Album: If That's What It Takes (1982)

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• I keep forgettin' we're not in love anymore
  I keep forgettin' things will never be the same again
  I keep forgettin' how you made that so clear
  I keep forgettin'
  
  Everytime you're near
  Everytime I see you smile
  Hear your "hello"
  Saying you can only stay a while
  
  And I know that it's hard for you
  To say the things that we both know are true
  But tell me how come
  
  I keep forgettin' we're not in love anymore
  I keep forgettin' things will never be the same again
  I keep forgettin' how you made that so clear
  I keep forgettin', babe
  
  Every time I hear
  How you never want to live a lie
  How it's gone too far
  And you don't have to tell me why
  
  Why you're gone and why the game is through
  If this is what's real, if this is what's true
  Tell me how come
  
  I keep forgettin' we're not in love anymore (baby)
  I keep forgettin' things will never be the same again
  I keep forgettin' how you made that so clear (yeah, yeah)
  I keep forgettin'
  
  Don't say that, don't say that, don't say that
  I know you're not mine anymore, anyway, anytime
  Tell me how come
  
  I keep forgettin' we're not in love anymore (how come I)
  I keep forgettin' things will never be the same again
  I keep forgettin' how you made that so clear
  I keep forgettin' (baby)
  
  Every time you're near (I keep forgettin' we're not in love anymore)
  Every time you're near (I keep forgettin' things will never be the same again)
  Oh baby (I keep forgettin' how you made that so clear)
  Every time you're near (I keep forgettin') Writer/s: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 8

• Seventh Mist from 7th HeavenThis song was a hit during my first year working at an electronics store and it played frequently. I really liked Maureen McDonald’s voice and would have liked to have heard her on other songs.
• Michael from Maine, UsaI have heard the Song forever and I like it. Just watched the 'Official' Video (I might have seen it before) but the (SO Much Hair) Blonde woman at the End of the video looks crazily Familiar, does anyone know who she is, what else she's acted in?? Like so Many Early videos Actors took the job, then went on to do So much more...
• Michael from Portland, OrJulia Fordham isn't Canadian. She is from the UK and has lived in the US (Los Angeles) for the past couple of decades.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 26th 1962, the original version of "I Keep Forgettin'" " by the Chuck Jackson entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 at position #95; and on September 16th, 1962 it peaked at #55 {for 1 week} and spent 7 weeks on the Top 100...
  Between 1961 and 1968 he had eighteen Top 100 records; with "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" being his biggest hit, it peaked at #23 {for 2 weeks} on June 17th, 1962 {it reached #2 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart}...
  He made the Top 100 chart five more times in duets with Maxine Brown...
  Personally, his debut record, “I Don’t Want To Cry”, it my favorite...
  Mr. Jackson celebrated his 77th birthday just over a month ago on July 22nd {2014}.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 1st 1982, "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" by Michael McDonald entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #69; and on October 17th, 1982 it peaked at #4 {for 3 weeks} and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100.It reached #7 on Billboard's R&B chart.
• Camille from Toronto, OhUgh. Sorry, but I just don't care for a single song I've ever heard Michael McDonald sing. Just can't get in to his voice.
• Randy from Albuquerque, NmI think the woman in the song is married. They had an affair, but "it's gone too far." She ended the relationship because she never wants to "live a lie." He understands, saying, "You don't have to tell me why you're gone," but he's heartbroken because "this is what's real. This is what's true."
• Sara from Silver Spring, MdMichael McDonald recently sang backup on a cover version for Canadian singer Julia Fordham. His Motown and Soul Speak producer gave him a tape of her doing it at a concert. But no one can do it as well as Michael!

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