Helen Reddy - Don't Tell Me Tonight (Cheers: Sam and Diane)

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From the album Imagination (1983)
Music and lyrics by Antonina Armato, Gary Benson and Frank Wildhorn
Cheers episodes directed by James Burrows and featuring Ted Danson and Shelley Long
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"What episode is that?"

0:11 (on the phone): 1-1 Give Me a Ring Sometime
0:14 (slamming coat and purse): 1-1 Give Me a Ring Sometime
0:17 (arm around Sam): 1-6 Any Friend of Diane's
0:19 (kissing in black): 4-22 Diane Chambers Day
0:21 (hand puppet): 3-6 Coach in Love (1) [i.e., episode 1 of 2]
0:23 (Sam flailing): 1-14 Let Me Count the Ways
0:26 ("Hold on"): 2-22 I'll Be Seeing You (2)
0:28 (nose thumbing): 4-26 Strange Bedfellows (3)
0:30 (tongue wagging): 2-22 I'll Be Seeing You (2)
0:32 (stuffing sweater): 3-6 Coach in Love (1)
0:34 ("You're just staring"): 1-4 Sam at Eleven
0:36 ("What have I done"): 3-7 Coach in Love (2)
0:38 (chasing her out): 5-13 Chambers vs. Malone
0:42 (pushing him out): 1-8 Truce or Consequences
0:47 (checking his watch): 1-22 Showdown (2)
0:50 ("OK"/hands up): 1-11 One for the Book
0:51 ("I get the message"): 4-12 Fools and Their Money
0:54 (water fight looms): 1-5 Coach's Daughter
0:55 (nose grabbing): 2-22 I'll Be Seeing You (2)
1:00 (shaking hands): 3-22 Cheerio, Cheers
1:01 ("you're shakin'"): 1-22 Showdown (2)
1:03 (lighting paper): 2-12 Where There's a Will
1:07 ("You're over my head"): 2-15 And Coachie Makes Three
1:09 (rolling her eyes): 1-12 The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
1:12 (destroying muffin): 4-14 Suspicion
1:13 (hangover headache): 1-8 Truce or Consequences
1:16 (opening the vent): 3-17 The Mail Goes to Jail
1:20 (forming the words): 1-13 Now Pitching, Sam Malone
1:26 ("a fool like me"): 2-2 Little Sister Don't Cha
1:28 (putting up hands): 2-6 Affairs of the Heart
1:30 (waves him away): 1-21 Showdown (1)
1:32 (newspaper on bar): 1-18 No Contest
1:38 ("it's not the time"): 2-17 Fortune and Men's Weight
1:41 (a kiss over the bar): 2-17 Fortune and Men's Weight
1:44 (caught in the act): 5-10 Everyone Imitates Art
1:48 (serving tea): 4-5 Diane's Nightmare
1:52 (smashing cookies): 4-6 I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
1:56 (lower lip lock): 2-7 Old Flames
2:02 (over the desk): 5-18 One Last Fling
2:06 (eyes closed): 3-9 An American Family
2:08 (slamming door): 4-13 Take My Shirt, Please
2:10 (squirt gun ambush): 2-5 Sumner's Return
2:14 (pool table flip): 1-4 Sam at Eleven
2:16 ("stars in our eyes"): 3-4 Fairy Tales Can Come True
2:19 (scaring her): 4-5 Diane's Nightmare
2:22 ("make all decisions"): 3-19 Behind Every Great Man
2:24 (racing out of office): 2-3 Personal Business
2:27 (squirt gun attack): 4-26 Strange Bedfellows (3)
2:30 (overboard escape): 5-1 The Proposal
2:34 (deciding not to): 1-14 Let Me Count the Ways
2:38 (water splashing): 2-9 They Called Me Mayday
2:40 (face slapping): 2-22 I'll Be Seeing You (2)
2:42 ("a fool like me"): 4-14 Suspicion
2:46 (telephone strangulation): 2-21 I'll Be Seeing You (1)
2:50 (dropping the magazine): 5-10 Everyone Imitates Art
2:54 (couch tackle): 1-6 Any Friend of Diane's
3:01 (covering her ears): 1-17 Diane's Perfect Date
3:06 (scene with dialogue): 2-17 Fortune and Men's Weight


Lyrics:

Hold on.
What is that look you've been wearing?
Don't say a word. You're just staring.
What have I done? Oh, don't answer.
Whatever it is, it can wait for
Some other day when I've got the time.

OK.
I get the message. So what now?
We always get hold of it somehow.
Then it's alright, but you're shakin'.
You mean it this time, no mistakin'.
You're over my head. I can't bear to hear.

Don't tell me tonight. I will not listen.
You don't really know what you've been missin'.
The love we had. Why can't you see
That you won't find a fool like me?

Don't tell me tonight. I will not take it.
If you've got some news, then please don't break it.
To leave this way, it's not the time.
By mornin' you might change your mind.

You know that I'm right.
But if I'm wrong, then please don't tell me tonight.

How come
We got to this. When we started
We just couldn't miss. You remember
Stars in our eyes. We had visions.
Together we'd make all decisions.
So think of us then when you see me now.