You Didn't Stop To Say Hello Song Lyrics and Chords
You Didn't Stop To Say Hello Song Lyrics and Chords by Dottie West
You Didn't Stop To Say Hello
Recorded by Dottie West
Written by Alex Zanetis
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It's a middle of the night what's on your mind I'd like to
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know
Your coming here just isn't right you didn't stop to say
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hello
Is she walking out on you
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or did you choose to let her
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go
There must be something on your
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mind
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you didn't stop to say
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hello
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Well come on in close the door don't stand there trembling in the
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cold
You'll have the neighbors talking more I'd better turn the lights down
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low
Go ahead and shed a tear
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don't be afraid to let it
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show
You know I'll always lend an
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ear
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you didn't stop to say
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hello
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What's the matter can't you speak for you haven't said one single
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word
You look so tired and so weak things must be worse than what I've
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heard
Well I guess it's useless to pretend
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because you know I love you
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so
You know you're welcome back
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again
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I'm glad you stopped to say
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hello
FAQ
Who sang the the song You Didn't Stop To Say Hello?
- The song You Didn't Stop To Say Hello was sang by Dottie West.
Who is Dottie West?
- Dorothy "Dottie" Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 - September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. West's career started in the 1960s, with her top-10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965, the first woman in country music to receive a Grammy.
In the early 1970s, West wrote a popular commercial for the Coca-Cola company, titled "Country Sunshine", which reached number two on Billboard's Hot Country Singles in 1973. In the late 1970s, she teamed up with country pop superstar Kenny Rogers for a series of duets, which took her career to new highs, earning platinum-selling albums and number-one records for the first time.
Her duet recordings with Rogers, "Every Time Two Fools Collide", "All I Ever Need Is You", and "What Are We Doin' in Love", became country music standards. In the mid-1970s, her image and music underwent a metamorphosis, bringing her to the peak of her popularity as a solo act, and reaching number one on her own for the first time in 1980 with "A Lesson in Leavin'".
In 2018, West was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
