DIONNE WARWICK - DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE

DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE

DIONNE WARWICK

SONGWRITERS: DAVID HAL & BACHARACH BURT F.

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: DIONNE WARWICK IN VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

LABEL: SCEPTER RECORDS

GENRE: POP MUSIC

YEAR: 1968

 

              Marie Dionne Warwick(born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, television host, and former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

         Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest US hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard's Hot 100 pop singles chart. She is one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 (12 of them Top Ten), and 80 singles in total – either solo or collaboratively – making the Hot 100, R&B and/or adult contemporary charts.

           Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls is the title of Dionne Warwick's ninth album for the Scepter label. It was recorded during the summer and fall of 1967 and was released early the next year. It was recorded at A&R and Bell Sound Studios in New York City and was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Do you know the way to San Jose?

I've been away so long

I may go wrong and lose my way

 

Do you know the way to San Jose?

I'm going back to find

Some peace of mind in San Jose

 

LA is a great big freeway

Put a hundred down and buy a car

In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star

Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass

And all the stars that never were

Are parking cars and pumping gas

 

You can really breathe in San Jose

They've got a lot of space

There'll be a place where I can stay

I was born and raised in San Jose

I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose

 

Fame and fortune is a magnet

It can pull you far away from home

With a dream in your heart you're never alone

Dreams turn into dust and blow away

And there you are without a friend

You pack your car and ride away

 

I've got lots of friends in San Jose

Do you know the way to San Jose?

 

Oh, LA is a great big freeway

Put a hundred down and buy a car

In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star

Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass

And all the stars that never were

Are parking cars and pumping gas

 

I've got lots of friends in San Jose

Oh, do you know the way to San Jose?

Can't wait to get back to San Jose.