Like many of the old country tunes, I became acquainted with this one listening to K106 (KKWS Wadena-Brainerd-Park Rapids) when I was growing up. Here's another song with spoken interludes, this one a two-for-one deal: 'Whisperin' Bill' Anderson's "Still." A 1963 country tune about unrequited love, so much so that his life is falling apart...sad. So very sad.
Interlude 1:I've lost count of the hours and I've lost track of the days. In fact, I've lost just about everything since you went away. Everything, that is, except the mem'ries you left me. And that's one thing that no one can mar. I don't know who you're with; I don't even know where you've gone. My only hope is that some day you might hear this song and you'll know that I wrote it especially for you. And I love you, wherever you are.
Interlude 2:This flame in my heart is like an eternal fire, for every day it burns hotter and every day it burns higher. And I haven't been able to put out one little flicker, not even with all of these tears. My friends think I'm crazy and maybe I am. But I'll carry this torch just as long as I can, for some day, you might just decide to come home and I want you to know I'm still here.
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