New Patches , Mel Tillis , 1984

Written by Tommy Collins. Released April 1984 from the album "New Patches", it reached #10.

[Suaimiranger_]

yeehaaaa wonderfull world of new patches by mel tilles ride on Thank you ❤❤❤❤

[jameshepburn]

Tommy Collins wrote some great songs, this could well be his best. Actually it’s one of the best country songs ever by anybody.

[karenbritt]

Awesome Job ❤ New Patches I love Patches two. Wonderful Mel

[marryannlamb]

Enjoyed listening again Wicker Bill. 💯💝❤️ Still Awesome song.

[waltertillis]

Mel was one of the finest entertainers and one of the best singers we ever had. I sure do miss him.

[barrywayne]

Heard this song on Mel tillis radio station he owned in I believe Amarillo TX. (KMML) back in the days. Great 🎵

[kellyhasty]

They need a radio station that plays oldies but goldies like this one.

[garethmurray]

Now and then an old friend tries to help me
By telling me there's someone that I should meet
Hey, but I don't have the heart to start all over
'Cause my heart is laying at another's feet
You just don't put new patches on old garments
Hey, I don't want no one else on my mind
I just don't need nobody new to cling to, Lord
'Cause I still love someone I've known a long, long time
I have built my world around a memory
And she's the only one that I let in
'Cause every time I've tried to love somebody, Lord
In my mind I'm loving her again
You just don't put new patches on old garments
Hey, and I don't want no one else on my mind
I just don't need nobody new to cling to, Lord
'Cause I still love someone I've known a long, long time
Yes, I still love someone I've known a long, long time

[armadillo]

Simple great! You are never forgotten, Mel. RIP.

[cliffcardinal]

Mel Tillis sang this song in 2017 in Edmonton Alberta, home of the Edm Oilers, a Hockey Team that was once great, with 5 Stanley Cups, it is a full fledge Hockey Town, but a Real Cowboys' Town...

[danielburns]

this song went to #10 on the country charts in 1984!!!

[PhillipCox-cvsk]

Mel was a great singer his daughter
Is good singer and good to look at

[TC-sqzn]

My dad wrote this song about my mother. He knew he had "blown it" with her, but he loved her until the day he died. At the time this song came out, my dad asked me to go play it for my mom and to "watch her facial expressions", and to get back to him and "tell him what she looked like as she listened to it." I'll never forget that. Mel Tillis always mentioned my dad before he sang it on every show he did. Mel personally told me that this was his all time favorite song. Thanks for posting it. Listen to two more songs written about my mother, by my dad, recorded by Mel... After All This Time, and Someone Else Tends the Garden.

[mickeyb]

NO NO WANT ONLY MY BABY DARLIN MY TEArS😘😘😘😘

[mikekennedy]

Played this song over 5pi in Pt Pirie in South Australia. Mike Kennedy