About The Song
“I’m Over You” is one of Keith Whitley’s song that was released after his death. A year after he died, the song was posthumously released as the third single off his 1990 album I Wonder Do You Think of Me. The song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
Written by Tim Nichols and Zack Turner, “I’m Over You” is a heartbreaking ballad. It sings about the tale of a man trying to tell his former lover that he’s no longer into her even though he is showing quite the opposite.
“So if I seem a little bit cold, it only mean you lost the hope. You had on me, I’m over you. You heard I’m drinkin’ more than I should, and I ain’t been lookin’ all that good. Someone told you I was takin’ it rough. Why they makin’ those stories up When I’m over you?” the song goes.
Keith Whitley died a few weeks after recording the song. Interestingly, much like the man in the song, Whitley became dependent on alcohol. Whitley’s alcoholism was known through much of the country music community.
“That’s just the way I grew up,” Whitley once said in a very candid interview. His musical heroes were Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell, both of whom liquor killed in one way or another. “I learned to do things the way the old-timers did it. I thought everybody had to drink to be in this business. Lefty drank, Hank drank, George Jones was still drinking, and I had to. That’s just the way it was. You couldn’t put that soul in your singing if you weren’t about three sheets in the wind.”
The news of Whitley’s death in 1989 absolutely shook the world of country music, especially when the cause of death was revealed to be his alcohol dependency. Whitley had reportedly spent the weekend partying and was then found at home fully clothed and face down, dead from alcohol poisoning. Whitley was only thirty-three years old when he died.
Though the singer’s career was tragically cut short, it gave him enough time to make his mark on country music. From his first single released in 1984 to his early death in 1989, Whitley scored nineteen hit singles.
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Lyrics
Where there’s a cloud, don’t mean there’s rain
Tears in my eyes, don’t mean there’s pain
Don’t flatter yourself
I’m over you
Things aren’t always what they seem
You can’t believe everything you read
On my face
I’m over you
You heard I’m drinking more than I should
That I ain’t been looking all that good
Someone told you I was taking it rough
Why are they making those stories up?
When I’m over you
There were times that if you’d been around
You would have seen me broken down
But now you won’t
I’m over you
So if I seem a little bit cold
It only means you’ve lost the hold
You had on me
I’m over you
You heard I’m drinking more than I should
That I ain’t been looking all that good
Someone told you I was taking it rough
But why are they making those stories up?
When I’m over you
You heard I’m drinking more than I should
That I ain’t been looking all that good
Someone told you I was taking it rough
But why are they making those stories up?
When I’m over you
I’m over you
I’m over you
