Scarlett O'Hara loves him, he refuses to stay with her, which leads to the famous line, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Wracked with grief, but determined to once again pursue and win her man, realizing that Tara is what matters most to her (other than Rhett) Scarlett returns home to Tara to launch her pursuit of Rhett at a later time. While the studio and the public agreed that the part of Rhett Butler should go to Clark Gable (except for Clark Gable himself), casting for the role of Scarlett was harder. The search for an actress to play
I Just Don't Give a Damn That fiddle floating in the background offers a portrait of loneliness and rage that is unbridled and self-destructive in the classic honky tonk style." As if making his own state-of-the-union address before diving headlong into the gutter, Jones leaves no doubt as to his state of mind: On the bridge, Jones addresses the object of his scorn (presumably Wynette) directly, but also fully aware of the pain and torment he is about to inflict on himself: In the liner notes to the 1999 reissue of "Memories of Us", Daniel Cooper writes that "I Just Don't Give a Damn" "hearkens back