▁that ▁the ▁bus ▁station ▁encounter ▁was ▁in ▁mid - 1 9 5 0 , ▁with ▁Williams ▁curious ▁to ▁meet ▁this ▁young ▁song writer ▁who ▁had ▁already ▁supplied ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁songs ▁including ▁" I ' m ▁So ▁L ones ome ▁I ▁Could ▁Cry ", ▁and ▁that ▁Williams ▁bought ▁" C old , ▁Cold ▁Heart " ▁at ▁the ▁meeting . ▁G ille y ▁once ▁wrote ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" not ▁too ▁bad " ▁being ▁un cred ited , ▁since ▁" you ▁get ▁paid ▁for ▁the ▁lyr ics — s ometimes ▁well ▁paid ." ▁G ille y ▁was ▁paid ▁in ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁$ 5 0 ▁to ▁$ 4 0 0 ▁for ▁each ▁song , ▁equivalent ▁in ▁today ' s ▁dollars ▁to ▁$ – . ▁ ▁G ille y ▁wrote ▁more ▁lyr ics ▁than ▁music , ▁so ▁to ▁create ▁songs ▁he ▁occasionally ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁compos ers . ▁His ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Carter ▁Gib bs ▁produced ▁the ▁song ▁" I ' m ▁So ▁L ones ome ▁I ▁Could ▁Cry ." ▁Another ▁composer ▁partner ▁was ▁Frank ▁K rat z ▁who ▁helped ▁with ▁" S atan ▁Can ' t ▁Hold ▁Me ", ▁recorded ▁by ▁Jim ▁Re e ves . ▁K rat z ▁recorded ▁" Go ▁Cat ▁Go ", ▁a ▁rock abil ly ▁song , ▁and ▁he ▁co - w rote ▁" O oh ▁So ▁Nice ", ▁recorded ▁by ▁R & B ▁singer ▁Johnny ▁Adams . ▁ ▁Death ▁G ille y ▁d rown ed ▁while ▁sw imming ▁in ▁a ▁neighbor ' s ▁p ond ▁on ▁June ▁