Song: Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) ~~ 1972 ~~ 4:15
Artist: Gladys Knight & The Pips
LP/CD: Neither One Of Us ~~ Buddah ~~ 1972
Composer: Jim Weatherly

Also recorded as: The Manhattans

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

Ooh, ooh, ooh, 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 without you (Do without you)
And I guess you must be
Wondering the same thing too

So we go on
Go on together living a lie (Living a lie)
Because I guess neither one of us (Neither one of us)
Wants to be the first to say goodbye

Oh, oh, oh, every time I find the nerve
Every time I find the nerve to say I’m leavin’ (Leavin’)
Old memories, those old memories
Get in my way (My way), ooh...hoo... (My way)

Oh, ho, ho, ho, Lord knows it’s only me
Oh, he knows it’s only me that I’m deceivin’
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, 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
This can have a happy ending (Happy ending), no, no
So we just go on (Just go on)
Hurting and pretending

And convincing ourselves
To give it just one more try (One more try)
Because neither one of us (Neither on 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, ooh
Neither one of us (Neither one of us)
Wants to be the first to say

Farewell, my love, goodbye (Goodbye)

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: December 28, 1998