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.