By the summer of 1965, the formula arranger Ernie Freeman and producer Jimmy Bowen used to come up with hits for Dean Martin starting with "Everybody Loves Somebody" a year earlier — piano triplets, a 4/4 beat, swooping strings, a female chorus — had become so obvious that even the unsigned liner notes to his new album, named after his most recent hit, (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You, referred to it as "the Formula." In fact, however, Bowen and Freeman were moving beyond the formula by this time, having developed for Martin what those same notes called "an updated pop-country sound." With the hits still coming ("Remember Me" was his fifth straight Top 40 entry), Martin was willing to let them do what they liked, and the team looked around for current material suitable to the singer and chose Roger Miller's "King of the Road," Jewel Akens' "The Birds and the Bees," and "Red Roses for a Blue Lady," the old Vaughn Monroe hit recently revived by Vic Dana. They also picked good vintage country and countrypolitan songs like Jim Reeves' "Welcome to My World," Ray Price's "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You," Leroy Van Dyke's "Walk on By" (not to be confused with the Bacharach/David song that had been a hit for Dionne Warwick in 1964), Hank Williams' "Take These Chains From My Heart," and Dottie West's "Here Comes My Baby." Martin was fortunate to have a producer with such a broad knowledge of pop and country music and a sense of what would work for him. The country market never bit at these records, but Martin had a clutch of material that sounded fresh to pop fans. And, the liner notes notwithstanding, Bowen and Freeman knew that the time had come to vary the formula.
DEAN MARTIN
REMEMBER ME (Reprise RS-6170)
1965
Produced by Jimmy Bowen
And through all kinds of weather you'll find I'll never change
Through the sunshine and the shadows I'll always be the same
We're together right or wrong where you go I'll tag along
Remember me I'm the one who loves you
My arms are open wide to let more hurt inside
Here comes my baby back again
He's sorry once again once more I'll understand
Here comes my baby back again
[ strings ]
Here comes my baby back again
When I look into your big brown eyes it's so very plain to see
That it's time you learned about the facts of life startin' from A to Z
Let me tell you bout the birds and the bees the flowers and the trees
The moon up above and a thing called love
[ horns ]
When I look into your big brown eyes...
And my arms keep reaching for you my eyes keep searching for you
My lips keep calling for you and my shoes keep walking back to you
[ horns ]
No matter how much I pretend I wish I had you back again
For nothing else means half as much as you
My world just seemed to die the day you said goodbye
And I can't forget no matter what I do
Third bocxcar midnight train destination Bangor Maine
Old worn out suit and shoes don't pay no union dues
I smoke old stogies I have found short but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means king of the road
Every engineer on every train
And all of the children and all of their names
(And every hand-out in every town)
Every lock that ain't locked when no one's around
Give my heart just a word of sympathy
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love that's beatin' there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Just walk on by wait on the corner
I love you but we're strangers when we meet
Just walk on by wait on the corner
I love you but we're strangers when we meet
In a dimly lit corner in a place outside of town
Tonight we'll try to say goodbye again
But I know it's not over I'll call tomorrow night
I can't let you go so why pretend
Got a million friends don't feel any older
I got nothing to lose not even the blues
Just a bummin' around
Whenever worries start to bothering me
I grab my coat old slauch hat hit the trail again you see
I ain't got a dime don't care where I'm goin'
Well I'm as free as the breeze and I'll do as I please
Just a bummin' around
[ horns ]
(I got nothing to lose not even the blues)
I want some red roses for a blue lady
Send them to the sweetest gal in town
And if they do the trick I'll hurry back and pick
Your best white orchids for her wedding gown
(I want some red roses for a blue lady)
[ horns ]
We had a silly quarrel the other day
I hope these pretty flowers take the blues away
I want some red roses for a blue lady...
Your best white orchids for her wedding gown
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