George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
George Jones
Written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman, Jones released this song in April 1980 as the lead single from the album “I Am What I Am.”
The song’s slow tempo and melancholic vibe are redoubled in Jones' iconic crooning voice and phrasing, about which Waylon Jennings once said, “If we all could sound...
[Verse 1]
He said, "I'll love you til I die"
She told him, "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind
He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
But he still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again
[Verse 2]
He kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single 'I love you'
I went to see him just today
Oh but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years
[Chorus]
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
[Bridge]
You know she came to see him one last time
Oh, and we all wondered if she would
And it kept runnin' through my mind
This time, he's over her for good
[Chorus]
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
He Stopped Loving Her Today was written by Curly Putman & Bobby Braddock.
He Stopped Loving Her Today was produced by George Jones & Billy Sherrill.
George Jones released He Stopped Loving Her Today on Mon Apr 14 1980.
Sherrill claims that Jones was in such bad physical shape during this period that “the recitation was recorded 18 months after the first verse was” and added that the last words Jones said about “He Stopped Loving Her Today” was “Nobody’ll buy that morbid son of a bitch”. Although he had disliked “H...