DIONNE WARWICK & LUTHER VANDROSS - HOW MANY TIME CAN YOU SAY GOODBYE

HOW MANY TIMES CAN WE SAY GOODBYE

DIONNE WARWICK & LUTHER VANDROSS

SONGWRITER: STEVE GOLDMAN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: HOW MANY TIME CAN WE SAY GOODBYE

LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1983

 

            Marie Dionne Warwick (/ˈdiːɒn/DEE-on; née Warrick; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, television host, and former Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.

            Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. She is one of the most-charted female vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998, and 80 singles making all Billboard charts combined.

             How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye is an album recorded by Dionne Warwick, her sixth for the Arista label (retitled So Amazing in the UK). It was recorded during the spring of 1983 and was released that fall. The LP was originally issued as number AL 8-8104 in the Arista Catalog.

                 Despite strong reviews, it was a commercial disappointment, stalling at number 57 on Billboard's album chart. Two singles came from the album, "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" (a duet with album producer Luther Vandross) which hit #4 Adult Contemporary and #27 on Billboard's Hot 100 and the upbeat "Got A Date" which hit #45 on Billboard's R&B chart.

Here we are so close to the end now

Still holdin' on, we try and pretend now

Clinging to love we both know is dying (It's dying)

We've tried and tried to find us a way out

But darling, our dreams have now all been played out

Still we go on hopelessly trying

 

But how many times can we say goodbye

And how many times can we see love die

And how many times can we give it one more try

Before we really say goodbye

Mmm, goodbye (Goodbye)

 

We're so in love, but wrong for each other

Each hurt that heals brings on another

Both of us used and both of us using (Hey, hey)

Darling, it's time that we stop pretending (Stop)

There's just no way to rewrite our ending (No way)

We're caught in this game and we both know we're losing

 

Oh, but how many times can we say goodbye

Hey, how many times can we feel love die

Tell me how many times can we give it one more try (One more)

Before we really say goodbye

Yeah...oh...ho... (Whoa...oh...oh...)

 

How many times can we break up and make up

Both of our hearts refusing to wake up

Just can't go on (No) and on living a lie

Though I'll always love you

 

How many times (Ooh) can we say goodbye

Oh...and how many times can we live this lie

Hey, how many times can we give it one more try (One more try)

How any times before we really (Really, really) say goodbye

Bye-bye (Goodbye) Bye-bye

(Goodbye) Bye-b-b-bye-bye-bye

(Goodbye) Ey, hey, goodbye.