“I Wouldn’t Want to Live If You Didn’t Love Me” is a song written by Al Turney, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in June 1974 as the first single from the album Don Williams Vol. III. The song was Williams’s sixth release as a solo artist and his first of seventeen number ones on the country singles chart in Billboard Magazine. The single spent one week at the top and total of twelve weeks on the chart.

The song also became the first No. 1 hit for producer Allen Reynolds. In the years since, Reynolds produced many No. 1 hits for artists like Crystal Gayle, Dickey Lee, Kathy Mattea and The O’Kanes, but during the 1990s became most associated with producing the hits of Garth Brooks.

From the album Don Williams Vol. III
B-side “Fly Away”
Released June 1974
Recorded April 1974
Genre Country
Length 3:00
Label Dot
Songwriter(s) Al Turney
Producer(s) Allen Reynolds

Don Williams – I Wouldn’t Want To Live If You Didn’t Love Me Lyrics

Sometimes you may think
I take you for granted
And granted, sometimes maybe I do
‘Cause, I’ve grown so used to you
Lyin’ next to me
That I wouldn’t want to live
If you didn’t love me.

No, I wouldn’t want to get up
In the mornin’ if you weren’t there
To kiss me and start my day, off right
And to be waiting, when I get home
With lovin’ just for me
No, I wouldn’t want to live
If you didn’t love me.

It’s love that makes the world go ’round
And my love for you
Just grows with leaps and bounds
‘Cause, you know just what to do
When the world has turned all blue
And I wouldn’t want to live
If you didn’t love me.

No, I wouldn’t want to get up
In the mornin’ if you weren’t there
To kiss me and start my day, off right
And to be waiting, when I get home
With lovin’ just for me
No, I wouldn’t want to live
If you didn’t love me.