Randy Travis – If I Didn’t Have You, is a song written by Skip Ewing and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. It was released in August 1992 as the lead-off single from his Greatest Hits, Volume One compilation album. The song became Travis’ thirteenth Number One single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.
The song’s verses are written with an unusual 7/4 meter, and the chorus is in common 4/4 time.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Travis “showcases his George Jones influence on a frolicking copyright, but he seems to strain in places.” She goes on to call the song “hip musicianship.”
Randy Travis – If I Didn’t Have You
From the album Greatest Hits, Volume One
B-side “I’d Surrender All”/”I Told You So”
Released August 3, 1992
Genre Country
Length 3:07
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Skip Ewing, Max D. Barnes
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning
COUNTRYPEDIA
Randy Travis – If I Didn’t Have You Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, I lost my heart on the day we met
But I gained a lot and that I don’t regret
Then I hung around ’til you said I do
I knew I wouldn’t have nothin’ if I didn’t have you
[Verse 2]
Well, it changed my thinkin’ when you changed your name
And neither one of us will ever be the same
And I swear I’m never gonna be untrue
‘Cause I wouldn’t have nothin’ if I didn’t have you
[Chorus]
If I didn’t have you I’d long ago
Been left in the dark out in the cold
Blowin’ around from town to town
Like a feather in the wind
If I didn’t have you I know I’d be
Flounderin’ around like a ship at sea
Lost in the rain of a hurricane
And that’s where I’d have been
[Verse 3]
But I didn’t get lost ’cause I saw your light
Shinin’ like a beacon on a cold dark night
And the sun came up and the skies turned blue
No, I wouldn’t have nothin’ if I didn’t have you
[Verse 4]
Well, I count my blessings every night I pray
That the Lord lets me keep you just one more day
And every day He does, ’cause God knows too
That I wouldn’t have nothin’ if I didn’t have you
[Chorus]
If I didn’t have you I’d long ago
Been left in the dark out in the cold
Blowin’ around from town to town
Like a feather in the wind
If I didn’t have you I know I’d be
Flounderin’ around like a ship at sea
Lost in the rain of a hurricane
And that’s where I’d have been
[Post-Chorus]
But I didn’t get lost ’cause I saw your light
Shinin’ like a beacon on cold dark night
Then the sun came up and the skies turned blue
No I wouldn’t have nothing if I didn’t have you
[Intro]
Well I’ve already said it but I swear it’s true
I know I wouldn’t have nothin’ if I didn’t have you
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