WHEN I
STOP LOVING YOU
PAUL ANKA
SONGWRITER: A. Elias, I. Joseph
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: IT’S
TIME TO CRY
LABEL: ABC
PARAMOUNT
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1958
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 I stop loving you, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
When I stop loving you, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
The day the world stops going 'round
And today my heartbeat starts to pound
When I stop loving you, baby
That'll be the day
When you stop loving me, baby
That'll be the day
When you stop loving me, baby
That'll be the day
The day my heart would ache and break
The day there'd be no wedding cake
When you stop loving me, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
Yes, I'll stop loving you
I'll say that we're through
When earth and skies disappear
But just as long as there's an earth
And as long as there's a sky
I'll always love you dear
If you should say goodbye, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
If you should say goodbye, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
The day that tear drops from my eyes
It fell like raindrops from the skies
If you should say goodbye, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
Yes, I'll stop loving you
I'll say that we're through
When earth and skies disappear
But just as long as there's an earth
And as long as there's a sky
I'll always love you dear
If you should say goodbye, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
If you should say goodbye, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
The day that tear drops from my eyes
It fell like raindrops from the skies
If you should say goodbye, baby
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
That'll be the day
That'll be the day.