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The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. The song had been translated into Dutch Don Mercedes hit #1 in June 1976, in the Nederlandse Top 40 with it.Ī German version had been recorded by Frank Farian, hitting the German (#1 for four weeks) and Dutch Top 10's. At the end, Rocky says that "if the world would end, your love is safe with me." The fourth refrain has Rocky envisioning hearing his deceased wife reassure, "Rocky, you know that you've been alone before, you know that you can do it," and that in her own way, she can still advise him in his time of need. However, he feels a sense of hope, with his wife looking down on him and the couple's daughter, and reassures that his love for her will always remain safe.Įach of the first three verses - telling one of the chapters in the couple's life - ends with the woman having a sense of fear of the unknown, expressed through the refrain's statement, "Rocky, I've never.," followed by the appropriate follow-up ("been in love before," "had a baby before," "had to die before") and the unassured, "Don't know if I can do it." However, both he and she realize that the strength they have in each other can help them meet each challenge head on. He feels a sense of sadness every time he looks at his daughter (who strongly resembles her mother) and now doing the same things alone that he once did with his wife. Rocky is now a widower and raising his daughter alone. 1975 - RCA Victor Records Album - RockyDickey Lee - Rocky (Original)Written By Jay StevensThis single release peaked 1 on the country music charts, oddly. With things going well and the family settling in on a content life, Rocky soon gets devastating news: his wife has been diagnosed with an apparently inoperable illness - the specific illness is unidentified in the song - and that she has a short time to live.Īll of this is told in flashback, as in the final verse, his young wife has died. The two soon learn they are expecting their first child, a girl.Īlthough the family has its usual problems, the happy memories outweigh the bad one particular example is a particularly rambunctious first birthday party for the couple's daughter. She accepts Rocky's marriage proposal and they spend the next several months fixing up an old house to make their home. Rotunda from Tulsa, Ok This song was on the charts in 1965 when I was in high school. Thanks to Dickey Lee for recording this song & bringing it into the music scene.
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I first heard it at about 5 yrs old on a Halloween radio special. He first recalls the day four years earlier where, as an 18-year-old college student, he met his wife-to-be (unnamed in the song), and recalls how well they hit it off. Rocky from Fort Smith, Ar This song came out way before I was born. In a paradoxically upbeat melody in major key, Rocky, the title protagonist, tells the tragic story of his young wife in first person.