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(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me

Words & Music by Gordon Lightfoot

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(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me

Words & Music by Gordon Lightfoot

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
Everything we had is gone, you can see
That's what you get for loving me

Now don't you shed a tear for me
I ain't the love you thought I'd be
I've had a hundred just like you
But don't be blue I'll have a thousand before I'm through

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
Everything we had is gone, you can see
That's what you get for loving me

Now there you go, you're cryin' again
You should have known how things would end
But then some day when your poor heart is on the mend
I just might pass this way again

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
Everything we had is gone, you can see
That's what you get for loving me

That's what you get for loving me
That's what you get for loving me
Everything we had is gone, you can see
That's what you get for loving me

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Gordon Lightfoot wrote For Lovin' Me in 1964. Later that year , Peter, Paul and Mary had the first recording of the song (Warner Bros. 5496). It reached #30 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Lightfoot got around to recording his own song in 1965 (Warner Bros. 5621). Waylong Jennings had a country version (RCA 47-8917) in 1966. The song's full title is (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me.

Elvis recorded For Lovin' Me on March 15, 1971, at RCA's Nashville studios.


That's what you get for loving me That's what you get for loving me Everything we had is gone, you can see That's what you get for loving me Now don't you shed a tear for me I ain't the love you thought I'd be I've had a hundred just like you But don't be blue I'll have a thousand before I'm through That's what you get for loving me That's what you get for loving me Everything we had is gone, you can see That's what you get for loving me Now there you go, you're cryin' again You should have known how things would end But then some day when your poor heart is on the mend I just might pass this way again That's what you get for loving me That's what you get for loving me Everything we had is gone, you can see That's what you get for loving me That's what you get for loving me That's what you get for loving me Everything we had is gone, you can see That's what you get for loving me

Gordon Lightfoot wrote For Lovin' Me in 1964. Later that year , Peter, Paul and Mary had the first recording of the song (Warner Bros. 5496). It reached #30 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Lightfoot got around to recording his own song in 1965 (Warner Bros. 5621). Waylong Jennings had a country version (RCA 47-8917) in 1966. The song's full title is (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me. Elvis recorded For Lovin' Me on March 15, 1971, at RCA's Nashville studios.