Break It To Me Gently

Album

Let Me Sing

Label

Decca Records

Genre

Country

Composer(s)

Joe Seneca;Diane Lampert

Entered Chart

Jan 13, 1962

Peak Date

Mar 3, 1962

Released

January 8, 1962

Recorded

August 31, 1961

Catalog #

Decca 31348

B-Side

So Deep*

"Break It to Me Gently" is a pop song written by blues musician Joe Seneca with lyrics by Diane Lampert. Both Brenda Lee and Juice Newton were met with considerable success with their versions of the song. Brenda Lee recorded "Break It to Me Gently" on August 31, 1961, with Owen Bradley producing the session at his Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville,[1] after another track from the same sessions, "Fool #1", which became a top 10 hit. "Break It To Me Gently" was released as a single at the end of 1961 and reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 1962.[2] In 2008, the Brenda Lee version of the song was featured at the closing of season 2, episode 7 of the AMC series Mad Men. Lee's "Break It to Me Gently" is on the track list of the CD Pan Am: Music From and Inspired By the Original Series set for release January 17, 2012

Break it to me gently
Let me down that easy way
Make me feel you still love me
If it's just, just for one more day

Break it to me gently so my tears
My tears won't fall too fast
If you must go, then go slowly
Let me love you till the last

The love we've shared for, oh, so long
Is such a big part of me
If you must take your love away
Take it gradually

Oh, oh, break it
Break it to me gently
Give me time, oh, give me
A little time to ease the pain

Love me just a little longer
'Cause I'll never, never love again
'Cause I'll never love again
(Never love again)