Hank Thompson – If Lovin’ You Is Wrong

“If Lovin’ You Is Wrong”, song written by Hank Thompson and Billy Gray, was recorded by Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys for the Capitol label on March 22, 1954, at Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA. In the same session, three other songs were recorded: “We’ve gone too far ·”, “Tears are lonely rain” and “Annie over”. In the recording session Hank was accompanied by: Billy Gray (gt / leader), Merle Travis (guitar), Floyd White (steel), Wayma Whitewing (steel), Billy Briggs Stewart (bass), Kermit Baca (drums), Amos Hedrick (fiddle), Bob White (fiddle) and Gil Baca (piano).With the production of Ken Nelson, the song was released on January 1, 1955, on the Country & Western charts, reached # 12.

The song was not included on any album, it was included in a 4 song Ep. It was released in early 1955.

Hank Thompson – If Lovin’ You Is Wrong Lyrics

If lovin’ you is wrong,
Then there’s nothin’ right.
There’s airplanes in the water,
And submarines in flight.

If lovin’ you is wrong,
The redbirds should be blue,
The wall should be the ceiling,
And one and three make two.
The trees should all grow upside down,
The sun should be the moon.
All the dogs should turn to cats,
April should be June.
An inch would be from here to Mars,
A mile not very long.
We’re livin’ in a crazy world
If lovin’ you is wrong,

If lovin’ you is wrong
Then, baby, nothin’s right.
The atom bomb would be perfume,
We’d all smoke dynamite.

If lovin’ you is wrong,
The ground should be the sky,
And we’d miss the water,
Before the well went dry.
Since we’d all sleep wide awake,
We’d never have a dream.
There’d never be a picture
On our television screen.
This world is full of people
Who’ll always sing this song.
I think the world is crazy
Shine all your sweet love on me…