We Had A Good Thing Going Song Lyrics and Chords by Brenda Lee
We Had A Good Thing Going
Recorded by Brenda Lee
Written by Eddie Polo
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Oh baby I know that we just
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couldn't go wrong
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matter how
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hard we might have
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tried
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For you and
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I we're just too much alike
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to get along
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shame to have to
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set so much
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aside
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Cause
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baby we had a good thing
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going
Yes we did now though the
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good
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far and few be
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tween
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going yeah we did
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lost it somewhere and
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Lord knows it's a crying
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shame
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remember we agreed to go our
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separate
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broke my
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heart to say good
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bye
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Cause I
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believe if it had been another
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time and place
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made it If we had
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given it one more
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try
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baby we had a good thing
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going
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good
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far and few be
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tween
Oh baby we had a good thing
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going yeah we did
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lost it somewhere and
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Lord knows it's a crying
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shame
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Yes we
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lost it somewhere and
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Lord knows it's a crying
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shame
FAQ
Who sang the the song We Had A Good Thing Going?
- The song We Had A Good Thing Going was sang by Brenda Lee.
Who is Brenda Lee?
- Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Performing rockabilly, pop and country music, she had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.At 4 ft 9 inches tall (approximately 145 cm), she received the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" in 1957, after recording the song "Dynamite" when she was 12, and was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following.In 1969, Lee returned to the charts with her recording "Johnny One Time" penned by A.L. "Doodle" Owens and Dallas Frazier. The song reached #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart and #41 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also earned Lee her second Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal. Later success came with a return to her roots as a country singer, with a string of hits through the 1970s and 1980s. She is a member of the Rock and Roll, Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame. She is also a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Lee is the only woman to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
