10 August 2023

Welsh legend TOM JONES (born Thomas Jones Woodward 73 years ago)
topped the UK Album Charts 55 years ago today, on 10 August 1968
with his LP, titled Delilah.

I guess half of the world knows the title track (my father loved it) that
got him a number one in several countries, despite the song’s story about
a man killing his woman with a knife because she left him for someone else.
The song was written by Barry Mason and Les Reed.

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me, I watched and went out of my mind

My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
I could see, that girl was no good for me
But I was lost like a slave that no man could free

At break of day when that man drove away, I was waiting
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me Delilah, I just couldn’t take anymore
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn’t take anymore

In April 1968 he sang his hit on the legendary American Ed Sullivan Show.

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