WHEN I STOP DREAMING
(Ira & Charlie Louvin)

The Louvin Brothers - 1955
The Browns - 1965
Skeeter Davis - 1965
Charlie Louvin - 1965
The Wilburn Brothers - 1965
Don Gibson - 1966
The Jordanaires - 1966
Hank Locklin - 1968
Jim & Jesse - 1969
Dottie West - 1969
Bobby Lewis - 1969
Roy Orbison - 1970
Leona Williams - 1970
Hank Williams Jr. - 1970
Melba Montgomery - 1971
Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals - 1972
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - 1973
The Statler Brothers - 1973
Debi Hawkins - 1975
Emmylou Harris - 1977
Laurel Canyon Ramblers - 1998
Alice Gerrard - 2002
Freakwater (feat. in the film "The Slaughter Rule") - 2003
Jerry Franklin - 2010
The Crowe Brothers - 2010

Also recorded by: Johnny Cash; Ray Charles; Sydney Devine.



When I stop dreaming, that's when I'll stop loving you

The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
The first time I ever have wanted to die
Was the night when you told me you loved someone else
And asked me if I could forget

When I stop dreaming, that's when I'll stop wanting you

I'd be like a flower unwanted in spring
Alone and neglected, transplanted in vain
To a garden of sadness where it's petals would fall
In the shadow of undying pain

When I stop dreaming, that's when I'll stop thinking you

You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget

When I stop dreaming, that's when I'll stop crying for you


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2012)