in his blood to not do what he does if i get another chance to see him and take my kids to see him again i will do so hes that good.

[@cathycline2290]

KENNY ROGERS IS THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!!

[@catman5169]

I did get to see Kenny in concert...before he struck it big on his own; at the time he was with the First Edition. To show you how long ago it was...he didn't have gray hair---all jet black!!

[@ruralstar]

I saw him in concert in the 80s. Truly a treat!

[@simonndungu1196]

All-time favourite from Kenny himself, The Legend

[@czarinaczar]

"Tomb Of The Unknown Love" One time I drove to see a girl across the country One night as I was driving through New Mexico I had the windows wide open It was cold and I was crying And I laid her letter on the radio Then I stopped outside of Tahoe thru this tiny mining town At a diner to refill for the ride And in the wind I heard this crying Like a heart broke right in two I turned my collar up and went inside. Well, I saw this smiling waitress Joshing friendly with these truckers They'd give her pats and she'd give them shoves I said: "Miss what's that awful crying?" Everybody laughed and said: "It's the tomb of the unknown love" And then they pointed out the window to this stone All by itself, beneath the tree, beside the hill And on that winter night I read these words alone These words that are haunting me still, it said: Here lies a young man struck down in his prime By the awesome burning power of love He couldn't stand this true love cheating So he shot the girl down They hung him from that tree up (right) above I know that local folks say it's the wind But I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown love. So I drove on to my destination I did the job my heart commanded of me And when the sheriff sirens came I didn't even try to fight They counted ten, I came out at three So now I guess tomorrow morning Warden reads some kind of paper How I'm gonna pay the state for what I've done Hey, then they'll put the shackles on me And we'll take a little walk They won't have to drag me 'cos it's said and done And maybe someday they can put me up a stone All by itself, beneath the tree, beside the hill And lovers everywhere can come and read along These words that will give them a chill and it'll say: Here lies a young man

[@SagPegasus]

I'm fairly certain that's "I later let her on the radio" - he was obsessed with a celebrity, hence why he was driving west (assumably to California or Nevada). The songs about an obsessive celebrity stalker, not someone who had his heart broken by a failed relationship.

[@jacintakaranja2815]

Thanks for the Lyrics

[@doughesson]

@@SagPegasus Are you sure or is that just your interpretation?

[@SagPegasus]

@@doughesson Its the reason the song was banned on some country stations back in the day. The lyrics aren't "Laid her letter on the radio" its "later let her on the radio" - there is no letter, where would you put a letter on a radio when you're driving?

[@doughesson]

@@SagPegasus On the dashboard?

[@christinevicker9017]

Can't git enough of Kenny an tomb of the unknown love great song great singer pity he's gone to that great mansion Ion the sky RIP Kenny

[@radiodj1520]

I Love This Kenny Rogers 1986 Hit, "Tomb Of The Unknown Love," Which Became The #1 Country Hit In America.

[@reginaeiland3604]

Got hooked on this when I first heard it years ago!

[@ryaneichelberger4270]

Same here I first heard it believe I was about 17 or so

[@christabelshilubinga314]

I don't know how to describe Kenny but you have got what it takes.. you give a true definition of country music...i love you

[@MrMikerk]

Good bye Kenny Rogers, the master of country genre of music, RiP🎙🌿🌷🙏

[@jameskimani6260]

Can't get enough of this song...

[@leondante7080]

Awesome burning power of love

[@DaveWollenberg]

Kenny hit #1 in Billboard, 5-24-86. God bless!

[@kevin32435]

I get chill bumps when I here this song..... You just don't get that in today's country music

[@irwinwilliamson]

It's one of my favorites. It reminds me of my girl from high school who I loved, but I was too stupid to tell her how I felt, then she hung herself in 2001, and I've never gotten over it. I still love you, my baby N.B. Always and Forever.

[@reginaeiland3604]

Ahhh! That's SO SAD!

[@debbiegill9432]

I read your story just now. I cried tears of sorrow for your girlfriend. Such a huge loss that didn't have to be.

[@masterjinks5369]

@@amypetty5013 exactly what I was about to comment.

[@jacintakaranja2815]

My all time favourite..

[@charlesmwabili]

My all-time favourite country music..

[@nicsibo9445]

Me too

[@TimePilot2084]

I haven't heard this song since 1986-my mother used to listen to Paul Harvey ("and that's the rest of the story...") on the radio in the morning while she was dropping me off at school. I was only 10. I've remembered the lyrics all my life, but never knew it was Kenny Rogers. On a whim I searched them, and this is what I found. Nostalgia, indeed.

[@bennyb6718]

Thanks for all the great music Kenny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bmorse68]

Love "20 years ago" also...great song...

[@jameskimani6260]

True

[@christabelshilubinga314]

Kenny you the best Darling... your songs bring back old memories of my late dad he was my inspiration..he loved country music and so do I..

[@mwendakibaya7808]

Good nyce music to relax

[@DaveWollenberg]

ACC's #34 song of '86. God bless ya, brother Kenny. Thanx, Colombia, for postin' it. Have a blessed weekend!

[@Geegee-r1n]

One of my best Kenny 's songs

[@nannayakubu1234]

my fav right from high school Kenny I love your songs

[@krochill.9871]

One of the best country song love it always!

[@federicosetien4953]

Country Music king

[@muhammadbubabiu4319]

This is the best country music of all times.

[@leondante7080]

I've heard this track many times,thanks to one of my beauties from Sri Lanka. Sonale, surely miss you a lot babe.

[@daking653]

I know this pain all too well

[@williammagoma1561]

I like this song very much.

[@rosalinebangura4775]

Will always love you Kenny!

[@najmaabdallah1]

Today i started dating a knew man in my life and he loves country like i do, and as we were sited listening to Dolly he said my favourite song is "tomb of unknown love" can you play it, for the first time i heard thiz song but i had to repeat it more and more why can't i even cry, it's so emotional. Rest in peace kenny hopx heaven is full of country. We love and cherish you sweet music man.

[@muthoni4260]

Simply Awesome!!!

[@doughesson]

First heard this in mid 1986 in the base bowling alley at Charleston Naval Station.

[@GymbalLock]

I love how the Main Street Electrical Parade makes an appearance at the end of the song.

[@theguitarjohnshow]

I love this song

[@samuelmuchemi6190]

I have always loved Kenny Rogers songs Perhaps from the composition of the song sound, artistry in delivery and of course th e instrumentation.Indeed I had subscribed to his fan club way back in early high school. Admittedly I have only come to discover only too recently that the song tomb of the unknown love is and surely must be his greatest song ever. I trust he is hale and hearty. God bless Kenny and his fy.

[@thomasdennisbanda9037]

My favourite,thumbs up

[@Copperheadroad1]

I have been hoping someone would post this one.

[@Dmartin701]

Really love that song amongst many others. Really love Kenny Rogers's voice.

[@evanskariuki5104]

After Kenny is gone gimie that like

[@GamblingKenny]

The electric guitar at 0:45 is great ... I wanted to buy it but it was too expensive for me. Now someone else bought it unfortunately. But great pictures love em

[@kamogelophatsimo2594]

my younger sister loves this song!

[@danilomoi2766]

Best country music ever

[@brianrunyon266]

First heard this on an old Kenny Rogers album I have, still may have it.

[@phoenixraine2002]

I love this song..not sure why it seems to be one of Kenny's lesser known songs...

[@charlesmora6868]

R.I.P. compadre🙏

[@SengasTips]

2020 still enjoying this great hit

[@jobmwangi6957]

Rip in peace

[@rhodanyanya]

i love this song,its awesome ,its good .the best of ken have ever heard.

[@bridgetbehrends9262]

Love it country music ❤️❤️

[@Andy19884666]

kenny song are all grait im 23 and love is music lol i

[@beannie59]

Another good one

[@luke.thedrifter2281]

Rest I'm peace Gambler...

[@kathysmotherman2515]

My Brother wrote this song & many others you've heard on the radio & in concert His name is Micheal Smotherman Look him up here on YT and hear the GREATEST MUSIC & LYRICS of your life !! 😚 He's a legend in the songwriting community & let's be real-there ARE no songs without songwriters !! 💜✌️

[@irwinwilliamson]

I just wish that she knew how I felt, and maybe we would've had a chance.

[@doughesson]

If this ain't an outlaw song,what is?

[@paula731000]

ive never seen kenny in concert but he is coming to klienhans music hall december 21st 2011 and i will be going come hell or high water

[@kennyrogers1965]

@kencountrylove yes really we must no good music these days

[@philipnyabuto3611]

2018 Anyone...?

[@shyman99]

Producer George Martin was a genius.

[@Andy19884666]

i love kennys music and wold love to meet him can eny one help iv bein to see him twice but he whas off stage and away be4 i got the chance to meet him is ther eny way of contacting the agent or suming

[@abacobeachbum]

Written by Michael Smotherman

[@FMercuryEA]

One time I drove to see a girl across the country One night as I was driving through to Mexico I had the windows wide open It was cold and I was crying And I later laid her on the radio Then I stopped that side of Tahoe Through this tiny mining town At a diner to be filled for the ride And in the wind I heard this crying Like a heart broke cried a tune I turned my collar up and went inside. Well, I saw this smiling waitress Joshing friendly with these truckers That give her pats and she gives them shoves I said: Miss watch that awful crying Everybody laughed and said: It's the tomb of the unknown love And then they pointed out the window to this stone All by myself, beneath the tree, beside the hill And on that winter night I read these words alone These words that are haunting me still, it said: He lies a young man struck down in his prime By the awesome burning power of love He couldn't stand this true love cheating So he shot the girl down They hung him from that tree up ( right ) above I know that local folks say it's the wind But I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown love. So I drove on to my destination I did the job my heart commanded of me And when the sheriff sirens came up I did believe and tried to find They counted ten, I came out at three So now I guess tomorrow morning Warden reads some kind of paper How I'm gonna pay the state for what I've done Hey, didn't they put their shackles on me And they'll take a little walk They won't have to drag me 'cause it's said and done And maybe someday they can put me at this stone All by itself, beneath the tree, beside the hill And lovers everywhere can come and meet alone These words that forgive them up to, and it'll say: He lies a young man.

[@kathysmotherman2515]

Ummm....no Several mistakes in there 😅 💜✌️

[@amoricanCrowe]

I could hear Jimmy Buffet doing this song.

[@deelynn8611]

Sheesh. Just another psycho stalker song. I'm surprised Kenny Rogers even bothered with this one.

[@reedermh]

The placement of the grave "beneath a tree beside a hill" pays homage to the classic song "Green, Green Grass of Home". That may be why Kenny did the song.