Released: September 21, 1973
Songwriter: Pam Sawyer Leon Ware
Producer: Norman Whitfield Hal Davis
[Intro]
Girl, don't you say; girl, don't you say, ooh
Girl, don't you make; girl, don't you make, ooh
Make me cry
Make me cry
[Verse 1: Michael + (Jackson 5)]
You had my life (you had my life)
In the palm of your hand (in the palm of your hand)
Why you threw it away, I'll never ever understand
You took away the best part (the best part)
The best part of me
You took away you
How cruel could you be
[Pre-Chorus]
You're just another heartache I've got to learn to take
You're just another habit I have to learn to break
Am I alone again?
Am I alone again?
Am I alone, alone, alone...
[Chorus]
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry, again
Again, again
[Post-Chorus: Michael + (Jackson 5)]
The more I try the more you hurt me
Why (why)
Tell me why (tell him why)
Tell me why
[Verse 2: Michael]
I can take an aspirin for a bad headache
But what pill for loneliness can I take?
I can see through you just like cellophane
But I need you baby like a star needs fame
[Pre-Chorus]
You're not another habit I have to learn to break
Let's try to patch it up before it's too late
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love, in love, in love...
[Chorus]
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry, again
[Post-Chorus]
The more I try the more you hurt me
Why (why)
Tell me why (tell him why)
Tell me why
[Bridge: Michael + (Jackson 5)]
Don't have to say, don't have to say (don't say goodbye)
Don't say goodbye
Don't have to make, don't have to make (don't make me cry)
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
[Chorus]
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry...
Girl, don't you say; girl, don't you say, ooh
Girl, don't you make; girl, don't you make, ooh
Make me cry
Make me cry
[Verse 1: Michael + (Jackson 5)]
You had my life (you had my life)
In the palm of your hand (in the palm of your hand)
Why you threw it away, I'll never ever understand
You took away the best part (the best part)
The best part of me
You took away you
How cruel could you be
[Pre-Chorus]
You're just another heartache I've got to learn to take
You're just another habit I have to learn to break
Am I alone again?
Am I alone again?
Am I alone, alone, alone...
[Chorus]
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry, again
Again, again
[Post-Chorus: Michael + (Jackson 5)]
The more I try the more you hurt me
Why (why)
Tell me why (tell him why)
Tell me why
[Verse 2: Michael]
I can take an aspirin for a bad headache
But what pill for loneliness can I take?
I can see through you just like cellophane
But I need you baby like a star needs fame
[Pre-Chorus]
You're not another habit I have to learn to break
Let's try to patch it up before it's too late
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love, in love, in love...
[Chorus]
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry, again
[Post-Chorus]
The more I try the more you hurt me
Why (why)
Tell me why (tell him why)
Tell me why
[Bridge: Michael + (Jackson 5)]
Don't have to say, don't have to say (don't say goodbye)
Don't say goodbye
Don't have to make, don't have to make (don't make me cry)
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
[Chorus]
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry
Don't say goodbye again
Don't say goodbye again
Don't make me cry, cry, cry...
Unreleased Songs
- I Like You The Way You Are (Don’t Change Your Love On Me)
- If I Can’t Nobody Can
- Up On The Roof
- Makin’ Life A Little Easier For You
- Going My Way
- Keep Off The Grass
- If You Want Heaven
- I’m Your Sunny One (He’s My Sunny Boy)
- Iddint
- You Better Watch Out
- I Got A Sure Thing
- (We’re The) Music Makers
- Mama Told Me Not Come
- Since I Lost My Baby
- I Can’t Get Enough Of You
- Let’s Go Back To Day One
- Give Me Half a Chance
- Dancing Machine (Alternate Version)
- I’ll Try You’ll Try (Maybe We’ll All Get By)
- Lucky Day
- Listen I’ll Tell You How
- Feelin’ Alright (Studio Version)
- Window Shopping
- Make Tonight All Mine
- We’re Gonna Change Our Style
- Oh, I’ve Been Bless’d
- Label Me Love
- Love Trip
- Would Ya Would Ya Baby
- Someone’s Standing In My Love Light
- After You Leave Girl
- Mama’s Pearl (Demo)
- Buttercup
- I Hear A Symphony
- You’re My Best Friend, My Love
- The Eternal Light
- Love Comes In Different Flavors
- Through Thick and Thin
- Teenage Symphony
- Man’s Temptation
- I Was Made To Love Her
- Pride and Joy
- Love Is the Thing You Need
- Joyful Jukebox Music
- We’re Here To Entertain You
- Twenty-Five Miles (Original Mix)
- You’re Good For Me
- If The Shoe Don’t Fit
- Keep An Eye
- Love Call
- Come and Get It (Love’s On the Fire)
- Just Because I Love You
- Cupid
- You Can’t Hurry Love
- ABC (Alternate Version)
- If I Have to Move a Mountain (Complete Version)
- That’s How Love Is (Complete Version)
- Movin’
- Jumbo Sam
- Our Love
- That’s How Love Is
- Get It Together (1973)
- One Day in Your Life (1981)
- Skywriter/Get It Together (2001)
- I Want You Back
- ABC
- I’ll Be There
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- The Love You Save
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Give Love On Christmas Day
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Dancing Machine
- All I Do Is Think of You
- Maybe Tomorrow
- One More Chance
- Ben
- Blame It On The Boogie
- My Little Baby
- I Will Find a Way
- Goin’ Back to Indiana
- Don’t Let Your Baby Catch You
- Superstition
- Ask The Lonely
- I Was Made To Love Her
- (I Know) I’m Losing You
- My Cherie Amour