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It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Lefty Frizzell and Abe Mulkey
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I made a big mistake when I introduced her to my friend
And gave him a chance to dance with
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watched them in the crowd I could hear my heart beat loud
Cause it meant goodbye to me when
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she said hello to
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She just held on to his hand when it was break time for the band
And it was plain to see that I'd lost
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slipped away to cry felt so low I could die
Cause it meant goodbye to me when
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Is there anywhere to go where a broken heart won't show
Everyone must know what's wrong with
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tell by my ways I go round lost in the days
Cause it meant goodbye to me when
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FAQ
Who sang the the song It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him?
- The song It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
