Jim Reeves – I Won’t Come In While He’s There, is a 1967 posthumous single by Jim Reeves, recorded in the RCA Victor studios in Nashville, Tennessee on May 18, 1964. It was one of the last songs Reeves recorded before his premature death on July 31; the flip side of the single, «Maureen», was the last (recorded July 2, 1964). The single was Reeves’ sixth and final posthumous release to hit number one on the U.S. country chart. «I Won’t Come In While He’s There» spent a single week at number one and total of twelve weeks on the country chart. The piano backing is a strong feature of the recording. Although it sounds like Floyd Cramer’s characteristic style, and Cramer was Reeves’ usual pianist, in this case the player was the blind pianist Hargus «Pig» Robbins.

Jim Reeves – I Won’t Come In While He’s There
From the album The Blue Side of Lonesome
B-side «Maureen»
Released December 1966
Genre Country
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Gene Davis
Producer(s) Chet Atkins

COUNTRYPEDIA

I Won’t Come In While He’s There Lyrics

Thought I’d stop by awhile and see you
Just once more before I leave town
But his car’s parked there in your driveway
And I see the curtain’s pulled down

I won’t bother to ring your doorbell
I’m not sure just how much I can bear
I might do something I’d be sorry for later
So I won’t come in while he’s there

Does he know my whole world is in there with him?
That he’s king while he sits there in my chair
I’d like to tell you just how much I still love you
But I won’t come in while he’s there
No, I won’t come in while he’s there

GENIUS