LINDA RONSTADT
GET CLOSER
(Asylum 60185)
October/1982
Produced by Brian Ahern & Peter Asher
Peter Asher - guitar/percussion
Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor - guitar
Andrew Gold - guitar/keyboards
Dan Dugmore - steel
Kenny Edwards, Bob Glaub - bass
Russ Kunkel, Rick Marotta, Rick Shlosser - drums
Bill Payne, Don Grolnick - piano/keyboards
David Grisman - mandolin
Lindsey Buckingham - accordion
Jim Horn, Jerry Peterson - sax
Dennis Karmazyn - cello
Vocals:
Rosemary Butler, Patti Austin, Emmylou Harris, Edie Lehmann, Dolly Parton,
Debbie Pearl, John D. Souther, Jim Taylor
Recorded:
August 10-15/1982 in Los Angeles
1.
GET CLOSER
(Jonathan Carroll)
« © '81 Cherry Lane Music, ASCAP »
Want love get closer want love get closer
Hold her hand be forward come on be a man get closer
Instead of worryin' about those things you said
Follow your heart and forget your head
Maybe some things will jump out your mouth
Make her notice that you're crazy bout her
Want love get closer want love get closer
You make a fuss when her eyes ain't on you
Well give her something to look forward to
Remember all those other girls who ran
Away from something they didn't understand
Want love get closer want love get closer
Why you worrying about those things you said
Follow your heart and forget your head
Oh slide over on the seat
She'll give you something that's oh so sweet
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2.
MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS
(Jim Webb)
« © '81 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
See her as she flies golden sails across the sky
Close enough to touch but careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress the moon can be so cold
Once the sun did shine and lord it felt so fine
The moon a phantom rose through the mountains and the pine
And then the darkness fell
The moon's a harsh mistress it's hard to love her well
I fell out of her eyes I fell out of her heart
I fell down on my face yes I did and I tripped and I missed my star
And I fell and fell alone
The moon's a harsh mistress the sky is made of stone
The moon's a harsh mistress she's hard to call your own
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3.
I KNEW YOU WHEN
(Joe South)
« © '69 ATV Songs, BMI »
Yeah I knew you when you were lonely
I knew you when you were only a boy all alone without love
I knew you when
I knew you when you were sad and all alone
You didn't have anyone that you could call your own
I knew you when your heart belonged to only me
But that was many tears ago now your love is just a memory
Yeah I knew you when you were lonely...
I knew you when we used to have a lot of fun
But someone came and offered more now I'm the lonely one
I knew you when I was just a scared little girl
I used to be your only love before you came up in the world
Yeah I knew you when you were lonely...
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4.
EASY FOR YOU TO SAY
(Jim Webb)
« © '82 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
I heard some talk around this town talk about you and me
How a fool fell out of love with you wanted to be free
Well that's easy for you to say that I don't know what I'm doing
That I've thrown our love away and left my life in ruin
That's easy for you to say
I read your letter again I'm sure you know the one
Goodbye you said like a coward it'll be better in the long run
Well that's easy for you to say...
Go back to her again back to the way you were
She's a damn sight better for you you're a damn sight better for her
Well that's easy for you to say...
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5.
PEOPLE GONNA TALK
(William Wheeler - Lee Dorsey - Morris Levy)
« © '62 Longitude Music, BMI »
People gonna talk about the things you do
They're gonna talk be it lie or true
Night or day day or night
They're gonna talk be it wrong or right
People gonna talk about you anyway
They're gonna talk no matter what you say
Night or day day or night
They're gonna talk be it wrong or right
It seems they've just got to yakety yakety yak
Though they know best not to the minute you turn your back
People gonna talk until they're satisfied
They're gonna talk until they make you cry
Near or far here right now
They're gonna talk cause that's how people are
[ sax ]
It seems they've just got to...
People gonna talk until they're satisfied...
They're gonna talk cause that's how people are
They're gonna talk cause that's how people are
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6.
TALK TO ME OF MENDOCINO
(Kate McGarrigle)
« © '75 Garden Court Music, ASCAP »
I bid farewell to the state of old New York
My home away from home
In the state of New York I came of age
When first I started to roam
And the trees grow high in New York state
And they shine like gold in the autumn
Never had the blues from whence I came
But in New York state I got 'em
Talk to me of Mendocino closing my eyes I hear the sea
Must I wait must I follow won't you say come with me
And it's on to South Bend Indiana
Flat out on the western plain
Rise up over the Rockies and down on into California
Out to where but the rocks again
And let the sun set on the ocean
I will watch it from the shore
Let the sun rise over the redwoods
I'll rise with it till I rise no more
Talk to me of Mendocino...
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7.
I THINK IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE
(Rose Marie McCoy - Sylvia McKinley)
« © '75 Ben-Ghazi Enterprises, BMI / Twenty Nine Black Music, BMI »
[ with James Taylor ]
Darling been to see the preacher man
Darling darling started making wedding plans
Your lips set my soul on fire
To be with you that's my one desire
Oh darling think it's gonna work out fine
Darling started getting next to me
Darling thought about how this could be
If your love is half as true as the love I'm offering you
Oh darling I think it's gonna work out fine
Think it's gonna work out fine know it's gonna work out fine
Think it's gonna work out fine I'm so glad that you're mine all mine
Do you remember they used to call you Dapper Dan way back when
I was the killer baby everybody's loving man
Whole lotta women used to be my speed
Now pretty baby you're all I need
Oh darling think it's gonna work out fine
[ sax ]
He's so I'm so we're so glad
When we remember used to call me Dapper Dan yeah way back when
You were the killer and everybody's loving man
Whole lotta women used to be my speed
Now pretty baby you're all I need
Oh darling think it's gonna work out fine
Think it's gonna work out fine know it's gonna work out fine
Think it's gonna work out fine
Think think work out fine think think work out fine
You've got to think think work out fine
I think it's gonna work out yeah it's gonna work out
Know it's gonna work out fine
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8.
MR. RADIO
(Roderick Taylor)
« © '82 Rats God Music, BMI »
Oh what a sunny day when they carried the radio home
Bringing him in off the truck and the dogs wouldn't leave us alone
Mr Radio you come down here to keep us company
We listen in a room through the miles and miles of night
Deep in the heart of the Bible belt in the golden radio light
Mr Radio you come down here to keep us company
And it's hard days out in the field the crows in the high tree top
If a man's away from his home all day his chickens might fall to the fox
Mr Radio what can you do about that uh huh
And you can take me down to a river town where the citizens dance till dawn
They dance so close it's a sin almost the way they carry on
Mr Radio I never dreamed you could
And it's miles at the careless touch of a tired hand in time
When evening fell I heard a strange sell dreams that were never mine
Mr Radio you come down here to keep us company
Come down here to keep us company
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9.
LIES
(Buddy Randell - Beau Charles)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Lies lies I can't believe a word you say
Lies lies are gonna make you sad some day
Tear tears I've shed a million tears for you
Tear tears and now you're loving somebody new
Someday I'm gonna be happy but I don't know when just now
Lies lies you're breaking my heart
You think that you're such a smart boy and I'll believe what you say
Who do you think you are boy to lead me on this way hey
Lies lies I can't believe a word you say
Lies lies are gonna make you sad some day
Someday I'm gonna be lonely and you won't find me around
Lies lies you're breaking my heart
Someday I'm gonna be happy but I don't know where or when
Lies lies you're breaking my heart
You think that you're such a smart boy...
Lies lies I can't believe a word you say...
You're breaking my heart you're breaking my heart you're breaking my heart
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10.
TELL HIM
(Bert Russell)
« © '62 ATV Songs, BMI / Sloopy II Music, BMI »
I know something about love you've gotta want it bad
If that guy's got into your blood go out and get him
If you want him to be the very thought of you
Make you want to breathe here's the thing to do
Tell him that you're never gonna leave him
Tell him that you're always gonna love him
Tell him tell him tell him tell him right now
I know something about love you gotta show him
And make him see the moon up above go out and get him
If you want him to be always by your side
If you want him to only think of you
Tell him that you're never gonna leave him...
Ever since the world began it's been that way for men and women were created
To make love their destiny then why should true love be so complicated oh oh
I know something about love you gotta take his hand
Show him what the world is made of one kiss will prove it
If you want him to be always by your side
Take his hand tonight swallow your foolish pride
Tell him that you're never gonna leave him..
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11.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T WIN
(Smokey Stover)
« © '62 Glad Music, BMI / Pappy Daily Music, BMI »
[ with John David Souther ]
Just when the sun shines the brightest
And the world looks all right again
And the clouds fill the skies you can't believe your eyes
Sometimes you just can't win
Well my love never meant much to you dear
For to you I was only a friend
Oh why did I fall you'd have no heart at all
Sometimes you just can't win
[ guitar ]
Well I can't live like this any longer
Not knowing just where I stand
But darling did I care but sweetheart it don't seem fair
Sometimes you just can't win
Oh sometimes you just can't win
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12.
MY BLUE TEARS
(Dolly Parton)
« © '71 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
[ with Dolly parton & Emmylou Harris ]
Fly ye away from my window little bluebird
Fly ye as far as you can away from here
Let not your song fall upon my ear
Go spread your blue wings and I'll shed my blue tears
For the one that I have loved he has left me and gone
And I am in no mood for to hear your sad song hum hum
Bring not your light to my dark blue yellow sunshine
Waste not your warmth on the coldness in here
Oh trouble me not go ye elsewhere
Go light your blue sky and I'll shed my blue tears
For the only one that I have ever loved has gone away
Now I am in no mood for the sunshine today hum hum
Go spread your blue wings round your blue sky
And I'll shed my blue tears
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