You Never Really Wanted Me Song Lyrics and Chords by Charlie Rich
You Never Really Wanted Me
Written and Recorded by Charlie Rich
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You never really wanted me now I can
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see yes I can
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see
You
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took your love and ran away from
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me
You'd
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gone and now you're
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back what do you
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want from me
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Standin' there please don't
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cry over
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me
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all you've never
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cried for me be
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Why start now isn't it a little late for that now
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girl
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Don't go feelin' sorry for your
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self
Remember I
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loved you I
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loved
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you
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I never knew the games we
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played
Had
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such a lasting grip upon the
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plans we've made
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I was busy laughin' waitin'
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for the day
Now the
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time is gone and
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there's nothing left to
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say
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Standin' there please don't
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cry for
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me
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all you've never
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cried for me be
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fore
FAQ
Who sang the the song You Never Really Wanted Me?
- The song You Never Really Wanted Me was sang by Charlie Rich.
Who is Charlie Rich?
- Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932 - July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul, and gospel genres.In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl". "The Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards. Rich was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
