DON WILLIAMS - DESPERATELY LOVING YOU DESPERATELY

DESPERATELY LOVING YOU DESPERATELY

DON WILLIAMS

SONGWRITERS: JAMIE O’HARA

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: TRACES

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1988

 

         Donald Ray Williams(May 27, 1939– September 8, 2017) was an American country singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 number one country hits. His straightforward yet smooth bass-baritone voice, soft tones, and imposing build earned him the nickname "The Gentle Giant". In 1975, Williams starred in a movie with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed called W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.

      Williams has had a strong influence over a variety of recording artists of different genres. His hits have been covered by artists such as Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Juice Newton, Claude Russell Bridges, Lefty Frizzell, Josh Turner, Sonny James, Alison Krauss, Billy Dean, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Lambchop, Alan Jackson, Tomeu Penya, Telly Savalas, Waylon Jennings, Pete Townshend, and Tortoise with Bonnie "Prince" Billy. His music is also popular internationally, including in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Ukraine, India, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Namibia and Zimbabwe. In 2010, the Country Music Association inducted Don Williams into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

          Williams was among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal Studios fire.

         "Desperately" is a song written by Jamie O'Hara and Kevin Welch, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in August 1988 as the third single from the álbum Traces. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

My heart is out of control

This ole love struck soul

Just lives for the moment you're around

When I hold on to you

 

It is all I can do

Just to keep my feet on the ground

Desperately loving you desperately

When you're not here with me

I get a little bit crazy

 

Constantly I think about you constantly

Look at what you've done to me

I'm just like a little baby

Oh I love you desperately

 

Will I laugh will I cry

Will I live will I die

It all depends upon you

And it is dangerous I know

 

To be lost in you so

But I am and there's nothing I can do

Desperately loving you desperately

When you're not here with me

 

I get a little bit crazy

Constantly I think about you constantly

Look at what you've done to me

I'm just like a little baby

Oh I love you desperately

 

Desperately loving you desperately

When you're not here with me

I get a little bit crazy

Constantly I think about you constantly

 

Look at what you've done to me

I'm just like a little baby

Oh I love you desperately.