Jackie Wilson Songs - Lonely Teardrops Lyrics

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops

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Album: Lonely Teardrops
Released: 1959

Lonely Teardrops Lyrics

My heart is crying, crying Lonely Teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

My heart is crying, crying lonely teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will, say you-ou-ou wi-ill (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

Just give me a-a-a-nother chance for our romance
Come on and tell me that one day you'll retu-you-urn
Cause every day that you've been gone away
You'll know-a my heart does nothing but bu-you-urn

Crying lonely teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will, say you wi-ill (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

Say it right now, baby (say you will)
Come on, come on (say you will)
Say it, darlin' (say you will)
Say it right now, baby (say you will)

Writer/s: GORDY, BERRY JR/FUQUA, GWENDOLYN GORDY/CARLO, TYRAN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Lonely Teardrops

This was written by the Detroit songwriting team who wrote Wilson's first several hits - the duo of Tyran Carlo (the pen name of Wilson's cousin Roquel Davis) and a pre-Motown Berry Gordy Jr. They co-wrote eight other songs for Wilson. At the time, Gordy was a struggling songwriter, but this song - his first Top-10 hit as a songwriter - gave him the confidence to rent a building in Detroit and start the Tamla label, which would become Motown.

Many artists have covered this, including Jose Feliciano, teen idol pop singer Brian Hyland and Michael Jackson.

This was one of the 9 songs on which Berry Gordy, Jr. used the royalties to open up the Hitsville USA Studios, which soon became the home of the Motown artists.

This was a #1 R&B hit and Wilson's first song to reach the Top 10 on the US pop charts. It become one of his signature songs. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA, for above 2)

In September 1975, while performing at the Latin Casino in New Jersey, Wilson collapsed from a heart attack and a stroke right in the middle of this song. He never recovered and remained in a coma for eight more years; he was hospitalized until his death on January 21, 1984 (age 49). In tragic irony, the last words he sung before collapsing were "My heart is crying." The audience at first thought that his fall was part of the act and they started applauding and cheering. It became evident that something was wrong when about half a minute later, he hadn't moved. The excitement instantly turned into confusion and shock as attempts to revive Jackie on the stage were to no avail. (thanks, Denny - Pittsburgh, PA)