BREAD - BABY I'M-A WANT YOU

BABY I'M-A WANT YOU

BREAD

SONGWRITER: DAVID GATES

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BABY I’M-A WANT YOU

LABEL: ELEKTRA RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1972

 

            Bread was an American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California. They had 13 songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1970 and 1977.

             The band was fronted by David Gates (vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion), with Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion) and Robb Royer (bass guitar, guitar, flute, keyboards, percussion, recorder, backing vocals). On their first album session musicians Ron Edgar played drums and Jim Gordon played drums, percussion, and piano. Mike Botts became their permanent drummer when he joined in the summer of 1969, and Larry Knechtel replaced Royer in 1971, playing keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, and harmonica.

          Baby I'm-a Want You is the fourth album by Bread, released in 1972. Its singles included the title cut (which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top 100), "Everything I Own" (Nº. 5), "Mother Freedom" (No. 37), and "Diary" (Nº. 15). This was the first Bread album to feature keyboard player Larry Knechtel.

Baby, I'm-a want you

Baby, I'm-a need you

You the only one I care enough to hurt about

Maybe I'm-a crazy

But I just can't live without...

 

Your lovin' and affection

Givin' me direction

Like a guiding light to help me through a darkest hour

Lately I'm a-prayin'

That you'll always be a-stayin' beside me

 

Used to be my life was just emotions passing by

Feeling all the while and never really knowing why...

 

Lately I'm a-prayin'

That you'll always be a-stayin' beside me.

 

Used to be my life was just emotions passing by

Then you came along and made me laugh

And made me cry...

You taught me why...

 

Baby, I'm-a want you

Baby, I'm-a need you

Oh, it took so long to find you, baby

 

Baby, I'm-a want you

Baby, I'm-a need you.