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He'll Have To Go

Words & Music by Joe Allison, Audrey Allison

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He'll Have To Go

Words & Music by Joe Allison, Audrey Allison

Lyrics:

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Just pretend that we're together all alone
Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low
You can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go

You can't say the words I want to hear
When your with another man
If you love me, answer yes or no
Darling I will understand

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Just pretend that we're together all alone
Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low
You can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go

You can't say the words I want to hear
When your with another man
If you love me, answer yes or no
Darling I will understand

Just put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Just pretend that we're together all alone
Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go
Yes you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go
More info:

One day while talking to his wife on the telephone, songwriter Joe Allison told her to put her mouth closer to the phone because she talked so softly. By the time Allison got home, wife Audrey had written the first line of He'll Have to Go - "Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone". The remainder of the song came quickly for them. He'll Have to Go was first recorded by Jim Reeves (RCA 47-7643) in 1959. His recording reached #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, number one on the country chart, and #13 on the rhythm and blues chart. Sales of over three million copies are claimed. In 1960, Jeane Black recorded a popular answer record, He'll Have to Stay (Capitol 4368), which peaked at #14 on the Hot 100 chart and #6 on the country chart. That song was also a Joe Allison-Audrey Allison composition.

Elvis recorded He'll Have to Go on the night of October 31, 1 November, 1976, at Graceland.
Lyrics: Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Just pretend that we're together all alone
Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low
You can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go

You can't say the words I want to hear
When your with another man
If you love me, answer yes or no
Darling I will understand

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Just pretend that we're together all alone
Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low
You can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go

You can't say the words I want to hear
When your with another man
If you love me, answer yes or no
Darling I will understand

Just put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Just pretend that we're together all alone
Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go
Yes you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go
More info: One day while talking to his wife on the telephone, songwriter Joe Allison told her to put her mouth closer to the phone because she talked so softly. By the time Allison got home, wife Audrey had written the first line of He'll Have to Go - "Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone". The remainder of the song came quickly for them. He'll Have to Go was first recorded by Jim Reeves (RCA 47-7643) in 1959. His recording reached #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, number one on the country chart, and #13 on the rhythm and blues chart. Sales of over three million copies are claimed. In 1960, Jeane Black recorded a popular answer record, He'll Have to Stay (Capitol 4368), which peaked at #14 on the Hot 100 chart and #6 on the country chart. That song was also a Joe Allison-Audrey Allison composition.

Elvis recorded He'll Have to Go on the night of October 31, 1 November, 1976, at Graceland.