Like his earlier masterpiece " I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," it was released as the B-side (MGM-10904B) to "Dear John" (MGM-10904A), since it was an unwritten rule in the country music industry that the faster numbers sold best. The first draft of the song is dated November 23, 1950, and was recorded with an unknown band on December 21, 1950. 'You sorry son of a bitch,' she is supposed to have said, 'it was you that caused me to suffer like this.' Hank went home and told the children's governess, Miss Ragland, that Audrey had a 'cold, cold heart,' and then, as so often in the past, realized the bitterness in his heart held commercial promise. Florida bandleader Pappy Neil McCormick claims to have witnessed the encounter:Īccording to McCormick, Hank went to the hospital and bent down to kiss Audrey, but she wouldn't let him. Escott also speculates that Audrey, who carried on extramarital affairs as Hank did on the road, may have suspected the baby was not her husband's. In the Williams episode of American Masters, country music historian Colin Escott states that Williams was moved to write the song after visiting his wife Audrey in the hospital, who was suffering from an infection brought on by an abortion she had carried out at their home unbeknownst to Hank. Texas Tyler's 1945 recording of "You'll Still Be in My Heart," written by Ted West in 1943. Williams adapted the melody for the song from T. This blues ballad is both a classic of honky-tonk and an entry in the Great American Songbook. " Cold, Cold Heart" is a country music and pop song written and first recorded by Hank Williams. Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys singles chronology Single by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboysįebruary 16, 1951 ( ) Acuff-Rose Publications Ĭountry & Western, Honky-tonk, Country blues Writer(s): Hank Williams Sr.Lyrics powered by song by Hank Williams "Cold, Cold Heart"
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Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start Why can't I free your doubtful mind, and melt your cold cold heart You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry You know you need and want my love yet you're afraid to try Why do you run and hide from life, to try it just ain't smart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream.
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