About The Song
When Wayne Carson earned a number one country single via Conway Twitty’s recording of “I See The Want To In Your Eyes,” he was hardly a newcomer to the music business. Through his association with record producer Chips Moman, Carson played on many of the pop sessions that emanated from Memphis in the late ‘60s, and wrote the Box Tops’ hits “The Letter,” “Neon Rainbows” and “Soul Deep.” Simultaneously, Carson first topped the country chart as a songwriter with Eddy Arnold’s 1966 single “Somebody Like Me.” With the turn of the new decade, Wayne’s songs increasingly found greater acceptance in country music.
Waylon Jennings went Top Twenty with “(Don’t Let The Sun Set On You In) Tulsa” in 1971. Elvis Presley equaled that performance with “Always On My Mind” in ’73 (Willie Nelson’s mega-hit rendition would come nine years later), and Johnny Paycheck earned a #7 finish in 1977 with “Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets.” Carson’s “No Love At All” went Top Twenty twice – on the country chart for Lynn Anderson, and on the pop chart for B. J. Thomas.
However, Carson earned perhaps his greatest support from Gary Stewart, who reached #1 with Wayne’s “She’s Acting Single (I’m Drinking Doubles)” in 1975. Stewart’s first hit had also been a Carson composition, “Drinkin’ Thing,” a Top Ten record in the summer of ‘74. Wayne’s “I See The Want To In Your Eyes” was on the flip side of “Drinkin’ Thing.” Conway Twitty happened to hear “I See The Want To In Your Eyes” on his car radio during one of the rare times a deejay turned the disc over and played the “B” side of Stewart’s record.
Twitty was blown away by the song, and had to pull over to the side of the road in order to re-gain his composure. The announcer mentioned the artist, but Conway had never heard of Gary Stewart (who was new at the time). Twitty personally did the research and when he excitedly found out that Stewart’s version of “I See The Want To In Your Eyes” wasn’t a song RCA was promoting for Gary, he took it into the studio. Conway’s version sailed into the #1 position on October 19, 1974 where it stayed for two weeks, marking his sixteenth of forty career chart-topping hits.
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Lyrics
I see the sparkling little diamond on your hand
It’s plain to see that you’ve already got a man
I can tell you’re not about to fall for any of my lines
I see the want to in your eyes
Deep in your smile there’s a quiet, soft desire
Like the ember of a once raging fire
You know I could light that fire again
You know it isn’t wise
I see the want to in your eyes
How strong is a band of gold
Is it strong enough to hold
When a love has grown cold
And a woman wants a love, sweet and warm
How many women just like you have silent schemes
How many men like me do they sleep with in their dreams
You can stay or you can go and although I sympathize
I still see the want to in your eyes
I see the want to in your eyes
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