THE ASSOCIATION - CHANGES

CHANGES

THE ASSOCIATION

SONGWRITERS: Romani, Malavasi, Paolo Gianolio (lead guitarist), Tanyayette Willoughby, Paul Slade & Wayne Garfield

COUNTRY: ITALY/u.s.a.

ALBUM: "AND THEN... ALONG COMES THE ASSOCIATION"

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: BOOGIE

YEAR: 1966

Change was an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus (1949–1986) and Mauro Malavasi (1957). They were heavily influenced by legendary disco band Chic.

Change was initially formed in 1979 as a studio-band with a revolving cast of musicians, led by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus, with the majority of song-writing and production carried out by Mauro Malavasi and Davide Romani. The band’s dual Italian and American identity was a result of a production system in which the music, excepting the vocals, were written and recorded by Italian collaborators in studios such as Fontoprint Studios, Bologna, Italy. The backing tracks were then taken to the USA where vocals were added by American performers, before being mixed into finalised versions in major studios such as the Power Station in New York City.

Words don't come so easily to me

Sometimes I'm right, sometimes I'm wrong

Somehow I get along

Sometimes I'm mistaken

And believe me I am achin' from the times

I'm wrong within my song

But every time you're near

The words come out so neat and clear, and

You'll make some changes in me, let me tell you what I see

Changes in me

I know that you're not perfect

And I don't expect that kind of scene

You know just what I mean

I know sometimes you're walkin' and you're talkin'

You seem to get off the track

You most always get right back

It's only when you doubt yourself

That you get misplaced on your shelf

Just make your changes and see

You'll make some changes in me

You got the power and the reason for the rhyme

So lay it down I'll pick it up

And I'll put it in my mi-hi-hi-hind

Sometimes words don't make it so I'll play

So now I've sung my song

To you, I hope you enter but it's true

Sometimes I fall along the way

But then night always turns to day

You sing your song, I'll sing mine

And if they intertwine it's mighty good

If they don't it's understood, it's understood

You'll make some changes in me, let me tell you what I see

Changes in me

You got the power and the reason for the rhyme

So lay it down I'll pick it up

And I'll put it in my mi-hi-hi

Hi-hi-hind, hi-hi-hind