Written by Harlan Howard and Hank Cochran
(As recorded by Jim Reeves, November 21, 1961)

I fall to pieces
Each time I see you again
I fall to pieces
How can I be just your friend

You want me to act like we've never kissed
You want me to forget, pretend we've never met
And I've tried and I've tried but I haven't yet
You walk by, and I fall to pieces

I fall to pieces
Each time someone speaks your name
I fall to pieces
Time only adds to the flame

You tell me to find someone else to love
Someone who'll love me, too, the way you used to

Who's goin down
Who's goin down - who's goin down
I ride my elevator
Through the shafts of your heart
When you climb aboard baby
There's no getting off

I'm a silent operator won't you please take my hand
I am so polite - I'm the elevator man

Friction and harmony - who's gonna ride with me
I'm the elevator man

Who's going down who's comin with me
Who wants to take a chance
On a piece of abstract reality
It's only just a dance
Won't you come and ride with the elevator man
Who's goin down yeah - movin slow without a sound

Who's going down - who's going down - who's going down
I said who's going down - who's going down - who's going down

Please pretty baby, won't you come with me?
Won't you let me be your Daddy?
Come sit here on my knee.
Come tell your Sugar Daddy all of your fears
Cry for me darling
Let me taste your tears
As they roll down your face and on to the sand
We're going down together
I'm the elevator man

Now we're moving slow without a sound
Going up and going down
Take an intermission
[blah blah blah]
Well with two in the bush, so give yourself a push


I said who's going down - who's going down - who's going down

Say goodbye to hate, goodbye to love
Goodbye to the world that you used to know about
Say goodbye to your momma and your daddy too
We're going to a place that you never even knew

Now we're moving slow without a sound
Going up and going down
Take an intermission
[blah blah blah]
[i'm not sure about the rest - Peace Out!]

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