I went by Gomez’s house to borrow a copy of Dusty in Memphis and was listening to it tonight as I went through last week’s newspapers. Music snob that he is, Gomez said, “listen, this is the kind of CD you listen to on Saturday or Sunday morning, or in the evening with a glass of wine, not one you play in the car.” <\/p>\n
He’s right – her voice is rich and soulful and the music has the kind of sweeping quality to it – I found myself gliding across the wood floors in my stocking feet, moving to lyrics like “this world wouldn’t be quite as sad, if everybody had just a little bit of loving in the morning” or next track “so much love to give you, more than enough to last the whole night through, yes, all for you” — Gomez says he skips the third track – “Son of a Preacherman” having heard it one too many times – but in ‘I don’t want to hear it anymore’ when Dusty sings “their talk is loud and the walls are much too thin…he don’t really love her, that’s what I heard them say, he sure wasn’t thinking of her today…I don’t want to hear it anymore, the talk just never ends and the heartache soon begins” stops my apartment sashaying and makes me listen cause it’s a sad sad song: “the talk is so loud and the walls are much too thin” — the last track (there are three bonus tracks that Gomez said I should disregard because the album is perfect until then) is the one I wanted to borrow the CD for – it’s ‘I can’t make it alone’ – and when she sings: There’s something in my soul\/That will always\/Lead me back to you – that’s when I close my eyes:<\/p>\n
I CAN’T MAKE IT ALONE
\n(gerry goffin \/ carole king)<\/p>\n
Now you know me
\nYou know how proud I am
\nAnd what I’m gonna tell you now
\nWon’t be easy to say<\/p>\n
Before I left your side
\nOoh, I was so happy then
\nBut I’ve been so lonely
\nSince I’ve been away
\nOh, baby<\/p>\n
I’ve tried and I know I can’t make it alone
\nIt’s such a hard way to go
\nI just can’t make it alone
\nThere’s something in my soul
\nThat will always
\nLead me back to you<\/p>\n
What can I say now?
\nSorry is just not good enough
\nI couldn’t blame you if you hurt me now
\nThe way I hurt you then<\/p>\n
But who else can I turn to?
\nOh, baby, I’m begging you
\nWon’t you reach out for my dying soul?
\nAnd make me live again
\nOh, baby, its so hard<\/p>\n
I’ve tried and I know I can’t make it alone
\nIt’s such a hard way to go
\nI just can’t make it alone
\nThere’s something in my soul
\nThat will always
\nLead me back to you<\/p>\n
Baby, help me
\nI’ve tried and I know I can’t make it alone
\nIt’s such a hard way to go
\nAnd I can’t make it alone
\nThere’s something in my soul
\nThat will always
\nLead me back to you<\/p>\n
Oh, help me
\n(please help me)
\nYou know I need you
\n(I need you)
\nI’m saying that I need you
\nI just can’t make it by myself
\n(I just can’t make it by myself)
\nI just can’t make it all alone
\n(I just can’t make it all alone)
\nI just can’t make it by myself
\n(I just can’t make it by myself)
\nCome on baby <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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