Written by Harlan Howard and Hank Cochran

(As recorded by Jim Reeves, November 21, 1961)



I fall to pieces

Each time I see you again

I fall to pieces

How can I be just your friend



You want me to act like we've never kissed

You want me to forget, pretend we've never met

And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet

You walk by, and I fall to pieces



I fall to pieces

Each time someone speaks your name

I fall to pieces

Time only adds to the flame



You tell me to find someone else to love

Someone who'll love me, too, the way you used to do

But each time I go out with someone new

You walk by and I fall to pieces



(I fall to pieces)

Each time someone speaks your name

(I fall to pieces)

Time only adds to the flame



You tell me to find someone else to love

Someone who'll love me too, the way you used to do

But each time I go out with someone new

You walk by and I fall to pieces



*Patsy Cline did not repeat the last two verses.



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