Shalamar - I Don't Wanna Be The Last To Know Lyrics






[F:] Boy we've known each other now for quite some time,
Long enough to feel when something's on our minds.
You know I'm not the type to jump to any conclusion,
But before you speak, I just want you to listen. I?

(I don't want to be the last.
I don't want to be the last to know.
I don't want to be.)
[F:] If you ever think about leavin'.
(I don't want to be the last.)
[F:] Don't let me be.
(I don't want to be the last to know.)
[F:] If you're gonna leave.

[M:] Rest assured it's only rumors floatin' 'round.
And though you think you're just a little bit premature,
It's good to talk it out.
We've got to listen to our heart instead of to the street.
So let's talk it over.
The same thing goes for me.
Baby I don't wanna be.

(I don't want to be the last.)
[M:] The Last.
(I don't want to be the last to know.)
[M:] To know. Baby,
(I don't want to be.)
[M:] If you're letting me go.
(I don't want to be the last.)
[M:] I don't
(I don't want to be the last to know.)
[M:] Want to be.
(If You're going to leave.)
[M:] Don't let me be the last to know.
(I don't want to be the last.)
(No I don't)
(I don't want to be the last to know.)
[Male line]
[F:] Just give love that respect.
[M:] If you ever want to say goodbye,
(I don't want to be the last.)
(Tell me why!)
(I don't want to be the last to know.)
(If You're going to leave.)
[M:] Don't let me be the last.

[M:] I remember when we, had an understanding.
If I feel this change you'll be the first to know,
(((If I've got to go away,) get away,) get away.)

[M:] Love never promised any guarantee,
That we'd make it. But I can take it.
If it can't be what it's been,
Please don't fake it. Hear me baby.

[F:] Before we say that final goodbye,
Why not give our love just one more try.
And I promise you if I can't hang,
You're gonna be the first to know.

[M:] I wanna hear it from you for myself.
No, don't let me hear it baby nowhere else.
[F:] That's all I want.
[M:] That's all I ask.
(Don't let me be, oh baby please,)
(I don't wanna be)
(I don't want to be the last.)
[M:] To know.
(I don't want to be the last to know.)
[F:] I won't forget.
(I don't want to be.)
[F:] If somethin's on your mind, tell me please,
But Baby don't let me be.
(I don't want to be the last.)
[F:] The last to know.
(I don't want to be the last to know.)
[F:] Give me that respect.
(If you're gonna leave.)
[Fade out]
[M:] For the time we've spent,
(Don't let me be, oh baby please,)
(I don't wanna be)
(I don't want to be the last.)
[M:] To know
(I don't want to be the last to know.)
[M:] No, no, no.





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  1. C.... H....

    You know Howard is standing on something dancing with Jody - in fact throughout the whole garden scenes also!

  2. K.... T....

    0:04
    He's pretty AF!!

  3. M.... F....

    perfeita musica

  4. J.... P....

    I was the last one to know but I also was the first one to don't give a damn one less headache real talk

  5. K.... S....

    ..still popping in 2019...#fact. .

  6. j.... ....

    This slaps!!!!!

  7. M.... A....

    Classic!

  8. K.... G....

    Live this song. Jody is singing her ass off. She made it hard for Howard to keep up!

  9. l.... d....

    Favorite group ever! Jodie Howard Jeffrey

  10. J.... P....

    Tell me about it

  11. A.... W....

    I would love to go back in a time and see groups like Shalamar in Concert. I know everyone talks about Motown Records, Staxx Records and Philadelphia International Records, but people don't realize that Solar Records had some damn good artist like Shalamar and The Whispers.

  12. A.... W....

    Ive been fortunate to have grown up during a time when R&B Music was Music. You didn't hear artist calling other B*t+h'es and H*'s . This is when real music was happening. Not the garage you hear today.

  13. A.... W....

    I remember the first time I heard this song was back in 1989 going to Washington DC for the Howard University Homecoming on WHUR-FM 96.3. Everytime I hear this song I remember going to Howard University.

  14. H.... J....

    This is music

  15. G.... G....

    They had music chemistry but they never liked each other at all

  16. C.... A....

    Memories..what a song👏🏾👏🏾

  17. R.... R....

    Real Singing.

  18. C.... S....

    I have never seen this video before, it's comical haha poor Jeffrey.

  19. C.... S....

    I love 80's especially Shalamar catalog.

    C.... S....

    I love the 80s PERIOD !!! r&b were so romantic in the early 80s 1980-1988

  20. A.... S....

    This type of intimacy and sophistication in music is long gone...even a difficult subject like the ending of a relationship can be handled with appreciation and respect. This is truly 'old skool'.

  21. M.... M....

    wow this is incredible

  22. K.... E....

    Oops. I meant Shalamar.

  23. K.... E....

    Thought of this song 10 minutes ago. Had to hear it. There was Great Music Chemistry between Jody, Howard and Jeffrey. My Favorite song by Shalimar.

  24. j.... h....

    Was they dating 🤪

  25. K.... O....

    Shoutout waterfront dining

  26. M.... D....

    Who else caught this sampled in Bone Thugs 1st of tha Month???

  27. G.... ....

    I love Jody sooooo much!!! Wish I met her back in 1980. We would have been exclusive. 😍😘😘😘😘

  28. S.... S....

    Fav Shalamar Jam these ppl sang this song off da meter Ms.Jody blowing sweet wind and Double H took crooning 2 ya woman places no other man went dey own this from begin 2 end even u hear Jeffery killing background

  29. K.... L....

    My favorite slow jam by Shalamar and they had plenty good ones

  30. R.... R....

    Real Talent...

  31. A.... C....

    Classic slice of heaven

  32. l.... b....

    I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

  33. s.... h....

    Ohhh simple easy flowing 👌👌 pleasing to the ear love shalamar 👍

  34. W.... U....

    Howard and Daniel was cute ah

  35. T.... M....

    Honestly Jody Watley sounded better when she was younger..More raw..Shalamar is one of my all time favs

    T.... M....

    As good as Hewitt sounded, it was Watley that made this whole thing work. Just look at what Hewitt had to say years after Watley left the group.

  36. K.... H....

    who would thumb down this song, I better not be the last to know, we gonna have a big problem lol

  37. J.... P....

    Wow the lyrics are so deep. And Jody and Howard sound perfect together! Aww those were the days !!!!

  38. T.... L....

    Jeffrey is sexy to me in this vid

  39. s.... ....

    Oh baby bring it all to me 🎶

  40. A.... B....

    2019 my shit jamming

  41. K.... A....

    The lyrics are off the hook 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  42. A.... E....

    So THIS IS where Blaque got that amazing music from!! This song is so amazing!!!

  43. L.... ....

    Why am I to-dam-day old just seeing this video for the first time, didn't even know it existed 🤦🏽‍♀️. Thanks for posting!!!!

  44. D.... J....

    so fuckin great

  45. M.... B....

    My favorite song from SHALAMAR!!!

  46. l.... ....

    Classic

  47. N.... F....

    Timeless

  48. Z.... H....

    such a goofy video :-)

  49. M.... D....

    LOVE LOVE LOVE

  50. l.... ....

    Ugh...creepy ass video...

  51. T.... A....

    Listening to this on Christmas Day 2018 not one day did I think I would feel like this would be me ....... I really don’t know why life gets complex to me and unfair to me what more should I expect .

  52. B.... R....

    beautiful hidden gem....definitely an under rated group

  53. M.... P....

    Straight Butter!

  54. A.... W....

    BEAUTIFUL SONG!

  55. E.... ....

    I had no idea the Blaque song was sampled from this

  56. g.... C....

    why was jeff there?

  57. l.... G....

    Jeffrey Daniels was always a cutie.

  58. T.... E....

    GREAT song...weak video..

  59. R.... W....

    Shalamar. Is my. Only. Group. I love

  60. i.... o....

    I finally understand the video.. Jeffrey snitched out Howard that's why he's hanging around eavesdropping.. Haha

  61. C.... a....

    les trois amours qui ont bercé ma vie magnifique morceau a l'image d Howard jody jeffrey on vous aime pour la vie

  62. M.... D....

    Cute Jeffrey😘

  63. D.... D....

    I love that futuristic 80's keyboard.
    🎹🎼🎵🎧🎹

    D.... D....

    Song production ahead of it's time like it can be made around 84 or 85 and this is early 82.

  64. L.... G....

    1:58 Jeffrey looking good

  65. L.... G....

    I never ever knew this jam had a video...so underrated but a definite jam

  66. D.... B....

    when I was in love

  67. D.... B....

    Real good quality love song that makes me think about my college days

  68. M.... B....

    That chorus is sick!

  69. L.... D....

    I can't stop listening

  70. A.... F....

    I love this song

  71. K.... P....

    What a humid greenhouse they are in.

  72. D.... G....

    Classic Shalamar

  73. T.... W....

    Still listening

  74. L.... T....

    BEST song by Shalamar...

  75. B.... R....

    Shalamar...definitely a hidden gem

  76. D.... D....

    SHALAMAR AT THEIR BEST HOWARD JODY AND JEFFREY WONDERFUL VIDEO

  77. S.... C....

    Jody said upon joking the group Howard tried to hit on her. No disrespect Jody but if I was in Howard's position I would of tried to talk to you too. You are a beautiful and talented woman.

  78. D.... P....

    Don't let me know nothing just go

  79. V.... S....

    This song surely was a kind of purpose for "One More Try" (1987) song as actually my dad was working at the institution they had that kind of orangerie I loved to visit

  80. F.... m....

    Superbe ! !!!

  81. N.... L....

    Love Howard 2:27

  82. g.... ....

    I TOTALLY love this song but I've got to say, even by 80's standards this is one BIZARRE video 😲

  83. J.... A....

    Oh my...from about 2:37 Howard killed this song !! He really was rather underappreciated...and does the song start with some bang !

    J.... A....

    Juwon Awogbemi so so true!!!!

  84. A.... G....

    One of the classic songs from Shalamar from 1982!!!! I love this beat with a little bit of a 808 instrumental beat.

  85. b.... l....

    What is Howard doing with his right hand, beginning at 2:18 ? He must have really liked her.

    b.... l....

    Yeah, but it's confusing because the never got along.

  86. b.... l....

    Shalamar was one of the few American groups i knew by name back in my O'level (81) - a big deal considering that we were still in the stone age (Idi Amin's legacy). Thank you for all the good music - you and your producers.

    Lotsa love, Ngabo, Uganda.

  87. C.... R....

    Eighty-three QUEERS voted thumbs down! :(((

  88. p.... d....

    Yes the good ol days of my youth when singers sang...

  89. D.... I....

    Great song...terrible video.

  90. I.... T....

    My jammmmm

  91. E.... 7....

    Claire Beattie introduced me to Shalamar back in the 80s, thanks honey

  92. M.... ....

    who listening in 2017 when I young this my favourite jam an group

  93. �.... ....

    シャラマーの核はやはりジョディだ。

  94. G.... J....

    Had a crush on Jeffrey. He still looks good.

  95. G.... J....

    Wow. I keep forgetting all these great songs.

  96. T.... C....

    A Under Rated!!!! "CUT"!!!!

  97. C.... M....

    Wow just when you think you heard an original song until you actually hear the original song.

  98. C.... W....

    Love this song

  99. R.... P....

    lol I love shalamar but MY MOMMY PUT ME ON DS ONE!!!