"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a song with lyrics and music by Cole Porter, published by Cahappell & Company. It was introduced in 1944 in Billy Rose's musical revue, Seven Lively Arts.
In 2010 at The Oak Room, Lady Gaga covered Ella Fitzgerald's rendition of the song, as performed during Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook.
The song was recorded by Lady Gaga as a solo song from her and Tony Bennett's jazz collaborative album, Cheek to Cheek.
Performances
Lyrics
We love each other so deeply
That I ask you this, sweetheart
Why should we quarrel ever?
Why can't we be enough clever? Never to part
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I die a little
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little
Why the gods above me?
Who must be in the know?
Think so little of me
They allow you to go
When you're near
There's such an air
Of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere
Begin to sing about it
There's no love song finer
But how strange the change
From major to minor
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
Credits
Writer and composer | Cole Porter |
Brian Newman's Quintet | |
Trumpet | Brian Newman |
Piano | Alex Smith |
Drums | Paul Francis |
Bass | Scott Ritchie |
Saxophone | Steven Kortyka |
Arrangment | Alex Smith |
Publishing | Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) |
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