If Ever You’re In My Arms Again Lyrics Sung by Peabo Bryson
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Now For the Lyrics
It all came so easy,
All the loving you gave me
The feelings we shared,
And I still can remember,
How your touch was so tender,
It told me you cared
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just couldn’t see, until it was gone
A second once in a lifetime, may be too much to ask
But I swear from now on
If ever you’re in my arms again
This time I’ll love you much better
If ever you’re in my arms again
This time I’ll hold you forever
This time will never end
Now I’m seeing clearly
How I still need you near me
I still love you so
There’s something between us
That won’t ever leave us
There’s no letting go
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just didn’t know it
Till my life fell apart
A second once in a lifetime
Isn’t too much to ask
‘Cause I swear from the heart
If ever you’re in my arms again
This time I’ll love you much better
If ever you’re in my arms again
This time I’ll hold you forever
This time will never end
Never end …
The best of romances,
deserve second chances
I’ll get to you somehow
‘Cause I promise now
If ever you’re in my arms again
This time I’ll love you much better
If ever you’re in my arms again
This time I’ll hold you forever
This time will never end
If ever you’re in my arms again
This time I’ll love you much better
If ever you’re in my arms again
This time I’ll hold you forever
This time will never end
Some Interesting Facts About If Ever You’re In My Arms Again Lyrics and Peabo Bryson
“If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” is a 1984 popular song recorded by the American R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart, the single became Bryson’s first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at #10 during the summer of 1984. It also peaked at #6 on the R&B chart, and it spent four weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart. Bryson would later have two more chart-topping singles on the adult contemporary chart: “A Whole New World”, a duet with Regina Belle that was the theme to the film Aladdin; and “By the Time This Night Is Over”, a song by saxophone player Kenny G on which Bryson was the featured vocalist.
Peabo Bryson
Peabo’s greatest solo hits include 1978’s “Feel The Fire”, “Reaching For The Sky” & “I’m So Into You”, 1982’s “Let The Feeling Flow”, 1984’s “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” (his first Top 10 single, at #10 in the U.S.), 1989’s “Show And Tell” and the 1991 hit “Can You Stop the Rain”. In 1985, he appeared on the soap opera One Life to Live to sing a lyrical version of its theme song. Bryson’s vocals were added to the regular theme song in 1987 and his voice was heard daily until 1992.
Among his duets:
* “Here We Go”, with Minnie Riperton
* “Gimme Some Time”, with Natalie Cole
* “Beauty and the Beast”, with CĂ©line Dion
* “Light The World”, with Deborah Gibson
* “The Gift”, with Roberta Flack
* “I Can’t Imagine”, with Regina Belle
* “A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme)”, with Regina Belle
* “Tonight I Celebrate My Love”, with Roberta Flack
* “The Best Part”, with Nadia Gifford
* “Lovers After All”, with Melissa Manchester
* “You Are My Home” (from The Scarlet Pimpernel) with Linda Eder
* “By the Time This Night Is Over” with Kenny G
* “Without You”, with Kumi Koda
* “As Long As There’s Christmas”, with Roberta Flack
* “Beauty and the Beast”, with Minako Honda
Bryson has also performed in theater and operatic productions, most notably the tenor role of “Sportin’ Life” in the Michigan Opera Theater of Detroit’s version of Porgy and Bess.
Bryson’s tax problems caught up with him on August 21, 2003, when the U.S. Internal Revenue Service seized property from his Atlanta, Georgia, home. He is reported to owe $1.2 million in taxes dating back to 1984. The IRS auctioned much of his possessions, including both Grammy Awards, electronic equipment and his grand piano.
In 2004, Bryson’s “A Whole New World” music video was included on the Platinum Edition DVD release of Aladdin.
Peabo Bryson’s CD, Missing You, was released on October 2, 2007 on Peak Records, a division of Concord Music Group.
Bryson has a daughter named Linda.
He has been engaged several times throughout his career to Juanita Leonard, who was previously married to boxing legend, Sugar Ray Leonard.