Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
The Casinos Lyrics
Kiss me each morning for a million years
Hold me each evening at your side
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
Soften my dreams with your sighs
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
If you must go, oh no, I won't grieve
If you wait a lifetime before you leave
But if you must go
Mm, I won't tell you no
Just so that we can say we tried
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: John Loudermilk
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The Casinos was a nine-member doo-wop group from Cincinnati, Ohio, led by Gene Hughes. They are best-known for their John Loudermilk written song "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," which hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, well after the end of the doo-wop era.
The group was based around Hughes and his brothers Glenn and Norman, and they signed a deal with Fraternity Records. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was their first single, and its Read Full BioThe Casinos was a nine-member doo-wop group from Cincinnati, Ohio, led by Gene Hughes. They are best-known for their John Loudermilk written song "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," which hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, well after the end of the doo-wop era.
The group was based around Hughes and his brothers Glenn and Norman, and they signed a deal with Fraternity Records. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was their first single, and its vocal harmony and organ interlude would not have been out of place in a Top Ten hit from ten or fifteen years earlier. The track reached #28 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1967.[1] They tried to follow it up with a Don Everly penned song, "It's All Over Now," but that only hit U.S. #65.
After his time with the Casinos was over, Gene Hughes became a country music promoter, but he died on 3 February 2008, at the age of 67, from complications following a car accident.
Bob Smith, who later joined the group along with Bob Armstrong, went on to an illustrious career as a Cincinnati police officer. Smith still resides in Cincinnati, living in near anonymity.
The group was based around Hughes and his brothers Glenn and Norman, and they signed a deal with Fraternity Records. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was their first single, and its Read Full BioThe Casinos was a nine-member doo-wop group from Cincinnati, Ohio, led by Gene Hughes. They are best-known for their John Loudermilk written song "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," which hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, well after the end of the doo-wop era.
The group was based around Hughes and his brothers Glenn and Norman, and they signed a deal with Fraternity Records. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" was their first single, and its vocal harmony and organ interlude would not have been out of place in a Top Ten hit from ten or fifteen years earlier. The track reached #28 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1967.[1] They tried to follow it up with a Don Everly penned song, "It's All Over Now," but that only hit U.S. #65.
After his time with the Casinos was over, Gene Hughes became a country music promoter, but he died on 3 February 2008, at the age of 67, from complications following a car accident.
Bob Smith, who later joined the group along with Bob Armstrong, went on to an illustrious career as a Cincinnati police officer. Smith still resides in Cincinnati, living in near anonymity.
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Nishat Tasnim Tamanna
Kiss me each morning for a million years
Hold me each evening by your side
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
Soften my dreams with your sighs
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
If you must go, oh no, I won't grieve
If you wait a lifetime before you leave
Then if you must go
I won't tell you no
Just so that we can say we tried
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Then if it don't work out
Then if it don't work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
Leslie Guadalupe Nava Mejía
Bésame cada mañana durante un millón de años
Kiss me each morning for a million years
Abrázame cada noche a tu lado
Hold me each evening by your side
Dime que me amarás por un millón de años
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Entonces si no funciona
Then if it don't work out
Entonces si no funciona
Then if it don't work out
Entonces puedes decirme adios
Then you can tell me goodbye
Endulza mi café con un beso matutino
Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
Suaviza mis sueños con tus suspiros
Soften my dreams with your sighs
Dime que me amarás por un millón de años
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Entonces si no funciona
Then if it don't work out
Entonces si no funciona
Then if it don't work out
Entonces puedes decirme adios
Then you can tell me goodbye
Si debes irte, oh no, no voy a llorar
If you must go, oh no, I won't grieve
Si esperas toda la vida antes de irte
If you wait a lifetime before you leave
Entonces si debes irte
Then if you must go
No te diré que no
I won't tell you no
Solo para que podamos decir que lo intentamos
Just so that we can say we tried
Dime que me amarás por un millón de años
Tell me you'll love me for a million years
Entonces si no funciona
Then if it don't work out
Entonces si no funciona
Then if it don't work out
Entonces puedes decirme adios
Then you can tell me goodbye
Susan B
My dad tears up whenever this song comes on. It reminds him of dancing with my mom years ago. She passed away in 2013 and this brings such good memories to him. Thank you for this song. ❤️
mark fahey
True love never dies.
Nikola
oh
ed morales
so sad
John Sarno
This is our wedding song from 1969. So far it's been 51 strong, wonderful years.
Joe Bale
Wow ... that's cool!
Vulture
@Chrisman77 well actually if you read the whole context of this song, it’s actually about a conversation that would happen in a first dance: “if you must go I won’t grieve, if you’ll just wait a lifetime before you leave”. Very poetic
Diane Lewis
Congratulations John,
We are 50 years and counting.
Ron
Chrisman77
Your wedding song was "if it don't work out, tell me goodbye?" Lol
Rebecca Hetch
Who's here simply because they simply love this underrated masterpiece?