BEN HARPER - WALK AWAY

WALK AWAY

BEN HARPER

SONGWRITER: BEN HARPER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: WELCOME TO THE CRUEL WORLD

LABEL: VIRGIN RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK

YEAR: 1994

 

             Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records and has toured internationally.

           Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013.

       At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper's joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, "No Mercy In This Land," was named Song of the Year.

Welcome to the Cruel World is Ben Harper's debut album from Virgin Records. Released in 1994, the album established Harper as a popular folk musician in the California area. After this release, Harper went on to add a permanent backing band, the Innocent Criminals, although they remained unnamed until the Burn to Shine album.

Oh no

Here comes that sun again

That means another day

Without you my friend

 

And it hurts me

To look into the mirror at myself

And it hurts even more

To have to be with somebody else

And it's so hard to do

And so easy to say

But sometimes

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Walk away

 

With so many people

To love in my life

Why do I worry

About one

 

But you put the happy

In my ness

You put the good times

Into my fun

And it's so hard to do

And so easy to say

But sometimes

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Walk away

And head for the door

 

We've tried the goodbye

So many days

We walk in the same direction

So that we could never stray

They say if you love somebody

Then you have got to set them free

But I would rather be locked to you

Than live in this pain and misery

 

They say time will

Make all this go away

But it's time that has taken my tomorrows

And turned them into yesterdays

And once again that rising sun

Is droppin' on down

And once again you my friend

Are nowhere to be found

And it's so hard to do

And so easy to say

But sometimes

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Walk away

And head for the door

You just walk away

Walk away.