DOLLY PARTRON - HERE YOU CAME AGAIN

HERE YOU CAME AGAIN 

DOLLY PARTON

SONGWRITERS: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: HERE YOU COME AGAIN

LABEL: RCA RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY POP

YEAR: 1977

"Here You Come Again" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released as a single in September 1977 as the title track from Parton's álbum of the same name, and which topped the U.S. country singles chart for five weeks, and won the 1979 Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance; it also reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, representing Parton's first significant pop crossover hit.

The song was composed by Mann and Weil, and it was a rare example of a Parton hit that she did not write herself. The songwriting duo originally composed "Here You Come Again" in 1975 as a potential comeback hit for Brenda Lee, but when Lee decided not to record it, the song made its way to Parton, who was looking for something to broaden her appeal. Her producer, Gary Klein, had heard the song on the B.J. Thomas's recently released self-titled album, reporting Parton begged him to add a steel guitar to avoid sounding too pop, and he called in Al Perkins to fill that role. "She wanted people to be able to hear the steel guitar, so if someone said it isn't country, she could say it and prove it," Klein told Roland. "She was so relieved. It was like her life sentence was reprieved."

Here you come again

Just when I've begun to get myself together

You waltz right in the door

Just like you've done before

And wrap my heart 'round your little finger

Here you come again

Just when I'm about to make it work without you

You look into my eyes

And lie those pretty lies

And pretty soon I'm wonderin' how I came to doubt you

All you have to do is smile that smile

And there go all my defenses

Just leave it up to you and in a little while

You're messin' up my mind and fillin' up my senses

Here you come again

Lookin' better than a body has a right to

And shakin' me up so that all I really know

Is here you come again ...

And here I go

[break]

All you have to do is smile that smile

And there go all my defenses

Just leave it up to you and in a little while

You're messin' up my mind and fillin' up my senses

Here you come again

Lookin' better than a body has a right to

And shakin' me up so that all I really know

Is here you come again ...

And here I go (here you come again)

Here I go

Here I go (here you come again)

And here I go

Here I go (here you come again)

Here I go

Here I go (here you come again)

Here I go.