"I'd Be a Legend in My Time" — a Don Gibson country standard. The blues man imagining alternate greatness.
If heartaches brought fame
In love's crazy game
I'd be a legend in my time
If they gave gold statuettes
For tears and regrets
I'd be a legend in my time
But they don't give awards
And there's no praise or fame
For a heart that's been broken
Over love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim
Then everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend in my time
But they don't give awards
And there's no praise or fame
For a heart that's been broken
Over love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim
Then everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend in my time
I'd be a legend in my time
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- Written by Don Gibson. The legend-if-only counterfactual — the greatness that would exist under different circumstances — is the blues tradition's most wistful alternative history.