Kiss me each morning for a million years Writer(s): John D LOUDERMILK<br>Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.comThen You Can Tell Me Goodbye Lyrics
hold me each evening by your side
tell me you'll love me for a million years
then if it don't work out
then if it don't work out
then you can tell me goodbye
Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
soften my dreams with your sighs
tell me
you'll love me for a million years
then if it don't work out
then if it don't work out
then you can tell me goodbye
------ organ solo ------
If you must go, oh no, i won't grieve
if you wait a lifetime before you leave
Then if you must go
mmm, i won't tell you no
just so that we can say we tried
tell me you'll love me for a million
years
then if it don't work out
then if it don't work out
then you can tell me goodbye
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"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first released in 1962 by Don Cherry, as a country song [1] and again as a doo-wop in 1967 by the group The Casinos on its album of the same name, becoming a number 6 pop hit that year. The song has since been covered by Eddy Arnold, whose version was a number 1 country hit in 1968, and by Neal McCoy, whose version became a Top 5 country hit in 1996.
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[hide] *1 Content
- 2 The Casinos version
- 2.1 Chart positions
- 3 Eddy Arnold version
- 3.1 Chart positions
- 4 Neal McCoy version
- 4.1 Chart positions
- 4.2 Year-end charts
- 5 Other versions
- 6 See also
- 7 References
Content[edit]
The song was written by Loudermilk, who also recorded it for his 1967 album Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse.[2] It is played as a slow 12/8 shuffle, its lyric addressing a female lover at the beginning of a relationship.
The Casinos version[edit]
The Casinos released its version in 1967 from its debut album Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye. It reached number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in January 1967, and became the group's only Top 40 pop hit.[3] It was also a number 28 pop hit in the United Kingdom.[4]
Chart positions[edit]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
UK Singles Chart | 28 |
Eddy Arnold version[edit]
1968 | |||
7" single | |||
Country | |||
2:47 | |||
RCA | |||
Chet Atkins | |||
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In 1968, country music artist Eddy Arnold covered "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" on his album Walkin' in Love Land.[5] Arnold has said that he was inspired to record the song after hearing Loudermilk perform it.[6] Arnold's rendition was a Number One hit on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts and RPM Country Tracks charts, as well as reaching number 84 on the U.S. pop charts.
Chart positions[edit]
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 84 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 6 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Canadian RPM Top Singles | 57 |
Neal McCoy version[edit]
[1] | |||
1996 | |||
CD single, cassette single | |||
Country | |||
3:17 | |||
Atlantic | |||
Barry Beckett | |||
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Neal McCoy covered the song in 1996 on his self-titled album. Released in the middle of the year as that album's lead-off single, it reached number 4 on the U.S. Billboard country charts and number 7 on the Canadian RPM country charts, as well as number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. McCoy's cover was the seventh Top Ten country hit of his career.
Chart positions[edit]
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | 7 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] | 7 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 4 |
Year-end charts[edit]
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[10] | 72 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[11] | 44 |
Other versions[edit]
Andy Williams released a version in 1967 on his album, Born Free.
Glen Campbell recorded the song as a medley with Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds' "Don't Pull Your Love." This song was a number 27 pop hit and went to number 1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1976. The medley peaked at number 4 country chart.
Toby Beau included it in their second album More Than a Love Song in 1979. It reached 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and 7 on the Adult Contemporary list.[12]
The 5th Dimension recorded the song in 1973, but it was not released until 2004 as a bonus track on their The Ultimate 5th Dimension album.[13]
Joss Stone recorded a version of the song for her 2012 album "The Soul Sessions Vol. II."
Johnny Nash recorded a version in 1964 for Argo Records.