PAUL ANKA - IT'S TIME TO CRY

IT’S TIME TO CRY

PAUL ANKA

SONGWRITER: PAUL ANKA

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: PAUL ANKA SINGS IS BIG 15

LABEL: COLUMBIA

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

YEAR: 1959

Paul Albert Anka OC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor. Anka became famous during the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". He wrote such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones's biggest hits, "She's a Lady", as well as the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way", which has been covered by many including Elvis Presley. He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2005.

In 1983, he co-wrote the song "I Never Heard" with Michael Jackson. It was retitled and released in 2009 under the name "This Is It".An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", was since discovered and was released on Jackson's posthumous album Xscape in 2014. The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.

Anka became a naturalized US citizen in 1990

When somebody leaves you

That's the time to cry

When you know you're lonely

You're not the one and only

Who will cry

When your heart is broken

That's the time to cry

When you know she's left you

You'll know that she has left you

So you can cry

Happiness is what I long for

Loneliness is why I cry

For you have made my heart a slave

And now it's up to you

When somebody leaves you

That's the time to cry

When you know she's left you

You'll know that she has left you

So you can cry.