Didn’t We Almost Have It All
Remember when we held on in the rain
The nights we almost lost it
Once again we can take the night into tomorrow
Living on feelings
Touching you I feel it all again
[Chorus:]
Didn’t we almost have it all
When love was all we had worth giving?
The ride with you was worth the fall my friend
Loving you makes life worth living
Didn’t we almost have it all?
The nights we held on till the morning
You know you’ll never love that way again
Didn’t we almost have it all?
The way you used to touch me felt so fine
We kept our hearts together down the line
A moment in the soul can last forever
Comfort and keep us
Help me bring the feeling back again
[Chorus:]
Didn’t we almost have it all
When love was all we had worth giving?
The ride with you was worth the fall my friend
Loving you makes life worth living
Didn’t we almost have it all?
The nights we held on till the morning
You know you’ll never love that way again
Didn’t we almost have it all?
Didn’t we have the best of times
When love was young and new?
Couldn’t we reach inside and find
That world of me and you?
We’ll never lose it again
‘Cause once you know what love is
You never let it end
[Chorus:]
Didn’t we almost have it all
When love was all we had worth giving?
The ride with you was worth the fall my friend
Loving you makes life worth living
Didn’t we almost have it all?
The nights we held on till the morning
You know you’ll never love that way again
Didn’t we almost have it all?
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“Didn’t We Almost Have It All” is the second single from Whitney Houston’s second album Whitney. The song was written by Michael Masser and Will Jennings and was released on August 13, 1987. It received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.
Originally, another song was to be released as the second single, “For the Love of You”, but Arista Records decided to release “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” instead because all Houston’s singles had to be original material at this point of her career.
The single was number one for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100. A live performance from her September 2, 1987 concert in Saratoga Springs, New York was used as the official video and played on MTV, VH1, and BET. The recorded performance was also televised along with her performance of “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11. It was widely speculated that the song is about Houston’s relationship with then NFL star Randall Cunningham.
Whitney Houston Sheet Music
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