Gibson was born in Shelby, North Carolina into a poor working-class family, he dropped out of school in the second grade.
Gibson's first band was called Sons of the Soil, with whom he made his first recording in 1948. Among his greatest hits were "Oh Lonesome Me" (later recorded by both Ray Charles and Neil Young) and "Blue Blue Day" (both No. 1 hits in 1958); "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" (1959); "Sea of Heartbreak" (1961); "Lonesome No. 1" and "I Can Mend Your Broken Heart" (1962); and "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" (a No. 1 hit in 1972).
Gibson recorded a series of successful duets with Dottie West in the late 1960s, the most successful of which were the No. 2 country hit "Rings of Gold" (1969) and the top 10 hit "There's a Story Goin' Round" (1970). In 1957, Gibson travelled back to Nashville to record "Oh Lonesome Me" for RCA. He and producer Chet Atkins decided to abandon the traditional steel guitar and fiddle and use a new sound featuring only guitars, a piano, a drummer, upright bass, and background singers. It became one of the first examples of what would be called the Nashville Sound and won Gibson a #1 hit; it also set the pattern for a long series of other RCA hits, including “Blue Blue Day” (1958).
A talented songwriter, Gibson was nicknamed "the sad poet" because he frequently wrote songs that told of loneliness and lost love. He wrote and sang "I Can't Stop Loving You", a song that would be recorded by more than 700 artists, most notably by Ray Charles with a pop version in 1962. He also wrote and recorded "Sweet Dreams" that would become a major 1963 crossover hit for Patsy Cline. A great fan, in 1967 Roy Orbison recorded an album of his songs simply titled: Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson.
Don Gibson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and in 2001 into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
On his passing in 2003, he was interred in the Sunset Cemetery, in his hometown of Shelby, North Carolina.
Far Far Away
Don Gibson Lyrics
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And she's gone, gone, gone, gone from me, from me
Far, far away is my life, my love, my way
And wonder, where, where, where, oh, where can she be?
Days endless, days nights, dark
As may lonely, I'm lonely where can she be?
Far far away is my love of yesterday
Far, far away
is a heart-wrenching song by Don Gibson that explores the emotions of a person who is still in love with someone who has left them. The singer of the song can't help but wonder where his lost love is and feels lost and lonely without her. He describes the distance between them as "far, far away", which could either be a physical distance or an emotional one.
The lyrics describe the days and nights as being endless and dark, emphasizing the singer's sense of loneliness and desperation. Despite the passing of time, he still longs for his lost love of yesterday, indicating that he is unable to move on from the past. The repetition of the phrase "where, oh, where can she be?" adds to the poignancy of the lyrics and highlights the singer's sense of longing.
Overall, Far, far away is a heartfelt and evocative song that captures the pain of lost love and the struggles of moving on.
Line by Line Meaning
Far, far away
My love and life are distant and unreachable
is my love of yesterday
The love I had in the past now feels very far away from me
And she's gone, gone, gone, gone from me, from me
My love has left me and is nowhere to be found
Far, far away is my life, my love, my way
Everything meaningful to me has moved far away, leaving me feeling lost and alone
And wonder, where, where, where, oh, where can she be?
I am filled with curiosity and anxiety, wondering where my love could possibly be
Days endless, days nights, dark
My days feel never-ending and my nights are filled with darkness and sadness
As may lonely, I'm lonely where can she be?
My loneliness is overwhelming and I am desperate to find my love, but have no idea where to start looking
Wonder, where, where, where, where, where, oh, where can she be?
My constant wondering and confusion echoes in my mind, as I try to find any answers about my missing love
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GIBSON
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prudentiana Van Vladeraecken
Don Gibson (1928~2003) R.I.P
Thnx 4 sharin'