My mostly-loved singer:
Skeeter Davis
September 28, 2004
Skeeter Davis, a Grammy-nominated singer and veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, died on Sept. 19 after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 73.
Born Mary Frances Penick in Dry Ridge, Ky., she adopted the name Skeeter Davis in high school after a fateful meeting with Betty Jack Davis. The girls formed an act called "The Davis Sisters" and signed a recording contract with RCA Records. The duo topped the charts in 1953 with the song "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know." Their taste of fame was short-lived, however; in August of that year, Betty was killed in a car accident. Skeeter was also injured in the crash, but continued the act with Betty's sister Georgie until 1956.
Davis then moved to Nashville and hooked up with producer Chet Atkins. She came into her own as a solo artist in 1958 when her song "Lost to a Geisha Girl" reached No. 15 on Billboard's country singles chart. The next year, Davis joined the Grand Ole Opry and earned the first of dive Grammy nominations she would receive during her four-decade performing career.
Although she recorded the popular pop/country songs "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" and "Gonna Get Along Without You Now," Davis' biggest crossover hit was the 1962 ballad "The End of the World." The track reached No. 2 on the country chart, No. 1 on Billboard's adult contemporary chart, No. 2 on the Hot 100 and No. 4 on the R&B list. In 1973, she was temporarily suspended from the Opry for publicly criticizing the Nashville police for arresting a group of religious zealots at a local mall.
Davis married and divorced three times, first to Kenneth Depew, then to Ralph Emery (a disk jockey and host of the TV show "Nashville Now") and finally to bassist Joey Spampinato. She penned her autobiography, "Bus Fare to Kentucky", in 1993, and co-wrote the children's book, "The Christmas Note" with Cathie Pelletier in 1997.
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Her songs:
Together Again
[ Both ]
Together again our tears have stopped falling
[ Skeeter ]
The long lonely nights are now at an end
[ Bobby ]
The key to my heart you hold in your hand
[ Both ]
And nothing else matters now we're together again
[ Both ]
Together again the grey skies are gone
You're back in my arms now that's where I belong
The love that we knew is living again
And nothing else matters now
we're together again
We're together again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvSReivH1VA&feature=related
In The Misty Moonlight
[ Both ]
In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
[ Skeeter ]
Any place is all right long as I'm with you
[ Both ]
In a faraway land on the tropic sea sand
[ Bobby ]
If your hand's in my hand I won't be blue
[ Both ]
Way up on the mountain a way down in the valley
I know I'll be happy anyplace anywhere
I don't care
In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
Any place is all right long as you are there
[ Skeeter ]
You know I could be happy
in just one little room with only a table and a chair
As happy as I'd be in a kingdom by the sea
darling if you're there
[ Bobby ]
And I could be rich or I could be poor
but if you were by my side
I could be anyplace in the whole wide world
and I know that I'll be satisfied
[ Both ]
Way up on the mountain...
Any place is all right long as you are there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9gD4BZxcMw&feature=related
A Dear-John Letter
[ Skeeter ]
Dear John
oh how I hate to write
dear John
I must let you know tonight
That my love for you has died away
like grass upon the lawn
And tonight I wed another dear John
[ Bobby ]
I was overseas in battle when the postman came to me
He handed me a letter and I was just as happy as I could be
Cause the fighting was all over and the battles have all been won
But then I opened up the letter and that started
"Dear John
Won't you please send back my picture
my husband wants it now
When I tell you who I'm wedding
you won't care dear anyhow
And it hurts me so to tell ye
that my love for you has gone
But tonight I wed your brother, dear John
[ Skeeter ]
And tonight I wed another dear John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kg4rNKGu6U&feature=related
Let It Be Me
Too Used To Being With You
I Love You
I Don't Care
(Just As Long As You Love Me)
[ Both ]
I don't care the sun don't shine
I don't care the bells don't chime
Just as long as you love me
I don't care the tops don't spin
I don't care the gins don't gin
Just as long as you love me
So darling let it rain
let it snow
let the cold north wind blow
Just as long as you love me
North or south east or west you know
I will stand the test
Just as long as you love me
[ Bobby ]
I don't care the birds don't sing
I don't care the bells don't ring
[ Both ]
Just as long as you love me
[ Bobby ]
I don't care the world don't turn
I don't care the fire don't burn
[ Both ]
Just as long as you love me
So darling let it rain...
Just as long as you love me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DavMldxerw&feature=related
I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again
[Skeeter]
Sometimes I want to throw my arms around you
Then I tremble at the thought of giving in
[Bobby]
Because I know how much it cost to love you
I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you revives the sorrow
that wakes me up and tells me I can't win
[Skeeter]
I'd love to wake up in your arms tomorrow
but I'm so afraid of losing you again
[Skeeter]
If heaven were to hear my heart's confession
wanting you would be my greatest sin
[Bobby]
And I'm glad that you're no longer my possession
Cause I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you... I'd love to wake up in your arms tomorrow
but I'm so afraid of losing you again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM3YGtD9s5M&feature=related
A Stranger in My Place
I just can't see a stranger in my place
I see the town where we were born
I see the place we were raised
I see all the things you wanted
that I never gave
I see sadness, I see sorrow,
I see pain on your face
But I just can't see a stranger in my place.
I can see now where we quarreled
I can see now I was wrong
I can see how you might weaken
when I wasn't strong
I see mem'ries of a love gone bad
that time can't erase
But I just can't see a stranger in my place.
No one seems to know you quite like I do
No one knows the things that make you cry
Now looking back it seems I never showed you
And now I lie alone and wonder why.
I can see now where you might grow tired
Of dreams that don't come true
I can see where I have fallen short
Of the things I promised you
I can see now through my tear-filled eyes
No love on your face
But I just can't see a stranger in my place...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbd2-67tkA&feature=related
Don't Let Me Cross Over
I'm tempted my darling to steal you away
Don't let me cross over stay out of my way
You know that I love you and I'm not the cheatin' kind
But I'm tasted with heartaches
at love's cheating line
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
You belong to another
you'll never be mine
I know one step closer would be heaven divine
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
I've tried to forget you but what else can I do
When your eyes keep saying that you love me too
I know if I lose you not a dream would I have left
I don't want to cheat dear but
I can't help myself
Don't let me cross over...
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miUYCtj1aYw
Now I Lay Me Down To Weep
Now I lay me down to weep
count my tears instead of sheep
Say my prayers turn out the light
but I just lay and weep all night
Now I lay me down to cry
pray the Lord that I might die
But each morning I awake
and listen to my poor heart break
If only I could sleep at night
I'd dream that you would hold me tight
But I can't dream and I can't sleep
so I just lay me down to weep
Sleep won't come to cryin' eyes
and my poor heart just can't realize
That now you're in another's keep
so I'll just lay me down to weep
Sleep won't come to cryin' eyes...
I'll just lay me down to weep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL30uyXhRWg&NR=1
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
I don't want your lonely mansion
with a tear in every room
All I want's the love you promised
beneath the haloed moon
But you think I should be happy
with your money and your name
And pretend that I don't notice
while you play your cheatin' games
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrow
in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money
cause I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrow
in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money
cause I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvHOUS5ngNQ&feature=related
When I Stop Dreaming
When I stop dreaming
that's when I'll stop loving you
The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
the first time I ever have wanted to die
Was the night that you told me
you loved someone else
and asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming that's when
I'll stop loving you
You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
And you may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming that's when
I'll stop loving you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ZcoTkxlys&feature=related
[ Both ]
Together again our tears have stopped falling
[ Skeeter ]
The long lonely nights are now at an end
[ Bobby ]
The key to my heart you hold in your hand
[ Both ]
And nothing else matters now we're together again
[ Both ]
Together again the grey skies are gone
You're back in my arms now that's where I belong
The love that we knew is living again
And nothing else matters now
we're together again
We're together again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvSReivH1VA&feature=related
In The Misty Moonlight
[ Both ]
In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
[ Skeeter ]
Any place is all right long as I'm with you
[ Both ]
In a faraway land on the tropic sea sand
[ Bobby ]
If your hand's in my hand I won't be blue
[ Both ]
Way up on the mountain a way down in the valley
I know I'll be happy anyplace anywhere
I don't care
In the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight
Any place is all right long as you are there
[ Skeeter ]
You know I could be happy
in just one little room with only a table and a chair
As happy as I'd be in a kingdom by the sea
darling if you're there
[ Bobby ]
And I could be rich or I could be poor
but if you were by my side
I could be anyplace in the whole wide world
and I know that I'll be satisfied
[ Both ]
Way up on the mountain...
Any place is all right long as you are there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9gD4BZxcMw&feature=related
A Dear-John Letter
[ Skeeter ]
Dear John
oh how I hate to write
dear John
I must let you know tonight
That my love for you has died away
like grass upon the lawn
And tonight I wed another dear John
[ Bobby ]
I was overseas in battle when the postman came to me
He handed me a letter and I was just as happy as I could be
Cause the fighting was all over and the battles have all been won
But then I opened up the letter and that started
"Dear John
Won't you please send back my picture
my husband wants it now
When I tell you who I'm wedding
you won't care dear anyhow
And it hurts me so to tell ye
that my love for you has gone
But tonight I wed your brother, dear John
[ Skeeter ]
And tonight I wed another dear John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kg4rNKGu6U&feature=related
Let It Be Me
I bless the day I found youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWWXJObowsI&feature=related
I want to stay around you
And so I beg you let it be me
Don't take this heaven from one
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever let it be me.
Each time we meet love I find complete love
Without your sweet love what would life be
So never leave me lonely tell me you love me only
And that you always let it be me.
If for each bit of gladness
Someone must taste of sadness
I beg the sorrow please let it be me
And no matter how the price is
I'll make the sacrifices
For each new tomorrow just let it be me.
Each time we meet love I find complete love
Without your sweet love what would life be
So never leave me lonely tell me you love me only
And that you always let it be me.
Let it be me...
Too Used To Being With You
Mhm, too used to that certain someonehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muWdhldhLV0
To offer my love to anyone new
My excuse for not wanting no one
Too used to being with you.
When you lose a true love you treasure
Other offers are just the past time
You find a kiss just a cheap imitation
The love they offer's not real genuine.
Too used to that certain someone
To offer my love to anyone new
My excuse for not wanting no one
Too used to being with you.
Some other's arms may hold and caress you
And some other's lips may burn on my own
While my eyes are filled with their beauty
My heart inside will be crying alone.
Too used to that certain someone
To offer my love to anyone new
My excuse for not wanting no one
Too used to being with you...
I Love You
I love you, you, youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ime_UjfMnUc&feature=related
No one else will ever do
Always true, true, true
I'll forever be to you.
I love you, no one new
Will never ever do
I'll always be true to you
'Cause I love you.
The wedding bells are ringing
In the chapel just over the hill
They're ringing for the wedding
Of my best friend Bill.
He wed the girl I loved and I'd rather to die
Than to live I got to choose
'Cause I've lost her
And I've lost the friend.
But there's one thing I'd never lose
That's the way that she says.
I love you, you, you
No one else will ever do
Always true, true, true
I'll forever be to you.
Yes, in her shy sorta way
I could leave you here now
'Cause I like she was here today
She said she would always love me
She would always be good and true
Yes, that's one thing
I'll never forget the way she says
I'll always be true to you
'Cause I love you
I love you, you, you
No one else will ever do
Always true, true, true
I'll forever be to you.
I'll always be true to you
'Cause I love you...
I Don't Care
(Just As Long As You Love Me)
[ Both ]
I don't care the sun don't shine
I don't care the bells don't chime
Just as long as you love me
I don't care the tops don't spin
I don't care the gins don't gin
Just as long as you love me
So darling let it rain
let it snow
let the cold north wind blow
Just as long as you love me
North or south east or west you know
I will stand the test
Just as long as you love me
[ Bobby ]
I don't care the birds don't sing
I don't care the bells don't ring
[ Both ]
Just as long as you love me
[ Bobby ]
I don't care the world don't turn
I don't care the fire don't burn
[ Both ]
Just as long as you love me
So darling let it rain...
Just as long as you love me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DavMldxerw&feature=related
I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again
[Skeeter]
Sometimes I want to throw my arms around you
Then I tremble at the thought of giving in
[Bobby]
Because I know how much it cost to love you
I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you revives the sorrow
that wakes me up and tells me I can't win
[Skeeter]
I'd love to wake up in your arms tomorrow
but I'm so afraid of losing you again
[Skeeter]
If heaven were to hear my heart's confession
wanting you would be my greatest sin
[Bobby]
And I'm glad that you're no longer my possession
Cause I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you... I'd love to wake up in your arms tomorrow
but I'm so afraid of losing you again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM3YGtD9s5M&feature=related
A Stranger in My Place
I just can't see a stranger in my place
I see the town where we were born
I see the place we were raised
I see all the things you wanted
that I never gave
I see sadness, I see sorrow,
I see pain on your face
But I just can't see a stranger in my place.
I can see now where we quarreled
I can see now I was wrong
I can see how you might weaken
when I wasn't strong
I see mem'ries of a love gone bad
that time can't erase
But I just can't see a stranger in my place.
No one seems to know you quite like I do
No one knows the things that make you cry
Now looking back it seems I never showed you
And now I lie alone and wonder why.
I can see now where you might grow tired
Of dreams that don't come true
I can see where I have fallen short
Of the things I promised you
I can see now through my tear-filled eyes
No love on your face
But I just can't see a stranger in my place...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbd2-67tkA&feature=related
Don't Let Me Cross Over
I'm tempted my darling to steal you away
Don't let me cross over stay out of my way
You know that I love you and I'm not the cheatin' kind
But I'm tasted with heartaches
at love's cheating line
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
You belong to another
you'll never be mine
I know one step closer would be heaven divine
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
I've tried to forget you but what else can I do
When your eyes keep saying that you love me too
I know if I lose you not a dream would I have left
I don't want to cheat dear but
I can't help myself
Don't let me cross over...
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miUYCtj1aYw
Now I Lay Me Down To Weep
Now I lay me down to weep
count my tears instead of sheep
Say my prayers turn out the light
but I just lay and weep all night
Now I lay me down to cry
pray the Lord that I might die
But each morning I awake
and listen to my poor heart break
If only I could sleep at night
I'd dream that you would hold me tight
But I can't dream and I can't sleep
so I just lay me down to weep
Sleep won't come to cryin' eyes
and my poor heart just can't realize
That now you're in another's keep
so I'll just lay me down to weep
Sleep won't come to cryin' eyes...
I'll just lay me down to weep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL30uyXhRWg&NR=1
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
I don't want your lonely mansion
with a tear in every room
All I want's the love you promised
beneath the haloed moon
But you think I should be happy
with your money and your name
And pretend that I don't notice
while you play your cheatin' games
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrow
in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money
cause I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrow
in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money
cause I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
Silver threads and golden needles
cannot mend this heart of mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvHOUS5ngNQ&feature=related
When I Stop Dreaming
When I stop dreaming
that's when I'll stop loving you
The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
the first time I ever have wanted to die
Was the night that you told me
you loved someone else
and asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming that's when
I'll stop loving you
You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
And you may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming that's when
I'll stop loving you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ZcoTkxlys&feature=related
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