1982 (Shirley Bassey TV Special) <br /> <br />LYRICS: <br />You don't bring me flowers <br />You don't sing me love songs <br />You hardly talk to me anymore <br />When you come thru the door <br />At the end of the day <br /> <br />I remember when <br />You couldn't wait to love me <br />Used to hate to leave me <br />Now after lovin' me late at night <br />When it's good for you <br />And you're feelin' alright <br />Well you just roll over <br />And turn out the light <br />And you don't bring me flowers anymore <br /> <br />It used to be so natural <br />To talk about forever <br />But "used to be's" don't count anymore <br />They just lay on the floor <br />'til we sweep them away <br /> <br />And baby, I remember <br />All the things you taught me <br />I learned how to laugh <br />And I learned how to cry <br />Well I leared how to love <br />Even learned how to lie <br />You'd think I could learn <br />How to tell you goodbye <br />'cause you don't bring me flowers anymore <br /> <br />ABOUT this song: <br />"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" is a song that hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. It is a song about two lovers who have drifted apart while they "go through the motions" and heartache of life together. <br /> <br />The song was written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman for the ill-fated TV show All That Glitters. The song was intended to be a theme song, but Norman Lear changed the concept of the show so that the song no longer fit. Eventually, Neil Diamond and several collaborators came upon the song (then only 45 seconds long) and expanded it with instrumental sections. The Bergmans expanded the song to full length with an additional verse, and the composition took form. <br /> <br />The roots of the song, as chronicled in the myriad Streisand and Diamond biographies as well as Streisand's Just for the Record box set, revolves around WAKY-AM/Louisville KY program director, Gary Guthrie, who spliced the two solo tracks together as a going away present to his wife, who he had just divorced. As the real life fairytale behind the song unfolded, it triggered a media buzz worldwide from Good Morning America and People magazine to the BBC. Interest in the duet caused such a clamor on the retail level that Columbia Records was compelled to bring Barb and Neil into the studio to record an "official" version in October 1978. The song reached number one on the Hot 100 chart for two non-consecutive weeks in December 1978, producing the third number-one hit for both singers.[2] Acknowledgment and gratitude for Guthrie came from CBS with a Gold record plaque, flowers from Diamond, a telegram from Streisand, while the duo's fans were tr
