Can I Trust You with My Heart

"Can I Trust You With My Heart" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Travis Tritt. It was released in November 1992 as the second single released his CD T-R-O-U-B-L-E. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. The song was written by Tritt and Stewart Harris.

Content

The narrator first explains how special it is in falling in love with a person of the opposite sex, and the difficulties that can occasionally arise with it. He then elaborates on his own relationship with a significant other and goes on to explain that while he has developed a trust in her, he wonders if that trust is good enough to advance in spending the remainder of his life with her, especially if their relationship will ultimately result in marriage.

Critical reception

Geoffrey Himes, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a tear-in-your-beer ballad."

Music video

The music video was directed by Jack Cole, and premiered in late 1992. It is almost entirely in black and white, save for a love scene in a motel room which is in color.

Personnel

Per liner notes

Sam Bacco - timpani, cymbals, crotales, tambourine
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Terry Crisp - baritone steel guitar
Jack Holder - electric guitar
Billy Livsey - Hammond organ, harmonium
Dana McVicker - backing vocals
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
Travis Tritt - vocals
Steve Turner - drums
Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Reggie Young - electric guitar

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 62 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated December 5, 1992. It spent twenty weeks on that chart and reached Number One on the chart dated February 13, 1993, remaining there for two weeks, marking Tritt's third Number One.

Charts

Chart (1992–1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	13
US Country Songs (Billboard)	33

References

Billboard, November 28, 1992
T-R-O-U-B-L-E (CD). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1992. 45048.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1778." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 27, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
"Travis Tritt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
"Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

v t e Travis Tritt singles
Country Club	"Country Club" "Help Me Hold On" "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" "Put Some Drive in Your Country" "Drift Off to Dream"
It's All About to Change	"Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" "Anymore" "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (With Marty Stuart) "Nothing Short of Dying"
T-R-O-U-B-L-E	"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" "Can I Trust You with My Heart" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Looking Out for Number One" "Worth Every Mile"
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof	"Foolish Pride" "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" "Between an Old Memory and Me" "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
Greatest Hits: From the Beginning	"Sometimes She Forgets" "Only You (And You Alone)"
The Restless Kind	"More Than You'll Ever Know" "Where Corn Don't Grow" "She's Going Home with Me" "Helping Me Get Over You" (With Lari White) "Still in Love with You"
No More Looking over My Shoulder	"If I Lost You" "No More Looking Over My Shoulder" "Start the Car"
Down the Road I Go	"Best of Intentions" "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" "Love of a Woman" "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde"
Strong Enough	"Strong Enough to Be Your Man" "Country Ain't Country"
My Honky Tonk History	"The Girl's Gone Wild" "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp) "I See Me"
The Storm	"You Never Take Me Dancing" "Something Stronger Than Me"
The Calm After...	"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (With Tyler Reese)
Other songs	"This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Marty Stuart) "Take It Easy" "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart) "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (With Marty Stuart) "Hope" "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)" (With Bill Engvall) "Same Old Train" "Out of Control Raging Fire" (with Patty Loveless) "Southern Boy" (with Charlie Daniels) "Bible Belt" (with Little Feat) "Move It On Over" "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" "Outlaws & Outsiders"

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