Flamingos, The - Lovers Never Say Goodbye Lyrics






Please wait for me; for I shall return
My love for you will forever burn
Though we must part
There's no reason to cry
Just say so long
Because lovers never say goodbye

I love you
My darling more than life itself
I wouldn't try to hurt you
For I'd only be hurting my self

Just kiss me dear
And hold me tight
For you know this is not our last night
Though we must part
There's no reason to cry
Just say so long
Because lovers never say goodbye





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  1. J.... P....

    At our high school, they would kick you out of the dance if they caught you kissing. After this song, four or five couples--different ones each time--would be asked to leave.

  2. A.... C....

    south side Chicago. Chance records gave us this superb harmony. Created on the stairwells in the Harold Ickes projects. A cappella for sure.
    Could you imagine how hot it would've been to have on the same stage:
    1) The Flamingos
    2) Nolan Strong and The Diablos (Detroit, "The Wind")
    3) The Beach Boys.
    Holy moley Batman! They're all jamming' up in heaven right now!
    Chicago: cool it. Melt your sidearms down for hairspray. Mosey on over to the lake, lie on the grass and concrete, and
    just
    LISTEN

  3. F.... C....

    Always be my song ...Lovers never say good by ..just so long ... Tata 4 now.

  4. r.... a....

    no comment to tough the era just the words tell u the era.

  5. L.... Y....

    alsome, because lovers never say goodbye! so long darlin !😙

  6. r.... ....

    Bill and Pat ....................

  7. p.... b....

    Los amantes nunca se dicen adios.

  8. M.... C....

    Pure Magic!

  9. 4.... ....

    Great group and song.

  10. C.... ....

    I fell in love with my wife listening to this song.  Listened as the radio signed off at midnight on AM
    station before she went in. Life was good and all ahead of us.  We're still together.  This really brings it back. WOW, The Flamingos!!

  11. J.... M....

    Classic DooWop!!!

  12. r.... a....

    2 much o.m.g. those birds of the [era] 4 score & 4 wks good music ahahahahah.

  13. F.... A....

    I love the flamingo's background sound

  14. F.... M....

    it's true I never do

    F.... M....

    it's true they never do

  15. T.... O....

    How could any one dislike this song?

  16. T.... P....

    Hard to believe that such fantastically great music was with us so many years ago,and sadly so many people will have missed it all together.

    T.... P....

    Well play it for everyone you know and ask them to pass it along! Great music lasts forever..No worries.

  17. E.... M....

    Chicago's Very Own

    E.... M....

    Yes and I think--Nate Nelson.

  18. J.... M....

    Nothing like classic doo oop,!!!!

  19. J.... S....

    Terry Johnson, keep the group together, WE ALL LOVE YOUR MUSIC

  20. b.... j....

    the number 1 group of all time.fabulous

  21. D.... S....

    Joe, any chance you could add subtitles in Spanish? I have a special lady I would like to dedicate these songs to but she lives in Mexico. Sure hope you can but if not these songs are still the best. Thank you for having this channel on Youtube.

    D.... S....

    Actually I would if I could, but it seems that I would have to translate and add the translated version manually, myself, and I am not that fluent in Spanish. Sorry but thanks for the comment.

  22. T.... ....

    Another great version of this is by Sha na na

    T.... ....

    Tonithenightowl

  23. L.... P....

    love this song !

  24. s.... k....

    Just think. Ike was in office when this played!!!

  25. s.... k....

    I just love this AMERICAN music. Where did it all go?????

  26. Z.... D....

    to all you doo woop lovers out there hit it J&Zjuibox

  27. E.... A....

    EARTH ANGEL. NO! THEY DON't! THIS SONG ALWAYS PLAYED WHEN I HAD TO DRIVE MY SOLDIER HUSBAND BACK TO LOGAN AIRPORT TO CATCH A FLIGHT BACK IN 1967 TO WHERE HE WAS SERVING . IT !OF COURCE, BECAME "OUR" SONG? STILL LOVE IT TODAY

  28. c.... c....

    The best as always....

  29. C.... M....

    Love it! Was "our song" back in the 60's

  30. J.... S....

    Man, does this bring back memories. A D.J. , Dave Roddy, with the moniker Rockin' Roddy' on WYDE Birmingham Alabama in the 60s was a huge hit with the high school crowd. His show ended at midnight and this was his sign off song every night. Back then, 'good girls had to be home by midnight and this was your cue to get your butt home ASAP ! Boy how times have changed. I can hear this song and I'm instantly transported back to those gloriously simple times. What I wouldn't give just to relive some of those days.
    We didn't have all the problems that face teens of today. I don't know how I could have possibly complained about anything.
    Thanks for posting this

    J.... S....

    Julia, I grew up in Tuscaloosa but listen as often as I could to the WSGN Good Guys! Thanks for bringing back a memory. BTW, Jim Kell (JK the DJ) is still in the radio business here in Title Town!!

    J.... S....

    @James Adams

  31. D.... R....

    Some of my happiest memories are associated with this lovely tune. They just don't write good love songs like they used to.

  32. r.... ....

    Pat and Bill,good night..

  33. r.... ....

    just love Chicago doo wop groups

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flamingos

  34. M.... P....

    Great group and song.

  35. B.... ....

    Top notch...thank you Mr. Joe

  36. g.... r....

    Still one of my all I me favs!

  37. a.... ....

    How did I miss this all this time? We must part......but lovers never say goodbye. Wait for me, Baby. I'll see you soon.

  38. C.... ....

    Twenty-three people now who have no heart or soul..how could anyone dislike this???? My father played this music when I was very young and the love of this genre has and will remain with me until I die.

    C.... ....

    +Cissy2cuteWell don,t that get you down Pizana. They just don,t know good music. But we do. And that,s all that matters. God bless.

  39. T.... U....

    Another torch

  40. r.... a....

    find her & never say goodby,now that she was called home this hurts.

  41. r.... a....

    please no more 2 good voices,voices what a time.

  42. K.... O....

    Haven't heard this in years!! Still takes my breath away!! Thank you!

  43. C.... K....

    Still waiting......

  44. b.... ....

    Rosaline-Caprice♥

  45. N.... M....

    What a sweet romantic sound!!!  A real make-out song!!!  ;)

  46. S.... C....

    BAMM I know the feeling lost my best friend my wife in 1987 always think of the fantastic time you had god bless

    S.... C....

    @Stan Cano Today is 3 months that my husband has been gone...The hurt has not eased up, the memories are 50 years plus...I keep expecting him to come thru the door.........We stood side by side thru every thing...Thank you for your caring response....His b/day is this Friday.....

    S.... C....

    My heart and feelings are with you Bama I think of her 24/7 the memories are fantastic its a rough thing to lose your best friend you have a friend now that understands all your emotions your going through be safe my friend

  47. A.... G....

    I still have this in a 45!!!! i just saw the flamingoes on the "View" the other day and said to myself how cool that I still have the 45!!!!

    A.... G....

    +Alfonso Gomez I didn't know they were still performing- cool!

    A.... G....

    +bill chew I don't know if they are the original members of the group, but they were on the "view" tv program!!

  48. S.... Y....

    doo wop is the best

  49. T.... M....

    I had  this  record album..........I  was  in  love  once.....JVS....and I love  him  just as much  to this  day......truth

  50. g.... ....

    Ricck glad you made it home as I did and tthx for the comment im ssusre many of us did   it sure hurt ddidnt it ?? welcome home

  51. C.... ....

    Nineteen down votes???   Unbelievable.

    C.... ....

    +MrGGPRI I think it's Adele lovers.

    C.... ....

    @Alex Batey Or Justin Bieber 

    C.... ....

    +Alex Batey nooooooooo Adele lovers love good music, & doo wop is not just good music, it's the foundation of all rock n roll !

    C.... ....

    They are hard of hearing or just plain brain dead. lol

    C.... ....

    @Ellen Reed Also have no heart or soul.

  52. c.... ....

    Charted 1/19/59 for 10 weeks, reaching #52

    ClassicRetro24/7 cvue.ca

  53. M.... M....

    classic Doo Wop

  54. M.... ....

    Grew up in the 1970's loving this song. Sha Na Na's version (pretty faithful to the original) was the first version I'd heard.

  55. a.... b....

    Love this song. Growing up in Jacksonville,,FL. listening to radio station WMBR IN THE 60'S. This was the sign off song 12:00AM 

  56. W.... ....

    LAURA ELLMORE FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU  FOREVER

  57. M.... D....

    @Kate Boerner. A little but sooo sorry. Hang in there.

  58. g.... ....

    last song we danced too before leaving when I was drafted  held so close and so long , its ddidnt last got my dear john and it hurt like hell more that the wounds inflicted by the v/c

    g.... ....

    @gunner16ga I think many of us got those letters.

    g.... ....

    @gunner16ga Thank you for your service and welcome home brother.   US Army 1969-1971

  59. r.... a....

    hey norman 78 that was the music

  60. j.... h....

    what beautiful memories and also sad,  Joan Martino Hughes  10/2014

  61. D.... J....

    this is one of the songs the beach boys modeled their vocal style after! brian Wilson a huge doo wop rhythm and blues fan!

  62. J.... M....

    This song brings me such remembrances from my teenage years.   Used to hear it on the radio as it was played frequently.  The radios usually played melodies on request by phone in those days.  And this one was frequently requested.  Fine song

  63. a.... s....

    Like it was yesterday...

  64. K.... B....

    My Steve & I once danced to this song and I knew every word.  We loved it.  But now, My Prince, Steve, departed for his Heaven Day. NOTHING truly makes me happy anymore.  Even our sweet memories hurt me so much.  It's so hard to be without him.  And unlike others tell me to do, I am just not ready to go places without him.  Never a fight or a bad word, not in 24 years.  I guess our first marriages taught us well!  The very last words he spoke were, "I love you, Kari.  I love you so much."  I said the same right back to him.  Only 2 hours later and he was gone.  It's already 4 months ago, but it feels like yesterday.  I will never stop loving him, because "Lovers Never Say Goodbye."  I will love you always, Your Kari  + xox +  (Karen Ingersoll-Burns...a.k.a., Kate Boerner on FB)......

    K.... B....

    My Heart goes out to you. Better to think about all the wonderful and loving time you spent together instead of being sad too often. I know it is hard, but I can also understand a bad first marriage and being thankful for my current Love, my friend, my wife!

    K.... B....

    great memories

  65. D.... R....

    I do love this song!  Used to hear it on the radio from WBOS  each night when they went off the air.  Oh the memories . . .

  66. R.... B....

    This song holds some good memories for me. A great slow dance to dance to.

  67. C.... S....

    One of the greatest Doo Wop vocal groups of all times! Out of Chicago in the mid 50s and did so many memorable recordings they went into the Rock & Roll hall of fame in 2001.  On the top of my list for the best "Belly Rubbin" Doo Wop dance music groups.

  68. S.... P....

    Rest in peace dad <3

  69. J.... W....

    I loved this song many years ago and still do.

  70. W.... ....

    Haunting harmonies...

  71. C.... ....

    I remember telling my girlfriend when she was moving with her mom and dad to Florida many years back to always listen to the words of this song. I never saw or heard from her again..............memories never die.

    C.... ....

    Memories never die...So true..Some will haunt you until the day you die....

    C.... ....

    No they never do, and that's the way it should be!!!!!

  72. J.... P....

    Wow! A true classic...Timeless beauty. Thanks.

  73. j.... ....

    Brings back happy memories of Friday night parties at Alpha Sigma Phi on Belle Av in Troy.

    RPI 1960. 

  74. R.... B....

    Rocky Road Ahead ...06/2014

  75. P.... M....

    wow... the minor chord harmonies... amazing

  76. B.... ....

    Beautiful men.

  77. D.... F....

    that 1959 doo wop sound  -  unable to be duplicated

    D.... F....

    David, you are so nostalgic....como estas me hermano?

    D.... F....

    @Jerry Thomas What's with the Spanish?

  78. K.... P....

    STILL MY FAVORITE !   THANKS JOE

    K.... P....

    Thank YOU for the comment! :-)

  79. J.... B....

    best song they ever had

  80. s.... ....

    I'm getting older and as I listen I feel connected with singers even more than my youth. I fear it is what we lost and it's slipping from our grasp?

  81. B.... ....

    ok...4.1

  82. N.... J....

    Best Music Of All Time I'm 75 You Cant Beat The Old Songs

    N.... J....

    James Chiles [I am 74 if we would

  83. W.... S....


    Great song,what agreat song

  84. C.... K....

    Sigh......................

  85. M.... S....

    Some of the tightest harmony in the doo wop era. What a sound.

  86. V.... S....

    this is every service man's song who left a girl back home.

    V.... S....

    I can relate Vern,

    V.... S....

    Yes it was! I remember this song and dance so well! Now, today would have been our 51st wedding anniversary! My heart still hearts after 18 years!

  87. j.... b....

    My all time Favorite by them and they had a ton of em' They had that spooky great harmony and great lead singers. Golden Teardrops too can't forget that one.

  88. F.... M....

    I remember this was the song that was played on WMOC in Chattanooga for several years each night when they signed the station off at 1:00 AM in the early 60's

  89. R.... ....

    ♥♥♥

  90. S.... O....

    It was our music also at Ferris High School in lower Jersey City...........

  91. T.... A....

    Close the lights. Take the phone off the hook. Close the blinds and then your eyes and listen to the beauty of this song. The room it was recorded in was so perfect for the hauntingly beautiful reverb, that it can not and will never be duplicated. It was a perfect music moment in history. How blessed we are to share it.

  92. K.... B....

    For my buddies at Southern Regional High School Manahawkin, NJ. This was our music and it was the best.

  93. D.... T....

    1962 This was our song;fell harder for Anne than anyone else in my life! First love and would never allow myself to give my all to anyone again.Green almond shaped eyes and bee stung lips on the natch and pins up to here.Broke my heart in 68 and got drafted.Took to south east Asia and worked my way through the hurt.Poor Charlie

  94. D.... I....

    i bet you never hear about the group los friends from Tijuana always singing these oldies los reyes delas oldies los originales friends

  95. g.... ....

    1965 I was drafted this song was very important in my life then and still is. p/s I did get a dear john

  96. T.... S....

    This was the sign off song of Jim Kell, DJ on WSGN 610 Birmingham, Alabama in the 60's.....listened EVERY NIGHT!! Best of times..............

  97. T.... R....

    I know that you don't like rap, but look up Tech N9ne. "This Ring" and "trapped in a psychos body" are two really good songs you might like. Give up on the people, not the genre :)

  98. M.... T....

    I love the Flamingos!! Another one I really love by them is "The Breeze and I"

  99. f.... ....

    Great song - still have my original 78rpm on End Records (not easy to find) however I am trying to find the first pressing on End (#1035) with the title "Please Wait For Me". If anyone has it and is looking to sell, please contact me. Thanks!

  100. Z.... F....

    beautiful