“Gerry Goffin died today, June 19, 2014, in Los Angeles, California.
He was seventy-five years old.”
“So what’s the big deal?” you ask. Goffin along with his wife at the time, Carole King, wrote a song that asks what is or has been one of the most asked question in all of time. The song was voted one of the five hundred most popular songs in all of American music. No telling how many people have recorded this song, how many copies it has sold, and how many times it has played on the air waves. Oddly enough, the song was made popular in late 1960 my senior year in high school, by an all-girl group of teenagers, The Shirelles.
Tonight you’re mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow?
Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment’s pleasure
Can I believe the magic of your sighs
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I’m the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun?
I’d like to know that your love
Is a love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won’t ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Have you ever been asked that question? Or have you ever been the one asking that question?
I know about tonight…. but what about tomorrow?
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June 19, 2014
Keep on,
Larry Adamson