Kathie Lee Gifford (born August 16, 1953) is an American television host, singer, songwriter and actress, best known for her 15-year run (1985–2000) on the talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin. She has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of The Today Show team.
Before her long stint in talk shows, Gifford's first television exposure was that of Tom Kennedy's singer/sidekick on Name That Tune, from 1974-78. On April 7, 2008, Gifford began co-hosting the fourth hour of NBC's Today Show, alongside Hoda Kotb.
Kathie Lee Gifford, born Kathryn Lee Epstein in Paris, France, is the daughter of Joan (née Cuttell; born January 20, 1930), a singer, and Aaron Epstein (March 19, 1924 – November 19, 2002), a musician and former U.S. Navy officer. Aaron Epstein was stationed with his family in France at the time of Gifford's birth. Gifford grew up in Bowie, Maryland, and attended Bowie High School. During high school, Gifford was a singer in a folk group, "Pennsylvania Next Right," which performed frequently at school assemblies. During her senior year at high school she dated and went to the prom with Michael Bray, who would later become an anti-abortion activist who was convicted for acts of terrorism. After high school graduation, Gifford attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, studying drama and music.
Verse 1
We make coffee
Make polite conversations
Make plans for the day
And our summer vacation
Make reservations for dinner with friends
We make allowances
We make amends
We make time for the things that don't matter
We make do
Make idle chatter
Make every effort to make the future secure
But we don't make love anymore
Chorus
How did the inches grow into the miles?
How did the silence, silence the sound?
How did we stumble
When we once were so sure?
We don't make love anymore
Verse 2
We make a promise
We know we can't keep
We make progress
But the hurt is too deep
We make mistakes
We've made too often before
But we don't make love anymore
Chorus
How did the inches grow into the miles?
How did the silence, silence the sound?
How did we stumble
When we once were so sure?
We don't make love anymore
Verse 3
We make light of a bad situation
We make a point to avoid confrontation
We make predictions on what is in store
But we don't make love anymore
We making a living
But we're living a lie
And I can't make myself
Stop asking why?
If we're not here for love
What are we living for?
We don't make love anymore
We don't make love
And it's time that things start to change
Verse 1
Can this be real?
Can this be true?
That I'm over you
Guess I'm finally over you
Cause It's been awhile
Since I've missed your smile
And being held so close...
I don't need that every night
My arms don't feel so empty anymore
Like I'm not empty inside
Chorus
Well the hardest part of giving up
Is knowing love used to be true
And the hardest part is giving up
When I'm still in love with you
Verse 2
You found someone new
And I've found someone too
And he don't look like you
He don't remind me of you at all
That's why I don't care
That you're always there
When I close my eyes...
Everytime I close my eyes
The bed don't feel so empty anymore
Like I'm not empty inside
Chorus
Well the hardest part of giving up
Is knowing love used to be true
And the hardest part is giving up
When I'm still in love with you
My heart don't feel so empty anymore
Like I'm not empty inside
Chorus
Well the hardest part of giving up
Is knowing love used to be true
And the hardest part is giving up
When I'm still in love with you
Verse 1
Is this the night
Is this the end
You've come to tell me goodbye
You look at me
But I can still see
There's so much love in your eyes
Hook 1
So what are we doing
When I feel the same
We can get through this
Don't throw it away
Chorus
Isn't love reason enough
To lay or hearts on the line
And isn't love reason enough
To try just one more time
Please don't give up
For isn't love reason enough
Verse 2
Me standing here
You standing there
Silenced by heartache and pride
This isn't right
Just isn't fair
Why can't we just say what we're feeling inside
Hook 2
Reach through the distance
Just pull me in
There's enough love left
To start again
Chorus
Isn't love reason enough
To lay or hearts on the line
And isn't love reason enough
To try just one more time
Please don't give up
For isn't love reason enough
Bridge
It will be worth all that it's gonna take
To stay and fight for it
Not lose sight of it
Baby just have some faith
Chorus
Isn't love reason enough
To lay or hearts on the line
And isn't love reason enough
To try just one more time
Please don't give up
Verse 1
You're lying so close
I can feel your heart
It's beatin'
I'm dying to touch you here in the dark
But you're dreamin'
Before we pull back the curtain
Let the world into this room
Let's hold to what we know is certain
Cause it's always gone too soon
Chorus
Make my, make my, go on and make my day
Make my, make my, go on and make my day
Let's go back into the covers
Back into each other
Back to being lovers
Make my, make my, go on and make my day
Go on and make my day
Verse 2
You open your eyes
And you know inside what I'm needing
You've always been able to read my mind
Now you're reading
There's no need for hesitation
Later on will be to late
Sometimes love is so impatient
But everybody else can wait
If you'll...
Chorus
Make my, make my, go on and make my day
Make my, make my, go on and make my day
Let's go back into the covers
Back into each other
Back to being lovers
Make my, make my, go on and make my day
Go on and make my day
Bridge
Day is dawning
There's a promise in the light
Let's make the best of the morning
Chorus
There will be those times we fight back tears
And there will be those times when we get scared
As Long as we're together we'll get there
Cause love never fails
Love never fails
Verse 1
I have all that I need
So much so I feel weak
Cause the love we have is never ending
All those moments we make
Are too precious to waste
In a world that is forever changing
I wouldn't change you for anything
I'll be forever loving you
Chorus
There will be those times we fight back tears
And there will be those times when we get scared
As Long as we're together we'll get there
Cause love never fails
Love never fails
Verse 2
Asllep or awake
No, there's never a day
That goes by when I don't think about you
Only you touched my life
For the very first time
I'd be lost baby without you
I wouldn't change you for anything
I'll be forever loving you
Chorus
There will be those times we fight back tears
And there will be those times when we get scared
As Long as we're together we'll get there
Cause love never fails
Love never fails
Bridge
There's no greater gift
Than the love that you breathe
Forever hold me
Many rivers to cross
But our love will guide us
It's all we need
It's all we need
Chorus 2
There will be those times
When we test our faith
On some other roads
We have to take
We'll always find our way
It's more than just a love song
I sing for you today
It's my way of telling you
All Icould not say
Through all the silent moments
When I could not find the words
For all the tears I cried inside
The ones you never heard
Chorus
It's always been you
Right from the start
Always been you I hid
Inside my heart
Did my best
Not to confess
Cause we both belong to someone else
Now nothing's left
In our way
No one to hurt
No hearts to break
It's time you knew
It's always been you
You were who I'd turn to
On dark and lonely nights
I wouldn't have made through it
Without you in my life
You talked me through the hard times
And held me through goodbyes
You knew me like nobody could
But never realized
Chorus
So many nights I dreamed
Of how it would be
Say that you feel it too
Tell me now
What are we gonna do?
Verse 1
Is this the night
Is this the end
You've come to tell me goodbye
You look at me
But I can still see
There's so much love in your eyes
Hook 1
So what are we doing
When I feel the same
We can get through this
Don't throw it away
Chorus
Isn't love reason enough
To lay or hearts on the line
And isn't love reason enough
To try just one more time
Please don't give up
For isn't love reason enough
Verse 2
Me standing here
You standing there
Silenced by heartache and pride
This isn't right
Just isn't fair
Why can't we just say what we're feeling inside
Hook 2
Reach through the distance
Just pull me in
There's enough love left
To start again
Chorus
Isn't love reason enough
To lay or hearts on the line
And isn't love reason enough
To try just one more time
Please don't give up
For isn't love reason enough
Bridge
It will be worth all that it's gonna take
To stay and fight for it
Not lose sight of it
Baby just have some faith
Chorus
Isn't love reason enough
To lay or hearts on the line
And isn't love reason enough
To try just one more time
Please don't give up
Verse 1
What's happening
Inside of me
I've never felt this way baby
What's wrong with my heart
Tell me where do I start
I can't find the words to say
Here in your arms I feel complete
You're all that I'll never need
Chorus
I don't wanna say goodbye
I don't wanna let you go
Cause I love the way I feel baby
When you hold me close
When I look into your eyes
I can see inside your heart
I wanna stay in your arms tonight
I don't wanna say goodbye
Verse 2
We could pretend
That we're only friends
We could just walk away baby
Forget this kiss
And leave it like this
But I know my heart would break
Where would I turn
What would I do
I would be lost without you
Chorus
I don't wanna say goodbye
I don't wanna let you go
Cause I love the way I feel baby
When you hold me close
When I look into your eyes
I can see inside your heart
I wanna stay in your arms tonight
I don't wanna say goodbye
Verse 1
You've got heartache written all over you
But tell me the truth
What is a girl to do?
You're trouble with a capital "T"
You're nothing but a heartache for me
Verse 2
Ooh, that's hitting below the belt
I'm feeling some felings like I've never felt
I better move it
Or I'm gonna be
Another heartache casualty
Chorus
Heartache, heartache
Guaranteed to make my heart break
Oh, I know that love's the last thing that you're thinking about
Before I let you in
I'm gonna throw you out
Verse 3
I can't afford what you're gonna cost me
The look in your eyes
Is enough to defrost me
I've got an urge & you're ready to take
And I'm on the verge of a big mistake
Verse 4
You've got the moves babe
But I've got more
Let me tell you baby
I've seen your type before
You come & you go
Leaving hearts in your wake
But that's one hit list I won't make
Chorus
Heartache, heartache
Guaranteed to make my heart break
Oh, I know that love's the last thing that you're thinking about
Before I let you in
I'm gonna throw you out
Chorus 2
Heartache, heartache
Guaranteed to make my heart break
Oh, I know that love's the last thing that you're thinking about
I don't need no heartbreak
I'm doin just fine
Bridge
You're coming at me
With an "H" on your chest
But you only want me
Because you had all the rest
I don't mean to be cruel
But I'm nobody's fool
Verse 1
Look all around
You see the same thing
In every book, every magazine
All of them saying we're worlds apart
Well, maybe we're different but we share the same heart
Hook 1
Ask any woman and she'll tell you what's true
What we need ain't nothing new
Chorus
The heart of a woman
Is just like a man's
She wants someone who needs her
Someone who understands
The heart of a woman needs like his
Somebody who loves her just like she is
It's as simple as this
Verse 1
Look all around
It's all the same
So many people so tired of the game
So dissapointed with love that's gone wrong
If only we realized the truth all along
Hook 2
Ask anybody and they'll tell you what's true
What they need is the same thing as you
Chorus
The heart of a woman
Is just like a man's
She wants someone who needs her
Someone who understands
The heart of a woman needs like his
Somebody who loves her just like she is
It's as simple as this
Hook 3
It's been the same thing through all of history
But the heart of a woman is no mystery
Chorus
The heart of a woman
Is just like a man's
She wants someone who needs her
Someone who understands
The heart of a woman needs like his
Somebody who loves her just like she is
Verse 1
It's more than just a love song
I sing for you today
It's my way of telling you
All Icould not say
Through all the silent moments
When I could not find the words
For all the tears I cried inside
The ones you never heard
Chorus
It's always been you
Right from the start
Always been you I hid
Inside my heart
Did my best
Not to confess
Cause we both belong to someone else
Now nothing's left
In our way
No one to hurt
No hearts to break
It's time you knew
It's always been you
Verse 2
You were who I'd turn to
On dark and lonely nights
I wouldn't have made through it
Without you in my life
You talked me through the hard times
And held me through goodbyes
You knew me like nobody could
But never realized
Chorus
It's always been you
Right from the start
Always been you I hid
Inside my heart
Did my best
Not to confess
Cause we both belong to someone else
Now nothing's left
In our way
No one to hurt
No hearts to break
It's time you knew
It's always been you
Bridge
So many nights I dreamed
Of how it would be
Say that you feel it too
Tell me now
What are we gonna do?
Chorus
It's always been you
Right from the start
Always been you I hid
Inside my heart
Did my best
Not to confess
Cause we both belong to someone else
Now nothing's left
In our way
No one to hurt
No hearts to break
It's time you knew