Shirley Bassey - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Duet w/ Robert Goulet) (1982 Live) video free download

1982 (Shirley Bassey TV Special)

LYRICS:

You don't bring me flowers

You don't sing me love songs

You hardly talk to me anymore

When you come thru the door

At the end of the day

I remember when

You couldn't wait to love me

Used to hate to leave me

Now after lovin' me late at night

When it's good for you

And you're feelin' alright

Well you just roll over

And turn out the light

And you don't bring me flowers anymore

It used to be so natural

To talk about forever

But "used to be's" don't count anymore

They just lay on the floor

'til we sweep them away

And baby, I remember

All the things you taught me

I learned how to laugh

And I learned how to cry

Well I leared how to love

Even learned how to lie

You'd think I could learn

How to tell you goodbye

'cause you don't bring me flowers anymore

ABOUT this song:

"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" is a song that hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. It is a song about two lovers who have drifted apart while they "go through the motions" and heartache of life together.

The song was written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for the ill-fated TV show All That Glitters. The song was intended to be a theme song, but Norman Lear changed the concept of the show so that the song no longer fit. Eventually, Neil Diamond and several collaborators came upon the song (then only 45 seconds long) and expanded it with instrumental sections. The Bergmans expanded the song to full length with an additional verse, and the composition took form.

The roots of the song, as chronicled in the myriad Streisand and Diamond biographies as well as Streisand's Just for the Record box set, revolves around WAKY-AM/Louisville KY program director, Gary Guthrie, who spliced the two solo tracks together as a going away present to his wife, who he had just divorced. As the real life fairytale behind the song unfolded, it triggered a media buzz worldwide from Good Morning America and People magazine to the BBC. Interest in the duet caused such a clamor on the retail level that Columbia Records was compelled to bring Barb and Neil into the studio to record an "official" version in October 1978. The song reached number one on the Hot 100 chart for two non-consecutive weeks in December 1978, producing the third number-one hit for both singers.[2] Acknowledgment and gratitude for Guthrie came from CBS with a Gold record plaque, flowers from Diamond, a telegram from Streisand, while the duo's fans were treated with an incomparable performance of the song during the 1980 Grammy Awards show, a performance featured on highlight reels ever since.

LYRICS:

You don't bring me flowers

You don't sing me love songs

You hardly talk to me anymore

When you come thru the door

At the end of the day

I remember when

You couldn't wait to love me

Used to hate to leave me

Now after lovin' me late at night

When it's good for you

And you're feelin' alright

Well you just roll over

And turn out the light

And you don't bring me flowers anymore

It used to be so natural

To talk about forever

But "used to be's" don't count anymore

They just lay on the floor

'til we sweep them away

And baby, I remember

All the things you taught me

I learned how to laugh

And I learned how to cry

Well I leared how to love

Even learned how to lie

You'd think I could learn

How to tell you goodbye

'cause you don't bring me flowers anymore