verse 1
The news is out, all over town
That you've been seen, a-runnin' round
I know that I should leave but then
I just can't go, you win again
That you've been seen, a-runnin' round
I know that I should leave but then
I just can't go, you win again
verse 2
This heart of mine could never see
What everybody knew but me
Just trusting you was my great sin
What can I do, you win again
What everybody knew but me
Just trusting you was my great sin
What can I do, you win again
verse 3
I'm sorry for your victim now
'Coz soon his head like mine will bow
You'll use his heart, but all in vain
And someday say, you win again
'Coz soon his head like mine will bow
You'll use his heart, but all in vain
And someday say, you win again
verse 4
You have no heart, you have no shame
You take true love and give the blame
I guess that I should not complain
I love you still, you win again
You take true love and give the blame
I guess that I should not complain
I love you still, you win again
song info:
Verified yes
LanguageEnglish
GenreCountry
Rank−
Duration
Charts
Copyright ©Bmg Rights Management, Sony/atv Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music
WriterHank Williams, Sr
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
AddedSeptember 14th, 2013
Last updatedJuly 6th, 2023
AboutBmg Rights Management, Sony/atv Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music
Cover Of: Hank Williams Sr., Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Grateful Dead, Charley Pride, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones
Hank Williams recorded "You Win Again" on July 11, 1952—one day after his divorce from Audrey Williams was finalized. Like "Cold, Cold Heart," the song was likely inspired by his tumultuous relationship with his ex-wife, as biographer Colin Escott observes:
It might have been no more than coincidence, but, in the absence of hard evidence to the contrary, the songs cut that day after Hank's divorce seem like pages torn from his diary...Its theme of betrayal had grown old years before Hank tackled it, but, drawing from his bottomless well of resentment, he gave it a freshness bordering on topicality.
In Williams' original draft, the song had been titled "I Lose Again" but was reversed at producer Fred Rose's insistence. The song's memorable opening line, "The news is out all over town," begins the story of an utterly defeated narrator who cannot bring himself to leave his love despite her infidelities. It was recorded at Castle Studio in Nashville with Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), and Harold Bradley (rhythm guitar), while it is speculated that Chet Atkins played lead guitar and Ernie Newton played bass.
Cover Of: Hank Williams Sr., Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Grateful Dead, Charley Pride, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones
Hank Williams recorded "You Win Again" on July 11, 1952—one day after his divorce from Audrey Williams was finalized. Like "Cold, Cold Heart," the song was likely inspired by his tumultuous relationship with his ex-wife, as biographer Colin Escott observes:
It might have been no more than coincidence, but, in the absence of hard evidence to the contrary, the songs cut that day after Hank's divorce seem like pages torn from his diary...Its theme of betrayal had grown old years before Hank tackled it, but, drawing from his bottomless well of resentment, he gave it a freshness bordering on topicality.
In Williams' original draft, the song had been titled "I Lose Again" but was reversed at producer Fred Rose's insistence. The song's memorable opening line, "The news is out all over town," begins the story of an utterly defeated narrator who cannot bring himself to leave his love despite her infidelities. It was recorded at Castle Studio in Nashville with Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), and Harold Bradley (rhythm guitar), while it is speculated that Chet Atkins played lead guitar and Ernie Newton played bass.