Kitty Wells (born Muriel Deason on 30 August 1919 - 16 July 2012) is a coun… Read Full Bio ↴Kitty Wells (born Muriel Deason on 30 August 1919 - 16 July 2012) is a country singer from Nashville, Tennessee, known as the Queen of Country Music. During the 1950s she was the only female vocalist to consistently hit the top of the country charts and her stardom was on the same level as the biggest male vocalists of the period.

Wells' success in the 1950s and 1960s was so enormous that she still ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of the Billboard country charts according to historian Joel Whitburn's book "The Top 40 Country Hits", behind Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, and Tanya Tucker. Wells was the third country music artist, behind Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991 as well as being the seventh woman and first Caucasian woman to receive the honor. In 1976, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Crying Steel Guitar Waltz
Kitty Wells Lyrics

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CRYING STEEL GUITAR WALTZ
(Shorty Long - Dolly Long)
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The steel guitar played that I met him and it played the night I lost him
Yes you drove him to another with your sweet Hawaiian chimes
I know your sorry but it's too late now and I know you meant no harm
But the waltz that you were playin' drove him to another's arms

So cry steel guitar cry on you're crying cause you do know he is gone
Gone with another and I'm all alone so cry steel guitar cry on

Overall Meaning

In Kitty Wells's song Crying Steel Guitar Waltz, the lyrics describe the bittersweet memories of a woman who once met and fell in love with a man while listening to the sound of a steel guitar playing. The steel guitar played once again on the night she lost him, as he left her for another woman. The woman blames the steel guitar for the heartbreak of losing her love, saying that its sweet Hawaiian chimes drove him into the arms of another.

The lyrics express the woman's feelings of loneliness and despair as she watches the man she loves leave her for someone else. She acknowledges that the steel guitar had no intention of causing harm, but its waltz had an irresistible power over her lover, driving him into another woman's arms. In the end, the woman is left alone to grieve, while the steel guitar continues to cry mournfully in the background.

Overall, the lyrics of Crying Steel Guitar Waltz speak to the emotional power of music and its ability to evoke strong feelings in listeners. The steel guitar represents both the joy and pain of love, and the woman's story is a testament to the enduring power of heartbreak.

Line by Line Meaning

The steel guitar played that I met him and it played the night I lost him
The steel guitar played when I first met him and it also played the night that he left me.

Yes you drove him to another with your sweet Hawaiian chimes
Your sweet Hawaiian chimes captivated him and made him leave me for someone else.

I know your sorry but it's too late now and I know you meant no harm
I know you didn't mean to hurt me, but your apology is too late now that he's already gone.

But the waltz that you were playin' drove him to another's arms
The waltz that you were playing made him want to be with someone else instead of me.

So cry steel guitar cry on you're crying cause you do know he is gone
The steel guitar is crying because it knows he's gone and will never come back.

Gone with another and I'm all alone so cry steel guitar cry on
He left me for someone else and I'm now alone, so the steel guitar should continue to cry.

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