Artist
Patsy Cline
Lyrics
Written by Harlan Howard and Hank Cochran
(As recorded by Jim Reeves, November 21, 1961)
I fall to pieces
Each time I see you again
I fall to pieces
How can I be just your friend
You want me to act like we've never kissed
You want me to forget, pretend we've never met
And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet
You walk by, and I fall to pieces
I fall to pieces
Each time someone speaks your name
I fall to pieces
Time only adds to the flame
You tell me to find someone else to love
Someone who'll love me, too, the way you used to do
But each time I go out with someone new
You walk by and I fall to pieces
(I fall to pieces)
Each time someone speaks your name
(I fall to pieces)
Time only adds to the flame
You tell me to find someone else to love
Someone who'll love me too, the way you used to do
But each time I go out with someone new
You walk by and I fall to pieces
*Patsy Cline did not repeat the last two verses.
?? Tree Publishing Co. (BMI)
(As recorded by Jim Reeves, November 21, 1961)
I fall to pieces
Each time I see you again
I fall to pieces
How can I be just your friend
You want me to act like we've never kissed
You want me to forget, pretend we've never met
And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet
You walk by, and I fall to pieces
I fall to pieces
Each time someone speaks your name
I fall to pieces
Time only adds to the flame
You tell me to find someone else to love
Someone who'll love me, too, the way you used to do
But each time I go out with someone new
You walk by and I fall to pieces
(I fall to pieces)
Each time someone speaks your name
(I fall to pieces)
Time only adds to the flame
You tell me to find someone else to love
Someone who'll love me too, the way you used to do
But each time I go out with someone new
You walk by and I fall to pieces
*Patsy Cline did not repeat the last two verses.
?? Tree Publishing Co. (BMI)
RS500_rank
238
Length
2:49
BPM
111.2
Released Year
1961
Genre Era
Genre
Key
G m
Produced By
Owen Bradley
Released Info
Jan. '61 on Decca
Chart Weeks
20 weeks
Chart Top
No. 12
Musicbrainz ID
2c0bf5ad-1769-50be-2ca2-9140e77a0c87
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Hank Cochran
Album
12 Greatest Hits (MCA)
Song Status
Cline was reluctant to record this ballad, which had been turned down by Brenda Lee, until Bradley coaxed her into it. The sound was stone country but wrapped in elaborate pop, with Cline crying inside, like a nerve rubbed raw by heartbreak.