About The Song
It was recorded by American country music artist George Jones. Released in April 1980 as the lead single from the album “I Am What I Am”. Marked Jones’s first solo No. 1 single in six years. The song won Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1980, and CMA Song of the Year for 1980. Preserved in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress since 2008. Ranked 142nd on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2021.
The song tells the heart-wrenching story of a man who continues to love a woman even after she has left him. He keeps old letters and photos from their previous romance, hoping she would “come back again.” Eventually, he passes away, and at his funeral, his former lover pays her respects, signifying that he has finally stopped loving her.