CHICAGO
Hot Streets
(1978)
RHINO • Special Edition 2003
1. Alive Again 4'11 (James Pankow)
2. Greates Love On Earth 3'18 (Danny Seraphine / David Wolinski)
3. Little Miss Lovin' * 4'36 (Peter Cetera)
4. Hot Streets 5'23 (Robert Lamm)
5. Take A Chance 4'45 (Lee Loughnane / Stash Wagner)
6. Gone Long Gone 4'00 (Peter Cetera)
7. Ain't It Time 4'15 (Donnie Dacus / Danny Seraphine / Schebke)
8. Love Was New 3'32 (Robert Lamm)
9. No Tell Lover 4'16 (Danny Seraphine / Peter Cetera)
10. Show Me The Way 3'41 (Danny Seraphine / David Wolinski)
Bonus Selections:
11. Love Was New (Alternate Vocal) 3'30
(Donnie Dacus / Stephen Stills / Warner Schwebke)
LeadVocal by Donnie Dacus
Total Time: 45:27
Robert Lamm - Keyboards, Vocals, CS-80 Synthesizer on "Show Me The Way"
Donnie Dacus - Guitar, Vocals; Solos on "Alive Again", "Hot Streets" & "Take A Chance"
Peter Cetera - Bass, Vocals
James Pankow - Trombone, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
Lee Loughnane - Trumpet, Vocals
Walter Parazaider - Woodwinds, Flute Solo on "Hot Streets"
Danny Seraphine - Drums
Laudir Soares De Oliveria - Percussion
With:
BLUE WEAVER - Synthesizer on "NoTell Lover"
David "Hawk" Wolinski - Fender Rhodes on "Show Me The Way"
Produced by Phil Ramone and CHICAGO®
Engineered by Jim Boyer
with Thanks for their help Don Gehman and Lee DeCarlo
Assistant Engineers:
Dave Martone
Kevin Ryan
Peter Lewis
Production Associate to Mr. Ramone
Carol Peters
Co-ordination for CHICAGO
Jerry Vaccarino
Hank Steiger
Kenny Jones
Don Johnson
Mike Stahl
Steve Jensen
Mansions And Cuisine by
HOME AT LAST
Miami, Florida
Fixes
The RECORD PLANT
Los Angeles, California
And Mixes
AER RECORDING Inc.
New York City
Remixed by
Jim Boyer
and Phil Ramone
Mastered by
Ted Jensen
STERLING SOUND
New York City
Personal Management
WALD-NANES ASSOCIATES
Beverly Hills, California
Jeff S. Wald
Herbert S. Nanas
Jack E. Goudie
Design & Photography
Norman Seeff
CHICAGO Logo
Jim Evans
Typography
Phil Shima
*Background Vocals:
Peter Cetera
Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Brass Arrangements:
James Pankow
Except "Love Was New"
Arranged by Lee Lougnane
This Reissue:
A&R / Project Supervision: Lee Louchnane, Jeff Magid, David McLees & Gary Peterson
Remastering: DAVID DONNELLY at DNA MASTERINC, Studio City, CA
Product Manager: Mike Encstrom
Editorial Supervision: Cory Frye
Art Direction: Maria Villar
Design: Valerie Valera
Project Assistance: Bob O'Neill, Tim Scanlin, Steve Woolard & Steven Chean
A. Scott Galloway gives Special Thanks To Phil Ramone and Mindi Rappoport.
Special Thanks:
Emily Simon, Lynda Lou Bouch, Laurie Gorman,
Malinda Ramirez, David Millman, Nina Avramides, Debbie Aronofsky,
Lisa Thomas & Steve Brumbach
Representation:
HK MANAGEMENT
Howard KAUFMAN & Peter SCHIVARELLI
Recorded at CRITERIA STUDIOS, Miami, Florida
Additional Recording at The RECORD PLANT (3rd Street), Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at A&R RECORDINC Inc., New York, NY
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NOTE: This album was originally issued as Columbia #FC-35512 (10/78); IPs #12. Numbers in italics (following original release information) denote peak positions attained by singles on Billboard's "Hot 100" and "Easy Listening" charts, respectively, and by this album on the "Top LP's & Tapes" chart - courtesy BPI Communications and Joe! Whitburn's Record Research Publications.
Chart Information:
Sept. '78 - Hot Streets - Chart Position 12
Oct. '78 - Alive Again / Love Was New - Chart Position 14
Mar. '79 - No Tell Lover / The Greatest Love On Earth - Dec. '78 Chart Position 14
Apr. '79 - Gone Long Gone / The Greatest Love on Earth - Chart Position 73
In imaginary sheet music terms, Hot Streets was a CHICAGO album of major
firsts. It was the first to lack a Roman numeral title, the first to downplay the band's trademark logo, and, subsequently, the first to feature not one but two fold-out photos of all eight CHICAGO members (as rendered by 70s LP-portrait king Norman Seeff). It was also their first album recorded without original producer/manager James William Guercio, and the first in years to not be
But most profoundly, Hot Streets was the first album CHICAGO would record without original guitarist, writer, and singer Terry Kath, who died tragically on January 23, 1978, from an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound. For the first time, the group faced the painful process of hiring someone to follow in the footsteps of a brother.
"The auditions were held at [drummer] Danny Seraphine's home in Westlake," CHICAGO founder Walt Parazaider recalls. "The entire band was
present, so every cat that came in [from top session pros to rock star wanna-bes] had all of us right on top of them. I'm sure it scared the hell outta some of 'em".
"A big part of it was us learning how to give them all a fair shot," keyboardist Robert Lamm elaborates. "We set aside a couple of weeks and saw five or six guys a day. We gave them a list of songs to learn, a cross section of things that were challenging and some that Terry sang. We spent an hour and a half with each guy to get them comfortable, jam a little, then have them play".
CHICAGO saw 35 hopefuls during those hard winter weeks. "After the first day, I went to bed at 7", Parazaider says. "Emotionally I was drained—With Terry we'd been through chicken bones being thrown at us on Sunday matinees, honing our craft back in Chicago. What guy was gonna live up to that?
"There was one fella who played OK," he continues, brightening. "When he got done, he said,'Now, I know you're not gonna pick me, but I just wanna say that my wife and I have loved you ever since the band started. Can I
have your autographs?'There was another guy from Cleveland who played really well, but his singing was suspect.Then Donnie came in".
Cleburne,Texas, native Donnie "Hot Licks" Dacus was a fan of Hendrix,The Beatles, and Southern rock. He moved to L.A. in '69, joined the band Yellow Payges, and subsequently worked with Roger McGuinn, Stephen Stills, Boz Scaggs, and Kiki Dee. He was filming the role of "Woof" in the big-screen adaptation of Hair when he learned of the CHICAGO auditions. He prepped during breaks in his 15-hour-a-day New York City shooting schedule, then flew back West for tryouts. After nailing "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", the axe-grinding guitar of "25 Or 6 To 4", and the gut-wrenching vocal of "Little One", the 26-year-old Dacus got the gig. "Donnie was the least intimidated by us", Parazaider says. As trumpeter Lee Loughnane remembers, "He had a youthful fire, which felt like a good thing for us to get rekindled with."
To coproduce the next album, CHICAGO called on Phil Ramone, an engineer-turned-producer whose successes include Phoebe Snow's Second Childhood, Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, Billy Joel's 52nd Street, and Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson's A Star Is Born. "Phil had mixed some of our records and engineered some concerts," Lamm says."He knew our sound, and he knew us. He had a good temperament too.We kind of overwhelmed him in the control room, which Guercio never allowed"
Ramone took CHICAGO to the world-renowned Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, setting it up as a rehearsal and recording space, so the octet could create and capture their new music with a focused work ethic. As Pankow recalls, the band stayed in two rented mansions: the rhythm section in one, and the horns and a couple of roadies in the other. At Criteria, Ramone and engineer Jim Boyer recorded the rhythm section with guide vocals, then overdubbed horns, solos, and final lead vocals to retain the live power CHICAGO flexed onstage.
"I loved the band and had great respect for what Guercio did with them, but they wanted a more democratic process," Ramone says. "I explained that this would be a decent musical playground, but at the end of the day we all had to sit in judgment of the work. Neither they nor I wanted to make a mournful album. Rock 'n' roll takes its victims quite seriously and does destroy.Yet CHICAGO was, and is, a very spirited group,'lunatic fringe' in their sense of humor!"
That spirit bursts through on the LP's rousing opener (and first single), "Alive Again", where a fake-out disco intro gives way to ringing power-guitar chords (no wonder The NbA On C&S used it for theme music that season). Bassist Peter Cetera shares the lead vocal with Dacus, who takes his guitar solo using the talk-box device made popular during that Peter Frampton era.
On the song's layers of inspiration, writer James Pankow shares:"l remember sitting at the piano in my house.There was a picture of Terry on the wall. I started writing the song about a rediscovery of myself and a relationship, but as I got into the words I looked up at Terry, and an ulterior motive behind the lyric slapped me across the face. In an obtuse way I felt a connection with a renewed responsibility to the band and our fans. If you look behind the boy/girl thing, it can be construed as an encouragement that our phenomenal career would continue."
The raunchy rock of Cetera's "Little Miss Lovin'" benefits from the background harmonies of the Bee Gees' Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, then cutting Spirits Having Flown at Criteria. Lee and Walt played fliigelhorn and flute on the brothers' hit "Too Much Heaven" in return. "Take A Chance" was a dicey writing collaboration between Loughnane and his second wife's sister's boyfriend, Stash Wagner (who'd scored a 1969 hit with Fraternity Of Man's "doob-ious" novelty, "Don't Bogart Me", better known as "Don't Bogart That Joint"). Dacus sings lead and takes the guitar solo. He also addresses his sunny career fortunes on "Ain't It Time", his first band writing break.
"No Tell Lover", the album's second single, rightfully became a staple of soft rock radio with its wicked midnight groove and slow-burning
cheatin' sentiments. Loughnane wrote the music, lead singer Cetera the melody
Seraphine the lyrics, and Pankow the classic horn break. Bee Gees keyboardist BLUE WEAVER provided synthesized strings, giving the final mix its sheen. Equally luscious is Lamm's "Love Was New", which he sang; Loughnane steps up with his first recorded horn arrangement. Seraphine and longtime friend David "Hawk" Wolinski coauthored the experimental "Show Me The Way", as well as the dynamic, Cetera-sung "The Greatest Love On Earth". Cetera himself landed the album's third single, "Gone Long Gone", which harked back to the country strains of Chicago VI's "In Terms Of Two".
Unquestionably, the album's finest hour is its title track, a quintessential crystallization of the jazz-rock suites that CHICAGO waxed in its early days. Drummer Seraphine and Brazilian percussionist Laudir de Oliveira drive and color the soundscape as Cetera's bass surfs atop the shifting tropical
time signatures. Moving from 4/4 in the meat of the chart to 7/8 for the solos (Parazaider's nimbly darting flute, Pankow's off-the-Richter sectional horn break, and Dacus' simmering, Santana-esque guitar), the piece—musically and lyrically— finds Lamm working his way through some cosmic, soul-searching changes. "Hot Streets" is about spiritual time travel, if you will," the songwriter offers. "I was trying to figure out where I belonged and what mattered in my life ... especially after losing Terry".
Upon Hot Streets' release in October 1978, CHICAGO were launched in splashy style with cover stories in Rolling Stone and People.They did a week at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre; their opening act was The Los Angeles Ballet, dancing to a medley of their hits.The band was also joined on tour by conductor/composer Bill Conti (then hot from scoring Rocky), who rehearsed orchestra musicians to augment key pieces.
Casting a parting glance on the career hurdle Hot Streets—a platinum seller—Parazaider concludes: "We came through the other end of some unbelievable adversity. At the time it was all a big drag. Looking back now, though, it was one of the greatest times in our lives. It's when we learned that whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger".
— A. Scott Galloway
1. Alive Again
Yesterday I would not have believed
That tomorrow the sun would shine
Then one day you came into my life
I am alive again I am alive again
All the empty yesterdays have disappeared
Now that you have filled my life with love
No one else could ever mean so much to me
Every day my high lasts longer
As our love grows ever stronger
Yesterday I would not have believed
That tomorrow the sun would shine
Then one day you came into my life
I am alive again I am alive again
When you gave your love to me you changed my life
Dreams that once seemd hopeless come with ease
Thank you girl for being just the way you are
I would never try to change you
All I live for is to love you
I'm feeling alive again
I'm feeling alive again
2. The Greatest Love On Earth
It's a long distance love affair
Tender are the moments that they rarely share
They hope their time will come someday
When together with the fraulein they'll steal away
It's the greatest love on earth
He's come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just a fantasy
He's dying inside dying of frustration reaching out in hope
And he wants so hard to hide inside of her soul
'Cause that's what he needs to cope
It's the greatest love on earth
Her lovin' eyes are all he wants to see
And he knows that in her heart there lies his destiny
When she holds him in her arms he can feel the warmth
Of her gentle ways
And when she kissed him it was just like making music
That no one else will ever play
It's the greatest love on earth
He's come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just a fantasy
It's the greatest love on earth
He's come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just another fantasy
3. Little Miss Lovin'
Oo wee
Skinny mama look good to me
Yesiree
Little miss lovin'
Down upon my knees
I want to tell you that I'm beggin please
Yes indeed
Little miss lovin' little miss lovin'
Sweet sixteen
Mighty fine in your tight blue jeans
Come on come on to me
Little miss lovin'
Baby you tear me up
And you kill me when you strut that stuff
Mighty tuff
Little miss lovin' little miss lovin'
Just because I need you
I sing my song
Even though I'm gone tomorrow
If you don't believe me
Then come along
I will always love you so
Love you little mama
And I can't let go
Oo wee pretty baby look good to me
Yesiree
Little miss loviness
I'm down upon my knees
I'm a fool for the younger squeeze
Yes indeed little miss lovin' little miss lovin'
Just because I need you
I sing my song
Even though I'm gone tomorrow
If you don't believe me
Then come along
I will always love you so
Love you pretty mama and I can't let go
Sweet sixteen mighty fine in your blue jeans
Come to me little miss lovin'
Baby you're lookin' fine and mama I can read your mind
Come on anytime little miss lovin' little miss lovin'
4. Hot Streets
Hot streets down below me
All the people moving slowly
As they search each other's faces
For a trace of hope
Concealed beneath their laughter
And it's only love they're after
Mountains lie before me
Skies ahead are looking stormy
As the highway driver braces
For a race with time
To reach a destination
Of his own imagination
A child of the sky
A rider on the wind
I can fly
A prisoner of time
A dimensional crime
Lost am I
Winter stars above me
With a woman who can love me
And moonlight swept embraces
Fill my space with joy and peace
The sweet vibrations
Of a lover's celebration
5. Take A Chance
Take a chance dream a dream
Lay a bet down on me
I will see you with my heart
Raise you with honesty
All the love I share with you
Is too priceless to lose
For your loving I will gamble
And I'm gambling on you
All the odds are on our side
And I know you're worth it
Gonna take it
Go for it
Can I play, deal me in
I'm a man who likes to win
Though I can't foresee the future
With you I don't fear a thing
All the odds are on our side
And I know you're worth it gonna take it
Go for it
6. Gone Long Gone
I thought for the rest of my life
You'd see me through it
Guess all along I knew it
Nothing mattered everything was all right
When you saw to it
Before I knew it you were gone long gone
You said you would always be there
Well I believed you
I was a fool to need you
Gave my love then I gave you my heart
And then you flew it
Before I knew it
You were gone long gone
Hard facing another day
Just crying the night away
Said more than I meant to say
When I knew that you were gone
I thought for the rest of my life
You'd see me through it
Yes all along I knew it
Didn't matter and it didn't seem right
And then you flew it
Before I knew it you were gone long gone.
You were gone long gone
7. Ain't It Time
Oh what a lucky day
Things are going my way
Sun is arising mesmerizing everything I say
People all around this uptight town
Someone's gonna recoginze me
Ain't it time
Dues I've been paying for so long only making me stronger
Lady luck won't you please come to me I can't wait any longer
I spend all my time writing notes and rhyme
Tryin' to find new dimensions
Ain't it time
Time for movin' on
Time enough to grow
Time enough to find myself
Everything's okay
What a lucky day
Time enough to play my guitar
Competition everywhere is getting all of us down
I've been makin' all the rounds I feel like a train on the wrong track
Don't get lost 'cause you might get caught going out
The wrong door now
Ain't it time
Time for movin' on
Time enough to grow
Time enough to find myself
Everything's okay
What a lucky day
Time enough to play my guitar
8. Love Was New
Remember when we were first falling in love
How we planned all the things we would do
Beautiful days and the nights all ablaze
Hoping our dreams would come true
Love was new
Rmember the house at the top of the hill
How the sunlight caressed all the trees
I played all my music I sang you my love
The chiming church bells rode the breeze
Love was new
Time has a way of obscuring our memories
And good times are hard to recall
Basic survival and day to day living
Leaves no time for romance at all
I just wanted to say I'm still falling in love
Every day with you, every day
Remember that Christmas with just a few friends
And the whole town was covered with snow
We laughed and we loved as we skied in the sun
It seems such a long time ago
Love was new
Something you said one night started me thinking
How sweet love is as it begins
Taken for granted it slips through your fingers
And leaves you on needles and pins
But there ain't no way baby that we'd let that happen
Our love will always be new
I just wanted to say I'm still faling in love
Every day with you,falling in love every day with you
9. No Tell Lover
Pretty smile lovely face and a warm breeze now I need you lady
You're my no tell lover
Every night in a different place I'll meet you tender lady
You're my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin' me that this affair's not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming, even if it's you I'm lovin'
Every minute is an hour every day's a lonely lifetime
You're my no tell lover
The little time that we spend together just can't last forever
You're my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin' me that this affair's not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming even though it's you I'm lovin'
I want her
I can't leave her
I won't live without her
There's nothing left to say
I want her
I can't leave her
Pretty smile, lovely face and a warm breeze now I need you lady
You're my no tell lover
Every night in a different place I'll need you tender lady
You're my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin' me this affair's not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming even though it's you I'm lovin'
I want her
I can't leave her
I won't live without her
She's my no tell lover
10. Show Me The Way
Flying so high
Feeling so low
Fill my empty heart
Don't say no
Can I get through this night, with some lovin' to show
Won't you show me the way to go--I don't know
Won't you open your eyes
I know you really care
You see these games you play
They're just not fair
After all the good times and secrets we've shared
Won't you show me the way to go--I don't know
I wanna take my place
I wanna take my place
I wanna take my place with the loved ones
Well I still can't see how things were meant to be
Love me even for one day I'll treat you like a lady
In my heart you'll stay forever you know
Won't you show me the way to go--I don't know
Marching into your heart
Marching into your heart
Total Time: 45:27
Engineered by Jim Boyer
with Thanks for their help Don Gehman and Lee DeCarlo
Assistant Engineers:
Dave Martone
Kevin Ryan
Peter Lewis
Production Associate to Mr. Ramone
Carol Peters
Co-ordination for CHICAGO
Jerry Vaccarino
Hank Steiger
Kenny Jones
Don Johnson
Mike Stahl
Steve Jensen
Mansions And Cuisine by
HOME AT LAST
Miami, Florida
Fixes
The RECORD PLANT
Los Angeles, California
And Mixes
AER RECORDING Inc.
New York City
Remixed by
Jim Boyer
and Phil Ramone
Mastered by
Ted Jensen
STERLING SOUND
New York City
Personal Management
WALD-NANES ASSOCIATES
Beverly Hills, California
Jeff S. Wald
Herbert S. Nanas
Jack E. Goudie
Design & Photography
Norman Seeff
CHICAGO Logo
Jim Evans
Typography
Phil Shima
*Background Vocals:
Peter Cetera
Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Brass Arrangements:
James Pankow
Except "Love Was New"
Arranged by Lee Lougnane
This Reissue:
A&R / Project Supervision: Lee Louchnane, Jeff Magid, David McLees & Gary Peterson
Remastering: DAVID DONNELLY at DNA MASTERINC, Studio City, CA
Product Manager: Mike Encstrom
Editorial Supervision: Cory Frye
Art Direction: Maria Villar
Design: Valerie Valera
Project Assistance: Bob O'Neill, Tim Scanlin, Steve Woolard & Steven Chean
Special Thanks:
Recorded at CRITERIA STUDIOS, Miami, Florida
CHICAGO and
Additional Recording at The RECORD PLANT (3rd Street), Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at A&R RECORDINC Inc., New York, NY
are Marks owned by CHICAGO MUSIC, Inc.
www.chicagotheband.com
www.ctao(ficial(anclub.com
Chart Information:
1. Alive Again
Yesterday I would not have believed
That tomorrow the sun would shine
Then one day you came into my life
I am alive again I am alive again
All the empty yesterdays have disappeared
Now that you have filled my life with love
No one else could ever mean so much to me
Every day my high lasts longer
As our love grows ever stronger
Yesterday I would not have believed
That tomorrow the sun would shine
Then one day you came into my life
I am alive again I am alive again
When you gave your love to me you changed my life
Dreams that once seemd hopeless come with ease
Thank you girl for being just the way you are
I would never try to change you
All I live for is to love you
I'm feeling alive again
I'm feeling alive again
2. The Greatest Love On Earth
It's a long distance love affair
Tender are the moments that they rarely share
They hope their time will come someday
When together with the fraulein they'll steal away
It's the greatest love on earth
He's come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just a fantasy
He's dying inside dying of frustration reaching out in hope
And he wants so hard to hide inside of her soul
'Cause that's what he needs to cope
It's the greatest love on earth
Her lovin' eyes are all he wants to see
And he knows that in her heart there lies his destiny
When she holds him in her arms he can feel the warmth
Of her gentle ways
And when she kissed him it was just like making music
That no one else will ever play
It's the greatest love on earth
He's come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just a fantasy
It's the greatest love on earth
He's come from so far away to see
Is this his lifelong dream or just another fantasy
3. Little Miss Lovin'
Oo wee
Skinny mama look good to me
Yesiree
Little miss lovin'
Down upon my knees
I want to tell you that I'm beggin please
Yes indeed
Little miss lovin' little miss lovin'
Sweet sixteen
Mighty fine in your tight blue jeans
Come on come on to me
Little miss lovin'
Baby you tear me up
And you kill me when you strut that stuff
Mighty tuff
Little miss lovin' little miss lovin'
Just because I need you
I sing my song
Even though I'm gone tomorrow
If you don't believe me
Then come along
I will always love you so
Love you little mama
And I can't let go
Oo wee pretty baby look good to me
Yesiree
Little miss loviness
I'm down upon my knees
I'm a fool for the younger squeeze
Yes indeed little miss lovin' little miss lovin'
Just because I need you
I sing my song
Even though I'm gone tomorrow
If you don't believe me
Then come along
I will always love you so
Love you pretty mama and I can't let go
Sweet sixteen mighty fine in your blue jeans
Come to me little miss lovin'
Baby you're lookin' fine and mama I can read your mind
Come on anytime little miss lovin' little miss lovin'
4. Hot Streets
Hot streets down below me
All the people moving slowly
As they search each other's faces
For a trace of hope
Concealed beneath their laughter
And it's only love they're after
Mountains lie before me
Skies ahead are looking stormy
As the highway driver braces
For a race with time
To reach a destination
Of his own imagination
A child of the sky
A rider on the wind
I can fly
A prisoner of time
A dimensional crime
Lost am I
Winter stars above me
With a woman who can love me
And moonlight swept embraces
Fill my space with joy and peace
The sweet vibrations
Of a lover's celebration
5. Take A Chance
Take a chance dream a dream
Lay a bet down on me
I will see you with my heart
Raise you with honesty
All the love I share with you
Is too priceless to lose
For your loving I will gamble
And I'm gambling on you
All the odds are on our side
And I know you're worth it
Gonna take it
Go for it
Can I play, deal me in
I'm a man who likes to win
Though I can't foresee the future
With you I don't fear a thing
All the odds are on our side
And I know you're worth it gonna take it
Go for it
6. Gone Long Gone
I thought for the rest of my life
You'd see me through it
Guess all along I knew it
Nothing mattered everything was all right
When you saw to it
Before I knew it you were gone long gone
You said you would always be there
Well I believed you
I was a fool to need you
Gave my love then I gave you my heart
And then you flew it
Before I knew it
You were gone long gone
Hard facing another day
Just crying the night away
Said more than I meant to say
When I knew that you were gone
I thought for the rest of my life
You'd see me through it
Yes all along I knew it
Didn't matter and it didn't seem right
And then you flew it
Before I knew it you were gone long gone.
You were gone long gone
7. Ain't It Time
Oh what a lucky day
Things are going my way
Sun is arising mesmerizing everything I say
People all around this uptight town
Someone's gonna recoginze me
Ain't it time
Dues I've been paying for so long only making me stronger
Lady luck won't you please come to me I can't wait any longer
I spend all my time writing notes and rhyme
Tryin' to find new dimensions
Ain't it time
Time for movin' on
Time enough to grow
Time enough to find myself
Everything's okay
What a lucky day
Time enough to play my guitar
Competition everywhere is getting all of us down
I've been makin' all the rounds I feel like a train on the wrong track
Don't get lost 'cause you might get caught going out
The wrong door now
Ain't it time
Time for movin' on
Time enough to grow
Time enough to find myself
Everything's okay
What a lucky day
Time enough to play my guitar
8. Love Was New
Remember when we were first falling in love
How we planned all the things we would do
Beautiful days and the nights all ablaze
Hoping our dreams would come true
Love was new
Rmember the house at the top of the hill
How the sunlight caressed all the trees
I played all my music I sang you my love
The chiming church bells rode the breeze
Love was new
Time has a way of obscuring our memories
And good times are hard to recall
Basic survival and day to day living
Leaves no time for romance at all
I just wanted to say I'm still falling in love
Every day with you, every day
Remember that Christmas with just a few friends
And the whole town was covered with snow
We laughed and we loved as we skied in the sun
It seems such a long time ago
Love was new
Something you said one night started me thinking
How sweet love is as it begins
Taken for granted it slips through your fingers
And leaves you on needles and pins
But there ain't no way baby that we'd let that happen
Our love will always be new
I just wanted to say I'm still faling in love
Every day with you,falling in love every day with you
9. No Tell Lover
Pretty smile lovely face and a warm breeze now I need you lady
You're my no tell lover
Every night in a different place I'll meet you tender lady
You're my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin' me that this affair's not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming, even if it's you I'm lovin'
Every minute is an hour every day's a lonely lifetime
You're my no tell lover
The little time that we spend together just can't last forever
You're my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin' me that this affair's not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming even though it's you I'm lovin'
I want her
I can't leave her
I won't live without her
There's nothing left to say
I want her
I can't leave her
Pretty smile, lovely face and a warm breeze now I need you lady
You're my no tell lover
Every night in a different place I'll need you tender lady
You're my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin' me this affair's not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming even though it's you I'm lovin'
I want her
I can't leave her
I won't live without her
She's my no tell lover
10. Show Me The Way
Flying so high
Feeling so low
Fill my empty heart
Don't say no
Can I get through this night, with some lovin' to show
Won't you show me the way to go--I don't know
Won't you open your eyes
I know you really care
You see these games you play
They're just not fair
After all the good times and secrets we've shared
Won't you show me the way to go--I don't know
I wanna take my place
I wanna take my place
I wanna take my place with the loved ones
Well I still can't see how things were meant to be
Love me even for one day I'll treat you like a lady
In my heart you'll stay forever you know
Won't you show me the way to go--I don't know
Marching into your heart
Marching into your heart