2:20
single, 1951
Written by Tillman Franks and Elmer Laird
Fun fact: This song is traditionally credited to Laird's widow, though not written by her. Laird was an automobile dealer in Shreveport who had once employed Franks. It's a heartbreak song by this honky-tonk country duo, who trade verses. One of them has a particularly juicy tenor. "For your poison love has stained the life blood in my heart and soul dear / And I know my life will never be the same." But is the narrator done with this two-timing lady? No! Still he pleads and cries out for her, though his better judgement tells him he's making a mistake. Not so fun fact: Jack Anglin ironically died in a car accident on the way to a memorial service for Patsy Cline in 1963.