NEITHER ONE OF US (WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY GOODBYE)

(Jim Weatherly)


Jim Weatherly 1972

Gladys Knight & The Pips - 1972

Bob Luman - 1972

Vikki Carr - 1973

Johnny Mathis - 1973

Asha Puthli - 1973

Kaleo O Kalani - 1995

Montell Jordan & Monifah - 1999

Daryl Hall & John Oates - 2004

Jennifer Hudson - 2004

The Temptations - 2006





As recorded by GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS:



It's sad to think we're not gonna make it

And it's gotten to the point where we just can't fake it

Oooh, for some ungodly reason we just won't let it die (Let it die) 

I guess neither one of us (Neither one of us) 

Wants to be the first to say goodbye


I keep wondering (Wondering)

What I'm gonna do with out'cha (Without you)

And I guess you must be wondering that same thing too

So we go on, go on together living a lie (Living a lie)

Because neither one of us (Neither one of us)

Wants to be the first to say goodbye


Ooooohhh, ev'rytime I find the nerve 

Ev'rytime I find the nerve to say I'm leavin' (Leavin')

Oooh, memories, those old memories get in my way (My way, my way)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, Lord knows it's only me, oh, he knows it's only me 

That I'm deceiving

Oooohhhhh, when it comes to sayin' goodbye 

That's a simple word that I just cannot say


There can be no way, there can be no way (Be no way) 

This can have a happy ending (Happy ending), no, no 

So we just go on (We go on) hurting and pretending 

And convincing ourselves to give it just one more try (One more try) 

Because neither one of us (Neither one of us), ooh-ooh

Wants to be the first to say

Neither one of us (Neither one of us) wants to be the first to say

Neither one of us (Neither one of us) wants to be the first to say

Fairwell my love, goodbye (Goodbye)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2014)